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<br /> Coalition Building and Outreach. Lots of decided on a broad*based approach of getting the word out
<br /> activity over the past week. Some highlights: about the importance of protecting local governments
<br /> from state cuts, including talking to business reporters and
<br /> Ninety people attended the East Bay Division's asking coalition partners to contact their legislators.
<br /> Chamber of Commerce dinner Thursday, sponsored to
<br /> spread the word about the League's grassroots efforts and Press Conferences. Three highly successful
<br /> LOCAL budget coalition. Chamber directors and board press conferences were held, in Rancho Cucamonga
<br /> presidents attended from 21 East Bay cities. Representa- (Friday, June 14), and in Redding and Chico ¢Nednesday,
<br /> rives were also on hand from the Governor's Office, SBC/ June 19), About 1 O0 people attended the event at the
<br /> Pacific Bell and the East Bay Municipal Utility District,Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse, including city and county
<br /> League Executive Director Chris McKenzie recapped the officials, seniors and other concerned citizens.
<br /> League's long history of lobbying for cities in California
<br /> before encouraging all 21 Chambers present to_join The Riverside County Mental Health Services
<br />LOCAL. Chambers of Commerce from Oakland, El Cerrito Department brought an energetic and committed group of
<br />and Newark joined the LOCAL coalition. Chambers from people who benefit directly from these important county
<br />Emeryville. Pleasanton and San Leandro had previously services. These individuals did a good-job of personalizing
<br />-joined, the impact that cuts would have on real people with real
<br /> needs. There was extensive newspaper coverage of the
<br /> League Grassroots Regional Representative Cody event, including the Riverside Press-Enterprise (with
<br />Tubbs and LOCAL consultant Brandon Castillo (of Bicker, photographer), the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (with
<br />Castillo and Fairbanks) gave a presentation about the photographer), the San Barnardino .~z~, and the Los
<br />LOCAL coalition to the League's Sacramento Valley Angeles Times Inland Valley Voice. Radio station KRLH-
<br />Division. They played TV news clips of the LOCAL press AM (590) also did a 15-minuta phone interview with
<br />conference in Sacramento and described the upcoming Riverside County Supervisor John Tavaglione.
<br />press conferences in Redding and Chico,
<br /> Speakers in Redding and Chico included a broad
<br /> The Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors has voted cross-section of local government, labor and public safety
<br />unanimously to-join the LOCAL coalition. The organiza- representatives, Scores of fire fighters, public health
<br />tion, has some BO0+ members, and covers segments of nurses, public employee union members, county correc-
<br />four counties: El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, and Sierra tional officers and concerned citizens were also in atten-
<br />Counties. dance at the events. Their message to state decision
<br /> makers was clear and compelling: The state mustn't balance
<br /> The Web site of the City of Lakewood in Los its budget to the detriment of police, fire, health and other
<br />Angeles County (www.lakewoodcity.org) has posted links essential local services.
<br />to the League's information about the budget activities,
<br />including the LOCAL news conference held last week in The Chico and Redding press conferences produced a
<br />Los Angeles and the LOCAL Web site (www.calocal,org/, "clean sweep" of the media, including all TV, the biggest
<br />They also sent a 6,000-address e-mail to Lakewood radio stations and all the daily papers in both cities.
<br />residents on Wednesday with the news conference
<br />playback schedule on CityTV, channel 31 (AT&T Broadband
<br />municipal access). Upcoming press conferences are being planned for the this
<br /> week, with the Vacaville Reporter, and the Redding
<br /> The Orange County Regional Advisory Board had a Record-Searchlight, Upcoming briefings: The Sacra-
<br />successful first meeting, with participation from business mento Bee, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the
<br />and community groups, seniors, the League of Women Hollister Freelance, the Palm Springs Desert Sun.
<br />Voters, as well as local cities and the county. 7 ? group
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