<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Municipalization Advocacy
   

California Taxpayers' Association
Advocacy
- (Cal-Tax Position Letters, Briefs, Policy Statements), e-Alerts, Meeting Agendas

 
   

Ø        Advocacy - (Cal-Tax Position Letters, Briefs, Policy Statements), e-Alerts, and Meeting Agendas

Advocacy

¨      City of Palm Desert (September 2003)

¨      Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility Strategy (March 2003)

¨      Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission’s Proposed Public Education Institutional Network (I-Net) (November  2002)

¨      San Marcos Mayor (February 2002)

¨      San Marcos, Cal-Tax Statement before the San Marcos Utility Workshop (January 2002)

¨       Laguna Irrigation District, Kings County Board of Supervisors (March 2000)

¨       Laguna Irrigation District, Members of the Board (March 2000)

¨       Laguna Irrigation District, Members of the Board (February 2000)

¨       Long Beach Briefing Paper

¨       Long Beach Letter to City Council Members (December 1998)

¨       Palo Alto Letter to City County Members (February 1998)

¨       Letter to Anaheim Mayor and City Council (June 1997)

e-Alerts and Coalition Letters

¨      San Lorenzo Valley Takes Over Felton Water System (February 2007)
Coalition Letter

¨      Third District Court of Appeal Ruling Against PECG's Contracting Out Restrictions (June 2006)
Coalition Letter

¨      Your Reaction to SB 1803: Adding Wi-Fi Systems to Definition of Municipal Public Utility (April 2006)
Coalition Letter

¨      Opportunity to Reduce RDA Takeover of Private Utilities (January 2006)
Coalition Letter

¨      Heartland Institute Study – Financial Track Record of Iowa Municipal Communications Systems (October 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Municipalization Threat: City of Atwater Looking Into Publicly Owned Utility (September 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Interesting Wi-Fi Article: September 2005 Business Week (August 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Op-Ed Cal-Tax Sent to West County Times Criticizing City of Hercules’ Municipal Utility (August 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Lathrop Irrigation District -- Proposal to Provide Retail Electricity, Telecom, Water and Waste-Water (August 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      New Eminent Domain Legislation (July 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Interesting  Wi-Fi Information: Jupiter Research Report and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (July 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Interesting Wi-Fi Article in Orlando Sentinel (June 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Interesting Wi-Fi Article in Financial Times (June 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Interesting CNET Wi-Fi Article (May 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Update on Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Expansion Attempt (May 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Opportunity To Discuss/Amend SB 135 (May 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Informative Articles:  Public v. Private Ownership of Broadband Wireless Internet (May 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Recent Articles Relating to SMUD Expansion (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Recent Articles Relating to SMUD Expansion (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Cal-Tax Op-Ed Opposing City of Lompoc’s Municipalization Efforts (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Recent Newspaper Article Relating to Yolo County Expansion Proposal (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Municipalization Consultants, Economic Impact Reports, and Article Relating to SMUD Expansion (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      LA Times Wi-Fi Article: Ominous Funding of Fullerton Project (April 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Status of Lompoc Wi-Fi Proposal (March 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Update on State-Level Municipalization Legislation – AB 1397 (Arambula) (March 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Cal-Tax Opposition to Lompoc Wi-Fi Proposal (March 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Vote to Approve Santa Maria’s Municipal Electric Utility (March 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Draft of Wi-Fi Opposition Letter & Article Relating to History of City of Gardena’s Insurance Municipality (February 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Consumers Union: Power-Point Rewards for Promoting “Muni” Wi-Fi in North Carolina and Beyond (February 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Legislative Language: Eminent Domain and Public Voter Approval Proposals  (January 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      News Articles Relating to Municipalization Efforts in California  (January 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      PG&E Challenging Muni Attempt by Irrigation District & Indiana and Missouri Anti-Condemnation Legislation  (January 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Draft Municipalization Legislation and Article Relating to
Wi-Fi Networks
(January 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Meeting and Conference Call to Discuss Draft of Municipalization Legislation and Legislative Strategies (January 2005)
Coalition Letter

¨      Tom Tabor's Response - Draft of State Level Municipalization Taxpayer Protection Bill (December 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Draft State Level Municipalization Taxpayer Protection Bill (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      News Articles Relating to Municipalization: March Air Reserve Base Electric Utilities; Municipal Mutual (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Irvine Municipalization Attempt Update (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Conference Call to Discuss Possible 2005 Municipalization Legislation and Other Recent Municipalization Issues (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Election Results and Other Action E-911 Taxes, Municipalization and Utility User Taxes (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Irrigator Ponders PG&E Assets Another Form of Municipalization (November 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Municipalization Study: City of Visalia Considering Forming Water Service (October 2004)
Coalition Letter

¨      Cal-Tax Coalition Meeting on Municipalization (October 2004)
Cal-Tax e-Alert

¨      Municipalization of Private Water Company (August 2004)
Cal-Tax e-Alert

Coalition Meeting Agendas

¨       April 2005 Coalition Meeting

¨       January 2005 Coalition Agenda

¨       November 2004 Coalition Agenda

¨       October 2004 Coalition Agenda

¨       March 2004 Coalition Agenda

¨       Coalition Agenda (January 2000)

Ø       Action Item: Local Government Antitrust Actions

Ø       Review of Meeting


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