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<br /> <br />Campaign to Protect Local Revenues <br />Focus of 2010 <br /> <br />League Executive Director Chris McKenzie <br />and League President Robin Lowe <br />welcomed city officials on Wednesday with <br />a presentation showcasing League member <br />benefits with a session titled 'Your League <br />and How to Use it." <br /> <br />Lowe emphasized the League's mission to <br />work on behalf of the needs of all cities. <br />She urged them to get involved with the <br />League. <br /> <br />League Executive Director Chris McKenzie and League <br />President Robin Lowe urged city officials Wednesday to get <br />involved In Lea ue efforts. <br /> <br />McKenzie started his presentation talking <br />about last year's incredible budget struggles, recounting how the local share of the Highway User <br />Tax Account (HUTA), or gas tax, was put into the budget but then taken out in the final hours of <br />negotiations after the League and other local government groups fought the proposal. <br /> <br />He also briefed the group on the League's efforts in the past six-plus years to protect local <br />revenues from being seized by the state. He recalled our efforts to pass Proposition 1A in 2004 <br />and how membership effectively worked together to gather signatures and pass the measure. <br /> <br />This year, McKenzie told them, the League is focused on qualifying and passing the Local <br />Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act of 2010. He explained how the <br />measure will protect local government revenues. Last week Californians to Protect Local <br />Taxpayers and Vital Services, the coalition behind the ballot measure, launched its signature <br />gathering efforts. <br /> <br />By the end of this week, the campaign will have collected approximately 200,000 signatures to <br />help qualify the measure. McKenzie told attendees how critical it is that every council member <br />and mayor should become involved in the campaign because that will help guarantee success. <br />"It's Important that everyone understand the task we have ahead of us," he said to the assembled <br />city officials. <br /> <br />Policy Committees Meet <br /> <br />The League's eight standing policy committees also met in Sacramento this week, holding <br />meetings at the League's offices and the Sacramento Convention Center. <br /> <br />Typically the committees meet four times annually to help shape League policy in the areas of: <br />. Administrative Services; <br />. Community Services; <br />. Employee Relations; <br />. Environmental Quality; <br />. Housing, Community and Economic Development; <br />. Public Safety; <br />. Revenue and Taxation; and <br />. Transportation, Communications and Public Works. <br /> <br />Please visit the League's Web site for more information about policy committee work. <br />htto://wwW.cacities.ora/advo/oolicv/comm/index.isp. <br /> <br />'CltIPAC' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />A number of advocacy firms specializing in representing municipal clients before the legislature <br />provided valuable financial support for the reception: <br />. Joe A. Gonsalves & Son <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />4 <br />