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B.A- :¡. PROP 1A from page 1 ............................................... Latino Leaders Urge "Yes" Vote on Prop 1A · San Bernardino County Sun Editorial, ·Measure will end state's raid of local funds, Los Angeles-area Latino leaders gathered Keeping money in local hands is essential to Thursday to urge Latino voters to support Proposi- communities' well-beingR tion 1A on the November ballot. Speakers were: Alex Padilla, President, Los Angeles City Council; · Pacifica Tribune Editorial, ·Endorsements Manny Ortega, Police Chief, City of Bell Gardens; and Encouragements, Vote Yes on Prop. 1AR Gerry Silva, Treasurer, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014; Frank Moreno, President, · La Canada Valley Sun Editorial, ·Vote 'Yes' California Mexican American Chamber of Com- on 1A, 59R merce; and Ofelia Hernandez, Vice Mayor, City of Huntington Park. They stood beneath a basketball hoop in a refurbished community gymnasium in Fundraising: It's Still Important East Los Angeles and stressed that stopping state raids of local funding was key to protecting com- The San Mateo, Redwood City and Santa Clara munity services that benefit Latino families. Chambers of Commerce have been invaluable "Cities, counties and special districts provide allies in the campaign. Led by their CEO's, Linda Ashbury, Larry Buckmaster and Steve Van the services that are essential to our quality of life, Dom, respectively, these chambers have raised to protecting our families, and services that help money, made phone calls, collected signatures and with job creation and economic growth; said Los been strong supporters of Prop 1A, doing whatever Angeles City Council President and League of it takes to ensure its success. We also thank the California Cities First Vice President Alex Padilla. Santa Clara County Coalition of Chambers for their "In four days, California voters can protect funding continuing efforts in support of the initiative. for local services and protect their local tax dollars from further state raids by voting YES on Prop 1A: Thank Youl Thank Youl r- - - 1 Also in the Peninsula, South San Francisco t, ~ Councilmember Pedro Gonzalez continues to work ~;.- ~:.~ J_ -! ----= with employee unions and citizens groups on the ... ~. , Prop 1A campaign. He has organized signature gathering and arranged for speaking engage- ments with various groups in South San Francisco, giving interviews for both Spanish language television and print media. / Last weekend in West Hollywood, Mayor John Duran sent a direct mail piece to nearly 9,000 ;~. .... -/ registered voters in his city. A member of the Los Angeles-area Latino leaders gathered October 28 to League's Rev & Tax Policy Committee, Duran has urge Latino voters to support Proposition 1A on the Novem- worked very hard to promote Prop 1A in his com- ber ballot. munity, working on his own time to raise awareness of the issue at a critical time in the campaign. EditoriallOpin ion Thanks to all the city officials and coalition Editorial support for Prop 1A keeping growing. partners who are helping to pass Prop 1AI Forty-five newspapers have now endorsed the measure. New this week: Continued on Page" Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUSIPAGE 3 T