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Adult-Use Cannabis The City of Little Canada opposes any efforts to reduce cities’ local control and zoning authority related to cannabis. The City of Little Canada supports legislation providing cities the ability to prohibit cannabis businesses within their jurisdiction. The City of Little Canada supports reestablishing the Local Cannabis Aid Account to provide ongoing funding to cities to assist with costs related to the local implementation of legal adult- use cannabis. (Source – Metro Cities 2026 Legislative Policies, page 25) Broadband Technology The City of Little Canada supports local authority to manage and protect public rights-of-way, including public and private infrastructure, to zone, to collect compensation for the use of public assets, or to work cooperatively with and respond to applications from the private sector. (Source – Metro Cities 2026 Legislative Policies, page 61) City Revenue Stability and Fund Balance The City of Little Canada opposes state attempts to control or restrict city fund balances, or to use city fund balances as a rationale for reducing state aid or delaying property tax payments. (Source – Metro Cities 2026 Legislative Policies, page 8) Inclusionary Housing Little Canada supports the location of affordable housing in residential and mixed-use neighborhoods throughout the city. Little Canada supports a city’s authority to enact its own inclusionary housing policy. However, Little Canada does not support the passage of a mandatory inclusionary housing state law imposed on local governments that would require a certain percentage of units in all new housing developments to be affordable to households at specific income levels (Source – Metro Cities 2026 Legislative Policies, page 45) Local Zoning Authority The City of Little Canada supports local authority over land use and zoning decisions and opposes the creation of non-local appeals boards with the authority to supersede the city zoning decisions and statutory modifications that would diminish the ability of cities to set and implement local zoning ordinances and policies. (Source – Metro 2026 Legislative Policies, page 71) Local Government Aid (LGA) The City of Little Canada supports increasing the LGA appropriation to address cities’ unmet needs as defined by the LGA formula. We also support increases in the LGA appropriation to account for inflation. (Source – Metro Cities 2026 Legislative Policies, page 4) Public Safety Training and Resources The City of Little Canada recognizes the need for adequate resources for social services, mental health services, and programs to help reduce the need for public safety responders to