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The Torrance City Council voted 7-0 during a regularly scheduled Council meeting to discontinue its membership with the League of California Cities effective January 1, 2023. The vote followed a lengthy discussion amongst Councilmembers, comments from Cal Cities representatives and City staff.

City leaders made their decision on what they described as a failure by the League of California Cities to support its primary mission of advocating for local control of land-use and zoning. Torrance Councilmember Mike Griffiths who spearheaded this discussion says, “After nearly 2 years of expressing our concerns to Cal Cities about their dismal record on protecting local control, land-use and zoning, they’ve yet to show any significant effort to uphold their own mission statement. We cannot continue to be a member of an organization that does not advocate or protect cities like ours. We needed to take a stand and send a message.” Torrance has been a member of the League of California Cities since its incorporation in 1921.