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Subcommittee adopts revisions to Carlsbad’s legislative platform, adds sober-home and e-bike priorities and keeps housing protections under watch

Carlsbad City Council Legislative Subcommittee · November 18, 2025
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Summary

The legislative subcommittee approved updates to the city’s 2026 legislative platform—retaining carryover items, endorsing new language on e-bike safety training and local authority over group homes, and agreeing to monitor state bills on data centers and a proposed 'polluters pay' concept.

The Carlsbad legislative subcommittee approved revisions to the city’s 2026 legislative platform, which include both carryover items from 2025 and several staff‑proposed additions focused on public safety, housing regulation, and transportation safety.

On carryover items, the subcommittee retained five proposals: (1) authorize electronic filing and virtual appearance for workplace violence and harassment restraining orders, (2) permit certain off‑highway utility terrain vehicle use by public-safety staff on city streets, (3) oppose short-term vacation rental use of units that received density-bonus waivers or concessions, (4) pursue options to…

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