State Legislation Committee
February 7, 2023

City of Long Beach
Working Together to Serve
Memorandum
Date: February 21, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Councilmember Roberto Uranga, Chair, State Legislation Committee Subject: 2023 State Legislative Agenda
The State Legislation Committee, at its meeting held Tuesday, February 7, 2023 considered communications relative to the above subject.

It is the recommendation of the State Legislation Committee to request City Council approval of the 2023 State Legislative Agenda.

Respectfully submitted,
State Legislation Committee
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Councilmember Roberto Uranga, Chair
Prepared by:

Alyssa Campos
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Memorandum
Date: February 21, 2023

To: Mayor and Members of the City Council

From: Councilmember Roberto Uranga, Chair, State Legislation Committee

Subject: 2023 State Legislative Agenda

Recommendation

Respectfully request City Council approval of the 2023 State Legi slative Agenda as recommended by the State Legislation Committee.

Discussion

Each year, the City Council adopts the Stat e Legislative Agenda, outlining the City’s legislative and funding priorities for the upcoming state legislative session. This document provides policy direction to st aff on state issues, allowing t he City to take positions on legislative proposals and to work with the Ci ty’s state legislative delegates to advance priorities adopted by the City Council.

On February 7, 2023, the State Legisl ation Committee met, received staff’s recommended changes for the 2023 State Legi slative Agenda, and moved to forward staff recommendations, along with one change fr om the Committee, to the City Council for consideration and adoption.

The draft 2023 State Legislative Agenda is attached for reference, and the Committee’s additional proposed change is described below:

Housing—7.2. Everyone Home Long Beach (Page 18)

 Committee Motion: Add language related to advocacy for regional funding, support, and resources to address homelessness.

Respectfully submitted,

State Legislation Committee

Councilmember Roberto Uranga, Chair

ATTACHMENT
 2023 DRAFT STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, MEMORANDUM DATED NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Memorandum
Date: November 14, 2022

To: State Legislation Committee

From: Thomas B. Modica, City Manager

Subject: 2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda

Each year, City staff reviews the State Legislative Agenda and recommends changes to reflect the City of Long Beach’s (City) legislative and funding priorities for the upcoming year. This memorandum presents staff recommendations that have been incorporated into the attached 2023 Draft Stat e Legislative Agenda for the S tate Legislation Committee’s consideration.

In August 2022, the Government Affairs Office hosted a training session for all departments to learn about the l egislative agenda update proces s and timeline and circulated the adopted 2022 State Legislative Agenda to departm ents for input on changes that could be incorporated into the 2023 Draft State Le gislative Agenda.

Following departmental review of the previous year’s agenda, th e Government Affairs team met with departments individually to further develop their recommended legislative and funding priorities for the upcoming year.

Proposed Changes to the State Legislative Agenda

Changes are denoted in the attached draft agenda in the following ways:

 New proposed langua ge is indicated by blue text. The origin of each change is noted in parentheses next to the added or revised language.

 Existing text that is being move d to different sections of the document is indicated by purple text.

 Staff recommendations to delete duplicative or obsolete items are indicated by red strikethrough text.

The following explains the rationale for items added to the draft agenda:

2023 FOCUS STATEMENTS

Priority Legislative and Budget Items

 “Support legislation and policies that make the Homeless Housi ng, Assistance and Prevention grant program allocation methodology more equitable to Long Beach.”

2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

Rationale: Item recommended by the Health and Human Services Department as the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program currently provides more funding to certain large cities that have a lower homeless count than Long Beach.

 “Support legislation to clarify the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act and exempt fire-life safety and seismi c retrofit improvements from the 50 percent value threshold for investment in sites located in earthquake fault zones.” Rationale: Item recommended by the Developm ent Services Department as the City needs clarity in State code to allow for the transition of Community Hospital into a behavioral health and wellness campus. Without additional legal authority to allow for fire-life safety and seismic improvements, the City would likely not be able to permit the proposed project at Communi ty Hospital, as well as other development projects that fall under investment limits set by Alquist-Priolo.

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding that allocate dire ct financial resources to mitigate the City’s liability for oil well abandonment and ensu re the State saves for their abandonment costs in the Tidelands.”
Rationale: Item recommended by the Energy Resources Department as a result of the passage of SB 1137 (Gonzalez and Limon), whic h significantly expedites the City’s current timeline relative to the phase-out of oil and gas extraction activities. With the City’s abandonment liability estimated between 140-180 million dollars, direct financial resources are needed to fully fund abandonment.
 “Support policies, legislation and funding to advance the transition of the City’s waste- to-energy facility into a regional organics processing resource or other solution for the City’s waste management needs.”
Rationale: Item recommended by the Energy Resources Department as a result of the passage of AB 1857 (C. Garcia), which eliminat es diversion credits that jurisdictions receive for utilizing waste-to-energy facili ties like the City’s Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF). With the pot ential decommissioning of SERRF following this legislation, direct financial resources are needed to help fund the transition of the City’s waste-to-energy facility to organics processing or other technologies at the site.

Recovery

 “Support legislation and funding to address the root causes of people experiencing homelessness, health inequities, and systematic racism to lessen the impact of future pandemics and other disasters.”

 “Support legislation and funding that prioritizes disaster pre vention, preparedness, mitigation, and response in communities with the highest need.”

2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

 “Support legislation and funding that will reduce the impact o f climate change on the most vulnerable populations inc luding older adults and people e xperiencing homelessness.”

Rationale: Items recommended by the Recove ry team to highlight the need for additional resources and support for upst ream preventative solutions to key challenges the City is facing in its effort to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ENERGY

3.1. Energy Resiliency

 “Support the state’s Alliance fo r Renewable Clean Hydrogen Ene rgy Systems (ARCHES) to pursue Department of Energy federal funding for a California Hydrogen Hub.”

Rationale: Item is recommended due to City Council action on July 12, 2022 , in support of the ARCHES Coalition effort to develop a statewide application for federal funding to advance hydrogen technology and infrastructure in Southern California.

ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND RECREATION

4.1. Air Quality and Environmental Sustainability

 “Support policies, legislation and administrative action to ra pidly decarbonize the maritime shipping industry and to create green shipping corridors along the California coast, the West Coast of the United States, and across the trans-Pacific trade route.”

Rationale: This language comes from t he Climate Action and Environmental Committee’s action taken on April 22, 2022 , requesting to add support for green shipping efforts to the City's 2022-2023 State and Federal Legislative Agendas.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

6.1. Airport

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide additio nal resources for the development and transition to unleaded aviation gas (avgas).”

Rationale: According to the U.S. Envi ronmental Protection Agency, piston-engine aircraft that operate on leaded fuel are the largest remaining source of lead emissions into the air. Long Beach Airport (LGB) has an active general aviation community, with many piston-engine aircraft. The EPA and the Federal Aviation Administration have statutory responsibilities, established through the Clean Air Act, to control aircraft 2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

emissions, including standards and monitoring. LGB does not directly provide aviation fuel, nor does it own or operate any aircraft. However, LGB supports the FAA’s EAGLE Initiative to develop safe solutions that will phase out the use of lead-based fuel by 2030. Airport staff are monitoring natio nwide developments and taking part in conversations with fuel providers and t he general aviation community to develop proactive ways to implement the use of unleaded fuel at LGB.

6.8. Equity

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding that allocates res ources to advance the City’s equity and reconciliation priorities.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding that allocates res ources to non-profit organizations, community-based organizations, and trusted partners that serve Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other people of color.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding to maximize opport unities for racial equity through housing policies that address segregation and access to homeownership.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding that aims to incre ase the recruitment and retention of Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other people of color to employment and leadership positions.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding that focuses on ra cial healing with Black, Latinx, Asian, Indige nous, and other people of color most impac ted by systemic racism.”

Rationale: This is a new proposed section based on recommendations from the City’s Racial Equity and Reconciliation In itiative, adopted by City Council on August 11, 2020. While there are dozens of equity-related directives dispersed throughout the agenda, the Office of Equity is recommending specific language to advance the City’s racial equity goals and end systemic racism in Long Beach.

PUBLIC SAFETY

The Long Beach Police Department has proposed new language related to public safety, in addition to reorganizing key se ctions to highlight prioritie s. New language is detailed below, and all language noted in purple in the draft agenda has been moved from pre- existing sections that have already been approved by the City Council in past years.

9.1 Crime

 “Support legislation that r egulates and supports enhanced pena lties for the illegal modification of firearms.”
2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

 “Support legislation and greater penalties for individuals who commit gun crime, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, and carjacking.”

 “Support legislation and funding that allows for gun buyback a nd other innovative programs to reduce the number of guns on the streets.”

 “Support legislation that st andardizes concealed carry license guidelines for more restrictive gun laws and modernizes concealed carry licensing r equirements in the penal code, including a jurisdiction’s ability to adjust fees t hat allow for full cost recovery of background services.”

 “Support legislation and seek funding to assist in preventing and reducing crime, primarily related to property crimes, cyber-crime, opioid overd ose, gang violence, mental illness, and pedestrian safety.”

Rationale: This is a new proposed secti on from the Long Beach Police Department designed to improve public safety, reduce crime, and create a safe city for all people.

9.2 Wellness

 “Support legislation that strengt hens wellness for law enforce ment employees and provides funding for recruitment, inclusivity, and retention of police.”

 “Support grants and legislation to enhance safe passage progra ms for students and pedestrians.”

Rationale: This is a new proposed secti on from the Long Beach Police Department designed to foster employee and community wellness.

9.4 Partnerships

 “Support legislation that provides funding and support to prog rams that promote trust and engagement with the community.”

 “Support the expansion of mental health hospitals to provide i ndividuals with mental health, substance abuse, or cooccurring disorders the care they need to live fulfilling lives.”

 “Support legislation and funding that encourages partnerships and training with other law enforcement agencies for the continuity of public safety within the region.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide funding for the creation of a regional task force to target fentanyl abuse.”
2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

Rationale: The proposed language stems from the Long Beach Police Department’s effort to develop positive working relations hips and build enduring solutions with the community.

TECHNOLOGY

10.2. Telecommunications

 “Support expanding StateRamp as a resource to Califor nia government agencies to standardize statewide cyber secur ity standards and enable the C ity to confidently partner with vendors who are vetted as providing secure cloud-based systems.”

Rationale: The State is leveraging StateRamp for vendor cyber security verification.

All government organizations, includi ng the City of Long Beach, are exploring increased efficiencies though digitized and cloud-hosted services that can replace paper-based activities and make data more accessible to City service providers. The Technology and Innovation Department recommended th is item, as expanding StateRamp as a resource to California government agencies will standardize Statewide cyber security standards, as well as vet vendors who wish to provide cloud- hosted technology services. A statewide initiative will allow the City to work with other municipalities, counties, and State partners to establish common cyber security standards, provide greater protection to sens itive City data, and confidently partner with vendors who are vetted as providing secure cloud-based systems.

TRANSPORTATION

11.3 Safe Streets Long Beach (Vision Zero)

 “Support policies, legislation, a nd grants for the implementat ion of the Vision Zero Action Plan to meet the goal of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2026.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and grants to update existing design standards to reduce roadway injuries and fatalities.”

 “Participate in policy reform efforts to enable automated spee d enforcement and provide more control to municipalities over the setting of spee d limits, including FHWA-endorsed methods that focus more on context and presence o f vulnerable roadway users.”

 “Support policies or legislation to update California Highway Patrol’s Form 555 to include additional fields relat ed to vehicle type/user and cont ributing factors such as speeding-related (i.e., too fast for conditions), distracted driving, micromobility, vehicle for hire, bicyclist location at time of collision, and bicycle impact point to allow the City 2023 Draft State Legislative Agenda
November 14, 2022

to more accurately identify en gineering, education, and enforce ment actions to improve safety.”

 “Support policies, legislation, and grants to create opportuni ties to collaborate with Caltrans to identify safety improvements along its facilities.”

 “Support policies, legislation and grants that prioritize road safety investments through an equity lens.”

Rationale: The proposed language stems from the City’s Safe Streets Long Beach Plan, adopted by the City Council on July 14, 2020. The Public Works Department is recommending language to advance the City’s Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2026.

Next Steps

A State Legislation Committee meeting will be scheduled in the near future to review and discuss staff’s recommendations for the 2023 State Legislative Agenda. Upon approval by the State Legislation Committee, the Committee will forward the proposed agenda to the full City Council for consideration and adoption. If you ha ve any questions, please contact Tyler Bonanno-Curley, M anager of Government Affairs, at (562) 570-5715 or [email protected].

ATTACHMENT

CC: M AYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

CHARLES PARKIN, CITY ATTORNEY
D OUGLAS P. HAUBERT, CITY PROSECUTOR
L AURA L. DOUD, CITY AUDITOR
L INDA F. TATUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER

K ATY NOMURA, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER

T ERESA CHANDLER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER

A PRIL WALKER, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER

KEVIN LEE, CHIEF PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

MONIQUE DE LA GARZA, CITY CLERK

DEPARTMENT HEADS

ELEANOR TORRES, HARBOR DEPARTMENT MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

ARC STRATEGIES

2023 DRAFT State Legislative Agenda

CITY OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
2023 DRAFT STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

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The State Legislative Agenda codifies the City of Long Beach’s (City) positions on legislation, regulatory proposals, and funding opportunities. The purpose of the agenda is to align the advocacy efforts of the City’s Government Affairs Office with the City’s core values, principles, and policy statements covering a variety of issues that impact the City.

Each year, the State Legislative Agenda is updated in consultation with the Mayor, City Council, and City departments to highlight the legislative and funding priorities for consideration and adoption by the City Council. The agenda provides direction to the Government Affairs Office and the City’s legislative advocates on strategic objectives for the year, allowing the City to effectively take positions on specific policy issues that affect City operations.

The legislative agenda serves as a strategic plan that directs staff activities and advocacy priorities throughout the year. These priorities are driven by the City’s core values of preserving local control over finances and decision-making; advancing equity and inclusion for communities most impacted by policy decisions at other levels of government ; and ensuring the City’s long-term resilience and adaptability in the face of growing environmental, economic, and public safety and health challenges.

Core Values
Local Control
The City of Long Beach supports policies and legislation that protect and/or expand the City’s authority and rights over its affairs. Staff will work to oppose policies and legislation that preempt s the current authority possessed by the City and instead delegates that authority to the State or other governmental jurisdictions. Local control gives leaders the flexibility to solve problems that are in the best interest of their own communities. This is vital for Long Beach to remain a unique place to live, work, and play.

Equity and Inclusion
Equity is when everyone can reach their highest level of health and potential for a successful life, regardless of their background and identity. Inclusion means the practice of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might oth erwise be excluded or marginalized. Each area of the legislative agenda is considered through a lens of advancing equity and inclusion. The City acknowledges the existence and impacts of historic systemic racism and supports equitable community practices through innovative local government models. We further support the use of an equity lens in policy and program design and will seek funding to increase access and opportunity for all members of the Long Beach community.

Resilience and Adaptability
The City has been greatly tested in the last year as we and the rest of the world faced unprecedented challenges brought on by the global COVID-19 public health pandemic and economic downturn. Resilience and adaptability are crucial as we continue to recover and adapt to ever changing surroundings. Resiliency is the capacity for communities and organizations to heal from trauma, and adaptability refers to the ability to cope with adversity and adapt to challenges or change.

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2023 Focus Statements

While the legislative agenda contains City Council- adopted objectives and directives regarding a wide array of issue areas impacting the City, focus statements help to bring attention to funding and legislative priorities for the current legislative year. These statements highlight issues that need to be addressed throughout the year. Focus statements are developed in conjunction with various City departments and may shift from year to year based on the social, political, and economic environment.

Priority Legislative and Budget Items
• Support legislation and policies that make the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program allocation methodology more equitable to Long Beach. (New language proposed by Health)
• Support legislation to clarify the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act and exempt fire-life safety and seismic retrofit improvements from the 50% value threshold for investment in sites located in earthquake fault zones. (New language proposed by Development Services) • Support policies, legislation, and funding t hat allocate direct financial resources to mitigate the City’s liability for oil well abandonment and ensure the State saves for their abandonment costs in the Tidelands. (New language proposed by Energy Resources) • Support policies, legislation and funding to advance the transition of the City’s waste-to-energy facility into a regional organics processing resource or other solution for the City’s waste management needs. (New language proposed by Energy Resources)

Infrastructure

Both the State and federal governments have prioritized infrastructure investments over the coming years to promote long -term economic recovery from the COVID -19 pandemic, advance equity and sustainability, and provide workforce development opportunities in key industry sectors. The City will continue to advocate for external funding opportunities to address the following critical infrastructure needs and projects:

• Support infrastructure investments that reduce long- term operations and main tenance expenditures for the City.
• Support sustainable infrastructure funding to advance the City’s climate resiliency efforts and organics waste objectives.
• Support water quality infrastructure investments to improve the quality of stormwater, sustain wetlands habitat, and protect aquatic life.
• Support regional planning and investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and zero - emissions equipment through robust grants and financial incentives . (Additional language proposed by FM)
• Support infrastructure investments to advance the Port's zero-emissions and Clean Air Action Plan objectives, meet current and future supply chain demands, relieve congestion and improve efficiency, increase on-dock rail, reduce emissions, and expand workforce development opportunities in trade-related sectors.
• Support streamlined funding to incorporate technology into infrastructure programs, including “dig once” and “build once” opportunities that modernize technology in City and public facilities. • Support the construction of and improvements to vital public safety infrastructure such as fire Page | 3
and police stations, health facilities, and emergency preparation and response resources. • Support the development of a preventative and responsive public health infrastructure to identify early and respond swiftly to emerging infectious disease threats. • Support funding for public facilities such as swimming pools, parks and open space, arts and cultural resources, and community centers in historically marginalized communities. • Support investments to create housing opportunities for people experiencing homelessness, long- term affordable housing, and mortgage down payment assistance programs. • Support funding to complete the City’s “8 by 28” infrastructure initiativ e in preparation for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Seek opportunities to facilitate economic development through leveraging private investments to promote quality infrastructure benefiting all communities within the City. • Support the development of the San Pedro Bay Ports Goods Movement Workforce Training Campus and advance sustainable workforce opportunities at the Port of Long Beach. (Revision to rename Campus recommended by Port)

Recovery (Additional language in this section proposed by Recovery team)

Since March 10, 2020, when the City Council declared a local health emergency to address the COVID -19 pandemic, the City’s top priority has been to mitigate the risks to residents’ health and well-being, as well as impacts to the econom y and the local business community. The City will continue to advocate for ongoing funding to support Long Beach Recovery Act programs , resources for the long-term economic recovery, upstream preventative solutions, and resilience of the City.

• Support legislation and funding to address the root causes of people experiencing homelessness, health inequities, and systematic racism to lessen the impact of future pandemics and other disasters.
• Support legislation and funding that prioritizes disaster prevention, preparedness, mitigation, and response in communities with the highest need.
• Support legislation and funding that will reduce the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable populations including older adults and people experiencing homelessness. • Support legislation and resources to effectively respond to the COVID -19 pandemic and mitigate the spread of the virus.
• Support ongoing, structural funding for public health jurisdictions to coordinate and invest in public health infrastructure, workforce, equity, STD testing and prevention, and other local needs. • Support resources for basic needs including food security, childcare, and access to transportation and work.
• Support funding that increases broadband access and adoption through devices, education, and affordable internet services.
• Support funding to invest in economic recovery in the sectors hardest -hit by the COVID -19 pandemic, employment opportunities, and economic research to study the impacts of the City’s investment programs.
• Support resources for programs that build generational wealth for low-income communities such as homeownership opportunities and inclusive entrepreneurship. • Support funding to assist low -income residents that utilize the City parks and libraries and their services by subsidizing access to park programs and eliminating overdue library fines. • In coordination with Long Beach Water, support policies that make water debt relief funding to Page | 4
local water systems and customers non-taxable.
• Support resources for the City to expand language access during in -person and hybrid public meetings through funding for translation services, software and technology, and personnel. • Support policies, legislations, and grants to strengthen investments that support comprehensive approaches to chronic disease prevention, including but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and type-2 diabetes. (Copied from Public Health section to emphasize for 2023)

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STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ITEMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION

1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1.1. Emerging Sectors

1.2. Economic Equity

1.3. Workforce Preparedness

1.4. Entrepreneurship

1.5. Industry Needs

1.6. Quality of Life

1.7. Global Connectedness

2. EDUCATION

2.1. Education Equity

2.2. Internships

2.3. Long Beach College Promise

2.4. Technology

3. ENERGY

3.1. Energy Resiliency

3.2. Utilities and Waste Management

4. ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION

4.1. Air Quality and Environmental Sustainability

4.2. Stormwater Management and Recreational Water Quality

4.3. Parks

5. FISCAL RESPONSIBILTY

5.1. Revenue, Fees and Taxation

5.2. Unfunded Mandates

6. GENERAL GOVERNMENT

6.1. Airport

6.2. Long Beach Animal Care Services

6.3. Land Use Planning

6.4. Local Initiatives

6.5. Elections and Campaign Finance

6.6. Retirement, Compensation, and Benefits

6.7. City Representation
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6.8. Equity

7. HOUSING

7.1. Affordable Housing

7.2. Everyone Home Long Beach

7.3. Housing Element

7.4. Funding

8. PUBLIC HEALTH

8.1. Intervention

8.2. Cannabis and Tobacco Regulation

9. PUBLIC SAFETY

9.1. Crime

9.2. Wellness

9.3. Constitutional Rights and Public Trust

9.4. Partnerships

9.5. Emergency Preparedness

10. TECHNOLOGY

10.1. Digital Inclusion

10.2. Telecommunications

11. TRANSPORTATION

11.1. Active Transportation and Transit-Oriented Development

11.2. Roadway Safety

11.3 Safe Streets Long Beach (Vision Zero)
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1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1.1. Emerging Sectors – Grow and Strengthen our established industry clusters and emerging sectors
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of jobs in key industry clusters.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of businesses in key industry clusters.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of jobs in traded industries that bring wealth into Long Beach.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase research capacity and relevancy as measured by approved patents.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase tourism. • Support policies, legislation and grants to require the State’s Employment Development Department to provide the same economic data they provide for counties to the ten largest cities in the state.
• Ensure that State hiring and manufacturing tax credits remain vali d until the program sunsets in the year 2021, and support efforts to extend the tax credits beyond 2021. • Support or sponsor legislation that allows the City of Long Beach to pursue public -private partnerships.
• Support efforts to increase operational excell ence in terms of balancing environmentally sustainable achievements and financial strength at the Port of Long Beach. • Support legislation, grants, and greater partnership with GoBiz and the Governor’s Office that stimulate renewed, diversified economic, as well as manufacturing and export clusters in the City.
• Monitor legislation related to crypto currency or bitcoin regulation specific to businesses.

1.2. Economic Equity - Increase access to economic opportunities in low -income communities to advance economic equity.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of minority -owned, LGBT- owned and women-owned businesses.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase non-traditional capital resources for minority-owned, LGBT-owned and women-owned businesses.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase investment in all business corridors with prioritization for underserved business corridors.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase financial literacy and wealth building opportunities for young people, disadvantaged families, senior citizens, and local businesses, with emphasis on minority, LGBT-owned and women-owned businesses. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase financial literacy and wealth -building opportunities for young people and disadvantaged families. • Support policies, legislation and grants to decrease the digital divide for underserved community households.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to grow small business activity, including t argeted growth among “homegrown” businesses in Long Beach.
• Support legislation that would ensure new safety regulations be made available for review and comment by employers prior to implementation.

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• Support policies, legislation, and funding to would ensur e language access across all government documents for cultural competency.
• Support legislation and resources to advance the creation of infrastructure financing districts and tax-increment financing to bolster the City's empowerment zones, expand the use of funds to maintain and administer the zones, and allow for property ownership opportunities for lower-income entrepreneurs.
• Support legislation that streamlines the administrative review process for exempting and excluding properties from the Surplus Land Act and clarifies the disposition of surplus land to mean sale, transfer, or long-term lease.
• Support efforts to enhance ac cess, accommodations, and visitability in dwellings and businesses for all of Long Beach’s residents.
• Seek opportunities to pilot innovative programs that expand employment for workers who are not part of the traditional taxable economy by developing skil lsets in alignment with emerging industry sectors, enabling work experience while achieving citizenship, solidifying entrepreneurial pursuits to gain self -sufficiency, and/or addressing underlying barriers to consistent employment.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to bolster the City’s Universal Basic Income initiative.

1.3. Workforce Preparedness - Ensure the preparedness of the workforce and competitiveness of business through alignment of economic development, training, education, and community partner efforts.
• Support policies and legislation that will increase year over year per capita income in the City.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of middle and high-skill jobs in the City.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to reduce the unemployment rate. • Support policies and legislation to increase the share of adult population with a Bachelor’s degree, post-secondary education, or completion of certified certificate programs. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of Long Beach residents who re-engage with the education and training system.
• Support policies to increase the number of CSULB and LBCC graduates that reside and work in the City after graduation
• Support policies, legislation and f unding to would help California retain film industry jobs and associated economic benefits, including legislation to prevent runaway production. • Support policies, legislation and funding to assist the City in providing community arts programming and facilities.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to assist the City in providing job training, community programming, with a focus on at -risk youth and reentry populations, as well as long term unemployed residents both to receive training and renter the workforce.

1.4. Entrepreneurship - Build a supportive economic ecosystem that creates reliable pathways for entrepreneurs to confidently start and grow successful businesses. • Support policies and legislation to reduce the cost of doing business and median days to approval for business licensing.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of active business licenses. • Support policies and legislation to increase availability and access to high-speed internet.

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• Support policies, legislation and grants to establish Long Beach as one of the most business- friendly cities in the world.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to ensure workplaces offer health insurance to employees so that workers and residents of Long Beach have equitable access to healthcare as one mechanism to establish Long Beach as one of the most worker friendly cities in the world.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to ensure parental leave. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number and value o f small business loans secured.
• Support efforts to ensure effective responses and resources for projects that support populations in particular need of interventions: e.g. emancipating foster youth, transitional aged youth, systems -involved youth, military veterans and spouses, re -entry populations, disabled individuals, older workers, and transitioning dislocated workers. • Support legislation and pursue pilot programs that expand workforce opportunities for immigrant communities in particular those that may utilize recent State measures related to undocumented youth and other measures that have sought to remove barriers toward self-sufficiency.
• Support legislation that allows cities/and or jurisdictions to incentivize or collect fees from users of the goods movement system and from parties that impact local air quality and the environment.
• Support the presentation of net neutrality to ensure that all internet service providers (ISPs) treat all internet traffic equally, regardless of content or application type.

1.5. Industry Needs - Support workforce development activities that align with industry needs. • Support policies and legislation to maximize State allocated Workforce Development Board grants in the City of Long Beach.
• Support policies, legislation and gra nts to increase outcomes and relevancy of One- Stop Career Centers through resource integration with Stat “merit staff” systems and alignment of performance measures that increase the skills base of the workforce, consistent with adopted Demand Sectors and Self Sufficiency Standard.
• Support state incentives that increase the marketability of unemployed or under-employed workers by supporting policies, legislation, and funding to assist employees in receiving training in emerging industries to maintain competitive employment. • Support policies, legislation and grants to attract and retain local green collar jobs in industries such as green building, renewable energy technologies, and energy efficiency. • Support efforts to obtain funds for job training, and other transition activities that are needed to be flexible to changes in the aerospace, aviation and maritime industries. • Support policies, legislation and grants to facilitate the demonstration of zero emission (ZE) and near-zero (NZE) technology and facilitate the construction of ZE and NZE infrastructure and goods movement projects in Long Beach. (Revision recommended by Port)

1.6. Quality of Life - Enhance our quality of life to grow businesses, jobs, and investment that support a thriving local economy.

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• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase access to workforce housing at all market levels.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the percentage of children and adults with health insurance.
• Support policies, legislation and grant s to increase public park land per 1,000 people with an emphasis on “park poor” areas.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the share of Long Beach residents working in Long Beach.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase or mai ntain resources dedicated to infrastructure that contribute to economic development and neighborhood quality. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase investment in the arts. • Support green business initiatives and pursuing green business certification as a city. • Support policies, legislation and funding to implement economic relief for working families and small businesses impacted by emergencies, pandemics and naturally occurring disasters.

1.7. Global Connectedness – Advance an integrated approac h to local and regional economic development to enhance business opportunities and global connectedness • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase private sector investment in citywide economic development initiatives.
• Support policies, legislat ion and grants to increase educational partnerships that focus on high-wage careers and incubate new business opportunities. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the City’s involvement and leadership in regional issues affecting local business.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to expand regional and international market opportunities for local products and services.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase foreign direct investment and two -way international trade.
• Support policies and legislation that advocate for State incentives for the purpose of attracting investments in federal Opportunity Zones.

2. EDUCATION

2.1. Education Equity – Support quality education and education equity • Support policies, legislation and funding to provide funding for universal preschool, after school programs, safety in and around schools and bullying prevention • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase school readiness opportunities for children and their families, including access to affordable, high quality early childhood education services.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to create strong pathw ays to post -secondary education and careers for young adults and emancipated youth, including opportunities for work experience and other readiness activities.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to bolster strategies to actively engage youth who are out-of-school, disconnected, emancipated, gang-affiliated, and have had significant involvement with the justice system.
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financial aid for education.
• Support policies , legislation and funding to will provide qualifying middle class students enrolled in a University of California (UC), California State University (CSU) or Community College with a tuition and fee scholarship award.
• Support policies, legislation and fundi ng to facilitate foster, transitional, and probation youth transition from the foster system into independent adulthood. • Support or sponsor legislation that provides funding for Community Schools, particularly in at-risk communities with limited local access to resources. • Support policies and legislation that preserve and strengthen the FAIR Education Act of 2011 which requires that history instruction cover LGBT persons as well as those with disabilities. • Support policies, legislation and grants establishing and preserving educational and training programs for older adults.
• Support legislation and initiatives that provide funding for universal preschool, after school programs, safety in and around schools and bullying prevention.

2.2. Internships – Support the creation of career pathways by doubling the number of internships for Long Beach Unified School District students
• Support the EDGE Campaign, regional approaches to workforce solutions, including planning, project delivery, operational efficiencies, and industry convening/research in order to facilitate improved employability of workers in higher -paying jobs, educational success, graduation rates, and access to post -secondary education for youth an d young adults.
• Support Career Technical Education efforts that promote further coordination between the Workforce Investment Board, education partners, and that enhance the delivery of career pathways and technical education strategies for youth and low-skilled adults. • Support policies, legislation and grants to prioritize career technical education, alongside college preparatory programming.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to provide funding for local university, college, and high school programs that train students in near -zero and zero emission technology, renewable energy technology, energy efficiency, green building, or a related field. • Support policies, legislation and funding to promote State investment in youth and young adult employment and training activities that align with career pathways, technical education, and overall workforce readiness.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase the presence of youth participation in all levels of government decision making, such as lo cal youth councils and board participation, voting and civic engagement.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to will enhance the Aquarium of the Pacific’s ability to provide maximum educational opportunities regarding aquatic life, facilities, recrea tion, local wetlands restoration and the Los Angeles Basin watershed management. • Support policies, legislation and funding to identify opportunities to connect students of color with access and pathways to City employment.

2.3. Long Beach College Promise
• Support the Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach City College and California State University, Long Beach where education and municipal government interests align. • Support and expand the Long Beach College Promise.
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in transit ridership.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase parent education and engagement opportunities to improve school readiness and educational success for all children and youth, thereby leading to higher graduation outcomes.

2.4. Technology – Support efforts to utilize technology at schools and libraries • Support legislation and grant programs that provide funding for library construction, renovation and development and programs to increase the quality of life for Long Beach residents.
• Support full funding of the Public Library Fund.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to provide discount Internet access to schools and libraries.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to incentivize community partnerships with local educational institutions to utilize shared space, equipment, and playgrounds. • Support policies, legislation and funding to provide resources for computer science programs.

3. ENERGY

3.1. Energy Resiliency
• Support the development of incentives for cities with alternative fuel programs to encourage the use of clean burning alternative fuels or electronic charging stations for vehicles.
• Support alternative energy proposals that promote the use of solar/alterna tive energy at City facilities, and for utility customers and providers. • Support policies, legislation and funding to are consistent with the City’s long-term objectives for reliable, competitively priced energy supply. • Support legislation requiring increa sed notification, prevention and response for crude oil shipped to California via rail.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to continue the option for local governments to enter into Community Choice Aggregates agreements.
• Support policies, legislat ion and grant programs in support of the Port of Long Beach’s Energy Initiative and programs that advance research, commercialization and deployment of renewable energy such as offshore wind energy and energy efficiency, as well as energy systems integration. (Revision recommended by Port)
• Support the state’s Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) to pursue Department of Energy federal funding for a California Hydrogen Hub. (New language based on City Council action).

3.2. Utilities and Waste Management
• Support policies, legislation and funding to protects the City’s ability to efficiently operate the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF), including efforts to develop an incentive program or foster innovative partnerships that will promote sustainability, recycling and beneficial reuse of municipal solid waste.
• Support policies, legislation and grants designed to evaluate and promote the development of next generation conversion technologies that minimize landfill disposal, create green collar jobs, and utilize waste material in an environmentally beneficial manner.

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• Support policies and legislation to require cap and trade regulations to give credit for greenhouse gas emission reductions that are attributable to waste to energy facil ities and the Port of Long Beach’s Clean Air Action Plan.
• Support policies, legislation and funding for the maintenance of existing oil property infrastructure, repair and improvement.
• Support the full funding of the State’s future obligation for abandonment and cleanup of oil fields located in the Long Beach Tidelands.
• Coordinate with the California Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board, Strategic Growth Council, and the Southern California Association of Governments to ensure at least a fair rate of return of cap-and-trade grants to Long Beach. • Support policy changes that encourage diversity in waste treatment options and recognize waste-to-energy technologies as a sustainable means of waste disposal and energy production.

4. ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION

4.1. Air Quality and Environmental Sustainability
• Support policies, legislation and funding to provide funding for local government actions that address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while protecting recognition of early local government actions that were taken to address climate change. • Support policies, legislation and funding to seek to improve the air quality and health issues associated with construction improvements and operations of the I -710 Freeway and Port of Long Beach.
• Work closely with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to mitigate the impacts from stationary and non-stationary sources of air pollution in the Long Beach and greater Los Angeles air basin. • Support policies and legislation that would enable the adoption of comprehensive and aggressive State air quality standards for mobile sources, including passenger vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, locomotives, and ships , and p rovide robust funding to support these policies. (Additional language recommended by FM)
• Support a review by the U.S. Department of Transportation of regulatory and fee frameworks for freight (container, bulk, liquid bulk) as part of a comprehensive examination of efforts to improve system performance and encourage funding for environmental programs that are associated with the national freight system. • Support policies, legislation and funding t hat would assist the Port of Long Beach and the Long Beach Airport in their efforts to deliver major air quality improvements to the community and is consistent with the goals of the Clean Air Action Plan. • Support policies, legislation and funding to promote an environmentally responsible approach to consu mer goods, including requiring product take-back and recycling, reduction of packaging waste, phase out of toxic products, reduce single-use disposable goods, and ban single-use carryout bags and/or Styrofoam. • Support policies, legislation and funding to c ouple planning efforts with greenhouse gas emission reduction, green building, and transit-oriented development strategies. • Support policies, legislation and administrative action to rapidly decarbonize the maritime shipping industry and to create green shipping corridors along the California coast, the West Coast of the United States, and across the trans-Pacific trade route . (New language based on City Council action)

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• Support policies and legislation that seeks to ban non -recyclable and non -polystyrene materials from the waste stream.
• Support policies, legislation and funding in alignment with the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), Los Angeles County’s Community Climate Action Plan, and the State’s climate change initiatives.
• Support policies, legislatio n, and funding to reduce air pollutants adversely impacting the environment and population's wellbeing while ensuring equitable access to healthy air quality.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to enable adoption of Zero -Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) in the City fleet, starting in 2024 or sooner, including medium and heavy -duty trucks, as required by the Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) State regulation, to include funding support for both ZEVs and necessary infrastructure.
• Support funding for multi -benefit parks projects and an urban forestry plan to expand the City’s tree canopy and advance the City’s ability to adapt to climate change impacts including but not limited to air quality, flooding, extreme temperatures, and drought.

4.2. Stormwater Management and Recreational Water Quality • Support policies, legislation and funding that would provide local governments with resources to implement stormwater management best practices, including low impact development (LID) ordinances to capture stormwater at its source, municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit compliance, infrastructure improvements and other initiatives to improve recreational water quality at the City’s beaches and local waterways. • Support policies and legislation that exclude stormwa ter and urban runoff management fees and charges from the current constitutional approval requirements for the establishment or increase of a property-related fee or charge. • Support policies and legislation that will fund regional cooperative conservation partnership accounts, natural resource protection and restoration programs, regional watershed protection and recovery programs, and watershed improvement programs. • Support policies, legislation and grants that pursues funding to protect our beaches and bluffs from erosion.
• Support legislation and grants designed to acquire, restore and rehabilitate wetlands in the City of Long Beach and the surrounding region.
• Seek funding for water conservation efforts on City property, including funds to replace/repair irrigation infrastructure with water efficient systems throughout the City of Long Beach.
• Consider support of legislation, initiatives and policies initiated and/or advocated by the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners, on behalf of the Long Beach Water Department. • Consider support of legislation, initiatives and policies initiated and/or advocated by the Long Beach Harbor Department/Port of Long Beach.
• Support efforts to clean up the DDT waste dumped in the ocean near Long Beach and resources to prevent further harm to natural resources from these waste sites. • Support legislation that allows the County of Los Angeles to conduct an election to implement a fee to improve storm water systems and water quality, provided Long Beach receives an appropriate benefit in the proposed measure.

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improvements, and programs to increase the quality of life for Long Beach residents. • Support legislation and grants to facilitate the public’s access to the Internet when in parks, beaches, and recreation facilities through Wi-Fi technologies. • Support policies, legislation and fundi ng to fund or enhance funding to local health department recreational water testing programs.
• Support or sponsor legislation to amend State Park grant requirements to allow cities to utilize a federally approved overhead allocation system to account for t he costs associated with the administration of these grants.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to fund obesity prevention programs, and the promotion of physical activity, including programs that promote policies for healthy food access and options, healthy food labeling, access to healthy locally grown food, low -cost exercise options, and promotion of walkability and physical activity policies, as well as active modes of transportation.
• Support policies and legislation that provide a sufficient pr ocess for businesses and other governmental entities to implement ADA requirements and to fully support residents with disabilities.
• Support, policies, legislation, and funding to support injury prevention programs, including but not limited to Safe Routes to School, Safe Driving Program, Fall Prevention Programs, and Bike and Pedestrian Safety Program, for all ages.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to promote the acquisition of underutilized space for the purpose of park and recreational infrastructure. • Support policies to partner with the school district to provide access to school open space, particularly in underserved communities that lack equitable access to parks and open space. • Support expanding funding beyond capital projects for structural park, open space and waterway operations and maintenance.
• Support funding and programs that assist youth in accessing the beach, water -related activities and access to free or low-cost swim lessons.

5. FISCAL RESPONSIBILTY

5.1. Revenue, Fees and Taxation
• Support efforts to protect City revenue sources from diversion by the State Legislature or the Governor.
• Support policies and legislation to preserve or extend the Vehicle License Fee (VLF) that directly funds local public safety programs such as COPS and booking fee reimbursements. • Support policies and legislation that increases NPDES Permit Fees and/or tries to remove Maximum Extent Practicable (MEP) language from MS4 permits. • Oppose policies and legislation that would reduce City revenues. • Oppose policies and legislation that would reduce the City’s autonomy and flexibility in dealing with the financing of public services.
• Support policies and legislation to exempt cities from paying State sales tax. • Oppose policies and legislation that would divert city sales tax revenues to a county pooled tax distribution system.
• Oppose policies and legislation that compromise the City’s ability to impose and/or collect appropriate business license fees from Long Beach businesses. • Support policies and legislation that sustain financial wellbeing for the City.

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5.2. Unfunded Mandates
• Oppose policies and legislation that would place a mandate on the City without providing the funds necessary to carry out the mandated program.
• Support legislation that provides funding for State mandates. • Oppose policies and legislation that shift financial liabilities from contractors and/or consultants to the City.

6. GENERAL GOVERNMENT

6.1. Airport
• Oppose the regionalization of airports as it relates to the allocation of flights and the loss of local authority.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding that incentivize the use of sustainable aviation fuel but does not impose mandates.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide additional resources for the development and transition to unleaded aviation gas (avgas). (New language recommended by Airport)

6.2. Long Beach Animal Care Services
• Support policies legislation and grants to facilitate planning, logistics and exe cution of an emergency/disaster management plan for animal rescue and sheltering, which includes temporary housing, veterinary/medical care, and inventory for lost or abandoned animals. • Support legislation, policies and grants to facilitate cities to incr ease public awareness and desire to adopt domestic pets from animal care shelters. • Support legislation that would require all dogs and cats to be microchipped upon release from an animal care center, shelter, or similar facility. • Support additional funding to local governments to support housing animals at animal care shelters beyond 3 days.

6.3. Land Use Planning
• Oppose policies and legislation that diminish the City’s local control over land use, planning, zoning and development decisions, and oppose legislation in conflict with the City’s adopted General Plan or other Council adopted land use policies. • Seek State funding to support developments consistent with the City’s adopted Land Use Element.

6.4. Local Initiatives
• Support legislation that allows for local control of shopping cart retrieval • Support legislation to reduce blight in neighborhoods by placing reasonable restrictions on utilizing vehicles solely for the purpose of advertisement. • Support or sponsor legislation to extend the authority of the Long Beach Oversight Board of the City of Long Beach as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach.
• Oppose policies and legislation to preempt the local government’s current authority as it relates to bankruptcy proceedings.
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publicly owned acquisitions, including public-private partnerships.

6.5. Elections and Campaign Finance
• Support policies and legislation that enable cities to maximize their ability to efficiently administer local elections.
• Support legislation or a constitutional amendment that would stipulate that the expenditure of corporate money to infl uence the electoral process is not a form of constitutionally protected speech.
• Oppose legislative efforts to preempt campaign finance laws instituted by local ordinances, such as the City’s Proposition M.

6.6. Retirement, Compensation, and Benefits
• Support policies and legislation to reform workers’ compensation statutes to simplify the system and reduce costs to employers, while ensuring adequate protection for injured workers.
• Oppose legislation that would mandate additional pension benefits. • Monitor legislative efforts to mandate increases in health benefit levels or increase the City’s costs for changes to benefit levels for active employees. • Monitor efforts to reform public employee pension systems. • Support or sponsor legislation that prohibits PERS memb ers from combining disability retirement benefits and worker’s compensation upon retirement. • Support legislation that reduces the overall cost of employee pensions to local governments. • Support legislation that would modify recent pension reforms to better achieve its intent and prevent adverse impact to current employees by changing the allowed time of separation from government employment from six months to twelve months.

6.7. City Representation
• Monitor or sponsor State legislation that proposes to change t he structure of State and regional boards on which Long Beach is represented and maximize the City's representation. • Support policies and legislation to ensure the City is accurately represented in the decennial Census and redistricting efforts.
• Support redistricting policies, practices, and legislation to preserve the geographic and demographic integrity of the City through district lines that keep a vast majority of Long Beach together in predominant seats for state representatives, as was achieved in the 2010 redistricting process.

6.8. Equity (Language based on the City Council-adopted Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative) • Support policies, legislation, and funding that allocates resources to advance the City’s equity and reconciliation priorities.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding that allocates resources to non -profit organizations, community -based organizations, and trusted partners that serve Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other people of color.
• Support policies, legis lation, and funding to maximize opportunities for racial equity through housing policies that address segregation and access to homeownership. • Support policies, legislation, and funding that aims to increase the recruitment and retention of Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other people of color to employment and leadership positions.

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• Support policies, legislation, and funding that focuses on racial healing with Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other people of color most impacted by systemic racism.

7. HOUSING

7.1. Affordable Housing
• Support additional resources for the Multifamily Housing Program and other investments that assist with the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional affordable housing for lower-income households. • Support regional approaches to raising funds for affordable housing production and preservation, renter protections and tenant assistance, where the City is guaranteed funding and decision-making authority.
• Support efforts to modify redevelopment rents to bring them in line with California Housing and Community Development (HCD) and tax credit program rents. • Oppose other changes to the redevelopment dissolution process that would place a substantial burden on the City of Long Beach.

7.2. Everyone Home Long Beach – Support policies consistent with the Everyone Home Long Beach Report
• Support policies, legislation and funding for programs and services directed in the Everyone Home Long Beach Report.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to assist with the City’s homeless programs, including those related to supportive housing, mental health and substance use, veterans and seniors. • Support policies, legislation and grants to reduce homelessness, including housing assistance and case management service funding, including those related to mental health and substance abuse, as well as support efforts to ensure each city within the regio n is providing appropriate homeless accommodations.
• Sponsor or support policies and legislation that streamlines the eminent domain process for supportive and homeless housing that would reduce regulatory costs and litigation related to addressing the housing and homelessness crisis.

7.3. Housing Element – Support affordable housing policies consistent with the City’s adopted Housing Element
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase funding for affordable housing when equitable to Long Beach.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to provides funding for enhanced services, such as facilities, senior housing, housing for the disabled, social services, mental health services, health care, supportive care, recreational programs and transportation to address the diverse needs of Long Beach’s senior community.
• Support policies, legislation and funding t hat will help stabilize California’s housing market for the consumer, by providing assistance to homeowners regarding reworking their mortgages, fundi ng to combat the negative impacts of vacant residential foreclosed properties on local communities, and reforms that include establishing basic standards for fairness and transparency in the mortgage process, foreclosure proceedings, and tenant protections after foreclosures.
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process, only if the property acquisition is for homeless, supportive, transitional, or affordable housing.
• Support policies and legislation that provides the City with tax increment for affordable housing and public infrastructure benefitting affordable housing. • Support policies and legislation for the inclusion of internet service amongst essential utilities, in part to permit coverage by housing vouchers. • Support policies, legislation and grants incentivizing the development of moderate -income housing production.
• Support legislation and grants positioning Long Beach as a location for pilot programs incentivizing the development of moderate-income housing such as homeownership. • Support policies, legislation and financial resources to impose reasonable requirements of single-family homes developed into multi-unit housing.
• Support policies, legislation and funding for establishing a statewide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures due to financial hardship during active emergencies, pandemics and naturally occurring disasters, with mortgage forbearance on commercial and residential units.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to assist families in financial need to be able to obtain rental assistance during active emergencies, pandemics and naturally occurring disasters.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase affordable and supportive housing opportunities for the reentry population.
• Support efforts to reform the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. • Support policies, legislation and funding to eas e restrictions on residential development within State Tideland areas.

7.4. Funding
• Oppose policies and legislation that restrict the use of local housing funds. • Support policies and legislation to ensure the fair allocation of tax credits for the Southern California region and prioritize local control over allocation of affordable housing tax credits. • Support policies, legislation and grants to maximize funding and funding flexibility for the development and enhancement of affordable and/or accessible housing within the City. • Support the development of allowable uses for Low to Moderate Funds for cities that have met their affordable housing requirements in past planning cycles. • Support legislation that utilizes the Small Area Fair Market Rents in the administ ration of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.

8. PUBLIC HEALTH

8.1. Intervention – Support comprehensive public health intervention strategies • Support legislation to protect local health jurisdiction funding for core public health services, including the State Public Health Realignment Program, as well as funding to provide additional funding for public health programs, including mental health, s ubstance abuse programs, services, infrastructure and capacity, debt service relief, seismic upgrades, and bio-terrorism response enhancements.
• Support policies, legislation and funding that allocate financial resources directly to City health departments.
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through ongoing evaluation, research, and quality improvement. • Support policies, legislation and funding to preserve funding for non -profit organizations that provide child and family mental health services for the Long Beach community. • Support policies, legislation and funding to further increase access to quality care, particularly for those individuals and families who rely on safety net programs. • Support policies, legislation and funding to enhance services for infant and early childhood health and development, including pre-natal services.
• Support policies, legislations, and funding to promote safe motherhood by improving capacity to address maternal mortality and morbidity with an end goal of improving overall maternal health and reducing infant mortality.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population.
• Support increased fu nding for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Program (REACH), a program that gives grants to local health departments and community organizations to address racial and ethnic health disparities. • Support policies, legislation and funding to ensure access to affordable medical, dental, and mental health care.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to promote, screen and control communicable diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and emerging vector borne diseases in California.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase the level of safety and survival of youth through programs that reduce child abuse, accidental injury, deaths, homicides, gang involvement, misdemeanor and felony arrests, and incidents of violence. • Support policies, legislation and funding to assure children and youth have access to resources such as food, shelter, employment opportunities and transportation and that aim to reduce the poverty level of the City’s children and youth, including emancipated youth. • Support policies, legislation and funding to enhance social and emotional well -being, including literacy, quality childcare, teen pregnancy prevention, mentor, mental health, human dignity, foster and kinship care, after-school and weekend enrichment activities, and other cultural enhancement programs.
• Support legislation and pursue funding for the implementation of Safe Long Beach and My Brother’s Keeper Local Action Plan.
• Oppose legislation that would weaken the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA).
• Support policies, legislation and funding to ensure/sustain and expand access to private and public health insurance coverage for all residents.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase social, nutrition and safety net programming for older adults.
• Support drinking water quality, reliability and supply, conservation programming and affordability.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to support the attainment of seismic compliance for the Community Medical Center Long Beach.
• Support policies and legislations that reduce barriers to accessing basic needs, including but not limited to, housing, food and healthcare.
• Support policies, legislations, and grants to strengthen investments that support comprehensive approaches to chronic disease prevention, including but not limited to, cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and type-2 diabetes.

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• Support policies, legislation and funding for the quality, use, transparency and public availability of data to inform decisions and actions that improve quality of life outcomes for Black communities and communities of color.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to help the City achieve the goals and strategies outlined in the Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative’s Initial Report. • Support policies and legislation that provide more local government control over the regulation of sober-living homes that rent up to six beds and are not currently required to register for city business licenses, obtain conditional use permits or state licenses. • Support policies and legislation that provide more local government control on the regulation of drug and alcohol recovery facilities.
• Support policies and legislation to reduce the overconcentration of drug and alcohol recovery facilities by specifying that a required distance be maintained between facilities. • Support funding to implement the Safe Long Beach Violence Prevention Plan, which includes prevention, intervention, treatment, and suppression.
• Support regional initiatives that encourage mental health treatment programs, funding for substance use treatment, and homelessness intervention efforts instead of incarceration- only solutions.
• Support funding for the implementation of programs that promote community wellness at the neighborhood level.
• Support legislation and grant efforts that assist municipalities in combatting opioid overdose.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding that advance women’s reproductive health and access to abortions.

8.2. Cannabis and Tobacco Regulation – Support clear enforcement of cannabis and tobacco regulation
• Support policies, legislation and funding to increase funding or enforcement authority and tools for local jurisdictions to identify, deter and enforce against illegal cannabis activity. • Support State legislation that further clarifies cannabis laws in or der to enable clear local enforcement of State law and advancements towards banking on behalf of cannabis. • Support policies, legislation and funding to provide consumers, parents and youth with health and safety information related to cannabis use.
• Support policies, legislation and funding for prevention and intervention services for youth who may be at risk for tobacco, drug and alcohol dependency and associated medical conditions, including asthma.
• Support policies and legislation that restrict where people can use e-cigarettes and prohibits marketing of e-cigarettes to minors.
• Support policies, legislations, and grants to protect youth from E-Cigarette/Vaping use. • Support policies, legislations, and grants to protect community from exposure to the carcinogenic effects of second-hand smoke.
• Support funding and resources to advance the City’s Cannabis Social Equity Program, including efforts to defer or waive State cannabis license fees and provide tax credits to social equity businesses.
• Support policies and legislation that decrease the State cannabis cultivation tax in an effort to make the legal cannabis market more viable and competitive.

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9. PUBLIC SAFETY (Additional language and restructuring recommended by Long Beach Police Department (LBPD))

9.1. Crime – Create a safe city for all people. Constitutional Rights – Protect life, property and the constitutional rights of all people
• Support legislation that regulates and enhances penalties for the illegal modification of firearms.
• Support legislation and greater penalties for individuals who commit gun crime, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, and carjacking. • Support legislation and funding that allows for gun buy -back and other innovative programs to reduce the number of guns on the streets.
• Support legislation that standardizes concealed carry license guidelines for more restrictive gun laws and modernizes concealed carry licensing requirements in the penal code, including a jurisdiction’s ability to adjust fees that allow for full cost recovery of background services. • Support legislation and seek funding to assist in preventing and reducing cri me, primarily related to property crimes, cyber -crime, opioid overdose, gang violence, mental illness, and pedestrian safety.
• Support legislation for stronger sentencing of those using motor vehicles to evade peace officers, committing residential burglary, and/or habitual, repeat offenders of property crimes such as automobile theft, automobile burglary, package theft, and theft from an automobile. • Support or sponsor legislation to regulate metal recyclers of second-hand precious metal transfers and/or transactions and enhanced penalties for individuals involved in the illegal market. (Deletion recommended by LBPD, due to recently passed legislation) • Support or sponsor legislation to promote regulation of “ghost guns” and support enhanced penalties for manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of illegal firearms. (Deletion recommended by LBPD, due to recently passed legislation) • Support legislation that provides a safe environment for witnesses and victims of a crime to testify and protect them from intimidation during and after criminal proceedings. • Support policies and legislation to make State law enforcement grant funding less restrictive and allow greater discretionary use of funds for staffing, including those benefitting jail, data management and technology functions, and reimbursing overtime costs paid to public safety personnel who are required to appear in State and/or County courts. • Support legislation that broadens the definition of hate crimes and domestic terrorism. increase sentencing of hate crimes.
• Support legislation and grants to continuously evaluate use of force policies and funding for training.
• Support legislation that requires officers to intervene when they observe unlawful behavior by another officer or perceive the use of force to be unreasonable. (Deletion recommended by LBPD, due to recently passed legislation)
• Support legislation and enhanced penalties involving false reporting based on racial bias. • Support gun control reforms, including strengthening gun control laws and stemming the flow of guns to the drug trade, criminal gangs, and potential terrorists by reducing the number of assault weapons in California, banning large capacity magazines, promoting gun safety, enabling ammunition tracking, and ensuring that prohibited possessors cannot own guns. • Support or sponsor legi slation that increases penalties to individuals who exploit individuals for, pay for sex with a minor, or those involved in aiding and abetting a rape of a minor,

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including classification of these crimes as a felony, increasing monetary penalties, requiring registration as a sex offender, forfeiting certain assets, and other appropriate measures that prove effective in curtailing these crimes.
• Support legislation for increased penalties or fees for individuals who willfully disrupt communities with noise from altered motor vehicles and that participate in street takeovers and/or street racing.
• Support policies and legislative efforts to ban the sale and use of fireworks in the State of California, with the exception of professional demonstrations. • Support policies and legislation that would expand statewide restrictions on fireworks, increase the penalties for anyone cited or arrested for fireworks violations, and provide additional oversight related to the import of fireworks into California, espec ially through ports.
• Support policies and legislation that provide more local government control on the regulation of re-entry points for sex offenders and parolees.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide funding for cities to proactively address State realignment (AB 109) changes through strategies such as partnerships with the probation department, referrals to employment, health and mental services, and enhanced resources for local public safety officials.
• Support policies and legislation reducing the concentration of sex offenders and parolees, and their location within close proximity to daycare centers and neighborhoods in residential areas.
• Support policies, legislation, and grants to fund new and existing public safety equipment, facilities, and technology.
• Support policies, legislation, and grants addressing cyber security crimes.

9.2. Wellness -With consideration of past trauma, foster employee and community wellness to achieve safe neighborhoods
• Support legislation that strengthens wellness for law enforcement employees and provides funding for recruitment, inclusivity, and retention of police. • Support grants and legislation to enhance safe passage programs for students and pedestrians.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding benefitting programs to improve peace officers’ mental health and wellness.
• Support legislation that provides data -informed approaches and funding to support community programs and trauma services for victims of violent crime, including measures that enhance penalties for gun violence recidivists and help law enforcement agencies decrease firearm and ballistic backlogs.
• Support legislation, policies and funding to would enable public health providers and partner agencies to provide treatment to mentally ill individuals who are unable to offer urgently needed medical care for him or herself due to a mental disorder as part of a grave disability. • Support policies, legislation, and funding to enhance or promote the efforts of the City’s gang prevention, diversion and intervention programs.
• Support legislation that provides resources and services for victims of human trafficking, sexual abuse, and rape, including support measures to decrease rape kit backlogs. • Support proposals that promote and provide funding for prevention and reentry -based programming and services for justice-involved individuals.

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• Support legislation, policies, and funding to establish restorative justice programs in juvenile and adult courts.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide immigrant populations with due process protections, including legal representation for individuals facing deportation proceedings.

9.3. Constitutional Rights and Public Trust – Strengthen the public’s trust in law enforcement through accountability, community inclusion and transparency. • Support policies and legislation to provide funding for police departments and relevant services to strengthen community relations through commu nity and youth police academies.
• Support policies, legislation and funding that promotes equitable treatment and protects the fundamental liberties of all people.
• Support policies and legislation for transgender inclusivity and oppose efforts for exclusive treatment of the transgender community.
• Support policies, legislation, and grants to cities to recruit a diverse law enforcement workforce to improve transparency, understanding, and effectiveness in serving all communities.
• Support legislation, policies, and funding to would facilitate the lateral hiring of police officers to fill critical law enforcement vacancies.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to allow public safety officer applicants to be permanent residents of the State and not necessarily naturalized citizens. • Support resources to track information related to public safety officers that resign in lieu of discipline or termination, or those with multiple sustained complaints and/or violations. • Support policies that propose baseline decertification standards statewide, including to decertify public safety officers when convicted of a felony. • Support funding for the state-mandated public disclosure of police personnel files related to public safety officer misconduct, serious use of force resulting in death or great bodily injury, sexual assault, and job-related dishonesty.
• Support policies, legislation and funding allowing the City to participate in State policy reform efforts to establish a statewide database of complaints against police officers to inform hiring decisions, strengthen whistleblower protections for officers or staff reporting police misconduct, improve transparency around acts of misconduct to improve public trust, and remove provisions that prohibit people reentering society from accessing services, employment, and housing.

9.4. Partnerships – Continue to strengthen partnerships and initiatives to effectuate safe communities for all people through shared safety practices • Support legislation that provides funding and support to programs that promote trust and engagement with the community.
• Support the expansion of mental health hospitals to provide individuals with mental health, substance abuse, or cooccurring disorders the care they need to live fulfilling lives. • Support legislation and funding that encourages partnerships and training with other law enforcement agencies for the continuity of public safety within the region. • Support policies, legislation, and funding to provide funding for the creation of a regional task force to target fentanyl abuse.
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local high schools and community colleges to engage and help establish a future workforce representative of the local community.
• Support legislation and proposals to encourage partnerships between law enforcement agencies or relevant services and academia to benefit juvenile diversion and anti-recidivism through educational attainment.
• Support or sponsor legislation and pursue funding for multi-sector collaborative approaches to violence prevention and public safety, recognizing the continuum of services that are responsible for public safety and prioritizing multi-sector data sharing initiatives that do not compromise confidential or sensitive information.
• Support legislation and grants to invest in upstream violence prevention strategies through programs like CalVIP, supporting living wage jobs, affordable housing, healthy communities and other social services that will ensure sustainable violence prevention. (Additional language recommended by Health)
• Support policies, legislation, grants and regional initiatives to support school campus safety, which means keeping schools a gun and violence free zone and providing support for School Resource Officer programs when funding is available.
• Support policies and legislation that reduce the percenta ge required for passage of public safety bonds to the same percentage as school bonds (55%). • Support legislation that would fund and/or incentivize multi-agency collaborative models of law enforcement through partnerships with community health workers and mental health professionals.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding for implicit and racial bias training for all law enforcement, de-escalation training that focuses on alternatives to deadly force, and training that focuses on alternatives to deadly force, and training to promote cultural and community awareness.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to would provide funding for the creation of a regional task force to target human/sex trafficking.
• Support policies, legislation, and funding to s trengthen capacity, resources, and visibility of local community -based violence prevention/intervention models and gang outreach programs, including intervention workers, youth employment programs, summer programming, safe passages, and other best practices.
• Support legislation and regional initiatives that recognize and provide funding for safe communities as it supports collaboration between public safety and health, particularly violence prevention efforts and mental health treatment.

9.5. Emergency Preparedness – Continuously prepare for and respond to community needs in the event of emergency, pandemics and naturally occurring disasters • Support legislative efforts to maintain local control of, and improve municipal public safety services, local law enforcement, fire suppression and prevention, hazardous materials mitigation, rescue, emergency medical services and disaster preparedness initiatives to enhance the ability for local public safety units to respond to, prevent, and prepare for terrorist threats.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to implement or improve upon natural disaster early warning systems.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to authorize and fund regional interoperable public safety radio communications.
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with enhanced forecasting of natural disasters.
• Support policies, legislation and funding to provide the public with enhanced or alternate technologies to report public safety emergency needs (e.g., text to 9-1-1). • Support policies, legislation, regional initiatives and funding to advance equitable and inclusive emergency response efforts for vulnerable populations.

10. TECHNOLOGY

10.1. Digital Inclusion – Advance economic and digital inclusion equity for residents, workers and businesses
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number of households and businesses which have access to low-cost or free high-speed and reliable Internet as well as low-cost or free quality, Internet-enabled technology devices and technical support. • Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the number and location of City provided public Wi-Fi services and community-focused computer labs. • Support policies and legislation that seek to restore local control in regulatory matters concerning Internet telecommunications, including instituting requirements for Internet Service Providers to share data on infrastructure and subscribers with the City to assist in Dig Once coordination and assess equitable access to the Internet. • Support polic ies, legislation and grants that treat Internet access as an eligible utility for State housing vouchers and other subsidies.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase the availability of free multilingual digital literacy training and support, job preparedness and digital literacy skill development • Support policies, legislation and funding that provide for residents, workers and businesses to safely access the Internet through cybersecurity training and resources. • Support policies, legislation and funding that protect consumer privacy and a free and open Internet, to ensure interoperability, inclusion and opportunity in digital services. • Support policies, legislation and funding that ensure transparency, accountability and non - discrimination of data, content and algorithms.
• Support policies and legislation that protect Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) by prohibiting broadband Internet access service providers from using, disclosing, or permitting access to individually identifiable personal information. • Support policies, legislation and funding for Cybersecurity systems that serve to detect, prevent, and remediate unlawful access to critical city technology infrastructure including 9-1-1 systems, financial management, and HR records.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase funding and resources for the City’s Digital Inclusion efforts for residents, workers and business owners.

10.2. Telecommunications
• Protect local government’s ability to facilitate advanced communication services to their citizens.
• Support legislative efforts to ensure that the City has local nuisance abatement control over the visual blight that is created by excessive deployment of cable and telecommunication wires and related facilities.
• Support policies and legislation or request an amendment to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rules and regulations to ensure that the City has the authority to abate visual blight that is created by cable television service wires and related equipment that are

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in place and open to public view when these wires and related equipment are not actually being used for their intended purpose.
• Support expanding StateRamp as a resource to California government agencies to standardize Statewide cyber secu rity standards and enable the City to confidently partner with vendors who are vetted as providing secure cloud-based systems. (New language recommended by TID)

11. TRANSPORTATION

11.1. Active Transportation and Transit-Oriented Development • Pursue policies, legislation and grants to improve, beautify, maintain, and increase the safety of the I -710 Freeway, which serves as a vital thoroughfare for residents, businesses and commerce, including funding for I-710 Early Action Projects, beginning with the realignment of the Shoemaker Bridge and ramps.
• In addition to local I-710 Early Action Projects, support efforts to maintain and enhance funding for Alameda Corridor East projects.
• Support policies and legislation to explore, fund, and construct zero emissions, near zero or the best available technologies for infrastructure and goods movement projects in Long Beach.
• Support policies, legislation and grants to increase funding for infrastructure improvements that improve connections to and facilities around public transit, buses, and Metro Lines (i.e. the A Line).
• Support policies, legislation and funding to promote and provide funding for housing, active transportation and mobility projects oriented around transit developments. • Support opportunities to provide zero emissions, near zero emissions, or the best available technologies for mobility and goods movement projects in Long Beach. (Deletion recommended by Port; duplicative of other items)
• Support opportunities to provide and improve active transportation infrastructure, and to increase access, safety, and equity.
• Support opportunities for housing, active transportation and mobility projects oriented around transit developments.
• Support standardized data collection for shared mobility services, including e-scooters, bike share, ride share, etc. in order to support City equity and mobility objectives. • Support the advancement of advance context -sensitive, streamlined approaches to right- of-way under State jurisdiction.
• Support an equitable distribution of regional transportation dollars to cities, as well as legislation that increases funding for transportation programs and projects in Long Beach. • Support policies and legislation to ensure that the City maintains right -of-way control and allows our City to collect fair compensation for its use. • Support funding sources and policies that increase local agencies’ ability to create public plazas, public art, and other placemaking opportunities in the public right-of-way. • Support policies, legislation, and funding to increase access to active transportation modes to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles.
• Support funding sources that enhance pedestrian pathways for safe, accessible connections between neighborhoods and their parks and between bike ways, public transit, and the park network.

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11.2. Roadway Safety
• Allow local jurisdictions to enact a 20MPH prima facie speed limit in high-injury networks, commercial districts, school zones, and residential districts. • Support automated and unarmed enforcement as an alternative to armed law enforcement of California Vehicle Code and fee and fine structures that consider violators’ ability to pay. • Support revisions to the state collision reporting systems to reflect street safety and complete streets policy priorities.
• Support restrictions of Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs) consisting of longer double tractor and triple tractor-trailers from traveling on State highways and freeways to improve traffic congestion and prevent fatal crashes.
• Support robust financial incentives and rebates for smaller and safer forms of personal vehicles for commuting and other travel, including passenger cars and e-bicycles. • Support policies, legislation, and funding to minimize traffic fatalities and provide safe streets for everyone, in alignment with Vision Zero. (Deletion recommended due to new Vision Zero section)
• Support policies and legislation that will strengthen penalties f or traffic violations in school zones in an attempt to reduce speed of drivers and protect youth. • Support policies, legislation and funding that advances Vision Zero efforts to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries. (Deletion recommended due to new Vision Zero section)
• Support legislation, policies, and funding to establish pilot programs for automated traffic speed enforcement in high-injury networks and specific locations near schools, senior zones, public parks, and recreation centers.
• Support policies and legislation that would grant discretion to local government Traffic Engineers to make the final determination of a safe and reasonable speed limit.

11.3. Safe Streets Long Beach (Vision Zero) (New language recommended by PW based on City Council-adopted Safe Streets Long Beach plan)
• Support policies, legislation, and grants for the implementation of the Vision Zero Action Plan to meet the goal of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2026. • Support policies, legislation, and grants to update existing design standards to reduce roadway injuries and fatalities.
• Participate in policy reform efforts to enable automated speed enforcement and provide more control to municipalities over the setting of speed limits, including FHW A-endorsed methods that focus more on context and presence of vulnerable roadway users. • Support policies or legislation to update California Highway Patrol’s Form 555 to include additional fields related to vehicle type/user and contributing factors such a s speeding- related (i.e., too fast for conditions), distracted driving, micromobility, vehicle for hire, bicyclist location at time of collision, and bicycle impact point to allow the City to more accurately identify engineering, education, and enforcement actions to improve safety. • Support policies, legislation, and grants to create opportunities to collaborate with Caltrans to identify safety improvements along its facilities.
• Support policies, legislation, and grants that prioritize road safety investments through an equity lens.