May 25, 2012
AB 1692 (Wieckowski), the newest municipal bankruptcy bill, was held on the Assembly floor this week after mounting opposition from local governments and statewide media.
May 25, 2012
This week the Senate and the Assembly Appropriations Committees met and took up items on their suspense files.
May 23, 2012
Today the Assembly Budget Sub Committee 4 met to discuss the Department of Finance’s (DOF) proposed redevelopment trailer bill language.
May 18, 2012
URGENT ACTION REQUESTED: Inform your legislators of the overwhelming challenges your city has faced with the redevelopment dissolution process and ask them to reject the Department of Finance’s (DOF) redevelopment budget trailer bill and use AB 1585 (Pérez), SB 986 (Dutton) and SB 1335 (Pavley) as a more positive starting point for redevelopment-related budget discussions and future state-local economic development efforts.
May 18, 2012
The California Department of Finance (DOF) just issued three new guidance documents to address the growing list of questions that have arisen concerning the implementation of the redevelopment agency dissolution legislation, AB x1 26. The three guidance documents are marked with a red NEW and can be found on the department’s website.
May 14, 2012
The below list represents the bills scheduled for hearing this week for which the League currently has a position.
May 11, 2012
Don't miss these articles in the May Issue of Western City magazine.
May 9, 2012
SB 1162 (Runner) authorizes animal control officers, upon receiving training and approval from their authorizing agency, to administer a tranquilizer to subdue a wild or dangerous animal that may pose an emergency safety threat to the community or itself.
May 9, 2012
Today, League-supported AB 2308 (Torres) was passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.
May 7, 2012
In addition to its major bills, the League is also tracking a number of other bills of interest.
May 4, 2012
The League opposes AB 1549 (Gatto), which would outline additional responsibilities for the Office of Permit Assistance and require the office to provide technical assistance to local agencies by developing guidelines for an expedited permit process.