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<br />8A <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />,t,~;Wf1~5. f.1';-tf;:-?'~t~~l,:.i::'( .r,'~;j ..J~04!~'~ c-tr ~.;:;'9~d$f~lt.' ~(.I:'f fldM.~- i~~lr;;1t !l.1~'::( .Hf~.<1 U.M\:'~(.ii!l: (lhi1;'"~ <br /> <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />March 28, 2008 <br />Issue #13-2008 <br /> <br />Page 3: AB 2176 Update: Bill Passes Out of Its First Assembly Committee <br />Page 4: Legislative Acllon Days Scheduled for April 16-17 in Sacramento <br />Page 5: Leverage Prop. 42 Gasoline Sales Tax for Road Repairs <br />Sustainable Cities Feature: Guest Article by Robert Rivinius <br />Page 6: Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee, or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST HEARING ON STATE-LOCAL <br />FISCAL RELATIONSHIP <br /> <br />On Thursday, March 27, the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review held the first of two <br />hearings on the history of the state-local fiscal relationship. The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) <br />representative gave a historical presentation that touched on the constitutional amendments, <br />major legislation, property tax shifts, program realignments and other significant milestones that <br />have produced a very complex and confusing state-local fiscal relationship in California. <br />For more, see Page 2. . <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />NEW PPIC SURVEY FINDS VOTERS INCLINED TO REJECT PROP. 98 <br />AND SUPPORT PROP.. 99 <br /> <br />A Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) survey of likely California voters released March 26 <br />reported on voters' attitudes on Propositions 98 and 99, which will appear on the June 2008 <br />ballot. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />SCHWARZENEGGER ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPING LAND USE STRATEGIES <br />FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS <br /> <br />With the enactment of AB 32, The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, California <br />has begun to implement policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions <br />stemming from driving cars and light trucks account for approximately 30 percent of all GHG <br />emissions. For more, see Page 3. <br />