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1. H1N1 VIRUS UPDATE VO/SOT

2. ASSEMBLY VOTES ON LABOR CONTRACT VO/SOT

3. CHILD CARE UNIONS OPPOSE SPENDING CAP VO/SOT

4. PRO-BUSINESS BILLS VO/SOT

BUSTED!!!

5. Polls Favor Legal Pot VO/SOT

The Assemblyman who wrote the bill to legalize and tax adult marijuana use today declined repeated requests for interviews.

6. TAX REVENUES DOWN VO/SOT

BUSTED!!!

7. Tibet Resolution Stalled VO/SOT

The Assembly Rules Committee today did not take up consideration of the Tibet Resolution. Interviews with committee members not possible due to time constraints.

2. ASSEMBLY VOTES ON LABOR CONTRACT VO/SOT

LIVE:

THE CONTRACT STRUCK BETWEEN THE STATE AND ITS LARGEST EMPLOYEE UNION IS ON HOLD, AFTER IT FAILED TO GARNER ITS REQUIRED TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR RATIFICATION BY THE STATE ASSEMBLY TODAY. THE CONTRACT RECEIVED NO REPUBLICAN VOTES, WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS URGING NO RATIFICATION UNTIL AFTER THE UPCOMING MAY 19TH SPECIAL ELECTION.

SUPER: FILE

VO: (:25)

MEMBERS OF THE S-E-I-U LOCAL ONE-THOUSAND HAVE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND UNION LEADERS. IF RATIFIED BY LAWMAKERS, UNION MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ONE UNPAID FURLOUGHS EACH MONTH, BUT ALSO RECEIVE TO ADDITIONAL PAID HOLIDAYS OF THEIR CHOICE. MOST STATE EMPLOYEES, WHO DON'T HAVE NEW CONTRACTS, ARE TAKING TWO UNPAID FURLOUGH DAYS PER MONTH BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER. REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYMAN ROGER NIELLO SAYS THE STATE STILL HAS TO CLOSE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT, WHICH COULD GET LARGER DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN ROGER NIELLO/ R-FAIR OAKS

SOT: (:24)

SAYS: "WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE DETER-, DETERIORATED FURTHER SINCE WE, UH, INKED THE DEAL BACK IN, UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, UH, AND, UH, I THINK WE ALSO NEED THAT, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ELECTION, UH, THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE WHICH MEANS REVENUES WOULD FALL AND PROBABLY CASE LOADS AS, WILL RISE. THE ELECTION STANDS ONLY TO EXACERBATE THAT. UH, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE."

VO CONT'D: (:08)

ASSEMBLYMAN ED HERNANDEZ SAYS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THRE TASTE TO GO BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE FOR A BETTER DEAL FROM THE S-E-I-U.

SUPER:ASSEMBLYMAN ED HERNANDEZ/ D-WEST COVINA

SOT: (:13)

SAYS: "I MEAN, THE S-E-I-U'S GIVEN UP QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOME FURLOUGH DAYS, THERE ARE TWO DAYS OFF, UH, PAID LEAVE, THEY'VE TAKEN A CUT IN THEIR PAY. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT THAT'S MADE WITH THE GOVERNOR, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP FOR RECONSIDERATION LATER HOPEFULLY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT BACK OUT."

VO TAG:

HERNANDEZ SAYS IT'S LIKELY THE BILL WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE MAY 19TH SPECIAL ELECTION.

EDITOR'S NOTE: NIELLO IS PRONOUNCED "NEE-lo."

EXTRA BITES:

SUPER:ASSEMBLYMAN ED HERNANDEZ/ D-WEST COVINA

ASKED IF THE STATE SHOULD BLOW UP THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND GO BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE WITH THE S-E-I-U.

SOT: (:13)

SAYS: "WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE NOT, BECAUSE THEY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF, UH, DUE DILIGENCE, THEY, YOU KNOW, S-E-I-U GAVE UP ON A LOT OF ISSUES, THEY CAME TO THE BARGAINING TABLE AND WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I HOPE THAT IT'S NOT BLOWN UP, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WORK KIND OF DOWN THE DRAIN."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN ROGER NIELLO/ R-FAIR OAKS

ASKED IF THE STATE SHOULD RE-OPEN CONTRACT TALKS WITH THE UNION.

SOT: (:13)

SAYS: "I'M NOT SAYING THAT, I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED, UH, TO SEE HOW ALL OF THESE, UH, PIECES OF THE PUZZLE, UH, ARE GONNA FALL, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA FIT TOGETHER AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT GONNA FIT TOGETHER AND I JUST THINK IT'S PREMATURE TO RATIFY THE AGREEMENT."

ASKED IF S-E-I-U MEMBERS WILL BE ANGRY THAT THE ASSEMBLY FAILED TO APPROVE A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "THAT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF STATE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CONSTITUENTS, UH, BUT THIS BUDGET CHALLENGE, THIS HUGE BUDGET CHALLENGE WE HAVE, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE STATE, NOT JUST MY DISTRICT."