Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 06, 2021
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CONSIDER AN UPDATE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON RECENT ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND CONSIDER ADOPTING A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR THE CITY OF CARSON (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item transmits a request to the City Council from the Legislative Ad Hoc Committee, consisting of Mayor Davis-Holmes and Councilmember Cedric Hicks, for the City Council to consider adopting a Legislative Platform for the City of Carson. This item also provides an informational update to the City Council on recent advocacy efforts for the City.
To continue strengthening the City's ongoing legislative advocacy efforts the Ad Hoc Committee requests the City Council consider adopting the proposed Legislative Platform included as Exhibit 1. One key benefit of adopting this Platform is that it will help enable the Ad Hoc Committee and staff to advocate quickly on timely and emerging issues that are consistent with the Platform.
If the City Council moves to adopt the Platform, the Ad Hoc Committee further requests the City Council formally authorize it to take positions on time sensitive legislative matters, as needed, between City Council meetings without seeking concurrence of the full City Council so long as the position is consistent with the adopted Legislative Platform.
Recent legislative efforts include preparing and submitting funding requests for priority City projects to Congresswoman Barragan, Assemblymember Mike Gipson, and Senator Diane Feinstein; collecting letters of support for City funding requests; developing and submitting letters of support/opposition on various legislation; and liaising with state and federal agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Treasury, and the California Governor's Office to ensure Carson receives the maximum amount of available funding and support for our community. The Ad Hoc Committee and staff will continue to m...
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