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F 0 C U S January 23, 2004 Issue #3-2004 PLANS PROCEED FOR LOCAL TAXPAYER Hot Bills PROTECTION INITIATIVE The campaign steering committee for the Local Taxpayers and Public Safety ·., Act Now Protection Act met in Sacramento on January 21. Officers from the sponsoring · organizations - the League, the California Association of Counties and the · California Special Districts Association -- reviewed a number of procedural and · scheduling issues related to the ballot measure. The organizations intend to =· There are no Hot qualify this measure for the November 2004 ballot. For more, see page 2. · Bills at this time. -' LEAGUE POSITIONS ON GOVERNOR'S MARCH BALLOT · MEASURES EXPECTED EARLY FEBRUARY ·· Over the past few weeks the League office has received a number of · questions about the upcoming ballot measures in 2004, particularly Proposi- · tions 57 and 58 on the March ballot. · Proposition 57 is the Governor's Economic Recovery Bond passed by the · Legislature in December. This measure would authorize up to $15 billion in · bonds to finance a portion of the state's deficit as a first step to putting the · budget back in balance. Proposition 57 includes a swap of ¼ cent of local sales · taxes for an equal amount of property taxes, a second version of the so-called .· "triple flip." For more, see page 2. · Want moro details on SB 90 MANDATE CHANGES these and other bills? Due to the severe deficit the State of Califomia faces, the Legislature is Log on to the League of California Cities Web site proposing several changes to the SB 90 mandates provisions, making certain at www. cacities.org/ mandates now optional, and including a clause that encourages local agencies to legtracking, continue fulfilling these requirements. For more, see page 4. Page 2 LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARIES Page 3 COMING SOON: A NEW LEAGUE WEBSITE!