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Consider Adoption of Resolution Expressing Support for Actions to Further Strengthen Local Democracy, Authority, and Control as Related to Local Zoning and Housing Issues. (Councilmember Herrera Spencer)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item. Concurrence that staff time will be devoted to the item does not signify approval.
3) Take dispositive action only on time sensitive legislative matters if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember(s) requesting referral: Councilmember Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): May 1, 2023 at 3:49 p.m.
Council Meeting date: May 16, 2023
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
California Cities for Local Control is a grassroots organization founded in July 2020 for local control over zoning and land use decisions. <https://localcontrolca.com/>
Over 80 California cities have adopted a Resolution (see attached) supporting exploring ways to protect the ability of cities to retain local control over zoning as each individual city within the State of California is best suited to determine how the zoning in their city should be allocated in order to meet the housing needs of the community. <https://localcontrolca.com/resolutions/>
I request that the Council consider joining those cities and adopt the proposed Resolution.
Thank you for your consideration.
The City Council, at its July 25, 2020 Priority Setting Workshop, established the following 5 priorities for 2021:
1. Preparing Alameda for the future
2. Encouraging economic development across the Island
3. Supporting enhanced livability and quality of life, including addressing the housing crisis and homelessness
4. Protecting core services
5. Ensuring effective and efficient operations
Briefly describe which Council priority the subject falls under and how it relates:
Preparing Alameda for the future and support enhanced livability and quality of life, including addressing housing.
Attachment: Proposed Resolution