Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: President Warren Slocum, District 4
Subject: Adding language to the Standing Rules for County Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution amending the Standing Rules for the County's boards, commissions, committees, and councils to define the process for submitting a recommendation that the Board of Supervisors support or oppose pending legislation and aligning it with existing Board policy on legislative coordination and advocacy.
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BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution in March 1999 describing the standing rules for all County Boards, Commissions, and Advisory Committees. These rules provide guidance on how the work of such boards, commissions, and advisory committees is conducted. The rules, created by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors and remaining in force until repealed or annulled by a majority vote, have been restated and amended over the years, most recently with Resolution No. 069276 in February 2008.
On June 4, 2019, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Legislative Coordination and Advocacy Policy to establish a coordinated process for conveying official Board positions on federal and state legislative matters, including County advisory boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
DISCUSSION:
In recent years, many of these County advisory bodies have become more actively engaged in policy matters. However, only the Board of Supervisors has the authority to express the official views of the County of San Mateo on pending legislation, so their actions are advisory in nature. Although the 2019 Legislative Coordination Advocacy Policy set forth a specific process for receiving the advice of its boards, commissions, committees, and councils, and Executive Office staff have worked to make the County's advisory bodies aware of the process through the San Mat...
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