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9A <br /> Page 1 <br /> t �:ac:����� '� <br /> �� <ic c:A,�a>q+o.��. <br /> ��1���� � � ������ �� <br /> �. <br /> > R �f � <br /> . June 't2, 2009 <br /> Issue#22-2Q09 <br /> � IN THIS 1SSUE: <br /> Page 4: Became a Recycling Market Deveiopment Zone <br /> Page 5: Additional ARRA Funding Qppartunities far Cities <br /> Page 7: Caii#amia l-Bank to Hold June 19 Brie�ng on New Bonding Option for Cities and Counties <br /> Lobbying Time on Budget Issues during Sacramento PoHcy Comrnlriee Maetings � <br /> Court Rules for Counties ln Property Tax Administraiion Fee Dispute <br /> Page 8: Register Naw for the 2009 NationaE Summit an Your Ciiy's Families <br /> BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TAKES LOCAL GAS TAX FQR TWO YEARS: <br /> PR4POSAL WQULD DEVASTATE CITY STREET MAINTENANCE <br /> AND TRAFFIC SAFETY <br /> Na Decision yef on Proposal tv Barrow Lacal Property Taxes <br /> Budget activffiies in the Capitof ended on Thursday with devastating news to local govemments <br /> when the Budget Conference Committee approved taking two years of local Highway User Tax <br /> Accoun#(HUTA)funds.This amounts to$98fi milliort in FY 2QQ9-'I Q and $75�million in FY 201 Q- <br /> 11.The vot�was party-line: Democrats"Aye",Repu�iicans"No."The action by the Buclget <br /> Conference Committee,if sustalned by the(egislature,wifl directly contradict limits placed on the <br /> legislature's use of HUTA funds in Proposition 5 in 1974 and Prop.2 in '�998.The action also has <br /> tremendous implications for city budgets which have relied on thls stable source of revenue for <br /> impartant transportation projects sirtce#he 197Us.The League will be delivering the Govemor and <br /> Legislature an authoritat�ve legal opinion questioning the constitutionality of#he HUTA raid. <br /> For more, see Page 2. <br /> i������s���ls��l��������i����������• <br /> PARTICIPATE N4W IN LEIs►GUE SURVEY aN IMPACT 4F BUDGET PROPOSALS <br /> City officiais#hat have not done so are urged to respond to a League sunrey on the impact cities <br /> will experience if#he s#ate borrows 8 percent af 1oca1 proper#y#ax, tafces the local share of the gas <br /> tax and borrows Propositlon 42 funds to batance the state budge#. For more, see Page 3. <br /> •s•••s�««�•�*•�.•��•i•.•••..�•..•••a <br /> INVlTAT�ON TO ��CAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT QN G4VERNANCE AND <br /> FISCAL REF4RM JU�Y 97-18, SACRAMENTO <br /> City officials are invited to attend and participate in a historic summit meeting of city, COClflf�/�f1d <br /> school officfafs in Sacramento,July 17-18 at the Hyatt Regency to discuss and debate the <br /> emerging proposais to reform California's gavernance and fiscal systems.For more, see Page 3.� <br /> ♦r�a��fi�riri������f�����l����f���!• <br />