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Jocelyn Kwong <br /> From: Dan Sodergren <br /> Sent: Tuesday,January 4, 2022 8:55 AM <br /> To: Jocelyn Kwong <br /> Subject: Fwd: Initiative Analysis <br /> Attachments: image001.png; image002.png; image003.png; image004.png; image005.png;S&W <br /> Initiative analysis.pdf <br /> Begin forwarded message: <br /> From:Julie Testa<jtesta@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br /> Date:January 3,2022 at 3:15:44 PM PST <br /> To: Brian Dolan <bdolan@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br /> Cc: Dan Sodergren<dsodergren@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br /> Subject:Initiative Analysis <br /> Please make this available to all City Council members. <br /> Summary: <br /> This firm writes at your request to provide our analysis of the scope of Initiative 21-0016A1("the <br /> Initiative").Specifically,you have asked us to examine whether,as presently drafted,the Initiative could <br /> reasonably be interpreted to allow local governments to avoid compliance with the California <br /> Environmental Quality Act(CEQA),the Fair Employment and Housing Act(FEHA),or other anti- <br /> discrimination measures in state law. <br /> It is our opinion that, under widely applicable rules of statutory construction,that the Initiative would <br /> not be interpreted to allow local governments to pre-empt the above listed state laws.We arrive at this <br /> answer by consulting the Initiative's plain language,and confirm this interpretation through the <br /> application of principles of statutory interpretation,as set forth in detail below... <br /> Julie Testa <br /> Pleasanton City Council <br /> jtestaacitvofpleasantonca.00v <br /> City of Pleasanton I P.O. Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br />