May 31, 2017
The League of California Cities® announced its support for AB 1408 (Calderon), which will tighten up the rules in dealing with wayward ex-offenders on post-release community supervision.
May 26, 2017
Late this week the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees concluded their work on hundreds of bills pending on their Suspense Files.
May 26, 2017
SB 540 (Roth) passed its fourth Senate committee on Thursday, May 25 when it cleared the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
May 26, 2017
SB 649 (Hueso) cleared the Senate Fiscal Committee on Appropriations and now heads to the Senate Floor.
May 26, 2017
President Donald Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget was released on Tuesday.
May 26, 2017
Join the League of California Cities® and the California State Association of Counties for a free regional event on Wednesday, June 7, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara to learn how public agencies can save time and money through the U.S. Communities program.
May 26, 2017
Local governments throughout California are applying a variety of public engagement strategies and approaches to address issues ranging from land use and budgeting to climate change and public safety.
May 26, 2017
The Institute for Local Government extended the deadline to submit data for this year’s Beacon Spotlight Award.
May 26, 2017
Sports fans know that the final outcome is always decided after halftime; it’s no different in the California Legislature.
May 26, 2017
The 2017 legislative year is half-way through and legislators have until Friday, June 2 to move bills out of the House of Origin.
May 19, 2017
The CSAC-League Joint Task Force on Homelessness met in the League offices on Thursday, May 11.
May 19, 2017
Late May is a busy time in the Capitol.
May 16, 2017
Yesterday the League testified in the Senate Appropriations Committee in opposition to Sen. Ben Hueso’s (D-San Diego) SB 649, a bill relating to the permitting and leasing of public property for installation of “small cells.”
May 12, 2017
Jurupa Valley, one of the four cities affected when the state swept the remaining shares of the city vehicle license fee (VLF) funds, was the site of Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing ceremony this morning for SB 130 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
May 12, 2017
May 26 is the last day for fiscal policy committees to send bills to the floor and a week later is the June 2 House of Origin deadline.
May 12, 2017
After some exploratory discussions with representatives of Uber and Lyft, sponsors of SB 182 (Bradford), the League ultimately opposed the measure.
May 12, 2017
California cities are on the front lines of the state’s housing crisis and need tools to help encourage the development of more affordable units for residents.
May 12, 2017
Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León’s (D-Los Angeles) proposal to have California reliant on 100 percent clean energy by 2045 cleared its first policy committee hearing a week after being introduced.
May 12, 2017
Some of the most significant benefits of League membership for cities since 1988 have flowed from the League’s co-sponsorship of the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA).
May 11, 2017
Gov. Jerry Brown held a press conference this morning to unveil his revised FY 2017-18 budget proposal. Despite improved state revenue projections since January, Governor Brown continued to urge fiscal restraint, and cautioned that the next recession is long overdue.