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Carlsbad outlines legislative platform, seeks state and federal funding for EV charging and shoreline projects
Summary
Council Member Teresa Acosta and Intergovernmental Affairs Director Jason Haber briefed the commission on the city's legislative program, recent city-sponsored bills and this year's funding requests, including EV charging, South Carlsbad Boulevard climate studies, water-recycling improvements and shoreline preservation funding.
Council Member Teresa Acosta and Jason Haber, the city's intergovernmental affairs director, told the Carlsbad Environmental Sustainability Commission that the city's legislative program is built around three guiding principles: preserve local control, maintain fiscal responsibility and protect quality of life.
Acosta, who represents District 4 and serves on the council's legislative subcommittee, described a program that uses staff, contract lobbyists and a contract grant writer housed in the city manager's office to identify bill opportunities and pursue funding. She said the subcommittee meets monthly and that the council annually approves a legislative platform that guides the city's positions and…
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