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<br />9A <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />A~olyi... ("""""A!1 AM U,a.t~... ;,...Il...~ ""f hlI<y ,,~.. t~ lif.,! (,liil"",,,, (ftit1i <br /> <br />PRIORITY <br />FOCUS <br /> <br />~'\' ".(,: <br />~~ < -',<. <br /> <br />- . <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />July 18, 2008 <br />Issue #28-2008 <br /> <br />Page 6: Supreme Court Finds Open Space Assessment Violates Proposition 218 <br />Page 7: Cities Should Voice Comments on Climate Change Seeping Plan <br />Water Boards Take Action on Minimum Mandatory Penalty Violation Enforcement <br />Page 8: Sustainabllity Feature Story: Riverside Blankets City with Trees <br />Page.9: Find a Bin, Legislators. Leg Committee. or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />GOVERNOR SAYS BORROWING LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION <br />MONEY IS NOT A BUDGET SOLUTION <br />What is Your Legislator Saying? <br /> <br />While rumors of legislators offering up borrowing local property taxes and transportation funds <br />continue to swirl like smoke out of the Capitol dome, city officials should remember that at least one <br />person in Sacramento has pledged not to take local government and transportation revenue. For <br />more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />U.s. HOUSE AGREES TO INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION FUNDING <br /> <br />House leaders reached agreement this week on a plan to include $3.9 billion in funding for state and <br />local governments for foreclosed property acquiSition and rehabilitation in the House version of a <br />foreclosure crisis response package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Callf.) and House <br />Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Chair Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) were <br />instrumental in working with House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank (D-Mass,) to <br />retain the funding In the measure. For more, see Page 4. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />CITIES ENCOURAGED TO TAKE POSITIONS ON MAJOR <br />BILLS AFFECTING CITIES <br /> <br />As the Legislative Session winds down, it is important that city officials submit letters of support or <br />opposition to their legislators on these bills. These letters are valuable and help with city lobbying <br />efforts, not only in the Legislature but in helping make the case for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to <br />sign or veto legislation that may reach his desk. For more, see Page 4. <br />