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  • Public Contracting Requirements and Competitive Bidding in CaliforniaApril 18, 2018Please join Eric Firstman, Chair of Meyers Nave's Construction Practice, and Meyers Nave Principal Doug McManamon for a full-day program that will review the key issues and trade-offs at each stage of a California public works construction project. This seminar previously sold out and is now being offered on April 18 in Irvine. Please make your reservation soon to attend. The seminar is approved for ... read more
  • Secrets to Conducting Special District General Manager EvaluationsApril 17, 2018The General Manager’s performance is critical to the success of every Special District. The selection, development, review and retention of the right General Manager is one of the Board’s top priorities. Please join John Bakker, Chair of Meyers Nave’s Municipal and Special District Law Practice, for a presentation titled “Conducting Effective General Manager Evaluations: Keys to Success” at the Special District Leadership Academy hosted by ... read more
  • Tips to Efficiently Navigate CEQAMarch 7, 2018The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been a part of the California legislative landscape for almost 50 years. Compliance is often the biggest source of time delays and litigation risk for project development, yet CEQA does contain some underused options for streamlining. Please join Meyers Nave Of Counsel Shaye Diveley for a presentation at the Urban Land Institute on ways that local agencies and ... read more
  • Effective and Legal Discipline of High-Risk EmployeesMarch 6, 2018Human Resources professionals know the importance of being fair and equitable in administering discipline, but there are certain employees who make that task more difficult. This may be an employee who recently took protected medical leave but has failed to perform effectively since returning, or an employee who routinely violates policies but goes out on stress leave when approached by a supervisor about the misconduct. Some employers ... read more
  • IT Equipment and Services Agreements: Contractual Pitfalls and How to Avoid ThemFebruary 15, 2018Information technology equipment and services are rapidly becoming critical to every aspect of a public entity’s daily operation, from providing free Wi-Fi in downtown areas to upgrading a police department’s dispatch system, as well as creating large scale systems for public records data retention and enhancing a city’s fiber-optic network to provide ultra-high speed internet use for businesses. Public scrutiny of an agency’s purchase and ... read more
  • California’s New Affordable Housing Laws – Tightening State Requirements for Local Housing (Part Three)February 8, 2018Governor Brown signed 15 bills into law on September 29, 2017 that are designed to help address California's affordable housing crisis. The approved bills take different approaches to the housing shortage in California, including providing more funding for affordable housing development, streamlining local government approval of housing projects, restoring local government's authority to impose inclusionary housing requirements on private housing developers, and strengthening the state's ... read more
  • California’s New Affordable Housing Laws – New Methods for Streamlining Housing Approvals (Part Two)January 23, 2018Governor Brown signed 15 bills into law on September 29, 2017 that are designed to help address California's affordable housing crisis. The approved bills take different approaches to the housing shortage in California, including providing more funding for affordable housing development, streamlining local government approval of housing projects, restoring local government's authority to impose inclusionary housing requirements on private housing developers, and strengthening the state's anti-NIMBY ... read more
  • Public Contracting Requirements and Competitive Bidding in CaliforniaJanuary 17, 2018Please join Eric Firstman, Chair of Meyers Nave's Construction Practice, and Meyers Nave Principal Doug McManamon for a full-day program that will review the key issues and trade-offs at each stage of a California public works construction project. This seminar sold out twice in Los Angeles and is now offered on January 17 in San Jose and January 24 in Oakland. Please make your reservation ... read more
  • California’s New Marijuana Law: Impact on EmployersJanuary 16, 2018While medical marijuana has been legal in California for 20 years, employers face a whole new set of challenges with the advent of legal recreational marijuana. With the passage of Proposition 64 in November 2016, California became the most populous state to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Now that it is legal, what can employers do to regulate on-duty and off-duty use of marijuana by ... read more
  • California’s New Affordable Housing Laws – New Methods to Create Affordable Housing (Part One)January 11, 2018Governor Brown signed 15 bills into law on September 29, 2017 that are designed to help address California's affordable housing crisis. The new laws have broad implications and obligations for local municipalities, housing related public agencies, and the private developer community. To help explain the new affordable housing regulatory landscape, Meyers Nave is offering a complimentary, three-part webinar series addressing the most critical issues under ... read more