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I <br />8 <br />10 R I FOCUS <br />December 5, 2003 <br />Issue #47 -2003 <br />■ <br />■ <br />■ <br />■ <br />Hot Bills <br />Act Now <br />NEW RISKS TO LOCAL SALES TAX, VEHICLE LICENSE FEES <br />There were two developments this week in the State Capitol of major <br />significance to city officials worried about how the state's fiscal mess <br />might affect funding for local services. One was a new scheme in the <br />Senate to extend the use of the "triple flip" to finance the state debt. The <br />other was a new, very serious risk to VLF funding. For more, see page 5. <br />Support these <br />Bills to restore <br />VLF Backfill. <br />SB 5X 1 (Burton). <br />AB X5 3 (Cox). <br />AB X5 7 <br />(Lowenthal). <br />Want more details on <br />tnese and other bills? <br />Log on to the League of <br />California Cities Web site <br />at www cacibes.orgl <br />iectracking <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />LEAGUE PRESSES GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS FOR <br />IMMEDIATE ACTION ON VLF BACKFILL <br />The League this week called on Governor Schwarzenegger, legislative <br />leadership in both houses and all individual legislators to act immediately <br />to protect local services from funding cuts of more than $300 million a <br />month that will occur without an appropriation of vehicle license fee (VLF) <br />backfill. For more, see page 4. <br />......................... <br />LOSS OF VLF FUNDING WILL HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS <br />The Legislature must act quickly to backfill the more than $300 million <br />Per month cuts to local services that will occur, starting December 10, from <br />reduced vehicle license fees (VLF). For more, see page 6. <br />Page 2 ACTION CONTINUES ON DEVELOPMENT PF E -WASTE REGULATIONS <br />AIR RESOURCE BOARD CONSIDERS RETROFIT RULE FOR PUBLIC AGENCY <br />DIESEL FLEETS <br />Page 3 STATE PUBLISHES ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND POLICY REPORT <br />GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL TO REPEAL SB60 <br />Page 4 NEW LEAGUE ON-LINE COURSE FOR FISCAL OFFICERS AND CITY <br />MANAGERS <br />