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CAPITOL TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE

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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008

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1. LAWMAKER PAY RAISES?.................................VO/SOT

2. GOVERNOR REDISTRICT & BUDGET...............VO/FILE

3. GREEN JOBS FOR EARTH DAY.........................VO/SOT

4. CATHOLICS AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROTESTS...............VO/SOT

5. SENATE PRO TEMPORE USING STAFF ILLEGALLY?..VO/SOT

6. GOVERNOR/EARTH DAY............................................VO

1. LAWMAKER PAY RAISES? VO/SOT

• REACTION FROM LT. GOVERNOR WHOSE PAY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE COMMISSION'S DECISION HAS A SOUNDBITE ON IT AS AN EXTRA BITE IN GREEN JOBS FOR EARTH DAY, ITEM #3•

LIVE: AS LAWMAKERS CONTEMPLATE WHAT TO CUT FROM THE STATE'S DEFICIT RIDDEN BUDGET, THEIR OWN SALARIES MAY BE CUT THIS YEAR. THE CITIZENS COMPENSATION COMMISSION MET IN VAN NUYS TODAY AND DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION TO STUDY WHETHER IT COULD CUT PAY AND HOW THAT PAY CUT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:20) THE COMMISSION WILL MEET IN MAY OR JUNE IN SACRAMENTO TO DETERMINE WHETHER LAWMAKER SALARIES WILL BE REDUCED OR FROZEN AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL. THEY RECEIVED A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT RAISE LAST YEAR, AFTER PRODUCING AN OUT OF BALANCE BUDGET MORE THAN 50 DAYS LATE. SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WILL NOT ALLOW RAISES TO BE CONSIDERED IN YEAR'S WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST DETERMINES THERE IS A DEFICIT. HE TAKES ISSUE WITH A STUDY BEING CONDUCTED TO EXPLORE LEGISLATIVE PAY CUTS WHEN THE STATE FACING A NINE BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND CALIFORNIA FAMILIES ARE FACING LAY OFFS AND RISING PRICES FOR GASOLINE AND FOOD.

SUPER: SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO/R-SANTA MARIA

SOT: (:06)

SAYS: "A STUDY'S THE LAST THING WE NEED ... THERE OUGHT TO BE A REDUCTION THAT'S HOW I FEEL."

VO TAG: MALDONADO HAS REJECTED EVERY PAY RAISE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION SINCE HE ENTERED THE ASSEMBLY IN 1998. VOTERS APPROVED A MEASURE THAT REQUIRES THE COMMISSION TO MEET EACH YEAR BEFORE THE END OF JUNE TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO CHANGE LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER SALARIES.

EXTRA BITES:

SUPER: SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO/R-SANTA MARIA

SOT: (:09)

SAYS: "WE'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE ... PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA TODAY, THEY'RE STRUGGLING."

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "I WOULDN'T MIND GETTING A RAISE IF WE WERE IN THE BLACK .. WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH AND THERE'S RED INK."