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8A Page 22 `Budget'Continued from Page 1... With time of the essence,the League,CSAC, and the California Special Districts Association (CSDA)have been working together to urge the state Senate to reconvene to complete business that should have been addressed prior to the official end of the 2009 legislative session on Sept. 12. The associations have sent several joint letters to Senate leadership in recent weeks which have been posted on the League's Web site. � Sept. 15,2009 www.cacities.orq/resource files/283fi0.SenateLetter91509.pdf • Sept.23�2009 www.cacities.or�lresource files/28361.SenateLetter92309.pdf To date,fi37 local agencies have enrolled in Califomia Communities'the program to securitize the state's repayment obligation,comprised of: • 51 counties; • 260 cities/towns;and • 32fi special districtslother. The estimated enrollmenk dollars for cities and counties totals$1.314 billion.This amaunt does not include special district volume which is still being estimated. Please see information on the California Communities Web site about the Prop. 1A Securitization Program. https://www.psacom,�r��nities.ora/fs�apps/?app=22 All that is necessary for SB 67 to pass is for the Senate to reconvene,take up the matter under reconsideration, pass it with 27 votes and send it to Gov,Arnold Schwarzenegger. SB fi7 obtained 26 votes the last time it was voted on prior to the close of the session with all 25 Democrats and Sen.Abel Maldonado(R-Santa Maria)voting in support.(This number was jcast one shy of what was needed to pass.)The remaining Senate Republicans withhe[d all votes on measures requiring a nnro-thirds vote over an unrelated dispute with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento). The news media recently reported that the Senate may return to conduct business Oct. 13-15, but there has been no official announcement. It has also been reported than some legislators are currently traveling abroad. Take Action City offlcials are encouraged to urge their senators to retum to complete their unfinished business,including the passage of SB 67 prior to Oct. 15.The League, CSAC and CSDA have prepared a fact sheet/talking points with information about how the failure of the Senate to pass SB fi7 by Oct. 15 would be devastating to both state and local governments. This document, 15 Days to Keep a Commit�menf, has been posted on the League's Web site_ www.cacikies.org/resource files128362.DavstoCommitment100909.qdf When Speaking W/th Senate Democrats and Republican Sen.Abel Maldonado: • Please thank Democratic senators and Sen.Abel Maldonado for their prior vote in support of SB 67. Encourage them to vote for SB 67 again when it comes up for reconsideration. For Remaining Senate Republ/can Members • Emphasize the importance to your city of securitizing the state's repayment obligation pursuant to Prop. 1A. • Explain some of the additional impac#s that the Prop. 1A borrowing of 8 percent of local property taxes will mean for local services and programs,absent securitization. • Ask your senator if he/she will vote for SB 67 when it comes up for a vote under reconslderation.Ask for a commitmentl 2