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<br />2026 Resolution Packet <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any constitutional amendment or alternative strategy <br />should preserve the State’s authority to establish broad statewide housing goals and <br />enforce constitutional and civil rights, fair housing requirements, building and life-safety <br />standards, and generally applicable environmental protections, while protecting cities <br />from state actions that compel, through funding conditions or state law, the approval of <br />housing developments that are inconsistent with locally adopted requirements; override <br />local zoning or density standards; or invalidate locally adopted housing or land use <br />decisions when a city has planned in good faith to accommodate its regional housing <br />needs allocation and maintains adequate capacity for housing at all income levels; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the League of California Cities consider establishing a <br />statewide working group or other appropriate committee(s) to evaluate and develop a <br />proposed constitutional amendment or other legislative, policy, or ballot-based strategies <br />to restore and strengthen local authority over housing and land use matters including but <br />limited to: conducting appropriate legal, fiscal, and policy analyses; engaging cities and <br />other stakeholders; and building a statewide coalition of proponent supporters in <br />preparation for; the November 2030 General Election, or within another reasonable time <br />frame as determined by the working group. <br /> <br />7 <br />Page 297 of 318