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6, A 13 LOCALfrom page 3 ................. ............................... . services." Presenters for the Inland Empire Division will be Division President Janice Rutherford, Mayor Pro -Tern of Fontana, and Division Legislative Task Force Chair Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor, City of Grand Terrace. Also presenting will be guest speakers Melissa Omelas representing Team- sters Local 911, and Charles Rangel representing Young Homes. Both are LOCAL partners in the IE region and will share their perspectives on the advocacy efforts to protect local services. Press Coverage This Week Editorials, Columns, Opeds, Letters to the Editor Los Angeles Times "Swallowing Hard on Budget'— On VLF Riverside Press Enterprise "California's budget blahs" North County Times, "A possible way out of budget fiasco found" — Mentions VLF San Diego Union Tribune, "State budget gap: State budget deficit bigger than expected " — Mentions VLF Sacramento Bee Daniel Weintraub Column, 'When a state controller goes begging on Wall Street' Sacramento Bee Dan Walters Column, "Iraq war may be a memory by the time state solves budget crisis" — Discusses politics surrounding VLF over the past few months Sacramento Bee Op-ed by Senator Rico 011er, "Other view: On car tax, Davis and Westly shouldn't try to deceive voters" firms hard; But state unlikely to back down on tripling cost." Contra Costa Times "Budget dissent in Legisla- ture blocks benefits" — Has quote from Wesson describing the VLF as part of the budget solution. The Marin Independent Journal, "State seeks help with cutting budget" — Quotes from Pat Leary, CSAC Legislative Representative and Chris McKenzie, League Executive Director Los Angeles Times, "Tax Reform Push Gains Momentum in Crisis" — Quotes from Pat Leary, CSAC Legislative Representative Los Angeles Daily News, "State budget deficit bigger than expected"— AP story, ran in several papers SSTPfrom page 1 ••ee•••••••••••••• The League's board of directors voted in February to support California's participation in the SSTP Project, out of concern for the millions of "lost" tax dollars that California and local govern- ments experience on remote sales of tangible property where the retailer is not required to collect sales tax from the consumer. While consumers are obligated to pay the tax and remit it to the state, in reality few do. The SSTP has gained support of more than 30 states. Current SSTP members have created a series of "articles" that provide the definitions for a potential "streamlining" of sales and use tax appli- cation nationwide, which are presently being considered by many states. Work continues on further refining these and defining additional articles to be considered by the state. It is critical that California have a "seat at the table" for discus- sions on the final articles to ensure our unique interests are considered and incorporated. News Stories Sacramento Bee, "Efforts underway to reduce vote needed to pass state budgets" — AP Story ran in several papers Sacramento Bee, "New controller on the hot seat"— Mentions issue of who is responsible for pulling VLF trigger San Francisco Chronicle "Car fee hike to hit This is just the first step. In order for California to conform to the articles proposed by SSTP, legislation would need to be introduced and full discussion would begin. Ultimately, Federal legisla- tion would be needed to ensure conformity through- out the United States. This is clearly a long -term fiscal reform initiative, but the time to get involved is now and we applaud the efforts of the BOE and Senators Bowen and Alpert in this regard. Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 7