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Stop Sacramento from "UN"planning our Communities!

WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS LOSS OF LOCAL CONTROL AND UNFUNDED MANDATES BEING IMPOSED ON US BY OUR STATE.

Sacramento Legislators continue their attack on Cities ability to manage their own land-use and zoning. And CCLC is continuing our efforts to bring attention to the bills that impact cities in this way, and instead support bills that encourage desired behaviors, while respecting the individuality of Cities.

California Cities for Local Control is a grassroots organization that was founded in July 2020 by Torrance City Council Member Mike Griffiths. We are an advocacy group for local control over zoning and land use decisions. Councilmember Griffiths has assembled a volunteer organization from all around California, including other elected officials, homeowner group representatives, city planners, and passionate homeowners, all sharing the common belief that Local Governments should remain the ultimate decision makers for how their own communities are built.

Our volunteers continually reach out to all elected Mayors and Councilmembers in every city in California, and to identify those elected officials who feel the same way about how our cities are managed. We believe that joining like-minded elected officials together around a common mission will send a strong, united statement to those involved in the state bill-making process. This is a massive undertaking that no other organization has attempted. But we believe that this goal is worth the effort.

Mission

Our mission is to spread awareness and enlist support to ensure that Cities can continue to manage their own land use and zoning issues. We must not allow the State Legislature to mandate changes to our Cities that will remove local control and be detrimental to our communities.

We do this by reaching out to California City Elected Officials to educate and enlist them to our cause. Our activities include, but are not limited to, signing onto petitions, having Cities pass resolutions in support of our efforts, and seeking out allies for possible legal action against the State and/or to promote efforts for a ballot initiative to legislate the desired results.

With this alliance of City Elected Officials working together as one, we stand a better chance of having our message resonate loud and clear to all groups that proclaim to support us.

Here is a simple list of how each member voted on SB79. Are your representatives for Local Control?

DistrictSenatorSB79 VoteParty
1Megan DahleYesR
2Mike McGuireYesD
3Christopher L. CabaldonYesD
4Marie Alvarado-GilNVRR
5Gerald 'Jerry' McNerneyYesD
6Roger NielloNVRR
7Jesse ArreguinYesD
8Angelique AshbyYesD
9Tim GraysonYesD
10Aisha WahabYesD
11Scott WienerYesD
12Shannon L. GroveYesR
13Josh BeckerNVRD
14Anna M. CaballeroYesD
15Dave CorteseYesD
16Melissa HurtadoYesD
17John S. LairdYesD
18Stephen C. PadillaYesD
19Rosilicie Ochoa BoghYesR
20Caroline MenjivarNoD
21Monique LimónNVRD
22Susan RubioNVRD
23Suzette Martinez ValladaresNoR
24Benjamin 'Ben' AllenNVRD
25Sasha Renée PérezYesD
26Maria Elena DurazoYesD
27Henry SternNoD
28Lola Smallwood-CuevasNVRD
29Eloise Gomez ReyesYesD
30Bob J. ArchuletaNVRD
31Sabrina CervantesYesD
32Kelly SeyartoNoR
33Lena GonzalezNVRD
34Thomas 'Tom' UmbergYesD
35Laura RichardsonNoD
36Tony StricklandNoR
37Steven S. 'Steve' ChoiNVRR
38Catherine S. BlakespearNoD
39Akilah WeberNVRD
40Brian W. JonesNoR
DistrictAssembly MemberSB79 VoteParty
1Heather HadwickYesR
2Chris RogersYesD
3James GallagherYesR
4Cecilia M. Aguiar-CurryNVRD
5Joe PattersonYesR
6Maggy KrellYesD
7Josh HooverYesR
8David J. TangipaYesR
9Heath FloraYesR
10Stephanie NguyenYesD
11Lori D. WilsonYesD
12Damon ConnollyNoD
13Rhodesia RansomYesD
14Buffy WicksYesD
15Anamarie Ávila FaríasYesD
16Rebecca Bauer-KahanNVRD
17Matt HaneyYesD
18Mia BontaYesD
19Catherine StefaniYesD
20Liz OrtegaNVRD
21Diane PapanNVRD
22Juan AlanisYesR
23Marc BermanYesD
24Alex LeeYesD
25Ash KalraYesD
26Patrick J. AhrensYesD
27Esmeralda Z. SoriaYesD
28Gail PellerinNVRD
29Robert RivasYesD
30Dawn AddisNVRD
31Joaquin ArambulaYesD
32Stan EllisNoR
33Alexandra M. MacedoNoR
34Tom LackeyNVRR
35Jasmeet Kaur BainsYesD
36Jeff GonzalezNVRR
37Gregg HartNoD
38Steve BennettYesD
39Juan CarrilloYesD
40Pilar SchiavoNVRD
41John HarabedianYesD
42Jacqui IrwinNoD
43Celeste RodriguezNVRD
44Nick SchultzNVRD
45James C. RamosYesD
46Jesse GabrielNVRD
47Greg WallisNoR
48Blanca E. RubioNVRD
49Mike FongYesD
50Robert GarciaYesD
51Rick Chavez ZburNoD
52Jessica M. CalozaYesD
53Michelle RodriguezNVRD
54Mark GonzálezYesD
55Isaac G. BryanNVRD
56Lisa CalderonNVRD
57Sade ElhawaryYesD
58Leticia CastilloNoR
59Phillip ChenYesR
60Corey A. JacksonYesD
61Tina S. McKinnorNVRD
62José Luis Solache, Jr.NoD
63Natasha JohnsonNoR
64Blanca PachecoNoD
65Mike A. GipsonNVRD
66Al MuratsuchiNoD
67Sharon Quirk-SilvaYesD
68Avelino ValenciaYesD
69Josh LowenthalYesD
70Tri TaNoR
71Kate SanchezNoR
72Diane B. DixonNoR
73Cottie Petrie-NorrisNoD
74Laurie DaviesNoR
75Carl DeMaioNoR
76Dr. Darshana R. PatelYesD
77Tasha BoernerNoD
78Christopher M. WardYesD
79Dr. LaShae Sharp-CollinsYesD
80David A. AlvarezYesD
California Cities for Local Control - 2026