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I <br />6A? <br />CITYSTORIES from page 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 000 • • • • • • • • • • • <br />— "If the "backfill" were lost, it would be the <br />"To the City of Hesperia, VLF represents <br />equivalent of about 25% of our Police personnel <br />approximately a third of our General Fund and <br />costs or 75% of our street maintenance <br />provides irreplaceable dollars for vital City ser- <br />budget...We cannot sustain further cuts without <br />vices such as public safety." <br />decimah.7g basic services." <br />Dennis J. Nowicki <br />George Metropolus, Mayor <br />City of Hesperia <br />City of Belmont <br />Letter to Senator William "Pete" Knight <br />Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, <br />Senator Jackie Speier, and Assembly Member <br />Gene Mullin <br />"King City has been hit especially hard this <br />past year with budget cuts and we rely heavily on <br />the VLF funds to support our law enforcement <br />efforts. King City relies on $460,000 each year, <br />which is essentially used for police funding and <br />local services." <br />Jim Copsey, Chief of Police <br />King City <br />Letter to Assembly Member Simon Salinas <br />"For the City of Seaside, the loss of the VLF <br />backfill will result in a loss of $1.8 million from a <br />general fund budget of $16.6 million, or about 11 <br />of the total city budget. Over sixty - percent of that <br />money is dedicated to police and fire services." <br />Anthony Sollecito, Chief of Police <br />City of Seaside <br />Letter to Senator Bruce McPherson <br />"If the anticipated two- thirds (213) cut is not <br />backfilled by another source, law enforcement and <br />fre protection would be greatly impacted by the <br />S480.000 dollar loss." <br />John Foster, Chief of Police <br />City of Grass Valley <br />Letter to Senator Samuel Aanestad <br />Letter to Assembly Member Rick Keene <br />The loss of our VLF equates to roughly <br />S450.000. We cannot afford to lose that from our <br />general fund. ...If we lose the $450,000, we will be <br />forced to lose four police officer positions and one <br />dispatcher. " <br />Susan Jones, Chief of Police <br />City of Healdsburg <br />Letter to Assembly Member Patty Berg <br />Letter to Senator Wesley Chesbro <br />"The elimination of the VLF backfill would <br />result in a $2.3 million loss to San Clemente in FY <br />2003 -04, which could potentially jeopardize police, <br />fire and emergency medical services because a <br />large portion of public safety services are funded <br />with these dollars." <br />Stephanie Dorey, Mayor <br />City of San Clemente <br />Letter to Assembly Member Patricia Bates and <br />Senator Bill Morrow <br />"in Fremont, we are at risk of losing $9 million <br />is the Legislature fails to fulfill the promise it made <br />to cities and counties to hold us harmless from <br />any reductions in vehicle license fees.... We have <br />already reduced the Police Department by 51 <br />positions, including 24 police officers, and we have <br />reduced the Fire Department by 19 positions, <br />including 12 firefighters. We simply cannot <br />reduce our public safety staff anymore." <br />Gus Morrison, Mayor <br />City of Fremont <br />Letter to Senator Liz Figueroa <br />"7f the City of Yuba were to lose its anticipates <br />VLF revenue, the fire department would be se- <br />verely impacted. Planned expenditures for <br />essential safety equipment and training would <br />have to be abandoned." <br />Marc Boomgaarden, Fire Chief <br />City of Yuba City <br />Letter to Assembly Member Doug LaMalfa and <br />Senator Sam Aanestad <br />Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 7 <br />