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Issue #11-2002 LEAGUE TO FOCUS IN 2002 ON PROTECTING FUNDING FOR CRITICAL LOCAL SERVICES IN 2002-03 BUDGET Hot Bills When the League Board met in early February, it established clear benchmadcs for ,.,, to Watch proceedingwithapossibleNovember2OO2ballotrneasuretoconstitutionallyprotect · local government revenues. Among the conditions was that the League receive a ballot · AB 2292 (Dutra). titleandsummaryforthemeasuresufficientto, justifytheexpenseofgatheringsigna- -"State Pre-emption of tures. Italsoapprovedplansforanaggressivecampaignduringtheremainderof2002, _" Local Authority. focused on protecting city revenues in the 2002-2003 budget. The Board empowered the · Residential Density. · Executive Committee to make a final decision on whether the conditions had been met _" AB 1866 (Wright). for the ballot measure campaign to start. · State Pre-emption of -" Local Authority. Fiscal Impact Analysis. On March 7, the League received the title and summary _" Second Units and for the proposed ballot measure. It contained the following summary statement of the · Density Bonuses. fiscal impact of the proposed measure that was prepared by the Legislative Analyst's ·· Office and the Department of Finance: · SB 1684 (Polanco). -" Hazardous Substances "This initiative would have the following major fiscal effects: (1) Significant restric- · Contamination. · tions on state authority over local govemme~t finances; and (2) Higher local resources · Redevelopment. · than otherwise would have been the case potentially several billions of dollars -' SB 1542 (Escutia). annually. Commensurate fiscal impact on the state, in the form of reduced spending on · Solid Waste Facilities. non-localgovemmentprogramsand/orhigherstatetaxes." _' Environmental Jus- · rice. Local Pre- The League had previously expressed concem about a similar reference to "several "- emption, billions 0f dollars annually" of fiscal impact in an earlier fiscal analysis because the · Want more details on ballot measure simply would limitthe legislature'sfutureabilitytoreducerevenues these and other bills?. supporting local services and had no automatic fiscal impact, tn other words, the fiscal Log on to the League of impact would occur only if the legislature reduced local revenues. California Cities Web site, at www. cacities, org and While the proposed ballot measure simply protects existing local taxes and click on Legislative subventions, the prediction of "higher local resources" is explained in the text of the Advocacy. detailed analysis this way: "Total local government resources would be higher than they Page 3 · SPEAKER ANNOUNCES NEW ASSEMBLY MANAGEMENT TEAM Page 4 · LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARIES