Access Sacramento May 15-16, 2007

Sponsors Los Angeles County is an asset within GOLD California, in the United States and around the world. Covering nearly 5,000 square miles, L.A. County has more than 10 million residents – more than a quarter of California’s population and 42 states in the nation. The region is home to nearly200 colleges and universities, the state’s busiest airport and California’s largest SILVER AT&T freeway system, with 27 freeways covering more than 600 miles. The BNSF Railway Company Los Angeles region is also the entertainment industry capital of the Majestic Realty Co. world, is our nation’s largest manufacturing center and is the global Mercury Air Group, Inc. Metro hub for international trade. Nestlé USA Port of Los Angeles Access Sacramento 2007 brings together business and community Southwest Airlines Company leaders in L.A. County to advocate for our region. Our county’s Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. economy and infrastructure is critical to the rest of California. The BRONZE strength of our region is undeniable and profound—together we can Cedars-Sinai Health System Chevron Corporation help ensure that our region continues to grow for future generations. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Raytheon Company The Rogers Group $19 Education & More than Small Business & Workforce 200,000 Taxes billion in L.A. school In a county full bonds are funding the Development small businesses are largest public works The Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, of entrepreneurs, Partnering Organizations project in U.S. history making our region the the growth of Unified School District small business capital of needs state funding the world small businesses as we continue to build a 21st century is critical to the school system to serve more than 700,000 growth of our region. The state must students. improve the tax system to encourage small business development. Gang Intervention & 1,200 Reduction Nearly Transportation & gangs and 85,000 Southern California Goods Movement gang members are in $300 Los Angeles County is the gang capital Funding from alone billion is the value of Proposition 1B is of the world. All two-way trade in the stakeholders must Los Angeles Customs critical. Our region work together to support prevention, District, the largest in is a major economic the nation intervention and suppression. engine in the state, but also has the worst traffic congestion in Health Care the nation. 24% We must strive for of Los Angeles comprehensive health County residents lack health insurance care reform that fosters a system in which all Statistical Sources: Advancement Project, stakeholders contribute their fair share Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, UCLA Center for Health Policy of financing to provide coverage to all Research and the U.S. Census Bureau Californians. 2007 Priority Issues

Education and Workforce Development Diversify Storage and New Water Source Options • In the face of global warming threats to current supplies, and to meet the needs of Adequately Fund Los Angeles Unified School District Facilities • future population and economic growth in California, the state should LAUSD schools are being short funded as new calculations in allocating implement a range of conservation measures, alternative storage options per-pupil grant allowance excludes market based project costs incurred and exploration of new sources like water recycling and desalinization. by large school districts, including profit and insurance. The current state Assembly Bill 1481 by Assemblymember Hector De La Torre (D-South enrollment projection method does not account for realistic demographic Gate) profiles and does not accurately represent large urban districts, adding to the burden of over-crowded schools and classrooms. Ensure Sustainability of California’s Water Supply • Support Assembly Bill 818 by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank), the delta vision process. The state should work quickly to ensure that Assembly Bill 1014 by Assembly Majority Leader Karen Bass (D-Los Californians have sustainable water supplies. Key objectives include Angeles) and Senate Bill 121 by State Sen. Majority Leader Gloria Romero implementation of the strategic Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levee (D-Los Angeles) repair and an objective science-based look at a new conveyance system. In addition, relocating the state water project’s intakes and the federal Central Build More Small Learning Communities/Small Schools • We Valley project must be a high priority to protect endangered fish species and applaud Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s support of Small Learning reduce the imminent threat of catastrophic levee failures. Communities. The L.A. Area Chamber is working closely with the LAUSD Senate Bill 27 by State Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) and other districts to restructure our oversized comprehensive high schools into smaller more personalized learning communities and schools. Sensible Strategies to Clean Up Santa Susana Field • SB 990 oversteps local land-use authority to impose excessive remediation standards for Expand Cash for College Programs • Statewide Cash For College the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Boeing, the site’s owner, is currently workshops provide financial aid and Cal Grant assistance to high school undergoing remediation to approved federal standards for residential use. and community college students and their families. Three-fourths of young The state should allow land-use decisions of this property to remain at the adults not currently in college would have been more likely to attend college local level. if they were exposed to better information about financial aid. Oppose Senate Bill 990 by State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) Assembly Bill 1540 by Assembly Majority Leader Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and State Sen. Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) Support Integrated, Market Based Program to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions • Work with California’s business community to Increase Cal Grant B • Cal Grant B provides a living allowance, tuition find cost effective, predictable and technologically feasible approaches to and fee assistance for low-income students. The grant assists students with reducing green house gas emissions. The state should prioritize market- the total costs of attending state and community colleges. based and voluntary measures that encourage competitiveness and technological innovation in the implementation of AB 32. Support Multiple Pathways/Career and Technical Education • Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are vital to developing Support Tax Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Renewable an educational system that helps students achieve more in school and Energy • As California grows in population, our ability to keep up with prepares them to be successful in careers in the new economy. California increased energy demand is threatened. The state can preempt this crisis needs a CTE system with two tracks—academic and vocational along by providing commercial and residential developers with incentives with a comprehensive approach that offers all students multiple options to to incorporate energy efficient and renewable energy features into new maximize their postsecondary and career options. construction. Senate Bill 830 by State Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), Senate Assembly Bill 154 and Assembly Bill 155 by Assembly Member Alan Bill 21 by State Sen. Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch), Assembly Bill 1409 by Nakanishi (R-Lodi) and Assembly Bill 1327 by Assembly Member Fiona Ma Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) and Assembly Bill (D-San Francisco) 1414 by Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) Gang Intervention and Reduction Support the California DREAM Act • We must provide a future for young people who grew up in the United States and are restricted by their Create Safer School Zones • The state should establish sentencing parent’s immigration status. enhancements for gang activities, gang injunction violations, hate crimes, Senate Bill 160 by State Sen. Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) child abuse and drug crimes committed within a designated 1500 feet. Safe school zones need to be around all school campuses. Energy, Water & Environment Senate Bill 844 by Assemblymember Ron Calderon (D-Montebello)

Balanced Approach to Energy Independence • Our state’s seaports Hold Gangs Financially Accountable for Crime • Gang members play a vital role in importing and processing the fuel necessary to power should be held financially responsible for crime and destruction in their California’s economy. However, the existing marine infrastructure is neighborhoods. Support amending the existing penal code to authorize inadequate and will not keep up with the rapidly growing population and district attorneys and prosecuting city attorneys to bring damage suits increased fuel demand. The state needs balanced strategies that address against enjoined gangs. community concerns, maintain environmental protections and lead to the Senate Bill 271 by Assemblymember Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) construction of more California-based facilities to meet growing fuel and energy demands. Prosecute Gang Recruiters • We need to undercut the ability of gangs International Trade from fostering new recruits by holding those who contribute to the delinquency of a minor accountable via criminal prosecution. Support International Programs and Curriculum in Middle and Assembly Bill 1033 by Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) High Schools • L.A. is the hub for international trade for the nation, and with globalization our future, students must be prepared for the continued Health Care growth of trade and international activity.

Allow Small Businesses to Pool Resources to Purchase Health Support the Strategic Plan and Study for State Involvement in Coverage • Ensure greater flexibility for small businesses to join together Global Markets • Work with small and medium sized international and purchase quality coverage at a more affordable price. This is essential to businesses to understand the needs and barriers of exporters. Help the supporting and fostering small business growth while expanding coverage state in creating programs and offices to meet the needs of international to more employees. businesses and investment. Assembly Bill 1607 by Assemblymember Van Tran (R-Costa Mesa) Land Use & Housing Pass Comprehensive Health Care Reform • The L.A. Area Chamber supports comprehensive health care reform that fosters a system in which Ensure Los Angeles Receives its Full Share of Proposition 1C all stakeholders including government, health plans, pharmaceutical Funding • Proposition 1C is significant for L.A. because it will help companies, individuals, health care organizations, providers, employees create more than 15,000 new homes. The lack of enabling legislation to and employers must contribute their fair share of the financing needed to guarantee that L.A. receives its full share of the bond money jeopardizes the provide coverage to all Californians. Please see the L.A. Area Chamber’s possibility of creating more workforce and affordable housing. Health Care Reform Statement of Principles for a more complete position. Move Forward on Long-Overdue CEQA Reforms • The California Prioritizing Mandated Hospital Seismic Upgrades Based on Environmental Quality Act’s (CEQA) complexity and unpredictability, Structural Need • Mandatory seismic retrofitting for California’s the costs of compliance, and the ease for legal challenges often impede hospitals should be required on a “worst-first basis.” The current, across- smart development. Substantive improvements to CEQA should the-board mandate is overly burdensome on hospitals and may force balance environmental protection with the need for housing and jobs. financially-strapped, less physically vulnerable facilities to close their doors Improvements include “frontloading” the act, expanding exceptions, completely. streamlining lawsuits and more effective use of “tiering” to streamline the Assembly Bill 1304 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) Environmental Impact Report process.

Raise Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rates for Doctors • Raising Oppose Unfair Restrictions on Private Property Owners • Oppose reimbursement rates for doctors who treat Medi-Cal patients will ensure legislation that would require rental property owners to own their property greater access to quality care for low-income and elderly patients who rely for a minimum of five years before they make any changes in the building’s on Medi-Cal for their basic health services. use, such as a conversion to a condominium or any other non-rental Assembly Bill 1312 by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (R-Redlands) housing use. This bill would impose significant obstacles to building new housing and creating economic development opportunities, especially in Support Comprehensive Solutions to the Nursing Shortage • blighted and transit-oriented areas. California suffers from a severe shortage of physicians, nurses, clinical Oppose Senate Bill 464 by State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) laboratory scientists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and radiology technicians. The legislature should support comprehensive state-level Require Local Governments to Update General Plans collaboration to develop solutions to this critical shortage. Requires local general plans and each of its elements to encompass a 20-year Assembly Bill 365 by Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) planning period and be updated no less than once every 10 years. Promote infill development and ensure a 10-year supply of land for housing that is Support Tax Benefits for Health Savings Accounts • Bring zoned and ready to build. Local zoning ordinances must be consistent with California’s tax laws in alignment with federal tax benefits for health the general plan. savings accounts. The accounts alone will not solve the uninsured problem Senate Bill 303 by State Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego) but individuals who choose to participate in tax-free health savings accounts should not be penalized under the state income tax for political Transportation and Goods Movement reasons. Assembly Bill 84 by Assemblymember Alan Nakanishi (R-Lodi) and Approve a Single, Statewide Emissions Standard for Trucks • The Assembly Bill 245 by Assemblymember Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) California Air Resources Board should provide a single air quality standard for trucks registered in California and work with business community stakeholders to establish timelines and emission standards that are both achievable and cost effective. Clearly Define How Container and User Fees Will Be Allocated Provide Spillover Funding to Transit in the Governor’s Budget • • Provide oversight from both the public and private sectors for state Excess revenues from the gas tax should be allocated to transit agencies proposals that employ user fees as a method of paying for public as required under current law. Replacing this source with state bond infrastructure. Work with the industry to achieve consensus and make money betrays the voter’s trust and does not improve California public use of successful funding mechanisms and public/private partnerships. transportation. Clearly define what types of projects will receive funding from the outset, how criteria for eligible projects be approved and who will have authority to Small Business and Taxes distribute funds. Oppose Senate Bill 974 by State Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) Improve Tax System to Encourage Business Growth • California law should be brought into conformity with federal law by extending the net Encourage Green Growth in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long operating loss carryover period from 10 to 20 years. An extension will help Beach • Grow the ports green, with an emphasis on growth. Many of the businesses by allowing them to distribute their losses over a greater period proposals to green the ports place unnecessary monetary and operational of time. constraints or oversights on businesses. Work with the logistics industry to Assembly Bill 135 by Assemblymember Guy Houston (D-San Ramon) manage growth and the greening process in ways that are cost effective and improve the efficiency of goods movement. Increase Enterprise Zone Investments • Greater investment in new Assembly Bill 846 by Assemblymember Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) economic development projects is vital. Enterprise zone-based companies should be allowed to claim their tax credit for amounts in excess of $20 Fair Share of Proposition 1B Money • Southern California is a major million in subsequent years. economic engine for California. Because of all the activity, we have the Senate Bill 417 by State Sen. Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto) worst traffic congestion in the nation. As the California Transportation Commission and state Legislature consider how to allocate bond funds, the Support California-based Research & Development • Strengthening state should proportionally fund heavily congested areas based on use and the R&D tax credit will stimulate additional investment and job growth population to improve economic efficiency, reduce environmental impacts throughout the state. Support increasing California’s R&D tax credit from of congestion and benefit the greatest number of people. 15 to 20 percent and also raise the available tax credit for donations made by pharmaceutical and biotech companies to cancer research. Prioritize Infrastructure Funding For Self-Help Counties and Senate Bill 928 by State Sen. Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) Cities like Los Angeles • To maximize the impact of dollars invested in infrastructure, the state should prioritize self-help communities such as L.A., which has fully funded portions of its light rail infrastructure For more information on Access Sacramento, contact: and other transportation-related projects. Specific state funding needs for projects: • Improve the Gerald Desmond Bridge • Improve the State Route 47 between Long Beach and L.A. • Expand the Alameda Corridor East 350 South Bixel Street • Los Angeles, CA 90017 • Construction funding for the Los Angeles County Light Rail lines and bus P: 213.580.7500 • F: 213.580.7511 ways, including Expo Line Phase II, Red Line and Green Line www.lachamber.org

Access Sacramento 2007 Business Participants Accenture Latham & Watkins, LLP Pareto Point Industries AT&T Law Offices of Ron Galperin Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Beacon Management Group Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles Pepperdine University BNSF Railway Company Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Port of Los Angeles The Boeing Company Los Angeles Police Department Ralphs Groceries Company The California Endowment Los Angeles Unified School District Raytheon Company Cedars-Sinai Health System Los Angeles Universal Preschool The Rogers Group Cerrell Associates, Inc. Los Angeles World Airports Southern California Leadership Network Chevron Corporation Loyola Marymount University Southwest Airlines Company Childcare Resource Center Macias Government Relations Steton Construction Company Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Majestic Realty Co. Strategic Counsel City National Bank Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP SunCal Companies City of Los Angeles Maria’s Italian Kitchen TeamCFO Inc. Deloitte Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Time Warner Cable Fleishman-Hillard, Inc. Mattel, Inc. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Forest City Development McCabe & Company UBS AG Forest Lawn Mercury Air Group, Inc. Uniserve Facilities Services Corp Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe Metro UNITE-LA, Inc. Hospital Association of Southern California Metropolitan Water District of University of California, Los Angeles Housing Authority City of Los Angeles Southern California University of Southern California Junior League of Los Angeles NAWBO-LA Verizon Kaiser Permanente Nestlé USA YWCA of Greater Los Angeles KimmelMedia Northrop Grumman Corporation The Zamzow Group, Inc. LA Women’s Transportation Coalition Anti-Defamation League Zeesman Communications List current as of 5/8/07