Legislative Efforts

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The City adopts an annual Legislative Platform illustrating the fundamental legislative issues that affect Fairfield. This platform was most recently adopted on February 20, 2024, providing a general framework for all legislative review, either directly or in concert with supporting agencies.

The adopted 2024 platform reflects the current issues and challenges the City faces in the areas of infrastructure, affordable housing, economic development and resources, homelessness, and local government. The platform reflects input from each city department head as well as various state and federal legislative advocates.

The City Manager’s Office, in conjunction with the City Council Legislative Review Committee, strives to advocate, coordinate and advance the City’s legislative agenda in order to enhance the City’s ability to govern and provide essential services to the Fairfield Community.

City Council Legislative Subcommittee

Vice Mayor Pam Bertani
Councilmember Doug Carr

Legislative Review Committee Agendas

If you would like to contact the City regarding legislation, please email Anna Guiles, Assistant to the City Manager.

Legislative Platforms and Position Letters

Legislative Advocacy Service Agreement

Since 1999, the City of Fairfield has engaged the lobbying firm Joe A. Gonsalves & Son to provide strategic advocacy and representation on state-level issues. The firm's expertise and experience has proven valuable in advancing the City's policy priorities, securing funding, and effectively influencing legislation and regulations that impact the City and its constituents.

Current Service Agreement

Travis AFB Update

The Travis Community Consortium (TCC) has set a four-year, eight-point strategic plan. They are working to seek public assurances that Travis will get bridge missions that will backfill the loss of the KC-10, that manpower levels will stay constant at the base, and are pushing to have Travis keep its air refueling mission. They will be cornering congressional representatives and Air Force leaders, with lobbying trips to Washington, D.C., and Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base. The TCC is realistic in the expectation that there will be changes at Travis, with the expected departure of the KC-10s, but their mission is to make sure Travis maintains a solid position to bed down the next generation, the KC-46s. There will be a massive effort to make sure that Travis is the best base with its geopolitical location, good infrastructure, and no encroachment.

TCC Strategy

Seek public assurances that Travis Air Force Base will receive “bridge missions” to backfill the retirement of the KC-10. Additionally, acquire assurances that manpower levels will remain constant in the meantime due to the retirement of the KC-10, and strongly advocate that Travis will retain an air refueling mission.
Engage with key federal representatives to ensure those assurances become reality, maintaining close contact with the TCC’s Congressional delegation and encouraging optimum advocacy for Travis and the region.
Actively engage with the US Air Force by visiting the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, and Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL as needed, in addition to key leadership at Travis AFB. Also, participate and maintain communication within the Governor’s Military Council and its staff and utilize the Council’s access, expertise, and resources.
Seek to preserve other existing missions and enhance the potential to assume additional missions at Travis AFB during future BRAC or non-BRAC realignments by advocating for continued investment in base infrastructure, operating and maintenance funding, demolition funding for condemned buildings, and modernization of Travis’ Aircraft.
Seek to protect and preserve Travis’s existing aircraft including technology upgrades and ongoing maintenance costs by advocating for continued investment and funding.
Strengthen and enhance partnerships and joint ventures with civilian agencies such as Solano Community College, the University of California at Davis, local medical service providers, and corporate partners. Explore new and additional cooperative areas of benefit through public-private, public-public agreements (P4) or any ventures that will reduce base overhead costs. P4 and Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) opportunities should be viewed as opportunities to partner with Travis for the mutual benefit of both.
Implement policy that will ensure continued compatible regional development, the preservation of unrestricted air space and other base operations from encroachment, and remediate situations that may detract from Travis’s standing in future BRAC or non-BRAC decisions.
Expand TCC membership, financial resources, administrative capability, and community outreach to further achieve the TCC goals.

Additional Resources

Travis Air Force Base

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