2025-2026 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM

Every two years, SGVCOG adopts various legislative priorities on issues and matters that impact the San Gabriel Valley. These key legislative objectives serve to guide SGVCOG’s advocacy efforts at both the state and federal levels.

The 2025-2026 Legislative Platform was adopted to coincide with the two-year legislative session cycle and represents the collective values and goals of SGVCOG and its member agencies, forming the foundation of a strategic and targeted advocacy strategy. The Platform is organized by the Policy Committee of jurisdiction on each topic.

Legislative Priorities by Policy Committee

Executive Committee

SGVCOG supports policies that champion smart local leadership and autonomy, lessen the digital divide, and provide housing solutions that keep the San Gabriel Valley thriving.

Transportation Committee

SGVCOG supports policies and programs that facilitate the funding and delivery of key transportation and capital projects in the San Gabriel Valley.

Homelessness Committee

SGVCOG champions holistic solutions for homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley, including advocating for supportive housing, mental health resources, and prevention programs, while prioritizing flexible, ongoing local funding solutions, strong regional partnerships, and effective data-driven services that foster dignity and equity across the region.

Energy, Environment, &
Natural Resources Committee

SGVCOG supports policies that promotes sustainable policies to improve air quality, advance renewable energy, ensure water security, manage waste responsibly, reduce wildfire risk, and preserve open spaces—building an affordable, resilient and healthy future for the San Gabriel Valley.

Executive Committee

Government Administration
SGVCOG supports principles of good governance. SGVCOG supports efforts to expand and improve regulatory engagement, particularly to provide local jurisdictions with the necessary time, technical support, and resources to meet state or federal requirements.

Broadband

SGVCOG supports state, federal, and local legislative policies and funding that promote reliable broadband coverage in the San Gabriel Valley.

Housing

SGVCOG supports initiatives, legislation, and policies that promote the development of affordable housing to address California’s housing crisis, while balancing the right of local jurisdictions to retain decision making power over planning matters. SGVCOG supports more transparency and flexibility in the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process, pilot programs designed to test innovative housing policies, financial incentives and tax advantages that support the creation of affordable housing, and funding for the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust.

Homelessness Committee

Programs, Services, and Housing

SGVCOG supports efforts, funding and partnerships for the implementation of programs that provide comprehensive supports and resources for persons experiencing homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley. This includes support for programs and projects that ensure the health and safety of all residents, including those experiencing homelessness, provide comprehensive support for those who may be facing mental health and/or substance abuse challenges, ensure access to resources, and support the construction and operation of interim and permanent housing units for people experiencing homelessness in the region.

Addressing Contributing Factors of Homelessness

SGVCOG supports strategies and programs that aim to prevent homelessness and minimize chronic homelessness, including workforce development and education programs and those that focus on increasing clients’ incomes.

Funding

SGVCOG supports County, State and Federal funding opportunities that ensure adequate funding support for existing successful projects and programs and expand effective resources and programs for people experiencing homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley. SGVCOG supports funding decisions that prioritize transparency, accountability and regional equity.

Collaboration and Reform

SGVCOG supports improved partnerships between the County of Los Angeles, SGVCOG, and San Gabriel Valley cities that ensure equitable access to resources and the highest-quality support for people experiencing homelessness in the San Gabriel Valley. Additionally, SGVCOG supports systemic reform and an improved structure focused on enhanced data gathering, transparent information and data sharing, and effective program and project implementation throughout the homeless services system to better meet the needs of the San Gabriel Valley.

Mental Health

SGVCOG supports legislative policies and funding opportunities that promote mental health wellbeing and support for those living with mental illness including the advocacy and programmatic actions approved at the Governing Board meeting on January 18, 2024. Specifically, the SGVCOG supports and advocates for the following:

Funding for regionally-equitable programs, including but not limited to those that provide additional resources, provide housing, and increase bed capacity for those experiencing mental illness and/or substance use disorders in the San Gabriel Valley.
Legislation, resources, and programs that provide funding and support for mental illness prevention, with a focus on addressing the root causes of mental illness through early intervention for those experiencing mental health challenges.
Responsible data collection and transparency for mental health programs and bed availability for facilities that provide mental health services to ensure accountability and effectiveness while minimizing program duplication.

Transportation Committee

Enhanced Transit Service & Operation

SGVCOG supports the expansion of public transit projects and services, both bus and rail, in the region to reduce congestion, enhance sustainability, and improve mobility options to expand high-quality transit use.

Project Funding

SGVCOG supports federal and state funding programs that are advantageous to SGVCOG or its member agencies, including the expansion of eligibility criteria for funding programs that could support San Gabriel Valley projects. SGVCOG also supports the creation of new state and federal funding streams for active transportation projects.

Project Delivery

SGVCOG supports legislative or regulatory efforts to expedite environmental/permitting approvals and alternative project delivery methods that would facilitate San Gabriel Valley transportation and capital projects and programs.

Infrastructure

SGVCOG supports safeguarding the integrity of existing and future infrastructure with a priority on user safety, sustainability, and protecting long-term capital investments, such as bridges, railways, roads, pedestrian amenities, bus infrastructure, bicycle infrastructure, and water, stormwater, and sewage infrastructure.

Electric Vehicles, Fleets, and Charging

SGVCOG supports infrastructure improvements, policy changes, and funding streams related to meeting state and federal vehicle emissions reduction targets.

Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Committee

Air Quality

SGVCOG supports enhanced local authority regarding air quality standards and improvements.

Energy Funding, Regulation & Incentives

SGVCOG supports the promotion of energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy expansion, and energy affordability. The SGVCOG seeks to advocate for a balanced and sustainable mix of energy sources that provide reliable and environmentally responsible electricity at competitive rates.

Waste Management

SGVCOG supports sustainable and affordable waste management that contributes to a healthier environment for current and future generations.

Water Management

SGVCOG supports state, federal, and local legislative or regulatory solutions in support of water conservation, security, affordability, quality and MS4 permit compliance.

Wildfire Preparedness

SGVCOG supports the reduction of wildfire risk, promotion of wildfire prevention planning, and identification of funding for wildfire programs in the San Gabriel Valley.

Wildlife & Open Space

SGVCOG supports the identification, acquisition, creation, or preservation of and access to open space in the San Gabriel Valley.