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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.
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From 7/18/2023 Agenda
Annually, the City adopts a Legislative Platform to allow staff to send position letters regarding various bills / issues of interest to the City.
The 2023 Legislative Platform was adopted by the City Council on April 4, 2023. The platform provides staff direction and allows the City, on the Council’s behalf, to respond in support of or opposition to bills and other legislative and administrative actions.
The City Council has delegated its authority to the Mayor and / or City Manager to sign position letters consistent with the legislative platform. Townsend Public Affairs monitors legislation for the City and communicates frequently with staff on bills. Occasionally, the League of California Cities will send action alerts for bills affecting municipalities. Staff reviews those alerts as well and will take action on any that align with the City’s Legislative Platform.
In the spirit of transparency, when position letters are sent by the City, staff will include them in a City Council agenda packet for viewing by the Council and the community.
ACA-1 Fact Sheet from sponsor Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, 4th Assembly District
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry
SUMMARY ACA 1 will lower the necessary voter threshold from a two-thirds supermajority to 55 percent to approve local general obligation (GO) bonds and special taxes for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects. ACA 1 is targeted to the urgent needs of local communities. This measure gives local governments a more realistic financing option to fund an increase in the supply of affordable housing, and to address the numerous local public infrastructure challenges cities, counties, and special districts are facing.
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California Legislative Information for ACA 1
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
City Council of Half Moon Bay meets ~ 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm
The City Council of Half Moon Bay is the City’s governing body, and consists of five elected members. The Council sets priorities and policies, makes final decisions on all major City matters, adopts ordinances and resolutions, appoints the City Manager and City Attorney, and approves the annual budget.
City Council members are elected at-large to four-year, overlapping terms. There are no term limits in Half Moon Bay. The City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Vice Mayor, on an annual basis.
The Half Moon Bay City Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month starting at 7 pm at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue.
- streamed live on Comcast Channel 27 and Pacific Coast TV website
- the City’s website online (via Granicus)
- and on Facebook Live
- one in English (City of Half Moon Bay FB Page)
- one in Spanish (City of Half Moon Bay Recreation FB Page)
- Recorded by Pacific Coast TV (PCTV)
Members or the public are welcome to submit comments (in accordance with the three-minute per speaker limit) via email
Half Moon Bay City Council member’s Contact
Author: Coastside Buzz
Me
Oh boy! Let’s all vote to tax ourselves for local financing of infrastructure “needs” created by over-development of housing projects forced on us by state legislators. Psychological button-pushing emotional appeals over real-world conditions, a contemporary ploy of blindered, urban-mindset state and federal politicians. The harm done to existing local communities goes unrecognized.