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City manager: General Assembly week ends with mixed results for Virginia Beach priorities
Summary
City Manager briefed council that the governor added an emergency clause to the city's 10‑1 election legislation so it is now in effect; several other local priorities—collective bargaining, prevailing wage, cannabis/gaming taxes, ADU/parking, and faith‑and‑housing bills—remain in conference or in process, and HJ28 (a transit study) advanced as a House joint resolution.
City Manager provided an end‑of‑session update on state legislation affecting Virginia Beach, telling council that a key 10‑1 election measure received an emergency clause from the governor and is now part of the city charter and state code.
"Our 10‑1 election system is now part of our charter and part of the Virginia code, and we are good to go on that front," the City Manager said, summarizing action on the item.
He said many other municipal…
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