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8A,.q <br /> <br /> P R l 0 R I T Y <br /> <br /> December 19, 2003 <br /> Issue #49-2003 <br /> GOVERNOR KEEPS PROMISE AND ORDERS RELEASE OF VLF <br /> BACKFILL FUNDS; CONTROLLER PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT <br /> Hot Bills <br /> After weeks of legislative inaction, Govemor Arnold Schwarzenegger <br />·., Act Now announced Thursday he was not going to make local governments pay for the <br />· mistakes of politicians in the state capitol and had directed that scheduled <br />· VLF backfill payments resume effective with the distribution of county realign- <br />= The legislature is in ment VLF funds on December 26. This will be followed on January 10 with a <br />_= Interim Recess. It will regular distribution of non-realignment VLF to both cities and counties. Con- <br />= reconvene January 5, <br />· troller Steve Westly appeared after the Governor and indicated full support for <br />·· 2004. the Governor's decision to reinstitute the VLF backfill to fund vital city and <br />· county services and pledged his full cooperation. For more, see page 2. <br /> <br />·· STATEWIDE EFFORTS RESULT IN REDRESS OF VLF BACKFILL <br />·· Governor Schwarzenegger's decision Thursday to use his executive <br />·· authority to restore VLF backfill payments to local governments capped <br />· another week of intensive statewide efforts by the League, city officials and <br />· our LOCAL coalition partners to generate awareness of the catastrophic <br />·· effects the loss of VLF monies has already had and will have on local ser- <br />· vices. The League's regional representatives worked tirelessly to help city <br />· officials organize and publicize the efforts to convey this message, coordinat- <br />· lng a range of activities. For more, see page 4. <br /> <br /> AB 719 - THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE BENEFIT <br /> Want more details on The CalPERS Benefits and Administration Committee met on December <br /> these and other bills? 16 to discuss the approval of the methodology for calculating member contri- <br /> Log on to the League of <br /> California Cities Web site butions for additional service credit, which will be available beginning January <br /> at www. cacities, org/ 1, 2004. The on-line calculator for determining the cost of the benefit will be <br /> legtracking, available by the week of December 22"5 by logging onto www.calpers.ca.,qov. <br /> The following actions were taken: For more, see page 3. <br /> <br /> Page 3 RECENT LEGAL ADVOCACY FILING <br /> <br /> <br />