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<br />LeWslative Bill . Action
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<br />ctions Code), and (Sections 6253.5 and
<br />Ele 36512
<br />of the Government Code), relating to elections. AB
<br />718 provides that special municipal elections can be
<br />held on dates other than an established election
<br />date and would permit any vacancy of an elected
<br />city office to be filled at that election. AS 718 would
<br />require a general municipal election to be held on
<br />any established election date or on the second
<br />Tuesday of April in each odd - numbered year, and
<br />requires a general municipal election held on the
<br />same date as a statewide election to be consoli-
<br />dated with that statewide election. AB 718 permits a
<br />municipal election that is held to submit a measure
<br />or measures to a vote wholly by mail; clarifies that
<br />arguments must be signed by the author /authors of
<br />the argument; permits rebuttal arguments to be
<br />signed by an author of the original argument, a
<br />combination of the authors of the original argument,
<br />or by all the authors of the original argument;
<br />requires rebuttal arguments to be signed only by
<br />the author or authors of the original argument and
<br />would require that rebuttal arguments contain no
<br />more than five (5) signatures; requires the random-
<br />ized alphabet drawn for purposes of the first elec-
<br />tion held by a charter city that holds two (2) elec-
<br />tions in the same year which occur on other than
<br />one of the four major election dates, to be used for
<br />both of those elections; and, provides that nomina-
<br />tion documents and signatures in lieu of filing fee
<br />petitions are not public records and not open to
<br />public inspection. Staff: Amy Brown, Status:
<br />AsE1ecRedist &ConAm;Hrg -4/22, Position: Sup-
<br />port.
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<br />ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
<br />(AsApps): Steinberg (D)(Chair), Bates (R)(Vice Chair),
<br />Berg (D), Calderon (D), Cohn (D), Corbett (D), Correa
<br />(D), Daucher (R), Diaz (D), Firebaugh (D), Goldberg
<br />(D), Haynes (R), Leno (D), Maldonado (R), Negrete
<br />McLeod (D), Nation (D), Nunez (D), Pacheco (R),
<br />Pavley (D), Ridley - Thomas (D), Runner (R), Samuelian
<br />(R), Smutian (D), Wiggins (D), and Yee (D). Phone:
<br />916/319.2081.
<br />ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, REDISTRICTING
<br />AND CONSITfUfIONAL AMENDMENTS
<br />COMMITTEE (AsElecRedist &ConAm): Longville
<br />(D)(Chair), Samuelian (R)(Vice Chair), J. Horton (D),
<br />Levine (D), Nunez (D), Strickland (R), and vacancy.
<br />Phone: 916/319 -2094
<br />ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
<br />COMMITTEE (AsLQ- Salinas (D)(Chair), Lieber
<br />(D)(Vice Chair), Daucher (R), Garcia (R), La Suer (R),
<br />Leno (D), Mullin (D), Steinberg (D), and Wiggins (D).
<br />Phone: 916/319 -3958.
<br />ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
<br />(AsPubSfty): Leon (D)(Chair), La Suer (R)(Vice
<br />Chair), Bermudez (D), Goldberg (D), Koretz (D),
<br />Longville (D), and Spitzer (R). Phone: 916/319 -3744.
<br />ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
<br />(AsTrans): Dutra (D)(Chair), Houston (R)(Vice Chair),
<br />Bates (R), Benoit (R), Berg (D), Chan (D), Chu (D),
<br />Kehoe (D), La Suer (R), Leslie (R), Liu (D), Longville
<br />(D), Mountjoy (R), Nakano (D), Oropeza (D), Parts
<br />(D), Pavley (D), Salinas (D), Simitian (D), and Spitzer
<br />(R). Phone: 916/319.2093.
<br />SENATE AGRICULTURE AND WATER
<br />RESOURCES CONUK=E (SenAg &WR):
<br />Machado(D)(Chair), Poochigian (R)(Vice Chair),
<br />Aanestad (R), Alpert (D), Bowen (D), Denham (R),
<br />Ducheny (D), Florez (D), Hollingsworth (R), Kuehl
<br />(D), Margen (R), Perata (D), and Torlakson (D).
<br />Phone: 916/445 -2206.
<br />For legislators' phone numbers, ad-
<br />dresses and e-mail please see the
<br />League's website (www.eacities.org/
<br />legislativesearch)
<br />SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
<br />(SenPubSfty): McPherson(R)(Chair), Vasconcellos
<br />(D)(Vice Chair), Burton (D), Margett (R), Romero (D),
<br />and Sher (D). Phone: 916/322 -1305.
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