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January 9, 1998
Allen Settle, Mayor
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dear Allen:
SENATOR
JACK O'CONNELL
EIGHTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
CHAIR:
BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
COASTAL CAUCUS
MAJORITY CAUCUS
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BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
JUDICIARY
NATURAL RESOURCES
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As you are aware, Governor Wilson gave his final state of the state address on Wednesday which was
followed with the release of his proposed budget for the 1998 -99 fiscal year on Friday, January 9th. I
regret to inform you that local governments have, once again, been given the short shrift by this
administration.
The Governor began his address by highlighting the fact that California has celebrated its 55th month of
economic growth; last year we grew one and one half times faster than the rest of the nation,
unemployment is its lowest since 1990; personal income grew by more than 7 percent last year, and then
pronounced "the `Comeback' is over ... We are back."
He ended his address without an utterance of support for local governments which was later reflected in
his spending plan.
Governor Wilson seems to sincerely believe that the relief provided to cities and counties as a result of I I
the Proposition 172 sales tax, COPS funding and trial court funding is sufficient. He refuses to return
one dollar of the property taxes shifted to schools in the early 1990s.
I participated in a briefing for the press this week with several members of the legislature and the Allies
for California's Cities, Counties and Special Districts which includes the leaders of California's business
community and local governments. We are united in our call for ERAF relief and will continue to fight
for the passage of AB 95 (Sweeney and Aguiar), ACA 4 (Aguiar) and SB 880 (Craven).
I sincerely thought that the remarkable fiscal picture for the state would shed a new light on this issue for
Governor Wilson. Please know that I will continue to Dressure him for local government relief in the
1998 -99 budget and to make this an integral part of the budget debate in 1998.
Sincerely,
JACK O'CONNELL
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SLO CITY COUNCIL
MEETING KIDA
January 7 1998 DATE -3 i ITEM #
MEMORANDUM
TO: Council Colleagues
FROM: Dave Romero
SUBJECT: LIAISON REPORT RE: SLORTA
Alan Cantrell, Regional Transit Manager for SLORTA has submitted his resignation
effective 1- 31 -98. The SLORTA Board appointed John Bates, SLORTA Transit
Coordinator, as interim manager effective 2 -1 -98.
The Board delegated to its executive committee the task of recruiting for a replacement
manager and asked that I sit in with the committee for this purpose.
At the SLORTA meeting of January T" there was much discussion regarding consolida-
tion of all the transit systems (including the City system) under one country-wide
umbrella. In a move toward that purpose, the Board directed staff to modify SLORTA
transit service contract to expire at the same time as the City transit contract, thereby
allowing all transit contracts to be bid at one time, possibly saving costs and facilitating
the possible change to one management system for the entire county.
With the strong feeling on the part of the Board that the area would be better served by a
transit system being under one management operation, I am certain that the City will be
receiving a request to consider this item within the next few months. This memo is
merely a "heads -up" to give you a change to think about the implications prior to
receiving the request.
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January 10, 1998
MEMORANDUM
TO: Council Colleagues
FROM: Dave Romero��
MEET!,IZI G AGENDA
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SUBJECT: Channel Counties Division (CCD) League Meeting
The next CCD League meeting is set for Friday, January 30" in Carpinteria. Hospitality
hour will be from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00 p.m.
Ron Bates, president of state League will be our featured speaker. Please mark your
calendars. I hope we have a good attendance from San Luis Obispo at League functions
this year.
c: John Dunn