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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />¡~nalysí~;, CommentarY' and Updates em legislative and Policy I:;sues that .t~_ttect California Cities <br /> <br />WANT MORE DETAILS <br />ON BILLS? <br /> <br />Visit the League of <br />California Cities <br />website at <br />www.cacities.org/ <br />billsearch. <br /> <br />May 19, 2006 <br />Issue #20-2006 <br /> <br />GOVERNOR SIGNS HOUSING BOND <br /> <br />AT LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES <br /> <br />LEGIS LA TIVE ACTION DAYS <br /> <br />More than 500 city officials gave Gov. <br />Arnold Schwarzenegger a standing ovation <br />this week in Sacramento, when he signed <br />SB 1689 (Núñez/Perata) - the housing <br />bond package passed two weeks ago as <br />part of an infrastructure funding package - <br />at the League of California Cities' Legisla- <br />tive Action Days event on May 17. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br /> <br />From left to right: Senate Minority Leader Dick <br />Ackerman, Senate President Pro Tempore Don <br />Perata, Gov- Arnold Schwarze11£gger and Assembly <br />Budget Chair John Laird. <br /> <br />....................................... <br /> <br />LEAGUE ETHNIC DIVERSITY CAUCUSES <br /> <br />URGE 'FAIR COMPETITION' IN TELECOM REFORM <br />NEW TELECOM TOOL KIT AVAILABLE <br />Representatives of the League of California Cities' Latino, African-Ameri- <br />can and Asian-Pacific Islander Caucuses spoke on May 17 at the League's <br />Legislative Action Days, urging the Legislature to work for new telecommuni- <br />cations rules that ensure that competition in telecommunications is fair to all <br />neighborhoods, regardless of income levels or ethnicity. <br />For more, see Page 5. <br /> <br />...................................... <br /> <br />FEDERAL TELECOM UPDATE <br /> <br />The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a <br />May 18 hearing on federal telecommunications law reform draft legislation, <br />S.2686, the "Communications, Consumer's Choice and Broadband Deploy- <br />ment Act of 2006,» recently introduced by Committee Chairman Ted Stevens <br />(R-Ark.). For more, see Page 4. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />PROP. 42 PAYBACK FUNDS: HOW SHOULD CITIES BUDGET? <br />FIND A BILL, LEGISLATORS, LEG COMMITTEE - OR ASK LEG STAFF <br /> <br />---. . -..-_...._-", . .-,--.----.-.-.- -...---.--.-.- --..-- --- --""""""-' -..-.-..-... <br />