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A sample resolution can be found on the League's Web site htto:/Iwww .cacities.oralresource files/28002.SAMPLERESOLUTIONFfNDI NGASEVEREFISCAL HARDSHIPMav8.odf 8A Page 6 Plan to Attend Budget Action Day on Wednesday, June 3 The League is holding a special event in Sacramento on June 3 to bring city officials to lobby their legislators and administration officials on possible implications of the May 19 special election results. The timing of this session is designed to allow many city officials to come in just for the day. With California's fiscal crisis, budget negotiations and testimonies are going to be extremely important. The May revise has set the tone for the coming weeks of budget negotiations and this is an important time to meet with your legislators to protect local funding. California cities need to join forces to respond to the May revise proposals to ensure cities' needs are heard and understood in the Capitol. Schedule of Events 10 -11:15 a.m., May Revise Budget Briefing Citizen Hotel, Metropolitan Terrace, Sacramento, CA . State Controller John Chiang will address city officials 11:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Time for Scheduling Lunch and Lobbying Appointments with Legislators Please contact Meghan McKelvey at mmckelvev@cacities.org or (916) 658-8253 if you would like to attend. District Budget Meetings City officials who are unable to make the trip to Sacramento on June 3 are encouraged to contact their League regional public affairs manager to schedule a district meeting with their legislator. Legislature Holds Suspense Hearings: Information on Key Legislation League Tracking This week, bills with costs of $150,000 or more were examined by the appropriations committees in the Assembly and Senate. The process of holding bills of this fiscal impact is called "suspense" and the committees meet biannually to take up the suspense files then pass bills out of committee that either fall below a set cost threshold or are agreed upon by the committee. There were a number of bills of particular interest to cities that went through suspense including AB 155 (Mendoza) which the League has opposed very strongly through the legislative session. The Senate Appropriations Committee held a significant portion of its suspense calendar this year. In general, the committee held bills that expanded existing programs or created new ones. However, they did let out about 80 bills with a total cost of about $3.5 million dollars to the state's General Fund. Similarly, the Assembly Appropriations Committee let about half of its bills out of committee, with a cost of about $6 million. The cost of many of these bills will be absorbed by the implementing state agency's existing budget, or the costs will be incurred through state or local fees. In the case of a number of the bills, the implementation dates for the bills have been put off for several years. In those cases, the bill has no cost to the state's General Fund for FY 2008-09 (this budget year). Below is a list of the key bills the League is watching, the League's position and how the bills fared: 6