DATE: November 17, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Manager
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Approving Updates to the City of Hayward’s Legislative Program Document
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving updates to the City of Hayward’s Legislative Program document (Attachment III).
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SUMMARY
Staff recommends adoption of an update to the City’s Legislative Program document. City Council originally adopted the document in 2017 and last updated it in 2022. The document establishes Council-approved direction for staff in evaluating legislative proposals, funding requests, and other advocacy matters, and communicates the City’s positions and priorities to legislative advocates, elected representatives, and the public.
Individual listening sessions with the Mayor and Councilmembers informed this update, which reorganizes the document around the City’s seven Strategic Roadmap priorities and revises the document to reflect current Council direction, emerging state and federal policy issues, and the City’s current advocacy needs. The proposed document also expands procedural guidance to define the Legislative Program’s scope, clarify responsibilities, outline the process for reviewing advocacy requests, and explain how City positions will be communicated and archived.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III Proposed Legislative Program