News You Can Use is a periodic news publication for KMTG clients and other friends featuring significant legal updates, client reminders and law-related articles.

News You Can Use

 

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03/04/2010 DWR Requests Comments on SB 7's Urban Conservation Mandate (PDF 118KB)
01/15/2010 Why You Need A Virtual Estate Plan (PDF 281KB)
10/06/2009 Regional Targets Advisory Committee Finalizes Its Recommendations To The California Resources Board Pursuant To Senate Bill 375 (PDF 214KB)
02/01/2009 CLIMATE CHANGE Alert! First Meeting Of SB 375’s Regional Targets Advisory Committee Focused On Reduction Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Directly Related To Use Of Automobiles And Light Trucks (PDF 155KB)
10/02/2008 Is Regional Planning Finally Here? California Enacts Sweeping Land Use Legislation Tying Transportation Funding To Regional Growth Patterns To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Curbing Sprawl (PDF 237KB)
  When a Gift to a Public Official May Be Considered a Gift to a Public Agency (PDF 159KB)
05/01/2008 Providing Services Outside Special District Jurisdictional Boundaries (PDF 69KB)
03/01/2007 The California Solar Initiative Presents Opportunities for California Local Government (PDF 82KB)
08/01/2006 Utility Service Rates and Charges and Proposition 218 (PDF 84KB)
03/01/2005 New Decisions from the California Court of Appeal Applying the Anti-SLAPP Law (PDF 30KB)
01/01/2004 Amendment to Prevailing Wage Law (PDF 58KB)
01/01/2003 Upcoming Legal Deadlines for Personnel Action (PDF 40KB)
12/01/2002 Legislative Changes to California's Employment Laws (PDF 28KB)
11/01/2002 Legislative Changes to California's State and Local Open Meeting Acts (PDF 26KB)
05/02/2002 Recent Views of the Courts Regarding Public Works Contracts (PDF 72KB)
  Recent Developments Regarding Attorney Fee Awards (PDF 81KB)
04/01/2002 Important Tax Changes for 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plans (PDF 81KB)
03/01/2002 Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Remain Important Public Policy Priorities (PDF 86KB)