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SA Page 14 INFRASTRUCTURE hom page 1....................................... . All the infrastructure bonds (those spon- sored by the administration, as well as current and past legislative proposals, including resources bonds introduced last year) will be reviewed in informational hearings conducted by the appropri- ate policy committees over the next two weeks. (The Senate may extend that time frame a bit.) conference committee in mid-late February where the details will be hashed out. The goal is to place measures on the June 2006 ballot. Whether that goal is achieved re- mains to be seen. For more information on these hearings, . The policy committees will send a commit- please see "Infrastructure Bond Measures: tee report on the bonds to a conference committee Preliminary Hearing Schedule.' with their observations/findings. For a listing of the bond measures, please see . Bills are expected to be considered by the "Infrastructure Related Bond Measures." INFRASTRucruRE BOND MEASURES: PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULE The Senate (Subject to Change) Tuesday, Jan. 24 - Senate TransporIBtIon and Housing CommltlH, Sen. Alan Lowenthal, Chair. The committee will hold a series of hearings on the Governor's Strategic Growth Plan, starting Tuesday, January 24 with an .overview and reactions' by Sea'etary of Housing and Transportation Sunne McPeak, and key stakeholders, including the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, the Clean Air Coalition, California TransitAssociation, Prop. 42 Coalition, Professional Engineers in California Government, the California Association of Councils of Government and other groups. Three additional hearings are contemplated: 1} a focus on the funding priorities; 2} a focus on the new project selection process and the match requirements; and 3} a focus on the design-build, design-sequencing and public- private partnership proposals. [Note: the committee may push the first hearing to January 31 - depending upon the availability of administration spokespersons.] In the first hearing, the administration will present their transportation proposals and the committee will hear general feedback from key interest groups. N. the subsequent hearings, the committee will try to work through the specifics of the proposals with the aim of drafting majority and minority reports (assuming an overall consensus is not reached) to inform the conference committee. Tuesday, Jan. 24 - Senate Natural Resources and Water CommltlH, Sen. Sheila Kuehl, Chair. Over- view hearing on Gov. Schwarzenegger's water bond proposal. Tuesday, Jan. 24 - Senate Judiciary Commltløe, Sen. Joe Dunn, Chair. Overview on Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal for a trial court facilities bond measure. Wednesday, Jan. 25 - Sena1ø Education CommltlH, Sen. Jack Scott, Chair. Infonnational hearing on Gov. Schwarzenegger's Education Bond Proposal. Friday, Jan. 27 - Select Committøe on California Infrastructunt, Sen. Tom Tortakson, Chair. Informa- tional Hearing on Levees and Flood Control Systems in the Delta Region. Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Senate Education CommltlH, Sen. Jack Scott, Chair. Informational Hearing on Gov. Schwarzenegger's Education Bond Proposal, K-12. Continued on Page 5 PAGE 4 - PRIORITY FOCUS January 20, 2006 - Issue #3 Visit the league's Official Website--www.cacities,org m'_"',,-,""""'" '-'-'-"-'-"""""'---"-""--' .---..- --""""""---------'