Memorandum
Date: March 24, 2026
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Stephen L. Carter, Jr., Assistant County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer
Trevor Mockel, Administrative Analyst
Rachael Dillman Parsons, Social Services Director
Subject: a) Consideration of a State Legislative Update; and b) Consideration of a Presentation on H.R. 1
Executive Summary:
a) As members of your Board may be aware, February 20, 2026, was the deadline for State Legislators to introduce bills. With new (reduced) limits of 35 bills per member this session, the total was slightly lower than recent years. Legislators introduced about 1,700 bills, of which approximately 600 were spot bills. Those spot bills do not yet contain substantive language, and will need to be amended. Committee hearings have started, and beginning in earnest in late March, with most bills heard in April.
As expected, the Legislature introduced many bills on topics the Board of Supervisors identified as priorities: health and human services (including responses to HR 1), wildfires and property insurance, funding for resources and infrastructure, housing, water reliability and invasive species, homelessness, economic development (including broadband and geothermal), and funding to implement Proposition 36.
The County's legislative advocates from Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni have reviewed these bills to prepare recommendations regarding those the County should consider supporting and opposing.
Geoff Neill will be present, via Zoom, to present this State Legislative Update. Staff look forward to your Board's robust discussion, and Mr. Neill will be very happy to respond to any questions you have.
Your Board may consider providing Direction to Staff, as appropriate.
b) As your board is aware, since January 2025, government shutdowns, federal funding freezes, rapid po...
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