1/20/10 Housing Director Lynn Jacobs Visits Division Board State Housing Director Lynn Jacobs Visited Orange County Division, League of California Cities' Board of Directors on January 20. Jacobs discusses the importance of the housing sector to the state economy, and plans to get that critical job engine back on track. 1/8/10State Budget Unveiled Today, the first iteration of the FY 2010-11 State Budget was unveiled by the Governor, and the negotiations are officially under way. Faced with a projected state deficit of $20 billion, the Governor's proposed budget calls for permanently cutting state worker salaries, deep reductions to Medi-Cal and welfare and numerous other cuts while simultaneously seeking to procure supplementary revenues from the federal government. Read more.
1/08/10 Supervisor Pat Bates Addresses Advocacy Committee. Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates spoke the Orange County Division, League of California Cities' Advocacy Committee on Friday, January 8, 2010. Bates spoke about the importance of collaboration amongst cities and counties. 12/10/09The Division held its annual Holiday party together with the Orange County Building Industry Association and the Orange County Business Council. See the photo gallery here! 12/4/09Division Quoted in OC Register In the wake of news that most California property owners likely will qualify for California’s first tax cut due to deflation since Prop. 13, the Orange County Register took a look at what this would mean for cities and their tax base. Division Executive Director Lack Kelly was quoted in a Business section story, "Tax Cuts May Hurt Cities, Counties," on December 2, and again in the Register's Real Estate blog the following day. Kelly noted that "the state borrowed about $67 million from Orange County’s property tax revenue this past year," and though the individual savings for OC property owners may seem small, cities are already in extremely difficult fiscal times. 12/3/09Model Landscape Ordinance Profiled in the Daily Pilot The Model Landscape Ordinance drafted by the Division in partnership with MWDOC was profiled in the December 2 Daily Pilot. Focused on the City of Costa Mesa's efforts to pass the ordinance ahead of the state-imposed January 1 deadline, the article notes that "The Orange County Division of the League of California Cities took over the state ordinance and simplified it for the county’s cities."
It continued, "The league’s model customized the guidelines of the ordinance with some flexibility for each city to either adopt it as is or modify it to fit with their jurisdictions, said Lacy Kelly, executive director of the Orange County division of the league." Read the full article here, or get more details on the Model Ordinance here. 11/10/09Members of the Orange County Division attended the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California-led Inspection trip of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta on November 6 and 7. See the recap of this fascinating tour of the main hub of the State Water Project. 11/10/09The Orange County Board of Supervisors of is seeking a dynamic candidate to serve on the Board of Directors for CalOptima, the County Organized Health System that administers health insurance programs for Orange County children, low income families, and persons with disabilities. The public agency's programs include coverage for people in Medi-Cal, a Medicare Special Needs Plan called OneCare and coverage for children in the Healthy Families and Healthy Kids programs through CalOptima Kids.
Supervisor Pat Bates requested this opportunity be publicized to Division Members, for complete details and an application, click here. 10/21/09California Inspector General Laura Chick visited the Orange County Division, League of California Cities Board of Directors meeting October 21. Chick discussed her role in oversight of the $50 billion in federal recovery funds currently circulating in the state, and her efforts to identify and eliminate fraud and misuse of those funds. See an overview of Chick's remarks, including information on how you can participate in upcoming events and webinars on this issue, below. |
