Issues #26 and #27. IN THIS ISSUE: On Camera Media Training Available for City Officials at the Annual Conference Page 4: League Holds Third Policy Committee Meetings of the Year Page 6: July 2007 Issue of Focus on Housing Published Page 7: Find a Bill Legislators Leg Committee or Ask League Leg Staff July 6 2007 Issue #26 2007 SB 303 BECOMES A TWO YEAR BILL SB 303 the League opposed legislation sponsored by the California Major Builders Council that would have added more burdensome requirements to the housing element became a two year bill earlier this week when it failed to pass out of the Assembly Committee on Local Government on Tuesday July 3. For more see Page 2. STATE BUDGET UPDATE: CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CLOSES NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE WITH LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP On Friday June 29 the Joint Senate/Assembly Budget Conference Committee acted on the final transportation budget items it was evaluating. The committee adopted the State Assembly version of Proposition 1B funding and compromised on both transit spillover and high speed rail authority funding issues. For more see Page 2. COALITION SPONSORED EMINENT DOMAIN REFORM MEASURE ADVANCES Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 8 the eminent domain reform measure authored by Assembly Member Hector De La Torre D South Gate and sponsored by Californians for Eminent Domain Reform passed out of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary on Tuesday July 3 on a 7 3 vote. For more see Page 3. SB 303 Continued from Page 1 The chair of the committee Assembly Member Anna Caballero D Salinas expressed reservations about SB 303 and said she wanted more time to study the issue. She also committed her office to discussions with the bill s author Sen. Denise Ducheny D San Diego and all critical stakeholders to see if an acceptable solution could be found to the various concerns parties have with SB 303. Local Officials Rally to Oppose SB 303 The defeat SB 303 was a priority of the League of California Cities and it showed at the hearing...
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