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8A Page 10 regional blueprints instead. The board discussed the proposal generally but did not take any position. After further discussian of SB 375, the board changed its official position on the bill from opposed to opposed uniess amended. The board created a process for deciding whether negotiated amendments would be sufficient to secure a change in positian. Tribal and City Governmenfs Collaborative Approved The board approved League participation in a Tribal and City Gavernments Collaborative upon the recommendation af a special task force chaired by Los Angeles City Council Member Tony Carclenas. The Collaborative will inviEe participation by representatives af tribes across California and will initially discuss issues surrounding the Indian Tribal Gaming Special Distribution Fund, federal transportation issues, and off-reservation gaming issues. Members of the League board that served vn the Task Force will continue on the new Collaborative. Nominating Committee far League Board of Directors The hoard approved President Madaffer's nomination of Jere Melo, Fort Bragg council member and board member, to chair the 2008 Nominating Committee for the League board of directors. Information about oppartunities to serve on the board will sent to members in the near future. May 16 is the deadline to apply for an at-large position on the board of directors or 2nd Vice President. 2-1-1 San [}iego John Ohanian's presentation on 2-1-1 San Diego gave the board an opportunity to learn about 2- 1-1 systems and its tremendous impact during the firestorms last September. Ohanian, the organization's CEO, was on board just a month when the fires started. On a typical day, 2-1-1 San Diego receives a few hundred calls. During the firestorm, they had as many as 35,000 calls a day. 7he program is growing to meet the needs o# 300,000 calls annually. 2-1-1 San Diego is a free, 24-hour community, health and disaster information referral service in San Diego Counry. (n California, 98 different 2-1-1s cover 90 percent of the state. Across the country, 2-1-1 reaches 198 miflion people, A live person answers each calf and directs peop[e to the various services they need. Calls to 2-1-1 caver a range of issues including financiaE assistance, physical and mental heaPth services, job training, disaster response and more. Next Board Meeting The board will next meet April 17-1 S in Sacramento. `Hlghway User Tax AccounN Co►�tinued from Page 1... When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency in January, it triggered constifutional provisions under Proposition 58 (2004) that required the Legislature to send the Governor legisiation ta address the fiscaE crisis within 45 days. That cleadline is Saturday, Feb. 23. Local agencies have been concerned about the proposed deferral of HUTA. The Governor has proposed deferring payments of HUTA from Apri1 through August, w�th Iocal governments receiving fuli repayment in September, The total amount of the cieferra! is approximately $500 million. As the budget bi!! package came togefher, as usual, if was difficult to find the proposed language associated with the HUTA deferral proposal. �nce this fanguage was obtained, the League and California State Association of Counties (CSAC) worked quickly to analyze the proposal. 3