LEGISLATION AND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES PRIORITY FOCUS June 9 2006 Issue #23 2006 HOUSE REJECTS CITIES AMENDMENTS PASSES HOUSE REJECTS CITIES AMENDMENTS PASSES HOUSE REJECTS CITIES AMENDMENTS PASSES HOUSE REJECTS CITIES AMENDMENTS PASSES HOUSE REJECTS CITIES AMENDMENTS PASSES FEDERAL TELECOM REFORM (H.R. 5252) FEDERAL TELECOM REFORM (H.R. 5252) FEDERAL TELECOM REFORM (H.R. 5252) FEDERAL TELECOM REFORM (H.R. 5252) FEDERAL TELECOM REFORM (H.R. 5252) On the evening of Thursday June 8 the House passed H.R. 5252 the Com munications Opportunity Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 (COPE Act) by a vote of 321 101 with 11 members abstaining from the vote including Califor nia Congresswoman Mary Bono. The COPE Act would replace the local fran chising process with a national franchise scheme for broadband and video service providers. For more see Page 9. TELECOM UPDATE TELECOM UPDATE TELECOM UPDATE TELECOM UPDATE TELECOM UPDATE League efforts on telecommunications reform legislation continued this week at both the federal and state levels. For more see Page 7. FLOOD BILLS INUNDATE LEGISLATURE FLOOD BILLS INUNDATE LEGISLATURE FLOOD BILLS INUNDATE LEGISLATURE FLOOD BILLS INUNDATE LEGISLATURE FLOOD BILLS INUNDATE LEGISLATURE As legislative bills move from their house of origin to the second house the myriad of flood bills working their way through the Legislature are receiving more intense scrutiny and refinement. The realization has hit that some type of coordination among and between the bills will be necessary to avoid pass ing conflicting policy or similar language in multiple bills that is cancelled out. For more see Page 5. Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 Page 3 Page 3 Page 3 Page 7 Page 7 Page 7 Page 7 Page 7 Page 10 Page 10 Page 10 Page 10 Page 10 Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 AB 2987 (N EZ/LEVINE): WHY THIS BILL NEEDS WORK AB 2987 (N EZ/LEVINE): WHY THIS BILL NEEDS WORK AB 2987 (N EZ/LEVINE): WHY THIS BILL NEEDS WORK AB 2987 (N EZ/LEVINE)...
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