CM Batra tells council and staff they shouldn't approve city positions on controversial ballot initiatives without proper public review
Did you know that SJ Council often takes positions on statewide ballot initiatives--even if those initiatives have zero to do with the city's finances? District 10's Batra thinks it's time to daylight this odd, if poorly understood, council practice. Batra's 6.14.24 comments to Intergovernmental Review team, edited for brevity. below.
This is the amount of work that deserves a four hour kind of study session where you can really educate the council members regarding what you have already successfully done. What you’re about to do. What are the proposals.
I do not believe that we are doing full justice to the work that you have done to absorb it and give you the proper amount of guidance.
You heard some public comments already about ACA 1 and ACA 13. More dialogue needs to happen so that you can represent the city more appropriately which is more consistent with our constituents.
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