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Orange County Division - League of California Cities
Upcoming Division Events

The Orange County Division, League of California Cities invites you to:

The Media Game:


Playing It Right/Playing to Win

 

Peter Buffa and Gwen Hennessy
 

Gwen Hennesey and Peter Buffa are experienced press and media consultants who have media trained individuals and organizations in the private and public sectors. Gwen is a former O.C. Register reporter and Peter is both a public official and a media and marketing consultant with 35 years experience.

Participants will enjoy a fun and engaging introduction to the complexities of dealing with the media. This is a brief overview of the full-day workshops they conduct for companies and agencies, most recently the San Diego Airport Authority and will include the following topics:

- Taking charge in interviews
- Getting your message out, not theirs
- Effective interview strategies, including “bridging”
- Crisis Management
- Avoiding classic media disasters



Thursday, February 11, 2010

Division Business Meeting: 5:30pm
Networking Reception: 6:00pm
Dinner: 6:30pm | Program: 6:45pm

Doubletree Hotel of Orange
100 City Drive
Orange, CA 92868

Register Now!


“Going Orange”

Approaching sustainable projects in an economically viable way



Going Orange

Sponsored by:

Partners

This workshop is for Orange County elected officials, Planning Commissioners and city staff and will be focused on environmentally friendly projects that are economically sound, creative and embraced by their communities. This program also features roundtable discussions giving participants opportunities to speak one-on-one with presenters about the details of each project.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

7:30am-12:30pm
University Club, University of California Irvine
801 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, CA 92697
Click here for a map to the UCI location.

Featuring Introductory Remarks by:

Beth Krom
Council Member, City of Irvine
Joe Dimento
UCI Professor & Director of the
UCI Newkirk Center


And a Keynote Presentation by

 Curt Pringle
Mayor, City of Anaheim

 
And special presentations from:
- City of Dana Point- City of Villa Park
- City of Anaheim
- City of Irvine
- Santa Ana School District
- SA Recycling

Register Now!

Presented by the Orange County Division in Partnership with:

Partners

 
News & Highlights

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. 


1/8/10

State 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.

 

12/10/09

The 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!

12/4/09

Division 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. 

12/3/09

Model 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.

11/10/09

Members 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.

11/10/09

The 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.

10/21/09

California 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.