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Page 2 of 4 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />that affect key priorities, programs, and operations. While the Platform serves as a guide to the City <br />Council in adopting positions on legislation, it does not preclude the City Council from directing staff to <br />engage the State legislature on any issue important to the City that may arise throughout the legislative <br />session. Additionally, pursuant to the City Council’s Legislative Advocacy Policy, individual <br />Councilmembers may express their support for or opposition to any local measures, state propositions, <br />state or federal legislation, or grassroots advocacy actions, while identifying when they are expressing <br />individual perspectives rather than on behalf of the City Council or the City. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The City’s 2025 Legislative Platform was shared with the full City Council following discussion at the August <br />16, 2025 City Council Special Meeting to provide Councilmembers an opportunity to review the Platform <br />and offer feedback in advance of the Governance Sub-Committee’s review and consideration. Additional <br />input was provided by the City’s Executive Team and CPPG, as well as by the Governance Sub-Committee <br />throughout the last legislative session and at their meeting held November 13, 2025. <br />In addition to non-substantive updates, the Governance Sub-Committee recommends several <br />amendments to the existing Platform. The proposed changes are shown in tracked changes in Attachment <br />A and summarized below (additions indicated by underline): <br />Transportation <br />Modify: <br />Statement 7: Support regional funding efforts to increase access for public transportation— <br />including funding for increase access to community colleges, schools, and community <br />destinations. <br />Addition of: <br />Statement 11: Advocate for funding mechanisms that will support gap closure projects, such as <br />bicycle and pedestrian bridges around major highways and roads and connect neighborhoods. <br />Statement 13: Advocate for expanding the eligible list of cities under AB 645 that help with <br />achieving the City’s Vision Zero goals. <br />Statement 14: Support and advocate for efforts that enable the City to effectively engage on <br />regional transportation measures. <br />Children and Youth <br />Modify: <br />Statement 14: Support full funding of the California Library Services Act, Public Library fund, Lunch <br />at the Library, English as a Second Language Literacy, and other local public library programs. <br />Platform Statement 15: Support legislation that preserves or enhances library patron privacy. <br />11.A. - Page 2 of 11 <br />210