March 29, 2013
There’s still time to register for the League’s 2013 Legislative Action Day Preview Webinar and Annual Legislative Action Day & Reception.
March 29, 2013
The University of Southern California (USC) has announced the curriculum for its Executive Education Forum for Policy (EXED) for Local Leaders.
March 29, 2013
Registration is open for the fourth in a series of 30-minute webinars offered by the Institute for Local Government’s (ILG) Sustainable Communities Learning Network.
March 29, 2013
The April issue covers a variety of helpful topics, including how to get your city’s public meetings back on track, opportunities to save on pension costs through collective bargaining after pension reform, the new Cities for Workforce Health program, making the transition from local government office to the state Legislature, and much more.
March 29, 2013
The Administrative Office of the Courts invites city officials to participate in its upcoming Distributions of Revenues from Fines and Fees Statewide Revenue Distribution Training on Thursday, April 4 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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 22, 2013
The League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will hold a one day educational session on the Affordable Care Act and what cities and counties need to know about employee health coverage to ensure 2014 compliance.
March 22, 2013
The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss tax reform and tax provisions affecting state and local governments, during which the tax exemption for Municipal Bonds was reviewed.
March 22, 2013
The Local Government Finance Almanac has posted FY 2013-14 city and county HUTA gas tax estimates. This data is now available together with an update on California's complicated fuel taxation and allocation system.
March 22, 2013
U.S. Communities, the government purchasing alliance sponsored by the League of California Cities, invites purchasing personnel from California cities to attend a Supplier Summit in Torrance on April 2.
March 19, 2013
The League was disappointed to learn that Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly issued an opinion on Monday, March 18, denying the League’s petition challenging the constitutionality of the Legislature’s 2011 decision to fund the criminal justice realignment program in part with vehicle license fee (VLF) revenues.
March 15, 2013
Registration for the League’s 2013 Legislative Action Day Preview Webinar and Annual Legislative Action Day & Reception opened earlier this month.
March 15, 2013
The League’s officers and more than 100 other California city officials traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference.
March 15, 2013
Yesterday, the League issued a support letter on AB 1080 by Assembly Member Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), which would authorize local governments to create a new entity called a Community Revitalization Investment Authority (CRIA) aimed at improving low income and deteriorated communities, including closed military bases.
March 15, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened its application process for its Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Implementation Program (BJA) for FY 2013.
March 15, 2013
This week, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that 12 cities and counties nationwide have received grants as part of a new domestic violence prevention program.
March 15, 2013
A settlement has been reached between Check ‘n Go California, Inc. and San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who sued the company on behalf of California consumers. The agreement requires Check ‘n Go to repay any Californian that took out four-month installment loans between November 2006 and June 2008.
March 15, 2013
CalRecycle’s Materials Management and Local Assistance Division is offering the first in a series of workshops on exploring local funding, siting and permitting opportunities.
March 13, 2013
The Senate Industrial Relations Committee passed SB 7 (Steinberg) this morning, sending it to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
March 13, 2013
Today, the Senate Governance and Finance Committee heard several bills, including two economic development bills the League has been carefully tracking, SB 33 (Wolk) and SB 1 (Steinberg).