public library systems with branch offices in their respective localities that provide

Internet access to their patrons.  

The Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, for over three years from 1999 

2001, received $135,000 in LSTA grants and $19,500 in E rate discounts for Internet

access.  The Multnomah County Public Library received $70,000 in E rate discounts for

Internet access this year, and has applied for $100,000 in E rate discounts for the

upcoming year.  The Norfolk Public Library System received $90,000 in E rate discounts

for Internet access this year, and has received a $200,000 LSTA grant to put computer

labs in eight of its libraries.  The Santa Cruz Public Library Joint Powers Authority

received $20,560 in E rate discounts for Internet access in 2001 02.  The SCLS received

between $3,000 and $5,000 this year in E rate discounts for Internet access. 

The Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Board is a public board whose

members are appointed by elected county commissioners.  The Multnomah County

Library is a county department, whose board is appointed by the county chair and

confirmed by the other commissioners.  The SCLS is an aggregation of 51 independently

governed statutory member public libraries, whose relationship to SCLS is defined by

state law.  The governing body of the SCLS is the Library Board of Trustees, which

consists of 20 members nominated by county executives and ratified by county boards of

supervisors.  

2.  Patron and Patron Association Plaintiffs

Plaintiffs Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Friends of

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