TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Acting City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Assistant to the City Manager
Patricia Matson, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution in Support of Statewide Ballot Measure Proposition 36, Which Proposes to Allow Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes (Acting City Manager Mirzakhanian).
(Estimated Time: 15 Mins.)
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 24-0103
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss and consider adopting Resolution No. 24-0103, expressing support of Statewide Ballot Measure Proposition 36, which proposes to allow felony charges and increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
From time to time, the City Council takes positions and expresses support on pending ballot measures that may affect the City of Manhattan Beach, prior to upcoming elections.
The 2024 Legislative Platform sets forth the City's legislative objectives for the calendar year and provides guidance for legislative action the City may consider. Since the inception of the Platform, the Legislative Ad Hoc Subcommittee, comprised of Mayor Pro Tem Howorth and Councilmember Lesser, has met and discussed multiple legislative items that may be impactful to the City of Manhattan Beach.
Within the Platform's legislative objectives, efforts that ensure public safety are prioritized. As such, the subcommittee may discuss and consider a position on associated legislation. At a recent meeting, the subcommittee discussed Statewide Ballot Measure Proposition 36 and requested that staff provide the City Council with a report, so that the City Council may consider taking a position on Proposition 36.
DISCUSSION:
Proposition 36, which qualified for the Novemb...
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