Call this meeting, I'll call this meeting to order of the uh law and legislation uh committee for September 22nd, 2026.

Clerk please call the roll.

Thank you, Councilmember Dickinson.

Here council member Jennings and Vice Chair Pleckibaum.

Thank you.

Uh I will lead the land acknowledgement in the pledge.

Please rise if you are able.

To the original people of this land, the Nissan people, the Southern Maidu Valley and Plains Miwok, Patwin Wintu peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the act of practice of acknowledgement, appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples history, contribution, and lives.

Salute pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

And Vice Chair, before we move on to the consent calendar, I want to remind members of the audience if they wish to speak or submit comments, fill out the online form.

There's a QR code in the back of the room and handouts in the front.

Members of the city clerk's office are also available in the lobby to assist.

You will have two minutes to address the count the committee, and you may speak on up to four items.

The timers on the screen behind me.

This meeting is being live streamed in English and Spanish on YouTube.

Captions and translations are AI generated and may contain errors.

Thanks, Mendy.

Any comment on the consent calendar?

I have no speakers on the consent calendar.

Any questions or discussion?

Do you have one?

Go ahead.

Okay.

Oops, sorry.

On the legislative advocacy correspondence, Cunchello.

The last the last uh committee meeting, I I made some comments about a letter that the city had signed on to related to tort reform.

And there was subsequently, I don't know what the bill number there was, subsequently, I noticed legislation that embodied a number of the items in that uh in that letter.

But um I didn't see it on the on the list of of bills that you had compiled.

And so I I inferred from that that the city didn't take any position on that bill.

So I just wanted to confirm that.

Yes, and it's um thank you.

Um there were discussions about tort reform and nothing came of it.

So we did not take an official position on anything.

Okay, okay.

All right, I appreciate that.

Thanks.

Thanks, Chair.

That's that's it.

If you want, I'll I will move the uh consent items.

I will go ahead and second.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed abstention?

Hearing none, item passes.

Uh next up we have the uh 2026 Tile 17 omnibus ordinance and ordinance amending various provisions of the Sacramento City Code relating to planning and development.

Take it away.

Thank you.

Good morning.

And today I'll be presenting the Title 17 omnibus ordinance, which is a collection of proposed amendments to the city's planning and zoning code.

I'll start with a brief overview of what an omnibus ordinance is before diving into the various categories of the amendments.

I'll provide a high-level summary of key changes as well as the next steps for review and staff recommendation.

So an omnibus bill is a single letter legislative action that covers a variety of topics coming from the Latin word meaning to, for, by, with, or from everything.

And in our case, these are corrections, clarifications, and updates that are bundled together for efficiency.

The amendments fall into three categories.

With state law consistency, these updates are needed because our code is either silent or inconsistent with new state laws that are passed.

With streamlining, these are refinements to existing regulations that improve clarity or efficiency without changing policy direction.

And many of these are consistent with or help implement the Sacramento Streamline Initiative.

And for administrative cleanup, these changes correct outdated references or typos.