Agenda packet — Carpinteria City Council, November 13, 2023 (part 2 of 2)

Cities conducts webinars regularly on legislation affecting cities, regional representatives keep
cities informed on important legislation, and analysis and sample position letters are provided for use by cities.

The City Council currently carries a standing Legislative matter on its regular agendas where it can consider Cal Cities information and direct staff with regard to scheduling future agenda matters on supporting or opposing state legislation. This process ensures that positions taken by the City have been thoroughly vetted and are consistent with City interests as determined by the City; however, it can also take a significant amount of time and prevent the City from providing timely responses to bills working their way through the legislative process.

Many cities create and maintain a legislative platform unique to its interests in order to inform the advocacy process. Attachment B to this report includes examples from the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Grover Beach. Some city councils also form a committee of their members to create and maintain the legislative platform and/or conduct advocacy, such as writing position letters.

The following are alternatives to the current practice of the Council:

1. Council Standing Committee (No Legislative Platform). Formed like other Council Committees with the authority/responsibility to act consistent with Cal Cities positions and:

A. Authorized to conduct advocacy directly via letters, etc.; or B. Authorized to make recommendations to Council.

2. Council Standing Committee (With Legislative Platform). Committee drafts a legislative platform for Council consideration/adoption and makes recommendations for annual update of the platform, and:

A. Committee takes positions directly based on Platform; or B. Committee makes recommendations based on the Platform to Council.

3. Legislative Platform and No Committee: Council adopts a legislative platform drafted for its consideration by staff, conducts annual review and makes any desired updates of the platform, and:

A. Council takes positions based on Platform and review of legislation; or B. City Manager is authorized to draft and send letters based on Platform.

POLICY
Taking positions for or against federal or state legislation is within the purview of the City Council. It is in the City's interest to monitor and take positions, as deemed appropriate by City Council, on legislation that has the potential to result in significant G:\CC Staff Reports\2023 1113\Final\Legislative Advocacy Committee Options\S-Legislative Advocacy Options (2023).docx
Legislative Advocacy Options
November 13, 2023

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FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
There are no hard costs associated with taking a position on federal or state legislation.

Some legislation may have the potential over time to be a financial benefit or detriment to the City.

LEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Taking position on legislation federal or state legislation does not create additional legal risk for the City.

OPTIONS

1. Receive and file the report and take no action.

2. Receive and file the report and direct staff to prepare a draft resolution consistent with one of the alternatives described in this staff report.

3. Receive and file the report and direct staff to return with additional information as directed.

ATTACHMENTS
A. League of California Cities 2023 Federal and State Advocacy Priorities B. Sample Legislative Platforms from Cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta and Grover Beach
Staff contact:

Reviewed by: Dave Durflinger, City Manager
(805) 755-4400, [email protected] /\
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ATTACHMENT A

LEAGUE OF

CALIFORNIA
CITIES
League of California Cities 2023 Federal Advocacy Priorities 1 . Support increased federal funding to assist California cities with housing affordability and homelessness challenges in ,our communities.

2. Pursue strategies and resources to address crime and its underlying causes.

3. Engage in the federal budget and appropriations process to protect and increase essential local revenues.

4. Strengthen disaster preparedness, resiliency, and recovery from climate change impacts through improved collaboration and resources.

LEAGUE OF

CALIFORNIA
CITIES
League of California Cities 2023 Advocacy Priorities

1. Protect and expand investments to prevent and reduce homelessness. Secure sustainable state funding that bolsters cities' efforts to support individuals experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. While protecting existing resources, strengthen state and local partnerships to connect individuals with the care they need through coordinated care systems that provide access to wraparound services, including mental health and substance use treatment.

2. Increase the supply and affordability of housing while retaining local decisionmaking. Secure long-term, sustainable funding tools for cities to jumpstart the construction of housing at all income levels and ensure cities retain flexibility to achieve local and state housing goals.

3. Improve public safety in California communities. Pursue strategies and resources to address crime and its underlying causes. Partner with all levels of government and diverse organizations to improve community safety through prevention and early intervention programming, workforce recruitment and retention, and improved reentry services.

4. Safeguard essential local revenues and support fiscal sustainability. Protect, increase, and modernize revenue streams for local priorities. Oppose efforts that would reduce or eliminate funding for cities, including unfunded mandates.

ATTACHMENT B
Legislative Platform
City of Santa Barbara
Revision Date: 7/26/2022
Table of Contents
CITY ADMINISTRATION 1
LOCAL AUTHORITY AND DISCRETION ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 OPEN MEETING LAW (THE BROWN ACT) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 ALLIANCES ................................................................................................ · ........................................................................................................................................... 1 POLITICAL REFORM ACT ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, ETHICS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 ELECTED OFFICIALS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 ELECTIONS 3

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LITIGATION REFORM
4 4
REVENUE AND TAXATION 5

EFFECTIVE FINANCING

LOCAL AUTHORITY AND

ACCOUNTABILITY

ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR

LOCAL NEEDS
STATE MANDATES REIMBURSEMENT 5
DISASTER RECOVERY 5

SALES AND USE TAXES

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX

UTILITY USER TAX (UUT)

REGIONAL REVENUES

FRANCHISE

PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENT (PEG) ACCESS TELEVISION 5 5
5 5
5 5
6 6
6 6
6 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT .

LABOR RELATIONS

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PERS)

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
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8 9
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP 9

EMPLOYMENT- RELATED ISSUES

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

GENERAL INSURANCE
PUBLIC SAFETY - .
9 10.
10 ................ ········ : 11
LAW ENFORCEMENT .- , 11
NUISANCE CONTROL 12
SMOKING AND TOBACCO CONTROL 12
GANG VIOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 DISASTER RESPONSE ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 EMERGENCY SERVICES AND .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 INSURANCE .................................................................................................................................... : .................................................................................................. 13 FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 FEDERAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 15
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 15
SINGLE-USE MATERIALS · : 16
UTILITIES/ENERGY 16
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 17
REVITALIZATION OF BROWNFIELDS 17
WATER RESOURCES 18

WATER QUALITY
AIR

ENERGY & CLIMATE PROTECTION

ENERGY & CLIMATE PROTECTION
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) ·

COASTAL
HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOF>MENT .

TOURISM

ARTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CULTURAL RESOURCES

JOB CREATION

HOMELESSNESS

PLANNING AND ZONING

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS

DEVELOPMENT FEES

STATE SUBVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND CONTRACTS

ANNEXATION AND INCORPORATION

SUBDIVISION MAP ACT
BUILDING STANDARDS ·

SIGN REGULATION
REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY ..

RENT CONTROL/ MOBILE HOME REGULATION

REPURPOSE UNDERUTILIZED STATE AND FEDERAL FACILITIES

HOUSING

RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
19 19
20 21
21 22
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25 26
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27 AFFORDABLE HOUSING , 28
TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS 29
TRANSPORTATION 29
TELECOMMUNICATIONS : 29
VEHICLES 30
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS : 30

CITY COMMUNICATIONS
AIRPORT .

FUNDING
30 ........................... 31
31 SAFETY AND s·ECURITY 31

ENVIRONMENT
AIR

TRANSPORTATION/ INFRASTRUCTURE

PLANNING

RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONS

EDUCATION
WATERFRONT .
32 32
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PUBLIC ACCESS 33
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 FEDERAL REGULATION ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 LOCAL CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 FISHERIES .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 DREDGING .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................•................. 34 SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 ENFORCEMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 FACILITIES 35

BOATING SAFETY

EDUCATION
35 35
COMMUNITY SERVICES 36
PARKS FUNDING 36
S
TATE NATURAL AREA AND PARK BOND FUNDS 36
NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION 36
PROPOSIT-ION 50/84/lE :························································ 36 PARKS AND RECREATION 36
CHILDREN/YOUTH .- 37
SENIORS : 38

PUBLIC HEALTH
39 PUBLIC LIBRARIES 39
COMMUNITY 40
PUBLIC LIBRARIES 40
LOCALAUTHOruTYAND

DISCRETION
ALL DEPARTMENTS Support the ability of local governments to enact local standards or regulations that differ from those enacted at the state and federal level regarding any issue described in the legislative platform.

Oppose legislation or regulation that restricts local authority and discretion.

STATE AND FEDERAL

MANDATES
ALL DEPARTMENTS Support funding for any improvements, programs, and projects required of the City through state or federal mandates.

Oppose unfunded state or federal mandates.

OPEN MEETING LAW (THE

BROWN ACT)
Open Meetings
Restrictions
Closed Sessions
Privacy Rights
!Personnel Issues
Property Acquisitions
ttorney /Client Privilege

CITY ADMINISTRATOR/

CITY ATTORNEY
Support legislation that recognizes the need to conduct the public's business in public. To this end, the City supports the regulation of the State Legislature and other public agencies to ensure conformance to the principles of the open meetings provision in the Ralph M.

Brown Act.

Oppose legislation claiming to enhance open and public meetings that in practice unnecessarily complicates the ability of a city to properly communicate with the public and that discourages communications among governing body members through unproductive restrictions and inappropriate activities.

Oppose legislation that would impose further unnecessary restrictions on the action that a governing body can take in closed sessions.

Support legislation that recognizes the realities of other constraints under which a local governing body must operate that necessitates judicious use of closed sessions, including:
• The privacy rights granted to individuals under the U.S. and California constitutions; • The personnel issues that have a potential impact on an individual's career and potential earning capacity and that raise serious liability questions for a local jurisdiction;
• The protection of the taxpayer's interests over property and other acquisitions or sales by a public agency; and
• The proper maintenance of the same attorney-client privilege enjoyed by the private sector.

Support legislation that would allow alternative methods of meeting public notice requirements and enhancing them through the use of cost effective and innovative, technology friendly methods of communication ..

Support legislation to allow cities the option of providing online access to public meetings.

LLIANCES ALL DEPARTMENTS
Support alliances with counties, schools, other cities, employee organizations, other local agencies, and business and professional organizations to support cooperation, sound financial policies, and joint action.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR 1
CITY ADMINISTRATION Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: Issues regarding local authority, state and federal mandates, election law and administration, tort reform, open meeting law (Brown Act), the Public Records Act, the Political Reform Act, and other conflict of interest laws
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CITY ADMINSTRA TOR Oppose regulations and legislation that would restrict or preempt local regulation of campaign financing.

Support appropriate efforts to improve and streamline the Political Reform Act and its implementation through regulations.

Support an increase in the fee for the reproduction of statements required under the Political Reform Act from ten cents ($0.10) to twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page.

Oppose legislation that would prohibit the use of public resources to commence an action to enjoin the operation of any law or constitutional amendment that was proposed by initiative petition and approved by the voters.

Support legislation providing the FPPC with authority to issue opinions to guide local officials in understanding conflict of interest laws, including Government Code 1090.

GOVERNANCE,

TRANSPARENCY, ETHICS
CITY ADMINISTRATOR Support legislation that promotes transparency in political campaign funding and/or spending.

Support legislation to revise laws governing local agency transparency and ethics when it addresses material and documented inadequacies and has a reasonable relationship to resolving those problems, is internally consistent, avoids redundancy, and accommodates the practical challenges of implementation.

Support legislation requiring State officials and agencies to conform to the same transparency and ethical behavior requirements imposed on local officials and agencies.

Support legislation that strengthens the ethics laws related to the Board of Administration for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) including banning the ability of former board members to do business with CalPERS.

ELECTED OFFICIALS CITY ADMINISTRATOR Support legislation to extend or provide protection to elected and appointed officials from the unauthorized publication of their home addresses or telephone numbers in newspapers or similar periodicals.

Support requiring both local and state officials to maintain their place of residence in the jurisdiction they were elected to represent.

CITY ADMINISTRATION 2

ELECTIONS
Costs/Procedures
Mail Ballots
Ballot measures
Transparency

CITY ADMINISTRATOR/

CITY ATTORNEY
Support legislation that reduces any unnecessary and costly procedures for conducting a municipal election.

Oppose legislation that mandates costly and unnecessary procedures related to the local election process.

Oppose legislation mandating consolidated elections.

Support legislation providing city councils more flexibility to fill city council vacancies, including extending the appointment period to fill a vacancy.

Support mail ballot elections.

Support legislation that revises statewide ballot order so that local races and measures appear first.

Support the requirement that the intent and text of a local ballot measure is to be filed with the City Clerk and published in a newspaper of general circulation with a filing fee.

Support legislation allowing the city council to refer any land use measure to the planning agency for a report on the measure's effects.

Support legislation that facilitates newly sworn citizen's voter registration.

Support permitting election officials to administer voter information electronically so long as such a process remains voluntary to voters.

Oppose legislation or regulation that would prohibit legal action from being filed by any person challenging the validity of the initiative petition or ordinance after the date of the election.

Support publishing the title of a local ballot measure in a newspaper of general circulation instead of the full text.

Support a process that would allow a City presented with an allegation of a violation of the California Voting Rights Act to address the allegation before any person may file a lawsuit related to the alleged violation.

Support authorizing cities to convert from an at-large to a by-district election system using an ordinance process.

Oppose legislation that would mandate the dates on which to hold local elections.

Support legislation that maintains the integrity of the recall process.

Support legislation that reduces the amount of recall abuse while improving, streamlining and ensuring that the public has full knowledge of the issues.

CITY ADMINISTRATION 3
CITY ADMINISTRATION Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: Issues regarding local authority, state and federal mandates, election law and administration, tort reform, open meeting law (Brown Act), the Public Records Act, the Political Reform Act, and other conflict of interest laws
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY11NFORMATION

TECHNOLCIGY
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Computers
Net Neutrality
Broadband
Records Retention
Data Privacy
Voiceover IP
Telecommunications
!Electronic Mail
Geographic Information Systems
Support legislation protecting the authority of interested communities to establish internet services and support at the local level with a preference for broadband.

Oppose legislation that would require, in the event of a security data breach, cities to provide identity theft mitigation services at no cost to the impacted persons.

Support legislation that prohibits internet access service providers from blocking, throttling, or otherwise restricting or discriminating against lawful content.

LITIGATION REFORM
Local Exposure
!Liability
Business Climate

CITY ATTORNEY/

FINANCE
Support legislation that limits the exposure of local governments to lawsuits related to liability, including but not limited to such areas as unimproved natural conditions, design immunity, hazardous recreational activities, and injuries due to wild animals in public places.

Support modifications to the joint and several liability laws that require the responsible parties in a civil action to pay only their fair share of judgment based on their relative responsibility.

Support limitations on lawsuits that have little merit by eliminating the availability of provisions for fee recovery by petitioners or by authorizing cities to collect their fees and costs in cases where they are the prevailing party.

Oppose legislation which limits the power of cities to negotiate indemnification protections in public contracts.

CITY ADMINISTRATION 4
Staff Liaison
REVENUE AND TAXATION Departments
Scope: Issues and recommendations related to finance administration, taxation reform, revenue needs, and revenue sources at the federal, state and local levels.

FINANCE Support meaningful fiscal reform that allows each level of government to adequately finance its service responsibilities. ·

LOCAL AUTHORITY AND

CCOUNTABILITY
FINANCE Support local control and accountability for revenues raised and services provided.

Support the integrity of existing city revenue sources, including the local share of property tax, sales tax, vehicle license fees, etc.

Support the authority of local governments to collect revenues from telecommunications providers and ensure that any future changes are revenue neutral for local governments.

Oppose any state or federal legislation that would pre-empt or threaten local taxation authority · including but not limited to Utility Users' Taxes.

Support legislation that authorizes a simple majority of the voters in a city or county to establish local priorities, including the right to increase taxes or issue general obligation bonds.

DDITIONAL REVENUE FOR

LOCAL NEEDS
FINANCE Support efforts and legislation to generate additional revenue to state/local governments to meet the requirements of a growing population and deteriorating services and facilities.

Support legislation to create revenue streams for affordable local housing.

STATE MANDATES

REIMBURSEMENT
FINANCE Support full and prompt reimbursement to all local agencies for all state-mandated programs and/or infractions and losses associated with local revenue shifts.

Support reforms prohibiting the State from deferring mandate payments.

Oppose unfunded state and federal mandates.

DISASTER RECOVERY FINANCE Support disaster recovery legislation that mitigates losses experienced by local governments.

SALES AND USE TAXES FINANCE Support efforts to preserve the existing Situs-based sales tax under the Bradley Burns 1 % baseline.

Support efforts to reduce competition for Situs-based revenues, including:
• Allocation of tax proceeds collected from internet sales to the jurisdiction where the product is received by the purchaser.
• Restrictions should be implemented and enforced to prohibit the enactment of agreements designed to circumvent the principle of situs-based sales.

Support legislation that would either broaden the tax base on goods and/or expand the sales tax to services, such as those commonly taxed in other states.

Support efforts to update the county pool allocation process to ensure more revenues are allocated to the jurisdiction where the product is delivered.

Oppose legislation that proposes to grant exemption for specific products that fails to protect those portions of the sales taxes that are dedicated to local government.

REVENUE AND TAXATION 5

TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY

TAX (TOT)
FINANCE Support legislation that requires online home sharing platforms to provide information to local jurisdictions, including property address, length of stay, rates and other pertinent information, regarding properties used as vacation rentals within the jurisdiction's boundaries.

Oppose any legislation that would prohibit local voter-approved transient occupancy taxes.

UTILITY USER TAX (UUT) FINANCE
Oppose legislation that would prohibit local governments from collecting Utility User Tax from modern telecommunication and video technologies, including Over the Top Television, and other wired or wireless technology.

REGIONAL REVENUES FINANCE Support the identification and implementation of multi-jurisdictional revenues in cases where regional issues, programs, and services are identified.

FRANCHISE FEES FINANCE Support local government ability to receive compensation for use of its public-right-of-way, including but not limited to gas, electric, refuse, and cable, wireless telecommunication and video providers.

PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL AND I FINANCE

GOVERNMENT (PEG) ACCESS
!TELEVISION
Support legislation that preserves PEG access television and allows PEG access funding to be used to support basic operational costs, including employee salaries, as well as capital maintenance and replacement.

REVENUE AND TAXATION 6

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

ND RISK MANAGEMENT
Staff Liaison
Departments Scope: issues related to the field of labor relations and human resource management. l\BQR RELATIO
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CITY ADMINISTRATOR Support efforts to promote, initiate, and improve both public and private sector labor- management relations.

Oppose interference with management rights or the ability of cities and their employees to bargain on matters within the scope of representation.

Support legislation that specifically exempts local public agencies from the requirement to negotiate with any labor or special interest group about matters submitted to the voters of that jurisdiction as initiatives or Charter amendments.

Support the long-held position of California courts that public employees cannot engage in strikes.

Oppose any legislative action that requires the continuation of the terms of any Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between a public agency and an employee organization until a successor MOU is agreed upon.

Oppose the expansion of a local agency's collective bargaining responsibilities to employees over whose conditions of employment, the local agency does not have full control.

Oppose any extension of the State Public Employment Relations Board jurisdiction over local public agency labor relation disputes and charges of unfair labor practices, and to any interference or intervention in local collective bargaining by any labor-management relations councils or boards.

Oppose state-mandated compulsory labor arbitration, mediation, or fact-finding processes.

Oppose state-mandated paid time off for employee's union activities.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND

INCLUSION
Civil Rights/EEO
exual Harassment
tandards
Family Leave
exual Orientation

CITY ADMINISTRATOR
Support legislation furthering the purpose and clarifying the application of state and federal civil rights and equal employment opportunity laws.

Support consistent standards for discrimination and harassment claims between state and federal law.

Support efforts to conform the California Family Care Leave Laws to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Support the amendment of federal civil rights legislation to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Oppose extending the filing dates for Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) charges, and oppose permitting the FEHC to provide affirmative or prospective relief to prevent the recurrence of an unlawful practice.

Support legislation that supports programs to address historical inequities EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 7

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

ND RISK MANAGEMENT
Staff Liaison
Departments Scope: issues related to the field of labor relations and human resource management.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES'

RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(PERS)
Coalition
!Public Pension Systems
Pension System Reform
Transparency
'xemptions
Limitations
raud
Disability
Part-Time Work
Mandates
CalPERS Board
Human Resources
Support the PERS Public Agency Coalition (PERS/PAC) and its efforts to maintain or further the interests of contracting agencies.

Support allowing changes to retirement benefits applicable to the prospective service of existing employees, consistent with the state and federal constitutions and other applicable law.

Support maximum flexibility for local agencies in negotiating pension issues such as: benefit formulas, minimum retirement age, pension caps, cost-sharing, employee contributions, final compensation calculations, vesting schedules, and supplemental defined benefit and/or deferred compensation programs.

Support increasing the transparency of the programs and funding of both PERS pension and nonpension post-retirement benefits and subsidies.

Support requiring pension cost estimates and disclosures to include the total cost of pension benefits, including the cost of unfunded liabilities, and allowing employee/employer costsharing based on the total cost of pension benefits.

Oppose preemption of charter city authority over their public pension systems.

Support efforts to reduce retirement benefit fraud and a requirement that the PERS Board adjust or cancel the retirement allowance of any person convicted of making fraudulent benefit claims.

Support efforts to reform disability retirement including:
• reducing all disability retirement payments for employees hired after a certain date; • imposing an earnings test for persons receiving industrial disability retirement; • requiring state departments to identify annual unemployment and disability payments in separate budget items;
• requiring persons receiving disability retirement payments to obtain an annual medical examination;
• prescribing a 60% cap on payments for either job-related or non-job-related · disabilities;
• eliminating the tax-exempt status of disability retirement payments, or allowing tax exempt status proportional to the severity of the disability; • requiring mandatory reinstatement for employees certified able to work by medical exam; and
• discontinuing disability retirement payments if the employee rejects reinstatement.

Oppose requiring an employer to continue to pay the salary of a member while PERS makes its decision on the member's application for involuntary disability retirement.

Support restructuring the membership of the CalPERS Board of Administration to include new members appointed by the League of California Cities and substantially increase the number of independent public members (preferably with financial expertise).

Support exempting part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees from CalPERS eligibility entirely and eliminating the 1,000-hour eligibility threshold.

Support legislation exempting local agencies participating in PEMHCA from the requirement to make contributions toward health benefits for retired individuals.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 8
Staff Liaison
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Departments

ND RISK MANAGEMENT
Scope: issues related to the field of labor relations and human resource management.

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION Human Resources
Support local government control of employee- compensation.

Oppose expansion of state-mandated local agency employee pay or benefits.

Oppose legislation that would require employers to pay more than the regular rate of pay on holidays.

Support transparency of compensation and other benefits to ensure the public is informed of the fiscal realities and obligations that local agencies face.

DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP Human Resources
Support legislation that deletes the current state criteria that persons in a Domestic Partnership must be members of the same sex or be over 62 years of age.

EMPLOYMENT-RELATED
ISSUES
Mandates
FEHC
Human Resources
Support the special protection of elected officials, county public defenders, public figures and public employees acting in their official capacity against threats of death or serious bodily injury.

Support federal and state legislation affirming the establishment of tax-exempt employee savings accounts for retirement health expenses.

Oppose a mandatory Social Security tax on any public sector employees or employers by the federal government.

Oppose any state or federal mandate of benefits on local agency employers, including, but not limited to, benefits for temporary or part-time employees, and veterans' preferences.

Oppose legislation limiting the ability of public agencies to monitor public employees' use of public assets and resources.

Oppose further limitation on a public sector employer's ability to conduct job related preemployment inquiries and background checks in order to prevent physical, financial, economic and personal identity threats to employees and the general public.

Support the establishment of a state program similar to the federal Americorps that would allow cities and other local agencies to host service members.

Oppose legislation that would allow employment applicants to bring action against an agency for taking into consideration their status as a current or former public employee.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
9 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

ND RISK MANAGEMENT
Staff Liaison
Departments Scope: issues related to the field of labor relations and human resource management. oo 0 0
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resumptive Injury
Legal Process
OSHA Mandates
FINANCE Support the principles that describe an industrial injury or illness using a narrow view on causation and definition of injury.

Support requiring the employee to prove by clear and convincing evidence that sudden or extraordinary employment conditions were the predominant causes for the injury.

Support existing workers' compensation laws to be liberally construed only after an injury is deemed "specific" and consists of serious physical or bodily harm.

Support the cost containment of medical expenses for workers' compensation claims.

Oppose regulations or legislation that would require increased employer medical costs for workers' compensation.

Oppose regulations or legislation that would expand the definition of a "presumptive" injury, or create new "presumptive" injury categories that lack a basis in current proven medical science.

Oppose legislation that would permit an employee to use more than one legal process in regard to disability claims (i.e., ADA, workers' compensation, DFEH), or any other erosion of the "exclusive remedy" principle as it relates to disability claims covered under workers' compensation.

Oppose any regulation or legislation that would alter current California law on disability benefits to expand eligibility for specific types of disability benefits to new or additional job classifications, or extend the term for disability benefits to an eligible employee beyond what is established by current California law.

Support principles that describe an occupational safety and health exposure using a narrow view on workplace causation based on current objective science.

Oppose regulations or legislation that would require increased employer costs for implementing occupational safety and health programs that lack a basis in current objective science.

GENERAL INSURANCE FINANCE Oppose regulations or legislation that would increase employer costs for mandated insurance coverage (i.e. general liability, automobile liability, etc.), including expanding employer coverage for personal property owned by an employee or volunteer.

Oppose regulations or legislation that would require a city to repair a sidewalk when the sidewalk damage is caused by privately owned plants or trees and hold a city liable for any injury resulting from the failure to repair the sidewalk.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT 10

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Penalties
Violent Offenders
Cost Reimbursement
!
Parking Citations
Data Collection
Predators
Racial Profiling
Deportable Criminals
POLICE Support the promotion of public safety through stiffer penalties for violent offenders, and protection and supplementation of additional funding for local agencies to recoup the costs of crime and increase community safety.

Support legislation which provides funding for local law enforcement agencies' acquisition of body cameras and related data storage and equipment.

Support legislation which expands the exemption under the California Public Records Act to include any audio or video recording created during an investigation, intelligence gathering operation, or the conducting of security procedures.

Support data collection on hate crimes based on race, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation and improved federal-local communication and coordination on hate crimes.

Support legislation that builds trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve, including the immigrant community, to ensure that individuals can safely report crimes and fully cooperate with local police and Sheriff departments.

Support federal action to identify predatory lending practices and increase federal enforcement action against lenders who target vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, elderly, low-income families, and racial minorities.

Support federal anti-racial profiling legislation that provides financial support to state and local law enforcement agencies for training.

Support reimbursement by the federal government to local agencies, specifically cities, for the costs associated with incarcerating deportable criminals.

Support increased penalties for metal theft, and recognize that statewide regulation is needed to discourage "jurisdiction shopping."
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: federal and state legislation and issues related to law enforcement, fire and life safety policies, emergency communications and services, and disaster preparedness.

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Recreational & Medical
Commercial Cannabis Businesses
Drugs
Public Space Behavior
Vicious Dog Definition
POLICE Support enhanced local control over public nuisances including, but not limited to:
• Adult entertainment facilities;
• Problem alcohol establishments;
• _ Improperly licensed massage therapy businesses;
• Problem illegal commercial cannabis businesses and delivery vendors; and • Properties where illegal drugs are sold.

Support legislation requiring all persons convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) offenses to install and maintain an Ignition Interlock Device (110), a breathalyzer requiring a driver to blow into a mouthpiece in order to start an automobile engine.

Oppose legislation to weaken any component of the State Law that:
• repeals the state Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program; • weakens cities' authority to inspect_cannabis businesses; • repeals the ten-day limit on state licensing entities to begin an investigation once notified by a local government that it has revoked a business' local permit; • allows a business to operate legally even after a local permit has been revoked; and • leaving local governments to perform any enforcement authority without express authorization to do so, creating increased exposure to litigation.

Support legislation which removes from the definition of "vicious dog" any dog seized from a dog fighting operation.

Oppose legislation that diminishes or removes the ability of the local authority to establish regulations regarding reasonable use of public space and appropriate behavior in public spaces.

SMOKING AND TOBACCO

CONTROL
POLICE Support legislation that limits the ability of minors to obtain tobacco products.

Support legislation that reduces the impacts of environmental tobacco smoke.

Support legislation that would provide additional funding to reduce tobacco consumption and improve cancer and smoking-related research.

VIOLENT CRIMES POLICE Support the reduction of violence through strategies that address domestic violence, access to tools of violence, including but not limited to firearms, knives, etc.

Support legislation that prohibits the possession of large-capacity magazines of 11 rounds or more.

Support legislation that requires background checks at point of sale and prohibits sale of ammunition to persons convicted of a felony, a violent misdemeanor, has a restraining order or has been declared dangerously mentally ill.

Support legislation that requires firearm owners to notify law enforcement if their firearm has been lost or stolen.

Support legislation which mandates that California share data with the FBI/NICS (National Instant Background Check System).

GRAFFITI POLICE Support increased authority and resources devoted to cities for abatement of graffiti and other acts of public vandalism.

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GANG VIOLENCE POLICE Support programs and funding for cities to prevent gang violence and enhance prevention, intervention and enforcement efforts.

DISASTER RESPONSE FIRE Support funding for improved public notification mechanisms during natural disasters and other emergencies, including continuous radio reporting.

Support additional funding for local agencies to recoup the costs associated with fire safety in the community and timely mutual aid reimbursement for disaster response services in other jurisdictions.

FIRE AND EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES
Mission
Local Control
Transport
taffing
Wild/and Fuel Management
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
FIRE
Support the fire service mission of saving lives and protecting property through both local and multijurisdictional fire prevention, fire investigation, disaster preparedness, hazardous-materials mitigation, specialized rescue, etc., as well as cities authority and discretion to provide all emergency services in their communities.

Support local control of emergency medical services and authorize cities and fire districts to prescribe and monitor the manner and scope of pre-hospital emergency medical services, including ambulance transport services, provided within local boundaries to improve prehospital emergency medical service.

Oppose legislation, regulations and standards that impose minimum staffing and response time standards for city fire and emergency medical services since such determinations should reflect the conditions and priorities of individual cities.

Support activities and funding which foster cooperation, coordination, and communication in the development of wildland fuel management programs to decrease impacts to public health and safety resulting from wildland urban interface fires.

Support legislation that provides immunity for first responders who damage a civilian drone directly interfering with ambulance services, firefighting-related services, and search and rescue

EMERGENCY SERVICES AND

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

POLICE/FIRE
Support activities to develop and implement statewide integrated public safety communication systems that facilitate interoperability and other shared uses of public safety spectrum with local, state and federal law enforcement, fire emergency medical and other public safety agencies.

Support efforts to improve 911 services including, but not limited to, directing 911 emergency calls from mobile telephones to the nearest Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).

Support representation of cities and counties on decisions affecting 911 systems and effective emergency response.

INSURANCE POLICE/ FIRE / FINANCE
Support the statewide administrative program that requires a motorist to have proof of insurance to register a vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Support uninsured vehicles being subject to impoundment, and redeemed only with proof of insurance, with unredeemed vehicles being sold to pay for the cost of the program.

Support state legislation providing Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan for last resort earthquake and fire coverage in high-risk areas and to make FAIR access more affordable.

Support efforts to improve accessibility to Fire Insurance.

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FEDERAL HOMELAND

SECURITY
Communication
tandards
Broadband Network
C
POLICE/ FIRE Support direct communication between federal agencies and local authorities on critical homeland issues.

Support federal standards, guidelines, and funding to ensure reliable, consistent, timely, and redundant preparedness on the front lines.

FEDERAL RESOURCES POLICE / FIRE Support federal funding for public safety, including the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant, Homeland Security Block Grant, the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, Assistance for Firefighters Grant, Staffing for Firefighters and Emergency Response Grant, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants as well as other public safety funding sources.

Support provision for a permanent dual-use fire station between the City of Santa Barbara and the U.S. Forest Service.

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MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Market Development
Electronic Waste
Curbside Recycling
Multi-Unit Housing
Recycling
Land Use
Landfill
Trash/Litter
ource Reduction
Extended Producer Responsibility
Household Hazardous Waste
Edible Food Rescue
Composting
Illegal Dumping
dvanced Processing
Facilities/ Infrastructure
Water Services for Un housed

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE /

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support legislation to develop a permit process for solid waste anaerobic digestion and/or conversion technologies that are capable of minimizing the amount of solid waste landfill, and do not impede or impair existing and planned recycling and waste reduction programs.

Support legislation to encourage the development of non-burn transformation technologies by providing full diversion credit for the waste that jurisdictions send to non-burn transformation facilities.

Support legislation that prohibits dumping waste matter on public property or on private property • without the consent of the owner, and makes this offense punishable by fines.

Support legislation facilitating the proper collection and disposal of waste pharmaceuticals, including marketing and education outreach.

Support the right of cities under existing law to be designated as Local Enforcement Agencies for solid waste facility permitting, inspection, and enforcement.

Oppose legislation that would preempt local land use authority over solid waste facilities, restrict the ability of a city to issue a land use permit for a solid waste facility, or restrict the ability of a city to apply conditions to such facilities through the conditional use permit process.

Support legislation for source control of trash and litter that pollutes water bodies, including prohibitions of filtered cigarettes, single-use water bottles, and other singe use products found to be pollutants.

Support legislation in favor of right to repair consumer protections.

Support legislation to reduce the production, release, and environmental impacts of microplastics.

Support legislation promoting source reduction of waste materials to minimize environmental impacts.

Support legislation for source reduction and source control of trash and litter that pollutes water bodies, including prohibitions on single-use materials.

Support legislation that establishes mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility for all materials.

Support legislation to expand the deposit value and container types included in the California Redemption Value Program.

Support legislation and other efforts to increase the markets for recycled materials, including advance disposal fees, minimum content laws, and recycling market development zones.

Support legislation that promotes development of domestic recycling processing infrastructure to reduce reliance on export markets.

Support improved diversion tracking of materials for full chain of custody accountability and comprehensive reporting.

Support efforts to strengthen recycling, organics recycling, and edible food rescue programs.

Support legislation to eliminate landfill disposal of organic materials.

Support clear labeling standards that clearly distinguish between what is recyclable or compostable with consumer direction on proper disposal.

Support closed loop recycling and organics recycling systems.

Support legislation that allocates funding for jurisdictions to provide waste services for the unhoused.

Support legislation that allocates funding for jurisdictions to support sharing libraries and circular economies.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities.

SINGLE-USE MATERIALS SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE
Support legislation efforts to discourage or reduce the use of single use material in order to increase diversion from landfill and encourage reusable materials.

UTILITIES /ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE/ PUBLIC

WORKS/ FINANCE
Oppose any legislation that interferes with local utility rate setting authority.

Support efforts and legislation which improves distribution system reliability of the electrical supply.

Support efforts and legislation which improves and upgrades transmission and generation systems providing greater electrical supply reliability, including removing barriers to local siting of generation.

Support efforts and legislation which allows the generators of renewable electricity to wheel power from the site of generation to the sites of use.
· Support legislation eliminating departing load charges, which discourage Community Choice Aggregation and the use of alternative energy resources.

Support the ability of local governments to implement community choice aggregation for the purchase of electricity and oppose legislation that would place new requirements on the establishment of, and activities by, community choice aggregators.

Support efforts and legislation that enable the development of local microgrid projects, enable renewable energy interconnection processes and eliminate regulatory hurdles to their development
Support legislation to permit assignment of the Public Goods Charge to local governments for implementation of renewable energy development, energy conservation programs and projects.

Support legislation and measures that encourage renewable energy generation, facilitate renewable resource development, and provide incentives for renewable generation projects.

Oppose legislation and measures that make renewable energy generation less cost effective or more difficult to implement.

Support legislation or regulations allowing wheeling of power and/or appropriate remuneration for energy provided to the grid by municipalities.

Support legislation that enhances and simplifies local government access to local utility usage data Support efforts and legislation to standardize, harden, and deploy vehicle-to-grid and building-to-grid 2-way integration in an effort to provide increased grid resiliency.

Support legislation for existing building and industry energy benchmarking programs and any benchmarking regulations aimed at reducing wasteful energy consumption.

Support efforts and legislation net-zero-carbon and net-zero-energy requirements as part of the building codes.

Support legislation that enhances the transparency and fair allocation of departing load charges on load serving entities and renewable energy development projects ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 16

ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities. ll"/llRDO DI /j oc
~
treamlining
dministrating Agencies
Building Permits
Land Use
Biodiesel

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ FIRE/

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE
Support efforts to streamline and coordinate hazardous materials regulation among various levels of government, including city fire departments and county environmental health departments.

Support city fire departments as the administrating agencies for hazardous materials regulations or to be the lead agency (the Certified Unified Program Agency) to approve the use and storage of hazardous materials above certain threshold limits and to manage inventory information used by emergency first responders.

Oppose legislation or regulations to restrict such authority.

Oppose efforts to restrict the ability of cities to issue building or other permits relative to hazardous materials, as long as such facilities comply with the local zoning ordinance and established health and safety regulations.

Oppose any proposals that would preempt the ability of a city to deny a land use permit or restrict its ability to issue a conditional use permit for the siting of a hazardous waste facility.

Support regulation that allows biodiesel storage in existing Underwriters Laboratory (UL) rated in ground tanks that have secondary containment and working leak detection systems, at the discretion of the local jurisdiction.

REVITALIZATION OF

BROWNFIELDS
Local Control
dditional Funding
tate Involvement
Owner Responsibility

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/

PARKS AND

RECREATION
Support cities' determination that brownfield remediation projects are consistent with local land use policy.

Support additional fiscal resources and options to restore and develop urban and industrial brownfields contaminated by hazardous materials.

Support establishing site-specific remediation levels based on the proposed use (i.e. parking garage, as opposed to residential development).

Support restrictive covenants or deed restrictions to ensure that the level of remediation is appropriate for the future land use.

Support continued state responsibility for technical evaluation of site assessments and remediation plans.

Support continued site owner responsibility for necessary site assessments and remediation.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities.

D DJ;"CQIID
!Infrastructure Investment
Comprehensive Solutions
upply
C
~[O ano
!Infrastructure Investment
Recycling
Reclaimed Water
Reuse
Treatment
Conservation
Gray Water
Water Softeners
Financial Commitment

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ PARKS

AND RECREATION
Support comprehensive solutions for water quality, water conservation and water use efficiency as part of a solution that includes local resource development and infrastructure improvements, including storage and conveyance, as part of a statewide system that promotes economic and environmental sustainability.

Support state and federal funding for water resources infrastructure.

Support the development of additional groundwater and surface water storage.

Support desalination as a reliable local water supply.

Support legislation to streamline water transfers among jurisdictions.

Support efforts for direct contracting for supplies from state and federal agencies.

Support appropriate funding sources for providing adequate water supply including, but are not limited to user fees, bonds and federal funding.

Support funding for the development of plans for short-term water emergencies and long-term cooperative water management plans and policies.

Support legislation to protect public agencies that provide wastewater treatment services, from liability for pollution or contamination to groundwater resulting from chemicals that are unlawfully discharged into the collection system.

Support efforts to improve the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Clean Water Act and implementation plans to protect public health and the environment in an efficient and effective manner.

Oppose legislation that requires the use of unreasonable numeric limits in waste discharge permits.

Support the rights of cities to enact ordinances that restrict the use of water softeners to minimize impacts to wastewater treatment operations.

Support legislation that encourages the cost-effective treatment of municipal wastewater, authorizes funding for projects improving, enhancing, or expanding the use of recycled water, and maximizes the responsible use of recycled water as an alternative to California's fresh water supply.

Support efforts that expedite regulations expanding the uses of wastewater for direct and indirect potable reuse.

Support legislation that updates gray water standards, encourages simple and cost effective permitting process of gray water systems, and removes barriers to installing gray water systems in public, commercial, industrial, multi-family, and single-family projects.

Support the review and evaluation of proposals for state water taxes.

Support legislation providing agencies local control to provide rate subsidies for low-income rate payers.

Support the use of inclined block rate structures to encourage water conservation.

Support efforts that promote more flexibility to adjust water rates to achieve water use reductions during a water shortage emergency.

Support legislation to enhance and protect City's control of its water supply resources.

Oppose legislation that would restrict the manner in which the City's water supplies are managed.

Support watershed management that would mitigate impacts to water supply.

Support policy that recognize recycled, desalinated, and potable reuse as drought proof water supplies
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 18

ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities.

D QIILl
ilnfrastructure Investment
tandards
Liability
Federal Safe/ Clean Water
Watershed Management
!Numeric Limits
Water Quality Control Boards
Fees/Penalty Revenues

PUBLIC WORKS /

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ PARKS

AND RECREATION
Support state and federal funding and efforts for improved water infrastructure, water quality, beach and coastal resource protection and enhancement, wetland protection and enhancement, and urban creek restoration, especially for cities with a history of effective management of water and wastewater infrastructure.

Support as appropriate, state and federal legislative and administrative remedies that:
• Limit citizen lawsuits for minor technical violations of the Clean Water Act but continue to allow injunctive relief for documented violations resulting in substantial documented adverse impacts to water quality;
• Ensure that the funds collected from a city as fees, penalties, or judgments are directed toward correcting violations;
• Return limited discretion to state and regional water quality control boards in setting penalties to allow fairness based on severity and circumstances of the violation; and • Encourage the state and regional water quality control boards to use their existing discretionary authority, consistent with the requirements of the Clean Water Act, to issue permits that are reasonably achievable.

Oppose legislation that requires the use of unreasonable numeric limits in storm water permits.

Oppose legislation to enact rewards for individuals who identify water quality or water pollution violators.

Oppose legislation or efforts which would limit public agencies ability to set contractor requirements and monitor for regulatory compliance in storm water pollution prevention.

Support efforts to set well-defined water quality goals.

Support regulations and legislation that promote watershed management as a tool to improve water quality.

Support regulations and legislation to prevent surface water contamination from neonicotinoid and other systemic pesticides.

IAIR QUALITY
Improvements
Regulations
Land Use
!Fund Diversion
rograms/ Standards
'Health and Safety Code

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support regulatory changes and infrastructure improvements that will reduce air pollution.

Oppose legislation that will reduce air quality standards or restrict city permitting and land use planning authority to minimize negative air quality impacts.

Oppose state regulatory changes that mandate restrictions on residential development setbacks from high vehicle traffic without local input.

Oppose legislation redirecting funds authorized by Health and Safety Code Section 44223, for locally based air quality programs.

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 19

ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINAEIILITY &

RESILIENCE/ PUBLIC

WORKS/ COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/PARKS

RECREATION/

WATERFRONT
Oppose any legislation that interferes with local utility rate setting authority.

Support efforts and legislation which improves and upgrades transmission, distribution, and generation systems providing greater electrical supply reliability, including removing barriers to local siting of generation.

Support efforts and legislation which allow the generators of carbon-free electricity to cost effectively wheel power from the site of generation to the sites of use.

Support legislation that enhances the ability of local governments to implement and expand community choice aggregation programs.

Oppose legislation and efforts that would place new requirements and fees on the establishment of, and activities by, community choice aggregators.

Support legislation to permit assignment of the Public Goods Charge to local governments and community choice aggregators for implementation of renewable energy, greenhouse gas reduction, electrification programs, and/or energy conservation programs and projects.

Support legislation that enhances the transparency and fair allocation of departing load charges on load serving entities and renewable energy development projects.

Support legislation and measures that encourage renewable energy generation, renewable resource development, development of micro grid projects, and renewable energy interconnection processes
Oppose legislation and measures that implement inequitable subsidies or charges for renewable and carbon-free energy generation.

Support legislation that enhances and simplifies local government access to local utility usage data.

Support efforts and legislation to standardize, harden, and deploy vehicle-to-grid and building-to-grid two-way integration in an effort to provide increased grid resiliency.

Support grants, loans, tax credits, and other incentives to assist local governments, businesses, and the public to invest in energy efficient equipment, greenhouse gas reduction measures, and renewable energy technology.

Support grants and other financial incentives for local governments to implement state mandates, including completing and updating an inventory of local government facility greenhouse gas emissions, conducting and updating an inventory of their whole jurisdiction, setting emission reduction targets and monitoring progress, and creating emission reduction action plans.

Support grants, loans, tax credits, and other incentives to assist the public and local governments in using alternative fuels and purchasing fuel-efficient and/or flex-fueled· vehicles.

Support legislation that supports electrification requirements as part of the building codes as long as they are healthful.

Support revenue-neutral carbon fee-and-dividend legislation.

Support grants, loans, tax credits, and other incentives to assist the public and local governments in using carbon-free and low- to no-emitting transportation fuels and fueled vehicles.

Support legislation, funding, incentives, and efforts that promote electric vehicle utilization, installation of electric vehicle infrastructure, equitable electric vehicle charger access for all, and resilience of electric vehicle charging infrastructure during electrical grid power outages.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

DDQTECTIO
Incentives
ea Level Rise
Fuel Efficiency
D enewable Energy
«aaotauon JVJea
Green Infrastructure

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE/ PUBLIC

WORKS/ COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/PARKS

RECREATION/

WATERFRONT
Oppose legislation that limits a local jurisdiction's ability to limit natural gas infrastructure in local building codes
Support legislation for building and industry energy benchmarking programs and regulations.

Support efforts and legislation for net-zero-carbon and net-zero-energy building requirements.

Support legislation, funding, and efforts that promote or mandate the use of low embodied carbon or C02e building materials, infrastructure materials and processes, and refrigerants.

Support legislation, funding, and efforts to develop and support local green workforce training programs and opportunities.

Support grants, incentives and other funding sources to facilitate carbon offset and sequestration projects and encourage local carbon sequestration.

Support revenue-neutral carbon fee-and-dividend legislation.

Support efforts that assign a monetary value to greenhouse gas reduction and climate impacts to order to fund climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Support legislation to include energy performance in real estate disclosures.

Oppose efforts and legislation that incentivize new or continued fossil_ fuel extraction, transportation, refinement, distribution, import, export, or use.

Support grants and other funding sources for regional sustainability planning efforts that address shared concerns such as housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure.

Support grants and other funding sources for building community resilience and establishing resilience hubs and resource centers.

Support grants and other financial incentives for local governments to assess and mitigate climate change vulnerabilities such as sea-level rise, wildfire, extreme heat, and increased drought.

Support legislation that provides methods to pay for climate adaptation and resilience measures.

Support legislation to include increased hazards from climate change in real estate disclosures.

Support legislation to include changes in flood and other hazard levels from climate change in building codes, floodplain regulations, and other development regulations.

Support legislation that reevaluates the FEMA flood insurance requirements factoring potential future changes due to climate change.

Support legislation for coordination of state and federal efforts to address the impacts of climate change through methods such as designating a central coordination agency.

Support the use of moderate and high probability sea-level rise projections in design and plans for mitigating the impacts of sea-level rise. Oppose requirements to plan for extreme or very low probability climate change projections.

Support state and federal funding and efforts to analyze climate change impacts to rainfall patterns, heat indices, sea-level rise, and groundwater levels
Support funding and efforts to monitor changing shoreline, flood, sea-levels, rainfall levels, and other parameters that support climate adaptation.

Support legislation and efforts that encourage phasing of climate adaptation and programmatic adaptation actions.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities. ~

CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

CT (CEQA)
Procedures and Notices
Definition of a Project
ignificant Environmental Effects
tl1ro
!Miscellaneous

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/PARKS

AND RECREATION/

SUSTAINABILITY &
RESILIENCI::

PROCEDURES AND NOTICES
Oppose the elimination of the fair argument test as the threshold for determining whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Support the development of a funding source for Master El Rs to streamline individual project CEQA review.

Support shielding Lead Agencies from responding to comments received more than 30 days after a Notice of Preparation (NOP) or received verbally.

Support limiting Lead Agency response to late comments received following issuance of the Final EIR and prior to certification.

Support eliminating the mandated timeline for entering into CEQA consultant contracts.

Support mediation and arbitration in CEQA disputes but not mandatory arbitration. · Support clarifying the threshold for re-circulation of El Rs so that only new "significant unavoidable impacts" would necessitate re-circulation.

Support allowing a tiered Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) subsequent to an EIR with significant impacts and overriding considerations when the subsequent project qualifies for an MND.

DEFINITION OF A PROJECT
Support narrowing the definition of "project" to discourage CEQA lawsuits on non- environmental matters.

Support streamlining to establish new exemptions for projects such as road maintenance, bike paths, temporary events, greenhouse gas reduction, renewable energy generation, energy efficiency and in-fill projects.

Oppose regulations limiting local authority to issue building permits, or other requirements, based on vehicle miles traveled.

SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Oppose the creation of a new mandate requiring cities to develop boilerplate significance thresholds.

Oppose a single statewide set of standards to determine significance at the local level.

Support focusing CEQA analysis on physical environmental effects.

Oppose amending the definition of "effects" to eliminate the analysis of indirect and cumulative environmental effects.

Support amending the guidelines to clarify requirements for analysis of cumulative and indirect environmental effects.

Support development of a clear methodology and threshold for preparing CEQA analysis of potential impacts from greenhouse gas emissions of proposed projects.

Oppose exempting projects that are subject to their own subsequent environmental review from consideration as a reasonably foreseeable future project when analyzing cumulative impacts.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues, energy, water conservation, and utilities.

CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

CT (CEQA)

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ PARKS

AND RECREATION /

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE

ALTERNATIVES
Support eliminating the alternative site requirement for all private projects.

Oppose the elimination of the "no project alternative."

MISCELLANEOUS
Support the right of cities to serve as Lead Agencies for the purposes of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA).

Oppose any federal or state regulation, statute or constitutional amendment, which would place restrictions on federal, state, and local government actions regulating private property or requiring additional compensation beyond the continually evolving judicial interpretation of the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Support the ability of local governments to voluntarily develop and approve species habitat plans for their communities, in conjunction with willing property owners.

Support legislation that would consolidate and streamline environmental review studies and processes, and encourage other forms of inter-agency cooperation, for proposed development projects that require permits from multiple jurisdictions (local, state, and federal).

COASTAL ISSUES
Local Coastal Programs
Offshore Oil and Gas
Oil Seeps and Leaks
hipping

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ PARKS

AND RECREATION /

WATERFRONT/

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE
Oppose legislation that would permit the state to impose conditions on Local Coastal Programs developed by cities and counties.

Support efforts to curb frivolous appeals of local coastal decisions.

Oppose legislation that grants authority to the Coastal Commission that is inconsistent, duplicative and overlapping with the authority of other regulatory agencies, such as regional water quality control boards or other agencies or that grant the Coastal Commission authority outside the coastal zone.

Support legislation that reduces coastal development permitting requirements for solar systems and vehicle chargers.

Support additional funding for Coastal Commission efforts to update Local Coastal Programs and to provide staff resources to support implementation of Local Coastal Programs.

Support legislation that would prohibit the State Lands Commission from approving leases in state waters for construction of infrastructure for offshore oil and gas facilities.

Support state and federal efforts to reduce environmental impacts of oil seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel.

Support legislation to fund a statewide inventory of legacy oil and gas wells and related infrastructure, remove and remediate hazards that are a significant risk to public health and safety and the environment, and survey and monitor natural oil seeps.

Support prohibition of offshore oil development, including hydraulic fracturing and other highintensity petroleum operations, based, in part, on concern about the impacts to on-shore support facilities and services by offshore development activities.

Support state and federal efforts to reduce environmental impacts of shipping, including whale strikes, in the Santa Barbara Channel.

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HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: policies that foster local control of community planning decisions as they relate to land use, affordable housing, cultural arts, human and neighborhood services, redevelopment and the community's economic health.

TOURISM COMMUNITY

DEVELOPIVIENT / MAYOR

AND COUNCIL
Support federal and state efforts to foster tourism policy development and coordination, and raise awareness of the economic impact of travel and tourism.

Support efforts that would require greater enforceability of local laws on short-term vacation rental businesses.

IARTS, HISTORIC

PRESERVATION, CULTURAL

RESOURCES

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ MAYOR

AND COUNCIL/ LIBRARY
Support funding for historic preservation, cultural resources, local arts activities, and arts agencies at levels to sustain the nation's cultural infrastructure, including support for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Office of Museum Services within the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Support funding for Arts in Education in the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for Improvement of Education to encourage high quality arts instruction in schools.

JOB CREATION
'Economicalty Diverse

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ MAYOR

AND COUNCIL/ LIBRARY
Support legislation that will provide tangible and productive tools and incentives to support job creation and retention.

Support funding for libraries to.advance economic opportunity for all through their workforce development and career exploration and planning by job seekers of all ages.

Support funding that strengthens educational and learning opportunities for youth through libraries to building a strong foundation for economic success.

Support funding for libraries to advance economic opportunity for all through their workforce development and career exploration and planning by job seekers of all ages.

HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 23

HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/

POLICE/LIBRARY/

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE
Support legislation and. state and federal programs that assist in providing funding for homeless services, including homelessness prevention, emergency shelters, transitional housing, street outreach services, mobile navigation centers, rapid rehousing" reunification or permanent supportive housing.

Support legislation to increase funding for mental health and substance abuse services for persons who are homeless.

Support legislation to increase funding to support services for homeless persons that are victims of human trafficking.

Support legislation to increase funding for supportive services to maintain formerly homeless persons in housing.

Support legislation to reinstate the previous definition language for satellite food distribution that exempted non-profit organizations serving prepackaged servings of food from having to meet extensive structural and operational requirements, usually at remote sites, to obtain a permit
Support legislation to allow cities and counties to designate "Alcohol Impacted Areas" and impose strict local review and controls on the issuance of new Alcohol and Beverage Control (ABC) permits within such areas.

Support legislation to increase funding to reimburse cities for appropriate law enforcement expenses related to providing homeless services.

Support legislation and state federal programs that assist jurisdictions in encampment clean-up.

Support legislation that increases funding for restorative justice programs and diversion strategies that enhance access to treatment programs and support services over incarceration.

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HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

DI ll D ZO COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support the use of the general plan as a guide to meeting community planning needs. A city's general plan should not be subject to mandatory review by regional or state agencies.

Support protection of local zoning as a primary function of cities and an essential component of home rule. State agency siting of facilities, including campuses and office buildings, should be subject to local notice and hearing requirements, and local land use policy and zoning requirements to meet concerns of the local community.

Oppose legislation that would allow local jurisdictions to prohibit large family day care on single family zoned property.

Oppose legislation or constitutional amendments that weaken or interfere with the powers of charter cities and support the preservation of local autonomy or home rule authority.

Oppose legislation that would preempt local land use and design authority and restrict the ability to · impose development and design regulations/standards over development projects.

DEVELOPMENT I COMMUNITY

AGREEMENTS DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT FEES I COMMUNITY
Local authority DEVELOPMENT
Infrastructure
!Mitigation
Condition and
Deny Authority

STATE SUBVENTIONS FOR I COMMUNITY
iAGRICUL TURAL LAND DEVELOPMENT

CONTRACTS

NNEXATION AND I COMMUNITY

INCORPORATION DEVELOPMENT
Support voluntary development agreements as one tool for providing flexibility in development approvals.

Support providing local discretion in the assessment, collection, and usage of development fees.

Support the state provision of infrastructure funding to help local communities meet California's growth demands and to increase housing affordability.

Oppose limiting the ability of cities to levy fees to provide for infrastructure or services.

Support maintaining the City's ability to condition and deny projects which have been determined to inadequately mitigate impacts to community schools.

Support the continuation of State subvention payments to local governments to offset lower property tax rates for agricultural and open space lands in Williamson Act-contacts, which provide region-wide protection against conversion of these lands to urban uses and potential associated effects such as loss of prime agricultural soils, loss of agricultural viability, loss of plentiful food supply, loss of habitats, and increased traffic, etc.

Support strengthening city control over urban boundaries and modifying Sphere of Influence law to limit urban development in unincorporated areas of a county and to facilitate the annexation of urban areas to cities.

Support revising the Revenue and Taxation Code to not allow counties to block annexations in exchange for unreasonable property tax sharing agreements.

Support expanded authority for cities over adjacent lands outside their sphere of influence regardless of jurisdictional lines so long as the land is not within another city's sphere.

Support allowing more flexibility for cities to provide out of agency services.

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HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

BD 0
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llD Ll
ntiquated subdivisions

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support maximizing local control over subdivisions and public improvement financing and maintaining discretion over the conditions and length of subdivision and parcel maps should be retained by cities.

Support reversal of legislation recognizing antiquated subdivisions as legal lots.

BUILDING STANDARDS I COMMUNITY
Health and Safety DEVELOPMENT
Occupancy
Licensing

SIGN REGULATION I COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT

REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

SUCCESSOR AGENCY DEVELOPMENT

RENT CONTROL/ MOBILE I COMMUNITY

HOME REGULATION DEVELOPMENT
Support flexibility in the adoption and implementation of health and safety standards contained in the building codes.

Support authorizing cities to adopt independent occupancy standards to prevent overcrowding and associated health and safety hazards, including fire-related fatalities.

Oppose legislation that would remove licensing requirements for professionals such as architects, landscape architects, contractors, and others related to building and development.

Support the authority of cities to regulate billboards, mobile signs, and other signage.

Support new legislation to clean up and clarify AB 1X 26 that dissolved redevelopment agencies.

Support legislation that enhances or expands community tools to address revitalization and redevelopment needs, including blight, economic development, and affordable housing.

Support initiatives that maintain cities as the enforcement authority for mobile home park regulation, including rent control.

Support the preservation of existing mobile home parks as an important source of affordable housing.

Support legislation that would retain the affordability requirement of mobile homes upon annexation.

Support legislation that would require local design review for new or redeveloped mobile home parks.

RE PURPOSE

UNDERUTILIZED STATE AND I DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL FACILITIES

COMMUNITY
Support acquisition of closed and underutilized state and federal facilities for community use to meet local community needs as determined by local governments, including but not limited to the Army Reserve Center and the National Guard Armory for community parks and recreation purposes.

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,_
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Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: policies that foster local control of community planning decisions as they relate to land use, affordable housing, cultural arts, human and neighborhood services, redevelopment and the community's economic health.
ousing
ountab
Perto
Incentives
treamlining
!Reforms
Growth
RHNA Units
Disputes
Consistency
anaara

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support the following housing principles: Local government efforts should be subject to realistic performance standards not to arbitrary state agency review of the housing element. Local government housing efforts should be rewarded by incentives. These incentives should include streamlining by not being subject to HCD review, priority ranking for discretionary funds, and new discretionary funds available for general fund purposes.

Support legislation that implements comprehensive reforms to the housing element process to:
• Address conflicts between local growth projections and state regional housing need numbers;
• Allow cities to work together to allocate housing units among themselves within a subregion; • Resolve problems associated with the distribution of RHNA units within a council of governments;
• Improve the housing element review process;
• Develop a neutral dispute resolution process and fair enforcement alternatives to deal with disputes over questions of compliance; and
• Revise the formal appeal process so appeals can be heard by politically accountable officials at the state and regional levels.

Support legislation that requires state laws and policies related to housing and land use to be internally consistent.

Support distribution of state or regional grant funds at levels commensurate with a local agency's RHNA units to support local efforts to plan for and facilitate housing production. Support legislation that provides incentives for the development of rental housing.

Support legislation that expands housing opportunities for disabled individuals.

Support the re-establishment of federal tax incentives which encouraged private development and ownership of rental housing.

Support legislation that promotes responsible lending practices to encourage private home ownership and minimize the incidence of foreclosures and short sales.

Support measures in local land use that are consistent with the doctrine of "home rule" and the local exercise of police powers in planning and zoning processes.

Support legislation to support sustainable allocation of regional housing needs.

RESIDENTIAL CARE

FACILITIES
Permitting
Licensing

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support permitting cities to exercise review and land use regulation of group home facilities and residential care facilities in residential neighborhoods including the application of zoning, building, and safety standards. State and county licensing agencies should be required to confer with a city's planning agency in determining whether to grant a license to a community care facility.

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HOUSING AND ECONOMIC

ORDABLE HO
Financing

CDBG/HOME
Federal Funding
Legal Protections
Elderly Housing
!Non-Profits .

IFair Market Rents

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support state and federal legislation and programs that provide financing for affordable housing, including the development of fiscal tools and incentives to assist local governments in their efforts to encourage housing and finance the infrastructure to support housing, as well as ongoing state commitment to funding affordable housing.

Support legislation that provides funding or density incentives for moderate income affordable housing (80% - 120% of area median income).

Support legislation that provides additional funding for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

Support state and federal legislation and programs that provide funding directly to local municipalities for decision-making at the local level instead of application-based awards.

Support legislation that establishes a permanent source of funding for affordable housing.

Support legislation that looks at the next generation of community revitalization tools including affordable housing development and preservation in light of the dissolution of redevelopment agencies.

Support federal funding for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) for community development, affordable housing, neighborhood improvement, and economic development needs.

Support federal funding for the HOME Investment Program that creates and preserves affordable housing for low-income families and individuals.

Support funding that creates and preserves affordable housing for military veterans.

Support the preservation of the HUD Section 8 Program funding.

Support at the federal level, the calculation of Section 8 "fair market rents" and "area median income" on a sub-regional basis, rather than on a countywide basis.

Support federal funding of: 1) New construction and rental assistance, modernization of units of elderly housing, also known as HUD Section 202; 2) Efforts to preserve elderly housing and permit nonprofit organizations to purchase elderly housing projects with expiring Section 8 contracts; and 3) Housing for persons with disabilities, also known as Section 811; 4) Homeless assistance grants, also known as McKinney-Vento (HEARTH) Act, as amended.

Oppose any legislation to reduce financing for the Section 8 Program, including block grants.

Support legislation that provides new incremental units of Section 8 voucher assistance nationwide, particularly in higher cost areas, and adequate voucher renewal funding.

Support and encourage legislation that establishes additional legal protections to local agencies that approve affordable housing and that_establish local pro-active affordable housing policies.

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TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC Staff Liaison
ORKS AND Departments

COMMUNICATIONS
Scope: review state and federal legislation relating to transportation funding, construction, public works, telecommunications, and related areas.

DAl\T,PORTATIO
lternative Transportation
Unmet Infrastructure
Gas Tax
!Bicycle/Pedestrians
Commuter Rail/On-TRAC
I Measure A

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support additional funding for local public transportation, other transportation alternatives to single occupancy vehicles, and other critical unmet infrastructure needs.

Support the continued adoption and implementation of a regional long-term capital investment plan and budget to upgrade and repair vital infrastructure.

Support appropriations of existing and new state and federal funds directly to cities and counties for the preservation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvement of the local street and transportation system.

Support maximizing investments in infrastructure and reinforce local land use practices to accomplish strategic local growth objectives.

Support local transportation decision-making and pursue transportation policy changes that move funding and decision-making to the local level to fund urban infrastructure needs.

Support funding opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian projects.

Support legislation and policies that promote the goals, objectives, and continuation of Measure A programs.

Support legislation and policies that promote the goals and objectives of the On-TRAC commuter rail program.

Support federal funding of Highway 101 improvements as a top regional priority, and federal funding for local priority projects and other funding categories.

Support legislation that maintains or increases local funding for transportation projects, including State gas tax, Highways Users' Tax (HUT A) Proposition 42 and 1 B funds.

Oppose temporary or permanent reduction in Gas Tax Revenue (i.e. Gas Tax Holiday).

Support legislation that prevents "borrowing" or taking of local transportation funds by the State of California.

Support legislation that promotes funding of alternative fuel parking spaces and allows the city the right to designate alternative fuel parking spaces for new developments.

Support Caltrans funding, policies, and project proposals to replace the Castillo Interchange in order to stop the reoccurring, dangerous water seepage onto the sidewalk and roadway iTELECOMMUNICATIONS
Infrastructure
ight-of-Way
PUBLIC WORKS Support the authority of cities to zone and plan for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure.

Support the ability of cities to maintain and manage public property and the public right-of-way and receive compensation for its use.

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TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC Staff liaison
O RKS AND Departments

COMMUNICATIONS
Scope: review state and federal legislation relating to transportation funding, construction, public works, telecommunications, and related areas.

Road Damaqe
ocal Contra

PUBLIC WORKS/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Oppose increasing or circumventing the weight limits of large vehicles allowed on city streets to prevent street and roadway infrastructure damage and associated street maintenance costs.

Support retention of maximum City control of the local street and road system.

Support traffic safety enhancements such as motorcycle helmets, child restraints, seatbelt, and speed limit laws.

Support local discretion to set lower speed limits.

Support legislation that promotes vehicle speed limits that are designated and enforced with consideration of street design, neighborhood characteristics, adjacent land use, and mix of transportation mode usage.

Support legislation to facilitate buses in turn-out pockets merging back into traffic and requiring motorists to yield to merging buses.

PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
Flexibility
Partnerships
Innovations
Lower Mission Creek
ILower Sycamore Creek
PUBLIC WORKS Support maintaining retention proceeds for any public works contract to assure that the primary contractor completes all required work and permits the City's final acceptance of the project.

Support retaining maximum flexibility for timely and cost-effective completion of public works projects.

Oppose legislation that would increase the risk of criminal prosecutions against cities related to bidding on public works projects
Support innovative strategies including public-private partnerships at the state and local levels to enhance public works funding.

Support the option to use design-build contracting and other innovations designed to enhance efficiency with public contracting.

Support continued funding for the Lower Mission Creek project in annual federal appropriations and authorized by the Water Resource Development Act.

Support federal appropriations of funding to conduct planning studies to address flooding issues in the Lower Eastside of Santa Barbara.

CITY COMMUNICATIONS
Television
CITY ADMINISTRATOR Support legislation that enhances revenue options and flexibility for PEG (Public, Education, Government) Channel TV operations.

Support legislation that requires PEG Channels to be carried in HD (Hi-Definition) on cable systems
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Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to federal and state legislation affecting airport operations funding regulation, and implementation of the airport master plan.
irport Improvement
PD r.. ooga ram (AIPJ
Passenoer ra
ao
Ba
Bona
lternative Minimum Tax
!Disadvantaged Business
'Enterprise (DBE)
AIRPORT Support legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), including support of the following provisions:
• Increase AIP funding and maintain or reduce the 9.34% AIP match requirement for small airports;
• Strengthen or maintain budget protections for AIP funding; • Eliminate the competition plan requirement for AIP;
• Eliminate unnecessary AIP grant assurances; and
• Maintain or expand revenue sources that contribute to AIP.

Support federal legislative efforts to maintain or increase appropriations to the AIP for infrastructure projects relating to safety, security, aviation operations and capacity, and noise abatement.

Support dedicated aviation security operations and infrastructure funding sources separate from the AIP.

Support efforts to reimburse airports for operational and infrastructure costs associated with implementation of federal security and other mandates.

Support'reform legislation that helps protect airports from the impact of airline bankruptcies.

Support reclassification of all airport bonds as 'governmental' instead of 'private activity.' Support continuation of the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) penalty on Airport Private Activity Bonds. ·
Support efforts to provide airports with greater flexibility in the use of AIP and Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) funds, including elimination of the mandated loss of entitlement funds from imposing a higher PFC.

Support an increase or elimination of the cap on PFC charges.

Support efforts to streamline the airport PFC application and reporting process.

Support funding for modernization of the FAA air traffic control equipment to improve the safety and efficiency of the national air transportation system.

Support efforts to secure additional federal supplemental funding for airport development projects.

Support Federal efforts to direct aviation fuel tax revenue to state airports

SAFETY AND SECURITY
treamlining
Cargo Screening
taffing
Ground Transportation
AIRPORT Support streamlining the airport security screening process to reduce passenger inconvenience and improve customer service, while maintaining security and safety.

Support a threat based (risk-based) system of air cargo inspection and screening.

Support local primacy in granting access to airport restricted areas.

Support efforts to preserve current adequate staffing levels for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting crews.

Support timely, secure and cost effective background screening for Airport employees.

Support measures to improve Santa Barbara Airport's ability to regulate and enforce rules established for ground transportation providers.

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IRPORT
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to federal and state legislation affecting airport operations funding regulation, and implementation of the airport master plan.

DO
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ouse uase
Environmental Review
ustainable Aircraft Fuels

AIRPORT/ COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support measures to alleviate noise impacts on communities surrounding airports that benefit both the community and the airport.

Support efforts to reduce pollution, including potential greenhouse gas emissions, resulting from aircraft operations and airport ground service equipment that preserve Federal funding opportunities.

Oppose efforts to expand state airport noise standard variance requirements.

Support additional steps to expedite the airport environmental review and approval process while preserving environmental protections.

Support efforts to provide federal and state legislation and funding to support airport survey, testing and remediation of PFAS on airport property or adjacent wells or land surrounding the airport.

Support FAA efforts to identify alternative aircraft firefighting foam for use at.airports which has been identified as the primary source of airport contamination.

Support Necessary litigation efforts to recover Airport expense of responding and mitigating PFAS issues in compliance with state and/or federal requirements.

Support legislation for the development and use of sustainable aircraft fuels AIR SERVICE AIRPORT Support efforts to stimulate the airline industry's ability to provide air service to Santa Barbara.

Support legislation that recognizes or encourages aviation's contributions to the economy that result from air travel, tourism, commerce, freight transport, and manufacturing.

Support enhancements to the passenger bill of rights that are consistent with Airport and passenger needs.

Support changes that would enhance Santa Barbara Airport's ability to improve air service options for local travelers.

TRANSPORTATION/

INFRASTRUCTURE
AIRPORT Support legislation funding connectivity between air and ground transportation through improved infrastructure and enhancement of alternative transportation options.

PLANNING
!Land Use
Coordination

AIRPORT/ COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support efforts to ensure that development around airports is consistent with land use planning · guidelines and compatible with airport operations.

Support coordination between FAA and sponsor airports on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance issues and preparation of joint NEPA/CEQA documents.

RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONS AIRPORT Support airport interests in proposed legislation that may negatively affect the terms under which rental car concessions operate at the airport.

EDUCATION AIRPORT Support aviation education that informs students about career opportunities in aviation and encourages interest in a math and science curriculum.

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PUBLIC ACCESS WATERFRONT Support continued public access to marinas, state tidelands, waterfront facilities, and marine resources.

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS WATERFRONT Support legislation that recognizes economic contributions of ports and harbors to state and federal economies, through maritime trade, maritime industries, ecotourism, cruise ships and commercial fishing.

Support legislation that contributes to a blue economy or a sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of ocean ecosystem.

FEDERAL REGULATION WATERFRONT Support coordination of Executive Agencies to ensure timely permitting of statutorily mandated Civil Works projects and contain regulatory demands that inflate project costs.

LOCAL CONTROL
Revenues
Use
reservation
anctuaries
Local Control
Cruise Ships
ir Quality

WATERFRONT/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support continuation of the Tidelands Trust Grant and requirements that all revenues generated within the granted lands are used to repair, maintain, and improve facilities and infrastructure within those granted lands.

Support legislation allowing ports and harbors to establish or designate local control over specialuse areas for vessels or related recreational equipment of a specific type or use.

Support the preservation of ocean resources through established marine sanctuaries, while reserving the ability to comment on potential sanctuary expansion that could affect activities including but not limited to dredging, vessel traffic, desalination, wastewater disposal, or general construction, maintenance and repair of Waterfront facilities.

Support local jurisdictional control and environmental/regulatory oversight of cruise ship visits near ports and harbors.

FISHERIES
!Fishing
Ecological Health
Planning

WATERFRONT
Support environmentally compliant commercial and recreational fishing, as essential to the fabric of working ports and harbors.

Support efforts to develop needed fishery infrastructure for commercial fishermen.

Support legislative efforts to sustain the ecological health of aquatic biological systems, including fish, shellfish, and marine mammals.

Support protection of the California Gray Whale and efforts to assess its population, mortality rates and migration rates.

Support establishment of regulated fishermen's markets for direct sales of fish and shellfish to the public.

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ENVIRONMENT
Local Authority
Disposition of Crafts
!Non-Native Marine Species
Waste
ea birds
Water Pollution
Pue/Tank
Oil Spills
Recycling
Boat Paint
ea Level Rise

WATERFRONT/

SUSTAINABILITY &

RESILIENCE
Support enhanced local authority over recovery and disposition of wrecked, derelict, abandoned, non-operable or non-seaworthy craft.

Support legislation that encourages and funds eradication or control of non-native marine species in ports and harbors.

Support physical alternatives or granUadditional funds for disposal of marina-generated household wastes, or treated building materials.

Support efforts to ensure seabird protection while allowing ports and harbors to undertake maintenance operations and control or abate nuisance fowl.

Support state or federal funding for retrofits or rehabilitation of underground marine-fuel tanks or systems.

Support legislation that funds sea level rise adaptation-related mitigation projects.

Support state or federal funding to mitigate or remediate non-point source and point- source pollution that affects harbor water quality.

Support efforts to fund oil-spill prevention and response in ports and harbors.

Support efforts to fund recycling and/or disposal options for waste oil and other byproducts of maritime activities or vessel maintenance.

Support efforts to research and test alternatives to copper-based anti-fouling paints for boat bottoms.

Support legislation and efforts to simplify permitting and other requirements associated with sediment management, beach nourishment, and. beach berm and dune construction.

Support legislation and efforts to retain and expand beaches.

DREDGING
!Funding
Material
Corps of Engineers
Federal Initiatives
Obligation

WATERFRONT
Support policies and funding for dredging small-craft ports and harbors, including environmentally feasible disposition of dredged materials and/or the use of dredged materials for beach nourishment.

Support full execution by the Corps of Engineers of its basic navigation, shore and flood protection mission, as well as environmental restoration and recreation authorized by Congress.

Support federal initiatives that benefit marine infrastructure needs including: Maritime Infrastructure Banks, maintenance dredging of Santa Barbara Harbor, expanded ocean dredge disposal sites and development of new upland dredge disposal and reuse sites.

Oppose any action that would prohibit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from realizing its obligation to dredge Santa Barbara Harbor.

SEARCH AND RESCUE

OPERATIONS

WATERFRONT
Support the U.S. Coast Guard's services mission to conduct Homeland Security and search-andrescue operations, and pollution response as agency priorities.

ENFORCEMENT WATERFRONT
Support Homeland Security legislation and programs and/or grants that benefit and protect small ports and harbors.

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,.1unu1:1•1~11i
Staff Liaison
Departments
Scope: issues related to federal and state legislation affecting harbor operations, funding, and regulation.
aobanadonea d Watercraft
Bo
!Repair and Maintain Harbor
Facilities

WATERFRONT
Support legislation providing federal or state grant or low-interest loan funds for development of harbor infrastructure facilities.

Oppose legislative or administrative efforts to eliminate the State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) and/or reduce or reallocate the DBW's budget.

Oppose efforts to redirect funds historically utilized by the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, as described in the Harbors and Navigation Code.

Oppose legislative or administrative efforts to reallocate or divert funds from the intended purposes of the State Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, as described in the California Harbors and Navigation Code.

Support legislation expanding and/or increasing the budget of the State's Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange (SAVE) Program.

Support legislation providing harbor managers a financially feasible means of supplying and recovering costs of utilities such as electricity to berths and marinas.

Support legislation that funds construction and/or maintenance of boat-launching facilities.

Oppose legislation that seasonally restricts the ability to repair and maintain harbor facilities, while considering impacts to sensitive species.

BOATING SAFETY
Education
Enforcement
WATERFRONT Support boating safety, including education and enforcement or regulation of boating practices, vessel types and equipment.

Support boating safety and enforcement efforts through funding of equipment, training and other resources utilized by Harbor Patrol Officers.

EDUCATION WATERFRONT
Support programs that utilize the California Division of Boating and Waterways as an educational vehicle for boating and harbor management programs.

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PARKS FUNDING
Programs
Community Parkland
Partnerships
Coastal Access
PARKS AND RECREATION Support full federal funding for the Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program.

Support legislation that promotes the acquisition, development or redevelopment of parkland to meet community park and recreation needs.

Support regional multi-agency open space acquisition initiatives.

Support the continuation of funding for Coastal Access Projects.

Support legislation that retains or enhances public access to and the affordability of public parks and recreation programs.

Support legislation regarding funding to serve underserved neighborhoods and vulnerable populations.

STATE NATURAL AREA AND

PARK BOND FUNDS
Eligibility
Distribution
PARKS AND RECREATION Oppose tying local eligibility for park bond grant funds to non-park related issues, such as rent control or housing element status.

Support inclusion of per capita grants to cities and counties as part of all Statewide park bond measures.

Support efforts to assure bond funds are not held for other state funding needs.

Support new State bond funding for the acquisition, development or redevelopment of park and recreation facilities to meet community needs.

NATURAL RESOURCE

PROTECTION

PARKS AND RECREATION/

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT
Support legislation that fosters protection and restoration of natural resources, including streams, stream and riparian habitat, wetlands, estuaries, rural and urban open space, etc.

Support legislation that provides local agencies with matching grants and/or technical support from the California Natural Resources Agency or other state and federal agencies to revise and implement new resource protection policies, projects and programs.

Support the prohibition of on-shore and offshore hydraulic fracturing and other high-intensity petroleum operations.

PROPOSITION 50/84/lE PARKS AND RECREATION
Support legislation that distributes bond funds as competitive monies to a range of State agencies and does not limit funds based on geographic location or scope of need.

Support legislation that allows grantees an opportunity to receive grant funds for project design and permitting, in addition to construction, and also provides a mechanism to extend completion schedules.

PARKS AND RECREATION PARKS AND RECREATION Support legislation that establishes new grants or expands the scope of existing grants (currently limited to urbanized areas with populations over 100,000) for which the City would be eligible for park development, park improvement, and youth recreation programs.

Support continuance of current California Health and Safety Code, Section 115800, which protects public entities from liability rising from injuries at a public skateboard park.

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CHILDREN/YOUTH
ob Training
Prenatal Care
Youth Programs
!Foster Care
!Federal Grants
lfter School Programs
Equal Access
Parks and Recreation Facilities
!Educational
Programs
Library Funding
'Healtn Care
PARKS ANC> RECREATION
/ POLICE/ COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT/ LIBRARY
Support state and federal funding for school-based job training programs to produce more job placement opportunities in collaboration with municipal services.

Support the creation of more affordable, innovative, and quality local child care options for parents and concurrently encourage adherence to strict regulations and guidelines.

Support increased state and federal funding for prenatal care, early health care, preschool, and childcare programs to ensure healthy children and school readiness.

Support increased funding for foster care.

Support creation of permanent state or federal funding sources for youth programs.

Support federal reauthorization and full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Child Care and Development Block Grant, and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (T ANF) block grant, including after-school recreation and tutoring programs.

Support increased state and federal funding for affordable after-school programs and programs that promote and enhance physical fitness and well-being of children and youth.

Support legislation that would provide state and federal funding for increased access for children with disabilities to after-school and other recreation programs, including required staff support related to medications, mobility, and activity integration.

Support legislation that would provide state and federal funding for the acquisition, development and/or operation of park and recreation facilities that serve underprivileged children, families, and older adults and which promote and enhance physical health and well-being of children, youth, adults and seniors.

Support legislation providing state and federal funding for improving pre-school reading readiness, for supporting public library services assisting elementary and secondary school students with information, research, and curriculum materials, for adult literacy and computer literacy instruction, and for acquisition of learning materials.

Oppose legislation or administrative efforts to decrease the state's budgets for First 5 and K through 12 programs that support children and families.

Support incentives to improve coordination of public health considerations with community land use planning.

Support promotion of programs, and access to community programs, which encourage children and adolescents to develop lifelong healthy eating, physical activity and exercise habits.

Support legislation which authorizes appropriately trained employees who supervise children involved in afterschool and recreation programs to administer epinephrine auto-injectors in response to an anaphylactic event.

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SENIORS
Programs
Care Facilities
Wellness

PARKS AND RECREATION
/ LIBRARY
Support efforts to develop and improve intergenerational recreation programs and activities that include seniors.

Support legislation that facilitates development of senior residential and day care facilities integrated within the community-at-large.

Support funding that will help the library strengthen and expand its services to older adults.

Support funding for wellness, physical activity, recreational programs, and day care for seniors on low or fixed incomes.

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PUBLIC HEAL TH
Mental Health

COMMUNITY

DEVELOPME'NT / FIRE/

PARKS AND

RECREATION
Support an increase in the number of hospice beds allowed in the County for persons who are terminally ill or diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

Support legislation authorizing the study of synthetic turf surfaces for potential adverse health impacts.

Support legislation to expand and to fully fund community-based outpatient treatment to individuals pursuant to Laura's Law.

Support the concept of universal health care for all Californians.

Support legislation that protects women's reproductive rights.

Support legislation to address the needs of youth mental health.

Support leqislation that _eromotes mental health outcomes.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Funding
Computers
tate Public
Library Fund
!Privacy Rights
Ebooks
Copyright
Net Neutrality
Broadband
Workforce Innovation
Infrastructure Upgrades
LIBRARY Support full funding of the State Public Library Fund, understanding how libraries play an integral role in building and sustaining our communities.

Support funding preparing students for the job market with coding and STEM programs; accelerating business development with services provided by skilled business and technology outreach librarians.

Oppose elimination or further reduction of the State Public Library Fund or other sources of library funding.

Support the FCC E-rate modernization orders, which ensure that libraries and schools have access to high-speed broadband connectivity, increase the E-rate fund by $1.5 billion.

Support legislation providing federal funding for improving pre-school reading readiness, for supporting public library services assisting elementary and secondary school students with information, research, and curriculum materials, for adult literacy and computer literacy instruction, and for acquisition of learning materials.

Support the protection of the public domain. · Oppose any revision of Section 108 that would erode existing exceptions and foundational principles Support federal funding for telecommunications equipment and services in public libraries to provide equal access to information for all residents; oppose requirements on use of federal funds for Internet access services for adults that mandate installation of filtering software.

Oppose elimination of the California Library Literacy Services Program.

Support legislation to address decades of underinvestment by providing funds to repair and construct modern library facilities in underserved communities.

Oppose legislation that requires public libraries to install and maintain computer-filtering software for use on computers in the library that, in an attempt to block obscene materials, also prevents access to material protected by the First Amendment.

Oppose legislation, regulations, and guidelines that erode privacy, information access and Constitutional rights, and oppose the use of governmental authority to suppress the free and open exchange of information and ideas.

Support strong, enforceable net neutrality rules such as those adopted by the FCC in 2015 which banned blocking, throttling, or degrading of any lawful internet content and support efforts to protect net neutrality in federal court and state-level efforts to preserve net neutrality protections for consumers and institutions like libraries.

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COMMUNITY SERVICES
Staff Liaison Departments Scope: issues related to childcare, parks and recreation, libraries, cultural arts, community and human services programs.

DTTBLIC LIBR ~ D
Computers
tote Public
Library Fund
Privacy Rights
Ebooks
Copyright
Net Neutrality
Broadband
Workforce Innovation
Infrastructure Upgrades
C

LIBRARY
Support maintaining ongoing funding to support the diverse informational needs of people in rural and underserved populations who cannot get to a physical library through Zip Books Support broadband equity for unserved and underserved communities.

Support the freedom to read and access to material with diverse points of view.

Support Accessible building, including upgrades to critical infrastructure and support in times of disaster such as wildfires and extreme heat.

Support early literacy, school readiness, adult literacy, career development, vocational support, and assistance to vulnerable populations.

Support mandating credentialed Teacher Librarians in all California Public Schools Support for libraries to purchase eBooks and e-audiobooks at the same price as consumers.

Support ongoing funding for Lunch at the Library to provide literacy-rich programs to blunt the impact of the summer slide for children who receive 300,000+ free and nutritious lunches at hundreds of libraries across thestate.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction. Purpose and Scope 4
Section 1. Governance, Transparency and Labor Relations 5 A. Employee and Labor Relations 5
B. Tort Reform 5
C. Elections 6
D.Public Records Act. - 6
E.Political Reform Act/Ethics/Conflict of Interest Laws : 6 F. Brown Act/Public Notice 7
Section 2. Homelessness, Housing, Community and Economic Development 8
A. Homelessness , 8
B.Housing 8
C.Land Use Planning 9
D. Regional Governance/Growth Management 10
E. Local Agency Formation Commissions' ("LAFCO") Policies 11 F. Economic Development 11
Section 3. Transportation, Communication and Public Works 12 A. Transportation 12
B. Water and Biological Resources : 13
C. Telecommunications and Utilities 14
D. Contracts 15
Section 4. Community Services 17
A. Parks and Recreation 17
B. Facilities 17
C.Libraries 17
D.Arts, Cultural Resources and Historic Preservation 18 E.Family Services ; 18
F.Animal Welfare 19
Section 5. Environmental Quality 20
A. Climate Adaptation and Sustainability 20
B. Oil and Gas Cleanup, Restoration, and Oil-Spill Prevention 21 C.Solid Waste~ 22
Section 6. Public Safety_ 24
A. Public Safety 24
B. Emergency Preparedness 26
C.Cri_me Victims 26
Section 7. Revenue and Taxation - 28

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CITY Of
GOLETA

CITY OF GOLETA
2023 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
INTRODUCTION. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of the City of Goleta's Legislative Platform is to promote the adoption. of state and federal legislation that will establish sound public policy for responsible local governance; protect and enhance public health, safety and welfare; and aid the City's delivery of highquality, equitable services to its residents. · The Legislative Platform is intended to articulate the City's positions on issues that are currently, or are anticipated to be, the focus of future legislation by the state or federal governments. Overarching positions include opposing unfunded mandates as well as any federal or state legislation that takes away local control.

The positions contained in the Platform are intended to· supplement the broad range of goals, policies and programs reflected in the Goleta Strategic Plan, the General Plan, the Municipal Code -=~~:::-, and other adopted documents. Therefore, advocacy
efforts may be based on references articulated in these policy documents as they provide current direction for
the City organization.

City departments are authorized to review proposed
legislation to determine how it relates to the City's
Legislative Platform and to recommend that the Mayor
take a position on legislation that the department
determines to be "high priority" and write letters,
contact legislators, and otherwise communicate the
position of the City as appropriate. The Mayor or their designee is authorized to send letters in support of /
grant applications from organizations that are consistent with the positions expressed herein. The Mayor, or their designee, after · conferring with City staff, may make contact with legislators to advocate for or against legislation consistent with the legislative platform.

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Of GOLE1\
SECTION 1. GOVERNANCE, :f'RANSPARENCVi AND
l:ABOR RELATIONS.

A. Employee and Labor Relations

1. Support legislation that increases the transparency of all public employee compensation and benefits.

2. Support legislation that grants public pension and other postretirement benefit reform that is fiscally responsible, sustainable, affordable and equitable for employees and taxpayers in the long term.

3. Support legislation that streamlines the Workers' Compensation system and makes it easier for employers, employees and health care providers to navigate.

4. Support legislation and policy that control escalating workers' compensation costs to public agencies and taxpayers.

5. Oppose legislation that limits a public sector employer's ability to conduct job related pre-employment inquiries and
background checks in order to prevent physical, financial, economic and personal threats to employees and general
public.

6. Support legislation that enhances tax-advantaged health saving accounts (HSAs) for employees.

7. Support legislation that enhances participation and promotes increased retirement savings in various types of deferred compensation plan.

B. Tort Reform

1. Support legislation to limit local government liability.

2. Oppose legislation that limits power of local government to negotiate indemnification protections in public contracts.

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3. Support legislation to reform California's tort system to curtail unreasonable liability exposure for public agencies and restore the ability of public agencies to obtain affordable insurance.

C. Elections

1. Support legislation to reduce unnecessary and costly procedures for conducting municipal elections.

2. Support legislation that encourages and expands civrc engagement and voter participation in elections.
'

3. Support legislation that lowers the threshold for passage of local special purpose agency funding propositions.

4. Support legislation that maintains the integrity of the recall process.

5. Support legislation that reduces the amount of recall abuse while improving, streamlining and ensuring that the public has full knowledge of the issues.

D. Public Records Act

1. Support legislation to improve data management systems and allow public agencies greater access to data.

E. Political Reform Act/Ethics/Conflict of Interest Laws

1. Support legislation and regulations that establish sound practices and principles related to political campaigns.

Regulations that would restrict or preempt local authority are opposed.

2. Support legislation designed to improve and streamline the Political Reform Act and its implementation through regulations.

3. Support legislation that increases the transparency of all public official compensation and benefits.

4. Support legislation to revise laws governing local agency transparency and ethics when it addresses material and
documented inadequacies and has a reasonable relationship to

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resolving those problems, is internally consistent, avoids redundancy, and accommodates the practical challenges of implementation.

F. Brown Act/Public Notice

1. Support legislation modernizing the methods by which a local agency may comply with public noticing, advertisement, and posting requirements related to agendas, hearings, resolutions, ordinances and other government matters.

2. Support legislation clarifying and modernizing public meeting requirements for elected officials and the public to take advantage of technological advances and provide maximum flexibility for participation with advancing the goals of the Brown Act.

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A. Homelessness

1. Support legislation and local, state and federal programs that employ evidence-based best practice strategies to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by preventing homelessness for those at-risk; providing emergency and transitional housing and low-barrier navigation centers; increasing . the supply of permanent . supportive housing; expanding permanent affordable housing; increasing outreach to persons experiencing homelessness; and promoting selfempowerment through counseling, job training and other supportive services.

2. Support legislation and local, state and federal programs that reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness by promoting mental health and substance abuse services;
providing emergency and transitional housing and low-barrier navigation centers; expanding permanent affordable/supportive housing; and promoting self- empowerment through counseling, job training, and other supportive services for those who suffer from mental health issues and/or substance abuse.

3. Support legislation and local, state and federal programs that encourage and fund collaborative efforts to provide services to assist those experiencing unsheltered homelessness in
encampments and vehicles, to support people living in
encampments onto paths to safe and stable housing and result in sustainable restoration of public spaces to their intended uses while safeguarding the needs of unhoused people seeking shelter.

B. Housing

1. Support legislation that increases financial assistance to local governments, nonprofit housing organizations and public/private partnerships to provide affordable, transitional, subsidized,

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supportive, and emergency housing to lower and moderate income households, seniors, farmworkers, and people with special needs.

2. Support legislation that increases the City's ability to effectively compete for state and federal housing funding.

3. Support legislation and grants that promote development and enhancement of safe, affordable, sustainable, equitable, and accessible housing within the City.

4. Support legislation allowing local jurisdictions to pool resources to meet sub-regional affordable housing goals.

5. Support legislation that provides the City with options in meeting its housing needs and that would simplify the Housing Element review process, while still ensuring City housing needs are met.

6. Oppose legislation that cuts funding for affordable housing and services to vulnerable populations through programs such as HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).

7. Support legislation that creates or expands innovative programs that leverage funds to subsidize affordable housing, such as the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.

C. Land Use Planning

1. Support legislation that promotes environmentally sustainable land use patterns, maintains safe residential neighborhoods, bolsters economic prosperity, preserves open space, and enhances the overall quality of life in the City of Goleta.

2. Support legislation that is consistent with the principle of local control and the local exercise of police powers over local land use.

3. Support legislation that would provide priority processing of Coastal Development Permits for critical needs, including affordable housing projects, public and quasi-public medical facilities, and public safety facilities.

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4. Oppose legislation that diminishes the City's authority to apply discretion to approve land use patterns and review entitlement applications or restricts City permitting and land use planning authority including over land use procedures, parking
requirements, development standards, and fees.

5. Oppose project entitlements in areas outside the City limits, but within the City's General Plan proposed sphere of influence that do not conform to current City standards.

6. Oppose legislation that impacts areas outside the City of Goleta, such as the Santa Barbara Airport in the City of Santa Barbara, which may have negative impacts on the City of Goleta. Support legislation impacting these areas which may provide benefits to the City of Goleta.

7. Support legislation that streamlines the California
Environmental Quality Act, while supporting its legislative intent.

D. Regional Governance/Growth Management

1. Support legislation funding state and local investment in the physical infrastructure of California, including but not limited to its roadways, bridges, railway systems, bicycle and pedestrian networks, levees, dams, parks and open spaces, libraries, public safety facilities, jails, prisons, and systems for delivering and treating water, wastewater, and storm water.

2. Support legislation to achieve fair and proportionate representation ori statewide and regional boards.

3. Support legislation encouraging regional, sub-regional and County-wide cooperation in planning and land use strategies in areas such as: transportation, air quality, affordable housing, and conservation; especially those that provide funding for effective implementation of agreed upon goals.

4. Oppose legislation that mandates compliance of the City's local land use authority with regional, sub-regional, or Countywide plans.

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E. Local Agency Formation Commissions' ("LAFCO") Policies

1. Support legislation that clarifies and redefines the sphere of influence concept to provide better planning for growth, development and service delivery, while preserving agricultural and open space resources, discouraging urban sprawl, and coordinating local and regional planning.

2. Support legislation that enhances LAFCO's ability to mitigate fiscal impacts regarding "change of organization" proposals through tax- sharing conditions.

3. Support legislation that provides for tax reform to mitigate negative fiscal impacts to local governments from past and present tax revenue shifts away from said local governments.

4. Support legislation aimed at creating equity in determining annexation matters.

5. Support legislation that amends the state's Revenue and Taxation Code so that counties are no longer allowed to block annexations in exchange for unreasonable property tax-sharing agreements.

F. Economic Development

1. Support legislation that encourages economic development using criteria which are not limited to census tract-based eligibility or designation as a disadvantaged community.

2. Support legislation that enhances or expands community and economic development tools and funding to address
revitalization and redevelopment needs.

3. Support legislation that provides tools and incentives to support job creation and retention and address the infrastructure and jobs/housing needs and long-term affordability within the City and State.

4. Support legislation that helps the City recover from economic downturns

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SECTION 3. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND

PUBLIC WORK
A. Transportation

1. Support legislation to enhance the ability of local agencies to finance local transportation programs and facilities.

2. Support legislation that ensures the City of Goleta receives its fair share of transportation revenue.

3. Support legislation that provides increased state and federal funding for preservation and maintenance of local streets and roads and secures the maximum amount of state and federal funding for maintenance and construction of local streets, roads, infrastructure, transportation projects, and major corridors.

4. Support legislation that reduces local reliance on local gas tax revenues for road and street improvements and proposes new alternative fundinq solutions with longer-term sustainability.

5. Support legislation protecting dedicated transportation-related tax revenues and funding for transit operations and
maintenance.

6. Support legislation that provides funding for development of an integrated, comprehensive, and efficient multi-modal
transportation network; this includes inter-county and intracounty highways, pedestrian and bicycle, mass transit, commuter rail service, facilities, and infrastructure within the region.

7. Support legislation that provides local agencies greater discretionary authority to expend available transportation funds.

8. Support legislation funding opportunities for transit and paratransit operations, including service for persons with disabilities as well as the senior citizen community.

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9. Support legislation that encourages reform to expedite federal review and reduce delays in payment of local agencies and their contractors for transportation project development, right-ofway, and construction activities.

10. Support legislation that increases administrative flexibility and streamlines reforms that assist cities with, operating and maintaining the existing transportation network.

11. Support legislation that ensures transportation infrastructure funding and does not jeopardize critical projects with each reauthorization.

12. Support legislation that allows for discretion on the part of traffic engineering professionals in setting appropriate speed limits rather than having to rely on prevailing speeds.

B. Water and Biological Resources

1. Support legislation to diversify the City's water supply resources and improve water quality in the region.

2. Support legislation that would increase funding for infrastructure to distribute reclaimed water city-wide. Support legislation that calls for the conservation of water resources.

3. Support legislation that provides federal and state rebate programs, tax credits, and other financial incentives that encourage property owners to invest in water efficient systems and landscaping.

4. Support legislation that would increase funding and flexibility for trash reduction strategies in creeks and watersheds.

5. Support legislation, funding, research, and implementation strategies based on scientific data and human/ecological risk assessment for addressing urban water and stormwater runoff.

6. Support legislation for performance-based and diversified stormwater protection strategies that can be adapted to local environmental conditions.

7. Oppose legislation or policies that are overly prescriptive or

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inflexible with respect to implementation strategies.

8. Support legislation or policy that promotes agricultural practices that are adequately protective of water quality and water resources.

9. Support legislation providing for policy development, "watershed- based" solutions, funding and research for
addressing urban runoff and beach closures, which identify the sources of bacterial, viral and other contaminants as well as human pathogens.

10. Support legislation that would regionally retain any Regional Board fines that are levied against stormwater permit violators within the Region.

11. Support legislation and grants that promote wildlife, habitat protection and preservation of endangered or· threatened species, including care for injured wildlife.

12. Oppose legislation that places the burden of assessment and remediation related to manufactured products on local
, jurisdictions instead of manufacturers or potentially responsible parties.

C. Telecommunications and Utilities

1. Support legislation that preserves state and local authority to manage public rights-of-way including the appearance and aesthetics of equipment placed within them, and zoning and planning for the deployment of telecommunications
infrastructure that protects public safety and welfare.

2. Oppose legislation that pre-empts the City's authority to negotiate compensation paid to cities for the use of their property and rights- of-way for telecommunications.

3. Support legislation that grants the ability of local governments to provide electricity and ancillary services to residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

4. Support legislation that grants cities' authority to zone and plan

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for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure.

5. Support legislation that protects cities' ability to maintain and manage the public right-of-way and negotiate compensation for its use.

6. Support legislation to specifically allow municipalities and other local agencies to use public funds for development of
renewable energy sources and battery energy storage systems; · and require public utilities to improve and expand incentive structures for renewable energy generation and battery energy storage.

7. Oppose legislation that erodes the ability of local governments to maintain existing fees on telecommunications services.

8. Support legislation that would result in lower energy rates for the residents and businesses of the City of Goleta including funding that assists with the conversion of outdated energy systems to new energy efficient options.

9. Support legislation that improves the reliability and consistency of electrical supply and improves transmission of electricity to local governments and their communities.

10. Support legislation that enhances the public power options available to local governments and oppose legislation that reduces the public power options available to local
governments.

11. Support legislation and grants that encourage the development of broadband infrastructure and establish and enhance
equitable access to broadband services.

D. Contracts

1. Support legislation that allows cities the option to use design/build contracting and other innovations designed to bring efficiency to the public contracting process.

2. Support legislation that preserves a minimum 5 percent retention for construction contracts.

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3. Support legislation to maintain maximum local flexibility in the area of contracting and contract negotiations.

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SECTION 4. COMMUNITY SERVICES
A. Parks and Recreation

1. Support legislation and park bond measures that provide per capita grants which are not limited to census tract-based eligibility or designation as a disadvantaged community to local governments that fund parks, recreation and capital
improvements, as well as programs that enhance the quality of life for the City of Goleta residents.

2. Support legislation to develop regional and state parks and connecting trail systems.

3. Support legislation which is not limited to census tract-based eligibility or designation as a disadvantaged community that increases funding to repair, maintain and develop state and local park and facility infrastructures.

4. Support legislation to monitor and protect Goleta Beach Park and to support kelp bed restoration in the Goleta Bay.

5. Support legislation that increases funding for acquisition of property for parks and open space.

B. Facilities

1. Support legislation, grants and low-cost financing that provide for construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of public facilities.

C. Libraries

1. Support legislation and grants that provide increased funding for library programs and services, construction, renovation and development.

2. Support legislation that restores state funding for public libraries.

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3. Support local legislation for additional funding for the Goleta Valley Library.

4. Support legislation that provides state funding and resources for regional cooperation and materials sharing between libraries and library systems.

D. Arts, Cultural Resources and Historic Preservation

1. Support legislation providing funding for local arts activities and historic preservation.

2. Support legislation providing funding for high quality art programs in schools and for the community at large.

E. Family Services

1. Support · legislation and grants that provide for the overall wellbeing and physical, mental and emotional health of the. individuals within the City of Goleta including children, youth, seniors, persons with disabilities, low-income and . other disadvantaged populations.

2. Support legislation providing affordable universal access to health care.

3. Support legislation and grants that provide affordable, quality prenatal care and childcare services and promote regional cooperation in addressing childcare needs4. Support legislation and grants that facilitate the provision of recreational activities for all segments of our population.

5. Support legislative reforms in healthcare policy that address prevention, promote health and wellness and encourage
affordability and cost containment.

6. Support legislation and policies that promote mental health and substance use disorder services and make resources available that support and assist members of our community.

7. Support legislation and grant programs that provide funding for youth programs, such as job training programs, after school

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programs, educational programs and those designed
specifically for transitional and marginalized youth.

8. Support legislation and grants that provide services for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities; services will specifically include nutrition, housing, transportation, recreation, and social services.

9. Support legislation that addresses the needs of at-risk youth, juvenile offenders and juveniles that are placed on courtordered probation.

10. Support legislation that provides funding at the local level to address· gang prevention and intervention programs including after school programs for at-risk teens.

11. Support legislation that educates and protects children from tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other drugs.

12. Support legislation that encourages safe routes to schools including enforcement of school zone speed limits and
expanded school zones.

13. Support legislation and· federal/state funding for behavioral health services such as substance use disorder treatment, mental health services and sober living housing.

F. Animal Welfare

1. Support legislation that facilitates responsible pet ownership.

2. Support legislation that supports humane treatment of animals and increases the penalties for animal abuse.

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SECTION 5. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
A. Climate Adaptation and Sustainability

1. Oppose legislative infringement on local control and authority to plan for and adapt to future climate conditions, including sea level rise, precipitation patterns, temperatures, and air quality attainment strategies.

2. Support legislation that provides funding and incentives for local governments to work together on local and regional energy and climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience initiatives to improve air quality by reducing emissions and to advance economic, social and environmental equity.

3. Support legislation that holds gross polluters (those which exceed current standards) directly accountable for increased emissions.

4. Support legislation that supports energy resiliency and programs to achieve state emission reduction targets, in addition to providing incentives and grants for their
implementation.

5. Support legislation and California Public Utility Commission and California Energy Commission regulatory actions and legislative activities that are favorable to community resiliency, energy efficiency and local distributed energy generation, renewable energy, energy storage, electrification initiatives and Community Choice Energy programs.

6. Identify, evaluate, and advocate for changes to state and federal regulatory requirements that create unnecessary and/or unintended barriers to implementation of renewable energy programs and projects.

7. Support legislation to increase state and federal funding for reforestation.

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8. Support legislation that provides funding and other incentives for the installation of charging stations for "low" and "zero emission" vehicles.

9. Support legislation enhancing building energy efficiency standards and building safety standards.

10. Support legislation that promotes environmental and economic equity, including targeted distribution of funding sources to historically underserved and/or disadvantaged communities.

11. Oppose legislation that diminishes the authority of local jurisdictions to enforce building codes or mandates the manner of enforcement.

12. Support legislation that promotes changes in the State Building Code that encourage electrification of buildings to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of natural gas.

13. Support legislation that provides federal and state rebate programs, tax credits, and other · financial incentives that encourage property owners to invest in energy efficiency, renewable energy and battery energy storage systems.

14. Support legislation to ensure that new construction and major· renovations include smart meters, pre-wiring of buildings to accommodate future GHG-reducing retrofits such as solar hot water heaters, photovoltaic (PV) panels or other distributed renewable power sources and electric vehicle chargers in parking areas for electric vehicles.

15. Support legislation that promotes the use of green building rating systems for new construction and existing buildings as one of several model options for achieving verifiable
greenhouse gases emissions reductions and improving energy efficiency.

B. Oil and Gas Cleanup, Restoration, and Oil-Spill Prevention

1. Support legislation that results in the discontinuation of offshore unused or abandoned facilities, and the restoration of areas affected by existing or former oil and gas facilities within the

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City.

2. Support legislation that mandates a percentage of state revenue from onshore and offshore coastal leases be directed to the cleanup and natural restoration of those leaseholds, particularly those leaseholds that lie along Haskell's Beach, Ellwood Mesa, Sands Beach and Coal Oil Point.

3. Support legislation to fund oil-spill prevention and response as well as to remediate improperly abandoned legacy oil and gas wells, support structures, equipment, pipelines and cables, and the Ellwood Onshore Oil and Gas Processing Facility.

4. Support legislation that would eliminate hydraulic fracturing.

5. · Oppose legislation that grants any new oil drilling, well leases, hydraulic fracturing, or any other high-intensity petroleum operations off the coast of California.

C. Solid Waste

1. Support legislation that expands the market for recyclable materials and encourages meeting state and local commercial recycling goals.

2. Oppose legislation that dictates greenhouse gas emissions strategies that are not based on scientific data or credible information.

3. Support legislation that provides greater. flexibility and diversification in the use of methane-reducing technologies and . strategies with respect to food-based (organics) greenhouse gas emissions and that increases state and iocai funding to support the development of new organic waste recycling
infrastructure and programs.

4. Support legislation that maintains and enhances local authority and flexibility to regulate solid waste and recyclables.

5. Support legislation that streamlines compliance and
implementation of the Integrated Waste Management Act.

6. Oppose legislation that invalidates the Integrated Waste

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Management Act indemnification and/or prevent cities from negotiating indemnification clauses with waste haulers.

7. Support legislation that increases local funding to governments and special districts for the collection of household waste.

8. Support legislation that reduces the toxic and non-reusable waste load.

9. Support Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation to encourage manufacturers to design environmentally friendly products by holding producers responsible for the costs of managing their products at end of life.

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A. Public Safety

1. Support legislation to provide state and federal funding to support local law enforcement through equipment upgrades, capital improvements, training, and emergency preparedness initiatives.

2. Support legislation that provides a greater share of asset forfeiture funds for cities and increases latitude for spending local funds.

3. Support legislation that seeks to reimburse the City for the overtime costs associated with public safety personnel who are required to appear before state or county courts.

4. Support legislation that: promotes comprehensive drug and alcohol education and rehabilitation; discourages drivers from operating motor vehicles while under the influence of drugs or alcohol; and maintains state funding necessary to post and operate sobriety and driver's license checkpoints.

5. Support legislation that seeks funding to assist local law enforcement with crime prevention and reduction.

6. Support legislation that provides flexible block grants to local governments that improve security and public safety at the local level.

7. Support legislation and grants that promote Crisis Intervention Team training for local law enforcement agencies in order to reduce arrests of people with mental illness and increase law enforcement's ability to do their job safely and effectively.

8. Support legislation that grants federal funding for first responder training and improved communications systems as part of Homeland Security.

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9. Support legislation that mitigates the impacts of transferring state and federal inmates into our community.

10. Oppose legislation that eliminates local control of alcohol beverage establishments and any state or federal interference with local codes or compliance mechanisms.

11. Support legislation that promotes and increases vehicle, bicycle, scooter and pedestrian safety.

12. Oppose legislation which relaxes the ban on the personal possession and use of weapons with automatic firing
capabilities.

13. Support legislation that strengthens cities' authority to regulate business that serve as fronts for illegal conduct such as human trafficking and prostitution.

14. Support legislation to reduce gun violence through measures such as enhancing background check requirements, prohibiting unlicensed transfers of guns through unregulated secondary sales· and increasing law enforcement's ability to trace crime guns.

15. Support legislation protecting the rights of residents of all national origins, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, genders, gender identities and sexual orientations to reside safely in our community, free from violence and intimidation.

16. Support police reform legislation that provides de-escalation training and the funding for such training, and that reduces unnecessary and excessive use of force.

17. Oppose legislation that diminishes local authority to establish regulations regarding reasonable use of public space and appropriate behavior in public spaces.

18. Support legislation that enhances local control to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, cooperatives, collectives or other distribution points.

19. Support legislation that increases the cannabis industry's

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access to banking systems and - supports a consistency
between state and federal regulation in this area.

20. Support legislation to develop processes and standards for evaluating impairment due to cannabis influence for drivers.

B. Emergency Preparedness

1. Support legislation, strategies and initiatives that provide increased state and federal funding for emergency
preparedness, planning, response and recovery.

2. Support legislation that secures adequate frequencies and communications systems for multi-jurisdictional connectivity for public safety and protects the frequencies from intrusion.

3. Support legislation that increases Emergency Management Performance Grant funding which retains flexibility of fund usage for emergency preparedness training, disaster events and disaster communication outreach efforts.

4. Support federal, state, and local regulations that provide the highest levels of public health and safety in the transportation of hazardous materials.

5. Support legislation that ensures first responders can perform their duties during an emergency without interference from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drones, and legislation that provide local agencies immunity if responders damage or destroy UAS during emergency operations.

6. Support legislation that provides funding for constructing and equipping emergency facilities such as fire stations and emergency operations centers.

7. Support legislation that incentivizes the mitigation of wildfire risk.

C. Crime Victims

1. Support legislation that strengthens and enforces legal protections for all individuals who are victims of crime, especially victims of family violence and sexual assault.

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2. Support legislation that provides funding for shelters and victim advocacy, as well as trauma and crisis counseling to assist victims of violent crime.

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' SECTION 7. REVENUE AND TAXATION
A. Local Government Finance

1. Support legislation that provides tax reform to mitigate negative fiscal impacts to local governments from past and present tax revenue shifts away from local governments.

2. Support legislation to change the terms of the Revenue Neutrality Agreement, including the tax sharing arrangements at the state and local level.

3. Support legislation that grants full cost reimbursement to local agencies by the state and federal government for all mandated programs.

4. Support legislation that ensures the retention of existing local revenue sources, including the City's share of property taxes, sales and use taxes, transient occupancy taxes, vehicle license fees, development fees, etc.

5. Support legislation that authorizes a simple majority of the voters in a city to establish local priorities such as the right to increase taxes or issue general obligation bonds.

6. Oppose legislation, such as "maintenance of effort"
requirements, that further limit cities' ability to administer their own revenues.

7. Oppose legislation that delays the payment of revenues due the City.

8. Support legislation that will enhance revenue for cities.

9. Support legislation that bolsters local authority to enforce local ordinances and tools to collect revenue associated with shortterm vacation rentals.

10. Oppose legislation that undermines the City's ability to manage financial resources and limits decisions regarding the long-term

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interests of local residents.

11. Support legislation which streamlines the creation and expands the applicability of Infrastructure Finance Districts as well as Enhanced Infrastructure Finance Districts.

12. Oppose legislation that threatens tax exemption for municipal bonds, including reinstating authority to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds.

B. Property Tax Appeals Process

1. Support legislation that changes the property tax appeals procedures providing each public agency receiving property tax with the legal standing to appear and be heard at any property tax appeal affecting property tax revenue received by such agency.

2. Support legislation that would require the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to inform local jurisdictions in a timely manner of Sales Tax disputes prior to the issuance of adjustments to the local jurisdictions Sales Tax payment.

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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO:

FROM:

PREPARED BY:

SUBJECT:

Honorable Mayor and City Council
Matthew Bronson, City Manager
Kristin Eriksson, Deputy City Manager
DATE: March 27, 2023
Approval of an Amended 2023 Legislative Platform'

RECOMMENDATION
Approve the 2023 City of Grover Beach Legislative Platform, as amended based on Council direction.

BACKGROUND:

At the March 13, 2023 City Council meeting, the Council considered approval of the proposed 2023 Legislative Platform (see Attachment 1) to authorize the City Manager to take positions on legislation on behalf of the City consistent with the platform to allow for timely communications through opposition or support letters on legislative proposals and actions in State and Federal government. Staff would subsequently inform the Council of such communications when carried out.

The platform is organized in the following topic-based categories:
• General Government - Generally supports local control to address local needs and opposes State preemption of local authority and unfunded or underfunded mandates; • Local Government Finance - Generally supports legislation protecting or enhancing City revenues and opposes unfunded mandates, restrictions on revenues and restrictions on contracting for cities;
• Public Safety - Generally supports funding and support for emergency response and crime reduction programs;
• Transportation and Public Works - Generally supports funding and expedited processes capital arid infrastructure projects, supports funding for key water supply projects, and funding for implementation of organic waste disposal requirements; • Resources and Environment - Generally supports funding and programs related to energy and water supply projects along with organic waste disposal • Community Development - Generally supports funding and programs to address homelessness, supports legislation to reform cannabis regulations and supports protection of transient occupancy tax revenue.

During Council deliberations, Council Member Weirick requested a number of modifications to the platform which were discussed by the Council. Council provided direction to staff to bring back an amended version of the platform for final approval reflecting modifications that received consensus from the Council. The amended 2023 Legislative Platform with tracked changes· is shown in Attachment 2 with a final version shown in Attachment 3. Upon approval, the platform will be distributed to the City's State and Federal officials representing the City, as well as the Agenda Item No. 8
Staff Report: Approval of an Amended 2023 Legislative Platform March 27, 2023
Page2
National League of Cities and the League of California Cities. The platform will also be available on the City's website.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with these actions.

ALTERNATIVES
The Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1) Approve the 2023 City of Grover Beach Legislative Platform, as amended per Council direction; or
2) Provide alternative direction to staff.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.

Attachments

1. Amended 2023 City of Grover Beach Legislative Platform (tracked changes)

2. Final 2023 City of Grover Beach Legislative Platform Attachment 1
City of Grover Beach
2023 Legislative Platform
Approved by City Council March 4-J27, 2023
Contents
section 1 - introduction 1

1.1 General Purpose 1

1.2 Authority 1

1.2.1 Adoption 1

1.2.2 City Manager Authority 1

1.2.3 Limit to City Manager Authority 1

1.3 Distribution 1
SECTION 2 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT 1

2.1 Local Control 1
SECTION 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 2
SECTION 4 - PUBLIC Safety 2

4.1 Emergency Response: .- , : 2

4.2 Crime Reduction 2

4.3 Victim's Rights 3
SECTION 5-TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS 3

5.1 General Infrastructure 3
SECTION 6 - RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 3

6.1 Water Resiliency 3

6.2 Organic Waste Disposal. 3
SECTION 7 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 3

7.1 Housing and Homelessness 3

7.2 Commercial Cannabis 4

7.3 Travel and Tourism 4
SECTION 1-INTRODUCTION

1.1 General Purpose
The City of Grover Beach Legislative Platform (Platform) is adopted to formalize Council priorities and allow for expedient promotion of the City's interests in legislative matters.

The Platform is designed to guide the Council and staff in taking appropriate action on legislative proposals and actions in the State and Federal governments.

1.2 Authority

1.2.1 Adoption - The Platform is developed with input from all City departments and is adopted by the City Council annually.

1. 2. 2 City Manager Authority- The City Manager or designee may take actions to support or oppose proposed legislation without prior approval of the City Council when consistent with the platform, provided that the City Council may set or change the City's established position on any specific legislation even if inconsistent with this Platform's general position.

1. 2.3 Limit to City Manager Authority- The City Council will maintain sole authority to establish an initial position for any proposed legislation that would result in the matter coming before voters as a statewide ballot measure, such as California constitutional amendments, a statewide bond measure, or a measure amending a previously-approved statewide ballot measure.

1.3 Distribution
Upon the Council's annual approval. the Legislative Platform shall be distributed to California's U.S. Senators aflG-;-and U.S. Congress Members representing the City, as well as all California State Constitutional offices representing the City, all California State Senator(s) and Assemblymember(s) representing the City, the National League of Cities and the League of California Cities.

SECTION 2 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT

2.1 Local Control
• Support legislation that enhances local control for various permitting, land use, contracting and discretionary actions and allows cities to address the needs of local communities within a framework of regional cooperation
• Oppose legislation that preempts local authority by the State and impedes the City's ability to address community needs.
• Oppose legislation that imposes unfunded or insufficiently funded mandates by the State.
1 SECTION 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
• Support legislation that protects, increases and/or modernizes revenue streams for local priorities.
• Support legislation to provide full and prompt reimbursement to all local agencies for all state-mandated programs and/or infractions and losses associated with local revenue shifts.
• Support legislation that creates streamlined and less competitive funding opportunities for cities with smaller budgets, geographical size and population, such as the City. • Support legislation that fully funds positions in State and Federal agencies that can accelerate the prompt administration of funding and reimbursements from those agencies to the City.
• Oppose legislation that mandates new duties, responsibilities or obligations to a City under state realignment.
• Oppose legislation that increases the threshold for voters to pass new or increased state or local taxes needed to fund local services and infrastructure. • Oppose legislation that eliminates or restricts control of or creates barriers to the City's revenue sources.
• Oppose legislation that restricts the City's ability to contract for goods or services or otherwise increases costs of contracting for goods or services.

SECTION 4 - PUBLIC SAFETY

4.1 General
Support legislation to establish a peace officer decertification process through POST.

4.21 Emergency Response
• Support legislation to pmvide funding for disaster prevention efforts, emergency response planning, and training and equipment for response and recovery efforts. • Support legislation to develop and implement statewide-integrated public safety communication systems.

4.2 Crime Reduction
• Support legislation to allow for greater crime reduction in the community. • Support legislation to add fentanyl to the list of illegal substances subject to the existing weight enhancements for criminal sentencing.
2 4.3 Victim's Rights
• Support legislation increasing the rights of victims of crimes.

SECTION 5-TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

5.1 General Infrastructure
• Support legislation providing funding for revolving loan fund programs to assist with financing capital costs of infrastructure improvements, including facility replacements. • Support legislation to expedite project delivery processes and expand project delivery methods for use by all cities for facilities and infrastructure. • Support legislation that secures state and federal fees and taxes originally programmed for roadway repairs, highway congestion management and transportation improvement projects.
• Oppose legislation that slows, impairs or eliminates funding for public infrastructure.

SECTION 6 - RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

6.1 Water Resiliency
• Support legislation and administrative actions that provide funding or grant programs for energy and water efficiency improvements.
• Support legislation that provides funding for key water supply and infrastructure grant and loan programs.

6.2 Organic Waste Disposal
• Support legislation that provides additional funding or other assistance to implement organic waste disposal requirements from SB 1383.
• Support legislation providing funding for smaller cities to pursue carbon neutral solutions.

SECTION 7 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

7.2 Commercial Cannabis
• Support legislation that provides for realistic reforms of regulatory barriers to the legal cannabis industry
• Support legislation that allows for the sale of food and non-alcoholic drinks at cannabis retailers that permit onsite consumption of cannabis products.

7.3 Travel and Tourism
• Oppose legislation that would reduce or eliminate online travel agencies or platforms from collecting and remitting Transient Occupancy Tax to local jurisdictions. 4 Attachment 2
City of Grover Beach
2023 Legislative Platform
Approved by City Council March 27, 2023
Contents
SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 General Purpose _. 1

1.2 Authority 1

1.2.1 Adoption 1

1.2.2 City Manager Authority 1

1.2.3 Limit to City Manager Authority : 1

1.3 Distribution 1
SECTION 2 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT : 1

2.1 Local Control. 1
SECTION 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 2
SECTION 4 - PUBLIC Safety 2

4.1 Emergency Response 2

4.2 Crime Reduction 2

4.3 Victim's Rights 2
SECTION 5 - TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS 3

5.1 General Infrastructure 3
SECTION 6 - RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 3

6.1 Water Resiliency 3

6.2 Organic Waste Disposal. 3
SECTION 7 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 3

7.1 Housing and Homelessness , 3

7.2 Commercial Cannabis 4

7.3 Travel and Tourism 4
SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION

The Platform is designed to guide the Council and staff in taking appropriate action on legislative proposals and actions in the State and Federal governments.

1.2 Authority

1.2.1 Adoption - The Platform is developed with input from all City departments and is adopted by the City Council annually.

1. 2. 2 City Manager Authority- The City Manager or designee may take actions to support or oppose proposed legislation without prior approval of the City Council when consistent with the platform, provided that the City Council may set or change the City's established position on any specific legislation even it inconsistent with this Platform's general position.

1.3 Distribution
Upon the Council's annual approval, the Legislative Platform shall be distributed to California's U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmembers, as well as all California State Constitutional offices representing the City, all California State Senator(s) and Assemblymember(s) representing the City, the National League of Cities and the League of California Cities.

SECTION 2 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT

2.1 Local Control
• Support legislation that enhances local control for various permitting, land use, contracting and discretionary actions and allows cities to address the needs of local communities within a framework of regional cooperation
• Oppose legislation that preempts local authority and impedes the City's ability to address community needs.
• Oppose legislation that imposes unfunded or insufficiently funded mandates by the State.
1 SECTION 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
• Support legislation that protects, increases and/or modernizes revenue streams for local priorities.
• Support legislation to provide full and prompt reimbursement to all local agencies for all state-mandated programs and/or infractions and losses associated with local revenue shifts.
• Support legislation that creates streamlined and less competitive funding opportunities for cities with smaller budgets, geographical size and population, such as the City. • Support legislation that fully funds positions in State and Federal agencies that can accelerate the prompt administration of funding and reimbursements from those agencies to the City.
• Oppose legislation that mandates new duties, responsibilities or obligations to a City under state realignment.
• Oppose legislation that increases the threshold for voters to pass new or increased state or local taxes needed to fund local services and infrastructure. • Oppose legislation that eliminates or restricts control of or creates barriers to the City's revenue sources.
• Oppose legislation that restricts the City's ability to contract for goods or services or otherwise increases costs of contracting for goods or services.

SECTION 4 - PUBLIC SAFETY

4.1 Emergency Response
• Support legislation to provide funding for disaster prevention efforts, emergency response planning, and training and equipment for response and recovery efforts. • Support legislation to develop and implement statewide-integrated public safety communication systems.

4.3 Victim's Rights
• Support legislation increasing the rights of victims of crimes. 2 SECTION 5-TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

SECTION 6 - RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

6.2 Organic Waste Disposal
• Support legislation that provides additional funding or other assistance to implement organic waste disposal requirements.
• Support legislation providing funding for smaller cities to pursue carbon neutral solutions.

SECTION 7 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

7.1 Housing and Homelessness
• Support legislation to streamline all types of housing development while protecting the City's permitting, fees and regulatory processes.
• Support legislation to providing funding mechanisms for infrastructure needed for housing development.
• Support legislation providing funding for homeless services and shelter projects and operations.
• Support legislation to allow the City more flexibility in creating shelters and temporary and permanent housing.
• Support legislation to provide funding for cleanup efforts as a result of homeless encampments.
3 7.2 Commercial Cannabis
• Support legislation that provides for reforms of regulatory barriers to the legal cannabis industry
• Support legislation that allows for the sale of food and non-alcoholic drinks at cannabis retailers that permit onsite consumption of cannabis products.

7.3 Travel and Tourism
• Oppose legislation that would reduce or eliminate online travel agencies or platforms from collecting and remitting Transient Occupancy Tax to local jurisdictions. 4 Take Action
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