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9A Page 1 Advocate Weekl I ... . June 19, 2009 Issue #23-2009 IN THIS ISSUE: Page 6: CCLI Announces its 2009 Class LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REMAIN VULNERABLE AS BUDGET VOTE LOOMS lIfegal Grab of Gas Tax, Redevelopment Funds in Play As a budget proposal moves closer to a vote on the Senate and Assembly floors. California cities and the League continue to lobby to protect local funds from being used to close the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit. The proposed take of local gas tax funds, which total a combined $2.750 billion over the next two fiscal years. are of paramount concern to cities. A proposal to borrow local property taxes is not currently on the table, but cities need to be on alert should this proposal re-emerge. For more, see Page 2. .................................... 67 CITIES DECRY THE STATE'S ILLEGAL BUDGET PROPOSALS AND SUPPORT LEGAL ACTION TO THWART THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL RAIDS OF LOCAL FUNDS Less than a week after the League released a legal opinion from a prominent local law firm which concluded that the proposed seizure of almost $1.7 billion in city and county motor vehicle. or gas tax funds. to help close the state's budget deficit is unconstitutional, 67 cities immediately passed resolutions authorizing the city attorney to cooperate with the League, other cities and counties in pursuing litigation to have any raid of local gas tax funds declared unconstitutional and Invalid. There are an additional 30 cities poised to take this same action in coming weeks with many more expected. For more, see Page 5. .................................... INVITATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT ON GOVERNANCE AND FISCAL REFORM JULY 17-18, SACRAMENTO City officials are invited to attend and participate in a historic summit meeting of city, county and school officials in Sacramento, July 17~18 at the Hyatt Regency to discuss and debate the emerging proposals to reform California's governance and fiscal systems. For more, see Page 6.