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Carlsbad officials outline 2024 legislative priorities and raise concerns about AB 2560
Summary
City intergovernmental affairs director Jason Haber and Councilmember Melanie Burkholder told the Housing Commission on May 9 that the cityis tracking bills on housing, coastal development and cybersecurity, highlighted recent grant wins and said a bill referred to as AB 2560 could limit local coastal control by making density-bonus law apply in the coastal zone.
Jason Haber, the cityintergovernmental affairs director, and Councilmember Melanie Burkholder briefed the Carlsbad Housing Commission on May 9 on the citylegislative platform, recent advocacy and targeted funding efforts. They told commissioners the platform is rooted in City Council policy and a council resolution adopted in 2018 and that staff partners with Cal Cities, the National League of Cities and targeted lobbyists to press the cityinterests at the state and federal levels.
"We do a lot of advocacy for things that we want here in Carlsbad," Burkholder said, explaining the subcommitteework and the rationale for the city's legislative platform.
Haber walked the commission through the platformpriorities that affect planning and zoning, affordable and supportive housing, local inclusionary programs, RHNA formula concerns and…
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