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8A Page 7 . S8 194 (Florez): oppose, held by the Senate Appropriations Committee . S8 518 (Lowenthal): oppose, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, but first amended to make the mandatory provisions of the bill permissive . AB 128 (Coto): oppose, held by Assembly Appropriations Committee . AB 155 (Mendoza): oppose, passed by Assembly Appropriations Committee with clarifying amendments . AB 262 (Bass): support, passed by Assembly Appropriations Committee . AB 396 (Fuentes) oppose, held by Assembly Appropriations Committee . AB 479 (Chesbro): "watch," passed by Assembly Appropriations Committee . AB 596 (Evans): support, held by Assembly Appropriations Committee . AB 1284 (Huffman): support. held by Assembly Appropriations Committee Robin Lowe Elected League First Vice President, Jim Ridenour, Second Vice President The League's 2009 board of directors nominating committee was called upon to select a replacement for a vacancy on the executive committee caused by the resignation of Rancho Cordova Council Member Ken Cooley ass first vice president. The committee nominated Hemet Council Member Robin Lowe for the first vice president position and nominated Modesto Mayor Jim Ridenour to fill the second vice president position. The board of directors met to approve the nominations on Friday, May 22. Lowe has served on the Hemet City Council for 14 years, including four terms as mayor. Active in the League as the second vice president prior to her nomination for first vice president, Lowe has been a member of the board of directors since 2000 and has served as president of the Riverside County Division and the Mayors and Council Members Department and chair of the Transportation, Communications and Public Works Policy Committee. In addition, she was elected to the National League of Cities board of directors in 2007. Elected Modesto mayor in December 2003, Ridenour joined the League's board of directors in October 2006 as the division representative from the Central Valley. Ridenour also has served as the Central Valley Division representative on the Public Safety Policy Committee from 2006 to the present. The nominating committee will meet again in July to consider, nominations for second vice president and five at-large board member positions. The board of directors will consider the nominations at its meeting in September in conjunction with the 2009 Annual Conference. League Neutral on Bill Regarding Healing Arts Businesses Last year, the League strongly opposed Assembly Bill 2427 (Eng), sponsored by the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA). This bill attempted to prohibit local governments from regulating local healing arts businesses under their existing police power. Healing arts businesses are regulated by the California Department of Consumer Affairs and do not include massage therapy services. The bill was brought to the Legislature after CVMA sued the city of West Hollywood over an ordinance prohibiting the declawing of animals for non-therapeutic purposes. While the city ultimately won the case and has had their ordinance upheld, CVMA brought the bill to the legislature to overturn the ability of local governments to regulate veterinary and other types of healing arts businesses. AS 2427 was ultimately vetoed by the Governor last year. This year, CVMA introduced S8 762 (Aanastead), a similar bill that deals with the local regulation of healing arts professions. This version of the bill contains specific language to protect the erosion of a city's police powers as it relates to ordinances, zoning, business licensing or reasonable health and safety requirements. In addition, S8 762 grandfathers in the city of West 7