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CPF Priority Bills

For those who've been keeping tabs on Sacramento the last couple of years, you know that it's been quite a roller coaster ride - from navigating the longest budget impasse in our state's history to maneuvering through an unprecedented legislative procedural maze.

In 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger signed ALL of the CPF priority bills that were approved with overwhelming bi-partisan support by the Legislature. This in a year when the Governor set a modern-day record for vetoing legislation, rejecting nearly 35 percent of bills that reached his desk in 2008. The bills signed into law in 2009 will provide a range of enhanced workplace protections that firefighters and their families will benefit from for generations to come.

2009 was a banner legislative year for our organization. But, we can't sit on our laurels now. There's plenty of work to do on behalf of California's front line firefighters.

CPF now turns with new urgency to the 2010 legislative year. Our ambitious legislative agenda, approved unanimously by the CPF Executive Board, has been transformed into an aggressive package of bills on behalf of CPF members, which state lawmakers will consider in the coming months.

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