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MONTEREY BAY DIVISION HOLDS TWO HOW DID YOUR LEGISLATOR VOTE?
<br /> PRESS CONFERENCES Motion to Suspend Rules To Take Up VLF Backfill
<br />The Monterey Bay Division held two additional Legislation- by S. Horton for AB 5X3 (Cox)
<br />press conferences in conjunction with t~ e
<br />League's Sacramento press conference ,'A/ednes- Califomia Assembly, Fifth Extraordinary Session,
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<br />day. Both events involved city and county e~ected 2003-04 12/I1/03
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<br />officials, police and fire chiefs and social service
<br /> A~lgs (33) = Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh,
<br />providers, calling on the Governor and Legislature Campbell, Cegdill, Correa, Cox, Daucher, Dutton, Garcia,
<br />to come to an immediate agreement on a backfill
<br /> Harman, Haynes, S. Horton, Houston, Keene, La Malfa,
<br />appropriations bill to protect local services. La Suer, Leslie, Maddox, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy,
<br /> Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Pacheco, Plesda, RJchman,
<br /> Speakers at the press conferences stressed Runner, Samuelian, Spilzer, StdcHand, Wyland
<br />that without a backfill residents can expect to see
<br />drastic reductions in services in the coming NOES (40): Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla,
<br />months. Some of the reductions are expected to Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Dymally, Firebaugh,
<br />include police and fire protection, the elimination of Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Jackson, Kehoe, Koretz,
<br />many after-school programs, public health work- Laird, Leno, Levine, Ueber, Liu, Longville, Montanez,
<br />ers and park rangers unless state leaders come Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez,
<br />Up with an offset. Oropeza, Reyes, Ridley-Thornas, Salinas, Simitian,
<br /> Steinberg, Vargas, Wesson, Wiggins, Wolk, Yee
<br />Among the speakers at the press conferences
<br />were Santa Cruz County Shedff Mark Tracy, Not Voting (7): Diaz, Dutra, J. Horton, Lowenl~al,
<br />Monterey County Sheriff Mike Kanalakis, Salinas Matthews, Parra, Pavley
<br />Mayor Anna Caballero, Santa Cruz County Super-
<br />visor Ellen Pirie, and Santa Cruz Mayor Scott
<br />Kennedy. Suspend the Rules - by Haynes for AB 5X7
<br /> (Lowenthal)
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<br /> California Assembly, Fifth Extraordinary Session,
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<br /> AYES (33): Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Bogh,
<br /> Campbell, Cogdill, Correa, Cox, Daucher, Dutton, Garda,
<br /> Harman, Haynes, S. Horton, Houston, Keene, La Malfa,
<br /> La Suer, Leslie, Maddox, Maldonado, Maze, McCarthy,
<br /> Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Pacheco, Plesda, Richman,
<br /> Runner, Samuelian, Spitzer, Stdckland, Wyland
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<br /> NOES (42): Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla,
<br /> Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett, Dymally, Firebaugh,
<br /> Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, J. Horton, Jackson,
<br /> Kehoe, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville,
<br /> Montanez, Mullin, Nakano, Nation, Negrete McLeod,
<br /> Nunez, Oropeza, Pavley, Reyes, Ridley-Thomas,
<br /> Safinas Mayor Anna Caballero speaks at Monterey Salinas, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wesson, Wiggins,
<br /> Bay Division press conference. Wolk, Yee,
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<br /> Not Voting (5): Diaz, DuITa, Lowenthal, Matthews,
<br /> Parra
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