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• The League supports legislation to provide funding for stormwater, water and wastewater programs, <br />including a constitutional amendment which would place stormwater fees in the category of water <br />and wastewater fees, for the purposes of Proposition 218 compliance. <br /> <br />Support: <br />New this year, any resolutions submitted to the General Assembly must be concurred in by five cities or by <br />city officials from at least five or more cities. Those submitting resolutions were asked to provide written <br />documentation of concurrence. The following letters of concurrence were received: cities of Alhambra; <br />Cerritos; Claremont; Glendora; Lakewood; La Mirada; La Verne; Norwalk; Signal Hill; and Mary Ann Lutz, <br />Mayor, city of Monrovia. A letter of support was also received from the California Contract Cities <br />Association. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION REFERRED TO PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />2. RESOLUTION CALLING UPON THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO ENTER INTO <br />DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEAGUE AND CALIFORNIA POLICE CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION <br />REPRESENTATIVES TO IDENTIFY AND ENACT STRATEGIES THAT WILL ENSURE THE <br />SUCCESS OF PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT FROM A LOCAL MUNICIPAL LAW <br />ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. <br /> <br />Source: Public Safety Policy Committee <br />Concurrence of five or more cities/city officials: Cities of Arroyo Grande, Covina; Fontana; Glendora; <br />Monrovia; Ontario; Pismo Beach; and Santa Barbara <br />Referred to: Public Safety Policy Committee <br />Recommendation to General Resolutions Committee: Approve <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in October 2011 the Governor proposed the realignment of public safety responsibilities <br />from state prisons to local government as a way to address recent court orders in response to litigation <br />related to state prison overcrowding, and to reduce state expenditures; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Governor stated that realignment needed to be fully funded with a constitutionally <br />protected source of funds if it were to succeed; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Legislature enacted the realignment measures, AB 109 and AB 117, and the <br />Governor signed them into law without full constitutionally protected funding and liability protection for <br />stakeholders; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, California currently has insufficient jail space, probation officers, housing and job <br />placement programs, medical and mental health facilities, lacks a uniform definition of recidivism; and <br />utilizes inappropriate convictions used to determine inmate eligibility for participation in the realignment <br />program; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, since the implementation of realignment there have been numerous issues identified that <br />have not been properly addressed that significantly impact municipal police departments’ efforts to <br />successfully implement realignment; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, ultimately many of these probationers who have severe mental illness are released into <br />communities where they continue to commit crimes that impact the safety of community members and drain <br />the resources of probation departments and police departments throughout the state; and <br /> <br />11