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Issue #33-2002 GOVERNOR SIGNS BUDGET BILL Hot Bills: At long last, California has a budget, signed by the Governor on Thursday, September 5. The budget appropriates a total of $98.9 billion, $2.4 billion ACt/Vow less than the $101.3 billion appropriated in the 2001-02 fiscal year. Total "· ' General Fund contributions fell to $76.7 billion, down from $76.9 billion in last -' ,~ (Wright). year's budget. For more, see page 4. "_ Second Unite and '. REQUESTFOR VETO. LEAGUE URGES VETO OF END-OF;SESSION LOW-BAU. LEGISLATION i AB 2~2 (Du~). SB go5 WILL MUZZLE EMPLOYEE SPEECH · Preemption of Local _~Authority and Prop- AND PROHIBIT PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS · erty Rights. RE- WJ~ less than 4 days remaining in the legJsletive session, a coalition of public · QUESTFOR ~-VETO. employes organizations were able to 'gut-and-amend" SB ~05 (Pereta). The · newh/amended measure, which has never been heard in any policy or §sca] -'SB 68 (Battin). Local committee in e~er the ~enate or Assembly, enacted a broad prohibition on · Agency investments, payroll deductJon programs for con,buttons to pol~cal action committees. The =-REQUEST;OR initial criticism of the bill, leveled by the Leegue and California State Association of · SIGNATURE Counties, was that the measure was too broad and eliminated a number of · common, voluntary payroll dedu~on programs. Taking this criticism, and with .~SB 1509 (Dunn). less than 2 days left in the session, the proponents performed yet another gut- · Property Tax Rev- and-~mend on AB 1243 (Wiggins) to correct some of the excesses in SB ~05. · enue Shift·. Exemp- · Both companion measures are on their way to the Governor's desk. For more, ~ tion. Affordable · Housing Develop- see page 3. · ments. REQUEST ··lille··®eel···el ; ;oR SI~~ATURE. VEHICLE LICENSE FEES: A BATTLE DEFERRED Want more details on One of the most dramatic episodes of the last night of the legislative session the~ and other bill$? Logoccurred as Senate Democrats passed a last-minute Vehicle License Fee (VLF) on to the League of' Cali?omia Cities Web sitebill over the vehement objections of the Republicans. The bill was a classic late session "gut-and-amend" bill (AB 1105, by Assembly Member Jenny Oropeza, at www. cacitie$.org and click on Legislative Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee). For more, see page 7. Advocacy. Page 2 · infrastructure 2004 Ballot Measure Approved · Western City Magazine September Issue Page 6 · CCS Partnership Announces 2002 Partnership Award Finalists Page 7 · Membership To Consider 10 Resolutions At Annual Conference Page 8 · Legislative Bill Summaries