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12. A-'t BUDGET from page1...,.,.....,.........*·....,................... The Governor asserted that the budget "pre- funded) serves this Administration's cora values by sus- c. High Technology Grants ($18.5m -- $16.9 taining funding in the areas of education, public below 01-02 fiscal year) safety, vital seniors' programs, and health insur- ance for children". .e State Mandates. Most state funded mandates have been limited to $1,000, with the remaining For local government, the racord is generally amounts owed deferred for an unspecified pedod positive. The good news is that the budget pre- of time. Adjustments to the mandate process were serves the $3.7 billion backfill of Vehicle License also made: Fees (VLF) to cities and counties - a top pdority a. Test claims must be filed no later than 3 years for the League and the LOCAL coalition ("Leave following the date the mandate became effective, Our Community Assets Local") in which cities and or, in the case of mandates that became effective the League have actively participated since last befora Jan. 1,2002, one year from the effective March. Local public safety services were also date of the budget. largely preserved: the COPS and Juvenile Justice b. Interast will be charged on any claims, audited programs were fully funded, as wera booking fee by the Controller, where a reimbursement is found reimbursements to cities. In a year with a huge to be due to the State. $23.6 billion state deficit, these are huge accom- c. Previously, claims for initial reimbursement that plishments. City officials and their LOCAL coali- are filed late could be reduced by 10% of the tion partners should congratulate themselves on amount that would have been allowed, not to having achieved them, and thank the Governor exceed $1,000. The $1,000 limit has been deleted. and their legislators for preserving these key d. The Controller will deliver annual reports to the items. Legislature, and the Legislative Analyst will raview make recommendations on whether certain But while cities emerged from the budget mandates should be rapealed, funded, suspended process in relatively good form, counties will or modified. experience about a $1 billion in cuts and program e. Currently, the minimum claim amount, by an cost shifts. City residents will be impacted by the individual agency, or a county on behalf of speci- cuts to county services. Cities with redevelopment fled agencies within their geography, is $200. This agencies will be further impacted by a $75 million amount is raised to $1,000. one-year ERAF shift of property taxes from rede- velopment agencies to the state. · Redevelopment Agencies ara required to The following summarizes some of the key shift funds to ERAF for a period of one year, features of the budget package, subject to the same formulas and requirements that governed the similar shift in the 92-93 FY. In addition, redevelopment agencies that borrowed · The Vehicle License Fees (VLF) -- the funds to cover the 92-93 FY obligations, and which "trigger" to lower the offset (to vehicle owners) are raquired to make further payments on that was not pulled. The backfill payments from the loan prior to June 30, 2003, are allowed to delay state to local government remain intact. Cities the repayment date of the loan for one year. and counties can count on receiving the same level of VLF funding in 2002-03 fiscal year as they · Coastal Resources and Energy Assistance did last year. Act (CREA). Existing law requires that 50% of the amount of funds received by the state pursuant to · Public Safety Funds. Key programs will the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act over receive the following funding: the amount received in the 1996 calendar year be a. Booking Fees ($38m) - (fully funded) available, annually, for grants to coastal counties b. COPS/Juvenile Justice Program ($232m) (fully Continued on Page 5 PAGE 4/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--w~vw.cacities.org