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City of Pleasanton Legislative Platform 2016 <br /> • o • <br /> ' LEAGUE <br /> OF CALIFORNIA 1400 K Street,Suite 400 •Sacramento,California 95914 <br /> CITIES Phone:916.659.8200 Far 916.658.8240 <br /> www.cacilles.org <br /> February 24,2016 <br /> The Honorable Is Williams <br /> State Capitol-Room 4005 <br /> Sacramento,CA 95814 <br /> RE: AB _ s'.;a _ — _._:.r..a.r .!::u!!: ..,_ <br /> Notice of Support <br /> Dear Assembly Member Williams: <br /> On behalf of the League of California Cities,I am pleased to onm.mee our support of Assembly Bill 1564 <br /> (Williams). <br /> TMs mats=vn'9 require the Oovemor•s Office of Emergency Services to work in co$nmtion with the <br /> California Highway Patrol,local Public Safety Answering Points and the wireless industry to take all <br /> necessary steps to maximize the efficiency of the 911 emergency response system,including impovhng <br /> the muting of emergency calls to the appropriate font responders,which has a critical impact on rya <br /> times. <br /> The 911 any response system is badly in need of updating. Its infrastructure and ca9 routing <br /> procedures were built upon the premise that most 911 calls would originate from either land ties,or <br /> mobile plan that wen built into automobiles. Today's nudity is very different;the number of 911 calls <br /> originating from cell phones has skyrocketed,and the 911 emergency system infrastructure and call <br /> muting procedure must be updated to reflect that It Is no exaggeration to say that!hem depend upon it <br /> The League applauds your leadership in bringing this measure forward. Should you have any questions <br /> regarding the League's position on this measure,please feel gee to contact me at(916)658-8252. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 6ss� <br /> Ton Qomartic <br /> Legislathe Representative <br /> 141 Page <br />