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Commerce outlines "Big 4" strategy to reframe industrial cities and pursue legislative relief

City Council of the City of Commerce · January 13, 2026
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Summary

City staff and consultants presented a two-phase plan to market a coalition of four industrial cities (the "Big 4") and to sponsor legislative changes to state funding formulas; phase 1 focuses on data audit and an objective formula report to support lobbying efforts.

City Manager Ernie Hernandez and outside consultants briefed the council on a strategic two-phase initiative to market a four-city coalition (referred to in staff materials as the "Big 4") and to pursue legislative change to funding formulas the cities say undercount industrial-daytime impacts.

Consultants described phase 1 as an information-gathering and audit stage: catalogue…

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