Moore, Tania
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 8:57 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Orange Coast League of Women Voters & agenda 26 From: diane nied <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2023 6:42 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL <[email protected]>
Subject: Orange Coast League of Women Voters & agenda 26 Please find enclosed a letter from the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast, with many members as residents of Huntington Beach.
This letter addresses concerns regarding Agenda Item 26 at the next Council meeting.
Thank You
Diane Nied
LWVOC Housing/homelessness Action Team
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SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date: 2/21|2023
Agenda Hem No: # 26(/23.(72)
1 LWY EARUE ORMOMEN YOTERS® OFORANGE COAST
February 18, 2023
To: Huntington Beach Mayor Strickland and City Council Members From: League of Women Voters of Orange Coast
RE: February 21, 2023 City Council Meeting Agenda Item 26 The League of Women Voters position on housing and meeting basic human needs, states: "League supports measures to provide State programs to increase the supply of safe, decent, and adequate housing for all Californians. And supports action at all levels of government for the provision of affordable housing for all Californians." The League specifically supported SB 9. The statement from the California State League of Women Voters, on the bill's website, is as follows:
https://focus.senate.ca.gov/sb9#support
"We urgently need SB 9 to increase affordable housing
supply in high-opportunity neighborhoods. Too many
Californians - especially first-time homebuyers, low-
and middle-income workers, and people of color - are
locked out of the housing market because of
exclusionary zoning that favors high-income
households. SB 9 will empower local communities to
build more middle-income housing and make the dream
of homeownership a reality for more Californians."
Aliso Viejo, Capistrano Beach, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Lake Forest, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach Our Orange Coast members, many living in Huntington Beach, support actions to provide affordable housing, to reduce or eliminate the number of sheltered or unsheltered residents, and provide needed rental housing.
Benefits from Senate Bill 9:
• The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act streamlines the process for a homeowner to create a duplex or subdivide an existing lot.
• This legislation will provide access to more rental and ownership options for working families who would otherwise be priced out of neighborhoods.
• The provisions of the Home Act would allow homeowners to choose to build a duplex on a single family lot, or if the lot is of sufficient size, to subdivide the lot into two lots and build a duplex on each lot.
• Accessory Dwelling Units allow multigenerational families to thrive together.
Therefore, the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast opposes the proposed action by the Huntington Beach City Council to direct the city attorney to take any legal action necessary to challenge SB 9 and SB 10.
SB 10 has already been declined by the city, as allowed by the act itself.
Respectfully Submitted,
Executive Committee
League of Women Voters Orange Coast
Aliso Viejo, Capistrano Beach, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Lake Forest, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach