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<br />8A <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />4*..'1>J>, ""'.".nt....' ..d If;;......;.,.. l~llii1t.M t>olh,. "~'01 ,ul mHt (~.."'. (,11... <br /> <br />PRIORITY <br />FOCUS <br /> <br />l~. LE;:\9~,E <br />~CITl ES <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />May 9, 2008 <br />Issue #18-2008 <br /> <br />Page 3: Budget Action Day Scheduled for wednesday, May 21 <br />Page 4: Opposition Letters Needed for AS 983 <br />Support Letters Needed for Public-Private Partnership Legislation <br />Page 5: $46 MKlion Now Available for Federal Safe Routes to School Funds <br />League and Partners Offer Financing Pools for Street Repairs <br />Page 6: Conference on Public-Private Partnerships Offered <br />Sustainable Cities Featll"e: Guest Miele by Brian Gitt, Build it Green <br />Page 7: Find a Bill, Legislator, Leg Committee. or Ask League Staff <br /> <br />LEGISLA TIVE ANALYST'S REVISED PAROLE REALIGNMENT PROPOSAL <br />INCLUDES TAKE OF CITY VLF FUNDS <br /> <br />In a May 5 letter to Senate Budget Committee Chair Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego), the <br />Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) submitted a revised proposal on how the Legislature could <br />successfully transition the supervision responsibilities of state parolees to counties. The LAO's <br />revised proposal contains various suggested modifications governing the number of parolees <br />eligible. excluding those with prior violent cOnvictions, and alternatives for revoking parole. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS <br />EXECUTIVE FORUM <br /> <br />The deadline to register for the 2008 Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum and <br />Advanced leadership Workshops has been extended to Monday, May 19. Slated for Wednesday, <br />June 4 - Saturday, June 6, the annual event will be hosted at the Resort at Squaw Creek in <br />Squaw Valley. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />SUPPORT LETTERS NEEDED FOR PROPOSED DENSITY BONUS LAW <br />Proposed Law Includes Important Fixes <br /> <br />Cities are urged to send their Assembly representatives letters supporting AB 2280, a bill that <br />proposes important changes to density bonus law. This bill, authored by Assembly Members Lori <br />Saldana (D-San Diego) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), who respectively chair the Assembly <br />Housing and Community Development and the Assembly local Government Committees, will . <br />come up on a floor vote in the next few weeks and needs the support of cities across the state. <br />For more, see Page 3. <br />