The following was just faxed out to all cities: July 6, 2000 URGENT UPDATE—PLEASE DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO: Mayors, Council Members and City Managers RE: Compulsory and Binding Arbitration. SB 402 (Burton) * Passes Assembly on 51 (Ayes) to 15 (Noes) and 14 (Not Voting). Late this morning, the Assembly passed SB 402 with a convincing 51 aye votes. The floor leader on the bill was Assembly Member Antonio Villaraigosa. This legislation is the quintessential local government or local control vote. The Legislature recesses on July 7, 2000 for a month before they come back for the final 4 weeks of the session. You may want to talk to your Assembly Member about his or her vote on this issue. The vote was as follows: AYES (51) Alquist, Aroner, Battin, Bock, Briggs*, Calderon, Cardenas, Cardoza*, Cedillo, Corbett*, Correa, Cuneen, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra*, Firebaugh, Floyd, Gallegos*, Granlund*, Hertzberg, Honda*, House, Jackson, Kelley, Knox, Kuehl, Lempert*, Longville*, Maddox*, Maldonado*, Mazzoni, Migden, Nakano*, Olberg, Papan*, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Shelley*, Steinberg*, Strickland, Thomson*, Torlakson*, Villaraigosa, Vincent*, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins*, Wildman and Zettel. NOES (15) Ackerman*, Ashburn*, Baldwin, Bates*, Baugh, Brewer, Campbell, Cox*, Dickerson*, Frusetta, Leach, Leonard, McClintock, Runner* and Thompson. NOT VOTING (13) Aanestad, Florez, Kaloogian, Havice, Lowenthal*, Machado, Margett*, Oller, Robert Pacheco*, Rod Pacheco, Scott, Strom-Martin and Wright. * Asterisk notes former city or county elected official. The bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence in Assembly amendments. It is rumored that the bill will be parked in the Senate for the recess period and taken up for a vote some time after they return on August 7, 2000 and before they adjourn on August 31, 2000. The Governor’s position on this particular version of SB 402 is not clear, but if his past pronouncements are still true, then he should veto the bill. This cannot be taken for granted! The message to the Governor is: VETO!!! Frances Medema Policy Analyst League of California Cities 1400 K Street Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95814 phone: 916/658-8218 fax: 916/658-8240 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
