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_TA — c!;� 4— LEAGUE BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 14 -15, 2003 - NEWPORT BEACH Board Members Reaffirm Support for Initiati le Ballot Measure; Approve League Contrib7ition. After its Saturday briefing on the final contents of the initiative ballot measure as submit- ted on October 30 to the Attorney General for title and summary, the board reaffirmed its support for the ballot measure, authorized the Executive Committee to make key ballot measure decisions on behalf of the League until the next board meet- ing, and authorized a substantial contribution to finance part of the start-up costs of the campaign. The amount will be contributed from non - public revenues the League has been saving over the last several years for this purpose. League Leaders Set Strategic Goals for 2004: Focus on Ballot Measure; Housing, Jobs and Transportation; and Ethics. The League board of directors set the course of the organization for 2004 when it met with the leaders of the League's divisions, departments, caucuses and policy committees. After breaking board members and other League leaders into eleven separate discussion groups, the directors considered a list of proposed strategic goals in ten categories of concern that had been formulated by the discus- sion groups. When the board reconvened Saturday morning, November 15, board members cast votes for their top priority goals and three emerged with the highest votes: • Secure passage to the Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act in the November 2004 election. • Expand the Supply of Housing in California In Balance With Transportation and the Location of Jobs. • Restore Public Confidence in Government, Particularly City Government. League Budget Adopted for 2004. The board adopted the League budget for 2004. The League fashioned a budget for the organization that continues the League's full service program and provides support for the League's bold leadership on the Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act, the ballot measure to protect local government revenues from state raids. Non - public revenues will finance the League's cash contribution and in -kind support for the ballot measure. The approved budget also contains a dues increase of 1.9 %, equal to the increase for the past twelve months in the California consumer price index to finance non - ballot measure activities. League Takes No Position on Proposition 56. The board received the recommendation of a policy committee and presentations from proponents and opponents of Prop. 56, the Budget Accountability Act. This measure will come before voters in March 2004. The board voted to adopt no position on Prop. 56 at this time. If conditions change leading the policy committee or the executive committee to recommend a different League position, the issue will come back to the board at its next meeting. Legislative Voting Records Reviewed. With the goal of securing increased accountability for their legislative acts, the board reviewed legislators' voting records on key bills in 2004. This information will be the featured in next January's issue of Westem City. WORKERS COMPENSATION WORKSHOPS OFFERED IN DECEMBER The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERT) will hold two free worker's compensation liability workshops in December: one in Walnut Creek on December 2nd and the second in Anaheim on December 4th. Each of these strategic goals will form the basis for the action plan of the League and each of its subunits over the next year. The board will receive progress reports from subunits on implementation of the plan over the next year. PAGE 4 /PRIORITY FOCUS For more information and online registra- tion visit www.riskinstitute.orq or call (702) 352 -6339. Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.caci ties. org