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8A Page 3 provisions estimated to save the state $1.4 billion, reductions in overtime, and elimination of some state holidays. The budget also reduces state funding for local public transit agencies. What the Budget Means for Cities. City officials facing their own difficult budgets wm be relieved to know that the final package appears to leave cities' revenues largely intact. Specifically, the package does not suspend Proposition 1A protections for local property and sales tax, nor will it shift or borrow additional funds from redevelopment agencies. Furthermore, it will preserve local public safety funds (COPS, juvenile justice and booking fees). City officials understand very well that this was a very difficult budget for our state leaders to negotiate. They faced enormous challenges: declining revenues, an on-going imbalance between revenues and budgeted expenditures, and the complications of our own state constitutional constraints. Voting for this budget was difficult for legislators on both sides of the aisle. But it was a necessary vote to bring both certainty and closure to Californians. Passage of this budget compromise helps ensure that California is better positioned to participate with the federal government in re- investing in our people and our infrastructure. City officials can now proceed with a greater certainty about managing their own resources, and solving their own fiscal problems without the immediate risk that the state will deepen the local fiscal problems by taking focal revenues. The state can once again pay its own bills, issue tax refunds, and authorize the release of voter-supported state infrastructure bond funds to work on local transportation and housing projects. The League encourages city officials to thank the Governor and our legislators for their hard work and leadership. More Details to Come. As we go to print, many of the budget-related bills are not yet in print. The League will produce a detailed analysis of the budget package, once complete information is available. (For a listing of the budget bills, see also "Budget Package Measures".) ~BilIs' Continued from Page 1... S8 x3 1 S8 x3 2 AS x3 3 SS x3 4 AB x3 5 sa x3 6 S8 x3 7 S8 x3 8 S8 x3 10 AB x3 11 AS x3 12 AS x3 13 S8 x3 14 S8 x3 15 AS x3 16 AS x3 17 S8 x3 19 5B x3 20 ACA x3 1 ACA x3 2 islature at sa x2 3 sa x2 4 3