Budget Conference Committee Approves $5 Million For Public Libraries In
Budget
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This afternoon, on a unanimous vote of the members, the Budget Conference Committee approved $5 million in new
funding for public libraries, followed by a series of positive comments about
the great work and positive community benefit of public libraries.
~ this funding request was developed by Assemblyman
Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and supported by a bi-partisan group of
13 of his legislative colleagues, to try to restore some of the major cuts that
the public libraries have endured for the last few years.
~ this funding would be in addition to the $1.8 baseline currently for CLSA and the $2.8 million for literacy
~ the S Budget Subcomm-Educ Fin did not approve additional money for CLSA
~ this forced the item into the Budget Conference Committee
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~ the item passed on a unanimous, bi-partisan vote
~ the issue still has a long way
~ discussions with Dept of Finance to prevent Governor from eliminating it
~ there was no discussion of the specific allocation of the $5 million in Comm
~ believe they will allocate $4 million for CLSA; $1 million for
the literacy
Please Thank the legislators who assisted CLA
in this effort:
Budget Conference Committee Members
Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, Chair
Assemblyman Richard Bloom
Assemblyman Jeff Gorell
Assemblywoman Shirley Weber
Senator Mark Leno, Vice Chair
Senator Loni Hancock
Senator Ricardo Lara
Senator Jim Nielsen
And Senate President pro Tempore, Darrell Steinberg
Legislators Who Signed the Budget Request Letter
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (author of the letter)
Assemblyman Luis Alejo
Assemblyman Bill Quirk
Assemblyman Frank Bigelow
Assemblyman Ken Cooley
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla
Assemblyman Kevin Mullin
Assemblyman Brian Jones
Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian
Assemblyman Brian Maienschein
Assemblyman Chris Holden
Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen
Assemblywoman Marie Waldron
