#calcities — Public Fediverse posts
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In Sacramento for the annual League of California Cities City Leaders Summit conference. Thursday was packed with educational sessions on water supplies; misinformation about public agencies; uncertainty in state and federal budgeting; and the role grants play in economic development.
The day’s highlight was a forum featuring three of the candidates vying to be California’s next governor: Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Xavier Becerra. The League invited 10 leading Democratic and Republican candidates to attend, but these are the three who accepted the invitation.
Prior to the conference, Mayor Taylor and I had a busy day Wednesday meeting with elected leaders and agency officials. We met with:
- Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin to discuss various new bills, including one from Assemblymember Buffy Wicks that may make it easier to build more condominiums.
- Officials from the California Department of Insurance and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) on how best to insure residents can keep their fire insurance.
Quote of the day from the insurance commissioner’s office: “We don’t regulate underwriting; we regulate rates,” meaning it’s really up to the insurance companies whether to continue coverage. The state does maintain a list of tips on finding residential coverage: https://lnkd.in/g8mHR7nv
The news was somewhat more positive from Cal Fire. A recent update to draft Zone Zero regulations improves on previous versions in two ways, allowing for some regional variation in clearance mandates and no longer taking an all-or-nothing approach to vegetation. This is important because the right type and placement of vegetation can help slow the spread of wildfires.
Here’s a link to the latest draft Zone Zero regulations:
- Assemblymember Steve Bennett to discuss AB 1873 on backup capability and other resiliency requirements for water systems.
- Senator Henry Stern’s staff discussed housing initiatives and economic development zones
- We thanked Assemblymember Isaac Bryan for AB 1349, a bill that cracks down on websites using unauthorized names to sell tickets. Given that there are more than 330 shows each year at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks, it’s important to ensure the tickets come from, and only from, legitimate sources.