LEGISLATION AND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES PRIORITY FOCUS Issue # 23 dated June 10 2005. PRIORITY FOCUS Anal ysis Corrmentary and Upoates on Legislative aid Polic y IssLes that Affect California Cities June 10 2005 Issue #23 2005 BUDGET UPDATE The Budget Conference Committee is close to completing its work and may shut down today At press time there had been no action to resolve the difference between the Senate and Assembly on the $593 4 million appropria tion proposed by Gov Schwarzenegger and adopted in the Senate to provide early repayment of about half of the $1 1 billion vehicle license fee (VLF) gap loan that the state took from cities and counties in 2003 The Assembly did not take this item up in the budget subcommittee which placed the item in conference For more see Page 8 LOCAL OFFICIALS CONTINUE THE PUSH FOR FULL PROP 42 FUNDING City and county officials in San Diego Santa Barbara Modesto and Monterey held press conferences with business and labor representatives and other LOCAL ( Leave Our Community Assets Local ) Coalition partners this week stressing the importance of preserving full funding of Proposition 42 transportation projects in the FY 2005 06 state budget For more see Page 5 WANT MORE DETAILS ON BILLS? TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY CHANGES IN CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE Visit the League of California Cities billsearch website at www cactes org/ Local regulation of telecommunications providers is about to face a major change This change is going to occur and arguably needs to occur because of the phenomenal technological advances in the communications industry that provides video voice and data services to our local communities In turn this technological revolution is going to change the manner in which local commu nities regulate these services For more see Page 6 IN THIS ISSUE: Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 LEAGUE CLARIFIES SPENDING CAP INITIATIVE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? U S SUPREME COURT JUST SAYS NO POLLING AND PUBLIC OPINIO...
Click here for full text