November 2018 Ballot Measures City Council Meeting October 1, 2018 Item 10

Overview of Measures November 6, 2018 Election City Manager’s Office November 6, 2018 Election 11 state ballot measures County state measure Proposition W: Los Angeles County Safe Clean Water Program

Leg. Policy Committee City Manager’s Office Legislative Policy Committee reviewed all measures on September 25th and provided positions on the following Motioned to take position on 4 measures For all other measures stay neutral

Recommended Positions State Propositions: Support Prop 1 – Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 Will authorize $4.0 billion in GO bonds to fund housing related programs and housing loans Recommend support Prop 2 – No Place Like Home Act of 2018 Will use up to $2.0 billion in proceeds from the 2004’s Prop 63 to build supportive housing Prop 1 – potential money for Pasadena Prop 2 – cleans up what the state tried to do in the past from the Millionaires tax that was tied up in litigation. Can issue bonds and use money for supportive housing. LA County would be regulating money locally. We could access both State and County money

Recommended Positions State Proposition: Oppose Prop 6 – Voter Approval for Future Gas and Vehicle Taxes and 2017 Tax Repeal Initiative Will repeal SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 Would eliminate $5 billion annually in existing transportation funds Pasadena currently receives over $2.0 million annually Recommend oppose

Recommended Positions Los Angeles County Measures: Support Los Angeles County Ballot Measure “W”:  Safe Clean Water Program Imposes a special parcel tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable surface area Provides funding for programs/projects to increase stormwater and urban runoff capture. 40% will be dedicated to local municipalities Pasadena’s estimate is $1.5 million Recommend support Pasadena’s burden is a couple hundred millions - However is our number unattainable Applies to all residential and commercial properties; Low-income seniors and some non-profit organizations are eligible for exemption. In addition, schools are constitutionally exempt from parcel taxes. The estimated median cost for a residential property owner would be $83 per year About 5 years ago they tried this and failed. 50% is regional so we may have another opportunity to get some additional funds

Recommended Positions It is recommended that the City Council approve the following ballot positions: Support the following: Prop 1: Veterans & Affordable Housing Bond Prop 2: No Place Like Home Measure W: Safe Clean Water Program Oppose the following: Prop 6: Repeal SB1

Prop 3: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage. Initiative Statute. Authorize $8.877 billion in general obligation bonds for water infrastructure, groundwater supplies and storage, surface water storage and dam repairs, watershed and fisheries improvements, and habitat protection and restoration. Recommend neutral Committee chose to stay neutral. It is a large bond and is using State’s bonding capacity. You are really not buying much infrastructure. This is more earmarks of which Pasadena is not one of them. In June 2018 we just had the open space and water bond.

Prop 10: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. Initiative Statute. Would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which prohibits local government from enacting rent control on certain buildings. Recommend neutral Committee chose to stay neutral. Can only apply to buildings pre-1995. Does not include condos or single family homes