CC - Item 9A - Proposed League of Cities ResolutionsE ~ E
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° City of Rosemead
P~ Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Steven Ly
Mayor Pro Tern
Date: July 13, 2010
Re: Proposed League of California Cities Resolutions
Mayor Pro Tern Ly is asking that the City Council consider the support of two resolutions proposed
to be presented to the League of California Cities General Assembly as drafted by Mr. Ly.
ITEM NO.
RESOLUTION REGARDING THE GLOBAL WARMING
SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006 (AB 32)
WHEREAS, when the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) was adopted, California
unemployment was at 4.8%, while today California unemployment is approximately 12%1; and
WHEREAS, a study from the California State University, Sacramento noted that AB 32
implementation could "'easily exceed $100 billion' and that the program would raise the cost of living by
$3,857 per household each year by 2020"2; and
WHEREAS, California's non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office rebuffed the California Air
Resources Board's (CARB) job growth assessment, stating that, "While CARB did not estimate job impacts
for other time periods, it seems most likely to us that the implementation of AB 32 through the [Scoping
Plan] will result in the near term in California job losses, even after recognizing that many of the [Scoping
Plan's] programs phase in over time"3;
Therefore Be it RESOLVED, by the General Assembly of the League of California Cities,
assembled in Annual Conference in San Diego, September 17, 2010, that the League support legislation
and measures that will suspend AB 32 implementation until California unemployment returns to 5 percent
or lower;
Be it Further RESOLVED, the General Assembly shall authorize the League Board of Directors to
further implement the League position.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics as of April 2010
2 "California Cap-and-Trade Revolt", Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2010
3 "AB 32: Analysis of the Net Impact on California Jobs" Legislative Analyst Office's Letter to St. Sen.
Cogdill on March 14, 2010
RESOLUTION REGARDING THE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
STRATEGY LEGISLATION (SB 375)
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Communities Strategy Legislation (SB 375) is designed to be a land-
use implementation component via transportation conformity for AB 32; and
WHEREAS, SB 375 is an unfunded mandate for regional Municipal Planning Organizations (MPO)
even if Proposition 84's "sustainable planning funds" are fully allocated'; and
WHEREAS, SB 375 calls for higher density residential developments as a means to meet the
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) numbers or as a means to encourage Transit Oriented
Developments (TOD), which may be a direct challenge to local (city) land-use control2;
Therefore Be it RESOLVED, by the General Assembly of the League of California Cities,
assembled in Annual Conference in San Diego, September 17, 2010, that the League support legislation
and measures that will suspend SB 375 implementation until California legislature fully funds all
implementation costs and addresses the loss of local land-use control;
Be it Further RESOLVED, the General Assembly shall authorize the League Board of Directors to
further implement the League position.
"Funding for Implementation of SIB 375", League of California Cities Letter to St. Sen. Steinberg on June
2, 2009
z "Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector via Regional Transportation
Plans", California State Association of Counties