Continuing Legal Education
League of California Cities
2019 City Attorneys' Spring Conference
May 8 - 10, 2019
Hyatt Regency Monterey
Find links to important conference documents below. Please email kpebler@cacities.org with questions.
Individual Session Papers and PowerPoints (In order of schedule)
Michael Hogan, Partner, Hogan Law APC
Land Use and CEQA Litigation Update
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Andrea K. Leisy, Partner, Remy Moose Manley
Public Works Procurement Update
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Maggie W. Stern, Shareholder, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard
Ehrlich Resurrected: Public Art Ordinances Once Again Under Attack
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Thomas B. Brown, City Attorney, St. Helena, Partner, Burke, Williams & Sorensen LLP
Essential Skills: Developing the City Attorney and City Council Relationship
Paper PowerPoint
Speakers:
Attorney Development and Succession Committee Members with help from a few friends
Navigating Housing Development in the New Era
Paper PowerPoint
Speakers:
Barbara Kautz, Partner, Goldfarb & Lipman
Diana Varat, Of Counsel, Richards, Watson & Gershon
Streamlined Processing of Ministerial Projects under SB 35
Paper PowerPoint
Speakers:
Patricia E. Curtin, Land Use/Public Agency Attorney, Wendel Rosen
Amara L. Morrison, Land Use/Public Agency Attorney, Wendel Rosen
General Municipal Litigation Update
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Javan N. Rad, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Pasadena
Wireless Facilities in Our Right of Way: Whose Streets Are These Anyway?
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Robert (“Tripp”) May III, Telecom Law Firm, P.C.
Daniel G. Sodergren, City Attorney, Pleasanton
Scooter Wars: Local Approaches to Regulating Shared Mobility Devices
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Zachary M. Heinselman, Associate, Richards, Watson & Gershon
Shots Fired! How to Respond to an Officer Involved Shooting
Paper PowerPoint
Speakers:
J. Scott Tiedemann, Managing Partner, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Jeb Brown, Assistant County Counsel, Riverside County Counsel’s Office
Closed Session Training Program (Open Government Behind Closed Doors)
Paper PowerPoint
Speakers:
Christi Hogin, City Attorney, Lomita, Malibu & Palos Verdes Estates, Interim City Attorney, Pomona, Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger
Michael Jenkins, City Attorney, Goleta, Hermosa Beach, Rolling Hills and West Hollywood, Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger
Municipal Tort and Civil Rights Litigation Update
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Timothy T. Coates, Managing Partner, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland
Cannabis Conundrum—How to Extinguish Illegal Marijuana Businesses
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
David J. Ruderman, City Attorney, Lakeport, Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley PC
Stacey N. Sheston, Partner, Best Best & Krieger
(MCLE Specialty Credit - Legal Ethics)
Ethical Principles for City Attorneys
Paper PowerPoint
Speaker:
Joseph M. Montes, City Attorney, Alhambra, Santa Clarita and Assistant City Attorney, Rosemead