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Strengthening California Cities
through Advocacy and Education
Presentation to
City of Newport Beach on
League of California Cities
Protecting and Enhancing Local Control is at the
Core of Cal Cities Mission
Since 1898, Cal Cities has fought to protect and
enhance local control.
Over the past decade, Cal Cities has secured hundreds
of significant victories for its members.
Cal Cities harnesses the voice and collective power of
its 476 member cities, representing thousands of city
officials and the millions of California residents they serve.
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Benefits of Membership
City must be a member to advocate alongside Cal
Cities and provide input/direction on legislative activity City must be a member to receive action alerts and
up-to-date info on priority legislation
City must be a member to participate in policy
committees, Board, Division, and Departments
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Recovery housing
B 2081(Davies) Substance Abuse: Recovery and
Treatment Programs.
This measure would require an operator of a licensed
drug and alcohol treatment facility to publicly
disclose on its website any legal, disciplinary, or other enforcement action brought by the Department of Health
Services, including the date and nature of the violation.
Cal Cities Position: co-sponsor/Support
Care
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Recovery housing
AB 212' (Dixon) Community Care Facilities.
This measure would require the Department of Health care Services to notify cities when a new license for a drug and alcohol treatment facility is approved within their jurisdiction. This measure would also implement distance requirements between these licensed facilities and between other group homes licensed by other state departments.
Cal cities Position: Sponsor/Support
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Recovery housing
B 2574 (Valencia) Alcoholism or Drug Abuse Recovery or
Treatment Facilities.
This measure would codify existing case law from 2019 (city of Dana Point v. New Method Wellness, Inc.), which determined that unlicensed recovery homes operating as part of a licensed treatment facility located elsewhere may be considered unlawful business use within a residential zone.
Cal Cities Position: Sponsor/Support
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Recovery housing
SB 913 (Umberg) Health.
This measure would augment state licensing efforts by requiring the Department of Health care Services to adapt a process that would allow cities to request approval to conduct site visits of unlicensed sober luring homes based on the city`s reasonable belief that the home is providing one or more nonmedical services requiring licensing and would allow the city attorney to enforce compliance with existing state licensing laws,
Cal Cities Position: Sponsor/Support
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Newport Beach at the Table on Sober Living Bills
In addition to consistent email and verbal
communications regarding these bills, Cal Cities held
virtual meetings to receive input from City of Newport
Beach on January 8.,2024 (City Manager Leung and
City Attorney Harper), and January 21 (City Manager
Leung).
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Proposition I
Cal Cities will be very involved representing cities
during implementation, including:
Urging state to distribute bond funding equitably, with geographic considerations that recognize
overconcentrated areas
Will advocate for distancing requirements for projects
funded by Prop 1
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RHN
Advocacy platform calls for equitable and transparent reforms to the housing element process
Cal Cities represented cities in stakeholder sessions with HCD over several months in 2023.
Cal Cities shared first-hand challenges and frustrations cities continue to experience with the current process
Cal Cities has teamed up with Senator Glazer to request the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to approve an audit to evaluate the lengthy, inconsistent, and unpredictable housing element review process conducted by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) . It is anticipated that the committee hearing will occur in May 2024.
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Aligned Advocacy on Other Priorities
• Representing cities in legislative discussions on retail theft Supporting city anti -camping ordinances by asking
reverse Johnson v. Grants Pass and Martin v. Boise
SCOTUS to
Primary stakeholder representing cities in water conservation rulemaking that could cost Newport Beach $23M over 11 years Years of advocacy t
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Newport Beach Leadership in Cal Cities
Hon. Robyn Grant, Council Member
Orange County Division Board Director, 5t" District
Division Representative to Community Services Policy Committee City Clerk Leilani Brown
2nd Vice President, City Clerks Department
NBFD Chief Jeff Boyles
Past President, Fire Chiefs Department
NBFD Battalion Chief Brian McDonough
Fire Chiefs Dept Representative to Revenue and Taxation Committee • 26 total attendees to Cal Cities in -person events in 2023
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100+
bills/ballot measures passed or
defeated to retain local control
CAL CITIES>> DELIVERS
$13 Billion
$8+ Billion
in new funding for cities in the past in federal recovery funding in 2021 five years
Customized Return on Investment Report — December 2023
Dozens
of lawsuits won protecting local control
and city interests
NEWPORT BEACH
FY2018-19
FY2019-20
FY2020-21
FY2021-22
FY2022-23
FY2023-24
Total
Dues
22,016
22,676
22,676
23,357
24,057
24,779
139,561
VLFIPropertyTax Swap �1�
4,447,635
4,928,178
5,025,426
5,322,388
5,693,806
6,695,711
32,1 13,144
Local Revenues Protected by Prop. 22 (2j
1,763,345
2,194,324
1,724,489
2,1 15,419
2,343,190
2,309,188
12,449,955
SB 89 VLF Shift
-519,837
-543,692
-566,527
-590,321
-615,1 15
-747,883
-3,583,375
SB 1 - Local Streets and Roads Funds
1,477,319
1,550,370
1,593,608
1,726,128
2,129,176
2,063,464
10,540,065
CARES Act
1,059,137
1,059,137
American Rescue Plan Act (31
10,141,272
10,141,272
Total Return
Rate of Return
7,168,463
326:1
8,129,180
358:1
8,836,133
390:1
18,714,886
801:1
9,551,057
397:1
10,320,480
417:1
62,720,198
449:1
1. Net gain in revenues by virtue of the VLF/Property Tax Swap. Growth in PropTax in Lieu of VLF versus estimated growth in VLF had it remained.
2. Prop. 22 ended the Legislature's ability to borrow or delay HUTA and Prop. 42 gas tax funds.
3. American Rescue Plan Act allocations were allocated in FY2021-22 and distributed as two tranches of funding over two years (2021-22 and 2022-23).
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THANK YOU
Connor Medina
Regional Public Affairs Manager
Orange County Division
[email protected] (949) 421-9898
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