Los Angeles County

State Senate

Senator Ben Allen (SD26)
2512 Artesia Blvd., Suite 320, Redondo Beach, CA 90278; (310) 318-6994

Senator Bob Archuleta (SD32)
17315 Studebaker Rd., Suite 332, Cerritos, CA 90703; (562) 860-3202

Senator Steven Bradford (SD35)
222 West 6th Street, Suite 320, San Pedro, CA 90731; (310) 514-8573

Senator Ling Ling Chang (SD29)
1800 E. Lambert Rd., Suite 150,  Brea, CA 92821; (714) 671-9474

Senator Maria Elena Durazo (SD24)
1808 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026; (213) 483-9300

Senator Lena A. Gonzalez (SD33)
3939 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 107, Long Beach, CA 90807; (562) 256-7921
6550 Miles Avenue, Room 214, Huntington Park, CA 90255; (323) 277-4560

Senator Robert M. Hertzberg (SD18)
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 400, Van Nuys, CA 91401; (818) 901-5588

Senator Connie M. Leyva (SD20)
11780 Central Avenue, Suite 205, Chino, CA 91710; (909) 591-7016
464 W. 4th Street, Suite 454B, San Bernardino, CA 92401; (909) 888-5360

Senator Holly Mitchell (SD30)
700 State Dr., Suite 113, Los Angeles, CA 90037; (213) 745-6656

Senator Anthony Portantino (SD25)
1000 North Central Ave., Suite 240, Glendale, CA 91202; (818) 409-0400
201 East Bonita Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773; (909) 599-7351

Senator Susan Rubio (SD22)
100 S. Vincent Avenue, Suite 401, West Covina, CA 91790; (626) 430-2499

Senator Henry Stern (SD27)
5016 N. Parkway Calabasas, Suite 222, Calabasas, CA 91302; (818) 876-3352

Senator Scott Wilk (SD21)

848 W. Lancaster Blvd., Suite 101, Lancaster, CA 93534; (661) 729-6232
14343 Civic Dr., First Floor, Victorville, CA 92392; (760) 843-8414
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 250, Santa Clarita, CA 91355; (661) 286-1471

State Assembly

Assembly Member Richard Bloom (AD50)
2800 28th Street, Suite 150, Santa Monica, CA 90405; (310) 450-0041

Assembly Member Autumn R. Burke (AD62)
One Manchester Blvd., Suite 601, Inglewood, CA 90301; (310) 412-6400

Assembly Member Ian C. Calderon (AD57)
13181 Crossroads Parkway, Suite 160, City of Industry, CA 91746; (562) 692-5858
 

Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo (AD51)
1910 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 810, Los Angeles, CA 90026; (213) 483-5151

Assembly Member Ed Chau (AD49)
1255 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 306, Monterery Park, CA 91754; (323) 264-4949 

Assembly Member Phillip Chen (AD55)
3 Point Drive, Suite 313, Brea, CA 92821; (714) 529-5502

Assembly Member Laura Friedman (AD43)
300 East Magnolia Blvd., Suite 504, Burbank, CA 91502; (818) 558-3043

Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel (AD45)
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 306, Van Nuys, CA 91401; (818) 904-3840

Assembly Member Cristina Garcia (AD58)
8255 Firestone Blvd., Suite 203, Downey, CA 90241; (562) 861-5803

Assembly Member Mike A. Gipson (AD64)
879 W. 190th St., Suite 920, Gardena, CA 90248; (310) 324-6408

Assembly Member Chris Holden (AD41)
600 Rosemead Blvd., Suite 117, Pasadena, CA 91107; (626) 351-1917
415 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite 124, Claremont, CA 91711; (909) 624-7876

Assembly Member Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer (AD59)
700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037; (213) 744-2111

Assembly Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove (AD54)
3847 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008; (323) 291-5441

Assembly Member Tom Lackey (AD36)
41319 12th Street West, Suite 105, Palmdale, CA 93551; (661) 267-7636

Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi (AD66)
23211 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200A, Torrance, CA 90505; (310) 375-0691

Assembly Member Adrin Nazarian (AD46)
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 300, Van Nuys, CA 91401; (818) 376-4246

Assembly Member Patrick O'Donnell (AD70)
110 Pine Avenue, Suite 804, Long Beach, CA 90802; (562) 495-2915
461 West 6th Street, Suite 209; San Pedro, CA 90731; (310) 548-6420

Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (AD63)
12132 South Garfield Avenue, South Gate, CA 90280; (562) 529-3250

Assembly Member Luz Rivas (AD39)
9300 Laurel Canyon Blvd., First Floor, Arleta, CA 91331; (818) 504-3911

Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez (AD52)
13160 7th Street, Chino, CA 91710; (909) 902-9606

Assembly Member Blanca E. Rubio (AD48)
100 N. Barranca Street, Suite 895, West Covina, CA 91791; (626) 960-4457

Assembly Member Miguel Santiago (AD53)
320 West 4th Street, Room 1050, Los Angeles, CA 90013; (213) 620-4646

Assembly Member Christy Smith (AD38)
27441 Tourney Road, Suite 160, Valencia, CA 91355; (661) 286-1565

AB 1080 (Gonzalez) California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act (as amended 9/9/19). Directs CalRecycle to establish a comprehensive framework to address plastic pollution by requiring producers of single-use plastic products and packages to achieve a 75% reduction of waste generated from single-use packaging and products in California by 2030. 
 
AB 1672 (Bloom) Solid waste: nonwoven disposable products (as amended 1/23/20). Requires labels indicating that a product should not be flushed on specified nonwoven disposable products.

AB 2122 (Rubio) Unlawful cannabis activity: enforcement. Allows local government agencies to impose a civil penalty on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity of up to $30,000 for each violation.

AB 2364 (Rubio) Municipal separate storm water sewer systems: financial capability analysis (as amended 3/10/20). Requires the State Water Resources Control Board, by July 1, 2020, to establish financial capability assessment guidelines for municipal separate storm sewer system permittees that are adequate and consistent when considering the costs to local jurisdictions. The bill would require the state board and the regional boards to continue using available regulatory tools and other approaches to foster collaboration with permittees to implement permit requirements in light of the costs of implementation.
             
SB 54 (Allen) California Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Act (as amended 9/9/19). Directs CalRecycle to establish a comprehensive framework to address plastic pollution by requiring producers of single-use plastic products and packages to achieve a 75% reduction of waste generated from single-use packaging and products in California by 2030. 

SB 795 (Beall/Portantino/McGuire) Building Affordable and Inclusive Communities. Would commit up to $2 billion in ongoing state funding for local governments to collaborate on state-approved redevelopment plans, which would be funded by reducing their contributions to local Education Revenue Augmentation Funds (ERAFs). Funding can be used for the following five purposes: (1) affordable housing, (2) transit-oriented development, (3) infill development, (4) revitalizing and restoring neighborhoods, and (5) planning for projects that mitigate the effects of climate change. The bill will ensure schools are held harmless to meet the Prop 98 guarantee.

SB 1179 (Archuleta) Property tax revenue allocations: County of Los Angeles: residential infill development. Creates a pilot program to financially incentivize cities in the Gateway Council of Governments that choose to rezone underperforming office, industrial and commercial sites into new housing developments. To ensure the program has a minimal financial impact on other taxing entities, there is a 2% cap on the total number of newly formed parcels authorized to participate in the program during any given housing element planning period.

SB 1299 (Portantino) Housing development: incentives: rezoning of idle sites. Provide stong incentives for cities to rezone idle big box retails sites or commercial shopping centers to accommodate workforce multifamily housing.

SUPPORT IF AMENDED

SB 1120 (Atkins) Subdivisions. Tentative Maps. Builds off state Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) law, encourages development by creating a ministerial approval process for duplexes and lot splits that meet local zoning, environmental and tenant displacement standards.

SB 1385 (Caballero) Local planning: housing: commercial zones. Would create the Neighborhood Homes Act, which establishes a housing development project as an authorized use on a neighborhood lot, defined as a lot zoned for offfice or commercial use under a local agency's zoning code or general plan.

OPPOSE

AB 953 (Ting/Bloom) Land use: accessory dwelling units (as amended 1/6/20). Permits an application to build an ADU or a junior accessory dwelling unit to be approved if the local agency has not acted upon the completed application within 60 days. The bill also expands those provisions to charter cities.

SB 266 (Leyva) Public Employees' Retirement System: disallowed compensation benefit adjustments.
Requires public agencies to directly pay retirees and/or their beneficiaries disallowed retirement benefits using general fund dollars.
DIVISION LETTER

SB 773 (Skinner) Land use: accessory dwelling units (as amended 1/8/20). Permits an application to build an ADU or a junior accessory dwelling unit to be approved if the local agency has not acted upon the completed application within 60 days, seeks to clarify that both an ADU and JADU can be magisterially approved on each lot. The bill also expands those provisions to charter cities.

SB 899 (Wiener) Planning and Zoning: Housing Development. Higher Education Institutions and Religious Institutions (as amended 7/27/20). Would require local jurisdictions to approve, by right, specified housing developments on land owned by a religious institution or a nonprofit college regardless of the existing locally adopted zoning standards.

SB 902 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: neighborhood multifamily project: use by right: density. Requires that a neighborhood multifamily project (up to fourplexes, based on population) is a use by right in zones where residential uses are permitted if the project is not located in a very high fire severity zone, does not demolish sound rental housing or housing that has been placed on a national or state historic register, and follows specified local objective criteria.  This measure would also allow a local government to pass an ordinance, notwithstanding any local restrictions on adopting zoning ordinances enacted by the jurisdiction, including restrictions enacted by a local voter initiative, that limit the legislative body’s ability to adopt zoning ordinances, to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per parcel, at a height specified by the local government in the ordinance, and not be subject to CEQA.

Los Angeles County Issues

Support for County Participation in the City of La Verne EIFD, La Verne Crossings
DIVISION LETTER

Los Angeles County Division - Scorecard

The Division established its Legislative Scorecard in 2011 to communicate information to local elected officials about legislative votes with specific impacts to local government. The Scorecard is a means for city officials to assess Los Angeles-area legislators towards key local government issues including local control, local revenue and municipal public policy.

2017-2018 Scorecard

Los Angeles County Division Travel Reimbursement Program - Advocacy

The Division has authorized reimbursement of travel costs for elected city officials who participate in the Division's advocacy program. City officials who travel to advocate on behalf of the Division's strategic priorities may be eligible for reimbursement.

Upcoming Events

The Los Angeles County Division holds general membership meetings at various times throughout the year. All General Membership meetings begin with a reception at 6 PM, followed by the meeting (unless otherwise noted).

Additional Division events include: The Countywide City Managers Meeting, the Annual Installation Ceremony & Dinner, a Division meeting at the Annual Conference, and the All Cities Holiday Reception.

Additional trainings and briefings are held as needed.

Upcoming Meetings and Events:

August 6, 2020: Annual Installation Ceremony

Virtual Meeting: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
REGISTER HERE

October 7, 2020: Lunch during Annual Conference
Program & Meeting: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Location TBD
REGISTER HERE

December 10, 2020: Annual All Cities Holiday Reception
Program & Meeting: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location TBD
REGISTER HERE


Please note that all event cancellations must be received at least 48 hours prior to any Division event. "No shows" will be charged the attendance fee. You may e-mail or call Division staff at 626-786-5142 or jquan@cacities.org to cancel your attendance.

2020 Events - Resources

June 18, 2020: New Mayors & Council Members Governance Workshop Webinar
Open Government Laws & Ethics - Scott Campbell
Video File

June 11, 2020: New Mayors & Council Members Governance Workshop Webinar
Financial Responsibilities & City Revenues - Pat West & Ron Bates
Video File

June 4, 2020: New Mayors & Council Members Governance Workshop Webinar
Roles & Responsibilities of Mayors & Council Members - Ron Bates & Pat West
Video File

Februrary 13, 2020: Media & Communications Training
Message Development & Media Refresher Training - Eric Rose

January 20, 2020: General Membership Meeting
Los Angeles County Fire Department, Measure FD - Deputy Chief Jon O'Brien

2019 Events - Resources

October 16, 2019: Lunch during Annual Conference
Resident Ratings of Services & Characteristics - Dr. Fernando Guerra

June 6, 2019: New Mayors & Council Members Governance Workshop
Roles and Responsibilities of Council Members - AJ Wilson
Financial Responsibilities and City Revenues - Lea Eriksen and Grace Yoon
Open Government Laws and Ethics - Raúl Salinas

May 15, 2019: Countywide City Managers Meeting
ICMA Update
CalPERS Perspective: Focus on the Future - Michael Cohen
Working Together to Achieve Housing for All - Ben Metcalf
Woolsey Fire: Cooperation, Communication and Community Action - Reva Feldman & Daryl Osby

March 7, 2019: General Membership Meeting
California Department of Conservation - David Bunn & Sarah Rubin

February 21, 2019: Ballot Measure Training Academy
Basics of Voter Opinion Research on Public Finance Measures - Richard Bernard, Ph.D., FM3
Public Information Campaign & Educating the Community - Brandon Stephenson, Cerrell & Associates

January 3, 2019: General Membership Meeting
Elections: Today, Tomorrow & Beyond - Dean C. Logan