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File#: 25-108 MEETING DATE: 3/4/2025
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, Acting City Manager
PREPARED BY: Shannon Levin, Council Policy Analyst
Subject:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-18 Approving the 2025 Huntington Beach Legislative Platform
Statement of Issue:
If adopted, the Huntington Beach Legislative Platform will outline the City's position on a variety of
legislative priorities and guide the City's support or opposition to local, state, and federal legislation.
Financial Impact:
There is no fiscal impact.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-18, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
Adopting the City of Huntington Beach Legislative Platform."
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve, and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
The City engages in legislative advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels to protect and promote
the interests of its residents and businesses. To facilitate this effort, staff has prepared a legislative
platform that outlines the City's positions on important policy matters and serves as a guide for the
City to support or oppose key legislation in a timely manner. The platform may be amended from year_.
to year, based on the City Council's priorities.
The proposed platform was recommended for approval by the Intergovernmental Relations
Committee on February 19, 2025, and includes the following priorities:
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Sober Living Facilities
• Public Safety
• Fiscal Resilience and Economic Development
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Staff will continually monitor and review legislation on which the City has or may take a position.
When an important issue arises that is not directly addressed within the legislative platform, staff can
present it to the Intergovernmental Relations Committee and the City Council for a policy position
and/or further direction on that specific matter. Correspondence prepared for legislative action will be
provided to each City Council Member.
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 2 - Fiscal Stability, Strategy A- Consider new revenue sources and opportunities to support the
City's priority initiatives and projects.
Goal 5 - Housing, Strategy A-Take action to maintain local control of land-use planning.
For details, visit www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/strategicplan.
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-18
2. 2025 Legislative Platform
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH ADOPTING THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH LEGISLATIVE
PLATFORM
WHEREAS,the City Council promotes legislative actions consistent with the goals
and functions of the City of Huntington Beach; and
WHEREAS,the promotion of legislative actions require separate City Council action
to approve individual letters of support or opposition related to specific pieces of
legislation; and
WHEREAS,piece by piece approval can delay important actions necessary to assist
in the passage or defeat of legislation; and
WHEREAS,the City Council seeks to efficiently pursue legislation that reflects the
Legislative Platform and the goals of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. Adopt the Legislative Platform,which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by this reference;and
2. Authorize the Mayor to make statements and write letters necessary to support
legislative actions consistent with the City's adopted Legislative Platform.
3. Authorize the Mayor, if unavailable to sign a City advocacy letter, to designate
the Mayor Pro Tempore or the City Manager to sign and issue the letter in the Mayor's absence.
4. All correspondence prepared on the City's behalf will be copied to each City
Council member.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of March 2025.
Mayor
INITIATED, REVIEWED & APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Manager City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A Reso No. 2025-18
Exhibit"A"
Guiding Principles
The City of Huntington Beach remains committed to upholding the Huntington Beach City
Charter, which places a strong emphasis on local control over land use decisions. This
commitment safeguards the unique character, quality of life, and identity of our community,
whether residential neighborhood or business corridor, are carefully protected. The City
recognizes the importance of supporting policies that uphold property rights and preserve
property values. By doing so, Huntington Beach will continue to foster a vibrant, thriving
community where residents and businesses alike can enjoy stability, safety, and success.
The City of Huntington Beach Legislative Platform outlines a clear and efficient process
through which the City Council, City Manager, City staff, and legislative advocates can
respond to legislative proposals in a timely manner.This approach ensures that the City can
remain agile and proactive, addressing legislative, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary
issues as they arise throughout the year,all while operatingwithin the established framework
of the platform.
Furthermore,the City of Huntington Beach's 2023-2027 Strategic Plan was adopted to define
the key internal policies and programs that the City prioritizes.The Legislative Platform works
in tandem with this plan to help achieve the City's strategic goals such as enhancing the Surf
City USA economy, actively shaping public policy—particularly in areas such as local
control—and fostering the creation of fun, safe spaces for the community to enjoy.
By aligning both the Legislative Platform and Strategic Plan, the City of Huntington Beach
ensures that decisions and actions are both forward-thinking and reflective of Huntington
Beach's commitment to its residents, businesses, and visitors.
Legislative Priorities
A. Accessory Dwelling Units
In recent years, the California Legislature has enacted several bills that diminish local
control over the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). These actions raise
concerns about the impact on reduced local control, infrastructure strain, community
character, and planning flexibility. This increased density within residential neighborhoods
leads to overcrowding, impacted parking, and increased crime, thereby reducing public
safety.
1. Density: Support legislation that allows the City of Huntington Beach to maintain
control over housing and accessory dwellings, especially that which reflects the
needs and character of Huntington Beach.
2. Neighborhood Identity and Safety: Support legislation that maintains local
characteristic and community identity by securing local control over zoning,
maintaining density, and ensuring public safety.
EXHIBIT A
3. Property values: Support legislation that retains and enhances property values and
oppose legislation that undermines property values or provides property tax
deferrals.
B. Sober Living Facilities
Residential care, or "sober living facilities", can play a critical role for transition into a
supportive living environment. However, unregulated residential care facilities often lack
proper oversight by the Department of Health Care Services and can create difficult
enforcement environs for local jurisdictions, including concerns for community safety. All
members of the Huntington Beach community, whether business or resident, should be
accountable as good actors, and residential care facilities should not be an exception.
Neighbors to these high-profit businesses have no input on placement or establishment of
residential care facilities, nor are there regulations requiring these businesses to disclose
their presence within residential communities.
1. Oversight and Transparency: Support efforts that provide municipalities with more
control over the establishment and placement of unlicensed and State-licensed
group homes, including sober living homes, residential care facilities, and
transitional and supportive housing uses within the community; Support regulations
that require these businesses to disclose their presence within the community.
2. Community Character: Support efforts to address any over-concentration of
unlicensed and State-licensed facilities and the common nuisances associated with
these facilities which could negatively impact the community's quality of life and
property values.
3. Curbing: Support legislation that ensures residents of sober living homes,
unlicensed, and State-licensed facilities are not evicted without due process
rendering the resident homeless, often referred to as"curbing".
C. Public Safety
The City seeks to promote practical policy responses that reduce crime and increase
response capacity. Legislation can provide the framework to further develop effective
programs on safe e-bike use.
1. Non-Sanctuary: Support crime reduction, safeguarding citizens, and collaboration
with federal agencies to enhance public safety as a "Non-Sanctuary City" related to
illegal immigration and crime prevention.
2. Retail Theft: Support the use of local, state, and federal collaborative prevention and
intervention methods to reduce retail theft and retail theft rings.
EXHIBIT A
3. E-bikes- Safety & Enforcement: Support legislation that clarifies the safety strategy
for riders and passengers, such as speed limits and defined equipment, and enables
enforcement action such as impound authority and licensing.
4. Equipment and Infrastructure: Support public safety-related legislation and funding of activities, infrastructure, technology, staffing, training, and equipment needs of
police,fire, and lifeguards.
5. Funding: Support legislation that provides funding at the local level to promote crime
prevention and public outreach programs.
6. Disaster Preparedness: Support legislation and funding for disaster preparedness
and emergency planning as well as measures that provide cities with an increased
role in emergency preparedness.
7. Affirmation of Second Amendment: The City opposes government overreach and
unconstitutional laws that burden Americans'Second Amendment right to keep and
bear arms, such as the abuse of red flag laws which violates the Fifth Amendment's
guarantee of due process of law.
D. Fiscal,Resilience and Economic Development
The City of Huntington Beach supports business-friendly legislation and strategies that
promote sustainable financial growth.
1. Strengthening Revenue: Advocate for legislation and funding opportunities that
strengthen, protect, and expand new and ongoing revenue streams for the City.
2. Public-Private Partnerships: Support additional resources to facilitate public-private
partnerships that enhance economic development opportunities.
3. Small Business Support: Champion initiatives aimed at bolstering the City's small
business community.
4. Tourism Promotion: Endorse measures that promote and enhance Huntington Beach
as a premier tourist destination.
Res. No. 2025-18
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on March 4, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, 'McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Strickland,
Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:_ None
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The City of Huntington Beach remains committed to upholding the City Charter, which
places a strong emphasis on local control over land use decisions. This commitment
safeguards the unique character, quality of life, and identity of our community, whether
residential neighborhood or business corridor,are carefully protected.The City recognizes
the importance of supporting policies that uphold property rights and preserve property
values.By doing so,Huntington Beach will continue to foster a vibrant,thriving community
where residents and businesses alike can enjoy stability,safety,and success.
The City of Huntington Beach Legislative Platform outlines a clear and efficient process
through which the City Council, City Manager, City staff, and legislative advocates can
respond to legislative proposals in a timely manner. This approach ensures that the City
can remain agile and proactive, addressing legislative, regulatory, administrative, and
budgetary issues as they arise throughout the year, all while operating within the
established framework of the platform.
Furthermore, the City of Huntington Beach's 2023-2027 Strategic Plan was adopted to
define the key internal policies and programs that the City prioritizes. The Legislative
Platform works in tandem with this plan to help achieve the City's strategic goals such
as enhancing the Surf City USA economy, actively shaping public policy—particularly
in areas such as local control—and fostering the creation of fun, safe spaces for the
community to enjoy.
By aligning both the Legislative Platform and Strategic Plan,the City of Huntington Beach
ensures that decisions and actions are both forward-thinking and reflective of Huntington
Beach's commitment to its residents,businesses,and visitors.
13 HUNTINGTON BEACH 2025 LEGISLA4 VE PLATFORM
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LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
Accessory Dwelling In recent years, the California Legislature has enacted several bills that diminish
Units local control over the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). These
actions raise concerns about the impact on reduced local control, infrastructure
strain, community character,and planning flexibility. This increased density within
residential neighborhoods leads to overcrowding,impacted parking,and increased
crime, thereby reducing public safety.
A I DENSITY: Support legislation that allows the City of Huntington Beach to maintain
control over housing and accessory dwellings, especially that which reflects the
needs and character of Huntington Beach.
B I NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY AND SAFETY: Support legislation that maintains local
characteristic and community identity by securing local control over zoning,
maintaining density,and ensuring public safety.
C I PROPERTY VALUES: Support legislation that retains and enhances property values
and oppose legislation that undermines property values or provides property tax
deferrals.
Sober Living Residential care,or"sober living facilities,"can play a critical role for transition into
Facilities a supportive living environment. However, unregulated residential care facilities
often lack proper oversight by the Department of Health Care Services and can
create difficult enforcement environs for local jurisdictions, including concerns for
community safety. All members of the Huntington Beach community, whether
business or resident, should be accountable as good actors, and residential care
facilities should not be an exception. Neighbors to these high-profit businesses
have no input on placement or establishment of residential care facilities, nor are
there regulations requiring these businesses to disclose their presence within
residential communities.
A I OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY: Support efforts that provide municipalities with
more control over the establishment and placement of unlicensed and
State-licensed group homes, including sober living homes,residential care facilities,
and transitional and supportive housing uses within the community; Support
regulations that require these businesses to disclose their presence within the
community.
B I COMMUNITY CHARACTER: Support efforts to address any over-concentration of
unlicensed and State-licensed facilities and the common nuisances associated with
these facilities which could negatively impact the community's quality of life and
property values.
C I CURBING: Support legislation that ensures residents of sober living homes,
unlicensed, and State-licensed facilities are not evicted without due process
rendering the resident homeless,often referred to as"curbing."
13 HUNTINGTON BEACH 2025 LEGISLA43VE PLATFORM
Public Safety The City seeks to promote practical policy responses that reduce crime and
increase response capacity. Legislation can provide the framework to further
develop effective programs on safe e-bike use.
A I NON-SANCTUARY: Support crime reduction, safeguarding citizens, and
collaboration with federal agencies to enhance public safety as a "Non-Sanctuary
City"related to illegal immigration and crime prevention.
B I RETAIL THEFT:Support the use of local,state, and federal collaborative prevention
and intervention methods to reduce retail theft and retail theft rings.
C I E-BIKES- SAFETY & ENFORCEMENT: Support legislation that clarifies the safety
strategy for riders and passengers,such as speed limits and defined equipment,and
enables enforcement action such as impound authority and licensing.
D I EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Support public safety-related legislation and
funding of activities, infrastructure, technology, staffing, training, and equipment
needs of police,fire,and lifeguards.
E I FUNDING: Support legislation that provides funding at the local level to promote
crime prevention and public outreach programs.
F I DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Support legislation and funding for disaster
preparedness and emergency planning as well as measures that provide cities with
an increased role in emergency preparedness.
G I AFFIRMATION OF SECOND AMENDMENT:The City opposes government overreach
and unconstitutional laws that burden Americans'Second Amendment right to keep
and bear arms, such as the abuse of red flag laws which violates the Fifth
Amendment's guarantee of due process of law.
Fiscal Resilience The City of Huntington Beach supports business-friendly legislation and strategies
and Economic that promote sustainable financial growth.
Development A I STRENGTHENING REVENUE:Advocate for legislation and funding opportunities that
strengthen,protect,and expand new and ongoing revenue streams for the City.
B I PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: Support additional resources to facilitate
public-private partnerships that enhance economic development opportunities.
C I SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT: Champion initiatives aimed at bolstering the City's
small business community.
D I TOURISM PROMOTION: Endorse measures that promote and enhance Huntington
Beach as a premier tourist destination.
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HU NTINGTO BEACH 2025 LEGISLA44VE PLATFORM
From: Levin.Shannon
To: 5upolementalcomm(@surfcity-hb.orq
Subject: FW:Support for 25-108 Adopt Resolution No.2025-18 Approving the 2025 Huntington Beach Legislative Platform
Date: Thursday,February 27,2025 1:30:51 PM
From:Ted Ross<tedross 0077@msn.com>
Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:55 AM
To:CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF)<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>
Subject:Support for 25-108 Adopt Resolution No. 2025-18 Approving the 2025 Huntington Beach
Legislative Platform
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 2025-18, "A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach
Concur!
Ted Ross, Resident Huntington Beach
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date: 3/4/2025
Agenda Item No. 12 (25-108)
Mr. Amory Hanson
8102 Ellis Avenue
Apartment 121
Huntington Beach CA 92646
March 4, 2025
The Mayor Of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach CA 92648
My Dear Mister Mayor,
I would like to express my support for Item XII.
Sincerely Yours,
Mr.Amory Hanson
CC:The Honorable Casey McKeon
CC:The Honorable Donald C.Kennedy
CC:The Honorable Anthony Strickland
CC:The Honorable E.M.Twining
CC:The Honorable Grace Vandermark
CC:The Honorable Chad Williams
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date: 3/4/2025
Agenda Item No. 12 (25-108)
From: tm
To: 5unolementalcomm( surfcity-hb.orq
Subject: Resolution no.2025-18
Date: Tuesday,March 4,2025 8:35:44 AM
You don't often get email fromjulzkitty13@yahoo.com.i earn why this is important
Resolution no. 2025-18 is an example of what i referred to in my previous email. "Public Service".
This seems to have the intention to create unnecessary drama and create further anger and divide
among the community. SHAME ON YOU. You're documenting the hateful, mean spirited bully behavior of
the redhatters ... better than we can. This will mark your anger, hatred and spiteful antics while in
power...briefly.
It is interesting of all of the amendments, you choose"support" it's the 2nd:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep
and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
AND NOT THE 1ST,which the council should be supporting:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble,and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,
We are watching and we will protest and protect our parks, our schools&libraries,our rights,and
we welcome diversity.You cannot stop progress and evolution.
Julie
Registered voter
92649
