[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1749]
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 A TRIBUTE TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 17, 1998

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, my colleague Ms. Lucille 
Roybal-Allard and I rise today in order to pay tribute to the League of 
California Cities, the organization that represents the 471 
incorporated cities of our home state, California.
  The League of California Cities was founded a century ago by a small 
group comprised of 13 cities. In the century that has passed since its 
inception, the League has served as a vibrant, active forum where 
California city officials can exchange information and ideas in their 
work that keeps the great state of California moving up and moving on.
  What the League of California Cities does is strive to protect the 
local authority and autonomy of the city government and assist 
California cities in offering their citizens the best services 
possible. To help its members meet the everyday challenge of running a 
city government, the League offers services, training, and other 
programs--all of which equip California's cities to meet their 
tremendous responsibilities far into the future.
  On any given day here in the House or across the way in the Senate, 
you will find several legislators who have previously served as mayors 
and council members of California's cities and who have worked closely 
with the League for the good of those cities.
  It seems appropriate that the theme for the League's Centennial is: 
``100 Years of Working Together: Better Cities--A Better Life.'' For 
the 32 million citizens of the state of California, the cities where 
they live and work and play and grow offer them just that opportunity--
a better life, a better chance, thanks to people working together.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that we recognize the League 
of California Cities for 100 years of service to the people of the 
great state of California. And it is with sincere wishes that our 
successors here in the House of Representatives have the privilege of 
working with this same institution 100 years hence.

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