LIST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES
June 7, 2007Local Governmental Relations CommitteeThe following is for study only and has NOT been approved by the Local Governmental Relations or Executive Committees or the Board of Directors.
LIST OF ISSUES
The following issues were identified in phone conversations with a partial sampling of LGR Committee Chairs at the local Association Level:
Affordable Housing: Coastal Mendocino; El Dorado County
Anti- Big Chain/National Franchises: Ojai Valley
Business License Tax: Beverly Hills/Greater LA
Code Enforcement Program (negative): Beverly Hills/Greater LA; (positive) Delta
Condo Conversions: Beverly Hills/Greater LA
Disclosures -
Defining “Sleeping Room”: Alameda
Manufactured Homes: Lake County
Fees Increased for Water Treatment Plant: East Valley
General Plan/Housing Element: Calaveras County; Coastal Mendocino; El Dorado County
Inclusionary Housing: Solano
Increasing Setbacks/Permits -
Along River: Atascadero
Septic Systems: Calaveras County
Lack of Infrastructure to Support New Housing: Coastal Mendocino
Local Gov’t Threatened by Environmentalists: Atascadero; Calaveras County; El DoradoCounty
Need to Mobilize REALTORS®/Lack of AOR staff: Berkeley; Calaveras County; Coastal Mendocino; Delta
Oak Tree Mitigation: El DoradoCounty
Point of Sale -
Sewer Lateral Upgrades: North Bay
Power Plant “Shopping”: East San Diego County
Prop 90 Ordinance: Silicon Valley
Raised Dam/Homes Relocated: Orange Belt
Rent Control: Berkeley, Beverly Hills/Greater LA; Central Valley; Lake County (mobile homes); North Bay (mobile homes and conversion issues)
School Funding/Curriculum: Alameda; Bay East
Slow-Growth/NIMBYism: Alameda; Calaveras County; Coastal Mendocino; El Dorado County
Taxing Short-term Rentals: Orange County
Traffic/Transportation Issues: Bay East; Calaveras County; Ojai Valley (gravel trucks)
Transfer Tax: Berkeley
Underground Creeks Ordinance, Making Homeowners Repair Culverts: Berkeley
