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TELECOM from page 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOUSING from page 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . League regional representatives are also working 581754 (Lowenthal) - Housing and Infra- to set up district-level meetings with members of structure Financing Districts. Passed by a 3-2 Congress and legislators. To find out more about vote by the Senate Local Government Committee, this activity, please contact your League regional with amendments. This League-sponsored representative. measure sets up pilot programs in five areas of the state, where funding for increased service and Tips for Effective Advocacy infrastructure demands would become available for cities and counties that build infill housing and Remember that personal contacts with your apply to participate in the pilot programs. Voting representatives are going to carry the most weight - yes: Kehoe (Chair), Machado and Torlakson. a phone call, a visit to the district office, some type of Voting no: Ackerman and Cox. personal meeting. You can use the talking points on the League's Advocacy Center (www.cacities.ora/ The League encourages cities to support this advocacv) to help get the conversation going. measure. For a sample letter, visit "League- Second in the order of effectiveness: a faxed letter - Sponsored Housing Legislation" at on your letterhead -sent to your Member. www.cacities.or<;l/housin<;l2006. Finally, if you don't have time for the other op- 58 1800 (Ducheny) - General plans: hous- tions, use e-mail. It's available on the Advocacy ing. This is the builder-sponsored measure that Center to make it easy for you to be an advocate for would require cities to adopt 20-year land use your city. It's much better than not writing at all. plans, updated in no less than 10 years. The League is opposed. The bill was held in commit- ....................... tee, but the chair committed that his staff will work with the staffs of the committees on Environmen- HELEN PUTNAM from page 1 tal Quality (Simitian) and Local Government (Kehoe) to see if they can come up with a better This program recognizes outstanding cities approach. that deliver the highest quality and level of service This means that both majority and minority in the most effective manner possible. Particular credit and attention is given to applications staff on these three policy committees will be specifically advancing the League's strategic working to come up with a better version of a bill priorities. that, as currently written, is focused on requiring local governments to identify land on which Visit www.cacities.org/helenoutnam for details housing could be built for a 20 year period. This on the program and how to enter! approach was rejected by our board of directors. This action came atter the sponsors pre- FIND A BILL, LEGISLATORS, LEG sented the bill, and then the hearing took a 10 COMMITIEE - OR ASK LEG STAFF minute break while the chair (Lowenthal) and author (Ducheny) met with Senate Pro Tern Visit (and bookmark!) the League's Perata, who is not on the committee. Perata has Legislative Resources page his own housing measure (S8 832), and his own (www.cacities.orq/learesources). You'll find views on what should happen to help ensure that a roster and contact information for the more housing is built. League's legislative staff; the online Bill Search program, background materials on It's not clear at this point when the staff of the lobbying your legislators, and more. three committees will meet or who will be able to attend the sessions. Continued on Page 8 Visit the League's Official Websitenwww,cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS . PAGE 7 April 7, 2006 . Issue #14