Council Chambers  
1000 Gateway Avenue  
San Pablo, CA 94806  
(510) 215-3000  
City of San Pablo  
www.SanPabloCA.gov  
Meeting Agenda  
City Council  
Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado  
Vice Mayor Rita Xavier  
Councilmember Abel Pineda  
Councilmember Patricia Ponce  
Councilmember Arturo Cruz  
Monday, July 13, 2026  
4:00 PM  
City Council Chambers  
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Special Meeting  
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PUBLIC COMMENT  
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written comments received after 3:00 PM the day of the meeting will be distributed to Councilmembers the next  
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AGENDA MATERIALS  
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accommodations should send a written request to the City ClerkCityclerk@sanpabloca.gov  
by email, preferably  
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your name, address, telephone number, and a description of the request. Notification as early as possible in  
advance of the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this  
meeting. Requests may also be made by calling the City Clerk’s Office at (510) 215 3000.  
CALL TO ORDER  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
ROLL CALL  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
This is the time for comments on any item within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction, if such item is NOT  
listed on tonight’s agenda. The Council may not engage in discussion or take action on any item that is not  
specifically listed on the agenda. Your item may be referred to city staff for investigation, report or placement on  
a future agenda. Persons addressing the Council are required to limit their remarks to three (3) minutes unless  
an extension or decrease of time is ordered. Speaking time may not be transferred. Additional time will be  
provided to individuals using an interpreter to ensure equitable participation. Please fill out and submit a “speaker  
form” available at the back counter in Chambers to the City Clerk. To request to speak online: Raise your hand in  
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notified. Speakers are called in order. When we reach your name, The City Clerk will give you permission to  
speak and a notification will appear on your screen letting you know it’s your turn.  
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION  
26-379  
CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF  
SAN PABLO PLACING PROPOSED MEASURE ON THE  
NOVEMBER 3, 2026 BALLOT SEEKING VOTER APPROVAL OF  
A
A
GENERAL TEN-YEAR TRANSACTIONS AND USE (SALES) TAX  
WITH FIVE YEARS AT ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT (0.50%),  
REDUCING TO ONE-QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT (0.25%) FOR  
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THEN TERMINATING ALTOGETHER, TO  
FUND GENERAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES; AND REQUESTING THAT  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CONSOLIDATE THIS ELECTION WITH  
THE STATEWIDE ELECTION SET TO OCCUR ON THE SAME DATE  
1. Move to receive and file the Go/No-Go Survey Results on Voter Support for  
Increasing Sales Tax to Address the City's Fiscal Challenges, conducted during May 28  
- June 10, 2026, and presented by Strategy Research Institute, Inc. (SRI), for the  
Proposed Sales Tax Measure with results posted on the City's website.  
Recommendation:  
2. Approve a resolution to place the attached Transactions and Use (Sales) tax  
measure (Ordinance) on the November 3, 2026 ballot, at which time the voters will be  
asked to approve a temporary ten-year sales tax increase of one-half (0.50%) cent for  
five years, reducing to one-quarter (0.25%) cent after five years, then terminating  
altogether, with mandatory auditing, citizens' oversight, and consistent community  
reporting. This tax is a general tax, funding general municipal services, and requiring a  
simple majority vote.  
Attachments:  
Att 1. RES 2026-### Election on TUT  
Exh A. TUT Ordinance  
Att 2. West_County_Sales_Tax_Council_Slide_1.pptx  
26-378  
CONSIDER (1) RECEIVING A REPORT PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS  
CODE SECTION 9212 ON THE EFFECTS OF AN INITIATIVE  
ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE RENT CONTROL AND TO ESTABLISH  
JUST-CAUSE  
AND (2) CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO (A) ADOPT THE  
INITIATIVE ORDINANCE, OR (B) SUBMIT THE INITIATIVE  
EVICTION  
CRITERIA  
(INCLUDING  
MOBILEHOMES);  
ORDINANCE TO THE VOTERS OF SAN PABLO AT THE GENERAL  
MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 2026  
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.  
1. Receive the attached report prepared by RSG, Inc. pursuant to Elections Code  
Section 9212 on the effects of an Initiative Ordinance to Impose Rent Control and to  
Establish Just-Cause Eviction Criteria (including mobilehomes); and  
Recommendation:  
2. Adopt a resolution calling for submission of the Initiative Ordinance to the City of San  
Pablo voters pursuant to Elections Code Section 9215(b) and authorizing the Mayor  
and Vice Mayor to prepare and file the written argument against the Initiative Ordinance  
on behalf of the City Council pursuant to Elections Code Section 9282(a).  
Alternatively, if the City Council does not submit the Initiative Ordinance to the City of  
San Pablo voters, the City Council must instead adopt the Initiative Ordinance without  
alteration pursuant to Elections Code Section 9215(a).  
Attachments:  
Att 1. Elections Code Section 9212 Report  
Att 2. Resolution 2026-110 Accepting Certificate of Sufficiency  
Exh A. to Att 2 Notification of Sufficiency received from the County  
Att 3. Initial Ballot Title and Summary Request (Including Initiaitve Ordinance)  
Att 4. City Attorney Ballot Title and Summary  
Att 5. Resolution RES 2026-### Placing the Rent Control Initiative Ordinance on  
Exh A. to Att 5. Initiative Ordinance  
Att 6. Resolution RES 2026-### Adopting Rent Control Initiative Ordinance  
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS (IF ANY)  
26-366  
MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA  
WILL BE APPENDED AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS NOT  
AN ACTION ITEM BUT MERELY A MECHANISM FOR MATERIALS  
SUBMITTED AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA TO BE  
APPENDED TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AFTER THE COUNCIL  
MEETING.  
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTS  
(Approved by Resolution 2026-007)  
Informational reports from Councilmember representatives to the following committees, commissions and  
organizations; brief reports on meetings attended at the expense of the City or Agency, as required by  
Government Code section 53232.3(d) (AB 1234); and other reports regarding items of general interest to the City  
Council. The City Council may take action on other items of interest that are specifically agendized herein:  
(a) Councilmember Arturo Cruz  
Memberships: Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant Foundation Board  
(Member); Sister City Manzanillo Future Board Member Designation (Alternate);  
Transportation Advisory Committee (Alternate);  
West Contra Costa  
Standing Committees: Community Services Standing Committee, Economic Development, Housing  
Management Standing Committee  
&
Project  
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Local Business Association/Group/Watch Meetings Ad-Hoc Subcommittee  
(b) Councilmember Patricia Ponce  
Memberships: Marin Clean Energy Board of Directors (Primary); Sister City Manzanillo Future Board Member  
Designation (Primary); City Auditor Review of City Financial Statements (Alternate); Green Empowerment Zone  
(GEZ) for the Northern Waterfront Area of the County of Contra Costa Board of Directors (Primary);  
Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal  
&
Legislative Standing Committee Standing Committee; Economic  
Development, Housing & Project Management Standing Committee;  
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: City-Wide Beautification Plan Ad-Hoc Subcommittee  
(c) Councilmember Abel Pineda  
Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (Alternate); Green Empowerment Zone (GEZ) for the  
Northern Waterfront Area of the County of Contra Costa Board of Directors (Alternate); West County Integrated  
Waste Management/Recyclemore JPA Authority (Alternate);  
Standing Committees: Community Services Standing Committee;  
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees:  
(d) Vice Mayor Rita Xavier  
Memberships: Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG/MTC) Board (Primary); Contra Costa Mayors’  
Conference (Alternate); League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Alternate); San Pablo Community Grant  
Foundation Board (Member); West County Integrated Waste Management/Recyclemore JPA Authority (Primary);  
West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors’ Association (Alternate); West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory  
Committee (Primary);  
Standing Committees: Public Safety Standing Committee, Public Health Standing Committee;  
Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe Ad Hoc Subcommittee  
(e) Mayor Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado  
Memberships: Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference (Primary),  
(Primary), League of CA Cities East Bay League Division (Primary), West Contra Costa Mayors’ & Supervisors’  
Association (Primary);Standing Committees: Budget, Fiscal Legislative Standing Committee; Public Safety  
City Auditor Review of City Financial Statements  
&
Standing Committee; Ad-Hoc Subcommittees: Casino San Pablo/Lytton Tribe Ad Hoc Subcommittee, Local  
Business Association/Group/Watch Meetings Ad-Hoc Subcommittee, City-Wide Beautification Plan Ad-Hoc  
Subcommittee  
ADJOURNMENT  
Adjourn to the Regular City Council meeting of Monday, July 20, 2026 at 6:00 pm.