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<br />Jerry Deal, council member, Burlingame
<br />Kathleen King, vice mayor, Saratoga
<br />Lou Becker, council member. Los Altos
<br />Melinda Hamilton, council member, Sunnyvale
<br />Nancy Pyle, council member, San Jose
<br />Omar Ahmed, council member, San Carlos
<br />Orrin Mahoney, mayor, Cupertino
<br />Perry Woodward, council member, Gilroy
<br />Sue Digre, mayor pro tern, Pacifica
<br />Rose Herrera, council member, San Jose
<br />Sepi Richardson. mayor, Brisbane
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<br />California Cities Begin Declaring State of Severe Fiscal Hardship
<br />Dozens Expected to Follow Suit in Coming Days
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<br />On Monday, May 11, the first of many cities across California declared a state of severe fiscal
<br />hardship and opposed a proposal to take local property tax funds to finance the state budget.
<br />These actions reflect the impacts that the stagnating economy has had on California's cities due
<br />to serious declines in local tax revenues. Across the state, many cities are enacting drastic cuts to
<br />their budgets including public safety reductions, employee layoffs, hiring freezes, project delays,
<br />program reductions and more.
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<br />More than 100 cities have passed or are scheduled to pass a resolution declaring a state of
<br />severe fiscal hardship by Tuesday, June 2. Many additional cities will be following suit in the
<br />coming weeks as they prepare their FY 2009-10 budget. Cities that have declared or are
<br />scheduled to declare a state of severe fiscal hardship include:
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<br />Monday, May 11: Bellflower, Concord, Fort BragQ, Morro Bay, Palo Alto I
<br />Tuesday, May 12: Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Chura Vista, Claremont, Dinuba, EI
<br /> Cajon, Folsom, Hermosa Beach, Highland. La Mesa, Novato, Salinas,
<br /> San Marcos, Santa Clarita, Valleio, Vista
<br />Wednesday, May 13: Cornin~, Encinitas, Palm Sprinos, Santee, Solana Beach, Williams
<br />Thursday, Mav 14: Citrus Heights, Tehachapj
<br />Monday, May 18: Albany, Biggs, Calimesa, Del Mar, Fortuna, Grover Beach, Hollister,
<br /> Lomita, Los Gatos, Merced, Oakdale, Orland, Petaluma, San
<br /> Bernardino, Santa Maria, Sonora
<br />Tuesday, May 19: Coronado, Desert Hot Springs, EI Monte, Eureka, Fremont, Lemon
<br /> Grove, lone, Loyalton, Mountain View, Poway, Red Bluff, Redding,
<br /> Redlands, Riverside, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Taft, Tulare,
<br /> Y ountville
<br />Wednesday, May 20: Atherton, Bakersfield, Imperial Beach, Lodi, Los Banos, Sebastopol
<br />Thursday, May 21: Indian Wells. Rancho Miraae, San Jacinto, Seaside
<br />Tuesday, May 26: Apple Valley, Banning, Blythe, Hemet. Jackson, Millbrae. Moreno
<br /> Vallev, San Carlos, Temecula, Wheatland, Willows
<br />Wednesday, May 27: Adelato, Cathedral City, Cloverdale, Covina, Grass Valley, San
<br /> Anselmo. South San Francisco
<br />Thursday, May 28: Plvmouth
<br />Monday, June 1: Selma
<br />Tuesday, June 2: Campbell, Murrieta, Ontario, South Gate, West Covina, Woodland
<br />Wednesday, June 3: Canyon Lake, India, Norco
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<br />"These resolutions are a sign of the serious financial strain many cities face as a result of the
<br />economic downturn. We can't allow the state to compound the existing crisis facing many cities
<br />by taking local property taxes or other revenues." said League President and Rolling Hills Estates
<br />Mayor Judy Mitchell.
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<br />Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met with city officials Monday in Culver City and Tuesday in San
<br />Jose to discuss Propositions 1 AMF on the May 19 special election ballot. The Governor outlined
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