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i i � �� 13 FUNDRAISERSfrom pagel ........................................... ' The two tundraisers were held on Thursday, have done a phenomenal job organizing the event. March 11, in Los Angeles and in Monterey. The well- LOCAL volunteers have been recruRed to staff almost atte�ded Los Mgeles event took place at the 100 high p 3destrian traffic locations around the ;.tate. Califrmia Club in downtown Los Mgeles. Speakers includcd LosAngeles Supervisorpon Knabe, Los Press Cwerage Generates Positive Aware • Ange/es MayorJlm Hahn, Los ness of the Initiative Angeles Couneil Member and �+. ' League Second Vice Pres/dent Press outreach has been an important part of the ��_ �`� Alex Padllla, CSAC ExeeuNve preparations for Signature Saturday, and these efforts Dlrector Steve Sza/ay and have been paying off. Examples: � league Executive Director "' Chris McKenzie. They spoke to In the Monterey Bay Division, League Regional a large, supportive crowd that Rep Deanna Sessums was interviewed by KRKC news included numerous other ciry and radio, which replayed Sessums' message throughout county officials, representatives the day, urging volunteers to come out Saturday and from various businesses and sign the initiative petitlon. Sessums did another redio san�a Fe springs other LOCAL supporters. interview at 6 a.m. the next moming, and spoke to the Councii Member Santa Cruz SenHnel in a piece promoting the effort. Betty Putnam was Singled outforspecial singied out for attention were West Covina In ihe South San Joaquin Valley Division a speciai recogni- Counell Member and Friday press conference in front of the Kem County tion ac tne nnarcn ��9ue Board Member Ben Sheriffs' headquarters will kidcoff weekend signature 11 Los Angeles Wong for his fundreising gathering efforts, led by Kem Coun(y Supervisor LOCAL fundraiser, efforts; and "S! nature Michae/ Ru61o. for single• g handedlycollect- Star'Bet[yPutnam, ing more chan �oo Councll Member in Santa The lead of a March 9 San Franciseo Examiner ` signatures to help Fe Springs, who has col- artiGe read, "Tired of the state govemment expropriat- quaiiry tne LoCAL lected more than 700 ing local money, dties a�d counties are fighting badc. initiative. signatures on the LOCAL On March 13 — dubbed'Su Saturda per y' — volun- petitions! teers countywide will gather signatures supporting the local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act, an The Monterey fundraiser was sponsored by the initiative that would stop the state from re-allocating California Redevelopment Association, and drew on local funds without taxpayer consent." the involvement and support of CRA vendors, corporate and organizational partners. The San Mateo Dally Joumal ran a feature . entRled "City Officials Gear Up for Tax Battle." The Both events underscored the importance of the aAicle focused on the initiative and how it would affect partnership arrangements the LOCAL has built up in the state-local fiscal relationship, and also noted "city recent years in the effort to protect local services officials are using their own time to gather support for from state funding takeaways. the initiative. As public officials, they are not allowed to campaign on city Gme. [San Mateo City Manager Ame] These events wiH be followed by "Signature Croce's been walking the neighborhoods to collect Saturday", the name for a statewide drive for volun- signatures during his lunch hour and after work." teers to collect a targeted 300,000 of the 1 million signatures the campaign plans to obtain to qualify On March 11 the Contra Costa Times ran a story the LOCAL initiative for the November 2004 ballot. A with the headline "City leaders hft sheets to preserve list of locations is available at funding". Quoting Walnut Creek Counctl Member www.protectlocalservices.com KathyHieks the article repoAed, "We're all working together to protect our local govemment funding Working with city oificials and their LOCAL sources. The state has been taking away local tax coalition partners, League regional representatives dollars and we rely on these moneys for essential city � ConGnued on Page 5 PAGE 4/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the lesgue's Official Web Site»www.cacities.org