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8A <br /> Page 5 <br /> E:ti�`sx�5si..C6auaste�4:5;j it,�i?ti.i€¢:z>�ieta's;.:Si�a:a.�:i':bi!'v:'.sw�';t.'s2i Se`:s:5 C'sB'3K•xttia;isi?; <br /> . . ..... . .... . . . . . .. .. .. . <br /> � � � �` <br /> � ' ' <br /> IN THIS ISSUE: June 8, 2007 <br /> issue#22-2007 <br /> Page 4: Infrastructure Bond Implementation Update <br /> Page 5: Court Holds Public Employee fielations Board ttas Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Labor Disputes <br /> Page 6: Find a Bill,Legislators,leg Committee,or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> PROP. 1B IMPLEMENTATION: CITtES READY TO GO ON PR�JECTS <br /> Series of News Conferences Planned Across California <br /> On i'uesday,June 12,a series of news conferences on Proposition 1B funding impfementation <br /> gets underway in Elk Grove. Tuesday's press conference wili be held a#the Shefdon Road/Route <br /> 99 interchange-a$7p.5 million dollar regionai faciiity project. <br /> The press conference starts at 7:45 a.m. and will include c+vic leaders who want to bring attention <br /> to the fact that their cities have local transportation projects ready to go, contingent on Prap. 1 B <br /> funds. Formore, see Page 2. <br /> .•...............•.s................ <br /> TWO LEAGUE-SPONSORED HOUStNG BILLS HELD IN COMMlTTEE <br /> VlThen city officiais are asketi wnaf they need to build arforc3abie nousing, they often say"give us <br /> more incentives, not mandates.° Aiming to do just that, Sen.Alan Lowenthai and Assembiy <br /> Member Anna Cabalfaro introduced two League-sponsored bills, SB 934 (Lowenthal)and AB <br /> 1254(Caballero). <br /> Unfortunately, both measures have been held in their respective Appropriations Commit#ees' <br /> suspense files, sti�ling any chance a#either bill being signed by Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger in <br /> 2007. For more, see Page 2. <br /> .................................... <br /> THIS WEEK 1N CONGRESS: FY 2008 HOMELAND SECURITY <br /> SPENDING BILL <br /> The Fiouse Appropriations Committee voted unanimously this week to approve a$36.2 biliion <br /> Homeland Security spending bill far FY 2008. The bill contains a number of key investments of <br /> nofe for cities, including grants for urban areas, transit and port security. Formore, ses Page 3. <br />