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Through its Cal Cities Partner program, the League of California Cities provides an opportunity for outside organizations to support the work of cities while engaging in educational activities, policymaking, conferences, regional meetings, and networking events throughout the year. Cal Cities Partners represent many industries and bring a unique perspective to city officials. Whether they are participating in regional division meetings, Cal Cities Policy Committees, or through various online or in-person educational forums, Cal Cities Partners bring a valued voice to conversations around city issues.

 

 

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Become a Cal Cities Partner
Build Your Brand and Raise Your Profile Through the 2023 Cal Cities Partner Program

The Cal Cities Partner program is the gateway to local elected officials and the local government decision-making process in California.

Build Your Network

The program connects California’s businesses, nonprofit associations, labor communities, and other organizations with local government leaders from the state’s 482 cities.

This unique network provides vast opportunity for dialogue and participation with local governments and can provide the right venues to establish the contacts and conversations necessary to help organizations reach their goals.

Gain Recognition

Cal Cities Partners gain wide recognition throughout the year at numerous events and conferences that draw thousands of city officials, as well as in publications such as Western City magazine and Cal Cities' website.

Learn More About the Partner Program

Webinar Series 
Cannabis and Economic Development Webinar
Jan. 12, 2023
 PowerPoint Slides | Webinar Recording

California voters continue to signal their strong approval for licensed cannabis business operations in their communities. This past election, voters across the state approved 23 of the 27 local cannabis revenue related ballot measures put before them. With 91% of Americans approving of cannabis legalization in some form, it should be no surprise that many California cities want both the economic development and tax revenues that come with licensed cannabis businesses.

Join us for a discussion on the benefits and best practices of opening your city up to licensed cannabis and resources that can help make it happen. Culture Cannabis Club’s Devon Julian and Barigye McCoy will be joined by preeminent local government and cannabis lobbyist (and former Cal Cities staffer) Amy O’Gorman Jenkins, to talk about how local governments are spurring new economic development and building their tax base with licensed cannabis. Amy will also brief participants on available state grant funding opportunities and highlight legislation being considered for the year ahead.

Moderators:
Bismarck Obando, Director of Public Affairs, League of California Cities
Mike Egan, Senior Manager, Sponsorship and Corporate Development, League of California Cities

Presenters:
Devon Julian, Chief Executive Officer, Culture Cannabis Club
Barigye McCoy, Chief of Communication, Culture Cannabis Club
Amy O'Gorman-Jenkins, President, Precision Advocacy
Chris Rogers, Councilmember, City of Santa Rosa

 

Past Webinar Series
March 15, 2022 
PowerPoint Slides |  Webinar Recording
Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Charge Ready Program has launched! By offering significant financial incentives and technical support, SCE’s Charge Ready program helps local governments, businesses, and property owners deploy the necessary infrastructure and equipment to support EV charging stations at their property. Attend this session to hear directly from SCE experts and learn how your community can apply to the program and get EV chargers on their property safely, quickly and at reduced cost.

Presenters: Naveed H. Ahmad, Sr. Advisor, eMobility, Southern California Edison; Dana Robertson, Advisor, eMobility, Southern California Edison


March 3, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

Curative explored how they develop local partnerships to transition from providing large-scale COVID-19 testing to vaccine distribution across California. The session highlighted the importance of public-private partnerships such as the one Curative has formed with the City of Riverside. 

Presenters: Haley Albert, Director of Growth, Curative; Agatha Bacelar, General Manager, Curative; Mark Annas, Emergency Services Administrator, City of Riverside; Brian Guzzetta, Captain, City of Riverside; Kaitlin Bilhartz, Marketing Communications Project Manager, City of Riverside

January 20, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

Cal Cities Partner and Charter Communications presented a webinar that focused on how ISP’s and municipalities can partner to bring resources to communities, connectivity, adoption of services, and best practices in the permitting process to complete projects that will increase economic success for residents and businesses.

Presenters: Keri Askew Bailey, Group Vice President, Charter Communications; Antonia Castro-Graham, Deputy City Manager, City of Fullerton; Sunne McPeak, Presiden, and CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund; Michael Santorelli, Director at Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute, New York School of Law


December 2, 2020, at 1:30 p.m.
PowerPoint Slides │ Stream Recording

Cal Cities Partner, SitelogiQ shared how cites can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in your facilities, including using best of class technologies available that can effectively irradiate 99.4% of the COVID-19 causing virus with the lowest first cost and lowest operating cost of all other systems.  Learn how to significantly reduce operating costs through intelligent facility and infrastructure upgrades to hedge against declining revenues in such unprecedented times.

Presenters: John Burdette, CEM, CDSM, LEED AP | Director, State & Local Government, SiteLogiQ; Paul Douglas, Facility Solutions Specialist, SitelogiQ; Jessica Ritter, Facility Solutions Specialist, SitelogiQ

November 18, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
PowerPoint Slides │ Stream Recording

Cal Cities Partner, VANIR explored public-private partnership trends and the associated demands for alternative delivery solutions. The American Society of Civil Engineers scorecard provided a deep analysis of the existing infrastructure deficit. As we move from stabilizing our economic decline to economic recovery and growth, government investments in infrastructure are expected to play a critical role.

Presenters: Michael Burns, PE, PgMP, DBIA, Executive Director of Infrastructure & P3, VANIR; Victoria (Tori) Taylor, President & CEO of Project Finance Advisory, Ltd. (“PFAL”); Jeffrey Purtell, Senior Associate, DLR Group; Geoffrey Stricker, Senior Managing Director, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate

October 21, 2020, at 1:30 p.m.
PowerPoint Slides  │ Stream Recording │ Webinar Materials 

Join Cal Cities Partner, Expedia Group, for a presentation and panel discussion on topics ranging from travel and tourism in a COVID-19 world, to how to effectively regulate short-term rentals in your city and achieve compliance. The City of Palm Springs shared how they created fair and effective short-term rental regulations that achieve high compliance.

Presenters: Richard de Sam Lazaro, Senior Government Affairs Manager, Expedia Group; Lisa Middleton, Councilmember, Palm Springs; Boris Stark, former Palm Springs Vacation Rental Code Enforcement Official

September 23, 2020, at 1:30 p.m.
PowerPoint Slides │ Stream Recording

Join Cal Cities Partner, Kaiser Permanente, as they present findings from their recently released playbook entitled, "Planning for the Next Normal at Work." The playbook was designed to guide employers and businesses through health considerations they will need to address as they safeguard workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare to bring employees back to traditional work environments.

Presenters: Jennifer Castillo, MPH – Workforce Health Consultant, Kaiser Permanente; Brianne Jackson, MPH – Senior Workforce Health Consultant, Kaiser Permanente

June 24, 2020, at 2 p.m.
PowerPoint Slides │ Stream Recording

Learn all about an innovative and improved way to install fiber with microtrenching — it’s faster,
smaller, and less invasive from start to finish. Microtrenching allows fiber to be installed underground while minimizing disruption to the roadway, traffic flow, and your community

Presenters: Scott Longhurst, Governmental Affairs Manager, Crown Castle International, scott.longhurst@crowncastle.com;  John Toccalino, VP Design & Construction, West Region, Crown Castle, john.toccalino@crowncastle.com; Kevin James, President of the LA City Public Works Commission, City of Los Angeles, Kevin.James@lacity.org; Rochelle Swanson, Government Affairs Manager, Crown Castle, Rochelle.Swanson@crowncastle.com
Speakers Bureau and Expert Session Registry

The Cal Cities Partner program is developing a list of Partner-led educational sessions that can be drawn from throughout the year to provide educational sessions for conferences, regional division meetings, or webinars. The ability to submit a session is restricted to Cal Cities Partner members and is a direct benefit of participation in the program. Partners should submit session concepts and potential presenters via our online submission tool.  


Partner Directory

Cal Cities Partners represent many industries and bring a unique perspective to city officials. One of the program’s many benefits is enrollment in a searchable online service directory. 

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Partner Briefings


Upcoming Partner Briefings
Thursday, March 23, 2023
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Past Partner Briefings



A monthly briefing that covered upcoming events and opportunities. 

A monthly briefing that covered upcoming events and opportunities. 

This briefing focused on Partner program changes for 2021, including new levels and benefits. 

Upcoming Events

Academy

March 29-31, 2023
Planning Commissioners Academy

Webinar

April 6, 2023 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
City Leaders Summit Preview on Advocacy Priorities

April 12-14, 2023
City Leaders Summit

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Contact Staff

Egan, Mike
Mike Egan
Manager, Sponsorship and Corporate Development
(916) 658-8271

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Helen Putnam Awards

The Helen Putnam Award for Excellence program recognizes and promotes the outstanding efforts and innovative solutions made by city governments each year. Learn about the Helen Putnam Awards.

Cities for Workforce Health

The Cities for Workforce Health helps support cities develop and foster employee wellness programs. Along with Kaiser Permanente, and Keenan & Associates, Cal Cities Partners work to provide educational content, one-on-one consultation, and financial support to cities at a variety of levels. Learn about Cities for Workforce Health.