Marsha McLean Chosen For Regional Leadership Roles
Santa Clarita City Councilwoman Marsha McLean has been tapped for leadership roles with two regional boards in Southern California.
Santa Clarita City Councilwoman Marsha McLean has been tapped for leadership roles with two regional boards in southern California.
McLean has long been an advocate for the Santa Clarita community, focusing on transportation, environmental protection, homelessness and many other issues, adding a powerful local voice to policies and decisions that directly affect residents, according to a statement issued by the City of Santa Clarita Thursday.
“It is an honor to serve the Santa Clarita community not just as a member of the City Council, but also as a champion for local issues at the regional, county and state levels,” McLean said in a statement Thursday. “I will continue to be a strong advocate and ensure the voices of Santa Clarita Valley residents are heard.”
Barstow s council majority aims for more control with different form of government
New members vote in favor of allowing themselves to hire, fire some staff
Victorville Daily Press
The city of Barstow could soon be running under an alternative form of government wherein the City Council would have more control over the hiring and firing of personnel, specifically department heads.
The City Council voted 3-2 during Tuesday’s meeting to direct City Attorney Matthew Summers to draft an ordinance that would transition the city from a traditional council-city manager type of government to one run by a city administrator.
Under the city administrator form, the City Council can determine the administrator’s powers and duties and “may decide which employees are to be hired, disciplined, and terminated.” The City Council can also determine which employees would be under sole control of the administrator, according to a staff report.
Published: Sunday, 10 January 2021 05:55
State must prioritize investments in cities to ensure a successful and equitable economic recovery for all
January 10, 2021 - Sacramento – Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s introduction of the 2021-22 State Budget, League of California Cities Executive Director and CEO Carolyn Coleman issued the
statement below:
“We appreciate the Governor’s commitment in the 2021-22 State Budget to provide new investments to support unhoused residents and strengthen the state’s wildfire resiliency and emergency response efforts. Securing funding and resources to assist individuals experiencing homelessness, and improving state-local coordination to strengthen disaster preparedness and resiliency have been and continue to be top priorities for California cities.
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In 2012, when Mayor Jerry Sanders led the push for Proposition B a ballot measure that would end guaranteed pensions for most new city hires The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board offered strong support, and nearly 2 in 3 voters approved the change. The extreme cost of public employees’ retirement benefits is the main reason the California State Auditor’s Office says dozens of cities face severe fiscal risk in coming years.
The case for costly public service retirement benefits is weak, the concept long put to pasture in the private sector and deeply unfair to taxpayers. There’s no evidence it’d be hard to find government job candidates if pensions were akin to Social Security benefits. When state and local government worker pensions began rising in 1999, it was a reflection of union clout not recruitment difficulties. The result is hundreds of thousands of government retirees who often get 75 percent or more of their final pay for decades after leaving thei
In summary
The stimulus deal does not include aid for state and local governments that Gov. Newsom spent months lobbying for. But he said the cash that will flow to Californians is significant.
The federal stimulus package that lawmakers in Washington have agreed to is “very encouraging news” for California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday as he outlined how much of the $900 billion federal package is likely to flow to the Golden State.
“While it’s a lower number than we had hoped for, it is nonetheless significant,” the governor said.
The package did not include aid for state and local governments that Newsom spent months lobbying for. He said Congress “will need to do more in the future.”