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Object to the HUTA "Take" Proposal!
 
Below is CSAC’s most recent letter to the Governor and legislative leadership regarding the proposal to “take” local gas tax revenues in the next two state budgets. This letter can be used to craft county specific letters to the Governor and your legislative delegation to convey the devastating affects it would have across California. Please update the letter to include county specific information on the following and send to the Governor, legislative leadership, and your Assembly Members and Senators A.S.A.P.:
  • Monetary losses to your county – both in direct losses and loss of matching funds;
  • Job losses to your department and other county departments;
  • High profile project impacts, if any;
  • Critical safety impacts; and
  • Anything else pertinent to get the attention of your legislative delegation.
We also still urge you to reach out to your local media to educate them and shed light on the impacts of the proposal on your communities. Also attached are some examples of press releases, PowerPoint presentations, and individual budget letters for further assistance. Below are links to recent newspaper articles as a result of county staff reaching out to the local media.
 
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_12614846?source=email 
 
http://www.contracostatimes.com/localnews/ci_12530283?nclick_check=1
 
CSAC, AGC Letters and Survey Results:
CSAC Press Release - Legislature Ties Hands of Counties, Again (09/15/09)
 
SAMPLE HUTA Thank You Letter (09/04/09)
 
HUTA Advocacy Ideas (09/04/09)
 
ABX4 Votes (09/04/09)
 
ABX24 Votes (09/04/09)
 
DOF Anticipated Changes to FY 09-10 HUTA Deferral (08/18/09)
 
HUTA Clean-Up Fact Sheet (08/17/09) 
 
Transportation Budget Update by Kiana Buss (7/27/09)
 
Loss to Counties FY 09-10 and 10-11 (without percentages)
 
County Layoffs if HUTA Take is 100%
 
City HUTA Losses
 
AGC Gax Tax Issue Fact Sheet
 
CEAC Thank You letter to Assembly Caucus 9/3/09
 
CSAC/League Joint HUTA letter to State Senate
 
CSAC HUTA letter to Leadership 6/22/09
 
Recent Articles and Related County Opposition and Thank You Letters:
Alameda County Builders Exchange: Borrowing Gas Taxes to Close the Budget Gap is Fiscally Reckless
 
Alameda County CAO Gax Tax Raid Opposition Letter
 
Alameda County HUTA letter
 
Alameda Mayor Responds to Bridge Closure Proposal
 
Butte County HUTA letter to State Senate and Assembly
 
Stop the California Gax Tax Raid FACEBOOK page
 
Contra Costa Times: Gas Tax Raid Woud Devastate Bay Area Road Agencies
 
Colusa County Oppose HUTA Take Away letter
 
Contra Costa County Gax Tax Shifts Letter to Governor
 
Glenn County HUTA Press Release: MESSAGE TO STATE LEGISLATORS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF OUR HUTA
 
Lake County HUTA Resolution letter
 
Los Angeles County Supervisor, Don Knabe letter
 
Marin County Assembly Member thank you resolution
 
Marin County Opposition letter to HUTA and Prop 1A
 
Mono County Oppose HUTA Take letter
 
Monterey County Oppose HUTA Take letter
 
Napa County: A big bump in the road...State raid on funds would gut county street repairs article
 
Cost of potholes in Oakland soars as funding erodes -
By Sean Maher, Oakland Tribune
 
Riverside County Resolution Opposing HUTA Take
 
San Benito County HUTA Thank You letter to Senator Dunham
 
San Bernardino County HUTA Thank You letters
 
San Bernardino County Oppose HUTA Take Away letter
 
San Bernardino County Oppose HUTA Take Away letter to Governor
 
San Joaquin County: Resolution to Support CSAC Recommendations Re: HUTA

San Joaquin County: Letter Opposing Suspension of Prop 1A and Transportation Funding
 
San Luis Obispo County: Letter to Senator Maldonado opposing HUTA take
 
San Luis Obispo County: Letter to Assemblyman Blakeslee opposing HUTA take
 
Santa Barbara County: HUTA Thank You Letter (final draft)
 
Santa Cruz County: Santa Cruz Sentinel News Article
 
SBCAG: State Budget Proposed Impacts to State Gas Tax Revenues
 
Siskiyou County Gax Tax Raid Opposition letter
 
Solano County HUTA Letters
 
Stanislaus County HUTA Thank You letter to Dave Cogdill
 
Stanislaus County HUTA Thank You picture card
 
Yolo County Oppose HUTA Take letter
 
 
 
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