www.SaveLocalServices.com



Despite the heavy rains across California

our signature gathering efforts are ahead of schedule!



But we need your help to reach our goals. If every member of the City family gathered just 100 signatures we would easily make our goal of collecting 300,000 signatures through our statewide volunteer efforts. Do you have petitions to turn in? Need materials to get started? Contact me today to make arrangements. We have aggressive weekly goals to meet so don’t wait to turn in your signatures until the last minute.



Thank you to this week’s Signature Star!







Stephany Aguilar

City of Scotts Valley

who turned in 94 signatures!





Help us build a Strong LOCAL Coalition!

Thank you to our newest coalition partners:

United Transportation Union 23 – Santa Cruz

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1225 – Monterey/ Salinas



And statewide over the past couple of weeks the California Police Chiefs Association and the California Fire Chiefs Association both joined the coalition as well.

And one strange opponent. We were very disappointed, however, that the California Professional Firefighters (CPF), whose membership includes a large number of state employees, has opposed the measure for almost inexplicable and irrational reasons. Attached please find our response to their blatantly false claims about the measure. As we indicate in the response, it is difficult to understand their opposition to a measure that protects billions of local funding for public safety. Nonetheless, for largely political reasons, they have.





Resolutions supporting the LOCAL TAXPAYERS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT. Thank you to the cities of Salinas, Del Rey Oaks and Santa Cruz, TAMC, Monterey - Salinas Transit and the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District who were among the first to pass resolutions. Make sure your city passes a resolution too!





Take Action Now to Protect Local Services Today!



There are a number of ways you can help qualify the Local Taxpayers, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act for the November 2010 ballot and support its passage.

We must give voters the chance to say no to state raids on local government, public safety and transportation funding.







The campaign is looking for “Wave Leaders” who would be willing to disseminate regular and coordinated campaign messages via their Facebook and/or Twitter pages.

Let us know if we can count on you to start the Wave and help spread the word.





ü Follow the campaign on FACEBOOK and TWITTER

ü Publish a Newsletter Article

ü Link to our Website www.SaveLocalServices.com

ü Encourage Others to Join the Coalition and Help Circulate Petitions!



PLEASE DO NOT distribute advocacy information from public (city hall) computers, on city time, or using public resources, even if it’s from your personal email account. If in doubt, check with your city attorney.



Deanna Sessums

Monterey Bay Regional Public Affairs Manager

League of California Cities

P.O. Box 7980

Santa Cruz, CA 95061

(831) 429-6605

(831) 915-8293 cell

dsessums@cacities.org

Working together to restore and protect local control for cities through education and advocacy to enhance the quality of life for all Californians.