Trackdown Management’s City Manager Newsletter: Volume No. 13, Issue No. 012 For over 13 years, Jack Simpson’s Trackdown Management has published the City Manager Newsletter. Jack is a retired city manager and former Willdan executive. His newsletter content weaves together the personal side ...
In honor of African American Heritage Month, L.A. Controller Ron Galperin today released a new and unique online map of public sites and resources that highlight the City of Los Angeles’ strong African American history. “African American Heritage Across Los ...
The City of Novato is pleased to announce the hiring of Amy Cunningham as the City’s new Finance Director. Amy has over 20 years of local government finance experience working for the cities of Dublin, Moraga, Walnut Creek and Half ...
Measures Passed in 2019 Bring Big Changes to Housing & Land Use, Local Government Laws As noted in Part I of this two-part series, California lawmakers passed a number of new laws last year that greatly impact how public agencies ...
Deep in the Coachella Valley, the City of Indio is a desert community that faces the distinct challenge of managing the risk of extreme heat during the summer months. “When it comes to the summer heat, we have to be ...
Measures Taking Aim at Elections, Campaign Finance & Public Safety Greatly Impact Public Agencies From a measure aimed to encourage public participation in the redistricting process (Assembly Bill 849) and one that extends the duration of a gun-violence restraining order ...
On December 16, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision. A copy of the order can be found here. As such, the Ninth Circuit’s decision remains in effect. The California Joint Powers Insurance ...
RPLG Founding Partner Art Hartinger RPLG Founding Partner Art Hartinger and Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG) Director, Government Affairs Dane Hutchings will provide insight on pensions and independent contractors at the 2020 League of California Cities City Managers Conference, which will take place from February ...
The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (California JPIA) offers members career-enhancing opportunities to participate in Authority academies. Academies are training seminars that primarily focus on specific public sector disciplines including: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Newly Elected Officials, Parks & Recreation, ...
One by one, wildfire victims, bondholders and insurers have signed onto PG&E’s plan for emerging from bankruptcy reorganization. Only Newsom now stands in the company’s way — and he has threatened a public takeover if big changes aren’t made at ...
