HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2025-18 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 er 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,allwhile 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.
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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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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California