California Legislature — Official Testimony
CalMatters Digital Democracy — Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development

Kendall Jarvis Testifies Before the California Legislature: AB 806 & AB 925

Sessions: 2025–2026 California Legislature Role: Registered Advocate (2023–2025) Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Source: CalMatters Digital Democracy — On-Video Record

Kendall Jarvis is registered as a California Legislative Advocate (2023–2025) and appears on the official CalMatters Digital Democracy record having testified before the California State Assembly on two housing and disaster-related bills in 2025. Both appearances were video-recorded and are accessible through the Digital Democracy platform, which uses AI-assisted transcription to archive all California legislative testimony. This formal legislative participation — separate from her COAD leadership and State Legislative Committee appointment — establishes Kendall as an active participant in shaping California disaster law at the Capitol.

AB 806
April 30, 2025
Mobilehomes: Cooling Systems
Kendall testified before the Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development on AB 806, which addresses cooling system requirements in mobilehome parks. The bill targets heat-related vulnerability in mobilehome communities — a population that overlaps significantly with wildfire-displaced residents and uninsured low-income Californians Kendall represents. The testimony is video-recorded on Digital Democracy.
23 Min · Video Available
AB 925
April 9, 2025
Mobilehome Parks: Emergency Preparedness
Kendall testified before the same committee on AB 925, addressing emergency preparedness requirements for mobilehome parks — directly applicable to the disaster vulnerabilities she has documented across wildfire-affected communities since 2017. An additional segment of the April 9 hearing (listed as "No Bills Identified," ~1 min) also captures a second Kendall contribution to that session. The testimony is video-recorded on Digital Democracy.
18 Min + 1 Min · Video Available

About the Committee

The California Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development oversees legislation affecting housing policy, tenant rights, mobile home regulation, and community development programs across California. Testifying before this committee places Kendall among the professional advocates, policy experts, and nonprofit leaders who shape California housing and disaster law at the state level.

About CalMatters Digital Democracy

Digital Democracy is CalMatters' AI-assisted platform for tracking and archiving all California legislative activity — including who testifies, on which bills, and in which sessions. It identifies Kendall Jarvis as an Advocate active in the 2023–2025 sessions. The platform provides timestamped video links to her specific testimony segments, making these appearances the most objectively documented and verifiable items in Kendall's media record.

Why This Record Matters

  • Legislative testimony is one of the highest-credential forms of professional advocacy — it is documented, public, and verifiable with no editorial intermediary
  • Testifying on housing and mobilehome issues extends Kendall's documented expertise beyond wildfire-specific insurance into the broader disaster vulnerability spectrum
  • Mobilehome park residents are among the most underserved disaster survivors — their overlap with Kendall's existing client base is direct and documented
  • The Digital Democracy record confirms Kendall is recognized by bill advocates and committee staff as a credible expert voice worth inviting to testify
  • Combined with her prior appointment to the CA State Legislative Committee on Wildfire Research and Technology, these testimonies confirm sustained state-level policy engagement across multiple years and legislative bodies

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