Luz Molina
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 5
- Total speaking time
- 37:14
- Avg per meeting
- 7:27
- Segments
- 461
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Top issues during term (20)
El Niño Local Emergency Proclamation
The city failed to recover $363,000 in 2024 flood costs; officials stressed reserves and documentation are critical for FEMA reimbursement.
Closed-session litigation exposure
Unknown — litigation exposure could carry settlement or judgment costs for the city, but no figures were disclosed.
Fiscal Year 2026-2027 City Budget
A $12.7 million projected deficit with only about $500,000 in unassigned reserves left by the end of FY27 — plus $235,000 restored for senior meals.
Library programming and event publicity
Beer and wine service at new Korean BBQ on Highland Avenue
New state changes will cut development fees for ADU applicants starting January 1.
Business License Tax Reform (Gross Receipts Tax)
Reform aims to address a projected budget deficit; a competing tax initiative reportedly risks undermining the collaborative process.
Blue Curb Disabled Parking Spaces
Minor cost for curb painting and signage, not itemized in the agenda.
Police Portable Radios via Federal Grant
$27,226 in federal grant funds with a matching appropriation in the Police Department Grants Fund.
City Towing and Impound Service Contracts
Sets the rates and terms the city pays for police-related towing for three years.
Personnel Change
Unfilled part-time positions mean stretched-thin staffing, though no new budget direction has come from the city manager.
environmental policy and industrial development
The completed assessment used about $500,000 from the EPA and nearly $300,000 from the state; cleanup grants are a possible next phase but require the city to apply as property owner.
New public comment rules under SB 707
Pending ~$7 million encampment resolution grant
Over $7 million requested, plus roughly $4 million in leveraged county and partner resources.
Union Tower affordable apartments completion
This project adds much-needed housing stock, potentially easing rent burdens for many.
Six city-owned development sites
Business License Tax Reform Advisory Committee Direction
Reform of the business license tax could change city revenue and business costs; amounts were not stated.
Capital Improvement Program On-Call Consultants
Up to $3.8 million in combined not-to-exceed consultant spending over three years.
Library patron suspension policy
Library as election voting site
Loss of dedicated library security
Decisions during term (109)
Recorded while Molina was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Consent agenda
Approval of the agenda
Approval of September 21 minutes, as corrected
CEQA exemption and CUP for on-site beer and wine — Handu Korean Barbecue, 820 Highland Avenue
Adoption of 2027 meeting dates, as corrected
Election of officers — Chair and Vice Chair
Approval of the meeting agenda
Approval of the February 2, 2026 meeting minutes
Adoption of 2027 meeting dates
Policy 105 Request – Suspension or Elimination of Council Budgets
Consent Calendar (remaining items including 9.1, 9.2, 9.4, 9.5, 9.9-9.15)
Consent Item 9.3 – Caltrans Clean California Grant Amendment (Eastside I-805 Community Greenbelt, CIP 22-09)
Consent Item 9.6 – Notice of Decision, CUP and TPM, 327-333 Laurel Avenue Condominium Conversion
Consent Item 9.7 – Notice of Decision, CUP and CDP, Caliber Collision Center, 402 West 35th Street
Consent Item 9.8 – Notice of Decision, CUP for Off-Sale Alcohol, 2945 Highland Avenue (Party Time Market)
Public Hearing 10.1 – Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Ordinance (Second Reading)
Public Hearing 10.2 – Massage Establishment Ordinance Amendments (Chapters 10.70 and 10.79)
Approval of Meeting Minutes
Purchase of Five (5) Type III Advanced Life Support Ambulances for the Fire Department.
Investment Transactions for the Month Ended July 31, 2026.
Voting record (1)
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