LAKEPORT, Calif. – Three members of the Lakeport City Council will serve as members and chairs of statewide committees of the League of California Cities.

Jan Arbuckle, League president and council member from Grass Valley, recently announced that Mireya Turner, Stacey Mattina and George Spurr will play key roles in shaping the League’s policy positions on issues facing California cities and advocating for cities at the State Capitol.

Mireya Turner has been appointed chair of the League’s Environmental Quality Policy Committee, which will recommend policy positions on state matters involving air and water quality, CEQA, integrated waste management, hazardous materials, coastal issues and utilities.

Stacey Mattina will chair the League’s Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee, with responsibility for recommending positions on matters involving general plans and zoning, housing, rent control, Subdivision Map Act, residential care facilities, development fees, annexation and incorporation policy, development agreements and building standards including seismic safety standards.

Other issues are economic development policy including redevelopment and enterprise zones, military base closure and reuse, mobile home regulation and sign regulation.

George Spurr is a member of the Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee in addition to serving on the Transportation, Communications and Public Works Policy Committee, which reviews state and federal legislation and regulations related to transportation planning, technology, funding, construction, public works and telecommunications.

The practice of the committees is to recommend to the League board of directors preliminary positions on legislation, based on existing League positions, adopted annual conference resolutions, and the collective knowledge and experience of the committee members.

“I am proud to have council members Turner and Mattina and Mayor Pro Tem Spurr join the League’s policy committees on behalf of their residents,” said President Arbuckle. “We will work together as a team, comprised of local front line leaders from across the state, to ensure that the local perspective guides the outcome of state policy decisions.”

More information on the League’s policy committees is available at www.cacities.org/polcomm.