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Orange County Business Council’sLegislative Action Guide2009 - 2010

A business roadmap for legislative activities in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CORPORATE SUPPORT

OCBC MEMBERS AND INVESTORS24/7 Yellow CabAdvanced Medical OpticsAera Energy LLCAES Huntington Beach LLCAitken Aitken CohnAllergan, IncorporatedAlliance BankA-Med Health CareAmes & AssociatesAnaheim Marriott HotelAnti-Defamation LeagueApartment Association of OCAspen MediaAstech Engineered Products IncATS CommunicationsAutomobile Club of Southern CABest Best & Krieger LLPBonterra ConsultingBrookfield HomesBuck Consultants, An ACS CoBuilding Industry AssociationC & L Refrigeration Corp.C J Segerstrom & SonsCalifornia Center for Regional LeadershipCalifornia Manufacturing Tech ConsultCal State University FullertonCalifornia Bank & TrustCalifornia Housing ConsortiumCalifornia StrategiesCampaign for College OpportunityCarlsson Public RelationsCarter & Burgess, Inc.Center ClubCentex HomesCH2M Hill, Inc.Chapman UniversityChevronChildren’s Hospital of OCChurm Publishing Inc.Citizens Business BankCity of Aliso ViejoCity of AnaheimCity of Brea - Economic DevelopmentCity of FullertonCity of Huntington Beach Economic DevelopmentCity of IrvineCity of Laguna NiguelCity of Santa AnaCity of TustinCoast Community College Dist.Coneybeare, Inc.Connors & AssociatesCounty of Orange Exec OfficeCox Business Services, OC

Cox Castle & Nicholson LLPCresaPartners of OCCurt Pringle & AssociatesDesmond McLeish, Inc.Dorsey & Whitney, LLPExit Retirement Strategies IncExperianFCI Constructors, Inc.First American Title CompanyFluor CorporationFord Motor CompanyFreedom Orange CountyGallagher Benefit ServicesGianna Rose AtelierGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPGirl Scout Council of OCGoodwill of Orange CountyHabitat for Humanity Orange CoHausmaninger Benoe Lang AlfordHDR Engineering IncHealth Funders Partnership OCHoag Memorial HospitalHospital Association of So CalHyatt Regency IrvineIBMICF Jones & StokesIdea HallIger & AssociatesIntel Americas, Inc.Irvine Ranch Water DistrictIto Nursery IncJackson Demarco Tidus PetersonJamboree Housing CorporationJohn Wayne AirportJuve CreativeKaiser Permanente OCKB HomeKimberly-Clark CorporationKOCE-TVKofax Image ProductsKPMG LLPLatham & WatkinsLee & Associates NewportLegiSight LLCLennar Heritage FieldsLennar HomesLos Angeles Times OCLowe Enterprises IncLSA Associates, Inc.Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLPMary Erickson Comm. HousingMatters at HandMerrill LynchMetropolitan Water Dist SoCal

Michael Brandman AssociatesMicrosemi CorporationMira California USA Center LLCMs. Carol RudatMunicipal Water District OCNAIOPNewmeyer & Dillion LLPNewport Banning Ranch LLCNorth Orange County CCDNorthwestern Mutual FinancialNossaman Guthner Knox & ElliotNutriliteOC Automobile Dealers AssociationOC Children and FamiliesOC Department of EducationOC Prof Firefighters AssocOCCitizens Agnst Lawsuit AbuseOce Imagistics IncOCTAOrange Coast Memorial Care MedOrange County Asso of RealtorsOrange County Fair&ExpositionOrange County Housing TrustOrange County League of CitiesOrange County Performing ArtsOrange County Sanitation Dist.Orange County Taxpayers AssocOrange County Water DistrictOrange County Workforce Investment BoardOrange County’s United WayORCO Block Company IncPacific LifePacific West Assoc of RealtorsParker AerospaceParsonsParsons Brinckerhoff QuadePaul Hastings Janofsky &WalkerPaul Merage School at UCIPepperdine UniversityPhillips Development CompanyPioneer PackingPorter NovelliPoseidon Resources CorporationPremier Commercial Bank, NAProject TomorowPsomasR.C. Hobbs Company IncR.J. Noble CompanyRancho Mission Viejo LLCRancho Santiago CCDRBF ConsultingRelated Companies of Calif.Ricoh Electronics IncRutan & Tucker LLPSanta Ana Chamber of Commerce

Santa Margarita Water DistrictSapetto Group IncSchoolsFirst Fed Credit UnionSchubert Flint Public AffairsScott Baugh & AssociatesSDG&E and The Gas CompanySiemens CorporateSinger Lewak GreenbaumSnell & Wilmer L.L.P.Soka UniversitySouth Coast Air Quality MgmtSouth Coast Apartment AssoSouth Orange County CCDSouthern California EdisonSt. Joseph Health SystemStern Brothers & CompanyStrategic Resources AllianceSTV IncorporatedT.D. Service Financial Corp.Taco Bell CorpTaller San JoseTCAThe Boeing CompanyThe Disneyland ResortThe Dot Printer, Inc.The Facility GroupThe Hartwell CorporationThe Irvine CompanyThe Island HotelThe Paradies ShopsThe Pension Group IncThe Planning CenterThe Related Companies of CaliforniaThe Robert Mayor CorporationThe Shepherd Group Inc.Time Warner CableToshiba Electronic ComponentsToshiba Information SystemsTownsend Public Affairs IncTrammell Crow CompanyTustin Ranch Golf ClubU.S. Metro Group, Inc.United Parcel ServiceURS CorporationVandermost Consulting ServicesVital LinkVons, A Safeway CompanyVulcan Materials CompanyWedin Enterprises IncWells FargoWestamerica GraphicsWestern Digital FoundationWilldanWNC & Associates IncWorld Affairs Council

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Dear Business Partners,

Welcome to OCBC’s 2009-2010 Legislative Action Guide: A Business Roadmap for Legislative Activities in Sacramento and

Washington, D.C. The Government Affairs Program is foundational to OCBC’s mission and goals, protecting Orange County’s

unrivaled quality of life by achieving meaningful solutions that safeguard and advance the business community’s interest.

The Orange County Business Council developed the public policy positions outlined in the 2009-2010 LAG in partnership

with our business members, whom we thank for their efforts. The positions reflect the goals outlined in OCBC’s five year

strategic plan summarized on the next page of this guide.

Moving into 2009, OCBC will focus on fulfilling its top three initiatives: improved infrastructure, preparing a future

workforce, and increasing the supply of workforce housing. As this guide demonstrates, OCBC has proven itself as the

leading voice of business in Orange County with innovative and progressive strategies in order to accomplish these goals.

A very special thank you to the members of the Advocacy and Government Affairs Committee, Chair of the Advocacy and

Government Affairs Committee Daymond Rice, Vons, OCBC Vice President of Government Affairs Kris Murray, OCBC Director

of Communications Matt Prince, and OCBC Researcher Mazi Bahadori for their efforts in producing this guide.

OCBC represents hundreds of Orange County’s top businesses, which employ over 300,000 in Orange County and 2,000,000

worldwide. We will continue to serve as the leading advocate for Orange County business and invite you to join us in our

worthy efforts.

Sincerely,

Lucy Dunn Larry Buster

President and CEO Chairman of the Board

Orange County Business Council The Orange County Business Council

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ABOUT OCBC

MISSION STATEMENTThe Orange County Business Council represents and promotes the business community, working with government and academia to enhance Orange County’s economic development and prosperity in order to preserve a high quality of life.

INITIATIVES

Infrastructure: Increase investment in construction, management and maintenance of Orange County’s infrastructure integral to the long-term economic vitality of the county and region.

Workforce Development: Lead the business community’s efforts to further develop a high- quality workforce that supports the growing technology-based workplace.

Workforce Housing: Increase the supply of quality, affordable housing available for the Orange County workforce.

Underpinning the implementation of these initiatives is the expert research of OCBC’s Vice President of Research, Dr. Wallace Walrod. Dr. Walrod and his research team produce in-depth analysis of the state, local and regional economy, among them the acclaimed Community and Workforce Indicator Reports and the Workforce Housing Scorecard.

Finally, OCBC maintains an aggressive communications program to highlight the organization’s many efforts and accomplishments, and presents high profile events throughout the year to build awareness and support for

OCBC initiatives.

HISTORYThe Orange County Business Council formed in 1995 through the merger of the 100-year old Orange County Chamber of Commerce, the Industrial League of Orange County, the Orange County Economic Development Consortium, and the public private think tank, Partnership 2010.

OCBC accomplishes its mission by leading a high-profile, pro-active advocacy program at the county, state, and federal level for business interests throughout California and the nation, focusing on three core initiatives: to improve infrastructure, enhance workforce development, and increase the supply of workforce housing.

OCBC’s history of accomplishments includes assisting in reorganizing local governance structures, advancing business-friendly legislation, leading local and regional economic development opportunities, helping charitable partners achieve their financial objectives, promoting high-tech and innovation initiatives, and numerous other programs.

Through its core initiatives, OCBC works to make Orange County a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

OCBC STAFFPresident and CEO Lucy Dunn

Vice President of Government and Community Affairs Kris Leathers Murray

Vice President of Finance and AdministrationDanette Parente

Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development Celeste Signorino

Vice President of Economic Development and Research Wallace Walrod

Director of Accounting and Investor SalesVicki Blaser

Director of Communications Matt Prince

Director of External AffairsMichelle Hart

Director of Workforce Development Alicia Berhow

Executive Assistant to President and CEOBetsy Moulthrop

Office AssistantMaritza Ramirez

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2008 OCBC HIGHLIGHTSADVOCACYTracked over two dozen bills key to business interests and enjoyed great success on OCBC-supported ballot measures.

Coordinated advocacy with OC’s most influential chambers of commerce and statewide business groups.

Testified before the California Public Utilities Commission, federal banking authorities, California Coastal Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce, state assembly and senate committees.

Represented commercial industry before the California Building Standards Commission in the development of first-in-the-nation green building standards.

Engaged in state budget proposals, opposed tax increases on business, preserved Prop 42 and 1A funding for transportation and local government.

Conducted over 150 high-level or keynote-address speaking engagements on OCBC issues.

INFRASTRUCTURELaunched OCMoves, advocating follow-up on Measure M and reauthorization of federal transportation bill to improve transportation for Orange County and the region.

Advocated for increased funding of vital OC infrastructure projects from state and federal sources.

Partnered on five-county Mobility 21 Conference, focused on regional coordination, public awareness on transportation issues, and expanded regional advocacy network for Southern California.

Supported major OC transportation projects including the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), expansion of the SR-91 congestion priced toll lanes to Interstate-15, and completion of Orange County’s nationally recognized toll road system.

Co-chaired a statewide business coalition of regional economic development organizations focused on improving California’s major water supply and conveyance funding, Bay Delta restoration, reclaimed water use, water storage, conservation and desalination, as well as expanded authorization for public-private partnerships and design-build authority.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTPartnered with the Orange County Department of Education and elevated education/business connections in the media and with the Orange County Workforce Investment Board and OCBC’s annual Workforce Indicators Report.

Implemented 5-year strategic plan for the renowned Latino Education Attainment program by training over 7,000 parents; the LEA program is led by a coalition of community organizations, school districts, and OC non-profits providing parents the necessary skills to ensure their children thrive academically and to achieve increases in college enrollment.

Supported Global IT Academy, Project Tomorrow, Vital Link, Orange County Animation Project, and promoted High School, Inc. with the Greater Santa Ana Business Alliance.

Successful Workforce Development Conference attended by 200 business and academic leaders on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) issues.

Secured SB 70 Grants under the Governor’s Workforce Initiative.

WORKFORCE HOUSINGDeveloped second edition of OCBC’s Workforce Housing Scorecard for Orange County – ranking all 34 OC cities based on total job growth, housing growth, percentage of estimated county job growth, and changes in density – to ensure that cities are informed and prepared to accommodate OC’s workforce and their families.

Rolled out similar Workforce Housing Scorecards in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.

Developed OCBC’s online Workforce Housing Toolkit with the OC League of Cities – an invaluable resource to city and county leaders as they plan to accommodate future workforce housing needs in Orange County.

Advocated for fair-share implementation of the Prop 1C infrastructure bonds, providing $2 billion for affordable housing production.

Supported city zoning decisions to increase quality workforce housing projects throughout Orange County.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCompleted County of Orange Countywide Wireless Assessment.

Completed County of Orange Economic Development Strategy.

Completed research on OC database for commercial/industrial property with Southern California Edison.

Hosted business delegation of renewable energy company executives from Spain to discuss potential project partnerships in OC.

Completed Hospital Association of Southern California research study.

Completed study for California’s High Speed Rail Project.

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PUBLIC POLICY POSITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

CLIMATE CHANGE (AB 32 AND SB 375)

GENERAL BUSINESS ISSUES

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONS USSUES

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

LITIGATION REFORM

OUTSOURCING

TAXES AND FEES

CONSUMER PRIVACY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REFORM

GOVERNMENT REFORM

HEALTHCARE

CALIFORNIA EXPANDED HEALTH CARE ACCESS REFORM FRAMEWORK

HOUSING AND LAND USE

INFRASTRUCTURE

ENERGY

ELECTRIC ENERGY

NATURAL GAS

RENEWABLE ENERGY

TRANSPORTATION

WATER POLICIES

WATER QUALITY, WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

OCEAN WATER QUALITY

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

ELECTED OFFICIALS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CALIFORNIA’S UNITED STATES SENATORS

ORANGE COUNTY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL ROSTER

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP

ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONl: SENATE

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE

ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION: ASSEMBLY

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY ROSTER

COUNTY OF ORANGE

COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCIES

ORANGE COUNTY CITIES

ADVOCACY TOOLS COMMUNICATING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS

HOW TO LOBBY

LETTERS, FAXES AND E-MAILS

TELEPHONE PROCEDURES

READING A STATE BILL

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE COMMITTEES 2009

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES 2009

GOVERNMENT WEB RESOURCES

COUNTY WATER, WASTEWATER AND SANITATION AGENCIES

OTHER ADVOCACY RESOURCES

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

POLICY OBJECTIVESOrange County business requires state and federal policies that enable businesses to thrive in the global economy and a comprehensive strategy for local governments to achieve each community’s economic goals.

POSITIONSOrange County business supports:

Reinstatement of the California manufacturers investment credit (MIC), Federal Research and Development investments, manufacturers job credit proposals, and other strategies that will support manufacturing and growth industry clusters that produce high multiplier effects and strengthen global competitiveness;

Economic development programs that take into account the current workforce trends, including the need to emphasize bio and high technology training;

Stable funding through identifiable source(s) and a public policy environment conducive to meeting the region’s transportation, housing, and workforce education needs;

Effective and timely communication between businesses, workers, and educators to ensure that education and training programs target the needs of business;

Economic development programs within educational institutions and other community-based organizations to produce a more qualified workforce;

State and local government fiscal reform that will result in better land use decisions and provide a more reliable, long-term source of funding for local services;

Small business access to technical assistance and capital;

Expansion of Enterprise Zones and other economic development incentives that aid in the retention of businesses;

A more balanced regulatory climate that enables businesses to overcome barriers to economic growth and comply with reasonable regulatory requirements; and

International and domestic business incentives and programs to further expand the county’s economy including logistics/ports industries.

BACKGROUNDOrange County has developed into one of the most economically competitive and prosperous regions in the world. Maintaining the county’s competitive edge will require an intense commitment to preserving and enhancing

a positive business climate in the evolving global economy.

Orange County continues to transform from a traditional manufacturing economy to a high-tech, knowledge-intensive economy. OCBC has conducted substantial research on rapidly growing industry clusters, results of which have validated this ongoing transformation. A key trend is the significant loss of defense, aerospace, and computer hardware industry activity over the past twenty years and the rise of the health care, business, and professional services clusters.

Whether Orange County will continue on this path will hinge in no small part on the county’s ability to cultivate a workforce fit for an increasingly inter-dependent and competitive global economy. Arguably, the most important economic development tool for the county’s future is our education and workforce training system. Creating a skilled workforce will require bold ideas and concerted actions among business leaders, policy-makers, educators, workforce professionals, researchers, and—most importantly—parents and students.

Attainable but ambitious short-term goals must be paired with an understanding and vision about the county’s long-term prospects. To maintain competitiveness, the needs associated with the changing economy must be recognized, understood and addressed. A highly skilled workforce, affordable workforce housing, and efficient transportation networks are of paramount importance to the successful growth and prosperity of the region’s economy.

Workers’ compensation and health care costs, restricted access to capital, and limited tax-based incentives must be addressed in order to discourage businesses from leaving the state or expanding elsewhere.

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corner of the county.”- Kristin Nolt Wingard, The Disneyland Resort OCBC Chair, Economic Development Committee

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

POLICY OBJECTIVESRegulations should protect the environment without sacrificing economic prosperity or global competitiveness.


Environmental regulations that are based upon sound science (e.g., realistic risk assessments, accurate pollutant inventories, and credible environmental and economic models) and produce achievable, cost effective, and measurable benefits to public health and the environment;

Improved methods and techniques for modeling and measuring health risks, securing accurate pollutant inventories, assessing environmental impacts, and measuring the effectiveness of control measures;

Consistency and coordination in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other environmental review processes among governmental agencies to streamline environmental reviews, curb abuses such as excessive litigation, expand participation by project proponents, and ensure fairness in environmental review fees;

Innovative, market-oriented approaches for meeting environmental standards such as emission reduction credit banking and trading, habitat conservation plans, carbon labeling of goods sold within the state, and incentives for voluntary impact reductions;

Participatory and inclusive processes between the regulated community, regulators, and other stakeholders leading to consensus-based rulemaking and the correction of deficiencies;

Environmental justice policies that weigh environmental effects against economic opportunity so that the overall quality of life of

the affected populations is not adversely impacted;

Urban runoff and ocean water quality strategies that include thorough assessments of all sources; prevention of pollution through education; cost- effective regional and watershed-based solutions and treatment options; and public infrastructure improvements;

Reforms in California’s Electronics Recycling Program to clarify requirements in order to better facilitate compliance by both manufacturers and consumers;

The evaluation of regulatory impacts upon housing supply, infrastructure development and other critical land uses, and upon business and the economy.

BACKGROUNDReasonable environmental protections of the environment are important for sustaining Orange County’s high quality of life. However, conflicting and costly regulations can jeopardize the business climate, which supports and finances the essential services contributing to the quality of life enjoyed by our citizens. We need to protect our environment without sacrificing economic prosperity or global competitiveness.

Excessive, conflicting, and overlapping requirements among local, state, and federal jurisdictions and across media (i.e., air, water, solid waste) can create inefficiencies that stifle job creation and divert business dollars away from developing products, investing for growth, and adding value to customers and shareholders.

Policy makers must coordinate their oversight and take in to consideration market-oriented approaches and incentives that offer maximum compliance flexibility and achieve cost-effective outcomes.

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POLICY OBJECTIVESWith the passage of AB 32 in 2006, California has distinguished itself as the only state that caps carbon. The state’s ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions is undergoing regulatory implementation by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Regulations created by the CARB should be implemented with stakeholder input from the business community. In 2008, the California legislature passed SB 375, an ambitions land-use regulatory statute to curb urban sprawl and further reduce greenhouse gas emissions by implementing Sustainable Community Strategies (SCS). Both measures are addressed by this section.


Minimizing the compliance costs by actively pushing for measures that effectively reduce carbon while allowing for continued economic growth;

Creation of a final draft Scoping Plan that includes a fair and equitable consideration of Orange County’s business and transportation needs;

Regulations that are developed in a way that allows for economic growth in California; and

Policy approaches that recognize and encourage California’s leadership and innovation in the environmental arena and also the creativity of its citizens to pioneer new, low-carbon technologies;

Orange County business opposes:

Taxes that place California or Orange County at a competitive disadvantage; and

Federal, State, and local fees that are imposed by agency/department officials rather than being duly approved by the voters or appropriate elected officials.

BACKGROUNDGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32) into law in the fall of 2006. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is a group of measures that will require businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Specifically, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to:

Establish a statewide greenhouse gas emissions cap for 2020 by January 1, 2008, based on 1990 emissions;

Adopt mandatory reporting rules for significant sources of greenhouse gases by January 1, 2009;

By January 1, 2009, adopt a plan indicating how emission reductions will be achieved from

significant greenhouse gas sources via regulations, market mechanisms, and other actions;

Adopt regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas, including provisions for using both market mechanisms and alternative compliance mechanisms, by January 1, 2011;

Convene an Environmental Justice Advisory Committee and an Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee to advise CARB;

Ensure public notice and opportunity for comment on all CARB actions; and

Prior to imposing any mandates or authorizing market mechanisms, CARB must evaluate several factors, including but not limited to impacts on California’s economy, the environment, and public health; equity between regulated entities; electricity reliability, and conformance with other environmental laws. CARB must also ensure that the rules do not disproportionately impact low- income communities.

In 2008, the Governor signed into law, SB 375, which will set in motion new regulation that will compromise the long-term funding of a broad spectrum of state and local transportation programs and projects including critical long-term funding for the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). SB 375 is extensive and among the many land-use changes, requires the following:

The California Transportation Commission (commission) to maintain guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by metropolitan planning organizations (MPO’s);

The commission to consult with various agencies in this regard, and to form an advisory committee and to hold workshops before amending the guidelines;

Regional transportation plans for regions of the state with a MPO to adopt a sustainable communities strategy (SCS), as part of its regional transportation plan designed to achieve certain goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in a region;

The State Air Resources Board (CARB), working in consultation with the MPO’s, to provide each affected region with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the automobile and light truck sector for 2020 and 2035 by September 30, 2010 and this bill requires:

The appointment of a Regional Targets Advisory Committee to recommend factors and methodologies for setting those targets and to update those targets every 8 years.

CLIMATE CHANGE AB 32 and SB 375

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OCBC will work with Senator Darrell Steinberg, the incoming Senate Pro Tempore, on clarifying legislation in the 2009-10 legislative session. A summary of the business council’s major concerns is posted below:

SB 375 is not clear on how specific capital programs that have been approved by voters in local sales tax measures will be handled. Specification that green house gas (GHG) analysis is best conducted at the programmatic level, rather than on a project-specific basis is needed in future clarifying legislation. Without this much-needed language, project-specific GHG analysis may be required, leading to voter-approved projects being delayed or shelved.

As written, SB 375 limits the ability of counties who have not yet passed sales tax measures to go to the voters to self-fund their programs. Exemptions must be made to accommodate the expenditure plans associated with voter approved sales tax measures.

SB 375 doesn’t offer safe harbor from AB 32 regulations. The business community is concerned that SB 375 creates additional and possibly conflicting regulations for transportation that will in fact hinder meeting the air quality goals established by AB 32. Implementation of SB 375 must be done in conjunction with AB 32 to prohibit redundancy and provide certainty with compliance procedures.

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GENERAL BUSINESS ISSUES

CORPORATE GOVERNANCEPOLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policies should promote standards of corporate governance that guide boards of directors and corporate officers in managing their corporations in a competent, ethical manner.

POSITIONSOrange County business believes that rules regarding the governance and management of corporations, including those pertaining to accounting procedures, should ideally be created and imposed voluntarily by a corporation’s directors and officers rather than mandated by law. The Business Council realizes, however, that in some cases mandatory laws are preferable in order to ensure uniform compliance or to foster public confidence.

Orange County business supports corporate governance and regulation that will:

Establish a climate that encourages competent, qualified, honest, and ethical people to commit the time and effort necessary to become corporate directors;

Protect not only a corporation’s majority and minority shareholders but also its employees, customers, suppliers, creditors, and the public at large;

Provide safeguards against negligent or incompetent decision-making while still giving directors and officers the freedom to take reasonable business risks;

Reinforce corporate directors’ duties to appoint competent and ethical managers as officers of the corporation and monitor and evaluate the performance of those officers;

Encourage corporate directors to represent the interests of all shareholders, including minority shareholders;

Address conflicts between state and federal laws in areas such as insider trading, release of corporate information, and other corporate governance matters;

Promote corporate establishment of internal guidelines that provide clear descriptions of the directors’ and officers’ positions and duties;

Set criteria by which directors can determine the level of detail required of board meeting minutes (and supporting documentation) to allow regulators and independent auditors to determine whether board members have properly exercised their fiduciary duties;

Allow corporations flexibility in selecting tools to assist in effective corporate governance, such as establishing specialized committees of the board

of directors (e.g., audit and compensation committees) and obtaining directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to attract qualified personnel; and

Establish reforms to alleviate costs of Sarbanes- Oxley compliance.

BACKGROUNDSince the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a variety of other corporate governance statutes and regulations to oversee and control the manner in which corporations and similar business entities are managed.

The Orange County Business Council recognizes the importance of maintaining public confidence in corporate markets through ethical and competent corporate management. At the same time, profits and ethics are not mutually exclusive. Ethical patterns in the boardroom permeate down through the corporation. The best way of ensuring that a corporation’s business will prosper to the benefit of the shareholders, directors, officers, employees and customers is to create a corporate culture that encourages everyone in the corporation—from the directors to the officers to the employees—to perform their duties in an honest and competent manner.

EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONS ISSUESPOLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policies should enable business to respond competitively to new opportunities while promoting safe environments for employees.


California’s conformity with federal law in the areas of overtime and alternative work schedule flexibility;

Efforts to keep California from further exceeding federal laws for: minimum wage, exempt and non-exempt classifications, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) discrimination (i.e., age discrimination, sexual harassment, etc.);

The right of employees and employers to enter into agreements for Alternate Dispute Resolution;

Realistic policies with respect to ergonomics, chemical and environmental exposures, and other work environment issues backed by sound science as a foundation and with full discussion with all parties, including labor, industry, and government;

A consistent definition of independent contractors, simplified rules regarding independent contractor/ client relationships, and the elimination of financial

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penalties, such as back taxes and benefits obligations, arising from good faith misclassifications;

Limitations on the activities of unions where the employees of a company have indicated a lack of desire to unionize;

Limitations on the use of binding arbitration in labor/management negotiations;

Legislative review of existing statutes with an eye toward more equitably balancing the rights of employers, employees, and organized labor; and

A better balance between employee privacy and business responsibility, including limits on business liability where privacy legislation precludes employers from asking or securing employee information.


Prevailing and living wage mandates and ordinances.

BACKGROUNDPublic policies and regulatory climates can either boost or negatively impact the ability of California’s businesses to compete locally, nationally, and globally. In considering public policies and regulations impacting the workplace, it is important for decision makers and regulators to be mindful of the ramifications of their decisions for California business owners who are striving to remain competitive in the global marketplace.

Compensation IssuesWage and compensation issues have a direct impact on labor costs and therefore impact a business’s overall competitiveness. California has enacted policies and regulations that go well beyond federal protections for employees. This places California businesses at an economic disadvantage when competing nationally and globally with businesses from other states and has the potential to drive businesses to leave California.

Proposals to impose government-mandated wage increases continue to appear in cities and counties throughout California. In most cases, these proposals apply to businesses providing a minimum yearly level of contracted services to the local government. The wage floors in these laws generally are in the range of $7 to $9 per hour, often with an additional $1.25 per hour if employers do not provide key benefits (mainly health insurance) in covered jobs. Taxpayers also are affected, because the companies pass on the higher costs to the cities and or counties with which they have contracts.

Chemical and Environmental ExposureBusinesses inherently need to ensure that the workplaces are healthy and safe for all employees. To this end, various regulatory schemes protect all workers from chemical

exposures (i.e., combustibles, airborne contaminants) and other work environment exposures (i.e., noise, temperature, ergonomics). Businesses must pay a cost impact to comply with these regulatory schemes and thus, there is a direct correlation between these types of regulations and a business’s competitiveness. To the extent that California enacts policies and regulations that exceed federal standards for employee protection, California businesses are at an economic disadvantage compared to those operating in other states.

Independent ContractorsIndependent contractors serve an important role in the economic development of Orange County by providing expertise, flexibility, quality improvement, and cost savings to all types of businesses. Recent case law is eroding the cost-effectiveness of independent contractors, making their clients liable for health care, unemployment benefits, workers’ compensation, savings plans, pensions, and even stock options. The continuation of this trend will deprive businesses of a vital resource.

Right to WorkLabor unions are increasingly active in influencing the state legislature on workforce issues. In particular, they are pressing for the expansion of the Family Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA) binding arbitration in labor-management disputes, limitations on employers’ abilities to screen for legal residency status, and for such protections as requiring a janitorial company that has been purchased by a new owner to continue the employment of the existing staff for a 60-day “trial” period. It is important to create a better balance between the employees’ rights to organize and business vitality.

Availability of LaborThe Orange County labor pool will experience significant growth over the next 20 years. However, the county is also forecasted to experience a substantial loss of its 25- to 34-year-old demographic. As a result, by 2025, the largest age groups will be in the 0 to 14 and 65+ demographics. The county must respond to the fact that the population is aging, while we lose the single greatest age group that contributes to the job base.

The most significant reason for this shift in the labor force can be attributed to a lack of affordable housing opportunities for young families and first-time home buyers, as well as transportation challenges that make it increasingly difficult for this segment of the labor force to commute to and from, as well as within, the county for work.

Policymakers and business leaders must work to find solutions to these issues and confront the additional challenges that businesses have in finding employees with strong math and science skills. See the Infrastructure, Housing, Transportation, and Workforce Development sections of this guide for more information.

Medical/Benefit Parity IssuesBusinesses often experience friction with organized labor

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groups over medical and other employment benefits. Many labor union contracts call for full family medical plans paid totally by the employing company. California businesses will experience continued friction in this regard over the next few years. Additionally, state and local policymakers, including the Orange County Board of Supervisors, must work to reform the current employee pension obligation system, which is in danger of becoming insolvent if administration and contribution reforms are not considered. See the Health Care section of this guide for more information.

INTERNATIONAL TRADEPOLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policy and regulatory environments should enhance opportunities for high technology companies and others in global trade.


Unlimited fast track authority for the President in international trade negotiations;

United States participation in the World Trade Organization and adherence to its precepts for the promotion of fair standards;

Removal of barriers that hinder U.S. companies in foreign markets and the elimination of unfair trading practices;

Negotiations in the U.S. and other countries designed to protect patents, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property;

Agreements and standards that facilitate the development of a port security strategy to secure movement of goods and services, and long- term strategies to avert work stoppages at West Coast ports;

Science-based policies concerning electrical and electronic waste, and consistency between U.S. and European policies in this area;

International trade education designed to increase general awareness, understanding, and participation in the growth of international business;

Opening new markets to international trade; and

Education and workforce development policies that empower U.S. citizens to remain the highest skilled workers in the world.

BACKGROUNDOrange County’s thriving economy will continue to expand into global markets, supporting local enterprises and sustaining the economic vitality of this county. Currently, over 40% of the exports in Orange County come from computer and electronic high technology companies.

Congress granted President Bush fast track negotiating authority (also called Trade Promotion Authority or TPA) in 2002, allowing the administration to negotiate trade agreements that Congress can approve or disapprove but cannot amend or filibuster. Unfortunately, fast track authorization expired in 2007. OCBC will work to support reauthorization for this executive authority, which has enabled the United States to participate effectively in important negotiations to protect U.S. economic interests in the areas of intellectual property, agriculture, trade services, key industry sectors, and emerging economics. OCBC believes fast track policies provide an appropriately balanced role for Congress and are clearly in Orange County’s economic interests.

Reauthorization of fast track authority will help continue to increase high technology competitiveness and ensure access to foreign markets by eliminating tariffs/duties on IT products, medical equipment, telecommunications products, and infrastructure.*Source: California State University Fullerton Center for Economic and Environmental Studies.

LITIGATION REFORMPOLICY OBJECTIVESLitigation reform is needed to halt the crippling effects of unwarranted, excessive, and frivolous lawsuits on businesses, consumers, and taxpayers.


Reforms to the legal system to discourage and eliminate frivolous lawsuits, including reasonable limits upon recoveries, particularly in punitive damages and non-economic damages, and prevailing party recovery of litigation expenses in cases of questionable merit;

Use of arbitration and mediation for prompt and cost-effective dispute resolution in appropriate circumstances, including employment, health care, property, and automobile accident cases;

Construction dispute litigation reform and other legal strategies to encourage settlement of issues between builders and homeowners;

The cornerstones of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), which place reasonable limits on attorneys fees and non- economic damages in medical malpractice cases;

New laws to ensure consumers are fully informed of their rights and options when hiring a contingency fee attorney;

Appellate review of class action certification rulings;

Stricter guidelines for the use of science and hired “experts” in the courtroom;

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service and jury selection to achieve a more representative sample of the community to serve as jurors;

Preservation of reforms enacted through California’s Unfair Practices Act, which limit excessive and unwarranted unfair competition lawsuits;

New laws for disclosure of partnerships between the attorney general and private attorneys pursuing litigation on behalf of the state.


Attempts to circumvent the workers’ compensation system in the construction area;

Attempts to publicize confidential business information obtained in the “discovery” process of a lawsuit; and

Attempts by the attorney general to regulate business through litigation instead of the public legislative process.

BACKGROUNDThe perception that California does not offer a business-friendly environment is due, in part, to a legal system that is inefficient, expensive, and slow to respond to genuine needs. A virtual legal lottery exists in many different areas of the law, particularly wrongful termination, discrimination, and product liability claims. As a result, employers and their insurers often face the painful choice of settling frivolous lawsuits early as an economic trade-off to mounting a more expensive—though usually successful—legal defense. Civil litigation reform is critical to California’s economic success.

According to Orange County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), citing a report from Tillinghast Tower Perrin, the hidden costs of lawsuits amount to $886 per year for each person in the United States. This amount reflects only legal fees and settlements of actual court cases. CALA indicates the actual “lawsuit tax” is much higher when the indirect costs of lawsuit abuse, liability insurance, and lost time and jobs are included in the calculation.

OUTSOURCINGPOLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policy should promote and maintain a competitive business environment in Orange County, California and throughout the nation.


Open markets here and abroad;

Flexibility for employers in reducing their costs of doing business;

Contracting governmental services to the private sector when appropriate through the competitive bidding process; and

An in-depth study of the benefits of offshore outsourcing to the economy of California and the nation.


Protectionist legislation.

BACKGROUNDOffshore outsourcing is a result of the increasing global economy. For our businesses to be competitive in the global economy, the high cost of doing business in California must be reduced. In the absence of a more competitive business climate in California, offshore outsourcing provides a way to reduce costs and enables California companies to compete globally and grow in California.

Protectionist legislation will hurt California’s economy, increase the cost of California government, and encourage companies to leave the state, taking jobs with them. Experts agree that lower paying jobs are likely to leave California, but the best way for California to protect its job base is to ensure that workers are well-trained for jobs requiring the highest skill levels.

In order to stem offshore outsourcing, Orange County must cultivate a workforce that will be fit for an increasingly interdependent and competitive global economy. The most important preparation for the county’s future will take place in schools and workforce investment programs, which will build upon the significant progress of 2006.

The county must improve the K-12 education system, emphasizing math and science, as well as, and further develop worker retraining programs as strategies for keeping high paying jobs in Orange County.

Governor Schwarzenegger has issued several proposals to allow the contracting of governmental services to the private sector through the competitive bidding process. These proposals have been defeated by the Legislature, which is controlled by labor union interests that view these reforms as detrimental to the current employer/employee model. This model, in several cases, has proved inefficient and has led to multiple service delays in the health and human services and infrastructure (e.g., transportation repair) sectors.

The Orange County Business Council supports reforms that will allow the private sector to provide services, such as design-build for transportation projects, when government agencies are unable to do so.

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TAXES AND FEESPOLICY OBJECTIVESBusinesses benefit from simplified tax structures, lower taxes, taxes logically associated with specific government services, and the enactment of incentives supporting economic growth.


Balanced local, state, and federal budgets that reduce spending without shifting costs to or imposing mandates upon other levels of government;

Federal tax reform, which may include consideration of the flat tax, a national sales tax, or value-added tax to meet overall policy objectives as a replacement for current income tax structure;

Lower capital gains taxes;

The confirmation of allowable, full deduction of health insurance premiums by the self-employed;

Removal of “home office” restrictions to end systemic double taxation of small businesses;

Tax credits and other incentives for saving and investing, including increased 401(k) percentages and increased ceiling limits on contributions;

The correction of Orange County’s current status as a “donor” county with regard to state and federal transportation funding;

The use of private sector investment, rather than governmental taxes and spending, where possible, to accomplish public benefits;

Majority vote approval of tax increases for community infrastructure improvements, coupled with oversight and cost-containment;

Clear distinctions between taxes and user fees; a direct nexus for fees to an administrative cost or provision of public service;

Thorough investigation as to both benefits and downsides to the consideration of sales taxes on Internet transactions and/or Internet access;

Extreme caution in considering the modification or elimination of taxpayers’ ability to have elected officials, as opposed to appointed staff, resolve California tax disputes;

Tax incentives to maintain and create high-value jobs in the manufacturing sector; and

Review of public services provided by government, privatization of public services wherever possible, restructuring of governmental agencies for greater efficiency, and streamlining of the tax structures.


Taxes that place California or Orange County at a competitive disadvantage;

Split roll taxation;

Taxes on services; and

Federal, state, and local fees imposed by agency/ department officials rather than those duly approved by the voters or appropriate elected officials.

BACKGROUNDBusiness taxpayers pay more than their share of the cost of government. Additional tax increases, especially those that target business, will cripple California’s economic growth and job creation.

CONSUMER PRIVACYPOLICY OBJECTIVESTo advocate for strong consumer privacy protection, while continuing to promote business opportunities.


Privacy guidelines set forth in the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, renewed by Congress in 2004;

Fair and equitable state and local regulations that align within federal guidelines and don‘t interfere with a company’s ability to serve its customers; and

Legislation that allows businesses to access critical information required to respond to the workplace needs of injured or disabled employees and prevent further injury in the workplace.


Burdensome privacy regulations that would stifle commerce while providing little protection to the consumer; and

Local privacy ordinances that attempt to preempt state or federal legislation or regulation.

BACKGROUNDPrivacy is an issue that continues to grow in importance. Due to an increase in paperless transactions, better technology, and new ways to market to consumers, keeping one’s personal history secure is increasingly difficult. In recent years, we have seen a rise in identity theft, which costs consumers, businesses, and financial institutions over $56 billion each year. Federal and state legislatures and regulators continue to enact laws to protect consumers.

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consumers’ non-public information (NPI) with third parties, unless the consumer permits such sharing (“opts in”), and further allows consumers to “opt out” of companies sharing their information with their affiliates.

The National Do-Not Call Registry contains over 107 million phone numbers, providing a safeguard for those consumers who do not wish to receive marketing calls at their home phone numbers. As of June 2005, consumers reported over 900,000 violations.

Due to privacy limitations set forth by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), it is difficult for businesses to determine the extent to which an employee will be away from his/her job due to injury. This can create staffing issues and make it difficult for businesses to mitigate problematic conditions. Companies need access to the information critical to meeting their obligations of returning injured workers to work and ensuring safe work environments. Privacy needs to equally protect and benefit the consumer, business, and employee. A federal standard on privacy would create national guidelines that help businesses and commerce between states. Business understands the need for consumer privacy protection and works closely with government and law enforcement to create a secure climate. With electronic commerce expanding at a high rate, lawmakers must gain a deeper understanding of how consumers benefit from information sharing and allow businesses greater flexibility.

TELECOMMUNICATIONSPOLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policy and regulatory frameworks should promote advanced telecommunications networks to promote the exchange of knowledge, trade, and communications.


Complete implementation of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 to fully open competitive markets and bring the benefits of competition to Orange County consumers;

Fair and equitable regulations by industry boards, such as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), that ensure equal treatment for all telecommunications providers and limited regulation by the FCC with regard to advanced telecommunications services;

Private sector investments to develop state of the art broadband capabilities for businesses and citizens in Orange County;

Local government support and prompt permitting for the placement of infrastructure leading to expansion, construction, and implementation of advanced broadband networks, including the development of wireless internet connectivity (Wi- Fi) access county wide;

Pricing methodologies for unbundled network elements and resold services, which allow companies to fairly and fully recover their costs for designing, constructing, and operating a telecommunications network;

A policy that protects the rights of business and residential consumers to select the telecommunications provider of their choice by providing telecommunications companies the authority to enter buildings and businesses without prejudice;

Fair and equitable area code relief plans that minimize inconvenience to customers; and

Limiting the municipal rights-of-way fees to the reimbursement of the city’s actual costs of administering the use of the public rights-of-way so that these fees are not used to generate general fund or other special purpose revenues.


Taxes, fees, or burdensome regulations that would have the effect of stifling electronic commerce; and

City-owned utilities from offering telecommunications services since their powers of taxation and regulation provide an inherent competitive advantage relative to other telecommunications providers.

BACKGROUNDDelivery of advanced data services to all Americans is important to the future of the U.S. economy. Some experts believe the Internet is the largest single contributor to the growth of the U.S. economy and a powerful influence on the growth of global commerce.

The Internet helps to disseminate ideas and information anywhere in the world inexpensively and immediately. As the Internet develops, it will continue to bring more services and products to more people, often faster, easier, and cheaper than current market mechanisms.

The smooth flow of goods, services, and information into, out of, and within Orange County is critical in this new economy. It demands a well-maintained, well-coordinated communication and global information infrastructure. Private sector innovation and investment is integral to meeting these objectives.

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REFORMPOLICY OBJECTIVESCalifornia needs an efficient and cost-effective workers’ compensation system that provides fair compensation for legitimate claims while protecting employers from the financial and productivity effects of abuse.


Controlled costs through the elimination of fraud, reduced litigation, and the consistent application of established principles for determining eligibility;

Best practices in the areas of standards, medical findings, and criteria applied uniformly to the application of workers’ compensation law, and the administration of the workers’ compensation system to streamline the determination of disability, delivery of benefits, and decisions concerning the injured worker’s ability to return to work;

Elimination of financial and other incentives for claimants to seek legal representation;

The option for employers to combine health care coverage for employees with the medical coverage provided through workers’ compensation; and

Efforts to address the problem of carrier insolvency that are consistent with the above principles.


Any roll-back or amendments designed to weaken workers’ compensation reform in California.

BACKGROUNDAt the height of the workers’ compensation crisis in 2003, employers in the state were facing double-digit insurance premium increases. Since the passage of business industry-supported reforms, insurance premiums have dropped by more than 50 percent according to the Department of Insurance.

In terms of what an average policyholder pays, workers’ compensation rates per $100 of payroll have decreased from a high of $6.47 in 2003 to $3.75 in the first half of 2006. This is 30% below the average rate charged for the first six months of 2005 and 42% below the average rate charged in the latter half of 2003. Unfortunately, despite these great strides, California’s workers’ comp policy rates still rank second highest in the nation following Alaska.

The reason for the dramatic premium reductions is multifaceted. Especially important to note is the decrease in indemnity claims frequency; the frequency for the first six months of 2006 is estimated to be 17% less than in 2005 and 46% less than in 2002. Medical and indemnity costs per indemnity claim have also come down since their peak in 2002; however, since 2005, both medical and indemnity costs per claim have risen slightly. This seems to suggest that the reforms are supporting the true long-term goal—ensuring that truly injured workers receive quality medical treatment and full compensation. In addition, the Division of Workers’ Compensation reports that the number of cases they received has plummeted from 46,000 to 26,000 quarterly, representing a 40% drop.

Workers’ compensation costs to employers must be further reduced to ensure that California remains economically competitive. The OCBC supported reforms to the system are delivering significant cost savings.

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GOVERNMENT REFORM

POLICY OBJECTIVESCalifornians should be able to rely on long-term, stable, reliable, and equitable funding for essential public services.


State and local government finance reform that provides a long-term, stable financing mechanism for essential public services and infrastructure during both lean and high growth economic times;

Accountability to the voters and other taxpayers that includes a form of funding for public services that is understandable to the voting public;

Services provided at the level of government closest to the people and with funds most closely related to the services, including greater reliance upon property taxes by local governments to provide property-related community services;

Clarification of state and local governments’ roles;

Elimination of unfunded state mandates;

Equitable redistribution of sales and property taxes to protect cities’ long-term infrastructure, public safety, and human resources investments;

Contracting governmental services out to the private sector through the competitive bidding process when appropriate; and

Enactment of effective research/market-based pension reforms.


Wasteful government spending; and

State raids on local government funding.

BACKGROUNDThe Orange County Business Council believes it is prudent to regularly review the role of government and the manner in which public services are provided.

Orange County has seen a population increase of 1400% in the past 50 years, growing from 216,000 to over 3 million. It is the second most populous county in the state of California and the fifth most populous in the United States. Orange County has 34 incorporated cities and more than 200 independent agencies that provide myriad services to its residents. Hundreds of directors serve on the governing boards of special purpose agencies, often hidden from public and/or media scrutiny. While the quality of public services provided by these government agencies is often very good, multiple management layers and overlapping service areas dictate a need for greater efficiency and accountability.

At the state level, long-term, stable funding for government services at all levels is critical. The lack of stable funding

has resulted in many local governments passing numerous (and often burdensome) special fees and taxes. This situation has also caused governments to raise revenue by directly competing with the private sector to provide certain services.

The Orange County Business Council urges the Governor, cities, and Legislature to work for the adoption of stable, long-term, and reliable financing formulas for local governments that will in turn promote land use approvals that are not solely based upon revenue generation. These endeavors will result in a stronger economy for both the county and the state.

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HEALTH CARE

POLICY OBJECTIVESReconsider entire policy: Include removal or reduction of cost burdens on employers in favor of a single payer system modeled after Medicare. Health care policy that promotes public/private partnerships to expand affordable health care coverage for all citizens; maximizes free market options and choices; and minimizes mandates upon employers, insurers and providers. Identify funding sources for all initiatives and programs.


Competition in the health care market and among providers as the best means to achieve a more efficient, affordable, and quality-driven health care system;

Expanded access to health care coverage characterized by: fewer mandates; financial incentives for consumers procuring coverage directly and for employers procuring coverage on behalf of employees; expanded free market choices for consumers and employers; individual responsibility and accountability for efforts to reduce burdens on the health care system (i.e., preventative health care, healthy lifestyle); and portability of health care coverage;

Preservation of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) in California and adoption of similar policies at the federal level. Restrictions on meritless lawsuits against hospitals and other providers alleging breech of government obligation to provide medical care to uninsured patients;

Reasonable, cost-based reimbursements to health care providers in voluntary, contracted relationships with governmental entities to provide health care services;

Emphasis in workforce development initiatives and the direction of workforce development funds

toward initiatives that will increase the number of nurses and other health professionals needed in the Orange County workforce;

Reasonable flexibilities in the California nurse/ patient ratio regulations that recognize the realities of California’s current nursing shortage and are consistent with the provision of quality hospital care;

State/local fiscal reforms that address property tax distribution inequities and inequities in realignment formulas in order to bring Orange County closer to parity with other counties in providing health care services to their residents;

Adequate funding to assist hospitals and medical personnel in planning for and responding to natural disasters or other mass casualty incidents;

Seismic mandate relief for hospitals in the form of funding and compliance deadline extensions;

The evaluation of current health care delivery models in Orange County, with an eye toward changes and reforms leading to greater efficiencies, better patient care, and expanded health care access;

Policies that promote the retention and growth of California’s life sciences industry, with particular emphasis on issues that affect Orange County’s ability to maintain its leadership in the medical device sector.


Mandatory staffing ratios imposed by government agencies;

Mandates upon employers to procure health care coverage for employees;

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Mandates on hospitals and other providers to provide services at government-imposed rates (de facto, forced contracting).

BACKGROUNDMore than $60 billion in tax revenue is spent in California each year on government-sponsored programs (Medicare, Medi-Cal, and County-sponsored health/mental health programs) for the otherwise uninsured. In Orange County, about one of every eight residents is poor enough to receive health benefits from Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. Orange County has an estimated 223,000 uninsured adults and 40,000 uninsured children.

Those who are uninsured or underinsured often forego preventive and primary care. They are less likely to see physicians on a regular basis, less likely to have their young children immunized, less likely to receive adequate and timely prenatal care, and less likely to see a physician for serious symptoms. The result is a decline in individual health status, the potential for adverse public health implications, and inappropriate use of hospital emergency rooms for non-emergency care (estimated at 40 percent by the Public Policy Institute of California in 2008).

California employers have been doing what they can to provide coverage for their employees, paying over $35 billion each year on health care for their employees. However, we are in tight economic times. A recent survey released in September 2008 by the Mercer health care consulting group indicates that nearly 60 percent of employers nationwide plan to curb rising health premiums by making their employees pay more. Yet workers too have already been sharing the load: Between 2003 and 2007, the median family deductible rose from $1,000 to $1,500.

Orange County companies have a significant interest in ensuring that quality health care is delivered efficiently in a safe environment at an affordable price. Employers recognize that simply mandating employers to provide health care coverage to their employees does not represent a viable solution to the lack of health care access in California. At the same time, employers recognize that the problem of uncompensated health care is a serious one that adversely affects our quality of life and needs to be addressed. All of us pay more due to the “hidden tax” necessary to offset the cost of care to the uninsured.

The Legislature’s response to the growing numbers of uninsured has been to mandate employer coverage; propose a government-run health plan; cut rates to providers that are already receiving only 78 percent of the cost of providing the service; and impose rate-setting upon hospitals that have made business decisions to not contract to provide services through government programs.

In 2008, the Governor attempted to craft a health care package that required all stakeholders to participate and the Business Council was generally supportive of the underlying principles of this package. This fragile compromise ultimately failed due to the challenges of paying for universal health care access and the bigger problem of the looming state budget deficit that made it

CALIFORNIA EXPANDED HEALTH CARE ACCESS REFORM FRAMEWORKPOLICY OBJECTIVESCalifornia needs expanded health care access through private sector providers. The business community must partner with elected and agency officials and other stakeholders to forge creative, consensus-based solutions to reform this serious problem.


Expanded access to a standardized health care benefits package through private sector providers;

Strong engagement by the employer community in the development of policies to ensure health care coverage for all Californians;

Voluntary employer participation in the procurement of health care coverage;

Portability of health care coverage;

Individual responsibility and accountability for efforts to reduce burdens on the health care system (e.g., preventative health care, healthy lifestyle, etc);

Financial incentives (e.g., income tax deductions) for employers who procure health care coverage for employees and for individuals who self-procure health care coverage;

Reasonable reimbursements to health care providers contracting with governmental entities to provide health care services, with increased incentives for technologies or services that demonstrate long-term cost-savings (e.g., preventive care services);

Fair allocation of costs among all health care stakeholders rather than the burden of increasing health care costs falling mainly on the business community; and

Development of options for employers to combine health care coverage for employees with the medical coverage provided through workers’ compensation.

impossible to embark upon new initiatives.

California needs expanded health care access through private sector providers. In Orange County and throughout California, we must evaluate current delivery systems and explore new models that will use existing resources more efficiently. The business community must partner with elected and agency officials and other stakeholders to forge creative, consensus-based solutions to reform this serious problem.

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HOUSING AND LAND USE

POLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policy and regulatory frameworks should promote the highest and best land use practices for meeting California’s housing, community infrastructure, recreation, business facility, and open space needs while preserving the quality of life in California.


Incentives to local governments to encourage overall increases to the housing supply, housing affordability, and choices of home types for a variety of families and workers.

State and local fiscal reform to permit cities and counties to make land use decisions based upon good planning principles, rather than upon potential tax revenue generation or cost of service issues; address funding formulas that are unfair to Orange County; and establish a nexus between sources of funding and services and programs funded;

Ongoing efforts to ensure that construction disputes are addressed outside of the court system;

Elimination of so-called “prevailing wage” requirements and other legislative and regulatory barriers to the construction of affordable homes for working professionals and their families;

Limits on taxes, fees, and assessments that unfairly burden new homes and new home buyers with costs for community-wide infrastructure (i.e., roads, water, sewer, school) needs;

Legislative and regulatory incentives for the development of for-purchase and rental housing near existing jobs and high job growth areas;

Housing bonds within state capacity limits;

Financial assistance to local governments, redevelopment agencies and nonprofit housing organizations;

Public/private partnerships to provide affordable, transitional, and emergency housing;

Fair and economically sensible land use and zoning policies based on the most accurate state, regional, and local housing needs projections to achieve a reasonable balance between residential and commercial uses as well as an appropriate jobs-housing mix that takes advantage of opportunities for transit-oriented development, infill, high density, and mixed use development;

Creative approaches to redevelopment that are consistent with city or county general plans for housing, business and mixed use purposes, as well as complementary to the existing neighborhoods and surrounding communities;

Time limits on the use of redevelopment funds, restrictions on non-housing use, and establishment of a statewide affordable housing fund as a repository for annual redevelopment and other affordable housing funds; and

Collaborative land use decision-making processes that permit and encourage business community input. Orange County business opposes:

Unfair application of zoning laws, including instances when businesses are unreasonably or unfairly treated;

Urban limit lines, moratoriums, and other measures that stifle housing creation;

Conversion of Industrial-zoned areas to favor upscale housing developments and/or retail centers;

Any form of rent control;

State and local adoption of inclusionary zoning; and

Comprehensive ballot-box land use planning that contradicts “good planning” or contributes to a constrained housing supply for a growing workforce.

2007 InauguralWorkforce Housing ScorecardUpdated Edition for 2008

In 2007 OCBC released its Workforce Housing Scorecard—2007 Inaugural Edition. This year-long, critically acclaimed research report addresses the crucial relationship between housing supply, workforce development, affordability and business competitiveness in Orange County.

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BACKGROUNDCalifornia’s homeownership rate is just 57 percent, 13 points below the rest of the nation. This homeownership gap means that 1.6 million California families are being denied the benefits of owning their home, the biggest source of wealth creation for most families across the nation.

The gold standard for housing availability is 1 home for every 1.5 jobs. However, Orange County has 1 home for every 4.8 jobs, and projections based on current trends indicate that ration will fall to 1 home for every 9 jobs by 2025.

The median price of a home in Orange County is approximately $700,000. To afford a median-price home, a person must earn a minimum annual salary of $145,000, plus a down payment of $71,000. Less than 11% of our workforce can afford this. The median Orange County income is $75,700. Even for rental housing, a person must earn at least $22 per hour to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Orange County.

By 2025, it is projected a median-price home in Orange County will cost $1.8 million, yet wages will grow only 20% in that time, making homeownership even more unattainable.

Over the last 15 years, OC increased its housing supply by 162,000 homes (up 21%), but this didn’t keep up with job growth, which grew 70% during the same period of time.

It is clear that housing growth has not kept up with demand over the last fifteen years. While rising income, job and population growth are market factors, the regulatory environment has also played a major role. The high regulatory costs associated with housing production is one of the reasons the county’s housing production has been so tepid relative to population, employment, and income growth. Each city charges housing permit fees to homebuilders in order to recover environment, planning and school costs, among other less defined expenses. The median housing permit fee in Orange County was $9,343 in 2000. This fee increased to $12,049 by 2005 (an increase of 29%).

Beyond direct, per-unit housing fees, regulations can also slow housing construction. For people wishing to stymie development in their community (also known as “NIMBYs” for “Not in My Backyard”), the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has proven to be a popular and effective tool. Using CEQA, a claim against a developer can delay housing projects by as many as four years.

Land scarcity also affects the cost of housing. While Orange County is commonly characterized as “built-out,” that perception is owed more to local cities’ failure to zone land in a more economical fashion (i.e. more high density) than to actual spatial constraints. The result is an artificial scarcity of developable land. According to UC Berkeley Professor John Landis, a 10% reduction in supply of available land can increase home prices by 20 to 30%

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INFRASTRUCTURE

POLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policies should promote annual state and local investments in infrastructure sufficient to meet the expanding needs of a growing population and a dynamic and healthy economy and to protect existing public infrastructure investments.


Full implementation of the California Strategic Growth Initiative, which includes the Proposition 1A-1E bond package approved by the voters in 2006;

Securing Orange County’s fair share of Proposition 1A-1E funding;

Sustainable public infrastructure that protects public health, facilitates a well-educated public and workforce, supports a robust economy with reliable multi-modal transportation systems, provides reliable water and waste management systems, and supports sufficient “green” and open space infrastructure to promote quality of life;

Protection for dedicated transportation-related tax revenues, annual funding to maintain and enhance personal mobility, and the movement of goods and services;

Investment strategies based on sound science and public policy criteria that direct resources into the most needed regional and local infrastructure categories and leverage state and federal dollars, maximizing the return on existing infrastructure investments;

Contracting government services out to the private sector when appropriate, sustainable, and cost-effective for the construction of public infrastructure, using progressive contracting methods, including design/build, design/ build/operate, design/build/own, and public- private partnerships;

Priority funding or financing tools for joint-use, public-private infrastructure plans and projects;

Utilization of the “Orange County Infrastructure Report Card” findings to create awareness of Orange County’s infrastructure needs and further the dialogue on asset management and smart public investments in infrastructure;

Implementation of the CALFED Delta Improvements Package, including expansion of pumping capacity at the State Water Project Bank’s Pumping Plant;

Local government support and prompt permitting for the placement of infrastructure leading to expansion, construction, and implementation of advanced broadband networks, including the development of wireless internet (Wi-Fi) access county wide;

Adequate rehabilitation and protection of critical levee and waterway systems in the Bay-Delta and other areas of the state that have critical importance to the long-term and sustained movement of water supplies to their points of use;

Adequate investment in surface water impounds and groundwater storage systems that protect the state from droughts, earthquakes, and other events that would otherwise cause significant economic dislocations, loss of human lives, or the loss of significant natural resources;

Adequate and dedicated funding on an annual basis at federal, state, and county levels for infrastructure maintenance, rebuilding, and expansion;

Fair-share federal and state funding to Orange County based on population, urban nature, and the amount of tax revenue contributed to federal and state budgets;

Continued state bond funding for school and higher education facilities;

Restrictions on growth control policies and smart growth initiatives that may result in unintended consequences such as unreasonably higher housing costs, increased commute times that impact individuals and families, limited housing supplies that impact labor supplies, and unreasonably inflated land values that limit economic expansion.

BACKGROUNDIn 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger recognized the importance of California’s investment in an efficient system for delivering public services when he said, “This

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unprecedented action (of evaluating and funding public infrastructure) will mean a total review of government; its performance, its practices, and its costs. Together with my dedicated team of experts we will make California the first true 21st century government in America, a government that is as innovative and dynamic as the state itself.”

In November 2006, California voters approved the California Strategic Growth Plan in the form of Proposition 1B-1E.

Specifically, the plan provides:

Proposition 1B, Transportation: Authorized the placement of a $19.9 billion general obligation bond to fund repairs, reduce congestion, improve bridge safety, expand public transit and improve port security.

Proposition 1C, Housing: Authorized a $2.85 billion general obligation bond providing homeownership, rental, and permanent housing opportunities.

Proposition 1D, Education: Authorized the placement of a $10.4 billion general obligation bond to fund K-12 and higher education.

Proposition 1E, Levee Repair and Flood Control: Authorized the placement of a $4.09 billion general obligation bond to repair and maintain levees and improve the flood control systems throughout the state.

The Orange County Business Council supports this comprehensive approach to addressing the state’s infrastructure needs and will work with the administration, state legislature, and local county officials to ensure that a proportional share of these infrastructure funds are secured for county projects. Investing a portion of state revenues in infrastructure leverages existing dollars and financing mechanisms and fosters public/private partnerships. A solid commitment to infrastructure investment is critical to the states economic vitality.

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POLICY OBJECTIVESCalifornia needs reliable, stable, and competitively priced energy supplies for its businesses and consumers.


Comprehensive and coordinated national, state and local energy policies that will ensure adequate supplies and reasonable pricing in order to facilitate economic growth and preserve quality of life;

A market structure that will promote realistic pricing policies, accurate price signals (devoid of cross-subsidies), market stability, and access to competitively priced supplies;

Restoration of direct access in a newly-designed program that avoids cost shifting, ensures that providers are accountable for their share of continued supply reliability, and preserves the financial viability of California’s utilities;

Improvements in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure required to support future statewide growth and reserve needs.

Removal of unnecessary regulatory impediments and improvement of coordination between regulatory agencies with overlapping responsibilities to eliminate unnecessary obstacles and inconsistent regulatory findings that could negatively impact these future improvements;

Close coordination between state and local regulatory agencies to ensure responsible protections for the environment while supporting reasonable growth needs;

Improvements in demand-side energy management and conservation programs for businesses and consumers leading to more predictable load shed capabilities during periods of high energy demand;

Continued research, development and use of cleaner, alternate power sources such as co- generation/distributed generation, renewable energies, and fuel cell technologies;

A more participatory role for business in regulatory processes so as to promote a better understanding of rate structures upon business operations; and

Completion of the Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project, which will provide an essential supply of clean energy to South Orange County.

BACKGROUNDELECTRIC ENERGYThe Orange County Business Council generally supported the deregulation of the utility industry as a vehicle for opening

markets, promoting competition, and producing costs and value benefits to consumers. The market performance and subsequent energy crisis that began in the spring and summer of 2000 indicated that the new market strategy was not meeting the goals of the original legislation (AB 1890) and in fact, was operating to the detriment of California consumers and businesses.

In 2001, a lack of electricity production by generators, an artificial rate cap for residential customers, market manipulation by energy service providers, along with reduced electricity imports led to rolling blackouts and statewide disruption to businesses and local communities. Efforts to quickly rectify the supply side of the problem resulted in high-cost, long-term energy contracts with the state, leaving consumers with even higher rate structures for an undetermined period of time. The cumulative effect of these efforts leaves the consumer with a new energy “cost crisis”. Following the most recent rate increases, some businesses are paying 60% more for their power than they did in prior years.

California still needs a comprehensive approach to fixing the energy market. In the short-term, and to minimize the chances of electricity shortages, the state needs to implement a viable demand reduction and conservation program on an accelerated basis. It must ensure that all existing generation (including mothballed plants) are ready to operate if called upon and find opportunities to accelerate the in-service date of any proposed transmission projects.

In the long-term, adequate generation and transmission capacity is essential to meet current requirements and future growth within the state and to promote a more competitive market. Energy infrastructure must expand to meet capacity needs and maintenance schedules for existing and future generation. Businesses must be provided with clear and concise rules (i.e., status of departing load tariffs and standby impacts) for implementing more efficient and reliable distributed and co-generation systems.

A key component of this energy market redesign will be the elimination of rate cross-subsidies that hide the true cost of electricity to residential customers, which in turn causes customers to increase their consumption and inflates the cost of electricity to commercial and industrial customers. The state needs to establish rules governing the adequacy of resources to meet retail load that ensure clear accountability for retail supplies and prevent cost shifting and free-riding. Once these issues are addressed, then and only then, will a market that includes customer choice have a real opportunity for success.

NATURAL GASDeregulation of natural gas at the wellhead began when Congress passed the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. This legislation ended federal control over the wellhead price of “new” gas on January 1, 1985, but kept in place price controls for gas produced from wells drilled prior to 1977. In 1989, the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act lifted all remaining federal wellhead price controls on natural gas.

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Since then, the price of natural gas across the United States has been subject to market forces, rising and falling with changes in supply and demand. In this competitive market, the price of natural gas is set between all buyers (including industrial users, power generators, marketers and gas utilities like Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric) and all sellers (including independent producers and major oil and gas companies).

Demand for natural gas has continued to increase throughout the United States, but supply production is not keeping pace with demand.

According to the federal Energy Information Administration, demand for natural gas is increasing at more than 3% per year.

In Southern California, regional factors have also contributed to the increase in gas commodity prices. The factors include:

1. High electric demand;2. Low hydropower production; and3. The need to expand the electric transmission system.

Although the number of rigs drilling for natural gas has increased, production remains flat. In fact, the Energy Information Administration has stated that new well completions are offset by production declines from existing wells. As a result, prices for natural gas have increased nationally and become more volatile. Higher gas prices cannot be avoided unless new supplies are brought into the market.

Consequently, we must increase access to new and diverse natural gas supplies, such as Rocky Mountain gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). In addition, natural gas infrastructure must be made ready to bring these new gas supplies into the region for all Southern California energy consumers.

RENEWABLE ENERGYThe Orange County Business Council and its partners advocate national, state, and local policies that support a diverse supply of renewable energy sources, provide adequate transmission and distribution infrastructure systems, and promote the efficient use of energy sources to ensure California’s long-term economic vitality.

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TRANSPORTATION

POLICY OBJECTIVESPublic policy should promote safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement of people, goods, and services via air, highway, and rail conveyances.


An integrated, comprehensive, and efficient multi- modal transportation network in Orange County, meeting the needs of its residents and of a globally competitive Orange County, to include inter- county and intra-county highways, mass transit, passenger and freight rail, and air travel services, facilities, and infrastructure;

The legal framework for Caltrans and other public agencies to utilize unrestricted alternate project delivery systems, including design-build, for appropriate transportation projects;

Long-term, dedicated, and consistent funding sources by federal, state, and local governments equitably distributed for new road, highway and transit improvement projects, as well as for maintenance, safety, and capacity enhancements;

Securing Orange County’s fair share of Proposition 1B transportation funding, and efforts to ensure Orange County’s transportation needs are adequately met in development and implementation of Proposition 1B program guidelines;

Legislation to ensure that only counties within an identified region, that have self-taxed for

transportation purposes, receive Proposition 1B matching funds reflective of the collective revenue generated from the region then further divided by population;

Passage of federal transportation reauthorization legislation with full program implementation funding for projects in Orange County;

Full and efficient implementation of the renewed Measure M, Orange County’s 30-year, half-cent sale tax specifically dedicated to transportation improvements, approved by the voters in November 2006;

Government agencies contracting services with the private sector for the construction of public infrastructure, using progressive contracting methods (i.e., design/build, design/ build/operate, and design/build/own) and public-private partnerships when appropriate, sustainable, and cost-effective;

Projects that eliminate conflicts between incompatible transportation modes and improve capacity (e.g., grade separations at railroad crossings);

Majority-vote approval of local sales tax measures for specifically identified transportation improvements;

Public/private partnerships, including private sector investments in intra-county and inter-county transportation infrastructure projects that do not convert existing facilities to toll facilities;

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Investment in the development and use of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies (e.g., smart vehicles, smart corridors, traffic management centers, and real-time traffic data information availability) to maximize use of existing facilities and capacity; and

Better coordination between local, state, and federal permitting agencies conducting environmental reviews to expedite project delivery and promote cost-effectiveness along with environmental compliance.

BACKGROUNDThe smooth flow of people, goods, and services into, out of, and within Orange County is critical to Orange County’s expanding economy. Employees must be able to get to and from work efficiently, as personal mobility is integral to a thriving economy and community. It is important that government not constrain citizens’ movements in a way that diminishes their quality of life.

Equally important is the efficient regional movement of goods throughout Southern California. The Long Beach and Los Angeles ports receive and then distribute 35 percent of the nation’s imported goods, and Los Angeles International Airport handles 78 percent of the region’s air cargo. Efficient regional goods movement is dependent upon a well maintained, well coordinated, and safe transportation system, including a variety of transportation alternatives and adequate access to air cargo, air travel, and ground shipping facilities.

Further, long-term, dedicated, and stable funding is essential for the expansion, improvement, and maintenance of the transportation system. Business community and private sector participation and investment, as well as innovative project delivery, are key to meeting these transportation objectives.

California currently receives a return of 92 percent of its transportation dollars from Washington, D.C. The Orange County Business Council supports efforts to provide California with a greater return of its taxpayer dollars.

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WATER POLICIES

WATER QUALITY, WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER MANAGEMENTPOLICY OBJECTIVESSouthern California needs safe, clean, high quality, adequate and reliable water supplies supporting the needs of economic growth and quality of life in.


Securing Orange County’s fair share of Proposition 1E flood control and levee protection funding;

Development of cost-effective surface storage south of the San Joaquin Delta to improve the reliability of imported water supplies to Southern California;

Development of a secure and reliable Delta conveyance system that significantly improves water quality;

Implementation of the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) and added storage in Lake Meade contemplated in the Drought/Shortage Agreement;

State and federal funding to ensure balanced implementation of the CALFED Bay Delta Implementation Package, including the expansion of pumping capacity at the State Water Project Banks Pumping Plant;

Projects and programs that protect the quality, reliability, and sustainability of the Orange County Groundwater Basin, including the completion of Phase 1 of the Groundwater Replenishment System project and expansion as needed;

Completion of the Santa Ana River Mainstem Project; and the funding and timely distribution of the accumulated State Subventions to reimburse the County of Orange;

Construction of a cost-effective solution to protect the security of segments of the Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) sewer line;

Environmental regulations that promote the maintenance and management of water resources and infrastructure;

Proper maintenance and where possible enhancement of the Upper Newport Bay as an ecological reserve to include the stabilization of the foothill streams that are currently silting the bay;

Development and funding, via identifiable sources, of local and regional efforts that increase water reliability through transfers, desalination, water use efficiency, storage, and water recycling;

Increased north-south county collaboration to

enhance supply and reliability and provide the South County a greater and more reliable emergency water supply;

Implementation to the recommendations of the State Recycled Water Task Force;

Simplification of the process and where possible, pre-approval of water transfers between all areas of the state, so water can be moved rapidly when needed;

The expansion of water recycling with a focus on newly developing areas where costs are minimized;

The consolidation of southern Orange County into the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board jurisdiction;

Water use efficiency projects and promotions, as well as, voluntary conservation to reduce urban runoff and over-watering, leading to conservation overall and local supply reliability; and

Development of cost-effective and sustainable ocean desalination as well as desalination and recovery of brackish groundwater where economically feasible.

BACKGROUNDCalifornia’s economy, jobs and water are inexorably linked. Job growth cannot continue without an adequate and reliable water supply to support the economy. Orange County’s economic viability as a special place for homes, commerce and industry depends on the availability of a safe, reliable, and affordable water supply. To that end, the Orange County Business Council serves as a resource for educating businesses, elected and appointed officials, and the public at large about programs and projects that will address this need.

A reliable water supply is integral to the state’s continued economic health. Business, therefore, supports activities leading to a cost-effective, fair, timely, comprehensive, and long-term solution to California’s water issues. California’s ability to address its water needs, and Orange County’s ability to manage its water supplies as efficiently as possible, are key determinants in Orange County’s continuing economic prosperity.

Southern California is highly dependent on both Northern California and the Colorado River for its imported water supplies. Almost half of the water utilized in Orange County at this time is imported. The continued reliability of these sources, however, is subject to the success of CALFED in resolving environmental and water quality issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and to the success of Colorado River water users in effectively managing their water supplies from this source. Given this, it was critical that voters approved Proposition 1E last year to improve our levee and flood control systems. Without the funding and vision to make these improvements to our water storage and movement infrastructure, California would continue to

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be vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina like occurrences.

Additional water supply sources must be planned and developed in a timely fashion in order to alleviate potential water shortages in the future. This includes the Groundwater Replenishment System project, which will ultimately recycle about 130,000 acre-feet annually into Orange County’s potable water supply, and projects identified in the 2004 South Orange County Water Reliability Study.

After many years of coasting on prior successes, it is also time for the state to add cost-effective surface storage projects and take steps to fix the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta conveyance system. This later item is most important, as over 22 million people in California get some or all of their water supply from the Delta area. An interruption in this supply will have a highly predictable adverse effect on the state’s economy and disrupt the flow of funds to government of all levels.

The completion of the Santa Ana River Mainstem Project is another public safety necessity. In the event of a flood, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that this project could save more than 3,000 lives, lessen the impact on more than two million people, prevent destruction of 500,000 homes, curtail economic losses of more than $14 billion in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, and save millions of dollars across Southern California in mandated federal flood insurance costs. The business community recognizes the importance of flood protection to Orange County residents and businesses and supports the completion of the entire Santa Ana River Mainstem Project as originally planned.

OCEAN QUALITYPOLICY OBJECTIVESCalifornia must improve and sustain ocean water quality using comprehensive, watershed and science-based approaches that reduce contaminants from point and non-point sources in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.


Compliance with laws to protect the coastline and ocean resources from inadequately treated wastewater and sanitary sewer overflows;

Programs for water quality management to reduce, where practical, non-point source pollution and improve ocean water quality;

Science-based programs and projects to manage urban runoff and storm water in a cost-effective and sustainable manner;

Improvements in water quality testing methodologies to more quickly and accurately determine levels of contamination, sources of contamination, and health risk, which result in the timely notification of the public;

Dry weather diversions into the sanitary system for treatment and disposal or reclamation, but only when there is sufficient capacity to do so and other practices of the sanitary sewage system are not disrupted or otherwise negatively impacted.

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Pursuing natural treatment system (NTS) solutions as preferred over treatment plant processing for urban runoff water to meet stream and ocean water quality objectives;

Education of business, residents and visitors regarding pollution prevention practices that reduce urban runoff and of the importance of water quality to the economy and quality of life in Orange County;

Employing “use attainability analyses” and other valid scientifically-based techniques to evaluate bodies of water and their designated uses when setting water quality standards and issuing permits that require action by public and private entities and when updating Basin Plans to incorporate current scientific understanding and establish appropriate standards and practices that adequately protect water quality in a practical and cost-effective manner; and

The use of technology, best available practices, and “natural treatment” systems to adequately protect public health and the environment from harmful pollutants contained in urban runoff and agricultural runoff.

BACKGROUNDAs a nation and as a dynamic urban county, we must take adequate and appropriate action to protect public health, water resources and environmental resources from the harmful affects of point source and non-point source water pollution. While public and private entities have made great strides to significantly reduce the impact of pollutants on these important resources by building facilities to abate these pollutants and by practicing source control practices and other methods, some problems persist and must be addressed. Business and environmental interests oftentimes coincide on this broad issue when accurate and timely information is shared and appropriate actions are taken by all responsible parties. We see a trend toward increasing cooperation in Orange County, and we applaud it.

The Orange County Business Council strongly supports improvement of ocean water quality through widespread public education and the adoption of cost-effective public policies, practices, and facilities that are consistently based upon sound research. We believe society is better served by a reasonable regulatory process that functions cooperatively, uses scientifically-based facts, and establishes water quality objectives that consider the cost of attaining water quality standards.

We believe that federal, state and local government agencies must address urban runoff issues pragmatically and sequentially. Various methods suggested by private and public entities to address urban runoff must be fairly considered on a case-by-case basis, and the permitting authorities must evaluate the site-specific costs, constraints, and other practical matters. Flexibility and cost-effectiveness are principles that all parties must embrace as the collective understanding of this issue evolves. Watershed approaches will lead to more

meaningful improvements.

The Orange County Business Council will play an active role in improving ocean water quality and support the approaches listed below for addressing this important issue:

1. Orange County’s Storm Water Management Program—This multi-initiative program engages all stakeholders in finding and maintaining cost- effective and practical methods for reducing pollutants that would otherwise enter the storm water system and impact water quality. Public education and best management practices are important parts of this program and should remain fully funded and supported by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

2. OCSD Education “Tool Kit”—Developed by the Orange County Sanitation District and sponsored by the Orange County Chapter of the California Restaurant Association, the tool kit educates business, residents, and students about how to keep the waterways clean.

3. Urban Runoff Treatment—Urban runoff diversion and treatment systems constructed, operated and maintained by public entities should remain a key component to an effective and region-wide approach to the sustainable, long-term management of water quality.

4. Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Program—Now in use by the special districts and cities here in Orange County, this program is business-friendly and provides incentives to businesses that comply with its rules and regulations.

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

POLICY OBJECTIVESOrange County needs a highly-qualified and well-educated workforce prepared for productive citizenship in a knowledge-based economy, supporting the needs of Orange County’s employers in today’s workplace.


Annual assessments of the county’s workforce development needs;

Assisting educational providers and workforce investment boards (WIBs) to strategically align available funding with research outcomes and projections that respond to both the current and future employment and training needs of businesses, in light of the fact that 90% of future jobs will need an advanced educational degree (i.e., AA, BA, BS, MA, MS, or PhD);

Collaboration between universities, community colleges and K-12 schools, occupational training programs, businesses, workforce investment boards and others involved in workforce preparedness, to develop programs that respond to employer and labor market needs and to ease matriculation between educational institutions;

Continued development of education programs emphasizing the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which provide Orange County with three kinds of intellectual capital;

Scientists and engineers who will continue the research and development that is central to Orange County’s economic growth;

Technologically proficient workers who are capable of dealing with the demands of a science based, high technology workforce; and

Scientifically literate voters and citizens who make intelligent decisions about public policy and who understand the world around them.

Recognition of and commensurate funding for community colleges’ economic development functions;

Increasing workforce investment and economic development funding that strengthens regional growth;

Adequate funding for vocational and technical education as well as adult retraining to respond to changes in the economic and workplace environments;

Expanded English-language programs for employees and job-seekers; universal access to workforce training and job assistance programs for limited English-speaking job-seekers;

Internships, field studies, service learning, and workplace-centered opportunities for students;

Workplace externships for teachers to refresh skills in their discipline;

Increased enrollment growth funding for public higher education coupled with a predictable, stable fee policy for higher education students;

An accessible and accountable public education system as one of the state’s highest priorities, that strives to meet strong academic standards and performance measurements in math and science, technology capability, communication skills, practical workplace skills, and English language proficiency;

Locally-determined priorities and implementation strategies for attaining and exceeding statewide academic standards;

Student access to technology, textbooks, materials, and experiential math and science opportunities aligned with state standards;

Highly trained and appropriately compensated teachers and administrators;

Streamlining teacher and administrator certification, including alternative avenues to expand the pool of high-quality teachers and administrators;

State school bonds to match local dollars for school facilities; and

Proactive intervention for at-risk and limited- English proficient students, including after-school enrichment opportunities.

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BACKGROUNDOrange County is faced with the challenge of developing a workforce capable of sustaining and enhancing its economic growth. Current trends suggest that some students are not prepared to enter the workplace, exacerbating a serious skill-set shortage in today’s workforce.

Orange County’s public schools perform significantly better than state and national indicators, according to the Academic Performance Index. Nonetheless, educational improvements are required to develop a knowledgeable, high-performing workforce for competitive advantage. Specifically, such improvements include:

Substantial expansion and upgrades of school facilities;

Increases in after school and tutorial programs;

Upgrades and access to communications technology, including greater use of technology in the classroom;

Increased teacher training, particularly in technology;

Increases in the number of credentialed teachers;

Increases in enriched curriculum, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines At least one-third of future jobs

will demand skills in these disciplines. However, only about 20% of undergraduate and graduate degrees currently given by Orange County universities are in these disciplines; and

More effective strategies and methods to teach English-language learners.

OCBC research indicates shortages of skilled workers for the county’s growing technology clusters. These gaps occur at all levels but are especially pronounced for college graduates and post-graduates. Systematic research at the regional level is required to both quantify these gaps and craft effective responses.

However, significant problems already identified are:

A worker shortage in occupational categories demanding high-technology skills;

A lack of science, math, and technology skills in professional and technician level occupations;

An absence of basic education among 23 percent of Orange County’s workers over the age of 25 who lack a high school diploma; and

Education and training services that are not market-driven.

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President Barack H. Obama

The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, D.C. 20500

Comments: 202-456-1111Fax: 202-456-2461E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.whitehouse.gov

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, D.C. 20500

Comments: 202-456-1111Fax: 202-456-2461E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.whitehouse.gov

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

THE CABINET

Department of AgricultureSecretary Tom J. Vilsackwww.usda.gov Department of Health and Human Services Secretary www.hhs.gov

Department of CommerceSecretary Gary Lockewww.doc.gov Department of Homeland SecuritySecretary Janet Napolitanowww.dhs.gov

Department of DefenseSecretary Robert Gateswww.defenselink.mil Department of StateSecretary Hillary R. Clintonwww.state.gov

Department of the InteriorSecretary Ken L. Salazarwww.doi.gov Department of TransportationSecretary Ray H. LaHoodwww.dot.gov

Department of JusticeAttorney General Eric H. Holderwww.usdoj.gov

Department of the TreasurySecretary Timothy F. Geithnerwww.ustreas.gov

Department of LaborSecretary Hilda L. Soliswww.dol.gov Department of Veteran AffairsSecretary Eric K. Shinsekiwww.va.gov

Department of EducationSecretary Arne Duncanwww.ed.gov Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSecretary Shaun Donovanwww.hud.gov

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chuwww.energy.gov Cabinet Rank MemberEnvironmental Protection AgencyAdministrator Lisa P. Jacksonwww.epa.gov

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Senator Dianne Feinstein

331 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515

Phone: 202-224-3841Fax: 202-228-3954E-mail: http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html

Senator Barbara Boxer

112 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515

Phone: 202-224-3553 Fax: 415-956-6701E-mail: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm

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CALIFORNIA’S UNITED STATES SENATORS

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Representative Ken Calvert

2201 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515

Ph: 202-225-1986 | Fax: 202-225-2004E-mail: http://calvert.house.gov/email.asp

Representative John Campbell

1507 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515

Ph: 202-225-5611 | Fax: 202-225-9177E-mail: [email protected]

Representative Gary Miller



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Representative Dana Rohrabacher

2300 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515


Representative Ed Royce


Ph: 202-225-4111 | Fax: 202-226-0335E-mail: http://www.royce.house.gov

Representative Loretta Sanchez

1114 Longworth BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515

Ph: 202-225-2965 | Fax: 202-225-5859E-mail: http://www.lorettasanchez.house.gov

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL ROSTER - 111TH CONGRESS(All addresses are: Washington, D.C. 20515)

District Member Name Party Office Address Tel. # 202 Fax # 202-43 Baca, Joe D 2245 Rayburn 225-6161 225-867131 Becerra, Xavier D 1119 Longworth 225-6235 225 220228 Berman, Howard D 2221 Rayburn 225-4695 225-319650 Bilbray, Brian R 2348 Rayburn 225-0508 225-255845 Bono, Mary R 104 Cannon 225-5330 225-296144 Calvert, Ken R 2201 Rayburn 225-1986 225-200448 Campbell, John R 1507 Longworth 225-5611 225-917723 Capps, Lois D 1110 Longworth 225-3601 225-563218 Cardoza, Dennis D 1224 Longworth 225-6131 225-081920 Costa, Jim D 1314 Longworth 225-3341 225-930853 Davis, Susan D 1526 Longworth 225-2040 225-294826 Dreier, David R 233 Cannon 225-2305 225-701814 Eshoo, Anna D 205 Cannon 225-8104 225-889017 Farr, Sam D 1126 Longworth 225-2861 225-679151 Filner, Bob D 2428 Rayburn 225-8045 225-907324 Gallegly, Elton R 2309 Rayburn 225-5811 225-110036 Harman, Jane D 2400 Rayburn 225-8220 226-72902 Herger, Wally R 242 Cannon 225-3076 225-085215 Honda, Mike D 1713 Longworth 225-2631 225-269952 Hunter, Duncan R 1429 Longworth 225-5672 225-023549 Issa, Darrell R 2347 Rayburn 225-3906 225-33039 Lee, Barbara D 2444 Rayburn 225-2661 225-981741 Lewis, Jerry R 2112 Rayburn 225-5861 225-649816 Lofgren, Zoe D 102 Cannon 225-3072 225-33363 Lungren, Dan R 2262 Rayburn 225-5716 226-12985 Matsui, Doris D 222 Cannon 225-7163 225-056622 McCarthy, Kevin R 1523 Rayburn 225-2915 225-29084 McClintock, Tom R 508 Cannon 225-2511 225-544425 McKeon, Howard R 2184 Rayburn 225-1956 226-068311 McNerney, Jerry D 312 Cannon 225-1947 225-086142 Miller, Gary R 2438 Rayburn 225-3201 226-69627 Miller, George D 2205 Rayburn 225-2095 225-560938 Napolitano, Grace D 1610 Longworth 225-5256 225 002721 Nunes, Devin R 1013 Longworth 225-2523 225-34048 Pelosi, Nancy D 235 Cannon 225-4965 225-825919 Radanovich, George R 2410 Rayburn 225-4540 225-340237 Richardson, Laura D 1725 Longworth 225-7924 225-792646 Rohrabacher, Dana R 2300 Rayburn 225-2415 225-014534 Roybal Allard, Lucille D 2330 Rayburn 225-1766 226-035040 Royce, Ed R 2185 Rayburn 225-4111 226-033539 Sanchez, Linda D 1222 Longworth 225-6676 226-101247 Sanchez, Loretta D 1114 Longworth 225-2965 225 585929 Schiff, Adam D 2447 Rayburn 225-4176 225-582827 Sherman, Brad D 2242 Longworth 225-5911 225-587912 Speier, Jackie D 211 Cannon 225-3531 226-418313 Stark, Fortney D 239 Cannon 225-5065 226-380510 Tauscher, Ellen D 2459 Rayburn 225-1880 225-59141 Thompson, Mike D 231 Cannon 225-3311 225-433535 Waters, Maxine D 2344 Rayburn 225-2201 225-785433 Watson, Diane D 2430 Rayburn 225-7084 225-242230 Waxman, Henry D 2204 Rayburn 225-3976 225-40996 Woolsey, Lynn D 2263 Rayburn 225-5161 225-5163

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP

Office of the GovernorThe Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

State Capitol, 1st Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-445-2841 | FAX: 916-445-4633

Website: http://gov.ca.gov/Email: http://www.govmail.ca.gov

Speaker of the AssemblyThe Honorable Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles)

State Capitol, Room 219, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-319-2047 | FAX: 916-319-2147Email: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/speaker/

Senate President Pro Tem The Honorable Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)

State Capitol, Room 205, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-651-4006 | FAX: 916-323-2263Email: http://dist06.casen.govoffice.com

Assembly Minority LeaderThe Honorable Mike Villines (R-Fresno)

State Capitol, Room 3104, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-319-2029 | FAX: 916-319-2129Email: [email protected]

Senate Minority LeaderThe Honorable Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Temecula)

State Capitol, Room 5064, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-651-4036 | FAX: 916-447-9008Email: [email protected]

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION--SENATE

The Honorable Lou Correa (D-34)

State Capitol, Room 4062, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-651-4034 | FAX: 916-323-2323E-mail: [email protected]

District Director: Tammy Tran12397 Lewis St., #103, Garden Grove, CA 92840PH: 714-558-4400 | FAX: 714-705-1586

The Honorable Tom Harman (R-35)


District Director: Cynthia Determan950 South Coast Drive, Ste. 240, Costa Mesa, CA 92626PH: 714-957-4555 | FAX: 714-957-4560

The Honorable Bob Huff (R-29)


District Director: Tim Shaw2605 E. Foothill Blvd., #A, Glendora, CA 91741PH: 626-914-5046 | FAX: 626-914-8976

The Honorable Mimi Walters (R-33)


24031 El Toro Rd. Suite 210, Laguna Hills, CA

The Honorable Mark Wyland (R-38)


District Director: Christine Rubin27126-A Paseo Espada, Ste. 1621, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

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CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE(All addresses are State Capitol, Room _____, Sacramento, CA 95814)

District Member Name Party Capitol Tel. # 916- Fax # 916- Room No.4 Aanestad, Sam R 651-4004 445-7750 306313 Alquist, Elaine D 651-4013 324-0283 508018 Ashburn, Roy R 651-4018 322-3304 306037 Benoit, John R 651-4037 327-2187 406630 Calderon, Ron D 651-4030 327-8755 408822 Cedillo, Gilbert D 651-4022 327-8817 510014 Cogdill, Dave R 651-4014 327-3523 30510 Corbett, Ellen D 651-4010 327-2433 510834 Correa, Lou D 651-4034 323-2323 40621 Cox, Dave R 651-4001 324-2680 206812 Denham, Jeff R 651-4012 445-0773 30767 DeSaulnier, Mark D 651-4007 445-2527 205440 Ducheny, Denise D 651-4040 327-3522 503531 Dutton, Robert R 651-4031 327-2272 509416 Florez, Dean D 651-4016 327-5989 50619 Hancock, Loni D 651-4009 327-1997 309235 Harman, Tom R 651-4035 445-9263 205236 Hollingsworth, Dennis R 651-4036 447-9008 506429 Huff, Bob R 651-4029 324-0922 304839 Kehoe, Christine D 651-4039 327-2186 50503 Leno, Mark D 651-4003 445-4722 406121 Liu, Carol D 651-4021 324-7543 506127 Lowenthal, Alan D 651-4027 327-9113 203215 Maldonado, Abel R 651-4015 445-8081 408232 Negrete-McLeod, Gloria D 651-4032 445-0128 205928 Oropeza, Jenny D 651-4028 323-6056 514420 Padilla, Alex D 651-4020 324-6645 403823 Pavley, Fran D 651-4023 324-4823 403524 Romero, Gloria D 651-4024 445-0485 208217 Runner, George R 651-4017 445-4662 509711 Simitian, S. Joseph D 651-4011 323-4529 20806 Steinberg, Darrell D 651-4006 323-2263 20519 Strickland, Tony R 651-4019 324-7544 406233 Walters, Mimi R 651-4033 445-9754 30822 Wiggins, Patricia D 651-4002 323-6958 40815 Wolk, Lois D 651-4005 323-2304 403225 Wright, Roderick D 651-4025 445-3712 204838 Wyland, Mark R 651-4038 446-7382 40488 Yee, Leland D 651-4008 327-2186 4074

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION--ASSEMBLY

The Honorable Chuck DeVore (R-70)

State Capitol, Room 4102, Sacramento, CA 94249-0070PH: 916-319-2070 | FAX: 916-319-2170E-mail: [email protected]

District Director: Leisa Brug-Klein3 Park Plaza, Ste. 275, Irvine, CA 92614PH: 949-863-7070 | FAX: 949-863-9337

The Honorable Michael D. Duvall (R-72)


District Director: Kelly Jimenez210 W. Birch St., Ste. 202, Brea, CA 92821PH: 714-672-4734 | FAX: 714-672-4737

The Honorable Curt Hagman (R-60)


District Director: Mike Spence23355 E. Golden Springs Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765PH: 909-860-5560 | FAX: 909-860-5664

The Honorable Tony Mendoza (D-56)


District Director: Sergio Contreras12501 E. Imperial Highway, Ste. 210, Norwalk, CA 90650PH: 562-864-5600 FAX: 562-863-7466

The Honorable James Silva (R-67)


District Director: Erik Weigand17011 Beach Blvd., Ste. 570, Huntington Beach, CA 92647PH: 714-843-4966 | FAX: 714-843-6375

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ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION--ASSEMBLY

The Honorable Jose Solorio (D-69)


District Director: Juan Carlos Flores2400 E. Katella Avenue, Suite 640, Anaheim, CA 92806PH: 714-939-8469 | FAX: 714-939-8986

The Honorable Jeff Miller (R-71)


District Director: Ed Chen1940 N. Tustin St., Ste. 102, Orange, CA 92865PH: 714-998-0980 | FAX: 714-998-7102

The Honorable Van Tran (R-68)


District Director: Dave Everett1503 South Coast Drive, Ste. 205, Costa Mesa, CA 92626PH: 714-668-2100 | FAX: 714-668-2104

The Honorable Diane Harkey (R-73)


District Director: Jeff Corless29122 Rancho Viejo Road, Suite 111, San Juan Capistrano, 92675PH: 949-347-7301 | FAX: 949-347-7302

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CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY(All addresses are State Capitol, Room _____, Sacramento, CA 95814)

District Member Name Party Capitol Tel. # 916- Fax # 916- Room No.59 Adams, Anthony R 319-2059 319-2159 401513 Ammiano, Tom D 319-2013 319-2113 217577 Anderson, Joel R 319-2077 319-2177 213031 Arambula, Juan D 319-2031 319-2131 214147 Bass, Karen D 319-2047 319-2147 21924 Beall, Jim Jr. D 319-2024 319-2124 501625 Berryhill, Tom R 319-2025 319-2125 314126 Berryhill, Bill R 319-2026 319-2126 400933 Blakeslee, Sam R 319-2033 319-2133 411778 Block, Marty D 319-2078 319-2178 313240 Blumenfield, Bob D 319-2040 319-2140 601141 Brownley, Julia D 319-2041 319-2141 216315 Buchanan, Joan D 319-2015 319-2115 416728 Caballero, Anna M. D 319-2028 319-2128 511958 Calderon, Charles M. D 319-2058 319-2158 211762 Carter, Wilmer Amina D 319-2062 319-2162 21361 Chesbro, Wesley D 319-2001 319-2101 217634 Conway, Connie R 319-2034 319-2134 217465 Cook, Paul R 319-2065 319-2165 516423 Coto, Joe D 319-2023 319-2123 201348 Davis, Mike D 319-2048 319-2148 216050 De La Torre, Hector D 319-2050 319-2150 401645 de Leon, Kevin D 319-2045 319-2145 211470 DeVore, Chuck R 319-2070 319-2170 410272 Duvall, Michael D. R 319-2072 319-2172 413963 Emmerson, Bill R 319-2063 319-2163 415849 Eng, Mike D 319-2049 319-2149 41407 Evans, Noreen D 319-2007 319-2107 602642 Feuer, Mike D 319-2042 319-2142 314675 Fletcher, Nathan R 319-2075 319-2175 211122 Fong, Paul D 319-2022 319-2122 513539 Fuentes, Felipe D 319-2039 319-2139 513632 Fuller, Jean R 319-2032 319-2132 309855 Furutani, Warren T. D 319-2055 319-2155 31264 Gaines, Ted R 319-2004 319-2104 414417 Galgiani, Cathleen D 319-2017 319-2117 515574 Garrick, Martin R 319-2074 319-2174 215830 Gilmore, Danny D. R 319-2030 319-2130 512660 Hagman, Curt R 319-2060 319-2160 411652 Hall, Isadore III D 319-2052 319-2152 602573 Harkey, Diane L. R 319-2073 319-2173 417718 Hayashi, Mary D 319-2018 319-2118 301357 Hernandez, Edward P. D 319-2057 319-2157 411219 Hill, Jerry D 319-2019 319-2119 414610 Huber, Alyson D 319-2010 319-2110 51756 Huffman, Jared D 319-2006 319-2106 312066 Jeffries, Kevin R 319-2066 319-2166 51289 Jones, Dave D 319-2009 319-2109 600536 Knight, Steve R 319-2036 319-2136 201643 Krekorian, Paul D 319-2043 319-2143 400553 Lieu, Ted W. D 319-2053 319-2153 3173

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CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY(All addresses are State Capitol, Room _____, Sacramento, CA 95814)

District Member Name Party Capitol Tel. # 916- Fax # 916- Room No.3 Logue, Dan R 319-2003 319-2103 200254 Lowenthal, Bonnie D 319-2054 319-2154 515812 Ma, Fiona D 319-2012 319-2112 309156 Mendoza, Tony D 319-2056 319-2156 218871 Miller, Jeff R 319-2071 319-2171 512627 Monning, William W. D 319-2027 319-2127 515035 Nava, Pedro D 319-2035 319-2135 214864 Nestande, Brian R 319-2064 319-2164 41535 Niello, Roger R 319-2005 319-2105 60272 Nielsen, Jim R 319-2002 319-2102 603180 Pérez, V. Manuel D 319-2080 319-2180 416246 Pérez, John A. D 319-2046 319-2146 316044 Portantino, Anthony J. D 319-2044 319-2144 200351 Price, Curren D. Jr. D 319-2051 319-2151 217921 Ruskin, Ira D 319-2021 319-2121 312379 Salas, Mary D 319-2079 319-2179 213776 Saldaña, Lori D 319-2076 319-2176 315267 Silva, Jim R 319-2067 319-2167 217014 Skinner, Nancy D 319-2014 319-2014 412638 Smyth, Cameron R 319-2038 319-2138 409869 Solorio, Jose D 319-2069 319-2169 219637 Strickland, Audra R 319-2037 319-2137 420816 Swanson, Sandre R. D 319-2016 319-2116 601211 Torlakson, Tom D 319-2011 319-2111 516061 Torres, Norma J. D 319-2061 319-2161 416420 Torrico, Alberto D 319-2020 319-2120 31968 Tran, Van R 319-2068 319-2168 413029 Villines, Michael N. R 319-2029 319-2129 31048 Yamada, Mariko D 319-2008 319-2108 5144

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COUNTY OF ORANGE

ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Supervisor Janet Nguyen – 1st District (2008)

Street Address: 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4061PH: 714-834-3110 | FAX: 714-834-5754E-mail: [email protected] Address: First District, P.O. Box 687, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0687

Cities: Garden Grove (portions of), Santa Ana, and Westminster

Supervisor John M.W. Moorlach – 2nd District (2010)

Street Address: 10 Civic Center Plaza, 5th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4061PH: 714-834-3220 | FAX: 714-834-6109E-mail: [email protected] Address: Second District, P.O. Box 687, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0687

Cities: Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove (portions of), Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, New-port Beach, Seal Beach, and Stanton

Supervisor Bill Campbell - 3rd District (2008)

Street Address: 10 Civic Center Plaza, 5th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4061PH: 714-834-3330 | FAX: 714-834-2786E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address: Third District, P.O. Box 687, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0687

Cities: Anaheim (portions of), Brea, Irvine, Orange, Tustin, Vil-la Park, and Yorba Linda

Supervisor Chris Norby – 4th District (2010)

Street Address: 10 Civic Center Plaza, 5th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4061PH: 714-834-3440 | FAX: 714-834-2045E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address: Fourth District, P.O. Box 687, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0687

Cities: Anaheim (portions of), Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, and Placentia

Supervisor Pat Bates – 5th District (2010)

Street Address: 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4061PH: 714-834-3550 | FAX: 714-834-2670E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Mailing Address: Fifth District, P.O. Box 687, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0687

Cities: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, and San Juan Capis-trano

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COUNTY OF ORANGE

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Orange County Department of EducationHonorable Bill Habermehl, Superintendent

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9050, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-9050PH: 714-966-4000 | FAX: 714-662-3570

Web: www.ocde.K12.ca.us (includes a directory of all Orange County schools)

The Orange County Department of Education oversees Orange County’s 28 school districts:

Unified School Districts:

Brea Olinda Unified School District Capistrano Unified School District Garden Grove Unified School District Irvine Unified School District Laguna Beach Unified School District Los Alamitos Unified School District Newport-Mesa Unified School District Orange Unified School District Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Saddleback Valley Unified School District Santa Ana Unified School District Tustin Unified School District

Union High School Districts:

Anaheim Union High School District Fullerton Joint Union High School District Huntington Beach Union High School District

Elementary School Districts:

Anaheim City School District Buena Park School District Centralia School District Cypress School District Fountain Valley School District Fullerton School District Huntington Beach City School District La Habra City School District Lowell Joint School District Magnolia School District Ocean View School District Savanna School District Westminster School District

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ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors 2007Address: 550 S. Main Street, Orange, CA 92868 | PH: 714-560-5584 Board Members Representing Term Begins Term Expires

Janet Nguyen Supervisor 1st District January 2009 January 2013

John Moorlach Supervisor 2nd District January 2007 January 2011

Bill Campbell Supervisor 3rd District January 2009 January 2013

Chris Norby Supervisor 4th District January 2007 January 2011

Patricia Bates Supervisor 5th District January 2007 January 2011

William J. Dalton City Member 1st Supervisorial District January 2009 December 2009

Allan Mansoor City Member2nd Supervisorial District January 2009 December 2010

Carolyn Cavecche City Member 3rd Supervisorial District January 2008 December 2009

Art Brown City Member 4th Supervisorial District January 2009 December 2010

Richard Dixon City Member 5th Supervisorial District January 2009 December 2010

Miguel Pulido City Member 1st District Population Weighted January 2009 December 2010

Cathy Green City Member 2nd District Population Weighted January 2008 December 2009

Jerry Amante City Member 3rd District Population Weighted January 2009 December 2010

Curt Pringle City Member 4th District Population Weighted January 2008 December 2009

Paul Glaab City Member 5th District Population Weighted January 2008 December 2009

Peter Buffa Public Member October 2005 October 2009

Gregory Winterbottom Public Member January 2009 January 2013

Cindy Quon Caltrans Director Caltrans District 12 August 2001 Until replaced

Terms for Supervisors are four years. City-elected directors serve for one or two years (at City Selection Committee’s designation), maximum four full terms, with no lifetime cap. Public Members are appointed for four years.

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TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCIES

Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency Board of Directors 2009125 Pacifica, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618 | PH: 714-560-5584 | E-mail: [email protected] | www.thetollroads.com

Member Agency Board Member Alternate

City of Anaheim Lucille Kring Bob Hernandez

City of Dana Point Lisa Bartlett Steven Weinberg

City of Irvine Beth Krom Larry Agran

City of Lake Forest Peter Herzog Richard Dixon

City of Mission Viejo Lance MacLean Frank Ury

City of Orange Mark Murphy Carolyn Cavecche

City of Rancho Santa Margarita Jim Thor Neil Blais

City of San Clemente Jim Dahl Joe Anderson

City of San Juan Capistrano Sam Allevato Mark Nielsen

City of Santa Ana Carlos Bustamante Vincent Sarmiento

City of Tustin Jerry Amante John Nielsen

City of Yorba Lind a Mark Schwing Jan Horton

County of Orange (3rd District) Bill Campbell Christine Compton

County of Orange (4th District) Chris Norby Phil Tsunoda

County of Orange (5th District) Pat Bates Chip Monaco

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ORANGE COUNTY CITIESCity of Aliso Viejo12 Journey, Suite 100, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656-5335PH: 949-425-2500 | FAX: 949-425-3899 | Website: www.cityofalisoviejo.com

City of Anaheim200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92805PH: 714-765-5100 | Website: www.anaheim.net

City of Brea1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA 92821PH: 714-990-7600 | FAX: 714-990-2258 | Website: www.ci.brea.ca.us

City of Buena Park6650 Beach Blvd., P.O. Box 5009, Buena Park, CA 90622-5009 PH: 714-562-3500 | Website: www.buenapark.com

City of Costa Mesa77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92628PH: 714-754-5000 | Website: www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us

City of Cypress5275 Orange Avenue, P.O. Box 609, Cypress, CA 90630PH: 714-229-6700 | FAX: 714-229-0154 | Website: www.ci.cypress.ca.us

City of Dana Point33282 Golden Lantern Dana Point, CA 92629PH: 949-248-3500 | FAX: 949-248-9920 | Website: www.danapoint.org

City of Fountain Valley10200 Slater Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708PH: 714-593-4400 | Fax: 714-593-4494 | Website: www.fountainvalley.org

City of Fullerton303 W. Commonwealth, Fullerton, CA 92832PH: 714-738-6317 | Website: www.ci.fullerton.ca.us

City of Garden Grove11222 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, CA 92842PH: 714-741-5000 | Website: www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us

City of Huntington Beach2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648PH: 714-536-5265 | FAX: 714-536-5233 | Website: www.surfcity-hb.org

City of Irvine1 Civic Center Plaza, P.O. Box 19575, Irvine, California 92623-9575PH: 949-724-6000 | Website: www.ci.irvine.ca.us

City of Laguna Beach505 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA 92651PH: 949-497-3311 | FAX: 949-497-0771 | Website: www.lagunabeachcity.net

City of Laguna Hills24035 El Toro Rd., Laguna Hills, CA 92653PH: 949-707-2600 | FAX: 949-707-2614 | Website: www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us

City of Laguna Niguel27801 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677PH: 949-362-4300 | FAX: (949) 362-4340 | Website: www.ci.laguna-niguel.ca.us

City of Laguna Woods24264 El Toro Rd., Laguna Woods, CA 92637PH: 949-639-0500 | FAX: 949-639-0591 | Website: www.lagunawoodscity.org

City of La HabraAdministration Building, 201 E. La Habra Blvd., P.O. Box 337, La Habra, CA 90633-0337PH: 562-905-9700 | Website: www.ci.la-habra.ca.us

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City of La Palma7822 Walker Street, La Palma, CA 90623PH: 714-690-3333 | Website: www.cityoflapalma.org

City of Lake Forest25550 Commercentre Drive, Suite 100, Lake Forest, CA 92630 PH: 949-461-3400 | FAX: 949-461-3511 | Website: www.city-lakeforest.com

City of Los Alamitos3191 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720PH: 562-431-3538 | FAX: 562-493-1255 | Website: www.ci.los-alamitos.ca.us

City of Mission Viejo200 Civic Center, Mission Viejo, CA 92691PH: 949-470-3000 | Website: www.cityofmissionviejo.org

City of Newport Beach3300 Newport Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92663PH: 949-644-3309 | Website: www.city.newport-beach.ca.us

City of Orange300 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92866PH: 714-744-2225 | Website: www.cityoforange.org

City of Placentia401 East Chapman Avenue, Placentia, CA 92870PH: 714-993-8117 | Website: www.placentia.org

City of Rancho Santa Margarita22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688PH: 949-635-1800 | FAX: 949-635-1840 | Website: www.cityofrsm.org

City of San Clemente100 Ave Presidio, San Clemente, CA 92672 PH: 949-361-8200 | FAX: 949-361-8285 | Website: www.san-clemente.org

City of San Juan Capistrano32400 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675PH: 949-493-1171 | FAX: 949-493-1053 | Website: www.sanjuancapistrano.org

City of Santa Ana20 Civic Center Plaza, P.O. Box 1988, M31, Santa Ana, CA 92701PH: 714-647-5200 | FAX: 714-647-6954 | Website: www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us

City of Seal Beach211 8th Street, Seal Beach, CA 90740 PH: 562-431-2527 | Website: www.ci.seal-beach.ca.us

City of Stanton7800 Katella Avenue, Stanton, Ca 90680-3162PH: 714-379-9222 | FAX: 714-890-1443 | Website: www.ci.stanton.ca.us

City of Tustin300 Centennial Way, Tustin, CA 92780PH: 714-573-3000 | Website: www.tustinca.org

City of Villa Park17855 Santiago Boulevard, Villa Park, CA 92861PH: 714-998-1500 | Website: www.villapark.org

City of Westminster8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683PH: 714-898-3311 | FAX: 714-373-4684 | Website: www.ci.westminster.ca.us

City of Yorba Linda4845 Casa Loma Avenue, P.O. Box 87014, Yorba Linda, CA 92885PH: 714-961-7100 | Website: www.ci.yorba-linda.ca.us

Advocacy Tools

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COMMUNICATING WITHELECTED OFFICIALSIt is absolutely essential for decision makers to hear from company executives about how public policies and regulations affect job creation, company opera-tions, and competitiveness. Moreover, it is essential that companies share with their own employees the effects legislation and regulations have upon the company and encourage those employees to share their views on such matters with their legislators.

HOW TO LOBBY

1. Prepare a one-page summary of your position, including any available data or documentation, a list of others who support your position, and your contact information. Send this summary to the key decision makers. Make certain all information is accurate and factual.

2. Know the steps of the legislative process, including relevant deadlines.

3. Find out which legislators sit on the committee that will consider the bill as well as when the bill will be heard. Communicate with those decision makers in advance of the hearing. Most importantly, take advantage of your personal relationships with legislators and others. Meet with them in advance of hearings and ask for their help making introductions to decision makers.

4. When setting up appointments with committee members to discuss a bill, be mindful that legislators give priority to their constituents. If the legislator is unavailable, ask to speak to the aide who is handling the legislation.

5. Know who you’re lobbying (i.e., party affilia-tion, committee assignments, nature of his/her district, etc.). The most persuasive argument to a legislator is how a bill will affect his or her district.

6. When meeting with a legislator, be prepared to highlight the bill quickly, then present the issues clearly and concisely. Know your opponents and understand their arguments; address opposing arguments with the legislator.

7. Ask the legislator how s/he views the issue. If the legislator doesn’t agree with your position, ask if there are any amendments which would align your views. If amendments are suggested, take them back to the bill’s author and other supporters.

8. Be available after the meeting to answer questions and provide testimony.

9. Follow up with the legislator on his/her vote. Thank him for votes in support of your position; politely express disappointment if s/he voted against you.

10. Always be polite and respectful.

LETTERS, FAXES AND E-MAILS

See the sample letter on page 55 of this guide. Time permitting, faxes should generally follow the same format as letters. Some legislators are comfortable receiving letters by e-mail; others still prefer conventional letters and faxes. Know your legislator.

TELEPHONE PROCEEDURES

Legislators’ Capitol offices generally handle legislation, while their district offices handle constituent issues. The location of legislators’ scheduling assistants varies.

To speak with a legislator, call the Capitol office when the Legislature is in session. Call the district office during recess and on Fridays. Ask to speak directly to the legislator. If s/he is not available, ask to speak to the administrative assistant or legislative aide who is handling the issue of concern.

Identify yourself and mention the name of your company and/or any organization you may be representing. If you are a constituent of the legislator, say so.

State the reason for the call. Use bill numbers whenever possible.

Discuss only one issue per telephone call. Explain briefly how the proposed legislation affects your business and why you support or oppose it.

Thank the legislator or aide for his/her time and for considering your views.

TELEPHONE PROCEEDURES

Always call in advance for an appointment. Briefly explain the purpose of the meeting and how much time you need. Fifteen to thirty minutes is a very common request. Most legislators are eager to meet with businessmen/women from their district.

Follow up with thank you notes for supportive votes and also with diplomatically-stated notes of disappointment when a legislator votes against your position. Legislators need to know that their constituents are watching their votes.

Members of the State Legislature rely heavily on their staffs for a major portion of their responsibilities, including, scheduling, advice on specific legislation, constituent problems, etc. Maintain positive relationships with the district office staff.

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Use your business letterhead when communicating your position on a bill.

Address lobbying correspondence to the committee chair or your legislator(s).

Be sure to make clear for whom you are speaking.

Be clear about what action you want the legislator to take.

Indicate immediately which bill you’re addressing by its bill number.

Use an identifying phrase indicating whether you support of oppose the bill. This will help legislative staff in routing your letter.

Get to the point of your letter quickly, highlighting you support or opposition to the bill.

Provide concrete, credible information on the impact of the proposed legislation on your business or community.

If you have a personal relationship with the leislator, take a moment to write a quick hand written note to draw his or her attention to your letter.

If the legislator does what you ask, be sure to send a thank you letter.

Elected officials prefer to hear from persons in authority rather than from staff members.

A letter will have more impact if the business owner or company officer signs the letter.

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READING A STATE BILL

(A) Assembly Constitutional Amendment (B) No. 4_______________________________________________

(C) Introduced by Assembly Members Plescia and Harman(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bough)

(D) December 6, 2004_______________________________________________

(E) Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 4-- A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 1 of Article XIX B thereof, relating to transportation.

(F) LEGISLATIVE COUSEL’S DIGEST

ACA 4, as introduced, Plescia. Transportation Investment Fund Article XIX B of the California Constitution requires, commencing with the 2003-04 fiscal year, that sales taxes on motor vehicle fuel that are de-posited into the General Fund be transferred to the Transportation Investment Fund for allocation to various transportation purposes. Article XIX B authorizes the transfer...(see bill for full text). This meas-ure would delete the provision authorizing the Governor and the Legislature to suspend the transfer of revenues from the General Fund to the Transportation Investment Fund for a fiscal year during a fiscal emergency.

(G) Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, (H) That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2005-06 Regular Session commending on the sixth day of December 2004, two-thirds of the mem-bership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

That Section 1 of Article XIX B thereof is amended to read:(I) SECTION 1. (a) For the 2003-04 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, all moneys that are col-lected during the fiscal year from taxes under the Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), or any successor to that law ...(see bill for full text).

(A) House of origin.

(B) Bill number (sequential by introduction)

(C) Author(s) and Co-authors.

(D) Date of Introduction.

(E) Code sections(s) being added or amended.

(F) Legislative Counsel drafts all legislation and writes a summary.

(G) Vote required for passage / fiscal implications.

(H) Indicates effective date.

(I) The actual language that will become law if the bill is passed.

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CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE COMMITTEES 2009

SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEEConsultant: John Chandler | Assistant: Jone McCarthy1020 N Street, Suite 244 | PH: 916-651-1508 | FAX: 916-327-8290

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxFlorez, Dean (Chair) S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997 Hollingsworth, Dennis S 36 R 5064 651-4036 447-9008Maldonado, Abel S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081Pavley, Fran S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEEStaff Director: Bob Franzoia | Consultants: Mark McKenzie, Maureen Ortiz, Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez, Katie Johnson, and Dan Troy | Assistants: Sally Ann Romo and Krimilda HodsonRoom: 2206 | PH: 916-651-4101

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCorbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Cox, Dave (Vice-Chair) S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680Denham, Jeff S 12 R 3076 651-4012 445-0773DeSaulnier, Mark S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Kehoe, Christine (Chair) S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Runner, George S 17 R 5097 651-4017 445-4662Walters, Mimi S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304Wyland, Mark S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186

SENATE BANKING, FINANCE AND INSURANCE COMMITTEEPrincipal Consultants: Eileen Newhall and Michael Miller | Assistant: Inez TaylorRoom 407 | PH: 916-651-4102 | FAX: 916-327-7093

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCalderon, Ron (Chair) S 30 D 4088 651-4030 327-8755Correa, Lou S 34 D 4062 651-4034 323-2323Cox, Dave S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Harman, Tom S 35 R 2052 651-4035 445-9263Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Liu, Carol S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Lownethal, Alan S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Runner, George (Vice-Chair) S 17 R 5097 651-4017 445-4662

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SENATE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEEStaff Director: Daniel Alvarez | Consultants: Brian Annis, Keely Martin Bosler, Bryan Ehlers, Kim Connor, Ei-leen Cubanski, Amy Supinger, Diane Van Maren, and Seija Virtanen | Assistants: Glenda Higgins and Rose Morris PH: 916-651-4103 | Room 5019Republican Fiscal Office: 1020 N Street, Room 234 | PH: 916-651-1501 | FAX: 916-323-8386

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAanestad, Samuel S 4 R 3063 651-4004 445-7750Alquist, Elaine S 13 D 5080 651-4013 324-0283Ashburn, Roy S 18 R 3060 651-4018 322-3304Benoit, John J. S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Calderon, Ron S 30 D 4088 651-4030 327-8755Cedillo, Gilbert S 22 D 5100 651-4022 327-8817Cogdill, Dave S 14 R 305 651-4014 327-3523Corbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Correa, Lou S 34 D 4062 651-4034 323-2323Cox, Dave S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680Denham, Jeff S 12 R 3076 651-4012 445-0773DeSaulnier, Mark S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Ducheny, Denise (Chair) S 40 D 5035 651-4040 327-3522Dutton, Robert (Vice-Chair) S 31 R 5094 651-4031 327-2272Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Harman, Tom S 35 R 2052 651-4035 445-9263Hollingsworth, Dennis S 36 R 5064 651-4036 447-9008Huff, Robert S 29 R 3048 651-4029 324-0922Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Liu, Carol S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Lowenthal, Alan S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Maldonado, Abel S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081McLeod, Gloria Negrete S 32 D 2059 651-4032 445-0128Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Pavley, Fran S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823Romero, Gloria S 24 D 2082 651-4024 445-0485Runner, George S 17 R 5097 651-4017 445-4662Simitian, Joe S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529Steinberg, Darrell S 6 D 205 651-4006 323-2263Strickland, Tony S 19 R 4062 651-4019 324-7544Walters, Mimi S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304Wright, Roderick S 25 D 2048 651-4025 445-3712Wyland, Mark S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186

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SENATE BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chief Consultant: Bill Gage | Consultants: G.V. Ayers, Sieglinde Johnson, Rosielyn Pulmano, and Yulia Zey-nalova | Assistant: Kathy Sullivan | Room: 2053 | PH: 916-651-4104 | FAX: 916-324-0917

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAanestad, Samuel S 4 R 3063 651-4004 445-7750Corbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Correa, Lou S 34 D 4062 651-4034 323-2323Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989McLeod, Gloria Negrete (Chair) S 32 D 2059 651-4032 445-0128Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Romero, Gloria S 24 D 2082 651-4024 445-0485Walters, Mimi S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754Wyland, Mark (Vice-Chair) S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186

SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: James Wilson | Principal Consultants: Nancy Rose Anton, Kathleen Chavira, Beth Graybill, and Lynn Lorber | Assistants: Barbara Montero and Berta JimenezRoom: 2083 | PH: 916-651-4105 | FAX: 916-445-7799

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAlquist, Elaine S 13 D 5080 651-4013 324-0283Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Huff, Robert (Vice-Chair) S 29 R 3048 651-4029 324-0922Liu, Carol S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Maldonado, Abel S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Romero, Gloria (Chair) S 24 D 2082 651-4024 445-0485Simitian, Joe S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529Wyland, Mark S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382

SENATE ELECTIONS, PRAPPORTIONMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Darren Chesin | Consultant: Fran Tibon-Estoista | Assistant: Diana RamirezRoom 2203 | PH: 916-651-4106 | FAX: 916-445-2496

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCogdill, Dave S 14 R 305 651-4014 327-3523DeSaulnier, Mark S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Hancock, Loni (Chair) S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Liu, Carol S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Walters, Mimi (Vice-Chair) S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754 SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Randy Chinn | Consultant: Kellie Smith | Assistant: Melanie Gutierrez Room 2195 | PH: 916-651-4107 | FAX: 916-445-1389

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBenoit, John J. (Vice-Chair) S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Calderon, Ron S 30 D 4088 651-4030 327-8755Corbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Cox, Dave S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Lowenthal, Alan S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Padilla, Alex (Chair) S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Simitian, Joe S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529Strickland, Tony S 19 R 4062 651-4019 324-7544Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wright, Roderick S 25 D 2048 651-4025 445-3712

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SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEEConsultants: Randy Pestor, Bruce Jennings, and Caroll Mortensen | Assistant: Ann BooneRoom 2205 | PH: 916-651-4108 | FAX: 916-322-3519

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAshburn, Roy S 18 R 3060 651-4018 322-3304Corbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Lowenthal, Alan S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Pavley, Fran S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823Runner, George (Vice-Chair) S 17 R 5097 651-4017 445-4662Simitian, Joe (Chair) S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529

SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEEStaff Director: Arthur Terzakis | Consultant: Chris Lindstrom | Assistant: Brenda K. Heiser1020 N Street, Suite 584 | PH: 916-651-1530 | FAX: 916-445-5258

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBenoit, John J. S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Calderon, Ron S 30 D 4088 651-4030 327-8755Denham, Jeff S 12 R 3076 651-4012 445-0773Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Harman, Tom (Vice-Chair) S 35 R 2052 651-4035 445-9263McLedo, Gloria Negrete S 32 D 2059 651-4032 445-0128Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Romero, Gloria S 24 D 2082 651-4024 445-0485Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wright, Roderick (Chair) S 25 D 2048 651-4025 445-3712Wyland, Mark S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186

SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEEStaff Director: Peter Hansel | Consultants: Roger Dunstan, Lark Park, Kelly Green, Melanie Moreno, and Concepcion Tadeo | Assistants: Carol Thomas and Stephanie HinelineRoom 2191 | PH: 916-651-4111 | FAX: 916-324-0384

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAanestad, Samuel S 4 R 3063 651-4004 445-7750Alquist, Elaine (Chair) S 13 D 5080 651-4013 324-0283Cedillo, Gilbert S 22 D 5100 651-4022 327-8817Cox, Dave S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680DeSaulnier, Mark S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Maldonado, Abel S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081McLedo, Gloria Negrete S 32 D 2059 651-4032 445-0128Pavley, Fran S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823Strickland, Tony (Vice-Chair) S 19 R 4062 651-4019 324-7544Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304

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SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEEConsultants: Jack Hailey | Assistant: Joy Traylor 1020 N Street, Room 521 | PH: 916-651-1524 | FAX: 916-327-9478

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAlquist, Elaine S 13 D 5080 651-4013 324-0283Cogdill, Dave S 14 R 305 651-4014 327-3523Liu, Carol (Chair) S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Maldonado, Abel (Vice-Chair) S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEEChief Counsel: Saskia Kim | Deputy Chief Counsel: Gloria Megino Ochoa | Counsels: Alexandra Mont-gomery, Benjamin Palmer, and Kathy Banuelos | Assistants: Roseanne Moreno and Jennifer DouglasRoom 2187 | PH: 916-651-4113 | FAX: 916-445-8390

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCorbett, Ellen (Chair) S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Harman, Tom (Vice-Chair) S 35 R 2052 651-4035 445-9263Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Walters, Mimi S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754

SENATE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEEPrincipal Consultant: Rodger Dillon | Consultant: Alma Perez and Gideon Baum | Assistant: Rosa M. Cas-tanos Padilla1020 N Street, Room 545 | PH: 916-651-1556 | FAX: 916-327-5703]

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCogdill, Dave S 14 R 305 651-4014 327-3523DeSaulnier, Mark (Chair) S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Ducheny, Denise S 40 D 5035 651-4040 327-3522Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Wyland, Mark (Vice-Chair) S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382Yee, Leland S 8 D 4074 651-4008 327-2186 SENATE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMITTEEChief Counsel: Cary Rudman | Assistant: Jeanie MyersRoom: 1020 N Street, Suite 238 | PH: 916-651-1507 | FAX: 916-445-1046

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCorbett, Ellen S 10 D 5108 651-4010 327-2433Lowenthal, Alan (Vice-Chair) S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Walters, Mimi (Chair) S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754

SENATE LOCAL GOVERNEMENT COMMITTEESenate Local Government CommitteeStaff Director: Peter Detwiler | Consultants: Brian Weinberger and Helen Ho | Assistant: Elvia DiazRoom 5046 | PH: 916-651-4115 | FAX: 916-322-0298

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAanestad, Samuel S 4 R 3063 651-4004 445-7750Cox, Dave (Vice-Chair) S 1 R 2068 651-4001 324-2680Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Wiggins, Patricia (Chair) S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304

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SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Bill Craven | Principal Consultants: Dennis O’Connor | Consultant: Marie Liu | Assistant: Patricia HansonRoom 4035 | PH: 916-651-4116 | FAX: 916-323-2232

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBenoit, John J. S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Cogdill, Dave S 14 R 305 651-4014 327-3523Hollingsworth, Dennis (Vice-Chair) S 36 R 5064 651-4036 447-9008Huff, Robert S 29 R 3048 651-4029 324-0922Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Leno, Mark S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Pavley, Fran (Chair) S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823Simitian, Joe S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304

SENATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT COMMITTEEConsultant: David Felderstein | Assistant: Irene ReteguinRoom #B-31 | PH: 916-651-4117 | FAX: 916-323-1749

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAshburn, Roy (Vice-Chair) S 18 R 3060 651-4018 322-3304Benoit, John J. S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Correa, Lou (Chair) S 34 D 4062 651-4034 323-2323Ducheny, Denise S 40 D 5035 651-4040 327-3522Liu, Carol S 21 D 5061 651-4021 324-7543Padilla, Alex S 20 D 4038 651-4020 324-6645Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958 SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEEChief Counsel: Alison Anderson | Counsels: Mary Kennedy, Jerome McGuire, and Steven Meinrath | Assistants: Barbara Reynolds and Mona CanoRoom 2031 | PH: 916-651-4118

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBenoit, John J. (Vice-Chair) S 37 R 4066 651-4037 327-2187Cedillo, Gilbert S 22 D 5100 651-4022 327-8817Hancock, Loni S 9 D 3092 651-4009 327-1997Huff, Robert S 29 R 3048 651-4029 324-0922Leno, Mark (Chair) S 3 D 4061 651-4003 445-4722Steinberg, Darrell S 6 D 205 651-4006 323-2263Wright, Roderick S 25 D 2048 651-4025 445-3712

SENATE REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEEStaff Director: Gayle Miller | Consultant: Colin Grinnell | Assistant: Marisa LanchesterRoom 408 | PH: 916-651-4119 | FAX: 916-327-9234

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAlquist, Elaine S 13 D 5080 651-4013 324-0283Ashburn, Roy S 18 R 3060 651-4018 322-3304Florez, Dean S 16 D 5061 651-4016 327-5989Runner, George S 17 R 5097 651-4017 445-4662Walters, Mimi (Vice-Chair) S 33 R 3082 651-4033 445-9754Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wolk, Lois (Chair) S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304

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SENATE RULES COMMITTEEStaff Secretary of the Senate: Greg Schmidt | Assistant: Jane Brown Room: 400 | PH: 916-651-4120 | FAX: 916-445-1830

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAanestad, Samuel (Vice-Chair) S 4 R 3063 651-4004 445-7750Cedillo, Gilbert S 22 D 5100 651-4022 327-8817Dutton, Robert S 31 R 5094 651-4031 327-2272Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Steinberg, Darrell (Chair) S 6 D 205 651-4006 323-2263 SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Carrie Cornwell | Consultants: Art Bauer, Mark Stivers, and Jennifer Gress | Assistants: Tracey Hurd-Parker and Mark TeemerRoom 2209 | PH: 916-651-4121 | FAX: 916-445-2209

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAshburn, Roy S 18 R 3060 651-4018 322-3304DeSeaulnier, Mark S 7 D 2054 651-4007 445-2527Harman, Tom S 35 R 2052 651-4035 445-9263Hollingsworth, Dennis S 36 R 5064 651-4036 447-9008Huff, Robert (Vice-Chair) S 29 R 3048 651-4029 324-0922Kehoe, Christine S 39 D 5050 651-4039 327-2186Lowenthal, Alan (Chair) S 27 D 2032 651-4027 327-9113Oropeza, Jenny S 28 D 5144 651-4028 323-6056Pavley, Fran S 23 D 4035 651-4023 324-4823Simitian, Joe S 11 D 2080 651-4011 323-4529Wolk, Lois S 5 D 4032 651-4005 323-2304 SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEEConsultant: Donald Wilson | Assistant: Cindy Baldwin1020 N Street, Room 251 | PH: 916-651-1503 | FAX: 916-445-6595

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCedillo, Gilbert S 22 D 5100 651-4022 327-8817Correa, Lou (Vice-Chair) S 34 D 4062 651-4034 323-2323Denham, Jeff (Chair) S 12 R 3076 651-4012 445-0773Maldonado, Abel S 15 R 4082 651-4015 445-8081McLeod, Gloria Negrete S 32 D 2059 651-4032 445-0128Wiggins, Patricia S 2 D 4081 651-4002 323-6958Wyland, Mark S 38 R 4048 651-4038 446-7382

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ASSEMBLY AGING AND LONG-TERM CARE COMMITTEEPrincipal Consultant: Allison Ruff | Secretary: Sarah Loftin1020 N Street, Room 360 | PH: 916-319-3990 | FAX: 916-319-3884

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxLowenthal, Bonnie (Chair) A 54 D 5158 319-2054 319-2154Hagman, Curt A 60 R 4116 319-2060 319-2160Nestande, Brian A 64 R 4153 319-2064 319-2164Perez, V. Manuel A 80 D 4162 319-2080 319-2180Torres, Norma (Vice-Chair) A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161Yamada, Mariko A 8 D 5144 319-2008 319-2108

ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Jim Collin | Senior Consultant: Dawn Clover | Secretary: Mona Wood1020 N Street, Room 362 | PH: 916-319-2084 | FAX: 916-319-2184

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxArambula, Juan A 31 D 2141 319-2031 319-2131Berryhill, Tom (Vice-Chair) A 25 R 3141 319-2025 319-2125Conway, Connie A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134Fuller, Jean A 32 R 3098 319-2032 319-2132Galgiani, Cathleen (Chair) A 17 D 5155 319-2017 319-2117Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Mendoza, Tony A 56 D 2188 319-2056 319-2156Yamada, Mariko A 8 D 5144 319-2008 319-2108

ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Geoff Long. | Principal Consultants: Mary Adér, Steve Archibald, Chuck Nicol, Kimberly Rodriguez, Julie Salley-Gray, and Brad Williams | Secretary: Laura Lynn GondekRoom 2114 | PH: 916-319-2081 | FAX: 916-319-2181

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAmmiano, Tom A 13 D 2175 319-2013 319-2113Caderon, Charles A 58 D 2117 319-2058 319-2158Davis, Mike A 48 D 2160 319-2048 319-2148de Leon, Kevin (Chair) A 45 D 2114 319-2045 319-2145Duvall, Michael A 72 R 4139 319-2072 319-2172Fuentes, Felipe A 39 D 5136 319-2039 319-2139Hall, Isadore A 52 D 6025 319-2052 319-2152Harkey, Diane A 73 R 4177 319-2073 319-2173Jones, Dave A 9 D 6005 319-2009 319-2109Miller, Jeff A 71 R 5126 319-2071 319-2171Nielsen, Jim (Vice-Chair) A 2 R 6031 319-2002 319-2102Perez, John A 46 D 3160 319-2046 319-2146Price, Curren A 51 D 2179 319-2051 319-2151Skinner, Nancy A 14 D 4126 319-2014 319-2014Solorio, Jose A 69 D 2196 319-2069 319-2169Strickland, Audra A 37 R 4208 319-2037 319-2137Torlakson, Tom A 11 D 5160 319-2011 319-2111

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ASSEMBLY ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, TOURISM AND INTERNET MEDIA COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Kellie M. Smith | Secretary: Paula Joy Welter1020 N Street, Room 365 | PH: 916-319-3450 | FAX: 916-319-3451

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBlumenfield, Bob A 40 D 6011 319-2040 319-2140Calderon, Charles A 58 D 2117 319-2058 319-2158Davis, Mike (Chair) A 48 D 2160 319-2048 319-2148de Leon, Kevin A 45 D 2114 319-2045 319-2145Gaines, Ted A 4 R 4144 319-2004 319-2104Krekorian, Paul A 43 D 4005 319-2043 319-2143Price, Curren A 51 D 2179 319-2051 319-2151Silva, Jim (Vice-Chair) A 67 R 2170 319-2067 319-2167Strickland, Audra A 37 R 4208 319-2037 319-2137

ASSEMBLY BANKING AND FINANCE COMMITTEESenior Consultant: Mark Farouk | Secretary: Tiffany Morrison1020 N Street, Room 360B | PH: 916-319-3081 | FAX: 916-319-3181

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAnderson, Joel A 77 R 2130 319-2077 319-2177Evans, Noreen A 7 D 6026 319-2007 319-2107Fong, Paul A 22 D 5135 319-2022 319-2122Fuentes, Felipe A 39 D 5136 319-2039 319-2139Gaines, Ted (Vice-Chair) A 4 R 4144 319-2004 319-2104Mendoza, Tony A 56 D 2188 319-2056 319-2156Nava, Pedro (Chair) A 35 D 2148 319-2035 319-2135Ruskin, Ira A 21 D 3123 319-2021 319-2121Swanson, Sandre A 16 D 6012 319-2016 319-2116Torres, Norma A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161Tran, Van A 68 R 4130 319-2068 319-2168

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ASSEMBLY BUDGERT COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Christopher Woods | Consultants: Kealii Bright, Leonor Ehling, Celia Mata, Janus Norman, Daniel Rabovsky, and Nicole Vazquez | Secretaries: Sandy Perez, Branch StricklandRoom 6026 | PH: 916-319-2099 | FAX: 916-319-2199

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAdams, Anthony A 59 R 4015 319-2059 319-2159Arambula, Juan A 31 D 2141 319-2031 319-2131Beall, Jim A 24 D 5016 319-2024 319-2124Berryhill, Bill A 26 R 4009 319-2026 319-2126Blumenfield, Bob A 40 D 6011 319-2040 319-2140Brownley, Julia A 41 D 2163 319-2041 319-2141Caballero, Anna A 28 D 5119 319-2028 319-2128Carter, Wilmer Amina A 62 D 2136 319-2062 319-2162Chesbro, Wesley A 1 D 2176 319-2001 319-2101Cook, Paul A 65 R 5164 319-2065 319-2165de la Torre, Hector A 50 D 4016 319-2050 319-2150Emmerson, Bill A 63 R 4158 319-2063 319-2163Evans, Noreen (Chair) A 7 D 6026 319-2007 319-2107Feuer, Mike A 42 D 3146 319-2042 319-2142Fuller, Jean A 32 R 3098 319-2032 319-2132Gilmore, Danny A 30 R 5126 319-2030 319-2130Harkey, Diane A 73 R 4177 319-2073 319-2173Hernandez, Edward A 57 D 4112 319-2057 319-2157Hill, Jerry A 19 D 4146 319-2019 319-2119Huffman, Jared A 6 D 3120 319-2006 319-2106Jeffries, Kevin A 66 R 5128 319-2066 319-2166Monning, William A 27 D 5150 319-2027 319-2127Nestande, Brian A 64 R 4153 319-2064 319-2164Niello, Roger (Vice-Chair) A 5 R 6027 319-2005 319-2105Ruskin, Ira A 21 D 3123 319-2021 319-2121Silva, Jim A 67 R 2170 319-2067 319-2167Swanson, Sandre A 16 D 6012 319-2016 319-2116

ASSEMBLY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Jay Greenwood | Principal Consultant: Ross Warren | Consultants: Pablo Garza and Tracy Rhine 1020 N Street, Room 124 | PH: 916-319-3301 | FAX: 916-319-3306

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxConway, Connie A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134Emmerson, Bill (Vice-Chair) A 63 R 4158 319-2063 319-2163Eng, Mike A 49 D 4140 319-2049 319-2149Hayashi, Mary (Chair) A 18 D 3013 319-2018 319-2118Hernandez, Edward A 57 D 4112 319-2057 319-2157Nava, Pedro A 35 D 2148 319-2035 319-2135Niello, Roger A 5 R 6027 319-2005 319-2105Perez, John A 46 D 3160 319-2046 319-2146Price, Curren A 51 D 2179 319-2051 319-2151Ruskin, Ira A 21 D 3123 319-2021 319-2121Smyth, Cameron A 38 R 4098 319-2038 319-2138

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ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Gerry Shelton | Consultants: Misty Feusahrens, Marisol Avina, and Sophia Kwong Kim | Secretary: Francie Rupert1020 N Street, Room 159 | PH: 916-319-2087 | FAX: 916-319-2187

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAmmiano, Tom A 59 R 4015 319-2059 319-2159Arambula, Juan A 31 D 2141 319-2031 319-2131Brownley, Julia (Chair) A 41 D 2163 319-2041 319-2141Buchanan, Joan A 15 D 4167 319-2015 319-2115Carter, Wilmer Amina A 62 D 2136 319-2062 319-2162Eng, Mike A 49 D 4140 319-2049 319-2149Garrick, Martin A 74 R 2158 319-2074 319-2174Miller, Jeff A 71 R 5126 319-2071 319-2171Nestande, Brian (Vice-Chair) A 64 R 4153 319-2064 319-2164Solorio, Jose A 69 D 2196 319-2069 319-2169Torlakson, Tom A 11 D 5160 319-2011 319-2111 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS AND REDISTRICTING COMMITTEESenior Consultant: Ethan Jones | Secretary: Lori Barber1020 N Street, Room 152 | PH: 916-319-2094 | FAX: 916-319-2194

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAdams, Anthony (Vice-Chair) A 59 R 4015 319-2059 319-2159Berryhill, Bill A 26 R 4009 319-2026 319-2126Coto, Joe A 23 D 2013 319-2023 319-2123Furutani, Warren (Chair) A 55 D 3126 319-2055 319-2155Mendoza, Tony A 56 D 2188 319-2056 319-2156Saldana, Lori A 76 D 3152 319-2076 319-2176Swanson, Sandre A 16 D 6012 319-2016 319-2116 ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Caroll Mortensen | Principal Consultant: Joanne M.L. Roy | Secretary: Linda R. Rodriguez1020 N Street, Suite 171 | PH: 916-319-3965 | FAX: 916-319-3950

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxChesbro, Wesley (Chair) A 1 D 2176 319-2001 319-2101Davis, Mike A 48 D 2160 319-2048 319-2148Feuer, Mike A 42 D 3146 319-2042 319-2142Miller, Jeff (Vice-Chair) A 71 R 5126 319-2071 319-2171Monning, William W. A 27 D 5150 319-2027 319-2127Ruskin, Ira A 21 D 3123 319-2021 319-2121Smyth, Cameron A 38 R 4098 319-2038 319-2138

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ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Chris Lindstrom | Principal Consultant: Eric Johnson | Secretary: Lorreen Pryor1020 N Street, Room 156 | PH: 916-319-2531 | FAX: 916-319-3979

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAnderson, Joel (Vice-Chair) A 77 R 2130 319-2077 319-2177Cook, Paul A 65 R 5164 319-2065 319-2165Coto, Joe A 23 D 2013 319-2023 319-2123de Leon, Kevin A 45 D 2114 319-2045 319-2145Evans, Noreen A 7 D 6026 319-2007 319-2107Galgiani, Cathleen A 17 D 5155 319-2017 319-2117Hall, Isadore A 52 D 6025 319-2052 319-2152Hill, Jerry A 19 D 4146 319-2019 319-2119Jeffries, Kevin A 66 R 5128 319-2066 319-2166Lieu, Ted A 53 D 3173 319-2053 319-2153Mendoza, Tony A 56 D 2188 319-2056 319-2156Nestande, Brian A 64 R 4153 319-2064 319-2164Portantino, Anthony A 44 D 2003 319-2044 319-2144Price, Curren (Chair) A 51 D 2179 319-2051 319-2151Silva, Jim A 67 R 2170 319-2067 319-2167Torres, Norma A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161Torrico, Alberto A 20 D 319 319-2020 319-2120Tran, Van A 68 R 4130 319-2068 319-2168 ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Teri Boughton | Principal Consultants: John H. Gilman and Deborah Kelch | Consultants: Melanie L. Moreno and Rosielyn Pulmano | Secretaries: Patty Rodgers and Danny SandovalRoom 6005 | PH: 916-319-2097 | FAX: 916-319-2197

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAdams, Anthony A 59 R 4015 319-2059 319-2159Ammiano, Tom A 13 D 2175 319-2013 319-2113Block, Marty A 78 D 3132 319-2078 319-2178Carter, Wilmer Amina A 62 D 2136 319-2062 319-2162Conway, Connie A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134de la Torre, Hector A 50 D 4016 319-2050 319-2150de Leon, Kevin A 45 D 2114 319-2045 319-2145Emmerson, Bill A 63 R 4158 319-2063 319-2163Fletcher, Nathan (Vice-Chair) A 75 R 2111 319-2075 319-2175Gaines, Ted A 4 R 4144 319-2004 319-2104Hall, Isadore A 52 D 6025 319-2052 319-2152Hayashi, Mary A 18 D 3013 319-2018 319-2118Hernandez, Edward A 57 D 4112 319-2057 319-2157Jones, Dave (Chair) A 9 D 6005 319-2009 319-2109Lowenthal, Bonnie A 54 D 5158 319-2054 319-2154Nava, Pedro A 35 D 2148 319-2035 319-2135Perez, V. Manuel A 80 D 4162 319-2080 319-2180Salas, Mary A 79 D 2137 319-2079 319-2179Strickland, Audra A 37 R 4208 319-2037 319-2137

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ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Sandra Fried | Principal Consultant: Mary Gill | Secretary: Melissa Carreon1020 N Street, Room 173 | PH: 916-319-3960 | FAX: 916-319-3961

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBlock, Marty A 78 D 3132 319-2078 319-2178Conway, Connie (Vice-Chair) A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134Cook, Paul A 65 R 5164 319-2065 319-2165Fong, Paul A 22 D 5135 319-2022 319-2122Galgiani, Cathleen A 17 D 5155 319-2017 319-2117Huber, Alyson A 10 D 5175 319-2010 319-2110Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Portantino, Anthony (Chair) A 44 D 2003 319-2044 319-2144Ruskin, Ira A 21 D 3123 319-2021 319-2121 ASSEMBLY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Hugh Bower | Consultant: Lisa Engel | Secretary: Yvonne Fong1020 N Street, Room 167A | PH: 916-319-2085 | FAX: 916-319-3182

Member Name House District Party Room Phone Faxde la Torre, Hector A 50 D 4016 319-2050 319-2150Eng, Mike A 49 D 4140 319-2049 319-2149Fletcher, Nathan A 75 R 2111 319-2075 319-2175Harkey, Diane (Vice-Chair) A 73 R 4177 319-2073 319-2173Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Mendoza, Tony (Chair) A 56 D 2188 319-2056 319-2156Saldana, Lori A 76 D 3152 319-2076 319-2176 ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Casey McKeever | Principal Consultant: Curtis L. Child | Secretary: Irene FraustoRoom 4206 | PH: 916-319-2089 | FAX: 916-319-2189

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAmmiano, Tom (Vice-Chair) A 13 D 2175 319-2013 319-2113Beall, Jim (Chair) A 24 D 5016 319-2024 319-2124Berryhill, Tom A 25 R 3141 319-2025 319-2125Hall, Isadore A 52 D 6025 319-2052 319-2152Logue, Dan A 3 R 2002 319-2003 319-2103Portantino, Anthony A 44 D 2003 319-2044 319-2144Torres, Norma A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161 ASSEMBLY INSURANCE COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Mark Rakich | Principal Consultant: Manny Hernandez | Secretary: Tracy Ainsworth Elwell. Room 2013 | PH: 916-319-2086 | FAX: 916-319-2186

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBlakeslee, Sam A 33 R 4117 319-2033 319-2133Calderon, Charles A 58 D 2117 319-2058 319-2158Carter, Wilmer Amina A 62 D 2136 319-2062 319-2162Coto, Joe (Chair) A 23 D 2013 319-2023 319-2123Feuer, Mike A 42 D 3146 319-2042 319-2142Garrick, Martin (Vice-Chair) A 74 R 2158 319-2074 319-2174Hayashi, Mary A 18 D 3013 319-2018 319-2118Nava, Pedro A 35 D 2148 319-2035 319-2135Niello, Roger A 5 R 6027 319-2005 319-2105Torres, Norma A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161

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ASSEMBLY JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Toni Symonds | Senior Consultant: Les Spahnn1020 N Street, Room 369 | PH: 916-319-2090 | FAX: 916-319-2190

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBeall, Jim A 24 D 5016 319-2024 319-2124Berryhill, Bill A 26 R 4009 319-2026 319-2126Block, Martin A 78 D 3132 319-2078 319-2178Huber, Alyson A 10 D 5175 319-2010 319-2110Logue, Dan (Vice-Chair) A 3 R 2002 319-2003 319-2103Perez, Manuel (Chair) A 80 D 4162 319-2080 319-2180Salas, Mary A 79 D 2137 319-2079 319-2179 ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEEChief Counsel: Drew Liebert | Counsel: Kevin Baker, Leora Gershenzon, Tom Clark, and Manuel Valencia Secretaries: Cindy Fischer and Saba Hashmat1020 N Street, Room 104 | PH: 916-319-2334 | FAX: 916-319-2188

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBrownley, Julia A 41 D 2163 319-2041 319-2141Evans, Noreen A 7 D 6026 319-2007 319-2107Feuer, Mike (Chair) A 42 D 3146 319-2042 319-2142Jones, Dave A 9 D 6005 319-2009 319-2109Knight, Steve A 36 R 2016 319-2036 319-2136Krekorian, Paul A 43 D 4005 319-2043 319-2143Lieu, Ted A 53 D 3173 319-2053 319-2153Monning, William A 27 D 5150 319-2027 319-2127Nielsen, Jim A 2 R 6031 319-2002 319-2102Tran, Van (Vice-Chair) A 68 R 4130 319-2068 319-2168

ASSEMBLY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Benjamin Ebbink | Consultant/Committee Secretary: Lorie Erickson1020 N Street, Room 155 | PH: 916-319-2091 | FAX: 916-319-2191

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBerryhill, Bill (Vice-Chair) A 26 R 4009 319-2026 319-2126Eng, Mike A 49 D 4140 319-2049 319-2149Furutani, Warren A 55 D 3126 319-2055 319-2155Gaines, Ted A 4 R 4144 319-2004 319-2104Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Monning, William A 27 D 5150 319-2027 319-2127Portantino, Anthony A 44 D 2003 319-2044 319-2144Swanson, Sandre (Chair) A 16 D 6012 319-2016 319-2116

ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEChief Consultant: J. Stacey Sullivan | Principal Consultant: Katie Kolitsos | Senior Consultant: Anya Lawler Secretary: Dixie Petty1020 N Street, Room 157 | PH: 916-319-3958 | FAX: 916-319-3959

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCaballero, Anna (Chair) A 28 D 5119 319-2028 319-2128Davis, Mike A 48 D 2160 319-2048 319-2148Duvall, Mike A 72 R 4139 319-2072 319-2172Hayashi, Mary A 18 D 3013 319-2018 319-2118Knight, Steve (Vice-Chair) A 36 R 2016 319-2036 319-2136Krekorian, Paul A 43 D 4005 319-2043 319-2143Skinner, Nancy A 14 D 4126 319-2014 319-2014

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ASSEMBLY NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Lawrence Lingbloom | Senior Consultants: Elizabeth MacMillan and Dan Chia Secretary: Aurora Wallin1020 N Street | Room 164 | PH: 916-319-2092 | Fax: 916-319-2192

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBrownley, Julia A 41 D 2163 319-2041 319-2141Chesbro, Wesley A 1 D 2176 319-2001 319-2101de Leon, Kevin A 45 D 2114 319-2045 319-2145Gilmore, Danny (Vice-Chair) A 30 R 5126 319-2030 319-2130Hill, Jerry A 19 D 4146 319-2019 319-2119Huffman, Jared A 6 D 3120 319-2006 319-2106Knight, Steve A 36 R 2016 319-2036 319-2136Logue, Dan A 3 R 2002 319-2003 319-2103Skinner, Nancy (Chair) A 14 D 4126 319-2014 319-2014

ASSEMBLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Karon Green | Secretary: Wendy Burke1020 N Street, Room 153 | PH: 916-319-3957 | FAX: 916-319-3956

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBeall, Jim A 24 D 5016 319-2024 319-2124Conway, Connie A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134Fong, Paul (Vice-Chair) A 22 D 5135 319-2022 319-2122Hernandez, Edward (Chair) A 57 D 4112 319-2057 319-2157Nestande, Brian A 64 R 4153 319-2064 319-2164Torrico, Alberto A 20 D 319 319-2020 319-2120 ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEEChief Counsel: Gregory Pagan | Counsel: Kathleen Ragan, Kimberly Horiuchi and Nicole Hanson Secretary: Sue Highland | Committee Assistant: Toni Nakashima1020 N Street, Room 111 | PH: 916-319-3744 | FAX: 916-319-3745

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxFurutani, Warren A 55 D 3126 319-2055 319-2155Gilmore, Danny A 30 R 5126 319-2030 319-2130Hagman, Curt (Vice-Chair) A 60 R 4116 319-2060 319-2160Hill, Jerry A 19 D 4146 319-2019 319-2119Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Skinner, Nancy A 14 D 4126 319-2014 319-2014Solorio, Jose (Chair) A 69 D 2196 319-2069 319-2169 ASSEMBLY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Kimberly Bott | Principal Consultant: M. David Ruff | Secretary: Christine Hiersche1020 N Street, Room 162 | PH: 916-319-2098 | FAX: 916-319-2198

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBeall, Jim A 24 D 5016 319-2024 319-2124Calderon, Charles (Chair) A 58 D 2117 319-2058 319-2158Coto, Joe A 23 D 2013 319-2023 319-2123DeVore, Chuck (Vice-Chair) A 70 R 4102 319-2070 319-2170Harkey, Diane A 73 R 4177 319-2073 319-2173Ma, Fiona A 12 D 3091 319-2012 319-2112Nielsen, Jim A 2 R 6031 319-2002 319-2102Portantino, Anthony A 44 D 2003 319-2044 319-2144Saldana, Lori A 76 D 3152 319-2076 319-2176

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ASSEMBLY RULES COMMITTEEDemocratic Alternate: Hancock | Republican Alternate: Spitzer | Chief Administrative Officer: Jonathon Waldie Bill Referral Consultant: Lia Lopez | Secretary: Anna McCabeRoom 3016 | PH: 916-319-2800 | FAX: 916-319-2810

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAdams, Anthony A 59 R 4015 319-2059 319-2159Ammiano, Tom A 13 D 2175 319-2013 319-2113Blakeslee, Sam (Vice-Chair) A 33 R 4117 319-2033 319-2133Fong, Paul A 22 D 5135 319-2022 319-2122Gaines, Ted A 4 R 4144 319-2004 319-2104Hall, Isadore A 52 D 6025 319-2052 319-2152Lieu, Ted (Chair) A 53 D 3173 319-2053 319-2153Silva, Jim A 67 R 2170 319-2067 319-2167Torlakson, Tom A 11 D 5160 319-2011 319-2111Torres, Norma A 61 D 4164 319-2061 319-2161Yamada, Mariko A 8 D 5144 319-2008 319-2108 ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Janet Dawson | Principal Consultant: Ed Imai | Senior Consultant: Alejandro Esparza Consultant: Howard Posner | Secretary: Denise Plants1020 N Street, Room 112 | PH: 916-319-2093 | FAX: 916-319-2193

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBlumenfield, Bob A 40 D 6011 319-2040 319-2140Buchanan, Joan A 15 D 4167 319-2015 319-2115Conway, Connie A 34 R 2174 319-2034 319-2134Eng, Mike (Chair) A 49 D 4140 319-2049 319-2149Furutani, Warren A 55 D 3126 319-2055 319-2155Galgiani, Cathleen A 17 D 5155 319-2017 319-2117Garrick, Martin A 74 R 2158 319-2074 319-2174Jeffries, Kevin (Vice-Chair) A 66 R 5128 319-2066 319-2166Lowenthal, Bonnie A 54 D 5158 319-2054 319-2154Miller, Jeff A 71 R 5126 319-2071 319-2171Niello, Roger A 5 R 6027 319-2005 319-2105Perez, John A 46 D 3160 319-2046 319-2146Solorio, Jose A 69 D 2196 319-2069 319-2169Torlakson, Tom A 11 D 5160 319-2011 319-2111

ASSEMBLY UTILITIES AND COMMERCE COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Edward Randolph | Senior Consultant: Gina Adams | Secretary: Kelly RobertsRoom 5136 | PH: 916-319-2083 | FAX: 916-319-3899

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxBerryhill, Tom A 25 R 3141 319-2025 319-2125Blakeslee, Sam A 33 R 4117 319-2033 319-2133Buchanan, Joan A 15 D 4167 319-2015 319-2115Carter, Wilmer Amina A 62 D 2136 319-2062 319-2162Duvall, Michael (Vice-Chair) A 72 R 4139 319-2072 319-2172Fong, Paul A 22 D 5135 319-2022 319-2122Fuentes, Felipe (Chair) A 39 D 5136 319-2039 319-2139Fuller, Jean A 32 R 3098 319-2032 319-2132Furutani, Warren A 55 D 3126 319-2055 319-2155Huffman, Jared A 6 D 3120 319-2006 319-2106Krekorian, Paul A 43 D 4005 319-2043 319-2143Skinner, Nancy A 14 D 4126 319-2014 319-2014Smyth, Cameron A 38 R 4098 319-2038 319-2138Swanson, Sandre A 16 D 6012 319-2016 319-2116Torrico, Alberto A 20 D 319 319-2020 319-2120

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ASSEMBLY VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE1020 N Street, Room 389 | PH: 916-319-3550 | FAX: 916-319-3551

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxCook, Paul (Vice-Chair) A 65 R 5164 319-2065 319-2165DeVore, Chuck A 70 R 4102 319-2070 319-2170Gilmore, Danny A 30 R 5126 319-2030 319-2130Huber, Alyson A 10 D 5175 319-2010 319-2110Lieu, Ted A 53 D 3173 319-2053 319-2153Perez, V. Manuel A 80 D 4162 319-2080 319-2180Salas, Mary (Chair) A 79 D 2137 319-2079 319-2179Saldana, Lori A 76 D 3152 319-2076 319-2176Yamada, Mariko A 8 D 5144 319-2008 319-2108 ASSEMBLY WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEEChief Consultant: Diane Colborn | Principal Consultant: Alf W. Brandt | Secretary: Kathy Matsumoto1020 N Street, Suite 160 | PH: 916-319-2096 | FAX 916-319-2196

Member Name House District Party Room Phone FaxAnderson, Joel A 77 R 2130 319-2077 319-2177Arambula, Juan A 31 D 2141 319-2031 319-2131Berryhill, Tom A 25 R 3141 319-2025 319-2125Blumenfield, Bob A 40 D 6011 319-2040 319-2140Caballero, Anna A 28 D 5119 319-2028 319-2128Fletcher, Nathan A 75 R 2111 319-2075 319-2175Fuller, Jean (Vice-Chair) A 32 R 3098 319-2032 319-2132Huber, Alyson A 10 D 5175 319-2010 319-2110Huffman, Jared (Chair) A 6 D 3120 319-2006 319-2106Lowenthal, Bonnie A 54 D 5158 319-2054 319-2154Perez, John A 46 D 3160 319-2046 319-2146Salas, Mary A 79 D 2137 319-2079 319-2179Yamada, Mariko A 8 D 5144 319-2008 319-2108

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GOVERNMENT WEB RESOURCES

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEB RESOURCES

Legislative Information (Federal) / U.S. Library of Congress – http://thomas.loc.gov Federal legislation, Washington, D.C. tour opportunities, jobs, and fellowships

President – www.whitehouse.gov

United States Senate – www.senate.gov Senate members/directory, committees

United States House of Representatives – www.house.gov House members/directory, committees

U.S. Government Official Web Portal – www.usa.gov

The California Institute for Federal Policy Research - www.calinst.org Information about federal policy decisions, with specific application to California

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Legislative Information (state) – www.leginfo.ca.gov or www.legislature.ca.gov Bill information and hearing schedules, California laws, website resources on legislative issues

Governor – www.governor.ca.gov

California State Senate – www.sen.ca.gov Senators, Senate committees, legislation

California State Assembly – www.assembly.ca.gov Assembly Members, Assembly committees, legislation

State of California – www.ca.gov See also www.cold.ca.gov/inidex.asp for the online directory to state agencies. See also www.calgold.ca.gov for state and local government permits required to do business.

Secretary of State – www.ss.ca.gov Election updates, lobbyist registration, state archives Click on Elections & Voter Information for status of ballot initiative proposals

Legislative Analyst – www.lao.ca.gov Analyses of state budget issues, legislative proposals, and state ballot initiatives

Attorney General (for Statewide Ballot Initiative Text) http://www.caag.state.ca.us/initiatives/activeindex.htm (paste into browser) Text of statewide ballot initiatives under circulation or qualified

News Summaries/State Updates www.aroundthecapitol.com www.rtumble.com

California Performance Review – www.cpr.ca.gov Regulatory reform and state government reorganization proposals

BLOGS

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MEDIA/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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COUNTY WATER, WASTEWATER AND SANITATION AGENCIESAnaheim Public Utilities201 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92805 | PH: 714.765.7300 | Website: www.anaheim.net

Costa Mesa Sanitary District628 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627-2718 | PH: 949-645-8400 | FAX: 949-650-2253 | Website: www.cmsdca.gov

East Orange County Water District185 N. McPherson Road, Orange, CA 92869 | PH: 714-538-5815 | FAX: 714-538-0334 | Website: www.eocwd.com

El Toro Water District24251 Los Alisos Blvd., Lake Forest, CA 92630 | PH: 949-837-7050 | FAX: 949-837-7092 | Emergency: 949-837-0660 Website: www.etwd.com

Emerald Bay Service District600 Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 | PH: 949-494-8571 | FAX: 949-494-8571 | Website: www.ebca.net

Golden State Water Co., Orange County District (private water purveyor)1920 West Corporate Way, Anaheim, CA 92801 | PH: 714-535-8010 | FAX: 714-535-8664 | Website: www.aswater.com Irvine Ranch Water District 15600 Sand Canyon Ave., Irvine, CA 92619-7000 | PH: 949-453-5300 | FAX: 949-453-0128 | Website: www.irwd.com

Laguna Beach County Water District 306 Third Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 | PH: 949-494-1041 | FAX: 949-497-1021

Mesa Consolidated Water District1965 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627 | PH: 949-631-1200 | FAX: 949-574-1036 | Website: www.mesawater.org

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California700 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2944 | PH: 213-217-6000 | Website: www.mwdh2o.com

Midway City Sanitary District14451 Cedarwood Ave., Westminster, CA 92683 | PH: 714-893-3553 | FAX: 714-891-8624 | Website: www.mcsandst.com

Moulton Niguel Water District27500 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-3489 | PH: 949-831-2500 | FAX: 949-831-5651 | Website: www.mnwd.com

Municipal Water District of Orange County10500 Ellis Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 | PH: 714-963-3058 | FAX: 714-964-9389 | Website: www.mwdoc.com

Orange County Sanitation District10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708-7018 | PH: 714-962-2411 | FAX: 714-962-0356 | Website: www.ocsd.com

Orange County Water District10500 Ellis Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 | PH: 714-378-3200 | FAX: 714-378-3373 | Website: www.ocwd.com

Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer DistrictP.O. Box 542, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 | PH: 562-431-2223 | Emergency: 562-708-1772

Santa Margarita Water District26111 Antonio Parkway, Las Flores, CA 92688 | PH: 949-459-6400 | FAX: 949-459-6460 | Website: www.smwd.com

Serrano Water District18021 East Lincoln Street, Villa Park, CA 92861 | PH: 714-538-0079 | FAX: 714-538-5279 | Website: www.serranowater.org

South Coast Water District31592 West Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 | PH: 949-499-4555 | FAX: 949-499-4256 | Website: www.scwd.org

South Orange County Wastewater Authority34156 Del Obispo, Dana Point, CA 92629 | PH: 949-234-5400 | Website: www.socwa.com

Trabuco Canyon Water District32003 Dove Canyon Drive, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679 | PH: 949-858-0277 | FAX: 949-858-3025 | Website: www.tcwd.ca.gov

Yorba Linda Water District4622 Plumosa Drive, Yorba Linda, CA 92686 | PH: 714-777-3018 | FAX: 714-777-8304 | Website: www.ylwd.com

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OTHER ADVOCACY RESOURCESBUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN ORANGE COUNTY

Orange County Business Council 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92614-5904 Phone: 949-476-2242 | Fax: 949-476-9240 | Website: www.ocbc.org

Building Industry Association, Orange County Chapter17744 Sky Park Circle, Suite 170, Irvine, CA 92614PH: 949-553-9500 | FAX: 949-553-9507 | Website: www.biaoc.com

Orange County Division, League of California Cities600 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 214, Santa Ana, California 92701PH: 714.972.0077 | FAX: 714.972.1816 | Webiste: www.occities.org

Orange County Taxpayers Association30205 Hillside Terrace, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675PH: 949.240.6226 | FAX: 949.240.0304 | Website: www.octax.org

OCTANe 65 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 PH: 949-330-6564 | Website: www.octaneoc.org

ORANGE COUNTY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

Anaheim Chamber of Commerce201 E. Center Street, Anaheim, CA 92805-3207 PH: 714-758-0222 | FAX: 714-758-0468 | Website: www.anaheimchamber.org

Black Chamber of Commerce 2323 N. Broadway #330, Santa Ana, CA 92706PH: 714-547-2646 | Website: www.ocblackchamber.com

Brea Chamber of Commerce1 Civic Center Cir., Brea, CA 92821-5732 PH: 714-529-4938 | FAX: 714-589-6103 | Website: www.breachamber.com

British-American Business Council, Orange County (BABCOC) 25422 Trabuco Rd. #105-266, Lake Forest. CA 92630PH: 949-472-2221 | Website: www.babcoc.org

Buena Park Chamber of Commerce6601 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90621-2904PH: 714-521-0261 | FAX: 714-521-1851 | Website: www.buenaparkchamber.org

Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce, Orange County4040 Barranca Pkwy., Ste. 120, Irvine, CA 92604PH: 949-857-9369 | Website: www.occacc.org

Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce2855 E. Coast Hwy., Ste. 101, P.O. Box 72, Corona del Mar, CA 92625 PH: 949-673-4050

Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce1700 Adams Ave.,Ste.101, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-4865 PH: 714-885-9090 | FAX: 714-885-9094 | Website: www.costamesachamber.com

Cypress Chamber of Commerce5550 Cerritos Avenue, #D, Cypress, CA 90630-4722 PH: 714-827-2430 | FAX: 714-827-2430 | Website: www.cypresschamber.org

Dana Point Chamber of Commerce24681 La Plaza, Ste. 115, Dana Point, CA 92629-2562 PH: 949-496-1555 | FAX: 949-496-5321 | Website: www.danapoint-chamber.com

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Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Orange County215 E. Orangethorpe Ave. #288, Fullerton, CA 92832-3017PH: 714-704-1040 | Website: www.faccoc.org

Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce11100 Warner Avenue #204, Fountain Valley, CA 92708-4011 PH: 714-668-0542 | FAX: 714-668-9164 | Website: www.fvchamber.com

Fullerton Chamber of CommerceP.O. Box 529, Fullerton, CA 92836-0529 PH: 714-871-3100 | FAX: 714-871-2871 | Website: www.fullertonchamber.com

Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce12866 Main St., Ste.102, Garden Grove, CA 92840-5298 PH: 714-638-7950 | FAX: 714-636-6672 | Website: www.gardengrovechamber.org

Greater Santa Ana Business AllianceP.O. Box 205, Santa Ana, CA 92702-0205 PH: 714-541-5353 | FAX: 714-541-2238 | Website: www.santaanacc.com

Hispanic Chamber of Orange County2323 North Broadway, Ste. 305, Santa Ana, CA 92706-1640 PH: 714-953-4289 | FAX: 714-953-0273 | Website: www.hcoc.org

Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce19891 Beach Blvd. #140, Huntington Beach, CA 92648-3209 PH: 714-536-8888 | Website: www.hbchamber.org

Irvine Chamber of Commerce17755 Sky Park Circle, #101, Irvine, CA 92614-6400 PH: 949-660-9112 | FAX: 949-660-0829 | Website: www.irvinechamber.com

La Palma Chamber of Commerce1 Centerpointe Drive, #280, La Palma, CA 90623-2517 PH: 714-228-1488 | FAX: 714-228-2208 | Website: www.lapalmachamber.com

Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce357 Glenneyre Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651-2310 PH: 949-494-1018 | Website: www.lagunabeachchamber.org

Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce30011 Ivy Glen Drive, #125, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-5017 PH: 949-363-0136 | FAX: 949-363-9026 | Website: www.lagunaniguelchamber.net

Los Alamitos Chamber of CommerceP.O.Box 111, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-0111 PH: 562-598-6659 | FAX: 562-598-7035 | Website: www.losalchamber.org

Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce1470 Jamboree Rd., Newport Beach, CA 92660-6202 PH: 949-729-4403 | FAX: 949-729-4417 | Website: www.newportbeach.com

Orange Chamber of Commerce439 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA 92866-1509 PH: 714-538-3581 | FAX: 714-532-1675 | Website: www.orangechamber.com

Placentia Chamber of Commerce201 E. Yorba Linda Blvd., #C, Placentia, CA 92870-3418 PH: 714-528-1873 | Website: www.placentiachamber.com

San Clemente Chamber of Commerce1100 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA 92672-4653 PH: 949-492-1131 | FAX: 949-492-3764 | Website: www.scchamber.com

San Juan Capistrano Chamber of CommerceP.O. Box 1878, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693-1878 PH: 949-493-4700 | FAX: 949-489-2695 | Website: www.sanjuanchamber.com

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Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce201 8th Street, #120, Seal Beach, CA 90740-6368 PH: 562-799-0179 | FAX: 562-795-5637 | Website: www.sealbeachchamber.com

South Orange County Chambers of Commerce26111 Antonio Pkwy.,Ste.400, Las Flores, CA 92688-5596Cities of: Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, Laguna Hills-Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo, and Rancho Santa Margarita PH: 949-635-5800 | FAX: 949-635-1635 | Website: www.socchambers.com

Stanton Chamber of CommerceP.O. Box 353, Stanton, CA 90680-0353 PH: 714-995-1485 | FAX: 714-995-1184 | Website: www.stanton-chamber.org

Tustin Chamber of Commerce399 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92780-3605 PH: 714-544-5341 | FAX: 714-544-2083 | Website: www.tustinchamber.org

Westminster Chamber of Commerce14491 Beach Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683-5309 PH: 714-898-9648 | FAX: 714-373-1499 | Website: www.westminsterchamber.org

Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce9121 Bolsa Ave., Ste. 203, Westminster, CA 92683 PH: 714-892-6928 | Website: www.vacoc.com

Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce17670 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, CA 92886-3927 PH: 714-993-9537 | FAX: 714-993-7764 BUSINESS RESOURCES/OCBC’S NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE ADVOCACY PARTNERS

AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association)5201 Great America Parkway, #400, Santa Clara, CA 95054PH: 408-987-4200 or 800-284-4232 | FAX: 408-987-4298 | Website: www.aea.net

California Building Industry Association1215 K Street, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95814 PH: 916-443-7933 | FAX: 916-443-1960Website: www.cbia.org

California Business Properties Association (CBPA)1121 L Street, Suite 809, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-443-4676 | FAX: 916-443-0938 | Website: www.cbpa.com

California Business Roundtable1215 K Street, Suite 1570, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: (916) 553-4093 | FAX: (916) 553-4097 | Website: www.cbrt.org

California Chamber of Commerce 1215 K Street, Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA 95814P.O. Box 1736, Sacramento, CA 95812-1736PH: 916-444-6670 | FAX: 916-325-1272 | Website: www.calchamber.com

California Manufacturing & Technology Association 980 9th Street, #2200, Sacramento, CA 95814PH: 916-441-5420 | Website: www.cmta.net

United States Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062-2000PH: 202-659-6000 or 800-638-6582 | Website: www.uschamber.org

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GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMSAcross the DeskThe official act of introducing a bill or resolution. The measure is given to the Chief Clerk or his or her representa-tive at the Assembly Desk in the Assembly Chamber or to the Secretary of the Senate or his or her representative in the Senate Chamber. The measure then receives a number and becomes a public document available from the bill room (or at www.leginfo.ca.gov). Each proposed amendment to a measure also must be put across the desk in the Assembly or Senate in order to be considered for adoption.

ActA bill passed by the Legislature and enacted into law.

AdjournmentTermination of a meeting, occurring at the close of each legislative day upon the completion of business, with the hour and day of the next meeting being set prior to adjournment.

Adjournment Sine DieFinal adjournment of the Legislature; regular sessions of the Legislature, and any special session not previously ad-journed, are adjourned sine die at midnight on November 30 of each even-numbered year.

AdoptionApproval or acceptance; usually applied to amendments, resolutions, or motions.

AmendmentProposal to change the text of a bill after it has been introduced. Amendments must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel for drafting or approval.

Author’s AmendmentsAmendments proposed by the bill’s author. Author’s amendments to a bill may be adopted on the floor prior to the committee hearing on the bill with the committee chair’s approval.

Hostile AmendmentsAmendments proposed by another member and opposed by the author in a committee hearing or during Assembly or Senate floor consideration.

AppropriationThe amount of money made available for expenditure by a specific entity for a specific purpose, from the General Fund or other designated state fund or account.

Appropriations LimitA limitation in the California Constitution on the maximum amount of tax proceeds that state or local government may appropriate in a fiscal year. The limit is based on 1986-87 fiscal year appropriations, and is adjusted annually.

Approved by the GovernorSignature of the Governor on a bill passed by the Legislature.

AssemblyThe house of the California Legislature consisting of 80 members, elected from districts determined on the basis of population. Two Assembly districts are situated within each Senate district.

AuthorMember of the Legislature who introduces a legislative measure.

BillA proposed law, introduced during a session for consideration by the Legislature, and identified numerically in order of presentation; also, a reference that may include joint and concurrent resolutions and constitutional amendments.

Bill AnalysisA document prepared by committee and/or floor analysis staff prior to hearing the bill in that committee or on the floor of the Assembly or Senate. It explains how a bill would change current law and sometimes identifies major in-terest groups in support or opposition.

Blue PencilThe California Constitution grants the Governor “line item veto” authority to reduce or eliminate any item of appropriation in any bill including the Budget Bill. Years ago the Governor used an editor’s blue pencil for the task.

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Bond Bill (general obligation bonds)A bill authorizing the sale of state general obligation bonds to finance specified projects or activities. Subsequent to enactment, a general obligation bond bill must be approved by the voters.

BudgetProposed expenditure of state moneys for the next fiscal year, presented by the Governor in January of each year for consideration by the Legislature; compiled by the Department of Finance, in conjunction with state agency and department heads.

Budget ActThe Budget Bill after it has been enacted into law.

Budget BillThe bill setting forth the spending proposal for the next fiscal year, containing the budget submitted to the Legisla-ture by the Governor.

Budget YearThe fiscal year addressed by a proposed budget, beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

COLACost-of-living adjustment.

Cal-SPAN (The California Channel)The cable television channel that televises Assembly and Senate proceedings.

Capital OutlayGenerally, expenditures to acquire or construct real property.

Capitol Press CorpsThose members of the press who cover events in the Capitol.

Casting VoteThe deciding vote the Lieutenant Governor may cast in the case of a tie vote in the Senate.

Caucus(1) A closed meeting of legislators of one’s own party. (2) Any group of legislators who coalesce formally because of their common interest in specific issues.

ChamberThe Assembly or Senate location where floor sessions are held.

ChapterWhen a bill has been passed by the Legislature and enacted into law, the Secretary of State assigns the bill a “chapter number” such as “Chapter 123, Statutes of 1992,” which is subsequently used to refer to the measure in place of the bill number.

Chapter OutWhen, during a calendar year, two or more bills amend the same section of law and more than one of those bills be-comes law, the bill enacted last (and therefore given a higher chapter number) becomes law and prevails over the bill or bills previously enacted (see Double Joint).

Check-in SessionCertain weekdays when legislators do not meet in formal legislative sessions, they are required to “check in” with the Chief Clerk of the Assembly or Secretary of the Senate. Mondays and Thursdays are ordinarily floor session days. Check-in days are typically Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

CoauthorA member of either house whose name is added to a bill as a coauthor by amending the bill, usually indicating sup-port for the proposal.

CodesBound volumes of law organized by subject matter. The code sections to be added, amended, or repealed by a bill are identified in the title of the bill.

Companion BillAn identical bill introduced in the other house. This procedure is far more common in Congress than in the California Legislature.

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ConcurrenceThe approval by the house of origin of a bill as amended in the other house. If the author is unwilling to move the bill as amended by the other house, the author requests “non-concurrence” in the bill and asks for the formation of a conference committee.

Concurrent ResolutionA measure introduced in one house that, if approved, must be sent to the other house for approval. The Governor’s signature is not required. These measures usually involve the internal business of the Legislature.

Conference CommitteeUsually composed of three legislators (two voting in the majority on the disputed issue, one voting in the minority) from each house, a conference committee meets in public session to forge one version of a bill when the house of origin has refused to concur in amendments to the bill adopted by the other house. For the bill to pass, the confer-ence committee version must be approved by both Assembly and Senate. Assembly conferees are chosen by the Speaker; Senate conferees are chosen by the Senate Committee on Rules.

ConfirmThe process whereby one or both houses approve the Governor’s appointments to executive offices, departments, boards, and commissions.

Consent CalendarFile containing bills that received no dissenting votes in committee.

Constitutional AmendmentA resolution proposing a change to the California Constitution. It may be presented by the Legislature or by initia-tive, and is adopted upon voter approval at a statewide election.

Daily FilePublication produced by each house for each day the house is in session. The publication provides information about bills to be considered at upcoming committee hearings and bills that are eligible for consideration during the next scheduled floor session. Pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a), any bill to be heard in committee must be noticed in the Daily File for four days, including weekend days. The Daily File also contains useful information about committee assignments and the legislative calendar.

Daily HistoryProduced by the Assembly and Senate respectively the day after each house has met. The History lists specific ac-tions taken on legislation. Each measure acted upon in that house the previous day is listed in numerical order.

Daily JournalProduced by the Assembly and Senate respectively the day after a floor session. Contains roll call votes on bills heard in policy committees and bills considered on the floor, and other official action taken by the body. Any official messages from the Governor are also included. A Member may seek approval to publish a letter in the Journal on a specific legislative matter. At the end of a legislative session, the Journals are bound.

DeskThe long desk in front of the presiding officer’s rostrum where much of the clerical work of the body is conducted. Also, a generic term for the staff and offices of the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly.

DigestPrepared by the Legislative Counsel, it summarizes the effect of a proposed bill on current law. It appears on the first page of the printed bill.

DistrictThe area of the state represented by a legislator. Each district is determined by population and is designated by a number. There are 40 Senate districts and 80 Assembly districts.

District BillA bill that generally affects only the district of the Member of the Legislature who introduced the bill.

Double JointAmendments to a bill providing that the amended bill does not override the provisions of another bill, where both bills propose to amend the same section of law. (See Chapter Out.)

Double ReferLegislation recommended for referral to two policy committees for hearing rather than one. Both committees must approve the measure to keep it moving in the process. Typically used for sensitive subject areas that transcend the jurisdiction of one policy committee.

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DroppedAuthor has decided not to pursue the passage of the bill.

EnrollmentWhenever a bill passes both houses of the Legislature, it is ordered enrolled. In enrollment, the bill is again proof-read for accuracy and then delivered to the Governor. The “enrolled bill” contains the complete text of the bill with the dates of passage certified by the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly. A resolution, when enrolled, is filed directly with the Secretary of State.

Ex OfficioLiterally: “out of” or “because of one’s office.” The act of holding one office by reason of holding another. For exam-ple, the Lieutenant Governor is, ex officio, a member of the Regents of the University of California.

Extraordinary SessionA special legislative session called by the Governor by proclamation to address only those issues specified in the proclamation; also referred to as a special session. Measures introduced in these sessions are numbered chrono-logically with a lower case “x” after the number (for example, AB 28x).

Finance LetterRevisions to the Budget Bill proposed by the Department of Finance and addressed to appropriate committee chairs in the Assembly and Senate.

First ReadingEach bill introduced must be read three times before final passage. The first reading of a bill occurs when it is intro-duced.

Fiscal BillGenerally, a measure that contains an appropriation of funds or requires a state agency to incur additional expense. The Legislative Counsel’s designation of whether a bill is a fiscal bill appears at the end of the Digest found in the printed bill. Fiscal bills must be heard by the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees, in addition to the policy committees in each house.

Fiscal CommitteeThe Appropriations Committee in the Assembly and the Appropriations Committee in the Senate, to which each fis-cal bill is referred upon approval by policy committee. If the fiscal committee approves a bill, it then moves to the floor.

Fiscal DeadlineThe date on the legislative calendar by which all bills with fiscal effect must have been taken up in a policy commit-tee and referred to a fiscal committee. Any fiscal bill missing the deadline is considered “dead” unless it receives a rule waiver allowing further consideration.

Fiscal YearThe 12-month period on which the state budget is planned, beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of the following year. The federal fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30 of the following year.

Floor(1) The Assembly or Senate Chamber. (2) The term used to describe the location of a bill or the type of session, con-noting action to be taken by the house. Matters may be said to be “on the floor.”

Floor ManagerThe legislator responsible for taking up a measure on the floor. This is always the bill’s author in the house of ori-gin, and a Member of the other house designated by the author when the bill is considered by the other house. The name of the floor manager in the other house appears in parentheses after the author’s name in the second or third reading section of the Daily File.

Four-Day File NoticeAs set forth in Joint Rule 62(a), the requirement that each bill in the first committee of reference be noticed in the Daily File for four days prior to the committee hearing at which it will be considered. At a second or subsequent committee of reference, a notice of only two days is required.

GermanenessReferring to the legislative rule requirement that an amendment to a bill be relevant to the subject matter of the bill as introduced. The Legislative Counsel may be asked to opine on germaneness, but the matter is subject to final de-termination by the full Assembly, or the Senate Committee on Rules.

HearingA committee meeting convened for the purpose of gathering information on a subject or considering specific legislative measures.

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Held in CommitteeStatus of a bill that fails to receive sufficient affirmative votes to pass out of committee.

HijackAdoption of amendments that delete the contents of a bill and insert provisions on a different subject. (See Ger-maneness.) May occur with or without the author’s permission.

HouseIn California, refers to either the Senate or the Assembly.

InterimThe period of time between the end of a legislative year and the beginning of the next legislative year. The legisla-tive year ends on August 31 in even-numbered years and in mid-September in odd-numbered years.

Interim StudyThe assignment of the subject matter of a bill to the appropriate committee for study during the period the Legislature is not in session.

Joint CommitteeA committee composed of equal numbers of Assembly Members and Senators.

Joint ResolutionA resolution expressing the Legislature’s opinion about a matter within the jurisdiction of the federal government, which is forwarded to Congress for its information. Requires the approval of both Assembly and Senate but does not require signature of the Governor.

Joint SessionThe Assembly and Senate meeting together, usually in the Assembly Chamber. The purpose ordinarily is to receive special information such as the Governor’s State of the State address.

Legislative AdvocateAn individual (commonly known as a lobbyist) engaged to present to legislators the views of a group or organization. The law requires formal registration with the Secretary of State if an individual’s lobbying activity exceeds 25 contacts with decision makers in a two-month period.

Legislative AnalystThe Legislative Analyst, who is a legislative appointee, and his or her staff provide thorough, nonpartisan analysis of the budget submitted by the Governor; also analyze the fiscal impact of other legislation and prepare analyses of ballot measures published in the state ballot pamphlet.

Legislative CounselThe Legislative Counsel (who is appointed jointly by both houses) and his or her legal staff are responsible for, among other things, drafting all bills and amendments, preparing the Digest for each bill, providing legal opinions, and representing the Legislature in legal proceedings.

Lieutenant GovernorThe President of the Senate, as so designated by the California Constitution, allowing him or her to preside over the Senate and cast a vote only in the event of a tie. If the Governor cannot assume his or her duties or is absent from the state, the Lieutenant Governor assumes that office for the remainder of the term or during the absence.

Line Item VetoSee Blue Pencil.

LobbyistSee Legislative Advocate.

Lobbyist BookThe Directory of Lobbyists, Lobbying Firms, and Lobbyist Employers published every legislative session by the Secretary of State; available to the public for $12.00 from the Legislative Bill Room at the State Capitol, or from the Secretary of State’s office at www.ss.ca.gov/prd/ld/cover.htm. Photos and addresses of lobbyists are included with a list of the clients each represents. Employers of lobbyists are also listed alphabetically.

Lower HouseThe Assembly.

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Majority Floor LeaderAssembly Member who is an issues and political strategist for the Assembly’s majority party, second in command to the Assembly Speaker. Elected by the members of the Assembly’s majority party.

Majority VoteA vote of more than half of the legislative body considering a measure. Constituted by 41 votes in the Assembly, and by 21 votes in the Senate.

Majority WhipOne of the members of the majority party’s leadership team in the Assembly or Senate; responsible for monitoring legislation and securing votes for legislation on the floor.

May RevisionOccurring in early May, the updated estimate of revenues and expenditures that replaces the estimates contained in the Governor’s budget submitted in January.

MeasureA bill, resolution, or constitutional amendment that is considered by the Legislature.

Minority Floor LeaderThe highest-ranking minority party post in each house; chief policy and political strategist for the minority party.

Minority WhipOne of the members of the minority party’s leadership team in the Assembly or Senate; responsible for monitoring legislation and securing votes for legislation on the floor.

Nonfiscal BillA measure not having specified financial impact on the state and, therefore, not required to be heard in an Assem-bly or Senate fiscal committee as it moves through the legislative process. Nonfiscal bills are subject to different legislative calendar deadlines than fiscal bills.

On CallA roll call vote in a committee or an Assembly or Senate floor session that has occurred but has not yet been con-cluded or formally announced. Members may continue to vote or change their votes as long as a measure remains “on call.” Calls are usually placed at the request of a bill’s author in an effort to gain votes. Calls can be lifted by re-quest any time during the committee hearing or floor session, but cannot be carried over into the next legislative day.

OverrideEnactment of a bill despite the Governor’s veto, by a vote of two thirds of the members of each house (27 votes in the Senate and 54 votes in the Assembly).

PassageAdoption of a measure by the Assembly or the Senate.

Per DiemLiterally, “per day.” Daily living expense payment made to legislators when a house is in session.

President of the SenateSee Lieutenant Governor.

President Pro Tempore of the SenateLiterally, “for the time.” Highest-ranking member of the Senate; also chairs the Senate Committee on Rules. Elected by Senators at the beginning of each two-year session.

PresidingManaging the proceedings during a floor session. In the Assembly, the presiding officer can be the Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, or any other Assembly Member appointed by the Speaker. In the Senate, the presiding officer can be the President, President pro Tempore, or any other Senator appointed by the President pro Tempore.

Principal CoauthorA Member who is so designated on a bill or other measure, indicating that the Member is a primary supporter of the measure.

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QuorumA simple majority of the membership of a committee or the Assembly or Senate; the minimum number of legislators needed to begin conducting official business. The absence of a quorum is grounds for immediate adjournment of a committee hearing or floor session.

ReadingPresentation of a bill before the house by reading its number, author, and title. A bill is on either first, second, or third reading until it is passed by both houses.

ReapportionmentRevising the allocation of congressional seats based on census results. Also used to refer to redistricting (the revi-sion of legislative district boundaries) to reflect census results.

Recess(1) An official pause in a committee hearing or floor session that halts the proceedings for a period of time but does not have the finality of adjournment. (2) A break of more than four days in the regular session schedule such as the “Easter recess.”

ReconsiderationA motion giving the opportunity to take another vote on a matter previously decided in a committee hearing or floor session.

ReferendumThe method, used by members of the public, by which a measure adopted by the Legislature may be submitted to the electorate for a vote. A referendum petition must be signed by electors equal in number to 5 percent of the votes for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election.

RescindA motion to revoke an action previously taken.

Roll CallRecording the vote of each member of a committee or of the full Assembly or Senate. Committee roll calls are con-ducted by the committee secretary, who calls each member’s name in alphabetical order with the name of the chair called last. Assembly roll calls are conducted electronically, with each Member pushing a button from his or her as-signed seat. Senate roll calls are conducted by the Reading Clerk, who reads each Senator’s name in alphabetical order.

Rule WaiverExemption to the Assembly, Senate, or Joint Rules, for which formal permission must be granted.

RulesPrinciples formally adopted to govern the operation of either or both houses. These include Standing Rules of the Assembly, Standing Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly.

Second ReadingEach bill introduced must be read three times before final passage. Second reading occurs after a bill has been re-ported to the floor from committee.

SectionOrdinarily, a portion of the California Codes or other statutory law; alternatively, a portion of the text of a bill. The text of code sections is set forth in bills as proposed to be amended, repealed, or added.

SenateThe house of the California Legislature consisting of 40 members elected from districts apportioned on the basis of population, one-half of whom are elected or re-elected every two years for four-year terms.

Sergeant-At-ArmsEmployee responsible for maintaining order and providing security for the Legislature. The Chief Sergeant-at-Arms in each house is elected by the Members of that house at the beginning of every legislative session.

SessionThe period during which the Legislature meets. The Legislature may meet in either regular or special (extraordinary) session.

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SpeakerThe presiding officer of the Assembly, elected by the membership of the Assembly at the beginning of the two-year session. This is the highest-ranking Member of the Assembly.

Speaker Pro TemporeMember, appointed to this office by the Speaker, who presides over a floor session of the Assembly at the request of the Speaker.

Special SessionSee Extraordinary Session.

SponsorThe Member of the Legislature, private individual, or group who develops a measure and advocates its passage.

Spot BillA bill that proposes nonsubstantive amendments to a code section in a particular subject; introduced to assure that a bill will be available, subsequent to the deadline to introduce bills, for revision by amendments that are germane to the subject of the bill.

State MandateState legislative enactment or administrative regulation that mandates a new program or higher level of service on the part of a local government, the costs of which are required by the California Constitution to be reimbursed.

StatutesEnacted bills, which are chaptered by the Secretary of State in the order in which they become law.

Stop the ClockThe term used to describe the process of continuing legislative business after the passage of a deadline imposed by legislative rule.

SubcommitteeA subgroup of a full committee, appointed to perform work on one or more functions of the committee.

Summary DigestsDigests of each bill enacted in a two-year session, as prepared and compiled by the Legislative Counsel. The meas-ures are listed by chapter number, reflecting the order in which they were signed into law.

Suspend the ConstitutionA motion to waive requirements that the California Constitution imposes, but permits to be waived in a specified manner. A motion to suspend requires an extraordinary vote.

Third HouseCollective reference to lobbyists. (See Legislative Advocates.)

Third ReadingEach bill introduced must be read three times before final passage. Third reading occurs when the measure is about to be taken up on the floor of either house for final passage.

Third Reading AnalysisA summary of a measure that is ready for floor consideration. Describes most recent amendments and contains in-formation regarding how Members voted on the measure when it was heard in committee. Senate floor analyses also list support or opposition by interest groups and government agencies.

Third Reading FileThat portion of the Daily File listing the bills ready to be taken up for final passage.

Two-Thirds VoteIn the Assembly, 54; in the Senate, 27. Required, for example, for urgency measures and most measures making appropriations from the General Fund.

Unfinished BusinessThat portion of the Daily File that contains measures awaiting Senate or Assembly concurrence in amendments adopted by the other house. Also contains measures vetoed by the Governor for a 60-day period after the veto.

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Urgency MeasureA bill affecting the public peace, health, or safety, containing an urgency clause, and requiring a two-thirds vote for passage. An urgency bill becomes effective immediately upon enactment.

Urgency ClauseSection of a bill stating that the bill will take effect immediately upon enactment. A vote on the urgency clause, re-quiring a two-thirds vote in each house, must precede a vote on the bill.

VetoThe Governor’s formal rejection of a measure passed by the Legislature. The Governor may also exercise a line item veto, whereby the amount of an appropriation is reduced or eliminated, while the rest of the bill is approved. (See Blue Pencil.) A veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote in each house.

Voice VoteA vote that requires only an oral “aye” or “no,” with no official count taken. The presiding officer determines whether the “ayes” or “noes” carry.

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