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City manager: Atherton’s draft charter offers options but won’t override state housing mandates
Summary
At a town workshop, the city manager said a short draft charter would affirm home‑rule but is silent on taxes and cannot negate state housing laws; the town will hold neighborhood meetings and may present a measure to voters in November.
The Town of Atherton’s city manager told a council subcommittee workshop that a brief draft charter would affirm the town’s home‑rule authority but would not allow Atherton to override state housing mandates, remove prevailing‑wage requirements tied to state or federal funds, or change zoning rules.
At the second workshop, the city manager said the draft is ‘‘a two page, very easy, very straightforward charter’’ that preserves the town’s current council‑manager form of government and covers existing ordinances and policies rather than changing them. The manager added that the charter ‘‘does not change any zoning, density, or manual land use rules’’ and would not impose new taxes or fees as drafted.
Why it matters: proponents had raised charter status…
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