September 10, 2012
The League announced and introduced its newly elected 2012-13 board of directors’ executive committee Friday, Sept. 7, during its 114th Annual Conference & Expo in San Diego.
September 10, 2012
The League’s policy committees and Board of Directors address legislative and policy issues throughout the year on a wide variety of topics.
September 10, 2012
The League announced at the opening session of its Annual Conference & Expo in San Diego, its selection of Riverside Mayor and League Past President Ron Loveridge as the League’s 2012 Past Presidents’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
September 10, 2012
Hundreds of city officials from throughout California participated in a variety of educational meetings and sessions in San Diego at the League’s Annual Conference & Expo last week, making the overall conference a success.
September 4, 2012
On Friday, Aug. 31 the Legislature completed work for the 2011-12 session, sending a number of items to Gov. Jerry Brown for action.
August 31, 2012
On the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session the Legislature passed AB 340 (Furutani), the League-supported pension reform measure. Action in both houses commenced in the afternoon with both the Assembly and Senate passing the measure by large margins.
August 31, 2012
This evening, the Legislature passed SB 863 (De León), the workers’ compensation bill that would both increase benefits to injured workers and is intended lower costs for employers. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed workers’ compensation legislation last year calling for more significant reform.
August 31, 2012
On Thursday, League-supported SB 214 (Wolk) was passed in the Senate with a 22 – 15 vote, sending it to Gov. Jerry Brown. SB 214 makes important changes to existing Infrastructure Financing District (IFD) law and will enable IFDs to become a more helpful financing tool for a wide variety of local infrastructure.
August 31, 2012
Amendments to AB 1616 (Gatto), just taken on Aug. 24, would require cities to issue permits to cottage home-based food businesses.
August 31, 2012
The California Statewide Communities Development Authority, in conjunction with the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment, is offering a free webinar to provide public agencies and nonprofit organizations in California access to tax exempt financing for critical sustainable energy projects.
August 31, 2012
California Latino and Asian voter registration rates are the focus of the first policy brief released by the California Civic Engagement.
August 31, 2012
Don't miss these articles in the September issue of Western City magazine.
August 30, 2012
Today in a special meeting, the League of California Cities board of directors adopted the following motion concerning the recent pension reform proposal:
August 30, 2012
This year the League has been tracking a number of major bills which affect cities as reflected in its updated Aug. 10 Major Bills List. This week, the League also published a list of gut and amends that affect cities. The following actions have occurred for the bills the League is tracking.
August 28, 2012
Earlier today Gov. Jerry Brown held a news conference in Los Angeles to announce that he and legislative Democrats had reached an agreement on pension reform. His office simultaneously issued a news release outlining the proposals components, through actual language has yet to be released.
August 28, 2012
On Monday, Aug. 27, the League reported on a number of gut and amend bills being analyzed by League staff for potential impacts to cities. Since then the following updates have occurred.
August 27, 2012
This is the last week of the Legislative session and many of the bills the League has been tracking in committees this year are on the Senate or Assembly floor awaiting action. The Senate convened at 12 p.m. today, while the Assembly met at 1 p.m.
August 27, 2012
The last week of session is typically filled with last minute gut and amends. This year is no different. The following bills are still being analyzed by League staff for potential impacts to cities.
August 24, 2012
For the better part of a year, the League has been involved in a working group assembled to address issues surrounding the abuse of ADA lawsuits. SB 1186 (Steinberg), the vehicle for these solutions, will most likely be amended today and heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
August 24, 2012
It was a big win for cities Thursday when League-opposed hot bill AB 1551 (Torres) was amended to address an unrelated housing issue. While AB 2451 (Pérez) another priority bill is still moving after being passed in the Senate this week.