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2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
Because they're multi use, they encourage other user groups to share public land with motorized users - another important outcome of this project. I fully support it! Travis Feist - 3/30/2024

The Sierra Butte Trail stewardship projects are very important for local economies and recreation in general. I use these trails every summer and share them with family and friends. We also spend money in the local communities. Erik Forberg - 4/24/2024

As long-time resident of northern California (resident of SF for past 35 years) and a frequent visitor (along with my wife, son and daughter) to the Sierra Buttes/Downieville area, I wanted to express my strong support for this grant proposal. Start with the fact that the SBTS organization is a first rate organization that is committed to the responsible and thoughtful development of single track trails for both motorized and non-motorized two wheeled recreation in the Sierra Buttes/Downieville area. They have a long history of responsible stewardship of the network of trails and know exactly where to put their resources to make best use of the grant. Second, I have ridden these trails countless times on both my off-road motorcycle and on my Mt. Bike and can attest to the fact that the motorized single track in the Downieville Trail System is some of the best single track riding in northern California. Point being, that this area is deserving of funding and resources to preserve the quality and character of the trails. Third, the Downieville Trail System is a key contributor to the economic vitality of Downieville, Sierra City and Graeagle and the broader Lakes Basin area. The quality of the riding (both motorized and non-motorized) draws thousands of people to the area during the summer and fall seasons year in and year out. Investing in the maintenance of these trails is an investment in the economic well being of the entire area. Please consider my comments and those of others as you consider this grant request. Given the organization involved and trail system in question, you couldn't make a better investment. Fred Benz - 5/2/2024

We certainly need to keep these trails updated and safe.
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Welcome to the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library Local History Room & CollectionThe Local History Room at the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library collects and preserves materials which illustrate the vibrant history of the City of Monterey Park. 

 
 
 

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Collection HighlightsSignificant holdings include local newspapers such as the Monterey Park Progress, Monterey Park Cascades, the Monterey Park Journal, and the Monterey Park Comet. The Library also has a microfilm collection featuring articles from the Monterey Park Progress, the Los Angeles Times, International News Daily, the Alhambra Post Advocate, and the China News Daily. The Library owns a collection of books written by Monterey Park authors including bound editions of Monterey Park’s Around the Writer’s Block group containing original works from residents and first time authors. Lastly, there is a vertical file containing newspaper clippings and photographs.  Collection Size and ScopeHoldings currently comprise 181 bound items, three file cabinets of microfilm, Monterey Park City Directories, City Council Minutes from 1916-2011, Mark Keppel High School Yearbooks, and scrapbooks. Most of the collection ranges in date from the 1900s to the present.

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Local History Digital Resource ProjectThis collection of photographs, slides, postcards, and picture clippings documents the history of the City of Monterey Park and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley. These photographs were collected over the years by the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library and the Monterey Park Historical Society. The collection tells the story of the establishment of Monterey Park as a city in 1916, the emergence of business and industry, and documents some of the well-known historical faces of Monterey Park.
2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
We support their requests for officer reimbursement for OSV patrol time and related administrative costs, subscriptions for Garmin devices that will keep personnel safe, a truck for pulling OSV/OHV trailers, snowmobile storage space, snowmobile maintenance needs, and gear such as winter gloves for patrols. The grant would help to alleviate the stated staffing issues, and support 2 deputies being in the field. In an area with a very high amount of winter recreation and OSV use, supporting the needs of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department is crucial for all winter recreationists. We have seen how the presence of winter staff at OHV (OSV) trailheads can minimize winter recreation conflicts and create a safe, enjoyable experience for all users. Often there are good land management plans in place, but no funding for the staff needed to support them on the ground. By funding education for winter users and enforcement of things like wilderness boundaries and safe speeds, user increases and the difficulty in communicating land management changes can be mitigated. This ultimately helps to create a better experience for all of those getting out on public lands –both OSV and other winter users. Thank you for your consideration of our comments. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with public agencies and winter recreation stakeholders to help develop equitable and balanced recreation opportunities. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. For more information, contact Kelly Bessem, WWA California Stewardship Manager OR Hilary Eisen, WWA Policy Director: heisen@winterwildlands.org Kelly Bessem - 5/6/2024

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i cannot support this grant request. Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted against the TESLA expansion of Carnegie SVRA. The Funds requested is way, way too much for chasing mini bikers riding outside of this SVRA and riding illegally on roads, alleys, and private property. This is just ONE reason Carnegie SVRA was created. Legal and safe OHV recreation. Nearly $200,000 for the Grant, is a cost of $16,666.66 PER MONTH! Please demand an AUDIT (Legal Requirement] be done to show where the money went in a past year.
Home - Veterans Affairs (VA) History
Adaptive Exhilaration: Equipment from the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports ClinicIn 2024, the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, hosted by the Grand Junction VA Medical Center and co-presented with Disabled American Veterans, will donate adaptive ski equipment from the early years of the event to the National VA History Center in Dayton, Ohio. The clinic started i​n 1986 when VA established it and then held the the inaugural event at Powderhorn the following year. The clinic welcomed approximately 90 Veterans from 27 states, bolstered by a volunteer staff of about 20. Despite skepticism from many health professionals of the era, the clinic underscored the importance of physical activity for persons of all abilities.​
This exhibit includes multiple items that were used at the early clinics, which are finding a new home at the National VA History Center.
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New Skills, New Freedoms: Occupational Therapy Artifacts from the National VA History Center While Veterans engaged in activities and learned trades at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) since its inception after the Civil War, formal occupational therapy programs became components of rehabilitative care for Veterans beginning in the 20th century. This exhibit explores what type of activities were used to treat Veterans by showing items from the collection at the National VA History Center.
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Curator CornerWhile the National VA History Center continues progressing, get a peek inside the growing artifact collection and records archive that will one day be featured in various displays or be accessible and centralized for research. As part of our effort, the Curator Kurt Senn and Senior Archivist Robyn Rodgers will provide insight into the efforts behind the scenes to establish the future museum and archive center that will help show VA’s story. Some of our series include ‘What’s in the box?‘ that will highlight unique items that are literally found in boxes as the team opens them and ‘From the collection,’ which traces the history of items that are stored on site.
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What’s in the box: Librarian Helen CarsonIt isn’t often that researchers who work with historic objects get to know the people who used those objects every day.
VA Video Connect | VA Mobile
Tip 3: The virtual medical room page won’t load in the browser. (1:27)
Tip 4: The virtual medical room takes a long time to load. (2:00)
Tip 5: I cannot hear or speak to my provider. (2:34)
Tip 6: I cannot see myself or my provider on the screen. (3:24)
Tip 7: The video picture freezes or audio cuts in and out. (4:02)

Downloadable Training MaterialsBrochure (English)Getting Started on Desktop (English)Getting Started on Mobile (English)Fact Sheet (English)Quick GuidesVA Video Connect Android Devices User Guide for Veterans (English)VA Video Connect iOS Devices User Guide for Veterans (English)VA Video Connect Web User Guide for Veterans (English)VA-issued Veteran iPad/iPhone GuidesVeteran Instructions for Tablet in Single Use Mode (English) (Spanish)Veteran Instructions for Tablet in Passcode Mode (English)VA iPad Setup Guide (English) (Spanish)Mail App on iPad Mini (English) (Spanish)iPhone Setup Guide (English) (Spanish)VA-issued Veteran iPad Bluetooth Peripheral Setup GuidesVVC iOS Veteran Instructions for Pairing of Stethoscope (English) (Spanish)VVC iOS Veteran Instructions for Pairing of Blood Pressure (English) (Spanish)VVC iOS Veteran Instructions for Pairing of Weight Scale (English) (Spanish)VVC iOS Veteran Instructions for Pairing of Temperature Gauge (English) (Spanish)VVC iOS Veteran Instructions for Pairing of Pulse Oximeter (English) (Spanish)Additional Training MaterialsLow Vision Options for iPads/iPhones  (English) (Spanish)

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What is the VA Video Connect App?The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Video Connect mobile application (app) enables you to connect to a virtual medical room. In the virtual medical room, you participate in video health care visits where a hands-on physical examination is not required.
2001 Budget Analysis: Electricity Oversight Board (8770)


2001 Budget Analysis: Electricity Oversight Board (8770)

Legislative Analyst's Office
Analysis of the 2001-02 Budget Bill
  

Electricity Oversight Board (8770) 
The Electricity Oversight Board was created by Chapter 854, Statutes of 1996 (AB 1890, Brulte), which restructured California's electricity industry. The board oversees the electricity market
and the activities of the Independent System Operator, the nonprofit organization that manages the portion (approximately 75 percent) of the electricity transmission system owned by the state's
three investor-owned utilities—Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric. In addition, the board is responsible for representing the state before the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has jurisdiction over some aspects of California's restructured electricity market.
The budget includes $4.4 million for the board's activities in the budget year, which is $1.6 million more than estimated current-year expenditures due to proposals for additional staff and
consultant funds to enhance its market monitoring and oversight activities in response to the electricity crisis. Proposed 2001-02 funding would support 30.4 personnel-years (PYs), an increase
of 10.4 PYs.
Consultant Funds for Electricity Market Analysis 
We withhold recommendation on the $500,000 requested to contract with the University of California Energy Institute for electricity market analysis until the board reports
to the Legislature prior to budget hearings on specific proposals to allocate the requested funds. 
The budget proposes $500,000 on an ongoing basis for the board to contract with the University of California Energy Institute to analyze the state's electricity market. According to the board,
the institute would (1) perform independent, long-term research on topics such as congestion management reform, supply issues, competition in the retail market for electricity, price
responsiveness of demand, and market design; (2) develop methods for detecting market abuses; and (3) assess different market structures. Beyond mentioning these general research topics,
the board does not include a definite proposal for using the funds. Consequently, we withhold recommendation on the $500,000 request. The board should report to the Legislature prior to
budget hearings on specific proposals to allocate the requested funds.

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Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2008-12 | Internal Revenue Service
The three 24-month average corporate bond segment rates applicable for March 2008 under the election of § 430(h)(2)(G)(iv) are as follows: First Segment Second Segment Third Segment 5.24 5.97 6.49 The transitional segment rates under § 430(h)(2)(G) applicable for March 2008, taking into account the corporate bond weighted average of 5.96 stated above, are as follows: For Plan Years Beginning in First Segment Second Segment Third Segment 2008 5.72 5.96 6.14 30-YEAR TREASURY SECURITIES INTEREST RATES Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) (prior to amendment by PPA) defines the applicable interest rate, which must be used for purposes of determining the minimum present value of a participant’s benefit under § 417(e)(1) and (2), as the annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities for the month before the date of distribution or such other time as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe. Section 1.417(e)-1(d)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations provides that the applicable interest rate for a month is the annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities as specified by the Commissioner for that month in revenue rulings, notices or other guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. The rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities for February 2008 is 4.52 percent. The Service has determined this rate as the average of the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond maturing in May 2037 determined each day through February 6, 2007, and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond maturing in February 2038 determined each day for the balance of the month. Generally for plan years beginning after 2007, § 431 specifies the minimum funding requirements that apply to multiemployer plans pursuant to § 412. Section 431(c)(6)(B) specifies a minimum amount for the full-funding limitation described in § 431(c)(6)(A), based on the plan’s current liability.
The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Transportation
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Revisions to Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Packages 
Modifies Some Funding Provisions, but Sustains Same Overall Amounts as Prior-Year Agreements. The 2022-23 budget package planned for significant multiyear General Fund augmentations for transportation programs. In total, these augmentations intended to provide $10.9 billion over a five-year period. This included $9.5 billion through the Transportation Infrastructure Package and $1.4 billion through the Supply Chain Package. The 2023-24 budget package sustains the same overall amounts for the various programs in each of the packages, which is displayed in Figure 2. While total multiyear funding levels remain the same as in the prior-year agreements, the budget makes the following modifications:

Population-Based Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP). While the budget package provides the same amount as originally planned for in previous agreements—$4 billion—it expands the allowable uses for this funding to include operational expenditures, as we discuss in more detail below.
Active Transportation Program. The budget shifts a portion of the funding—$300 million—for the Active Transportation Program from the General Fund to SHA.
Local Climate Adaptation Programs. The budget shifts the full amount of funding—$200 million—for local climate adaptation programs from the General Fund to SHA.
Grade Separation Projects Within TIRCP.
Technology | San Bruno, CA
To learn more or to reserve the printer, go to the 3D Printing information page.Hotspots and ChromebooksThe San Bruno Public Library offers MIFI hotspots and Chromebooks to borrow to take home for Peninsula Library System cardholders in good standing and not in temporary status. Borrowers who are in 8th grade and under must have their parent/guardian present when checking out a device.There are no holds or reservations allowed on any device.Loan period is 3 weeks. If at the time of renewal there is at least one MIFI hotspot or Chromebook available at the San Bruno Public Library, the item can then be renewed for another three weeks. Hotspots and Chromebooks that are past due will be terminated remotely by Library staff 14 days after the due date. Devices not returned within 30 days of the due date are considered lost and the full replacement cost for the device plus a processing fee will be charged.Devices must be returned directly to a Library staff person at the San Bruno Public Library. Borrower will be responsible for and assessed for any applicable lost or damage fees that occur during use or transit.The borrower is solely responsible for the device(s). If device(s) is not returned in the same condition as borrowed, the borrower will be billed for repair or replacement costs associated with damage or loss of device(s) and/or peripherals for items that are no longer able to be circulated.If the device(s) is lost, stolen, or damaged, contact a staff member at the San Bruno Public Library as soon as possible.The Library is not responsible for data outages, device errors or network downtime; and the loan period will not be extended due to outages, errors or downtime. No alterations of the settings, software or hardware on any technology device is allowed.Hotspots access the Internet through T-Mobile's network, not the Library’s network, and the user is subject to T-Mobile's network management policy.Printing Print at the Library on one of our computers or print to the Library from your home computer, laptop, smart phone, or mobile device! Send your documents the same day you will be coming to the library to pick them up. Mobile Printing Instructions Printing Costs:Black and White: First 3 pages are free. Subsequent pages are 15 cents/page.
Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2008-12 | Internal Revenue Service
As noted in Part III above, § 1107 of PPA ’06 provides certain rules with respect to plan amendments adopted pursuant to statutory provisions under PPA ’06. Rev. Rul. 2007-67, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1047, provides guidance regarding the implementation of § 302 of PPA ’06, including guidance regarding the application of § 1107 of PPA ’06 to amendments adopted pursuant to § 302 of PPA ’06. Q-16. If, after § 302 of PPA ’06 is effective, a plan is amended, during the period established in § 1107(b)(2)(A) of PPA ’06, to provide that the amount payable under an optional form of benefit that is subject to the minimum present value requirement of § 417(e)(3) is calculated as the more favorable to participants of (i) the amount calculated by using the pre-PPA ’06 applicable mortality table and pre-PPA ’06 applicable interest rate, or (ii) the amount calculated by using the post-PPA ’06 applicable mortality table and post-PPA ’06 applicable interest rate, will the plan fail to satisfy the requirement that the QJSA for a married participant be at least as valuable as any other form of benefit payable under the plan at the same time? A-16. A plan does not fail to satisfy the requirement that the QJSA for a married participant be at least as valuable as any other form of benefit payable under the plan at the same time merely because the amount payable under an optional form of benefit that is subject to the minimum present value requirement of § 417(e)(3) is calculated as the more favorable to participants of (i) the amount calculated by using the pre-PPA ’06 applicable mortality table and pre-PPA ’06 applicable interest rate, or (ii) the amount calculated by using the post-PPA ’06 applicable mortality table and post-PPA ’06 applicable interest rate. This special treatment for amounts calculated by using the pre-PPA ’06 applicable mortality table and pre-PPA ’06 applicable interest rate applies only through the end of the period described in § 1107(b)(2)(A) of PPA ’06.
Collection - U.S. National Parks
Crater Lake, Oregon
Crater Lake is formed from the caldera of Mount Mazama. Part of the Cascades volcanic chain, Mount Mazama sits between the Three Sisters volcanoes to the north and Mount Shasta to the south. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Mazama that occurred approximately 7,700 years ago destroyed the volcano while simultaneously forming the basin for Crater Lake. Eruptive activity continued in the region for perhaps a few hundred years after the major eruption. Evidence of this activity lingers in volcanic rocks, lava flows, and domes beneath the lake surface; the small cone of Wizard Island is the only visible portion of these younger rocks. Although considered a dormant volcano, Crater Lake is part of the United States Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory seismic monitoring network.
Published Sep 18, 2006
 

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Land Between The Lakes
President Kennedy designated this area a National Recreation Area in 1963 as a demonstration site to explore how an area with limited value for agricultural or timber harvesting and no major industrial activity could be transformed into an economically productive recreation area. 
Published Jul 16, 2006
 

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Bryce Canyon National Park
The park sits at the eastern edge of the Paunsaugant Plateau, and the ridgeline offers stunning views across southern Utah.
Published Jun 25, 2006
 

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San Francisco Peaks Volcano Field
Northern Arizona is best known for the Grand Canyon. Less widely known are the hundreds of geologically young volcanoes scattered across the southern portion of the Colorado Plateau at the eastern foothills of the San Francisco Peaks. 
Published May 23, 2006
 

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Pinnacles National Monument
The landscape was formed as wind, water, and earthquakes carved away a 23-million-year-old volcano.
Published May 14, 2006
 

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North Cascades National Park
Over 300 glaciers, about one-third of the glaciers in the Lower 48 states, lie within the park boundaries. 
Published May 7, 2006
 

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Death Valley National Park