Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
David Canepa, Chair  
Vacant, Vice Chair  
Friday, January 10, 2025  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
David Canepa (Chair), Eddie Ahn, Ken Carlson, Pat Eklund,  
Dorene M. Giacopini*, Matt Mahan, Stephanie Moulton-Peters,  
Sue Noack, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, James P. Spering,  
Vacant, Vacant, Vacant and Vacant  
*Non-Voting Member  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
8 -  
Present:  
Chair Canepa, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Carlson, Committee  
Member Eklund, Committee Member Moulton-Peters, Committee Member Noack,  
Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member Spering  
2 - Committee Member Mahan and Committee Member Rabbitt  
Absent:  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Kaplan.  
The following individual participated from a noticed remote location: Member Carlson.  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Noack and second by Committee  
Member Ramos, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Carlson, Committee  
Member Eklund, Committee Member Moulton-Peters, Committee Member Noack,  
Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member Spering  
2 - Committee Member Mahan and Committee Member Rabbitt  
Absent:  
24-1544  
2a.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the  
December 13, 2024 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2a_24-1544_2024-12-13_Joint_MTC_ABAG_Legislation_Committee_  
Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
25-0062  
2b.  
Legislative History  
Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento,  
including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.  
Action:  
Information  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 2b_25-0062_Handout-January_Legislative_History.pdf  
25-0063  
2c.  
MTC Resolution No. 3931, Revised - Policy Advisory Council  
Appointments  
Action:  
Commission Approval  
Ky-Nam Miller  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2ci_25-0063_Summary_Sheet_MTC_Res_No_3931_Rev_MTC_Counci  
l_Appointments.pdf  
2cii_25-0063_Attachment_A_MTC_Res_No_3931_Rev_MTC_Council_  
Appointments.pdf  
24-1545  
2d.  
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:  
2d_24-1545_Handout_DC_Report_to_MTC_December_2024_Report.p  
df  
3. State and Federal Legislation  
24-1547  
3a.  
Final 2025 MTC/ABAG Joint Advocacy Program  
Final 2025 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_Summary_Sheet_2025_Advocacy_Program.pdf  
3aii_Attachment_A_FINAL_2025_Advocacy_Program.pdf  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Ramos and second by Committee  
Member Eklund, the Final 2025 MTC/ABAG Joint Advocacy Program was revised  
to include approval of the advocacy platform that also includes sponsoring  
citizen’s initiative legislation for Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)  
that provides direction to staff to get the Commission and ABAG Executive Board  
involved in the Regional Housing Determination to ensure the Regional Housing  
Needs Allocation (RHNA) process is reflective of the concerns of the bodies raised  
by the member jurisdictions during the last RHNA process was referred to the  
ABAG Executive Board and Commission for approval, respectively. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Carlson, Committee  
Member Eklund, Committee Member Moulton-Peters, Committee Member Noack,  
Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member Spering  
2 - Committee Member Mahan and Committee Member Rabbitt  
Absent:  
24-1548  
3b.  
Overview of Governor Newsom’s Fiscal Year 2025-26 State Budget  
Proposal  
Highlights of Governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget, including  
planned transit investments.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
3b_Summary Sheet_Overview of Governor Newsom's Fiscal Year  
2025-26 State Budget Proposal.pdf  
4. Public Comment / Other Business  
5. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be held on  
Friday, February 14, 2025 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.