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9A Page 1 Advocate Weekl August 21.2009 Issue #32.2009 IN THIS ISSUE: Page 5: Supreme Court to Rule on Prevailing Wage Payments for Construction Contracts Page 6: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Upcoming Opportunities On-Camera Media Training Available for City Officials at the League's 2009 Annual ConFerence Page 7: Meet Vendors and Service Providers at the League's 2009 Annual Conference and Save Your City Money 6TH Announces Certification Program SENATE APPROVES PRISON REFORM PACKAGE ABx314 Narrowly Passes, Awaiting Vote in Assembly The Senate on Thursday, Aug. 29, voted on a package of reforms designed to reduce California's prison popUlation by approximately 26,800 by mid-2010, and by 43,200 by mid-2012. This vote followed the adoption of the budget in late July that included an unallocated $1.2 billion cut to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and an agreement to specify how to implement that cut before the end of session in September. The reforms also attempt to respond to an order issued by a federal three-judge panel on Aug. 4 to reduce the state prison population by about 40,000 Inmates. For more, see Page 2. .................................... DOF RELEASES LIST OF 51 SUSPENDED STATE MANDATES The Department of Finance (DOF) provided the League on Monday, Aug. 18, with a list of 51 state mandates that have been suspended for FY 2009-10 through the recent state budget agreement. A copy of this letter with a list of suspended mandates has been posted on the League's Web site. www.cacities.ora/resource files/28258.LeaaueOfCaCitiesDOF .cdf For more, see Page 4. .................................... LEGISLATIVE WATER PACKAGE DETAILS With the release last week of a package of bills by Senate and Assembly Democrats intended to deal with Delta restoration, water conservation and water use, water issues will be dominating the end of the legislative session. The bills. in pre-print form, would require development of a Delta Plan, create a new Delta governance structure. require a 20 percent reduction in statewide urban per capita water use by 2020 and establish new water use reporting requirements. The measures also include provisions related to funding, implementation of the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan and in-stream flows. For more, see Page 4.