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<br />Department of General Services is required to
<br />coordinate the implementation of systems estab-
<br />lished pursuant to the act and assist local pubic
<br />agencies and local public safety agencies in
<br />obtaining financial help to establish emergency
<br />telephone service. AB 914 would revise and
<br />rename the act as the Telecommunications
<br />Emergency Response System Act, and would,
<br />among other things, rename the Communications
<br />Division within the Department of General Ser-
<br />vices as the Telecommunications Division, require
<br />the division to provide funding to local public
<br />agencies and local public safety agencies to
<br />establish and maintain a system, and require all
<br />public safety answering points to have access to
<br />operators who speak other languages, in addition
<br />to English, at all times for telecommunications
<br />emergency services. Staff: Natasha Fooman,
<br />Status: SenEnUt &Comm;Hrg -7/8, Position:
<br />Support.
<br />For legislators' phone numbers, ad-
<br />dresses and e-mail please see the
<br />League's website (www.cacities.ora/
<br />lectrackina).
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<br />TO CONTACT:
<br />ASSEMBLY JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVEL-
<br />OPMENT, AND THE ECONOMY
<br />(AsJbEcDev &Ecomy): Ridley- Thomas
<br />(D)(Chair), Garcia (R)(Vice Chair), Aghazarian
<br />(R), Bogh (R), Chan (D), S. Horton (R),
<br />Jackson (D), Nation (D), Oropeza (D), Parra
<br />(D), and Yee (D). Phone: 916/319 -2090.
<br />ASSEMBLY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
<br />COMMITTEE (AsLab &Emp): Koretz
<br />(D)(Chair), Mullin (D)(Vice Chair), Chu (D),
<br />Hancock (D), S. Horton (R), Houston (R),
<br />Laird (D), and Negrete McLeod (D). Phone:
<br />916/319 -2091.
<br />ASSEMBLY REVENUE AND TAXATION
<br />COMMITTEE (AsRevTax): Chavez
<br />(D)(Chair), Wyland (R)(Vice Chair), Harman
<br />(R), Laird (D), Leno (D), Simitian (D), and
<br />vacancy. Phone: 916 /319 -2098.
<br />SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
<br />(SenApps): Alpert (D)(Chair), Baffin (R)(Vice
<br />Chair), Aanestad (R), Ashburn (R), Bowen (D),
<br />Burton (D), Escutia (D), Johnson (R), Karnette
<br />(D), Machado (D), Murray (D), Poochigian (R),
<br />and Speier (D). PH: 445 -3284.
<br />SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COM-
<br />MUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
<br />(SenEnUt &Comm): Bowen (D)(Chair),
<br />Morrow (R)(Vice Chair), Alarcon (D), Battin
<br />(R), Dunn (D), McClintock (R), Murray (D),
<br />Sher (D), and Vasconcellos (D). Phone: 916/
<br />445 -9764.
<br />SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMIT-
<br />TEE (SenTrans): Murray (D)(Chair),
<br />McClintock (R)(Vice Chair), Ashburn (R),
<br />Brulte (R), Figueroa (D), Florez (D), Karnette
<br />(D), Morrow (R), Perata (D), Scott (D), Soto
<br />(D), Speier (D), and Torlakson (D). Phone:
<br />916/445 -3182
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