August 28, 2015
It was déjà vu all over again on Wednesday when the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee cancelled its Aug. 27 hearing on AB 113 (Committee on Budget), the Department of Finance (DOF)-sponsored redevelopment dissolution bill.
August 28, 2015
Friday is the deadline to amend bills in the Legislature.
August 28, 2015
The Legislature will wrap up the first year of the 2015-16 legislative session on Sept. 11 and then Gov. Jerry Brown will have until Oct. 11 to sign or veto all bills.
August 28, 2015
This story is part of an ongoing series featuring Helen Putnam Award entries.
August 28, 2015
California mayors are invited to join a conference call on Sept. 4 with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro to discuss what mayors can personally do to engage their communities, and particularly private landlords, in the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness.
August 26, 2015
The League of California Cities® and the Institute for Local Government (ILG) are surveying city managers regarding local climate action planning. Up to $3 billion dollars in Cap-and-Trade emissions auction funds will be distributed over the next two years.
August 26, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to ensure that stakeholders understand the new federal Clean Water Rule (a.k.a. the Waters of the U.S./WOTUS rule) that will go into effect on Aug. 28.
August 26, 2015
The National League of Cities is excited to invite you to Nashville this year for their annual Congress of Cities Conference — the largest gathering of city leaders in the country.
August 25, 2015
“Roads fix must put real dent in repair backlog” reads the headline of an op-ed in today’s Sacramento Bee penned by the executive directors of the three organizations that founded the Fix Our Roads Coalition.
August 24, 2015
The CalPERS Board of Administration conducted a workshop on Aug. 19 to examine whether to implement a long-term strategy to reduce investment volatility risk by gradually implementing a long-term rate hike, a move designed to prevent future rate hike spikes as well.
August 21, 2015
This story is part of an ongoing series featuring Helen Putnam Award entries.
August 21, 2015
With legislators back in the Capitol after their month-long recess, the special session on transportation funding was front and center this week with the first committee hearing on specific legislation and several events in Northern and Southern California.
August 21, 2015
Here we go again. An end-of-session effort to move the Department of Finance’s (DOF) bill, AB 113 (Committee on Budget), was launched today when the Senate File revealed that the bill has been set for Thursday, Aug. 27 in the Senate Budget Committee.
August 21, 2015
There are 20 spots for a special tour of the San José Environmental Innovation Center on Wednesday, Sept. 3 before the start of the League’s 2015 Annual Conference in San José.
August 21, 2015
Beginning Jan. 1, 2016, AB 1717 requires local jurisdictions to contract with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) in order to receive revenue from local utility user taxes (UUT), local 911 charges, and any other local charges imposed on consumers of prepaid mobile services.
August 19, 2015
League members have an opportunity to directly weigh in and shape League policy through the annual conference resolution process.
August 19, 2015
The League of California Cities® Personnel and Employee Relations Department is hosting the next installment in its webinar series on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. League staff will discuss bills moving through the legislative process.
August 19, 2015
Local agencies could collect additional amounts of unpaid traffic and non-traffic fines under an amnesty program approved recently as part of the state budget.
August 14, 2015
When legislators are back in the Capitol on Monday, they will have just four weeks — until Sept. 11 — to complete their work for the first year of the two-year 2015-16 legislative session.
August 14, 2015
The Legislature reconvenes on Monday with 26 days left to act on proposed legislation.