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<br />8A <br />Page 1 <br /> <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />Nov. 2, 2007 <br />Issue #42-2007 <br /> <br />Page 3: <br />Page 4: <br />Page 5: <br />Page 6: <br /> <br />Page 7: <br /> <br />Working on a Ballot Measure Campaign: Important Do's and Don'ts for City Officials and City <br />Employees <br />Op-Ed: Purported 'Eminent Domain' Measure Has Hidden Provisions That Would Sink Future Water <br />Projects in California <br />Congress Passes Seven-Year Extension of Internet Tax Moratorium <br />local Groundwater Assistance Grant Program Now Accepting Applications <br />New Tool for Promoting Informed Involvement in the Land Use Process Available <br />League Legislative Briefings Coming Up <br />Nick Bollman Passes Away <br />League Telephone System Upgrade Next Week <br />Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee. or Ask League Leg Slaff <br /> <br />CITY OFFICIALS NEEDED TO GATHER SIGNATURES FOR <br />HOMEOWNERS PROTECTION ACT <br /> <br />By Chris McKenzie <br /> <br />Three years ago, city officials across California gathered signatures to qualify Proposition 65 for <br />the Nov. 2004 ballot. That process led to the approval of Proposition 1A, the constitutional <br />amendment that protects local government revenue from the being raided by the state, which was <br />endorsed by 84 percent of the voters. The success of that campaign showed the state what a <br />group of determined community leaders can do to address a serious wrong. <br /> <br />We must implement this strategy once again, this time on the issue of eminent domain reform. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />CITY OFFICIALS JOIN PROTEST AGAINST JARVIS ANTI-RENT <br />CONTROL MEASURE <br /> <br />On Tuesday, Oct. 30, local elected city officials joined with senior citizen groups, tenant rights <br />advocates and mobile home residents to protest the Apartment Owners Association of California <br />(AOAC)'s nearly $200,000 in contributions to the so-called "California Property Owner and <br />Farmland Protection Act" (CPOFPA). <br /> <br />The measure, similar to the failed Proposition 90 from the Nov. 2006 election, is supported by <br />wealthy apartment owners, mobile park owners and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association <br />(among others). It is slated for the June 2008 ballot. For more, see Page 2. <br />