CC RESOLUTION 5227RESOLUTION NO. 5227
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED
HOUSING LEGISLATION AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR ACTION
TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN LOCAL DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITY AND
CONTROL.
The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds that:
A. The legislature of the State of California, has proposed a number of bills
addressing a range of housing issues; and
B. The majority of these bills usurp the authority of local jurisdictions to determine
for themselves the land use policies and practices that best suit their cities and
residents and instead impose mandates that do not take into account the needs
and differences of jurisdictions throughout the State, as well as imposing
unfunded mandates on jurisdictions for actions that are not in their best interests,
and
C. For example, the ability of jurisdictions to determine for themselves which
projects require review beyond a ministerial approval, what parking requirements
are appropriate for various locales within their jurisdiction, what plans and
programs are suitable and practical for each community rather than having these
decisions imposed upon cities without regard to the circumstances of each
individual city is a matter of great importance to the City of EI Segundo, and
D. The City Council of the City of EI Segundo feels strongly that our local
government is best able to assess the needs of our community and objects to the
proliferation of State legislation that deprives the City of that ability.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby:
A. Registers its strong opposition to the following pieces of State legislation that
usurp local control and impose unfunded mandates:
AB 831 (Grayson) — Planning and zoning: housing: development application
modifications.
• AB 953 (Ting) — Land use: accessory dwelling units.
• AB 1279 (Bloom) — Housing Developments. High Resource Areas.
• AB 2323 (Friedman) — California Environmental Quality Act Exemptions.
• AB 2405 (Burke)- Right to safe, decent and affordable housing.
• AB 3153 (Rivas, Robert) Parking and zoning: bicycle and car -share parking
credits.
• AB 3269 (Chuff) State and local agencies: homelessness plan.
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• SB 288 (Weiner) California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions.
« SB 899 (Weiner) Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education
institutions and religious institutions.
■ AB 725 (Wicks) General Plans: housing element: moderate -income and above
moderate -income housing: suburban and metropolitan jurisdictions.
r AB 1851 (Wicks) Religious institution affiliated housing development projects:
parking requirements.
• AB 2168 (McCarty) Planning and zoning: electric vehicle charging stations:
permit application: approval.
AB 2345 (Gonzalez) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: annual report:
affordable housing.
AB 2988 (Chu) Planning and zoning: supportive housing: number of units:
emergency shelter zones.
AB 3107 (Bloom) Planning and zoning: General Plan: housing development.
SB 902 (Weiner) Planning and zoning: housing development: zoning.
• SB 995 (Atkins) Environmental Quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement
Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: housing projects.
• SB 1085 (Skinner) Density Bonus Law: qualifications for incentives or
concessions: student housing for lower-income students: moderate -income
persons and families: local government constraints.
o SB 1120 (Atkins) Subdivisions: tentative maps.
SB 1138 (Weiner) Housing Element: emergency shelters: rezoning of sites; and,
B. Registers its equally strong opposition to the current practice of the State
legislature of proposing and passing multitudes of bills that directly impact and
interfere with the ability of Cities to control their own destiny through the use of
the zoning authority that has been granted to them; and,
C. Declares that, should the State continue to pass legislation that attacks local
municipal authority, control and revenue, the City of EI Segundo will support
actions such as a ballot measure that would limit the State's ability to control
local activities and strengthen local democracy and authority.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby directs the City Manager's office to transmit a
copy of this resolution to the sponsors of the legislation listed above.
SECTION 4: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and will
remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; will
enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and will make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the record of proceedings of the City Council of said
City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 5227 this 1St day of September,
2020.
Drew Boyles, Q yor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5227 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 1St day of September, 2020, approved and signed by the
Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk,
Council Member Nicol and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Tr' cy Weaver, City, Clork'�
APPROVED AS TO FORM,
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Mark . Hensley, it Attorney
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