West Hollywood Housing Symposium

When: Mar 23, 2022 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The West Hollywood Housing Symposium will bring together policy makers and policy experts in the areas of housing and land use in the State of California. As the State of California continues to respond to an unprecedented housing affordability crisis, and as thousands of residents continue to fall into homelessness, it is imperative that cities and counties throughout the state work to accommodate the creation of additional housing units. To meet this challenge, though, the California State Legislature has enacted some laws that preempt local ordinances. As a result, this can have the effect of curtailing the ability of local municipalities to make decisions that best fit community characteristics. The West Hollywood Housing Symposium will feature a moderated panel discussion to provide the community with information about recently approved state legislation and pending housing legislation under consideration in Sacramento that may impact the City of West Hollywood. Panelists will discuss the challenges that exist in balancing a broad vision to accommodate higher-density developments with the desire of many local communities to protect local control with fewer restrictions.

Panelists include:

Bill Brand, Redondo Beach Mayor and proponent of a Statewide ballot initiative to curb State preemption of local land use authority 

Alex Fisch, Culver City Councilmember 

Jason Rhine, CalCities Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs 

Marcel Rodarte, California Contract Cities Association Executive Director 

Aaron Eckhouse, Regional Policy Manager for CA YIMBY  

Moderator - Hernan Molina, Governmental Affairs Liaison for the City of West Hollywood.