Mayors lobby against cuts

Mayors of the state's largest cities made a broad appeal Tuesday to California officials not to take property tax money from local governments struggling to balance their budgets. Daiily News.

Organized by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, officials from San Diego, Sacramento and Santa Ana met with state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Controller John Chiang and legislative leaders, offering to work with them to solve the state's $21 billion deficit without harming local government.