PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 10/20/2025
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CONSIDER CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO RATIFY LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM SAN PABLO MAYOR TRANSMITTED ON OCTOBER 15, 2025 TO U.S. SENATOR ALEX PADILLA (D-CA) REGARDING S. 2468, THE RENEWING IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1929 ACT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve by Minute Order
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Under Major Policy Area: Enhance Community Resilience, Policy #206 - Support Immigration Integration Legislation, Projects & Services is an adopted policy item contained in the FY 2025-27 City Council Priority Workplan, effective April 7, 2025.
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This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On September 2, 2025, following motion made by Mayor Cruz, duly seconded, the City Council directed via majority vote for the City Manager to bring back a position of support on recent immigration integration legislation pertaining to the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 Act.
In response to this Council directive, the City Manager's Office (CMO), in collaboration with the City's lobbyist, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), reached out to the City's' Federal representatives, US Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Congressional Representative John Garamendi (D-8th) for additional information on any active federal immigration legislation pertaining to the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929.
In direct alignment with adopted Policy #206 - Support immigration integration legislation, projects & services as outlined in the FY 2025-27 Council Priority Workplan, our lobbyist (TPA) has confirmed specific active federal immigration initiative for the 2025-26 federal legislative cycle and conferred with the offices of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) on these legislative matters.
Following feedback, the C...
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