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<br />&-4 <br /> <br />MAY ISSUE OF 'FOCUS ON HOUSING'AVAILABLE <br /> <br />Three affordable housing projects built with <br />the help of redevelopment funds are highlighted <br />in the May issue of the League's monthly Focus <br />on Housing newsletter, now online at <br />www.imakenews.comlfocusonhousing/. <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br />~ <br /> <br />'":"""'~' '.. ..' <br /> <br />., -'.,,' <br /> <br />BEFORE: Grisham Community Hous- <br />ing In Long Beach <br /> <br /> <br />AFTER: Grisham Community Housing In <br />Long Beach <br /> <br />Also featured this month are two interviews: <br />one with Citrus Heights Community Development <br />Director Janet M. Ruggiero; and one with Jim <br />Ghielmetti, chief executive officer of Signature <br />Properties, a housing development firm. Both are <br />members of the League's Housing/General Plan <br />Task Force. <br /> <br />Ruggiero discusses strategies pursued in <br />Citrus Heights to address the community's hous- <br /> <br />ing concerns. Ghielmetti describes housing issues <br />and concerns facing builders and city officials, and <br />the building community's goals for housing reforms. <br /> <br />The May issue also spotlights efforts by several <br />city officials in Clo'lfis to work for passage of Asse~ <br />bly Bill 1192 (Villines) - a bill that would eliminate the <br />need for prevailing wage to be paid for affordable <br />housing projects conducted by nonprofits - and the <br />difficulties the city now faces a.fter it was voted down. <br /> <br />An additional story highlights the launching of the <br />Institute of Local Government's new online -Housing <br />Resource Center." <br /> <br />Focus on Housing appears monthly, available via <br />the League website or bye-mail. If you'd like to sign- <br />up to receive this newsletter, please visit <br />www.cacities.om/housinanewsletter. <br /> <br />2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: <br />OCTOBER 6-8, MOSCONE <br />CONVENTION CENTER, <br />SAN FRANCISCO <br /> <br />Plan now to attend the 2005 Annual <br />Conference this fall - the first time it has <br />been in San Francisco since 1997. Sugges- <br />tions for topics to include on the agenda are <br />welcome by February 28; send them to <br />education@cacities.ora. <br /> <br />The conference announcement will be <br />out by early June, and the League's re- <br />duced rate housing block at six nearby <br />hotels will open June 1 on the League <br />website (Reservations made before then <br />will not be in the block or get the discounted <br />room rate). <br /> <br />PAGE 4/PRIORITY FOCUS <br /> <br />Visit the League's Official Websitenwww.cacities.org <br />