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.