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Priority Focus will not publish the next two weeks. The next Issue of Priority Focus will be avail- able on January 5. WAKT MORE DETAILS ON BILLS? Visit the League of California Cities website at www.cacities.orgl billsearch. December 15, 2006 Issue #48-2006 FEDERAL UPDATE On December 8, Congress passed and the president signed into law, H.J. Res 102 - a continuing resolution (CR), which will fund all federal programs that were not enacted through annual appropriations bills by October 1, 2006 (the beginning of FY 2007). The effect of the resolution is to continue funding for these programs at the FY 2006 level. For more, see Page 4. ...................................... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO VOTE ON CABLE FRANCHISING In the aftermath of Congress' inaction last year in telecommunications reform, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) appears poised to issue its own ruling in this area on December 20. The FCC signaled its interest in this area in November 2005, when the agency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking requesting comments on the local cable franchising process and Its applicability to new entrants-particularly phone companies with facilities already in the public rights of way. For more, see Page 5, ...................................... CALIFORNIA - 'THE SUBMARINE?' Governor, California Delegates, Call for Designation Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with members of the California Con- gressional Delegation, have sent letters to the Secretary of the Navy, request. ing that the next Virginia class attack submarine be named the U.S.S. Califor- nia. For more, see Page 3. - Page 2 KEEPING UP: DAN CURTIN (1933-2006)