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m- 3 LEGISLATIVE ACTION DAYS: WE NEED YOU! REGISTRATION IS FREE REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE 2005 LEGISlATIVE ACfION DAYS ON MAY 11- 121N SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AT THE SHERATON GRAND HOTEL Local government won a great victory last the reservation form to the hotel at (916) 341- November with Prop 1A. But the League has new 3600, or mailing the attached form to the Sheraton urgent priorities for 2005: housing, infrastructure Grand Sacramento, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, and protecting redevelopment funding. The Legis- CA 95814. lature is reviewing bills affecting all these issues, And the budget is still in play: cities are losing transportation funds, booking fees, funding for libraries. A sample opposition letter is available in the League's Advocacy Center (www.cacities.oraladvocacycenter) where you can also locate your legislator. In addition to writing letters, concerned cities are encouraged to contact their legislators in both houses and educate them about local issues related to both SB 1818 and this bill. Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org Your voice is needed in Sacramento on these and other issues! We continue to press our cause and protect city resources from erosion by other means, and work equally hard to protect the many other authorities and protections cities have that allow us to serve the public as it desires. Our fight is not over! Be part of the League's annual Legislative Action Days at the state Capitol. Join hundreds of local elected officials and appointed leaders from around the state and urge Legislators to protect our local services. Together with our colleagues in the LOCAL Coalition (Leave Our Community Assets Local) we will succeed in preserving local authority and responsibility. Plan to have an influential delegation attend and carry the message clearly and emphatically, Bring your elected leaders, public safety leaders, busi- ness and community leaders to demonstrate the broad support in your city for protecting funding for locally delivered programs and services. Help get the public attention needed to preserve local ser- vices by being part of this impressive conference. Meet one-on-one with legislators in their Capitol offices. There is NO REGISTRATION FEE for this program, but please REGISTER IN ADVANCE so we can help coordinate meetings with your legislators, and prepare materials and food for you. Use the attached registration form or register on-line at wWN.cacities. ora/events. Hotel Reservations Reserve your hotel room directly with the Sheraton by calling (800) 325-3535 and identifying yourself as part of the League meeting, by faxing ....................... . SEND LETTERS OF OPPOSITION ON SB 435 DENSITY BONUS LAW This bill follows upon last year's controversial SB 1818 (Hollingsworth), which took effect only several months ago, and required communities to provide up to three concessions and 35% density bonuses to developers, who were required to build less affordable housing than under prior law. SB 435. sponsored by the California Associa- tion of Realtors and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF), compounds upon the flaws of the earlier measure by: 1) Requiring local governments to provide a fourth concession, when the developer uses less than 50% of the density bonus. 2) Removing the existing requirement for a developer to demonstrate that a requested waiver or reduction in development standards is neces- sary to make the units economically feasible. It is unclear why community standards should be reduced, or additional concessions to be granted to developers who cannot even demon- strate that they are necessary. Furthermore, the ultimate objective of this legislation is also unclear, given that on the sponsor's CRLAF Website it states: 'The major objective is to add a "list of incentives" to replace the lengthy, costly and contentious negotiation process over incentives in existing law." The March 29, 2005, version of this legislation does not contain such a list. PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 3