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<br />8A <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />~rj",-<:'ll",\m..~ aft~ ~ttj iIlIl<!lJ!;.tW\tlt ~ ~kyP.~~HIMt Ml<'<t<~fiitl>i~ Cl~ <br /> <br />PRIORITY <br />FOCUS <br /> <br />~ ~SI/f}~:lg <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />August 29, 2008 <br />Issue #34.2008 <br /> <br />Page 4: Sustainable Cities Feature: La Quinta's Vista Dunes Development is Green Beacon <br />Page 5: Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee, or Ask League Leg Slaff <br /> <br />CALIFORNIA VOTERS STRONGLY OPPOSE BORROWING TO SOLVE BUDGET <br /> <br />A whopping 96 percent of likely California voters are opposed to borrowing to close the $15.2 <br />billion dollar budget shortfall. This news was reported by the Public Policy Institute of California <br />(PPIC) on Thursday, Aug. 28 just days before California enters the third month into the new fiscal <br />year without a budget. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />STATE GOES AFTER UNCOLLECTED SALES AND USE TAX <br /> <br />The Board of Equalization's (BOE) two-year pilot Business License Inspection Program estimates <br />that over 3 percent of California businesses operate without appropriate permits or licenses. This <br />failure results in more than $2 billion sales and use tax gap. For more, see Page 3. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />NEW UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ISSUE GROUP MEETS AT <br />LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN LONG BEACH <br /> <br />Mark your calendars for the University Community Issue Group Discussion Forum: Friday, Sept. <br />26,1:30-3 p.m. at the long Beach Convention Center, Room 101B. Scheduled to be facilitated by <br />Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge, this will be the inaugural meeting of the University Community <br />Issue Group. For more, see Page 4. <br />