OPENING
ROLL CALL:
Staff:
INFORMATION ONLY
CITY OF PASADENA
LEGISLATIVE POLICY COIVIMITTEE MINUTES
PASADENA CITY HALL
100 NORTH GARFIELD AVENUE
COUNCIL CHAIWBER - ROOM S249
JUNE 6, 2023
REGULAR MEETING
Acting Chair Masuda called the regular meeting of the Legislative Policy Committee to order at 4:33 p.m.
Chair Steve Madison (Absent)
Councilmember Gene Masuda (Acting Chair)
CouncilmemberJess Rivas
Councilmember Jason Lyon
Brenda Harvey-Williams, Assistant City Manager
Javan Rad, Chief Assistant City Attorney
Jennifer Guess, Legislative Affairs Manager
Tamer Sabha, Recording Secretary
BRIEFING BY DAVID JONES AND KYRA EIWANUELS ROSS ON
STATE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
Kyra Emanuels Ross and David Jones, State Legislative advocates for the City, provided an update on state and local legislative matters listed below and responded to questions:
State budget and Governor Newsom's infrastructure permitting reform package; and
Legislative bills being monitored, including:
o SB-423, Extends and strengths SB-35, which streamlines and accelerates housing permits in areas that
underperform their housing targets;
o SB-4, Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act;
o AB-1486, Surplus lands;
o AB-1637, Local government: Internet websites and email addresses;
o SB-96, Historic Venue Restoration and Resiliency Act; and
o SB-252, Public retirement systems: fossil fuels
divestment
Following discussion, on the order of the Chair, and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
BRIEFING BY CHRIS GIGLIO ON FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS
Chris Giglio, Federal Legislative advocate for the City, provided an update on federal legislative matters listed below and responded to questions:
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Debt limit deal between Congress and President Biden; and Information on the action and discussion of the United States Congress related to policies and annual federal budget
Following discussion, on the order of the Chair and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
2021 REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN PASADENA
Beveriey Morgan-Sandoz, Immediate Past Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, provided introductory comments, Eleanor Siebert, Ph.D, Professor Emerita and Former Provost of Mount Saint Mary's University, and Maura Harrington Roggero, Commissioner on the Status of Women Commission, presented a Powerpoint providing information on: a snapshot of Pasadena Women, Workforce Participation of Women, Women in Leadership Positions, Pasadena Women in Local Government, the impacts of COVID-19 on women, long-term challenges, and recommendations; with all responding to questions.
Councilmember Rivas spoke in support of the Commission of the Status of Women's annual "Herstory" event to encourage women to run for elected office at the local level; and made the following suggestions related to the Status of Women Commission's report recommendations:
Workforce Participation by Women; Recommendation 3: Asked staff to include salary information in the Equal Opportunity in Employment Annual Report published by the City; and
Long-Term Challenges: Homelessness and Domestic Violence; Recommendation 8: Recommended that the commission
contact the Police Department to discuss their data collection system.
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Councilmember Lyon suggested that the commission research barriers to entry in elected office, including the power of incumbency as a structural barrier related to women in elected office, and the pay of elected officials as an equity issue for individuals of challenged economic means.
Christine Rodriguez, Pasadena resident, provided
recommendations for non-profit organizations that the Commission on the Status of Women could collaborate with to address issues discussed in the report.
Following discussion, on the order of the Chair, and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
PAST AGENDAS FOR CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
a. Accessibility and Disability Commission - April 25, 2023, May 23,2023
b. Arts & Culture Commission - April 6, 2023, May 10, 2023 c. Community Police Oversight Commission - April 6, 2023, May 4, 2023, May 18, 2023, June 1, 2023
d. Commission on the Status of Women - May 3, 2023
e. Deferred Compensation Committee - May 2, 2023
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f. Environmental Advisory Commission - April 11, 2023, May 9, 2023
g. Fire & Police Retirement System - May 17, 2023
h. Hahamongna Watershed Park Advisory Committee - May 23, 2023
i. Historic Preservation Commission - May 2, 2023, May 16, 2023 J. Human Relations Commission - April 4, 2023, May 2, 2023 k. Human Services Commission -April 12, 2023, May 10, 2023 I. Library Commission -April 19, 2023, May 17, 2023
m. Northwest Commission -April 11, 2023, May 9, 2023
n. Old Pasadena Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission - February 23, 2023
o. Pasadena Rental Housing Board - May 24, 2023
p. Planning Commission - April 12, 2023, April 26,2023, May 24, 2023
q. Recreation and Parks Commission - April 4, 2023, May 2,2023, May 23, 2023
r. Senior Commission - April 11, 2023, May 9,2023
s. South Lake Parking Place Commission - June 1, 2023
t. Transportation Advisory Commission - May 25, 2023
u. Urban Forestry Advisory Committee - April 19,2023
Following a brief discussion, on the order of the Chair and by consensus of the Committee, the information was received and filed.
On the order.
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the Chair, the regula{
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fneeting of the Legislative Policy
C6t^tfm^friber Steve Madison, Chair
Legislative Policy Committee
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