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8A Page 17 Additionally, California Communities has also created a Member Benefit Report for its more than 500 participating cities, counties and special districts, which details the direct financing and public benefit projects completed by each member agency. For more information on programs utilized by your community, please visit www.psacommunities.ora/fsJreoorts/Benefits/default.aspx. For more information about California Communities please visit www.cacommunities.oro. The report is available online at "W'NW. osacommunities.ora/fs/reoorts/Benefits/CACommunitiesBenefitReoort2008.odf. City Advocate Weekly Replaces Priority Focus The League is pleased to announce a new name for its weekly newsletter: City Advocate Weekly. With a tag line of "Legislation and Policy Affecting California Cities," the renamed publication will also feature a redesigned masthead. Stories will continue to focus on key legislation affecting cities and other items of interest to city officials. We believe that the name City Advocate Weekly better reflects the purpose and intent of our newsletter. This name change is just one part of the League's effort to better serve its members by updating and streamlining our communications tools. Subscribers will automatically receive City Advocate Weekly'without having to re-subscribe. Air Resources Board Offering Local Government Assistance AB 32 Workshop On March 9, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will host a workshop for local govemment officials on cost-effective strategies to assist local governments in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of the ARB imptementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AS 32). The workshop will be held in the Coastal Hearing Room from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Cal/EPA Headquarters building at 10011 Street in Sacramento. The workshop will also be available via Webcast. Califomia1s Climate Change Scoping Plan encourages local governments to adopt GHG reduction goals consistent with statewide targets to reduce emissions by about 15 percent. In addition, S8 375 sets out a process for achieving these GHG reductions through better land use and transportation planning. The public workshop will focus on ARB's efforts related to reducing GHG emissions with an overview of local government related cUmate change activities and how they contribute to the statewide goals of AB 32 and S8 375 implementation. Participants will receive a Local Government Toolkit which includes important information on cost- saving actions to reduce GHG emissions including energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy, green transportation, green building, waste reduction and recyclingl water conservation, recycling and reuse, and environmentally preferable purchasing. The toolkit will also include financial resources and case studies that highlight California local governments that have successfully and profitably reduced GHG emissions. This toolkit is a compendium of guidance and resources to assist local governments to reduce GHG emissions and save money. You can view the public workshop notice at: www.arb.ca.Qov/ccllocalaction/meetinos/meetinos.htm. A WOrkshop agenda and presentation will also be posted to this Web site prior to the workshop meeting. More information on local government activities will be available at ARB's Local Action for Climate Change Emission Reductions Web site at: www.arb.ca.aov/ccllocalactionlfocalaction.htm For further information, please contact Dana Papke, staff lead for the Local Government Toolkit, at (916) 324-9615 or doaoke<Warb.ca.aov or Annmarie Moral manager, at (916) 323-1517 or amora<<v.arb.ca.aov. 10