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10A Page 7 League-Sponsored Bflis,Continued from Page 1... i ragedies resulting fram illegai street racing have become far too common in California. Ta address this growing public safety issue, many loca!governments have enacted sfreet racing ordinances. Co-sponsored by the League and the city of Elk Grove, SB 266 is another tool to help combat street racing. If signed into law, SB 266 would ailaw the vehicles of those who take part ir t�ese races ta be confiscated. The measure also would allow for the release of a vehicle used in a street race to an innocent registered owner or community property interest owner. This measure strikes a bafance between #he need for cities to have the option of keeping nuisance vehicfes used in speed contests off the streets,while allowing other owners of the vehicle not involved in illega! activity continued use of the vehicle. SB 266 will be heard in the Senate Public Safety Committee on Tuesday,Apri124. The League urges cities to review fhis legislation and contact your legisiators in support of it. Transportation Bond Implementation SB 286 is a bill that defines an allocation schedule for the$2 bil(ion inciuded in Proposition 1 B as a direct aflocation to cities and counties. Specifically, SB 286 guarantees that every city w+lf receive at least half of their Prop. 1 B funds to spend in the next two fiscal years-the 2007-08 Prop. 42"gap"year and 2008-09. Funding in these twa years is extremely important, because without significant funding in the 2007-08 Prop 42"gap"year, cities and counties will not receive any funds for local streets and roads. SB 286 allocates any rernaining money (funds not spent in 2007-08 and 2008-09)to cities no later than Jan. 1, 2090 for fiscal years 2a09-10 and 2010-11, In addition, SB 286 provides that a city may receive up to the entire amount of its share of Prop. 1 B funds in the next two fisca[years if the ability to spend the funds is demonstrated. Every city would also be guaranteed at least$400,000 in the first two years of the program. This measure will be heard in the Senaie Transportation and Housing Committee on Tuesday, Aprii 2�. i�e�eague oeiieves endorsemenf of SB 286 is paramount and encourages ci#ies to review the bill and give it their support. AB 2987 Update,Continued from Page 1... What AB 29$7 Does AB 2987 pre-empts local franchises and establishes the California Public Utilities Comrr�ission (CPUC)as the sole franchising authority in California for video service providers.We expect this state paradigm to stay in place and set the po{icy for years to come. The Public Right-of-Way Locai government stfll controls the public right-of-way. The current law, appiicable io teEephone companies performing construction in the public right-of-way, �s the same standard adopted in AB 2987. The provisions of AB 2987 require the local entity to allow the holder of a state franchise to install, construct, and maintain a network within the public rights-af-way under the same time, place,and manner provisions as those governing tefephone corporatians under applicable state and federaf law. 2