March 25, 2019
Each year, the League of California Cities® honors outstanding work in member cities throughout the state through the Helen Putnam Awards for Excellence.
March 11, 2019
Register by March 15 to take advantage of the early bird rate for ILG’s next public engagement training. The next Learning Lab is in Danville on April 25–26.
March 1, 2019
The League of California Cities® and the County Engineers Association of California are gearing up for three days of education and networking at their joint Public Works Officers Institute & Expo.
February 25, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to Grass Valley on Feb. 22 for his first meeting with the League of California Cities Board of Directors.
February 25, 2019
The League’s Board of Directors, on Feb. 21, approved the League’s support of litigation to be filed by a group of cities challenging the legality of the Bureau of Cannabis Control’s regulation that removes local authority to regulate cannabis delivery.
February 25, 2019
A League representative testified at the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee hearing today in support of AB 147, by Assembly Member Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood), which will expand the collection of millions in state sales and use taxes from out-of-state sales via the implementation of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., (2018). The bill passed out of committee today on a 10-0 vote.
February 25, 2019
League members and other stakeholders are invited to take part in a unique opportunity to lend their voice on the preferences of session topics and speakers for the next Annual Conference and Expo, scheduled for Oct. 16 – 18 in Long Beach.
February 25, 2019
The Legislature will host a number of oversight and informational hearings on a variety of policy areas of interest to cities in the coming weeks.
February 21, 2019
The League’s co-sponsorship of the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA) continues to be one of the most significant benefits for League members.
February 19, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first pair of bills signed into law allocate $131.3 million to fund emergency drinking water and fire recovery in California.
February 19, 2019
The Legislature will host a number of oversight and informational hearings on a variety of policy areas of interest to cities in the coming weeks.
February 19, 2019
How can cities effectively prepare in advance of public demonstrations?
February 15, 2019
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) released regulations to implement a new organic and food waste diversion program and is seeking public feedback.
February 15, 2019
In April, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will determine whether a citizenship question will appear in the 2020 census.
February 11, 2019
Starting this spring, cities can apply for funding through the SB 2 Planning Grants Program to update general plans, community plans, specific plans, local planning related to implementation of sustainable community strategies or local coastal plans.
February 11, 2019
The use of force among law enforcement has become a hot-button topic nationwide in the past few years.
February 11, 2019
League of California Cities® President Jan Arbuckle, council member, Grass Valley, and League Executive Director Carolyn Coleman joined more than 40 executive directors and local leaders from 19 state municipal leagues across the country in Washington, D.C. for National League of Cities’ (NLC) third annual state municipal league fly-in, where they met federal decision-makers and discussed city priorities.
February 11, 2019
Join the League’s legislative team for a briefing to review priority bills that impact cities by attending a free webinar for League members on Thursday, April 11 from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
February 11, 2019
The Legislature will host a number of oversight and informational hearings on a variety of policy areas of interest to cities in the coming weeks.
February 11, 2019
Hundreds of city officials will be traveling to Sacramento to lobby their senators and assembly members on bills affecting California cities as part of the League’s April 24 Legislative Action Day.