File #: 25-01104    Version: 1
Type: Departmental Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/9/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action:
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2025 Annual Report and Accomplishments from Federal and State Legislative Advocates and 2026 Legislative Platform Adoption, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Receive and file the annual report and accomplishments for 2025 from the County's State legislative advocates, Hurst, Brooks, Espinosa, LLC., and Federal legislative advocate, Thomas Walters and Associates; b) Adopt the County of Santa Barbara 2026 Legislative Platform as approved by the Legislative Program Committee at its December 8, 2025 meeting; and c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Santa Barbara County 2025 Annual Federal Report, 3. Attachment B - 2025 HBE accomplishments - Co of SB, 4. Attachment C - 2026 Platform Draft_Content Changes and Language Streamlining and Reorg_Redline, 5. Attachment D - 2026 Platform Draft_Content Changes and Language Streamlining and Reorg, 6. Supervisor Hartmann Comments, 7. Presentation
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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2025 Annual Report and Accomplishments from Federal and State Legislative Advocates and 2026 Legislative Platform Adoption, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)

 

a) Receive and file the annual report and accomplishments for 2025 from the County’s State legislative advocates, Hurst, Brooks, Espinosa, LLC., and Federal legislative advocate, Thomas Walters and Associates;

 

b) Adopt the County of Santa Barbara 2026 Legislative Platform as approved by the Legislative Program Committee at its December 8, 2025 meeting; and

 

c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY