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September 9, 2026 - Master planned villages + Annual conference tips + Policy and equity committee applications open
September 2, 2026 - The big sign/veto story + Expensive pension lesson passes + November housing bond 101
August 26, 2026 - Late-session plays + Take action! Higher pension costs + Eminent domain ruling
August 19, 2026 - Utility bailout puts profit over people + Biannual fiscal culling survivors + Robotaxi bill empowers cities
August 12, 2026 - Utility bailout hoses cities + Annual resolution received + Take action! Top housing bills
August 5, 2026 - Mayors warn of escalating pension costs + Environmental issues dominate last weeks of session
July 29, 2026 - Heavy-duty trucks and road repairs + Take action! Higher pension costs + Final plastic recycling comments
July 22, 2026 - Sponsored recovery housing bills + AI, CalPERS, and CPRA, oh my! + Local transportation funding shortfall
July 15, 2026 - Top housing bills + New rules for federal grants + Jet fuel tax credit revived
July 8, 2026 - Possible Brown Act changes + Top public safety bills + Imperial Beach-backed food co-op
July 1, 2026 - State budget finally finalized + Ballot measure update + Federal mail-in ballot proposal
June 24, 2026 - Pension proposal raises costs + Single-use plastics comment period + Elections bill triggers liability concerns
June 17, 2026 - State budget far from final + Skyrocketing fire truck costs + Tort reform
June 10, 2026 - Howard Jarvis ballot measure + Zeroed-out climate funding + Road repair funding alternatives
June 3, 2026 - SB 866 goes from bad to worse + Annual conference registration opens + Wildfire liability debate rages on
May 27, 2026 - Second house bill briefing + Permanent supportive housing playbook +CA Public Records Act bill advances
May 20, 2026 - Bills that survived suspense + Take action! Higher pension costs + Homelessness reporting requirements
May 14, 2026 - Special Edition: New state budget proposal asks cities to do more with less
May 13, 2026 - Pension bills threaten city budgets + Major Cap-and-Invest changes + Select your voting delegates
May 6, 2026 - Top bills in appropriations + Zone overlay bill dies + Wildfire liability report
April 29, 2026 - Mobile crisis services in danger + New bill and ballot measure positions + Public Works Week
April 23, 2026 - Special Edition: City officials lobby lawmakers and hear from gubernatorial candidates
April 15, 2026 - Biggest bills of 2026 (so far) + Who pays for wildfires? + Livestreamed gubernatorial forum + Advanced Clean Fleet changes
April 8, 2026 - Cities Gubernatorial Forum details + Take action! Housing element reporting requirements + Prop. 36 funding
April 1, 2026 - Lawmakers try to get a grip on e-bikes + South San Francisco’s downtown vacancy program + Helen Putnam applications closing soon
March 25, 2026 - Bill Talk returns + Homelessness survey + DC lobbying trip
March 18, 2026 - Costly changes to pension reform + Lobby lawmakers, April 22 + Next week: Legislative briefing
March 11, 2026 - Take action! Fire hazard maps +Sponsored bills package + Crescent City exceeds housing goals
March 4, 2026 - High-speed rail financing + Don’t miss Cal Cities’ gubernatorial forum + Sponsored fire hazard mapping bill
February 25, 2026 - Copper wire theft + Cal Cities Board meeting + Local Streets and Roads winners
February 18, 2026 - State disaster aid access + Single-use plastics rulemaking + New City Leaders Summit details
February 12, 2026 - Take action! Sponsored HHAP bill + Statewide awards program + Bell Gardens aquatic center
February 4, 2026 - Road repair costs recovery + Homelessness funding and accountability + E-bike resources
January 29, 2026 - Offshore drilling + Municipal finance handbook + IT budgeting basics webinar
January 21, 2026 - Public records act ruling + New east coast beach + Housing audit findings
January 14, 2026 - What's in the state budget + Development fee bill + City Leaders Summit registration opens
January 9, 2026 - Special Edition: Wait-and-see budget falls short on Californians’ biggest priorities: housing and homelessness, climate change, and public safety
January 7, 2026 - Cal Cities’ budget priorities + New year, new(ish) bills + Key legislative dates
December 10, 2025 - Berkeley’s housing journey + Legislative Report + 2025-26 Advocacy Priorities
December 3, 2025 - Monrovia public art program + Federal broadband permitting reform + New public contracting rules webinar
November 19. 2025 - Ukiah, Mendocino County’s playground + Brown Act changes webinar + New laws briefing
November 12, 2025 - Legislative year in review + Cities respond to SNAP cuts + Shape the City Leaders Summit
November 5, 2025 - Federal shutdown webinar + Campbell’s motel voucher program + New laws briefing
October 29, 2025 - The goat of wildfire mitigation (literally) + Cybersecurity webinar + Member survey closes soon
October 22, 2025 - United Against Hate events + SB 707 explainer + Advocacy survey responses due soon
October 15, 2025 - Sign/veto outcomes + Advocacy priorities survey + Climate bond tool
October 1, 2025 - Federal shutdown + Advanced Clean Fleet relief + Budgeting tips
September 24, 2025 - Plastic pollution prevention feedback + Recovery housing bills + Annual Conference tips
September 17, 2025 - Legislative session ends + Take action! Sign/veto requests + Equity committee applications due Sept. 26
September 10, 2025 - Cap-and-Trade funding details + Short-term rental measure passes + Warehouse clean-up changes
September 3, 2025 - Suspense File survivors + Keynote speaker Erin Brockovich + Statewide encampment task force
August 27, 2025 - Problematic Brown Act Bill + U.S. Supreme Court rulings + Cap-and-Trade talks
August 20, 2025 - Redistricting impact to cities + HHAP funding changes + Culver City reduces homelessness
August 13, 2025 - Top environmental and public safety bills + Annual conference keynote speakers + NLC board applications
August 6, 2025 - Take action! Cap-and-Trade + SB 79: What’s changed + LA brings health care to the streets
July 30, 2025 - Housing bills and wins + Federal executive order on homelessness + Solicitation bill on the Governor’s desk
July 23, 2025 - Short-term rental and recovery housing bills advance + CDBG funds in danger + Policy committee leadership applications
July 16, 2025 - Take action! Short-term rentals + Homeless bills parked + Appoint your voting delegates
July 9, 2025 - Take action! Cap-and-Trade Program + Hitting the trails in Rio Dell + Annual conference resolutions
July 2, 2025 - Final state budget? + HHAP overhaul + Take action! Public infrastructure
June 25, 2025 - Bill (and budget) talk + Fast-tracking wildfire preparedness + Infrastructure funding bill
June 18, 2025 - Cities sound the alarm on homelessness funding cuts + Cap-and-Trade + Colusa's affordable housing quest
June 11, 2025 - Budget deal details + Plastic recycling reimbursement rub + Unfunded mandate threatens routine roadwork
June 4, 2025 - Short-term rental bill sails through + Annual conference registration + The wrong way to solve a housing crisis
May 28, 2025 - The biggest land use bill of the session + Cap-and-invest tradeoffs + Muted suspense file slash
May 21, 2025 - Bill Talk: Suspense file watchlist + Recovery housing press conference + NLC federal budget webinar
May 15, 2025 - A disappointing, but unsurprising budget revise + Executive encampment order falls short + Take action! Appropriations bills
May 7, 2025 - New warehouse siting language + Housing measures stall + Sponsored sea level rise bill
April 30, 2025 - Encampment bill overhaul + Lake Elsinore restoration + Board meeting outcomes
April 24, 2025 - Special Edition: Rally highlights + Budget prognosis + Strategies for homeless encampments
April 16, 2025 - Take action! Housing element reform + Warehouse law cleanup + New series! Bill talk
April 9, 2025 - Sponsored housing element bill + Disaster aid and preparedness measures + Take action! Encampment ordinances
April 2, 2025 - Bills, bills, bills + Take action! Zoning mandate + Homelessness survey
March 26, 2025 - STR bill wins bipartisan praise + Recovery housing bill advances + Last chance! Annual conference proposals
March 19, 2025 - Plastics pullback + New recovery housing bill + City Leaders Summit sessions
March 12, 2025 - Wildfire executive orders + Board applications open + Cybersecurity webinar
March 5, 2025 - Homelessness budget ask + Sponsored Brown Act bill + State elected office bootcamp
February 26, 2025 - New legislation webinar + Sponsored infrastructure bills + Board meeting recap
February 19, 2025 - Sponsored bills (Part 1) + Helen Putnam award applications + Lawmaker meetings
February 12, 2025 - Local fire maps released + Annual conference proposals + New recovery housing bills
February 5, 2025 - Clean air rule clarifications + Local roads award program + Behested payments webinar
January 29, 2025 - (Attempted) federal spending freeze + Immigration webinar + LA fire assistance efforts
January 22, 2025 - Wildfire recovery proposals + Key legislative dates and terms + Gas tax allocation estimates
January 15, 2025 - New wildfire resources and information + Lakewood Leadership Academy + 2025 City Leaders Summit
January 10, 2025 - Cal Cities Advocate Special Edition: Newsom’s budget proposal abandons key homeless and housing programs
January 8, 2025 - New homelessness data + Sales and use tax rebate report + Housing law webinar
December 11, 2024 - Underestimated and influential: Cal Cities in 2024 + Sober living legal ruling + Mayors and Councils Members Academy + 2025 Advocacy Priorities
December 4, 2024 - CARE Court resources + Legislative year in review + Wildfire reinsurance listening session
November 20, 2024 - Young elected officials roundtable + Pickleball pains and perks + New laws webinar
November 13, 2024 - Sales and use tax rebate report + Which lawmakers are leaving (and why it matters) + Big ballot box wins
November 6, 2024 - Housing element audit + Baldwin Park reduces homelessness by 70% + New laws webinar
October 30, 2024 - Advocacy survey closes soon + Which ballot measures seem likely to pass + Recovery housing audit results
October 23, 2024 - Inform Cal Cities’ advocacy + Cal Cities-sponsored cybersecurity solutions + General Assembly outcome
October 9, 2024 - Ballot measure advocacy + Annual conference tips + CARE Court webinar
October 2, 2024 - Final bill actions + Last chance! Annual conference registration + Governor signs warehouse setback bill
September 27, 2024 - Recovery housing bills signed + Policy committee applications due soon + What is Homekey+?
September 18, 2024 - Climate bond resources + Santa Barbara’s water conservation program + Coastal Cities Group Leadership Committee
September 11, 2024 - The six most important bills left + Prop. 36 hearing + Policy committee
September 4, 2024 - Legislative chaos (and outcomes) + Discount rate update + Take action! Recovery housing + Sign/veto webinar
August 28, 2024 - Rushed warehouse restrictions + Latest legislative developments + Extreme heat resources + General Resolution details
August 21, 2024 - Suspense file survivors + Seaworthy conference keynote + Cannabis and social justice seminar
August 14, 2024 - Retail theft bills pass + Annual resolutions due Aug. 17 + Climate bond guide
August 7, 2024 - Top bills for cities + Take action! Labor bills threaten core services + Policy committee leadership applications due Aug. 9
July 31, 2024 - Top environmental bills + Cal Cities and NLC leadership opportunities + Annual conference sessions
July 24, 2024 - Top public safety bills + Economist to forecast CA's future at annual conference + Policy Committee Chair and Vice Chair applications!
July 17, 2024 - Top community service bills + Board takes ballot measure positions + Annual conference discount ends soon
July 10, 2024 - Veteran journalist headlines annual conference + Carlsbad’s traffic safety plan + Annual conference voting delegates 101
July 3, 2024 - Ballot measure fumble + Annual resolutions + What's in the climate bond + New city celebration
June 27, 2024 - Cal Cities Advocate Special Edition: The final budget agreement is almost final. Here’s how it impacts cities
June 26, 2024 - Climate bond details + Ballot measure victory + Take action! New RHNA requirements + Top bill news for cities
June 20, 2024 - Cal Cities Advocate Special Edition: Victory for cities! The CA Supreme Court strikes tax ballot measure off the November ballot
June 12, 2024 - Prop. 47 gambit + Brown Act reform blocked + Sea level rise guidelines
June 5, 2024 - Joint legislative budget rebuttal + Take action! Contractor reporting requirements + Ballot measure update + Top bill hearings for cities
May 29, 2024 - Annual conference registration + Take action! New RHNA targets + What’s next for recovery housing bill package
May 22, 2024 - Which city bills survived the bill culling + Draft water rule changes + Federal encampment webinar
May 15, 2024 - Plastic recycling cost recovery + Take action! Protect public services + HCD audit
May 10, 2024 - New budget proposal includes major cuts to housing and homelessness programs
May 8, 2024 - Take action! Builder’s remedy and fines + Ballot measure legal challenge + Priority legislation webinar
May 1, 2024 - Housing lawsuit victory + State Bills in Brief + Wildfire insurance crisis
April 24, 2024 - Cal Cities Board adopts new bill positions + Ballot measure opposition grows + Recovery home legislation + Forever chemical mandate
April 18, 2024 - Cal Cities Advocate Special Edition: Homelessness response survey results + Ballot measure opposition rally + Reducing retail theft
April 11, 2024 - “Builder’s remedy” bills + City Leaders Summit prep + Retail theft update + Closing April 24: Cal Cities Board applications
April 3, 2024 - Top retail theft bills + 'Granny flat' bill + Helen Putnam award applications
March 27, 2024 - Recovery home reform + Top climate bills + Statewide homelessness survey + Annual conference proposals
March 20, 2024 - New draft water rules for cities + SCOTUS opines on blocking voters on social media + City Leaders Summit details and waitlist removal
March 14, 2024 - Draft single-use plastics rule + Cal Cities Board applications + Local Streets and Roads winners
March 6, 2024 - Ballot measure opposition grows + Budget ask + Anti-camping SCOTUS case + Advocacy 101 roundtable
February 28, 2024 - Cal Cities Board meeting + East Palo Alto’s zero homicide rate + New bills briefing
February 21, 2024 - Cal Cities sponsors a dozen bills + California Retail Theft Reduction Act + Tijuana River Crisis
February 14, 2024 - CBRT Ballot Update + Duarte youth program reduces arrests + Organic Waste Roundtable
February 7, 2024 - Cal Cities' meeting with Gov. Gavin Newsom + New legislation briefing + Housing-focused law symposium
January 31, 2024 - Ballot initiative litigation + Lobby lawmakers at the Capitol + Retail theft coalition formed
January 24, 2024 - Remote meetings bill + Updated Brown Act guide + Driverless vehicle safeguards
January 17, 2024 - Retail theft proposal + SCOTUS takes up anti-camping case + CARE Court three months in
January 10, 2024 - State budget deep dive + Draft single-use plastics rule + Local streets and roads awards
January 3, 2024 - Reports underscore the need for ongoing funding + Speaker Series: Daniel Parra + A “pivotal California tax case”
December 6, 2023 - 2024 Advocacy Priorities + Cal Cities backs ballot box measures + Legislative year in review
November 29, 2023 - Advance Clean Fleet primer + California officials take the helm at NLC + Fire insurance webinar
November 15, 2023 - Hate speech and public meetings webinar + Homelessness and housing in Chico + U.S. Supreme Court cases to watch
November 8, 2023 - San Diego opposes ‘taxpayer protection’ ballot measure + Planning Commissioners Academy + New laws webinar
November 1, 2023 - Public meeting disruption discussion + Rivas wants urgent action on retail theft + Advanced Clean Fleets roundtable
October 25, 2023 - Drive Cal Cities’ advocacy priorities + Roseville's housing transformation + Cal Cities reaffirms support for DACA
October 18, 2023 - Historic homes and CEQA exemptions + Final bill actions + EV charger funding
October 11, 2023 - Sign/veto wins + Help drive Cal Cities’ 2024 advocacy + New laws webinar
October 4, 2023 - Take action! Protect public services + Coastal Cities Group applications + The measures left to sign/veto
September 27, 2023 - 'Taxpayer protection' ballot measure lawsuit + Possible permanent water restrictions + Policy committee applications
September 15, 2023 - Four key measures advance to the 2024 ballot boxes
September 13, 2023 - ACA 13 moves to Senate floor + Annual conference tips + Whittier's homelessness programs
September 6, 2023 - ACA 13 passes out of the Assembly + Annual conference keynotes reveal + Suspense file results
August 30, 2023 - Cycling bill endangers pedestrians + Sign/Veto Webinar + Connect with diversity caucuses
August 23, 2023 - Big business could get a taste of its own medicine + Possible behavioral health care improvements + New ARPA guidance
August 16, 2023 - Lawmakers return to the Capitol + Legal update: Private clean-needle program + NLC leadership opportunities

An existential threat to city revenues + Help lead a policy committee + Ways to welcome disagreement

August 2, 2023 - Clarity for new campaign finance law + Top bills for cities (Part II) + Op-Ed: Homelessness is the Achilles’ heel of California
July 26, 2023 - Take action! Local housing plans + Policy committee chair and vice chair applications + Top bills for cities (Part I)
July 19, 2023 - Cal Cities Board meeting actions + Another unfunded mandate + Annual Conference and Expo sessions
July 12, 2023 - City council pay cap bill signed into law + Priority bills briefing + Lessons from Santa Rosa’s clean energy transition
June 28, 2023 - Disappointing budget deal + Take action! Sympathy striking threatens city service delivery + Cal Cities defends local revenues
June 21, 2023 - Take action! Statewide TOT tax + Accountability bill lacks needed funding + Appoint your Cal Cities voting delegate
June 14, 2023 - A flawed short-term rental tax + Cal Cities policy resolutions + Budget buzz and priority bills
June 7, 2023 - Six housing bills to know + Annual conference registration + State Bills in Brief
May 31, 2023 - Take action! Affordable housing funding + New local streets and roads allocations + Priority bills briefing
May 25, 2023 - Take action! Housing and homelessness + Suspense file outcomes + Priority bills briefing
May 17, 2023 - Key bills on the appropriations chopping block + Proposed police canine restrictions + City officials want more action on fentanyl
May 12, 2023 - Special Edition: Budget revise includes wins for cities but lacks adequate funding for homelessness and affordable housing
May 10, 2023 - Cal Cities weighs in on SB 9 lawsuit + Infrastructure grant palooza + Urge lawmakers to act on fentanyl bills
May 3, 2023 - Fentanyl bills pass out of committee + Cal Cities Speaker Series: Former Chief Justice + Final Advance Clean Fleet rule
April 26, 2023 - Take action! Fentanyl crisis legislation + Ukiah’s bold housing policy + Medicinal cannabis delivery resources
April 19, 2023 - New Cal Cities governance changes + Top bills for cities + Local officials join forces to address homelessness crisis
April 12, 2023 - New survey results show cities are making progress reducing homelessness, but the demand for housing and services is outpacing efforts
April 5, 2023 - Take action! SB 35 expansion + Speaker Series: NLC Executive Director + What you need to know about the City Leaders Summit
March 29, 2023 - Organic waste funding clawback + Sweeping new sewer system changes + Cal Cities goes to Capitol Hill
March 22, 2023 - Take action! Prop 47 reform + Cal Cities Advocacy Priorities webinar + Anti-local control housing bill
March 15, 2023 - Top bills for cities + Become a Cal Cities board member + Take action! SB 35 expansion
March 8, 2023 - Eight Cal Cities-sponsored bills + Take action! State budget ask + Last chance to register for Cal Cities’ new bills briefing
March 1, 2023 - Register for Cal Cities legislative briefing + Cal Cities Board meeting recap + Regional housing needs allocation webinar
February 22, 2023 - FPPC regulation clarification + ARPA help center reopens soon + A tidal wave of bills sweeps the Capitol
February 15, 2023 - Register now for Cal Cities' biggest advocacy event + New SB 1383 grant funding for cities
February 8, 2023 - Take action against anti-local control ballot measure + New bill would help lessen barriers to elected office + Redlands Homekey project
February 1, 2023 - CEQA lawsuit opinion published + Clean fleet federal funding available + 2023 Helen Putnam Awards
January 25, 2023 - State capitol advocacy meetings + Speaker Series: Paul Mitchell + New energy block grant
January 18, 2023 - Short wildfire map review time + ARPA flexibility + Emergency funding for cities
January 11, 2023 - Budget blueprint analysis + Local streets and roads awards + Cal Cities Annual Report
January 4, 2023 - Local Gann limit requirement + Cal Cities Speaker Series: Ali Sajjad Taj + New EV charging investments
December 14, 2022 - 2023 State Budget ask + CARE Court resources + CEQA lawsuit challenges affordable housing
December 7, 2022 - Cal Cities Board adopts 2023 Advocacy Priorities + Retired annuitant regulations + 2023 legislative preview
November 30, 2022 - FPPC clarifies financial interest law + Federal grant bootcamps + Hazard mitigation resources
November 16, 2022 - 2022 Legislative Report + CalPERS retired annuitant regulations + New recovery resources
November 9, 2022 - Our homelessness crisis requires real solutions + Register now for New Mayors and Council Members Academy + Broadband grants webinar
November 2, 2022 - Clean fleet flexibility + Clarity on financial interest law requested + New laws webinar
October 26, 2022 - Keys to success at the ballot box + Legislative priorities survey closes Oct. 31 + New laws webinar
October 19, 2022 - Anti-local control ballot measure likely to qualify + ARPA support center shutting down + Tell us your legislative priorities!
October 12, 2022 - Clean energy project permitting changes + Legislative priorities survey closes soon + Coachella Valley's multimodal oasis
October 5, 2022 - Legislative priorities survey + New policy committee chairs/vice chairs + Final legislative outcomes
September 28, 2022 - Catalytic converter crime crackdown + Policy committee applications due Sept. 30 + Proposed Rule 20 changes
September 21, 2022 - New organic waste regulation flexibility + Policy committee applications due soon + Recovery resources and guidance
September 14, 2022 - Cal Cities Advocate: Bills awaiting action + Annual conference highlights + CARE Court signed into law
August 31, 2022 - CARE Court bill passes + Sign/veto webinar tomorrow + Policy committee applications open
August 24, 2022 - Franchise fee ruling + Norco reduces homelessness + CalPERS reports negative investment return
August 17, 2022 - Priority bills clear major hurdle + Second annual conference keynote speaker announced + Infrastructure funding help for small cities
August 10, 2022 - Annual conference keynote speaker announced! + Proposed bylaws amendments + Last chance for policy committee leadership applications
August 3, 2022 - Sign/veto webinar + Corona reduces homelessness by 33% + Upcoming legislative meetings
July 27, 2022 - Transportation bill action alert! + More priority bills to watch + Early bird annual conference rate ends tonight, July 27
July 20, 2022 - Priority bills and budget items to watch + Trash talk creates recycling reform + July Board meeting report
July 13, 2022 - Policy committee leadership opportunities + Michael Tubbs Speaker Series next week + Lathrop shatters construction records
July 6, 2022 - State budget agreement reached + Speaker Series: Michael Tubbs + Infrastructure law resource portal
June 29, 2022 - Priority bills briefing + City voices protect local transportation projects + Brown Act modernization stymied
June 22, 2022 - Behavioral health care bills take center stage + Priority bills briefing + Annual conference educational sessions revealed
June 15, 2022 - What's in the state budget for cities + Federal recovery funds update + Drought briefing with Secretary Wade Crowfoot
June 8, 2022 - New drought rules enacted + Cybersecurity webinar + Upcoming legislative committee meetings to watch
June 1, 2022 - Annual conference registration opens + Catalytic converter theft bills + Help shape Cal Cities policy
May 25, 2022 - New Action Alerts + The Culling: Which bills move off of Suspense + Local streets and roads revenue estimates
May 18, 2022 - Cal Cities Advocate: Housing bill Action Alert! + May Revision deep dive + Cal Cities Board actions
May 11, 2022 - City leaders rally for state funding for new housing program, organic waste recycling, and unfunded mandates
May 4, 2022 - City Leaders Summit: What to expect + Cal Cities News Conference at the Capitol + your city’s organic waste data are needed now!
April 27, 2022 - Cities’ priorities for state budget surplus + Brown Act modernization bills + City Leaders Summit pre-registration ends April 29
April 20, 2022 - Advancing Equity Community launched + Tiny homes make big impact + New recovery resources for cities
April 13, 2022 - Ranked-choice prohibition bill stopped + Chief Hahn Speaker Series next week + Help boost organic waste recycling advocacy
April 6, 2022 - Proposed federal bill adds ARPA spending flexibility + New fiscal recovery resources available + Helen Putnam Award deadline looms
March 30, 2022 - CBRT opposition grows + Top bills for cities + New water conservation executive order
March 23, 2022 - Top bills briefing tomorrow + New date for March Speaker Series + Pismo Beach takes top Local Streets and Roads prize
March 16, 2022 - City officials advocate in D.C. + Bills that could impact cities briefing + Cal Cities takes gold for “Best Rebrand”
March 9, 2022 - City Leaders Summit Registration open! + The American Rescue Plan one year later + Update to health and safety protocols for events
March 2, 2022 - Speaker Series to feature California Secretary of State + new ARPA reporting guidance + latest opposition efforts against CBRT measure
February 23, 2022 - As California's drought worsens, state grants for drought projects are a relief
February 16, 2022 - "Infrastructure School" offers cities crash courses on accessing funds for critical projects
February 9, 2022 - Cities urged to oppose ballot measure seeking to restrict voter input and local taxing authority
February 2, 2022 - Cal Cities heads coalition against proposed ballot initiative that benefits big business and threatens local services
January 26, 2022 - Appellate court reaffirms cities’ discretion to interpret their land use plans
January 19, 2022 - Cal Cities releases 2021 Annual Report
January 12, 2022- Temporary drought rules go into effect Jan. 14; cities may use their own discretion during enforcement process
January 10, 2022 - Top priorities for cities get new investments in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget
January 5, 2022 - Legislature reconvenes with unfinished business and new opportunities for 2022
December 15, 2021 - FPPC makes changes to fundraising-related payment reporting
December 8, 2021 - Cal Cities Board of Directors adopts 2022 Action Agenda; considers positions on potential ballot initiatives
December 1, 2021 - The 2021 Legislative Report is now available. Learn about the most significant new legislation impacting cities
November 17, 2021 - A collective sigh of relief after CalPERS board votes to keep discount rate at 6.8% following compelling testimony by city officials
November 10, 2021 - Congress passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill: Here’s what California cities can expect
November 3, 2021 - Joining forces, not “strike forces,” needed to house Californians - Cal Cities responds to State Attorney General's announcement
October 27, 2021 - November's Speaker Series features infectious disease experts on how COVID-19 will evolve and how cities can help in the response
October 20, 2021 - President Silva appoints 2022 policy committee chairs and vice chairs
October 13, 2021 - October treats for cities as Governor takes final action on 2021 bills
October 6, 2021 - Help drive Cal Cities’ 2022 legislative agenda by taking a brief, online survey!
September 29, 2021 - Annual Conference and Expo featured diverse speakers and solutions to major challenges; cities and state lawmakers honored with top awards.
September 15, 2021 - Dozens of bills impacting cities advance to Governor’s desk. Attend the Cal Cities Legislative Call to Action Webinar tomorrow!
September 8, 2021 - There's still time to make your voice heard on SB 9 (Atkins), AB 361 (Rivas), and other important measures!
September 1, 2021 - Annual Conference and Expo keynote speakers revealed!
August 26, 2021 - City leaders discuss priority housing bills and immediate action steps during virtual call to action
August 18, 2021 - President Cheryl Viegas Walker to lead priority briefing on SB 9 and other housing bills!
August 11, 2021 - Six Cal Cities priority bills to be heard in Senate Appropriations Committee on August 16!
August 4, 2021 - Support needed for broadband bills AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry) and SB 4 (Gonzalez)!
July 28, 2021 - Nearly 40 breakouts sessions announced for this year’s Annual Conference and Expo!
July 21, 2021 - Cities gain increased access to transportation and broadband infrastructure funding thanks to SB 640 and SB 156
July 15, 2021 - State Budget bolsters city priorities but calls for direct state relief are left unanswered