| Local Control |
- Retain local control over all land use decision-making.
- Retain control of local revenues, including how revenues are obtained and expended at the local level.
- Advocate for equitable distribution of online sales taxes.
- Oppose any actions that seek to reduce City authority and/or increase State authority over operations of cities.
- Support the home rule authority of Charter cities.
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| Public Health, Safety, and Wellness |
- Advocate for funds to support full undergrounding of the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project (RTRP) and oppose efforts for construction of the RTRP’s above ground high-voltage power lines.
- Support collaborative efforts to provide services, shelter, and housing for homeless neighbors, and advocate for Federal and State funding for these programs.
- Support public safety programs and funding for police, fire, and animal control services.
- Support legislation that protects working animals and promotes the use of working animals.
- Strengthen traffic safety laws and promote driver education and traffic calming measures.
- Support greater local control of City-produced guidelines for setting speed limits.
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| Human Capital |
- Oppose State measures and mandates that increase personnel salary, benefits, and other related costs to cities.
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| Economic Development and Financial Stability |
- Advocate for the closure of the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) and the adaptive reuse of the Norconian Hotel and Resort property.
- Expand the Norconian Hotel’s designation on the National Register of Historic Places to include the entire Norconian Resort / former U.S. Naval Hospital property and buildings.
- Advocate for funding for adaptive reuse and historic preservation.
- Support the development and operation of the Navy’s Inland Empire Tech Bridge in Norco.
- Support measures that promote local economic development and give cities flexible economic development tools.
- Oppose unfunded mandates.
- Advocate for State funds to help meet the State’s affordable and workforce housing mandates.
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| Communication and Stakeholder Experience |
- Advocate for and support measures that align with the City’s Core Values, including agricultural, animal-keeping, and equestrian activities.
- Oppose any measures that would adversely impact the City’s Core Values, including Norco’s all-American, small-town character; agricultural, animal-keeping lifestyle; or rural, equestrian-oriented atmosphere.
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| Infrastructure and Asset Management |
- Support measures to secure water resources and enhance water supply.
- Advocate for funds to support recycled water infrastructure.
- Oppose any diversion of existing funding sources for street and other infrastructure maintenance.
- Advocate for funding towards demolition and remediation of the former State sewer plant that was used by CRC and transfer the site (once clean) to the City for open space.
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