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City of Pleasanton Legislative Framework • • Housing The City supports legislation that seeks balanced solutions which consider housing, jobs, and transportation together. The City supports legislation that provides, promotes and protects affordability in the housing stock. The City supports legislation that is context-sensitive, that does not take a one size fits all approach and allows the City to exercise its local control developing locally-appropriate plans that meet State objectives in a manner that is compatible with existing community character. The City supports legislation that provides funding and resources for infrastructure such as: water, sewer, streets, schools and services in tandem with new housing production mandates. Environmental Awareness, Health, Land Use and Preservation Issue The City supports legislation and policies that provide for local control in determining land use and preservation issues. The orderly growth and development of the City together with the preservation of open-space is a high priority for the Pleasanton community. The City also supports legislation and policies that provide resources to enable environmental awareness and health in our community. Fiscal Sustainabilitv No Unfunded Mandates. The City supports legislation that aids recovery of City costs stemming from State and/or Federal mandates and opposes legislation that seeks to impose any requirement upon City that is not fully funded. Update Local Government Tax Structure. The City supports legislation and policies that reform the local government tax structure to respond to the growth in e-commerce, the shift in consumption of goods to the consumption of services, changing patterns of commerce and innovations in technology and remains consistent with existing constitutional protections for property, sales and local taxes. Fiscal Responsibility. The City supports legislation and policies that protect existing federal, state, and local funding sources that provide revenues to the City of Pleasanton. Effective and Cost-Efficient Government The City supports policies and legislation that supports Pleasanton's fiduciary responsibility to our residents to ensure assets and resources are properly safeguarded and deployed in a prudent, efficient manner. Foster Economic Prosperity The City supports legislation and policies that provides funding for economic development that promotes: economic health and resilience, business development and communication, workforce development, small business entrepreneurship training and assistance, economic stimulus, innovation capacity, and planning and implementation of regional transportation projects. 2 1 l' .� t