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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the 2024 Annual Report and Accomplishments from Federal and State Legislative Advocates and the 2025 Legislative Platform Adoption, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the annual report and accomplishments for 2024 from the County’s State legislative advocates, Hurst, Brooks, Espinosa, LLC., and Federal legislative advocate, Thomas Walters and Associates;
b) Consider the adoption of the following:
i) The County of Santa Barbara 2025 Legislative Platform as approved by the Legislative Program Committee at its December 2, 2024 meeting and revised based on subsequent public and Office of Emergency Management comments; or
ii) The County of Santa Barbara 2025 Legislative Platform as approved by the Legislative Program Committee at its December 2, 2024 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