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8A <br /> Page 11 <br /> League African American Caucus to Host tnaugural Breakfast <br /> The League of California Cities African American Caucus is hosting its inaugura!legislative <br /> breakfas#during the League's Legislative Action Days on Wednesday, May 16. <br /> California Assembiy Majority Leader Karen Bass will discuss"The State of Black CaEifornia,"a <br /> repor#that was commissioned by the Legislature. 1"he goai of the repo�t was to develop a public <br /> policy agenda for the California Legislative Black Caucus, focal elected and appointed officials. <br /> The breakfast will be held at the Sheraton Grand Notel in Sacramento, from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. <br /> Attendance is free and breakfiast will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP <br /> with Yvette Harris at(916)658-8253 to reserve a seat. <br /> For more information on the League's African American Caucus,visit www cacities.oralcaucus1_. <br /> Membership forms are availabfe from League Legislative Representative P.Anthony Thomas. <br /> Thomas can be reached at(916)658-8279 or aihomas a(�.cacities.orq. <br /> How WiEI Your Ci#y Celebrate Healthy Comrriunities Awareness Month? <br /> The League of California Cities and the Cities, Counties, Schools <br /> ��'�urad (CCS)Partnership is sponsoring SCR 31 (Padilla), a resolution thaf <br /> .��`�� �''#'s recognizes the importance of health and wellness in communities <br /> � ���` and decfares May as"Healthy CommuniEies Awareness Month." <br /> � �, <br /> '� On Monday, May 7, the resolut+on passed off the Assembly Floor <br /> with 73 co-sponsors and returns to the Senate Floor for concurrence <br /> next week. Sen. Alex Padilla wilf discuss the resolution on <br /> �{^g� 31 Wednesday, May 16,during Legislative Action Days and the <br /> Legislative Reception that evening recognizes the many ways <br /> California cities promote healthy communities. <br /> For more information on the reception,see"Legislative Action Days Hits Sacramento Next <br /> Week." <br /> The League is requestir�g that c�ties take this opportunity to adopt their ovrn resolution decfaring <br /> May as"Healthy Communities Awareness Month." A sample resolution is located at <br /> www.cacities,arc�lhealkh�resolu6on. Additionally,for those cities that are coming to l.egislative <br /> Action Days, come prepared to tell your story of why healthy communities matter. <br /> Please send in your stories of how you ce[ebrate"Healthy Communities Awareness Month"to <br /> Genevieve Morelos at gmorelos�,,�,i cacities.orq. Too often, the good wark that cities do is <br /> forgotten.7ake this opportunity to celebrate and share with others the work you are doing. <br /> FeBeral Update: Bills Continuing to Mave in the 110th Congress <br /> As the legislative session continues in Sacramento,a number of federal issues have begun to <br /> take shape during the 110th Congress in Washing#on, D.C. <br /> Below is an update on environmental, housing, public safety, telecommunications related <br /> legislation as well as other bills the League is tracking in both the U.S. Senate and House of <br /> Representatives. <br /> Energy and Environment Block Grants <br /> Earlier this week, the L.eague sent a letter to California members on the House and Energy and <br /> Commerce Committee urging co-sponsorship of Rep.Albert Wynn's(D-Md.) Energy and <br /> Environment Block Grant Act of 2007. This legislation is based on the U.S. Canference of <br /> 5 <br />