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A round-up of some activities this week: CHICO Date: Wednesday, June 19th Sacramento Metro Chamber Signal Support for LOCAL Time: 1:00 PM Uarysville Councilman Paul McNamara and League Where: Chico Health Clinic (695 Oleander Avenue) Regional Rep Cody Tubbs met with a representative from League Contact: Cody Tubbs, 916.801.7931, the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the ctubbs@cacities.org second-largest chamber in the state. The Chamber representative indicated that his group will formally join the Editorial Board Briefings. LOCAL Coalition partners LOCAL Coalition in the very near future. The Sacramento recently met with the editorial boards of the Tracy Press and Metro Chamber covers Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, Placer, El Dorado, the Napa Valley Register, explaining the risk to local services and Sacramento counties and has more than 2,500 from state budget cuts. Additional meetings are scheduled members, with the Ventura Star-News, the Palm Spring Desert Sun, South Lake Tahoe Firefighters Join LOCAL and the Salinas Californian. In another show of growing labor support for the LOCAL P~ss Coverage. Newspapers around the state Coalition, the South Lake Tahoe Firefighters Associationcontinue to cover the state's budget crisis; the risk to local recently joined LOCAL. The presence of both the businessservices continues to be part of those editorials and stories. community AND labor in the LOCAL Coalition will help Some recent examples over the past week: further the cause of protecting vital local services. For a fact sheet to give to labor, business, and other organizations A Stockton Record, editorial which states, "It would be about the LOCAL Coalition, as well as a support form, . terribly wrong to continue the trend of dumping the simply go to http://www.calocal.org/, state's fiscal problems on to the backs of cities, counties and school districts. If that happens, it will not Press Conferences. A very successful press confer- result in evenly shared pain, arid it will hurt those least ence was held June 5 in the San Mateo area. (See article, able to deal with it." page 1.) Other scheduled conferences: A Santa Cruz Sen#nel story on how state budget cuts LOS ANGELES will cut social services programs like foster care, food Date: Thursday, June 13th stamps and shelters for battered women, abused Time: 11:00 a.m. children, and mental health services. Location: County USC Hospital (tentative) A Wall $~'est Journal story on how states are passing League Contacts: Patricia Alvarez-Sahagun, 562.572.7470,tax increases to close budget gaps and how it will likely alvarezsahagun@cacities.org; or Uichelle Yanez, create a drag on the economy. 626.786.5141, myanez@cacities.org INLAND EMPIRE/RIVERSIDE Asan Diego Union-Tdbune story on potential cuts to juvenile crime/counseling services due to state budget Date: Friday, June 14th deficit. Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse ALOS Angeles Times story on possible county health 8303 Haven Ave, RC 91729 outreach program cuts due to the state budget deficit. League Contacts: Nancy Cisneros, 909.377.7110, ncisneros@cacities.org; or David Willmon, 909.777.1633 A Conba Costa 7'~nes editorial urging legislators to make tough budget decisions and opposing higher dwillmon@cacities.org taxes. REDDING Date: Wednesday, June 19th A San Jose Mercury News, editorial opposing the Time: 10:00AM mental health cuts in the state budget. Where: Shasta County Justice Center (1655 West Street League Contact: Cody Tubbs, 916.601.7931, ctubbs@cacities.org Visit the League's Official Web Site-www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 3