LEGISLATION AND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES PRIORITY FOCUS BULLETIN Issue # 1 dated January 6 2006. January 6 2006 Issue #1 2006 GOVERNOR UNVEILS 20 YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN GOVERNOR UNVEILS 20 YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN GOVERNOR UNVEILS 20 YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN GOVERNOR UNVEILS 20 YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN GOVERNOR UNVEILS 20 YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN Gov. Schwarzenegger unveiled a bold agenda for 2006 and beyond in his State of the State speech on January 5. Recalling the infrastructure invest ments made more than 50 years ago by Gov. Pat Brown and other state leaders Gov. Schwarzenegger said that it was time to replicate the kind of investments that made California the powerhouse it is today. For more see Page 2. MORE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL MORE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL MORE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL MORE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL MORE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL League staff is currently analyzing the Strategic Growth Plan information that was posted on the governor s website immediately following his State of the State speech on January 5. More details will likely be available when his complete budget proposal is released Tuesday January 10. (See also Stra tegic Growth Plan Briefing Packet at www.governor.ca.gov.) For more see Page 3. TELECOM IN THE NEWS TELECOM IN THE NEWS TELECOM IN THE NEWS TELECOM IN THE NEWS TELECOM IN THE NEWS EVENTS AND TRENDS OF INTEREST TO CITY OFFICIALS EVENTS AND TRENDS OF INTEREST TO CITY OFFICIALS EVENTS AND TRENDS OF INTEREST TO CITY OFFICIALS EVENTS AND TRENDS OF INTEREST TO CITY OFFICIALS EVENTS AND TRENDS OF INTEREST TO CITY OFFICIALS Colorado Court Rules City s Cable Franchise Fee is Legal The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in December that Colorado Springs cable franchise fee is legal rejecting a claim by tax activist Doug Bruce that it is a tax subject to a tax limitation law that Bruce (an El Paso County Commis sioner) authored in 1992. For more see Page 2. Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL MEMBERS SA...
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