Recommendation to consider amendments to, and a potential State legislative position on, SB 827 (Wiener), legislation to increase housing density along high-quality transit corridors and at major transit stops, and forward the State Legislation Committee's recommendation to the City Council for adoption.
Motion carries. Thank you. Item number 20. Communication from Councilwoman Mango Council Member Super Now Councilman Austin. Recommendation to require City Manager to formally communicate the city's opposition for Senate Bill 827. Thank you to her mother. Thank you. I think that our message has been heard as we received a call from Senator Reno earlier today and he has agreed to make changes. I do not know what those changes will be yet. He has not opened the door on that yet. But I at least appreciate that the work has been communicated, and I think that that is a step in the right direction. I'd love to hear from my colleagues before deciding what we should do related to waiting to hear the amendments and or making a firm disapproval today with the option to. Reconsider at a future date should the amendments be appropriate. Thank you. Come to Austin. Thank you. And I we have a letter before us also before from Senator Wiener requesting that we hold off our decision until he can make appropriate amendments. He is anticipating, making and introducing significant amendments to his bill in late February. And so I would think we should, in good faith, allow him that opportunity to make those amendments and then bring this this item back before or refer this issue to the state large committee as well. We could also refer it to state alleged for further deliberations, since the author is asking for more time. I just think it is it's a good faith effort. I appreciate the fact that he did reach out. I spoke to him personally just before the meeting and he was pretty emphatic that, you know, he's heard from not only the city of Long Beach and understanding that we're postured to oppose his bill, but other many other cities throughout the state as well. And so I think he's heard some of the outcry from from local government. And he understands, hopefully, that that local control is something that we are extremely interested in. And so I would just like to recommend. Madam Chair, I mean, not Madam Chair, but the maker of the motion hold over this item until a later time. Thank you. Customer reviews. Yes. I also really appreciate that he's reached out. I think sending it to committee is a great idea. On my first glance at this, after a couple of conversations outside of just local control, which is what you guys have listed as one of the reasons for not supporting it, I think the impact on affordable housing and the lack of community benefits in this bill are really lacking. And so I would hope that we would, as a city, take some more time to put forward some recommendations. So thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Sabina, I think it is clear that this doesn't minimize our opposition to the bill as it was written. And here's an actual copy of the letter from Senator Scott Wiener. And so if I guess we'll remain to see if the maker of the motion which direction she wants to take it. But I just want to make it very clear that this does not affect our opposition to the original bill. Thank you, Councilman Austin. And I was with Mr.. I want to just thank Councilmember Mongo for actually bringing this item forward. This is obviously something that I've heard from constituents about. I think many of us also have as well. This is a hot topic in the city of Long Beach and by bye bye showing our our, I think, interest in opposing this bill by bringing this forward, it is certainly going to help the dialog and put us in a better place when talking about this legislation in Sacramento. So thanks again Councilmember Mongo and we will we will operate at your pleasure on on moving forward. Thank you as any public comment on this item. Simon Councilmember Mongo. I think that I think that this shows that Long Beach is a player in the state and that the things that we do at council matter. This has only been agenda raised for the minimum amount, which is the 72 hours because we had some back and forth on the language of the motion. And I think that this has served us well. I think that this letter I will send it out to the community in my newsletter when it comes out next so that the community can see that we're being heard. And I would like to bring this back once the amendments have been submitted for our consideration and if at that time Chair of the State Committee would like to have a meeting that same evening, I'm open to that as well. And of course we can agenda is that without a recommendation of the council. So we want to just send it to the committee. I'm open to sending it to committee if you're able to agenda as the meeting before or after it. But before, we would have to stand up and really. Work to do that. We'll do that with anything. Mr. PARKIN. If I understand then, is the motion amended then to refer. It to committee, or is it received and file and take it up by the committee? What's your refer to? Committee referred to committee. Committee. With a requirement that it must be back before this committee if the committee is unable to meet by March, let's say mid-March. Your committee before it comes to committee. Great. All right, members, please cast your vote.