ADVISORY/League To Hold Its Annual Conference in Sacramento; Honored Speaker Governor Gray Davis; Key Event Details and Information on Press Attendance.

News Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday through Thursday (Dec. 18-20)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

      What: League of California Cities 103rd Annual Conference: The
    Power of Cities - Strength in Numbers. Mayors, council members and
    city officials from around the state will attend the conference.

      Where: Sacramento Convention Center.

      When: Tuesday, December 18 through Thursday, December 20.

      Topics of Interest:

          -- The future of city funds and strengthening cities' fiscal
        condition

          -- Public safety issues in a new terrorism environment

          -- Housing issues and community planning

          -- The future of electricity in California

      Speakers:

          -- Governor Gray Davis

          -- Scott O'Grady, Captain, USAF (Retired), shot down over
        Bosnia and later rescued

          -- Ruben Barrales, Deputy Assistant to the President; Director
        of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House

          -- Janet Lapp, Ph.D., Author, TV Host, Clinical Psychologist,
        and Lecturer

          -- Clifton Taulbert, Author & Lecturer, Building Community
        Institute, Tulsa, Oklahoma

          -- William Freund, Chief Economist Emeritus, New York Stock
        Exchange

          -- Richard Lamm, Director Center for Public Policy and
        Contemporary Issues, University of Denver; former Colorado
        Governor

Press Attendance

All media must first check in at the media room, located at the Sacramento Convention Center in Room 102 to receive a name badge.