| (Sept. 16, 2020, 5:15 a.m.) A City Council majority has voted 6-3 (Price, Supernaw, Mungo dissenting) to endorse controversial statewide November ballot measuress Prop 16 (allowing use of race in deciding college admissions and city contracting), Prop 15 (allowing "split roll" tax assessor re-assessment of commercial/industrial properties (that could bring government entities additional revenue and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n opposes as an attack on Prop 13); Prop 18 (constitutional amendment that would let 17 year olds who'll be 18 at the time of the next general election vote in primary elections and special elections) and Prop 25 (to uphold SB 10/Sac'to enacted in 2018) that replaced cash bail with "risk assessments" to decide if a detained suspect should be granted pretrial release.
A number of politically active groups (including a local Dem group) spoke in support of the measures. No organized groups or individuals spoke in opposition. In Council comments, Councilwoman Suzie Price said she personally supports Props 15 and 16, noted Prop 25 is now changed by recent CA Supreme Court ruling and stated: "In my opinion, these are voter issues which local government bodies probably should not be in the business of advocacy on. They're state election issues and it's really best left to the proponents of the initiaties in my opinion to advocate for the items." Councilmembers Supernaw and Mungo said nothing before voting "no." Voting "yes" were Councilmembers Zendejas, Pearce, Andrews, Uranga, Austin, Richardson. As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, on September 3, 2020 -- two days after the end of 2020 state legislative session -- Councilman Rex Richardson (Mayor Garcia's mid-2020 choice to chair the Council's "State Legislation Committee": Richardson, Uranga, Austin) agendized a meeting of his committee.
The Committee failed to discuss or recommend positions on (among other things) density-dictating single family zoning hostile SB 1120 (co-authored by former Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez), quietly letting her pro-density bill advance without City opposition to the verge of enactment.
Committee chairs Richardson and Austin similarly failed to discuss the damages done by AB 5 (enacted in 2019) to LB independent contract workers in multiple fields, and 2020 calls by indie workers seeking its repeal (opposed by organized-labor and Dem party leadership including Presidential nominee Joe Biden.)
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On Sept. 3, with only Councilman Uranga present (Austin was absent for the entire meeting) Richardson and Uranga proceeded to cast a series of votes (2-0) recommending that the City Council endorse several November ballot propositions. The Rcihardson-Uranga recommended positions urge the Council to:
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In Council comments, Councilman Richardson acknowedged Council approval of his item would let proponents of the measures use the City's name to urge passage of the measures but said the City has no plans to spend City taxpayer resources to advocate passage of the measures.
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