Jim Light
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 21
- Total speaking time
- 9:17:42
- Avg per meeting
- 26:33
- Segments
- 11915
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
Coastal-zone food sales at service stations
Potential impact on business operations and tax revenues for local service stations.
Artesia Blvd. Art Installations — Phase I
Projects are funded through the John Parsons Public Art Fund and existing city allocations.
49-Unit Mixed-Use Development Appeal at 401 S. Pacific Coast Highway
Private investment of a multi-million-dollar mixed-use real estate development with affordable housing components.
Garnet Historic District Designation
Negligible impact on the municipal budget, primarily involving staff processing time.
Affordable Housing to Lease project funding
$250,000 in federal money toward leasing affordable housing units.
State housing bills positions
Null
Commission appointments and vacancy rule
Former Fun Factory Site Negotiations
Proponents cited estimated $100M-$144M cumulative economic impact of the Waco wave pool; skeptics estimated an 85-year payback on a $150 million investment.
South Bay Regional Housing Trust Expansion (SB 799)
Joining the trust may involve municipal contributions or grant-matching opportunities for affordable housing projects.
General Plan Land Use Element and Historic Preservation
Nominal administrative costs associated with historic resource surveys and policy drafting.
Surplus land declaration at 179 N. Harbor Drive
Planning Commission Vacancy
ADU conversion dispute in a four-unit HOA
The complainant says the fourth unit's conversion to a fifth dwelling diminishes her property value.
Pier and Boardwalk Wireless Infrastructure License
Revenue-sharing terms would generate lease income to the city; amounts were not stated.
Housing Element Zoning Amendments (Ordinance No. 3311-26)
No direct cost to taxpayers; the zoning change shapes future development capacity citywide.
Housing Element and Zoning Code Amendments
State housing compliance avoids potential penalties and aligns local planning with housing grants.
Housing Authority appointment
$2.1 million in quarterly program spending; EHV federal funding confirmed only through year-end.
Section 8 waitlist reform
Federal HUD funding; no direct city cost, though it adds staff workload for annual cycles.
New Dog Daycare and Training Facility on Pacific Coast Highway
Private commercial investment with minor municipal fee revenue.
Historic Property Restoration and Infill Development at 517 S. Catalina Avenue
Private investment in property renovation and new housing construction.
Decisions during term (8)
Recorded while Light was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.