Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.19. 10/11/2022 File #: 22-0544
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rob Houston, City Manager
FROM: Gary A. Sheatz, City Attorney
1. SUBJECT
Support for ballot measure to strengthen local planning authority. Resolution No. 11414.
2. SUMMARY
Resolution No. 11414. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange supporting the League of California Cities to support a ballot measure to strengthen local planning authority.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Resolution No. 11414. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange supporting the League of California Cities to support a ballot measure to strengthen local planning authority.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 3: Enhance and promote quality of life in the community c: Support and enhance attractive, diverse living environments.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Over the past few years, the State of California has enacted several laws that usurp local authority over land use decisions. This top-down approach replaces local decision making with state planning that is not responsive to local needs. The imposition of a one-size-fits-all land use policy is ill-suited to a large state of nearly 40 million people living in hundreds of diverse communities.
On March 23, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 11315 to oppose Senate Bills 9 and 10 because they would erode local control over the City’s zoning and land use authority. Despite opposition from the League of California Cities and 244 cities throughout the state, Governor Newsom signed both bills into law on September 16, 2021.
On November 9, 2021 the City Council adopted Resolution 11363 to support the Brand-Huang- Mendoza Tripartisan Land Use Initiative. This proposed measure would amend the State Constitution to ensure zoning, land-use and development decisions are made at the local level, and to stop legislative bills like SB 9 and SB 10 that seek to override municipal and county control over land-use and development. This measure has been revised and renamed the Brand-Mendoza-Candella City of Orange Printed on 10/6/2022Page 1 of 2
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Item #: 3.19. 10/11/2022 File #: 22-0544
Tripartisan Land Use Initiative and is also known as the Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative.
Adopting Resolution No. 11414 would affirm the City’s support for the Brand-Mendoza-Candella Tripartisan Land Use Initiative, and emphasize the City Council’sbelief that local government control over land use matters is the best way to assess and meet the needs of the community. The resolution also affirms support for the League of California Cities to support this measure, adding our voice to the hundreds of other like-minded cities that support local control of over land use planning and zoning authority.
7. ATTACHMENT
· Resolution No. 11414
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