A great read and call to action in this post from The Morning Bun —
https://www.themorningbun.com/alameda-city-council-should-not-draft-city-level-e-bike-regulations/

Alameda City Council should not draft city-level e-bike regulations
💡tl;dr summary: Five out of five Alameda City Councilmembers indicated their interest in using city resources this year to consider rules for "e-bikes" that will either be practically unenforceable — or will set up APD officers to pull over and check the bikes of every adult cycling to a ferry