On October 27, 2006, the California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) issued two Legal Notices regarding revised time goals for the processing of docketed protests. The first of these was Notice 2006-5, which announced a pilot project allowing certain taxpayers to request a one-year timeline for resolving a docketed protest. The second was Notice 2006-6, which announced a goal under new FTB procedures to complete docketed protests within 24 months or less of the filing date of the protest. These two recent Notices are the latest developments in a long history of efforts to expedite the California protest process.