March 22, 2013
This week, the League issued a support letter for S. 336/H.R. 684, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would require out-of-state merchants to collect use taxes for electronic and mail sales.
March 12, 2013
League-supported AB 20 (Waldron) sailed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee today.
February 8, 2013
Western City magazine has compiled its most popular stories into a “Hit List” showing the top five articles during the past month. This list reflects the topics of greatest interest to California city officials during the month of January.
February 1, 2013
Earlier this month, the city of Bell presented its newly designed website, during an open meeting of the city’s council.
January 11, 2013
The California Attorney General on behalf of a class including cities, counties, school districts and special districts, sued Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD for over charging resulting from a price fixing conspiracy for LCD screens found in various electronics including televisions, computer monitors and laptops purchased between 1996 and 2006.
August 22, 2012
The League has removed its opposition and taken a neutral position on SB 1002 (Yee) after it was amended on Monday, Aug. 20.
August 10, 2012
Don’t miss these articles from the August issue of Western City magazine.
July 30, 2012
Local government leaders and their staff are invited to a call with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and Deputy Chief Technology Officer Chris Vein on Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the Obama Administration’s innovation work with local governments and the open government innovation partnership.
July 30, 2012
Join League staff for a discussion on AB 1050 (Ma), a bill that proposes to provide for a uniform collection of local and state taxes from consumers of prepaid communication services.
July 6, 2012
Western City magazine has compiled its most popular stories into a “Hit List” showing the top five articles on WesternCity.com during the past month. This list reflects the topics of greatest interest to California city officials during the month of June.
June 29, 2012
The Board of Equalization (BOE) has launched a new electronic registration (eReg) system to make it easier and quicker for businesses to register online for permits and licenses and properly report sales and use taxes.
June 29, 2012
The Institute for Local Government (ILG) has a new online map of California cities and counties participating in the ILG’s Beacon Award recognition program.
June 28, 2012
Yesterday, SB 1002 (Yee), which would amend the Public Records Act (PRA) to require agencies to provide public records in open format standard, was passed out of the Assembly Local Government Committee with a 5-3 vote. The bill will now head to the Assembly Appropriations Committee where the cost of the measure on state and local agencies will be assessed.
June 22, 2012
This month is the technology themed issue of Western City magazine. Check out these great articles about website best practices.
June 22, 2012
The League is opposed to SB 1002 unless amended because it would impose new duties and costs on public agencies at a time when they can ill afford them, under the guise of promoting greater government transparency. The bill is sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association and the San Francisco Tech Democrats.
June 11, 2012
The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named Riverside as the world’s Intelligent Community of the Year for 2012.
May 25, 2012
This week the Senate and the Assembly Appropriations Committees met and took up items on their suspense files.
April 26, 2012
Tuesday the League launched its newly designed and reorganized website.