Someone in Pedro Nava's office told me that they'd see whether the budget legislation that would extend oil drilling leases off the coast of Santa Barbara, to try to solve the state budget crisis, gets out of committee in the next two weeks. If it does, they'll probably vote on it before the end of the month. Mark Leno is on this State Budget Conference Committee that will or won't send it to a vote: Assemblymember Noreen Evans (Democrat - Santa Rosa) - Chair Assemblymember Kevin de León (Democrat - Los Angeles) Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (Democrat - Woodland Hills) Assemblymember Roger Niello (Republican - Fair Oaks) Assemblymember Jim Nielsen (Republican - Gerber) The State Senate members of the Budget Conference Committee are: Senator Denise Ducheny (Democrat - San Diego) Senator Mark Leno (Democrat - San Francisco) PH: (916) 651-4003 Senator Alan Lowenthal (Democrat - Long Beach) Senator Bob Dutton (Republican - Rancho Cucamonga) Senator Mimi Walters (Republican - Laguna Hill