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1. U.S. DRUG CZAR WARNING VO/SOT
2. NEW LEGISLATIVE ANALYST VO/SOT
3. SOS TO INVESTIGATE? VO/SOT
4. WORKPLACE POLITICS VO/SOT
5. PROP 11 SOTS REQUEST
2. NEW LEGISLATIVE ANALYST VO/SOT
LIVE:
CALIFORNIA'S NEW LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IS A 30-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE. MAC TAYLOR, A FRESNO NATIVE WHO HAS BEEN A DEPUTY ANALYST THE PAST 18 YEARS, HAS NOT WORKED ANYWHERE ELSE SINCE COMPLETING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN 1978. ON MONDAY, HE WILL BE REPLACING LEGISLATIVE ANALYST ELIZABETH HILL, WHO IS RETIRING FROM HER POST ON FRIDAY, AFTER 22 YEARS AS THE STATE'S LEGISLATIVE ANALYST.
SUPER: TODAY/LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE-SACRAMENTO
VO: (:30)
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IS HIRED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, DIRECTING THE OFFICE THAT COMPLETES WHAT ARE INTENDED TO BE NON-PARTISAN FISCAL ANALYSES OF ALL STATE BUDGETS, LAWS, BALLOT MEASURES, AND SPECIAL REQUESTS BY LAWMAKERS. THE ANALYST IS SELECTED BY THE 16-MEMBER JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF 10 DEMOCRATS AND SIX REPUBLICANS FROM BOTH LEGISLATIVE HOUSES. COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN DENISE DUCHENY SAYS AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT PRESENTED THE COMMITTEE WITH ABOUT 14 POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. THE COMMITTEE THEN INTERVIEWED ABOUT HALF OF THOSE, INCLUDING APPLICANTS FROM OUT OF STATE. DUCHENY SAYS TERM LIMITS ON CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS INCREASED THE PROSPECTS FOR THOSE WITH EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT.
SUPER: SENATOR DENISE DUCHENY/D-SAN DIEGO
SOT: (:35)
SAYS: "HAVING FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY DEALT WITH THOSE INITIATIVES, CAN REMEMBER WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED THE WAY IT HAPPENED, UM, WHY CERTAIN ACTS WERE TAKEN, WHY CERTAIN INITIATIVES MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED, UNDERSTANDING THAT AND HELPING US TO INFORM NEW MEMBERS, YOU KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE NEW ABOUT 30 NEW ASSEMBLY NEXT YEAR, UH, IN A MONTH OR SO, AND UM, YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US, ALTOGETHER TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND THAT HISTORY AND THAT BACKGROUND."
SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN ROGER NIELLO / R-SACRAMENTO
SOT: (:38 )
SAYS: "CERTAINLY THERE WERE CANDIDATES UH, THAT UH COULD HAVE PROVIDED A NEW DIRECTION, AND WE CONSIDERED THEM AND WE WALKED ABOUT THAT AS A POSSIBLE PROFILE OF A SUCCESSOR THAT COULD BE INTERESTING JUST IN TERMS OF NEW BLOOD, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY INTENT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE OFFICE IS IN VERY GOOD STANDING UNDER LIZ'S LEADERSHIP, AND UH FRANKLY, MAC'S ALSO BEING ONE OF HER CHIEF DEPUTIES, MAC SURFACED AS THE BEST CANDIDATE, ALL THINGS BEING CONSIDERED."
VO TAG:
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN ROGER NIELLO SAYS TAYLOR WAS SELECTED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON A UNANIMOUS VOTE. AMONG TAYLOR'S FIRST RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE COMPLETING THE STATE'S FISCAL FORECAST, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN MID-NOVEMBER.
EDITOR'S NOTE: THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR THE NEW LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IS $163,000. HE IS A REGISTERED DECLINE-TO-STATE VOTER.
EXTRA BITES:
ON WHETHER HE'S BEEN FRUSTRATED AFTER LAWMAKERS HAVE IGNORED ANALYSES BY THE L-A-O:
SUPER: MAC TAYLOR/NEW LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
SOT: (:23)
SAYS: "THEY'RE THE ONES WHO PEOPLE VOTE FOR. AND ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE ELECTORATE. WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM MAKE DECISIONS, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR OUR INFORMATION OR IDEAS TO FILTER THROUGH AND FOR THEM TO THINK ABOUT, UM, BUT UM, NO, ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT FRUSTRATING AS LONG AS THEY HEAR US, AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN AVENUE TO TALK WITH THEM, AND SHARE OUR IDEAS AND INFORMATION."
SOT: (:21)
SAYS: "THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ANYTHING THAT RESTRICTS THE LEGISLATURE'S ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND THAT CAN EXTEND FROM YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PASSED THAT TIE UP REVENUES, PROP 98 KIND OF CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION MAKING MORE DIFFICULT, FORMULAS THAT ARE IN LAW, SOME INITIATIVES..."
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT'S UH, IN SOME WAYS BEEN INAPPROPRIATE THOUGH, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE ELECTED THAT HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON EACH SIDE OF THE AISLE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. AND UH, THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE IN ON THOSE STRONG FEELINGS. AND SO IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT, UM, TO ARRIVE AT A TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO GET A BUDGET, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS."
