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8A Page 8 it?r; +.:c, CdFe.me::1.:P( zrc ~r..,tti ca trgr,7 ~:eca. z:u: !':dtt, ?,scrx !hdt ~fti•:a Ctii?_,,... Lieu*. IN THIS ISSUE: May 25, 2007 Issue #20 2007 Page 4: Prop. i B Update: Assembly and Sene~ Budget Subcommittees Differ on Funding Allocation Recommeruration& Federal Update: Rep. Albert Wynn k-troduoea H.R. 24{7 -the tcrtergy and Envirmrment Bbdc Grant Acf of 2007 Page 5: Oepartrnent of Justloe Basics AppMcatfons for Byrne Grants Page S: Register Now Open for the League's Annual Corderence! 3rd Annual Finance Leaders Summit Held in Sacramento Open and Public iV Now Available Page 7: Ftrrt a Gilt, LeglstaMrs, l.+eg Committee, or Ask league t-e9 Staff CHANGES TO PROP. 42 FORMULA FUNDING BEING DISCUSSED Earlier this week, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee ~5 discussed and passed out a proposal to change the Proposition 42 transportation funding formula. Under the proposed fa•mula, the allocation would change to 35 percent for transit, 30 percent for sties and counties (divided evenly) and 35 percent for the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). For more, see Page 2. r.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s• EMINENT DOMAIN REFORM PACKAGE INTRODUCED Leglslatian Would Ensure Protections for Homeowners and Small Busing Cafifomians for Eminent Qomain Reform, a broad coalition of homeowner groups, small business representatives and labor, environmental, community and ethnic organizations, unveiled a package of eminent domain reforms earlier this week at a press conference in Sacramento. Authored by Assembly Member Hector De La 'tone, D-Southgate, the package has the support of the t_eague of California Cities board of directors, and includes both a constitutional amendment (ACA 8) and a companion statutory measure (AB 887 -soon to be amended). The legislation is aimed at ensuring homeowners and small businesses are given strong prokectians against eminent domain. Far more, see Page 2. ~~~~ ~~~~~r~N~~i~N~Nf ~rN~r~N~~~f• SB 303 AMENDED, LEAGUE STILL OPPOSED S8 303 (Ducheny), a biN with major land use implications for local government, was sigMficaMly amended in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee recently. Although the amendments addressed a number of changes sought by the League of California Cities, several critical issues remain. As a result, the t_eague remains opposed to the measure. For mops, see Page 3.