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<br />8A <br />Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />,ln~$'nfs. (q;,t:t'!~Ntt,uy ~~~ ij~4eto!:" ~'ft l-lt~t.l",)t~w ..to;! P!r~rql i'~~bl'~- ~h.;)t A{i~d (:;t.a1')tN.l (aitf <br /> <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />June 13, 2008 <br />Issue #23-2008 <br /> <br />Page 3: Conflict Over Labor Dispute Jurisdictions May Go to Supreme Court <br />Page 4: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Allowing Public Employees to Sue tor "Class-ot-One" Violations <br />New Web Site Engages More African American Local Officials <br />Page 5: Addressing the Impacts of Foreclosure Crisis <br />2008 Annual Conference Offers First-Time Attendees Orientation <br />Page 6: ILG Luncheon at Annual Conference Focuses on California Demographics <br />Software Makes Reporting Affordable Housing Funding Easy <br />Page 7: Find a Bill. Legislators, Leg Committee. or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />LEGISLATIVE BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE BEGINS <br />City Leaders Urged to Remain in Close Contact with Legislators <br /> <br />o <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The Legislative Conference Committee began its work of reconciling differences between the <br />Assembly and Senate versions of the budget on Thursday, June 12. The Senate conferees are <br />Sens. Denise Ducheny (D-San Diego), Bob Dutton (R-Inland Empire) and Mike Machado (0- <br />Linden). The Assembly is represented by Assembly Members John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), Roger <br />Niello (R-Sacramento), and Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />LEAGUE OPPOSES ENERGY INITIATIVE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT <br />"Solar and Clean Energy Act" Could Thwart Efforts to Secure More Renewable <br />Power and Would Undermine Local Control <br /> <br />A growing coalition that includes local governments, renewable energy providers, <br />environmentalists. business and labor leaders have opposed the Solar and Clean Energy Act of <br />2008. The initiative qualified June 2 for the November 2008 ballot. For cities, one of the most <br />significant issues is that, if passed, this measure would significantly erode local control over the <br />permitting of new power plants. The measure could also undermine the ability of municipal and <br />local government-run utilities to determine the power portfolio appropriate for their customers. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />HOUSING BILL AMENDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL $150 MILLION FOR INFILL <br />INFRASTRUCTURE AND TOO <br />Senate Appropriations Committee Will Hear AS 1252 Monday <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />AS 1252 (Caballero, Saldana) has been gutted and amended to include the allocation of an <br />additional $150 million in funding from the Proposition 1 C Infilllnfrastructure and Transit Oriented <br />Development (TOO) Fund for FY 2007-08: $100 million for infill and $50 million for TOO. <br />For more, see Page 3. <br />