TITLE
Recommendation to receive and file year-end 2013 Legislative Report.
DISCUSSION
Attached for your information, is a comprehensive report on the 2013 State Legislative Session. This report summarizes the State's FY 14 budget, covers the City's four Long Beach sponsored bills, and notes the disposition of bills the City supported, opposed, and watched throughout the 2013 State Legislative Session.
Long Beach achieved several notable outcomes during the 2013 State Legislative Session. These include: approval from the State Department of Finance to move forward on the Shoreline Gateway Project; enactment of SB 470, the City's economic opportunity bill; enactment of AB 443, the City's parking citation revenue collection bill; enactment of ACR 32, a joint resolution sponsored by Long Beach per the City Council's direction to urge all cities in California to rename building and safety codes related to preventing illegal garage conversions after the Aviles Sisters; and despite the elimination of the State's Enterprise Zone Program, negotiation of an extension to hiring and manufacturing tax credits through the year 2021.
These successes are made possible only through tireless advocacy by the Mayor and City Council, State Legislative Committee, Mike Arnold and Associates, and City staff.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER