ACEC California’s sponsored Continuity of Services bill, AB 626 (Quirk-Silva), will be taken up again in December/January. Between now and then, it is critical to the bill’s success that we are able to get our public agency clients and state representatives in support. This effort is being spearheaded by the Grassroots Committee, with a goal of each Chapter bringing on five or more public agencies in support, so stay tuned for future instruction from your Chapter’s Grassroots Chair (Marco Palilla).
How You Can Help:
1. Send a letter of support to Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva and your state legislators on behalf of your firm, if you haven’t already.
Sample support letter from your firm to legislature
o Request that your public agency clients send a letter to Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva supporting AB 626. The following documents may be helpful to your effort and should be shared with your agency contact(s):
Sample support letter from client to legislature
Amendment language that will be inserted into the bill in December/January
APWA California support letter
Whenever an RFP is issued by a public agency or in any pre-proposal meeting with a public agency, ask for an official response from the agency to the following: “If my firm performs these services, would we be eligible to propose for subsequent work on this project, or would that be considered a violation of Government Code 1090?” Please send an email note to tmunzing@acec-ca.org and/or your Grassroots Chair telling us the response you receive.
Plan to schedule a meeting with your state representatives in their districts in the Fall to discuss them supporting (or better yet, coauthoring) AB 626.
Let your Chapter’s Grassroots Chair know of any actions you take or how you can help with the above so that we can coordinate efforts.
Please email completed letters from design firms and public agencies alike to bpineda@acec-ca.org, and we will make sure they get into the right legislators’ hands.
Thank you as always for your engagement in moving our industry forward together. Don’t hesitate to contact me (tmunzing@acec-ca.org) if I can assist you in this effort or in any other way.
