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Mayor Bruce Ehlers lays out priorities: local control, homelessness, infrastructure
Summary
In a State-of-the-City style address at the April meeting, Mayor Bruce Ehlers outlined priorities including asserting local control over housing decisions, addressing homelessness with enforcement and services, and investing in basic infrastructure including streets, drains and quiet zones.
Encinitas — Mayor Bruce Ehlers used the council meeting’s special presentation time to deliver a wide-ranging State-of-the-City address focused on preserving local character, tackling homelessness and prioritizing basic infrastructure such as pavements, storm drains and safer rail crossings.
Ehlers told the audience the city will emphasize “local control” when responding to state housing mandates. He warned that recent state laws — including Senate Bill 9, which allows parcel splits and duplexes on many single-family lots — are changing neighborhood character and said the council must consider traffic, emergency preparedness and environmental impacts when projects are proposed. Ehlers encouraged staff to include a “general plan alignment” section in every staff report so council decisions consistently map back to the city’s guiding document.
He also highlighted public-safet…
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