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8A Page 6 Advocate Weekl . . November 13, 2009 Issue #44-2009 IN THIS ISSUE: Page 3: Help Ensure That Every Californian Is Counted In the 2010 Census PROP. 1A SECURITIZATION BONDS SUCCESSFULLY SOLD 408 Participating Cities and Towns to Receive 100 Percent Funding The culmination of the League's intensive efforts this year to ensure the securitization of the Proposition 1A property tax loan to the state occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with the sale of the securitization bonds. California Communities, the League-CSAC sponsored joint powers authority, completed the sale for the full amount of the bond-$1.895 billion, with 1,257 participating local agencies. For more, see Page 2. .................................... WASTE BOARD TRANSITIONS TO NEW DEPARTMENT As part of the budget deal negotiated in July, the Legislature abolished the California Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB). transferring all duties and responsibilities to the newly- created Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery (DR3) as of Jan. 1,2010. Instead of an appointed board, DR3 will appoint a director who will hear and decide appeals of DR3 decisions. For more, see Page 2. .................................... DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS FILES DRAFT REGULATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) filed draft regulations with the Office of Administrative Law on Tuesday, Nov. 10, that will implement the provisions of SBx2 9 (Padilla). This bill effectively eliminates third party labor compliance programs (LCPs) - programs designed to enforce prevailing wage requirements on public works projects. A 2007 Legislative Analyst Office report found that third party LCPs were both costly and ineffective in terms of reported recoveries of back wages and penalties. For more, see Page 2.