July 2, 2012
The Town of Mammoth Lakes issued this news release on July 2 announcing that the council had voted to authorize the filing of Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Protection.
June 29, 2012
The League revised its major bills list this week. The following list represents the bills that League staff is following closely.
June 29, 2012
This week, the League removed its opposition to SB 1003 (Yee) after the sponsors, the California Newspaper Publishers Association and Californian’s Aware, agreed to put necessary protections into the bill for cities.
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 27, 2012
Today, both the Senate and the Assembly completed work on the remaining FY 2012-13 Budget Trailer bills, which will complete the budget package awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s review.
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.
May 25, 2012
This week the Senate and the Assembly Appropriations Committees met and took up items on their suspense files.
May 11, 2012
SB 1003 (Yee) was passed out of the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Wednesday and sent to the Senate floor. The bill would amend the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act) and apply the law’s sanctions to all past violations reaching back for one-year.
April 24, 2012
The League revised its major bills list this week. The following list represents the bills that League staff is following closely.
February 1, 2012
Last Thursday and Friday, the League's eight standing policy committees met in Sacramento to discuss legislative issues and plan for the coming year.