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X'14/ <br />May 30, 2003 <br />ssue #21 -2003 <br />R <br />to (eliFxrA iilin <br />Page 2 INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? <br />WESTERN CITY MAGAZINE WINS NATIONAL AND LOCAL AWARDS <br />Page 3 LOCAL UPDATE <br />THE BUDGET STORY — SOME PRESS QUOTES <br />Page 4 DON'T MISS THE JUNE ISSUE OF WESTERN CITY MAGAZINE <br />Page 9 LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARIES <br />STATE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS HEAT UP <br />AS JULY 1 DEADLINE APPROACHES <br />Hot BI I Is <br />Legislative leadership and the Governor continue to press to solve the budget <br />Act Now <br />deficit on or before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. Among other reasons <br />■ <br />for a timely budget is the need to borrow money in the mid- to-late July time <br />ACA 7 (Dutra). Trans - <br />frame. The financial institutions that lend the money will look more favorably on <br />. portation Funding. <br />the request I there is a credible financial plan in place. For more, see page 4. <br />Sales and Use Tax <br />Position: Support. <br />000000006600000 <br />AB 1011 (Richman). <br />AB 1221 PASSES THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE <br />California Twenty -first <br />NEXT VOTE: ASSEMBLY FLOOR <br />■ Century Infrastructure <br />investment Fund. <br />The Assembly Appropriations Committee waded through hundreds of bills <br />Position: Support <br />on its Suspense File this week, following the completion of its last regular bill <br />hearing. Each measure was voted upon individually with the decisions, an- <br />• <br />AB 1192 (Dutra). <br />nounced by the committee chairman, made essentially by legislative leader- <br />■ Density Reduction. <br />ship. As is the usual case with the Suspense File, there was no testimony or <br />Developer Relief. <br />debate. For more, seepage 5. <br />• Position: Oppose- <br />S8 619 (Ducheny). <br />WORKERS' COMPENSATION REFORM: <br />. Land use Authorit <br />HOW FAR WILL THE LEGISLATURE GO TO FIX THE SYSTEM? <br />� No Public Hearings/ <br />■ Litigation. Position: <br />Oppose Unless <br />The Governor, Insurance Commissioner and the Legislature have acknowl- <br />. Amended. <br />edged that the workers' compensation system is in need of serious reform, and <br />• <br />they have all pledged to do something about it. The question, however, is how <br />far these reforms will go to repair a system that requires both public and <br />Want more details on <br />private California employers to pay some of the highest workers compensation <br />these and other bills? <br />Log on to the League of <br />r country, while injured California workers receive some of the lowest <br />rates in the <br />California Cities Web site <br />benefits. Cities have expressed that although the number of claims over the <br />at www.cacities.org/ <br />past three years has decreased, the premiums have in some cases increased <br />legtracking. <br />by 300 %.. For more, see page 6. <br />Page 2 INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? <br />WESTERN CITY MAGAZINE WINS NATIONAL AND LOCAL AWARDS <br />Page 3 LOCAL UPDATE <br />THE BUDGET STORY — SOME PRESS QUOTES <br />Page 4 DON'T MISS THE JUNE ISSUE OF WESTERN CITY MAGAZINE <br />Page 9 LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARIES <br />