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Date: 7 -26 -11 <br />a 0 % <br />ties, <br />dvocate <br />July 15, 2011 <br />Issue #75 <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br />Page 3: League Removes Opposition to HR 1002, Wireless Tax Fairness Act <br />Street Financing Program Accepting Applications for Fall 2011 Pool <br />Page 4: NLC to Host Workshop on Sustainable Infrastructure in LA on July 20 <br />This Month in Western City Magazine <br />STATEWIDE NEWS CONFERENCES LAUNCH IN SUPPORT OF UPCOMING <br />LAWSUIT SEEKING TO OVERTURN ILLEGAL STATE BUDGET BILLS <br />ELIMINATING REDEVELOPMENT <br />Press events in Monterey on Monday and Ontario on Thursday launched a series of statewide <br />news conferences with local elected officials announcing their support for the League and the <br />California Redevelopment Association's upcoming lawsuit seeking to overturn the <br />unconstitutional attempt to eliminate redevelopment with the passage of AB 1x 26 and 27. Unless <br />overturned by the courts, this legislation will result in the elimination of redevelopment agencies <br />and /or force "ransom" payments by local agencies to fund state obligations to schools. This will <br />devastate many critical local job- creating revitalization projects throughout California. For more, <br />see Page 2. <br />••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• <br />GOVERNOR SIGNS ABX1 29 IMPOSING FIRE PROTECTION FEE <br />On Friday, July 8, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a controversial bill into law that charges rural property <br />owners $150 each for an annual wildlife protection fee. ABX1 29 is estimated to bring in about <br />$50 million for the state, creating a General Fund savings by allocating the revenue generated <br />from the fee to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's (CAL FIRE) fire protection <br />program. For more, see Page 2. <br />CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULES CITY NOT REQUIRED TO PREPARE EIR <br />FOR ORDINANCE BANNING PLASTIC BAGS BY LOCAL BUSINESSES <br />Yesterday the California Supreme Court concluded that the city of Manhattan Beach was not <br />required to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) when it adopted an ordinance banning <br />the use of plastic bags at the point of sale by local businesses within the city. In reaching its <br />conclusion in Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach, the Court reversed the <br />lower court rulings in the case, holding that "substantial evidence and common sense support the <br />city's determination that its ordinance would have no significant environmental effect." As a result, <br />the city's negative declaration prepared for the ordinance was sufficient to comply with the <br />California Environmental Quality Act. For more, see Page 3. <br />••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• <br />49a -1 <br />