LEGISLATION AND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES PRIORITY FOCUS BULLETIN Issue #32 Dated August 12 2005. August 12 2005 Issue #32 2005 The Legislature is in recess until August 15. SENATE HEARING TO CONSIDER EMINENT DOMAIN Sen. Christine Kehoe (San Diego) chairperson of the Senate Local Government Committee announced this week that her committee will hold an informational hearing on Wednesday August 17 to examine the how the recent Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain in Kelo v. City of New Lon don affects California s local governments. For more see Page 3. WANT MORE DETAILS ON BILLS? Visit the League of California Cities website at www.cacities.org/ billsearch. LEGISLATURE RETURNS AUGUST 15 HEAD S UP TIME FOR CITIES! Legislators return to the State Capitol on Monday August 15 for four weeks of session before their September 9 recess for the year. They will then reconvene on January 4 for the second year of the 2005 06 session. For more see Page 2. ON CAMERA MEDIA TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR CITY OFFICIALS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE Do you need training to deliver your city s message more effectively during media interviews? Take advantage of this free opportunity for on camera media training at the League s Annual Conference on October 5 8 in San Francisco. For more see Page 4. SENATE HEARING TO CONSIDER EMINENT DOMAIN LEGISLATURE RETURNS AUGUST 15 HEADS UP TIME FOR CITIES ON CAMERA MEDIA TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR CITY OFFICIALS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE CAPIO VOLUNTEERS HELP STAFF MEDIA ROOM LEGISLATURE from page 1 These few weeks are usually the most intense of the entire year with legislators and lobbyists scrambling to accomplish as much as possible before the recess begins. This is often the time when bills can change dramatically when amend ments can transform a relatively benign bill into one that carries significant impacts. This is also the time when one hears the term gut and amend the process by which the substance of a bill is deleted and new content added dramati c...
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