by Derek P. Cole on August 23, 2016
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Legislative Updates, Meetings, Uncategorised,
On August 23, 2016, Governor Brown signed SB 1436 (Bates), which mandates that local agencies report out certain information before changing the compensation or benefits of their “executives.” Under this new law, legislative bodies (e.g., city councils, boards of supervisors, or boards of directors) for agencies must “orally report a summary of a recommendation” for changes in salaries or benefits before voting for the changes. The votes must then take place in the open session portions of their meetings.
SB 1436 is part of an evolving trend toward requiring greater transparency concerning ... Continue Reading
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city of bell, closed session, executive compensation, open session, oral report, Public meetings, sb 1436,
by Karen A. Feld on July 27, 2016
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Legislative Updates,
Governor Brown signed SB 1255 on July 25, 2016 which becomes effective on January 1, 2017. The law overturns a controversial decision by the California Supreme Court in 2015 which re-set the date of separation in family law.
Traditionally, when a marriage dissolved, the parties moved out of the shared residence and into their own places. Over time, this began to change, particularly with the advent of the recession. People realized that if they could co-exist in the home, they could live more cheaply and more easily co-parent their children, even while considering the marriage to be dissolved. ... Continue Reading
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California Supreme Court, Family Law, Governor Brown, Marriage of Davis, New Legislation, Separation,
by Betsy Martyn on January 28, 2016
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The following laws are effective January 1, 2016, unless otherwise provided. These legislative changes were selected as those of importance and/or interest to public agencies.
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2016 Legislative Session, California Legislature, New laws,
by David G. Ritchie on October 21, 2014
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Legislative Updates,
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning et. al., ruled that the appointment of three members of the National Labor Relations Board were not valid. The appointments had taken place following the President invoking the “Recess Appointments Clause,” permitting the President to make appointments when the Senate is in recess, when the Senate was in a three-day adjournment between January 3 and January 6, 2012. The Supreme Court held that recesses of more than three days but less than ten days are presumptively too short to trigger the recess ... Continue Reading
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NLRB, recess, recess appointments clause,
