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INITIATIVE fmmim el .... ...-. ....Legislative Bill Action The steering committee also reviewed research · recently conducted by the campaign's consultants The following are summaries of just a few end discussed strategies related to the signature of the legislative bills that are currently being g,~,hering effort. The target date to begin circulat- acted upon by the League of Califomia :i::~..~ :,: ...,,, ~-n~ F-:'~-,-.~ ~. The signature Cities. For more information about these gathering effort will take a two-pronged approach and other bills, please visit the League with a paid signature-gathering firm collecting most website's new "Issues and Advocacy" of the signatures and a volunteer effort directed page (www.cacities.orl;l/ through the League's grassroots staff. City officials will be asked to participate in this process. Every issuesandadvocac¥) - a one-stop location to access information about legislation, signature gathered by volunteers means money saved that can be used to get our message out to policy issues and related developments. the voters about the importance of this effort. You can track information on bills (www.cacities.org/legtracking), locate Accompanying the start of the signature gather- legislators and legislative committees, send lng effort will be an earned media strategy to help letters to legislators or the media through alert potential supporters that the effort is both the online Advocacy Center, research serious and underway. The media plan will also lay League policy positions, access useful out the strategy to be used throughout the cam- related links, and much more. paign through the November ballot. We will con- tinue to provide city officials with updates on the campaign as new events and opportunities develop between now and November. TRANSPORTATION Coalition-building efforts are also moving forward. Examples of recent endorsements over AB 1663 (Dutra) Vehicle: Additional Regis- the past few weeks include the California Profes- tration Fees. AB 1663 extends the repeal date of sional Firefighters, the Peace Officers Research January 1, 2005 till January 1, 2010 for the local Association of California (POP, AC), California Police vehicle thee program and thus continues the $1 Chiefs Association, California Fire Chiefs Associa- vehicle registration fee used to fund the program. tion, and California Independent Public Employees Additionally, it removes the requirement that the Legislative Counsel. A number of these and other California Highway Patrol (CHP) compiles and groups have offered to help with signature gather- reports all quarterly county expenditure and activity lng, fundraising and earned media, reports on the program to the Legislature and participating counties on an annual basis. Fur- BALLOT MEASURE from page I ' · ' ' · · · thermore, AB 1663 requires CHP to continue to collect the expenditure and activity reports and Proposition 58 is the second piece of the submit a composite report to the Legislature on or Governor's deficit recovery plan and would enact a balanced budget requirement on the state. The before January 1,2009. The extension of the measure outlines a process for determining and repeal date, as provided byAB 1663 will ensure disclosing the assumptions that go into a balanced that cities are able to fund programs that target budget calculation and places more stringent vehicle theE. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: requirements for arriving at a "balanced budget." AsApps; Position: Support. The League Board of Directors will be reviewing these proposals at their upcoming Board meeting, February 6/7 in Huntington Beach. We will immedi- ately publish the Board's position for cities to consider when taking a position on the ballot measures at city council meetings. PAGE 2/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities,or9