April 2, 2024
HONORABLE ______
OFFICE ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP
RE: City of Redondo Beach Passes Resolution Opposing California Assembly Bill 2560 Which Seeks to Eliminate the Coastal Zone Exemption from the State’s Density Bonus Law
Dear Honorable______,
On behalf of the City of Redondo Beach, please accept this letter as Mayor Light and the City Council’s unanimous expression of opposition to California Assembly Bill (AB) 2560 which seeks to eliminate the Coastal Zone exemption from the State’s Density Bonus Law.
If passed, AB 2560 would undermine local control and threaten the ability of cities up and down the state to regulate housing density in the Coastal Zone. Developers would be able to exploit Density Bonus incentives that carry potentially disastrous consequences to coastal access, roadway congestion, and parking availability.
The City Council supports the creation of affordable housing and maintenance of coastal access according to methods that are environmentally friendly and sustainable. AB 2560 will not accomplish these goals, and, if passed, will leave the City with limited recourse to regulate housing developments that exploit Density Bonus incentives in the Coastal Zone and impede public coastal access.
AB 2560 is a further assault on local control, the Coastal Commission, and the Mayor and City Council stand unified in opposition to this Bill. We ask that you join us in opposition and do everything in your power to ensure that it is not passed or implemented.
Please find the attached Resolution expressing the City Council’s unanimous opposition to AB 2560.
Sincerely,
Mayor James A. Light
Joined by:
Nils Nehrenheim Todd Loewenstein
Council Member, District 1 Council Member, District 2
Paige Kaluderovic Zein E. Obagi, Jr.
Council Member, District 3 Council Member, District 4
Scott Behrendt
Council Member, District 5
Attachments
• Resolution No. XXXX-XXX Opposing California Assembly Bill 2560 Alvarez