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LOCAL OUTREACH CONTINUES AS BUDGET STALEMATE DRAGS ON
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<br /> Outreach in support of the LOCAL Coalition ("Leave Our San Diego Union-Tribune, dp-ed from Robert Fellmeth,
<br /> Community Assets Local") continues throughout the state, director, Children's Advocacy Institute, "Who pays for
<br /> as coalition partners participate in one-on-one meetings budget cuts? Our children."
<br /> with legislators, and persist in efforts to broaden the
<br /> coalition base. For example, in the Sacramento Valley, News Articles
<br /> League Regional Representative Cody Tubbs made LOCAL LA Times, story on profound negative impacts of
<br /> presentations to the Woodland Rotary Club, and at the closure of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
<br /> quarterly West Sacramento Mayor's Breakfast. The message
<br /> that the state must protect funding for police, fire, health LA Times, department of finance sends letter to agency
<br /> and other essential local services drew positive responses heads on gloomy predictions for next year's budget.
<br /> from both audiences, especially many of the prominent Pasadena Star-News, good story on budget delays and
<br /> business leaders in attendance at the West Sacramento the worry among local officials, The League's Gary
<br /> event. Milliman is quoted discussing loss of gas tax revenues
<br /> and the resulting delays in street and highway repairs.
<br /> Another example: two new East Bay organizations have Bakersfield Californian, Kern County faces additional
<br /> joined LOCAL: Alameda County Fire Chiefs, and the budget cuts due to loss of state funding. Most cuts
<br /> Livermore Chamber of Commerce (for a total of 9 East Bay expected in health and human services,
<br /> city chambers). North County Times, delay in state budget threatening
<br /> North San Diego County community clinics which are
<br /> running out of cash and fearful they will be unable to
<br /> Press coverage con,ti,nues, tQ be strong throughout the treat patients.
<br />. state, Some examples: LA Times, story on VLF increase/backfill and budget
<br /> , , negotiations.
<br /> Editorials, Op-eds and Columns Oakland Tribune, story on Florez and Johannessen and
<br /> San Jose Mercury News, budget editorial, Demos need their "outsider" status within their respective parties,
<br /> to make more cuts in the budget; Republicans need to Riverside Press-Enterprise, story on cuts in community
<br /> be part of the solution, not obstructionists, college classes and faculty as a ~esult of the state
<br /> Fresno Bee, Dan Walters's column on what looks to be budget deficit.
<br /> San Diego Union-Tribune, Republicans have not clearly
<br /> the failed strategy of picking off GOP votes for the
<br /> budget, identified the cuts or the budget they would support.
<br /> Santa Cruz Sentinel, two editorials: one supporting Contra Costa Times, services to the homeless, suicide
<br /> crisis lines on the chopping block in Contra Costa
<br /> LOCAL, resulting from LOCAL coalitiqn partners meeting
<br /> with the paper last week; and a secon'd budget editorial County due to budget shortfall,
<br /> saying that the Senate version of the budget could have Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, cities/counties begin
<br /> more cuts, but locals are concerned and rightly so. losing Medi-Cal and transportation payments due to late
<br /> Santa Rosa Press Democrat, another editorial support- budget.
<br /> lng preservation of local funding, following a LOCAL Riverside Press-Enterprise, good story on LOCAL and
<br /> coalition meeting with the paper's editorial board last the need to protect local funding from state budget
<br /> cuts. Followed LOCAL coalition meeting with the
<br /> week.
<br /> Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, editorial supporting editorial board on July 19 and from subsequent
<br /> conversations between the LOCAL media consultant's
<br /> Burton's plan to review state financing, mentions the
<br /> problems local governments face, contacts with the reporter to ensure she talked to a
<br /> Imperial Valley Press, dp-ed from Imperial County wide variety of LOCAL coalition allies.
<br /> Sheriff and Coroner Harold Carter. Orange County Register, attac.k ads on Republicans for
<br /> Contra Costa Times, editorial saying that the legislature not voting for budget are backfiring. Calls tO GOPers'
<br /> can still find more spending cuts rather than increasin9 offices' tell them to "hang tough".
<br /> taxes On CA families, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento County may cut park
<br /> Sacramento Bee, Peter Schrag column on budget: rangers, children's programs, park hours, neighborhood
<br /> Republicans are being obstructionists, clean up programs, to close budget hole.
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