Long Beach Councilmembers And Mayor Quietly Let Themselves Blow Deadline, Fail to Agendize SB 9 (Four Dwelling Units On Single Family Lots, No Parking Reqd If Within Half Mile of High Quality Public Transit) For Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting Public Discussion On City Position; Special Meeting Remains Option, Needs 5 Councilmembers Before June 22 Ass'y Committee VoteBill Will Reach Final Ass'y Policy Committee Hearing June 22

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Long Beach Councilmembers And Mayor Quietly Let Themselves Blow Deadline, Fail to Agendize SB 9 (Four Dwelling Units On Single Family Lots, No Parking Reqd If Within Half Mile of High Quality Public Transit) For Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting Public Discussion On City Position; Special Meeting Remains Option, Needs 5 Councilmembers Before June 22 Ass'y Committee Vote

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(June 17, 2021, 12:10 p.m.) -- Long Beach's policy setting City Councilmembers have quietly let themselves blow a deadline for regularly scheduled Council meeting public discussion of SB 9 prior to its final Assembly policy committee hearing (June 22). That Council discussion and vote could still occur prior to the June 22 Assembly committee meeting but only if at least five Councilmembers agendize a special meeting on 24 hours notice to discuss and take a policy vote on SB 9 -- which a Council majority has done on other state legislation -- to allow publication in the Assembly Committee's legislative analysis of the bill.

(Non-elected city staff could send a position letter the Committee, but it would be a position the public doesn't know with no Council or public discussion of that position.)

Following the June 22 Assembly Committee hearing, SB 9 will face no further legislative policy committee hearings but (assuming it passes in the June 22 Committee meeting) will go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee (Dem party leadership gatekeeper citing fiscal issues) before it reaches the Assembly floor. If it passes the Assembly and clears a follow-up state Senate vote on any Assembly Amendments, it would go to Governor Newsom who could sign it into law or veto it. .

Long Beach's incumbent Councilmembers have thus far let SB 9 advance entirely through the state Senate (two Committee hearings and floor vote) to the point of reaching its final Assembly policy committee hearing without taking a City position on the single family neighborhood/density promoting bill.

SB 9, co-authored by former LB Councilmember and now state Senator Lena Gonzalez (D, Long Beach/SE LA County), would require cities statewide to allow four dwelling units (SB 9 opponents including Livable California say potentially up to eight using an ADU procedure) on single family neighborhood lots, with no parking required for the additional units if the parcel is within half a mile of high quality public transit.

The deadline for city staff or Long Beach community groups and individual advocates to submit an email to support or oppose SB 9 (for inclusion in the Committee's legislative analysis) is today (June 17) at 4:30 p.m. The Committee's email address to do so is: AHCD.Committee@assembly.ca.gov.

As of June 17, over 80 CA cities oppose SB 9 or oppose it unless amended. The League of CA Cities opposed SB 9 in a June 9 hearing in the Assembly Local Gov't Committee (where it passed 5-1 with two members not voting) (Housing Committee legislative analysis (visible at this link. On May 26, SB 9 passed the state Senate with "yes" votes by co-author Gonzalez and state Senator Tom Umberg (SE LB-west OC.)

LB YIMBY (Yes in my Backyard) supports the bill among other state YIMBY groups.

SB 9 is opposed by LB's grassroots Eastside Voice, Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association, Citizens About Responsible Planning and a number of community advocates including Ann Cantrell, Carlos Ovalle and Corliss Lee. Ms. Lee has repeatedly urged LB Councilmembers without success to agendize the bill for Council and public discussion and a City position in opposition.

LBREPORT.com provides a list below of opponents/supporters of the bill in the June 9 Assembly Housing Committee hearing

AARP Abundant Housing LA ADU Task Force East Bay All Home American Planning Association, California Chapter Bay Area Council Bridge Housing Corporation Cal Asian Chamber of Commerce California Chamber of Commerce California Apartment Association California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce (CAPCC) California Building Industry Association California Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce California Yimby Casita Coalition Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Circulate San Diego City of Alameda City of Oakland City of San Diego Council Member Jon Wizard, City of Seaside Council Member Zach Hilton, City of Gilroy Council of Infill Builders East Bay for Everyone Eden Housing Facebook, INC. Fathers and Families of San Joaquin Fieldstead and Company, INC. Generation Housing Greenbelt Alliance Habitat for Humanity California Hello Housing Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Housing Action Coalition Inner City Struggle League of Women Voters of California Lisc San Diego Livable Sunnyvale Local Government Commission Long Beach Yimby Los Angeles Business Council Midpen Housing Corporation Modular Building Institute Monterey; County of Mountain View Yimby National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) Non-profit Housing Association of Northern California North Bay Leadership Council Northern Neighbors Office of Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Peninsula for Everyone People for Housing - Orange County Pierre Charles General Construction Plus Home Housing Solutions San Diego Housing Commission San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce San Fernando Valley Yimby San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Research Association San Francisco Yimby Sand Hill Property Company Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee Santa Cruz Yimby Schneider Electric Share Sonoma County Silicon Valley Leadership Group South Bay Cities Council of Governments South Bay Yimby South Pasadena Residents for Responsible Growth Streets for People Bay Area Sv@home Techequity Collaborative Tent Makers Terner Center for Housing Innovation At the University of California, Berkeley The Casita Coalition The Two Hundred Tmg Partners United Way of Greater Los Angeles Urban Environmentalists Yimby Action Yimby Democrats of San Diego County Zillow Group

140 Individuals Adams Hill Neighborhood Association Aids Healthcare Foundation Alameda Citizens Task Force Albany Citizens United Albany Neighbors United Allied Neighborhoods Association of Santa Barbara Angelenos for Trees Association of California Cities - Orange County (ACC-OC) Baldwin Hills Homeowners Association, Inc Berkeley Associated Neighbors Against Non-affordable Housing Berkeley Flatlanders Group Berkeley Together Blue Dove Neighborhood Brentwood Homeowners Association Build Affordable Faster California Burton Valley Neighborhoods Group California Alliance of Local Electeds California Cities for Local Control Catalysts Century Glen HOA Cherrywood Leimert Park Block Club Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara County Citizens Preserving Venice City of Agoura Hills City of Arcata City of Belmont City of Beverly Hills City of Burbank City of Carson City of Cerritos City of Clovis City of Chino Hills City of Colton City of Corona City of Cupertino City of Diamond Bar City of Dublin City of Eastvale City of El Segundo City of Elk Grove City of Fountain Valley City of Hesperia City of Hidden Hills City of Huntington Beach City of Iwrindale City of King City of La Canada Flintridge City of Lafayette City of Laguna Niguel City of Lancaster City of Livermore City of Lomita City of Menifee City of Merced City of Mission Viejo City of Montclair City of Newport Beach City of Norwalk City of Ontario City of Orinda City of Palo Alto City of Palos Verdes Estates City of Paramount City of Pasadena City of Pismo Beach City of Pleasanton City of Rancho Palos Verdes City of Rancho Santa Margarita City of Redondo Beach City of Rohnert Park City of Rolling Hills City of Rolling Hills Estates City of San Carlos City of San Clemente City of San Dimas City of San Jacinto City of San Marcos City of San Ramon City of Santa Clara City of Santa Clarita City of Santa Monica City of Saratoga City of Signal Hill City of Thousand Oaks City of Westlake Village City of Yorba Linda Coalition for Economic Survival Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council College Street Neighborhood Group College Terrace Residents Association Committee to Save the Hollywoodland Specific Plan Community Associations Institute - California Legislative Action Committee Comstock Hills Homeowners Association Craftsman Village Historic District Crescenta Highlands Neighborhood Association Crescenta Valley Community Association D4ward Durand Ridge United El Dorado Park South Neighborhood Association - Long Beach Encinitas Neighbors Coalition Environmental Defense Center Friends of Sutro Park Grayburn Avenue Block Club Hidden Hills Community Association Hills 2000 Friends of The Hills Hollywood Knolls Community Club Hollywood Riviera Hollywoodland Homeowners Association Homeowners of Encino Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association LA Brea Hancock Homeowners Association Lafayette Homeowners Council Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association Land Park Community Association Las Virgenes-malibu Council of Governments Latino Alliance for Community Engagement League of California Cities Linda Vista-annandale Association Livable Pasadena Los Altos Residents Los Angeles County Division, League of California Cities Los Angeles Urban League Los Feliz Improvement Association Miracle Mile Residential Association Miraloma Park Improvement Club Mission Street Neighbors Montecito Association Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance Trees Committee Neighbors for A Better San Diego New Livable California Dba Livable California North of Montana Association Northeast Neighbors of Santa Monica Orange County Council of Governments Pacific Palisades Community Council Planning Association for The Richmond Resident Information Resource of Santa Monica Riviera Homeowners Association Santa Monica Coalition for A Livable City (SMCLC) Save Lafayette Save Our Single Family Neighborhoods Save Sacramento Neighborhoods Seaside Neighborhood Association Shadow Hills Property Owners Association Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association South Bay Cities Council of Governments South Bay Residents for Responsible Development South Shores Community Association Southwood Homeowners Association Spaulding Square Neighborhood Assoc Sunnyvale United Neighbors Sunset-parkside Education and Action Committee (SPEAK) Sustainable Tamalmonte Sutro Ave Block Club (NORTH) Tahoe Donner Association Tamalpais Design Review Board Temecula Valley Neighborhood Coalition The Mangan Park Neighborhood Association The Valley Village Homeowners Association Town of Danville Town of Truckee United Neighbors United Neighbors of Senate District 13 Verdugo Woodlands West Homeowners Association West Pasadena Residents' Association West Torrance Homeowners Association Westside Regional Alliance of Councils Westwood Highlands Neighborhood Association Westwood Hills Property Owners Association Westwood Homeowners Association Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition Windsor Square Association

Build Affordable Faster CA California Contract Cities Association City of Pismo Beach City of Stanton City of Azusa City of Bellflower City of Brea City of Brentwood City of Camarillo City of Carpinteria City of Chino City of Clayton City of Clearlake City of Cypress City of Dorris City of Downey City of Escalon City of Folsom City of Fortuna City of Foster City City of Garden Grove City of Glendora City of Grand Terrace City of Half Moon Bay City of Indian Wells City of Inglewood City of Irvine City of Irwindale City of Kerman City of La Mirada City of La Palma City of La Quinta City of La Verne City of Laguna Beach City of Lakeport City of Lakewood City of Los Alamitos City of Los Altos City of Martinez City of Maywood City of Monterey City of Moorpark City of Murrieta City of Newman City of Novato City of Oakdale City of Pinole City of Placentia City of Poway City of Rancho Cucamonga City of Redding City of San Gabriel City of San Marino City of Simi Valley City of South Pasadena City of Sunnyvale City of Temecula City of Torrance City of Tracy City of Vacaville City of Ventura City of Vista City of Whittier Kensington Property Owners Association League of California Cities Central Valley Division Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Town of Apple Valley Town of Colma Town of Fairfax Town of Mammoth Lakes Town of Ross Ventura Council of Governments