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<br /> 1. A ~f) <br /> PRESS CONFERENCES from page 1 . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .. . . . . <br /> The campaign's goal is to gather, before the The San Diego Division kicked off the <br /> April 15 submission deadline, the 1 million signa- signature-gathering drive with a 10 a.m. press <br /> tures needed to qualify for the measure for the conference. Speakers included San Diego Mayor <br /> November ballot: 300,000 gathered through volun- Dick Murphy, Supervisor Greg Cox, San Diego <br /> teer efforts, am! the remaining 700,000 collected by Council Member and League board member Jim <br /> paid signature-gntherers. <br /> The following are summaries of a few of the <br /> 9 events involved in Monday's kick-off. All of <br /> the events took place away from city hall or <br /> other public buildings. All public officials <br /> participated on their personal time. <br /> Sacramento: The sidewalk in front of a down- <br /> town fire station was the location for the Sacramento <br /> press conference, led by Rancho Cordova City <br /> Council Member Ken Cooley and Sacramento Mayor <br /> Heather Fargo. Other speakers included Fire Chief <br /> Bill Mikesell, Rocklin Fire Department; Captain Steve San Carlos Police Chief Jim Granucci at Bay Area press <br /> Pierce, Davis Police Department; Bobby Weist, <br /> President, Davis Professional Firefighters Associa- conference describes tough budget decisions facing police <br /> tion; Rita Velasquez, General Manager, Elk Grove departments as a result of state raids ofIocal revenues. <br /> Community Services District and Past President, <br /> Madaffer; San Diego Firefighters Local 145 <br /> President Ron Saathoff; Santee City Council <br /> Member, San Diego Police Officer John Minto; and <br /> Leucadia Wastewater District Director Judy <br /> Hanson. On hand were mayors and council <br /> members from 13 of the 18 cities in the San Diego <br /> Division. News coverage was outstanding, with 7 <br /> TV news stations, two radio news programs, the <br /> Diario Latino daily newspaper and The North <br /> County Times. <br /> A combined Peninsula-East Bay Division <br /> event was held in the Bay Area. John Russo, <br /> Oakland City Attorney and Immediate PastPresi- <br /> dent of the League opened the news conference <br /> Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo addresses the media and on the steps of the Alameda County Courthouse <br /> onlookers on the importance of giving voters a say on state with an appeal to voters to restore local democ- <br /> raids of local services. racy in California, announcing that "With the <br /> beginning of this campaign we're serving notice on <br /> California Special Districts Association; and Sandra Sacramento that local government is going to <br /> Poole, Executive Director of United Public Employ- change the way government is run in California for <br /> ees Local One and California Independent Public the people of California." <br /> Employees Legislative Council. <br /> Also speaking were Alameda County Supervi- <br /> The event was covered by four local TV net- sor Keith Carson; Fremont firefighter Ron <br /> works, including Spanish-speaking Univision, in McCormick, President of Local 1689 of the Inter- <br /> addition to several print and radio outlets. League national Association of Firefighters; San Carlos <br /> Public Affairs Director Mike Madrid was interviewed Police Chief Jim Granucci; Sherry Sterrett, a <br /> in Spanish for Univision. Continued on Page 7 <br /> PAGE 6/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Sitenwww.cacities.org <br />