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q.A -4 LOCAL UPDATE The following are a few of the activities carried out by city officials and others under the "LOCAL" banner (Leave Our Community Assets Local" — the coalition jointly sponsored by the League, the California State Association of Counties, and the California Special Districts Association. Grassroots Activities recent decision of the California Association of Nonprofks' (CAN) to join LOCAL. Dave and Inland Empire/Desert Mountain Regional Representative Nancy Cisneros had the opportunity to discuss LOCAL with CAN leaders. The result was that CAN, a major representative of CA nonprofit groups, joined the LOCAL coalition and has been instrument in attracting other organizations such as CALAA to the LOCAL banner. " The Orange County Division held its first -ever Annual County -wide Legislative Breakfast on April 18. The breakfast was also the first large gathering of the division's LOCAL partners, and for that reason alone was considered an unqualified success. With more than 100 in attendance, Congress- woman Loretta Sanchez, State Senator Joe Dunn and Assembly Members Lynn Daucher and Tom Harman provided information, insights, and perspec- tives on homeland security and the potential for reimbursements to local governments for first re- sponder costs, the state budget, affordable housing, and workers' compensation. League President John Russo also presented Assembly Member Daucher with the League's 2002 Legislator of the Year award. Chris McKenzie, Executive Director for the League of California Cities, will be the guest speaker at the division's May 8 General Meeting. He will provide an update on legislation and policy developments important to Orange County cities, as well as an overview of the League's efforts to protect local services. " Riverside Division Regional Representative Dave Willmon will participate as a speaker and in a panel discussion today on the state budget and the LOCAL coalition at a daylong Southern Regional Conference of the California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies ( CALAA) in the City of Riverside. The conference is expected to draw approximately 90 CALAA member non -profit associations that are participants in CALAA. Dave plans to talk about the risks to local services from proposed state budget cuts, stressing the importance of these organizations joining as individual coalition partners with LOCAL. League regional representative Debbie Olson made a similar presentation recently at the Central California CALAA conference. This LOCAL recruiting opportunity follows a "Cities are involved with local non - profits in many ways," said Willmon, "for parks and recreation, social service needs, the arts and many other purposes. They represent several more threads in the tapestry that makes up a local community. Connect- ing these organizations with LOCAL makes perfect sense." Press Coverage This Week Editorials, Columns, Opeds, Letters to the Editor Los Angeles Times, "THE TERM LIMITS DISAS- TER; Birth of a Budget Impasse" San Francisco Chronicle, "Wounded in the budget battles" The San Diego Union Tribune, Doomsday nears "Clock ticks millions as budget cuts delayed" Torrance Daily Breeze, "California's fiscal delusion" San Franciso Chronicle, "Wounded in the budget battles" San Diego Union Tribune, "Tax reform, Even Proposition 13 must be on the table" - Sacramento Bee Dan Walters Column, "As voter disgust mounts, partial budget crisis deal takes shape" SF Chronicle Oped by Mark Leno, "Legislative Priorities: A lifeline for California's cash- strapped municipalities" News Stories Los Angeles Daily News, "State decrees, bill's the county's" Oakland Tribune, "Capitol blame game; Democrats, GOP say other party not willing to do what it takes" Ventura County Star, "State's financial struggles Continued on Page 11 PAGE 4 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org