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San Mateo council reviews draft 2026 legislative platform, requests separate climate and safety priorities
Summary
Councilors and public commenters urged making climate response and street-safety standalone priorities in the draft 2026 legislative platform; staff were directed to redline the platform and return a consent item after incorporating the changes, including immigration language from a 2017 resolution.
San Mateo City Council reviewed a draft 2026 legislative platform on the heels of closed-session business, heard public comment urging separate climate and street-safety priorities, and directed staff and the city's consultant to redline the document and return it as a consent item for adoption.
The platform presentation opened with consultant Dane Hutchings of the California Public Policy Group outlining the purpose and process for the draft platform: to align city policy statements with staff priorities, the city's housing element and General Plan 2040, and to provide screening criteria to identify state bills warranting San Mateo’s engagement. Hutchings noted legislative timing pressures — the bill introduction deadline is Feb. 20 and the May revise and budget deadlines follow in late spring — and warned that “you can have a bill... on the governor’s desk in 72 hours,” underscoring why the city wants a nimble advocacy process.
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