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4 SCA Business and Activities SCA Committees 2002-2003 Archaeology Month Representative Mark Hylkema (415) 330-6328; mhylk@parks.ca.gov Annual Meeting Planning and Agenda, 2004 Mike Lerch (909) 335-1896; mlerch@sricrm.com Avocational Society Representative Myra Herrmann (619) 446-5372; mherrmann@sandiego.gov Jerry Dudley (831) 663-2036; jtdudley@aol.com Bennyhoff Memorial Award Richard Hughes (415) 851-1410; rehughes@silcon.com Curation Representative Cindy Stankowski (619) 239-1868; cski@cts.com Education Committee Mary Gorden (209) 597-2373; magorden@email.msn.com Anne Duffield-Stoll (909) 621-7521; annestoll@sricrm.com Information Center Liaison Lynn Compas (916) 739-8356; guntherbarbed@hotmail.com Legislative Liaison Stephen Bryne (415) 458-5803; sbryne@garciaandassociates.com Membership Stacy Schneyder Case (916) 737-3000; scase@jsanet.com Native American Programs Janet Eidsness (530) 629-3153; jpeidsness@yahoo.com OHP Liaison Michael McGuirt (916) 653-8920; mmcguirt@ohp.parks.ca.gov Proceedings Donna Day (530) 478-6214; day@jps.net Professional Standards and Guidelines Lynn Gamble (760) 371-1320; lgamble@mail.sdsu.edu Publicity Breck Parkman; BParkman@compuserve.com SCA Webmaster Kristina Roper (559) 561-6011; kroper@ix.netcom.com Site Stewardship Committee Chris Padon; cpadon@discoveryworks.com Beth Padon; bpadon@discoveryworks.com Tom King Award Russ Kaldenberg (916) 978-4635; Russell_Kaldenberg@ca.blm.gov SCA Business Office Melinda Pacheco ph (530) 898-5733; fax (530) 898-4220 SCAoffice@csuchico.edu Committee Reports Native American Programs Committee Janet P. Eidsness On October 11, 2003 at the 18 th Annual California Indian Conference (CIC) hosted by Cabrillo College in Watsonville, SCA Native American Programs Committee (NAPC) presented a symposium entitled “California Tribal Programs in Heritage Resources Management.” Following opening comments on Amah Mustun Tribal Band history by Ed Ketchum, this session featured talks by THPOs Thomas Gates (Yurok Tribe) and Marnie Atkins (Table Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe), Wiyot Tribal Chairperson Cheryl A. Seidner, attorney for the Quechan Tribe Courtney Ann Coyle, and Larry Myers, Executive Secretary of the Native American Heritage Commission. About 50 updated Sourcebooks (4 th Edition) were distributed, and donation monies were put back into the Committee’s coffers to make additional copies. At a fine BBQ dinner hosted by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, President-Elect Amy Gilreath announced that Larry Myers was named the 2003 recipient of the SCA California Indian Heritage Preservation Award. In addition, the NAPC provided support to Chumash undergraduate student Maria Cordero, who delivered a paper on “Juridical Subordination of California Indians From Statehood (1850) to Civil Rights Movement (1960).” We are encouraging her to publish her paper, which she will soon present to legislators as Maria was selected as one of two students to represent UC- Santa Barbara at the March 8-9, 2004 UC Day in Sacramento. As a sign that ‘what goes around comes around’ and ‘we must be doing something right,’ after reconciling their books the CIC organizing committee donated $250 to support NAPC activities! Congrats to Rob Edwards and CIC 18 organizers, as this event appeared to have the most Native American attendees and presenters—a good sign! We are busy planning CRM workshops in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (to be held March 6-7) and the 12 bands of the Pit River Tribe (to be held in mid-April). These are exciting days! On Thursday, March 18, 2004 (4:30-5:30 p.m.—but check Program!), please join us in Riverside for the open meeting of the Native American Programs Committee at the SCA Annual Meeting. We are always looking for new members to network with, and new ideas on how we may best partner with Indian communities to meet our common goals! Look for our table in the Book Room, where we’ll have copies of the Sourcebook available. Legislative Liaison Report Stephen Bryne 108th U.S. Congress 2003-2004 California’s hopes for a big jobs boost from a new federal highway and transit spending program were fading fast amid signs that Congress and the White House were worried about its cost. The House voted 421-0 to extend the current six-year, $217 billion bill for four more months. If the Senate goes along, it would be the second extension for the old program, which was due to expire on Sept. 30. The Senate is bogged down in debate over the proposed $318 billion bill, which President Bush says he won’t support in an election year in which he has vowed to hold the line on domestic spending. His administration has proposed a $256 billion. The House Transportation Committee wants a $375 billion bill. Congress’ failure to make quick progress on the legislation is a major disappointment to members who hoped it would create a boost in new jobs during an election year. The SCA Newsletter 38(1)
5 SCA Business and Activities Senate bill faces a filibuster from members who fear the proposal would increase the budget deficit, which is already projected to top half a trillion dollars. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has suggested trimming the bill to $290 billion, but supporters of the bill don’t like that idea. “It is disappointing that some around here want to stop this bill,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., according to a transcript of her remarks scheduled for Feb. 12 on the Senate floor. “I will be fighting for it because it is extremely important for our country and my state of California.” Boxer, who is campaigning for re-election, leaves no doubt that she views the program as a jobs generator, as well as a way to fix crumbling roads and bridges and relieve traffic congestion. The Senate proposal would create an estimated 87,000 construction jobs in California and 800,000 nationally. California’s share of the proposed spending would be $21.4 billion over the next six years, up $6.1 billion from the current program. Meanwhile, in the House, a $375 billion transportation bill is being debated. With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposing cuts in state transportation spending to help deal with California’s budget deficit, officials have been hoping for an increased infusion of federal funds to keep projects on track. But under the House extension, the funding will remain at current levels. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Walnut Creek, a member of the House Transportation Committee, says the state has $2 billion in projects ready to go, just waiting for federal funds that it can’t get until the new bill passes. In the agencies, final regulations from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation dealing with certain portions of Section 106 are due in January. The Advisory Council is currently in the process of amending its Section 106 rules. In addition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a nationwide programmatic agreement that would govern the Section 106 process for communication facilities. The recent comment period for the revised Advisory Council regulations has ended. President Nixon, in the interest of streamlining the Section 106 process and to fulfill the intent of Congress, ordered that eligible sites should be given the same protection as listed sites, thus eliminating the added work and time required to get them listed. Representatives Pombo (Chair of the House Resources Committee) and Radanovich from California, also in the interest of streamlining, have submitted comments that support the idea that eligible sites should no longer be given the same consideration as sites actually listed on the National Register. How this will streamline the process is unclear, unless there is no attempt made to place eligible sites on the register at all. Representative Pombo, in a letter to John Nau, Chairman of the Advisory Council, states, “In 1966, there were 12,000 properties on the National Register. Today, the Register lists over 77,000 properties with another 9,458 more on the list of properties determined eligible by the Keeper of the National Register…. In contrast, the number of properties that “meet the National Register criteria” is unknowable, but is probably in the many tens of millions, and none have been vetted for significance or the eligibility criteria of listed properties.” California Legislature: 2003-2004 Session Historical Preservation: California Cultural and Historical Endowment (A.B. 393) Author: Cindy Montañez (D-39 th ) Summary: This bill establishes the California Urban Historical Preservation Revolving Loan Fund under the administration of the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, to the extent that funding is available. Although the endowment has broad authority to enact a similar program, the goal of this measure is to ensure that funds are available for historic preservation, on an ongoing basis, through a revolving loan fund. Specifically, this bill would create a fund from which loans will be provided to encourage the development of a systematic and coordinated assemblage of buildings, sites, artifacts, museums, cultural landscapes, illustrations, written materials, and displays and interpretive centers to preserve and tell the stories of California as a unified society and of the many groups of people that together comprise historic and modern California. In September, 2002 In September 2002, Governor Davis signed “The California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act” (act) which established the California Cultural and Historical Endowment under the administration of the California State Library (AB 716, Firebaugh, Chapter 1126, Statutes of 2002). The act authorizes the endowment to make grants and loans to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to protect and preserve California’s cultural and historic resources. Although the endowment was created in 2002 it was not funded until August 2003 when $128 million in Proposition 40 bond funds were allocated to the endowment in the Budget Act of 2003. Status: Referred to Committee on Appropriations on January 16, 2004. California for Preservation Action, California Preservation Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Los Angeles Conservancy, Pasadena Heritage, San Francisco Architectural Heritage, Save Our Heritage Organization (San Diego), Napa County Landmarks, and the California Mainstreet Alliance have registered their support of this bill. California Racial Mascots Act: Athletic Team Names and Mascots (A.B. 858) Author: Jackie Goldberg (D-45 th ) Summary: This bill establishes the California Racial Mascots Act that SCA Newsletter 38(1)
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