Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
David Canepa, Chair  
Ken Carlson, Vice Chair  
Friday, December 12, 2025  
09:45  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
David Canepa (Chair), Eddie Ahn, Candace Andersen, Pat Burt, Pamela Campos,  
Ken Carlson (Vice Chair), Noelia Corzo, Pat Eklund, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft,  
Dorene M. Giacopini*, Alicia John-Baptiste, Matt Mahan, Mitch Mashburn, David Rabbitt,  
Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Wanda Williams, and Vacants (ABAG-1 and MTC-1)  
*Non-Voting Member  
Chair David Canepa called the meeting to order at 10:12 a.m.  
Non-Voting Member Present: Committee Member Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Member Present: Commission Chair Noack  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Papan  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
10 -  
Present:  
Chair Canepa, Vice Chair Carlson, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member  
Andersen, Committee Member Burt, Committee Member Eklund, Committee  
Member Mashburn, Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Romero and  
Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Committee Member John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mahan and  
Committee Member Rabbitt  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Andersen and second by Vice Chair  
Carlson, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
10 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Vice Chair Carlson, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member  
Andersen, Committee Member Burt, Committee Member Eklund, Committee  
Member Mashburn, Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Romero and  
Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Committee Member John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mahan and  
Committee Member Rabbitt  
25-1373  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the  
November 14, 2025 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2a_25-1373_2025-11-14_Joint_MTC_ABAG_Legislation_Committee_  
Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
25-1375  
Washington, D.C. Legislative Update  
Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past  
month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 2b_25-1375_Handout_MTC_November_2025_Report.pdf  
3. State and Federal Legislation  
25-1377  
3a.  
Final 2026 MTC and ABAG Joint Advocacy Program  
Final 2026 Joint Advocacy Program for MTC and ABAG, expressing the  
agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 3ai_25-1377_Summary_Sheet_2026_Advocacy_Program.pdf  
3aii_25-1377_Attachmant_A_DRAFT_2026_MTC_ABAG_Advocacy_P  
rogram_Leg_Committee_Comments.pdf  
Adina Levin, Seamless Bay Area, spoke on this item.  
Randi Kinman spoke on this item.  
Roland Lebrun spoke on this item.  
Upon the motion by Chair Canepa and second by Committee Member Eklund, the  
Final 2026 MTC and ABAG Joint Advocacy Program was deferred to the January  
9, 2026 Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Meeting. The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
10 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Vice Chair Carlson, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member  
Andersen, Committee Member Burt, Committee Member Eklund, Committee  
Member Mashburn, Committee Member Ramos, Committee Member Romero and  
Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Committee Member John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mahan and  
Committee Member Rabbitt  
26-0003  
3b.  
Senate Bill 375 Modernization  
Update on statewide efforts to modernize Senate Bill (SB) 375, the 2008  
state law that governs sustainable communities strategies.  
Action:  
Information  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 3bi_26-0003_Summary_Sheet_SB_375_Modernization.pdf  
3bii_26-0003_PowerPoint_Attachment_A_SB_375_Modernization.pdf  
3biii_26-0003_Attachment_B_SCS_Modernization.pdf  
Roland Lebrun spoke on this item.  
4. Public Comment / Other Business  
5. Adjournment / Next Meetings  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be held on  
Friday, January 9, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street,  
San Francisco, CA, and other remote locations. Any changes to the schedule will be  
duly noticed to the public.  
Chair David Canepa adjourned the meeting at 11:36 a.m.