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9A-/3 1XXAL fz= pa , ................... ............................... featured presentations from Mayor Doug Stern, City Manager Les Evans, Senator Betty Karnette, U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher, and Regional Representative Ann Marie Wallace. The League's publication, "A Primer on California City Finance ", was distributed to all present. In addition, City Manager Evans used recent Western City state finance data charts as part of his presentation and created similar charts for the city detailing impacts of state takeaways on the city budget. On a warm Monday evening, Riverside County Division members gave a standing ovation to League President John Russo for his speech demanding preservation of local funding and integrity in government. Russo's keynote, delivered just two days before Legislative Action Days, called for "unrelenting pressure on state legislators." "We can't let up," Russo said. "The stakes are just too high." The regular Riverside County Division meeting was hosted by the City of La Quinta. Mayor Don Adolph and Council mem- ber Terry Henderson selected the Civic Center Courtyard for the evening's dinner for 83 people, including electeds and other city officials. The Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce assisted the Monterey Bay Division in spreading the word about LOCAL's Legislative Action Days. They included the following article on their website: "Many of the local services that are vital to a healthy business climate could be in jeopardy if the state deals with its $15 billion budget by cutting or taking local revenues — as they did the last time the state faced a budget deficit. Leave our Community Assets Local (LOCAL Coalition) has united around the growing imperative to protect our local services by protecting local government revenues. Tell your legislators that state government should balance the budget WITHOUT taking funding away from the local services that are vital to our businesses and our economy. Write a Letter— or attend the LOCAL coalition's Legislative Action Days May 14 & 15, 2003 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Sacramento, CA. Join hundreds of California's community leaders to help ensure our local services are not sacrificed to solve state budget problems! Regis- tration is free at www.calocal.org. Thursday May 15th - Join fellow LOCAL representatives at a Capitol News Conference (10:15 am) and then immediately following participate in meetings with Assembly members Laird and Salinas and Sena- tors McPherson and Denham (11:00 - 1:00). Attend a budget briefing from the Administration and State Legislative Leaders. Get immediate reaction to the Governor's May Budget Revise from LOCAL leaders (the Governor's May Budget Revise will be released in Sacramento on May 14th during the Legislative Action Days)." • League Legislative Director Dwight Stenbakken was the guest on the hour -long public affairs program on KUSP -FM 88.9 (NPR, Mendocino County) on May 15. The subject was the budget, and how it impacts local services. Dwight reported that a number of callers made interesting suggestions on how to balance or restructure the budget. Several callers asked how they could get more involved in the budget pro- cess. Dwight referred them to their city halls, or told them they could call the League offices. "They were thoughtful and interested," said Dwight. See Also: "The Budget Story – Press Quotes ", for samples of press coverage over the past week. Our Mission Visit the Teague a Official W b Site -Axce wdti es.org PRICRM FD= /PXZ 13