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File #: 20-2110 MEETING DATE: 12/21/2020
Submitted by Councilmember Posey - Consider approval of a Resolution stipulating the City
Council's support of Local Governance and Authority related to Housing Issues
I recommend that the City Council approve the attached draft resolution.
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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
CITY COUNCIL MEETING—COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MIKE POSEY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
DATE: DECEMBER 21, 2020
SUBJECT: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION STIPULATING THE CITY COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND AUTHORITY RELATED TO HOUSING
ISSUES
BACKGROUND
Over the past several years, State legislators have proposed numerous housing-related bills that
aim to supersede the authority of local jurisdictions to determine what constitutes appropriate
land use policies and practices for their respective communities. For example, in the prior State
legislative cycle earlier this year, numerous pieces of deleterious housing regulations were
introduced that would have eroded our ability in Huntington Beach to enact local land use /
housing-related rules, including but not limited to the following:
• 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.
• SB 288 (Wiener)—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.
• 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.
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• 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.
• SB 1120 (Atkins) —Subdivisions: tentative maps.
• SB 1138 (Weiner)— Housing Element: emergency shelters: rezoning of sites.
While a majority of housing bills introduced in the State Legislature were not signed into law in
2020, the City expects that many will be re-introduced during this next legislative cycle starting
in January 2021. In anticipation of this development, I recommend that the City Council adopt
the attached Resolution, which highlights our support for actions that strengthen local
governance and authority over housing-related issues in our community.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
I recommend that the City Council approve the attached draft resolution.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO STATEWIDE HOUSING
LEGISLATION AND SUPPORT FOR ACTIONS THAT WILL FURTHER
STRENGTHEN LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND AUTHORITY OVER HOUSING-
RELATED ISSUES IN HUNTINGTON BEACH.
WHEREAS,the legislature of the State of California continues to propose a number of bills addressing a range of
housing issues at the local level; and
WHEREAS, the majority of these bills propose broad, "one size fits all"policies that undermine the authority of
local governing bodies to determine land use policies and practices that best suit their communities; and
WHEREAS, the State has introduced numerous housing/land use related bills which impose broad mandates
which do not take into account the needs and differences of jurisdictions throughout the State, and in so doing,
imposes a variety of unfunded mandates on local communities; and
WHEREAS, it is of great importance to the City of Huntington Beach thaZweretain our ability to determine for
ourselves land use and housing related priorities over decisions that include, but are not limited to,the following:
detenn i ination of projects that require review beyond a ministerial approval; dentifying the appropriate parking
requirements for various locales within our City boundaries;the housing plans and programs that are suitable and
practical for our community; and other related matters; and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach f/elsstrongly that our local government is the
agency that is best suited to assess the needs of our community, and t e City does not support the State's increasing
efforts to deprive our City Council of self-determination with regar to land use and housing matter.
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Hunt' gton Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
re ister,our o osition to an State housin le islation that-usu 1. .egg pp g � syocal contro wand mpose
unfun d mandates; and
We support actions that strengthen local goverlance and authority over housing and land use issues in
Huntington Beach. /
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council fthe City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof
held on the day of ,2020.
Mayor
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED ;' INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Manager Assistant City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM
City Attorney
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