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:¡. A--10 PERFORM REVIEW from page 1 ...................................... The six principles guiding the CPR Commi~- Viewing The CPR and Commission Reports sion in their report are to: · Make government more responsive and The original 2500 page CPR report, a sum- accessible to the people. mary of the public input received through the · Improve government operations, services Commission hearing process, "The Public Per- and outcomes. spective", and the CPR Commission's report to · Improve California's competitiveness. the Governor, "The Commission's Perspective", · Better educate our future workforce. are available on the CPR website at: http:// · Establish and maintain positive partner epr.C8.QOV. The League's comments on the CPR ships with local and federal agencies. report are available on the Issues and Legislation section of the website at www.cacities.ora/issues. · Optimize existing resources. While the CPR Commission's report reflects For information about the Little Hoover Com- mission and the reorganization process, you can some of the concerns the League raised with the view the Little Hoover Commission's paper on original CPR report, as with any complex project, "Government Reorganization" at: www.lhc.ca.gov. the devil is in the details, which still have to be worked out. The Next Steps LEAGUE LEADERS from page 1 · · · · · · Now that the CPR Commission has released At the meetings, League leaders gain an its report to the Governor, the next step is for th6 appreciation of the League's functions and how Governor to make his own assessment of the you can use its resources to provide the leader- original CPR report, as well as the Commission's ship needed to make the League effective. Points perspective. He has several options available to covered include the organization of the League, its . him. He may implement some recommendations staffing, financing and functional relationships. On through Executive Order, address some through Friday, League subunits will begin planning their new legislation, or, for larger agency reorganiza- work programs for the coming year, and ultimately tion proposals he wishes to pursue, submit it (or share those plans with each other to allow the them) in the form of a Government Reorganization organization to coordinate and leverage its efforts. Proposal, which must be reviewed by the Little Hoover Commission. The Little Hoover Commis- If you have policies or issues you think are sion must conduct at least one public hearing on important and that the League should address, the plan or plans, and then make recommenda- please contact your Division or Department tions to the Governor and Legislature as to which President by Wednesday, November 17. Infor- sections of the plan(s) should go into effect. _ mation on who to contact is available on the League website (www.cacities.org) under the The plan would then be submitted to the division or department sections. Legislature. The Legislature may debate the plan, but could not amend it. Unless one house of the legislature votes to reject the plan, it would go into effect on the sixty-first day after its submittal to the legislature. The actual legislation to implement the For more information on this and reorganization would not be submitted to the legislature until the following year, although the other League issues, visit reorganization would go into effect even without www .cacities.org. the implementation legislation being on the books PAGE 2/PRIORITV FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www,cacities.org