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<br />!.~;~!f';'li. (.u~j#li:"!111:~:; 3"f.=;ii Hf~;:!*'"~: ~*" t.i!:t.'\.!:tt~rt ~l'lfi h1-tiq j\!"1"l'i. It-.ti .\-i!c<ti {dl'ft)tm~. ({(i...~ <br /> <br />PRIORITY <br />FOCUS <br /> <br />~ ~\l~~i~ <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />June 6, 2008 <br />Issue #22-2008 <br /> <br />Page 3: CitIes Encouraged to Take Positions on list of Major BIIs Affecting Cities <br />Page 5: Menifee t9 Become o48Oltl City in California <br />PubIIo-PriYate Partnership Conference Registration Opeos <br />Page 6: Sustainable CIties Feature: Vacav/lle's COO Vehicle Incentive Program Improves Local AIr Quality <br />Page 7: Western UunIc:Ipel Conference Unites local Govammen&s across the west <br />Find a Bin, legislators, Leg Committee, or AsIc league leg SI8ff <br /> <br />VOTERS SUPPORT EMINENT DOMAIN REFORM AS PROP. 99 WINS IN A <br />LANDSLIDE AND PROP. 98 LOSES <br /> <br />Tuesday's election made it clear that California voters want responsible eminent domain reform, <br />not a law that appears to provide such reform but in reality woufd have eliminated renter <br />protections and rent control, weakened environmental prolections and threatened the slate's <br />ability to rebuild its aging infrastructure. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />BUDGET COMMITTEES CHOOSE NOT TO INCLUDE SEVERAL <br />LAQ..SUGGESTED GRABS OF CITY FUNDS <br /> <br />Cities received good news this week when neither the Assembty nor Senate Budget Committees <br />etected to adopt proposals by the legislative Analyst to take dty funds to support state parole <br />realignment to county probation or for an ERAF-styte grab of local redevefopment funds. <br />legislators should be thanked for this positive decision. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />POSITIVE RESULTS FOR LOCAL TAX MEASURES ACROSS CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />Along with Propositions 98 and 99 and primaries for congressional and legislative seats on the <br />June 3 ballot, California voters also considered over 100 local measures. Seventy-eight of these <br />related to city, county, special district, school bonds or taxes. In addition, voters in RiversIde <br />County made Menifee the state's48Olh city. Formore, see Page 3. <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 1 <br />