For release:
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

More than 1,500 REALTORS® converge in Sacramento for annual Legislative Day

Quick Facts:
· Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. scheduled to speak
· Senator George Runner (R-Palmdale) scheduled to address attendees


SACRAMENTO (June 2) – More than 1,500 members of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) will be in Sacramento tomorrow to participate in the Association's 39th Annual Legislative Day activities.

Among the day's events are opportunities for REALTORS® to meet with the state's political leaders. During the morning briefing, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Sacramento Convention Center, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Senator George Runner (R-Palmdale) will speak about issues affecting the real estate industry.

Following the morning briefing, REALTORS® will march to the capital for a group photo on the west steps, and then will meet with their elected officials during the afternoon. Later that evening, C.A.R.'s valued political contributors and state VIPs will mix and mingle with California’s power elite from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Reception at the Sheraton Grand Hotel. For more information on C.A.R.’s Legislative Day, please visit http://www.car.org/governmentalaffairs/grassroots/legday09/.

Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 155,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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