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8-A-1 I March 28, 2003 ssue #12 -2003 w (Oiifar * ciets ■ AB 1051 SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING CALLED FOR MAY 15 • Goldber g). C C a p i The Officers of the League's Board of Directors decided this week to call Hot BiIIS a Special Membership Meeting for League members, to be held May 15 in ■ Sacramento immediately following the two-day Legislative Action Days Act Now conference. For more, see page 4. ■ ■ ■ ■ As part of his review, Brulte reminded the committee that the state should ■ ................... : government for state problems. While he believes that local government was AB 136 (Kehoe). PROGRESS SEEN IN STATE SSTP PARTICIPATION ■ Workers' Compen- ated the Republican Caucus' belief that it's all right to ask local government to sation. Disability: The State of California inched towards a role in national discussions about Leave Of Absence. a multistate, streamlined system for sales and use tax collection and adminis- ■ Status: Oppose. tration with a March 26 vote by the California Board of Equalization (BOE) to ■ become an "observer" in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP), and the AB 507 (Hancock). same day passage of SB 157 (Bowen and Alpert) by the Senate Revenue and ■ Public Safety Taxation Committee. The Bowen -Alpert bill would require the state to become Officers: Off -Duty a "voting" participant in SSTP. For more, see page 7. '• "• "•• " " " "" ■ Employment. Status: Oppose. STATE BUDGET UPDATE ■ AB 1051 Several informational hearings were held this week on state budget pro- • Goldber g). C C a p i posals. The Senate convened hearings of the full budget committee to discuss ■ tal Facilit the impacts of the 2003 -04 budget proposals made by the Governor and the ■ Senate Republican Caucus. Senate Minority Leader Brulte kicked off the • Status: Support. hearings by reviewing the Senate Republican Caucus proposal. As part of his review, Brulte reminded the committee that the state should • work to become "partners" with local government, and to not blame local : government for state problems. While he believes that local government was unfairly targeted in the Administration's budget proposals this year, he reiter- Want more details on ated the Republican Caucus' belief that it's all right to ask local government to these and other bills? share in the solution. As a result, in the Senate Republican Caucus budget Log on to the league of proposals, local governments are being asked to provide an unallocated $500 California Cities Web site million in revenue a year, for three years, to help the state through this fiscal at www.cacities.org and crisis. At the same time, Brulte asked for bipartisan support for a constitutional click on Legislative amendment protecting local government revenues from future state raids Advocacy. unless 80% of the legislature is in favor of the revenue shifts. For more, see page 8. Page 2 LEGISLATORS, LOBBYIST BRIEF LEAGUE POLICY COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2003 CALIFORNIA CITIES HELEN PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE Page 3 LOCAL UPDATE Page 4 DRAFT OF PHASE II STORM WATER PERMITS RELEASED STRATEGIC STATEWIDE SUMMIT Page 5 TWO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAMS HOMELAND SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING PROPOSED Page 6 THE BUDGET STORY — SOME PRESS QUOTES Page 9 LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARIES