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All California cities, regardless of population, urgently need direct and flexible assistance so they can continue to fight COVID-19 and protect their residents through the summer months and beyond. No city can be left behind. Cities can help in the following ways: 1) Send a formal city letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and copy your Assembly Member and Senator as soon as possible. 2) Call your Assembly Member and Senator to inform them of the impacts facing your city.
Take action today!
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A new data analysis from the League shows that cities face a nearly $7 billion revenue shortfall over the next two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several city leaders, from cities both large and small, shared the severe financial impacts their communities are facing as a result of the pandemic during a media call announcing the findings.
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The California Supreme Court announced that it will hear oral arguments on May 5 in the appeal of the case of
Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association v. Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association
. The case is one of several still pending on the Court’s docket which challenge certain aspects of the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013.
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As part of the League’s COVID-19 response efforts, a new virtual networking opportunity for League members will become available starting next week. These Roundtable Discussions will be participant driven and will provide an opportunity for members to collaborate with each other.
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Education and Conferences
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League members are invited to take part in a unique opportunity to lend their voice on the preferences of session topics and speakers for the League’s 2020 Annual Conference and Expo, scheduled for Oct. 7-9 in Long Beach.
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The swearing in of new mayors and council members is normally a widely attended event. Family, friends, and residents often pack the council chambers as witness to their newly elected officials taking oath to begin their term in service to the community. However, in the age of COVID-19 and under stay-at-home orders, the scene of this once typical event looks quite different.
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in
County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al
. on April 23, concerning whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit from the Environmental Protection Agency when pollutants travel from a point source through a nonpoint source, such as groundwater, to navigable waters. The CWA forbids any discharge of a pollutant from a point source to navigable waters without a NPDES permit. In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court held that a NPDES permit is required when a discharge of pollutants through groundwater to a navigable water is the “functional equivalent of a direct discharge from the point source into navigable waters.
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The May issue of
Western City magazine goes online April 30. It features articles how California cities are working to maintain essential services and protect workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin’s innovative public-private-nonprofit partnership that created affordable housing for veterans, how cities are reframing community conversations about housing, and much more!
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California Cities Project 2-Year Losses Totaling $6.7 Billion Due To Coronavirus
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April 24
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Associated Press (
Also appeared in
The Sacramento Bee,
San Francisco Chronicle, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Modesto Bee, Citizens journal, The Fresno Bee, The News & Observer, The Washington Times, Westport-News, CBS Sacramento, KCRA.com, Daily Herald, US News & World Report, KTVN Channel 2, Journal Courier, Napa Valley Register, Santa Maria Times, Bakersfield.com, Hanford Sentinel, San Mateo Daily Journal, The Register Citizen)
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