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<br />8A <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />~it. c..w..llfJry H..,..... t~iM ... htM, ~"'tc 1M Aff". (.ll"tlli. (hi" <br /> <br />PRIORITY <br />FOCUS <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />Decernber19,2008 <br />Issue #47..2008 <br /> <br />Page 4: Gov. SchwarZenegger Launches -Bank on California- <br />Page 5: Honoring Excellence in Public Works - ea. for James L. Martin Award Nominations <br />NLC and CH2M HILL Nominations Open for 2009 Awards for Municipal ExceAence Program <br />Find 8 BiD, Legislators, leg Committee. or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HE Will VETO $18.1 BilLION BUDGET PACKAGE <br /> <br />An hour after Democrats in the Senate and Assembly pushed through an $18.2 billion budget <br />package yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger announced that he would veto the package because it <br />included some, but not enough. of the economic stimulus measures he wants. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />2008 DECEMBER BUDGET BILLS: PRELIMINARY SUMMARY <br /> <br />These measures comprise the package of bills passed by the Legislature on December 18 in the <br />First Extraordinary Session and sent to the governor for signature. Few of the bills were available <br />in print at the time they were taken up for vote. They are now all available online. The following <br />summarizes key provides of these bills. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />MAJORITY-VOTE BUDGET PACKAGE WAS THE <br />LATEST EFFORT TO CLOSE DEFICIT <br /> <br />The $18.1 billion budget package passed yesterday was a daring move by Democrats who were <br />clearly determined to find a way to circumvent the Republicans' refusal to vote for revenue <br />increases. In fact. two separate proposals had also been proposed this week by Republicans and <br />Democrats; each had been rejected on a partisan basis. For more, see Page 4. <br />