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city of sAn Luis oBispo
OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
4 So 990 Palm Street ■ San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 ■ 805/781-7119
May 9, 2013
VIA FACSIMILE ONLY 916-445-2527
The Honorable Marc DeSaulnier
California State Senate
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB 673 (DeSaulnier) Local Economic Development (as Amended, April 15, 2013)
NOTICE OF OPPOSITION
Dear Senator DeSaulnier:
The City of San Luis Obispo regrets to inform you that it opposes your legislation,
SB 673
At a time when California's economy is slowly recovering and many remain out of
work, SB 673 would halt the development of any retail or commercial facility project until
an exhaustive analysis is prepared if the project benefits substantially from any financial
assistance "including but not limited to" a state or federal grant, low -interest loan, land
donation or acquisition, remediation or environmental cleanup activity.
At a time when legislators are examining the need to reduce unnecessary delays and
litigation that may be associated by the comprehensive analysis already required of projects
under the California Environmental Quality Act, SB 673 would layer an additional parallel
analysis upon any commercial development, and even includes a required assessment of
potential mitigation measures to mitigate "any materially adverse economic impact."
SB 673 has serious flaws that must be much more rigorously examined. In our
challenging economy, we must be very careful before imposing additional impediments that
could put our state further behind other states in job creation.
For the above reasons, City of San Luis Obispo opposes SB 673.
Sincerely,
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an Marx
Mayor
cc: City Council
Katie Lichtig, City Manager
Senator Bill Monning, fax 916-445-8081
Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian, fax 916-319-2135
David Mullinax, League of California Cities, dmullinax@cacities.org
Kirstin Kolpitcke, League of California Cities, fax 916-658-8240
Dan Carrigg, League of California Cities, dcarrigg@cacities.org