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<br />INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES ITS 2006 ANNUAL REPORT <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />The Institute for Local Government (ILG), <br />founded in 1955 as the League of California Cities' <br />nonprofit research ann, has published its 2006 <br />Annual Report. The report contains an overview of <br />ILG's accomplishments quring the past year. <br /> <br />ILG currently has four active program areas - <br />pUblic service ethics, civic engagement, land use <br />and housing and fiscal st~wardship. The foRowing <br />details ILG's 2006 activities: <br /> <br />New Publications. <br /> <br />· Getting the Most Out of Public Hearings <br />(www.ca-i1g.ora/oublichearinQs); <br />· An Ounce of Prevention: Best Practices for <br />Making Informed Land Use Decisions (www.ca- <br />ilg.ora/ounce); <br />· Ensuring Continued Affordability in <br />Homeownership Programs (\WJw.ca-flo:Orgl <br />inclusionarxJ; <br />· Success in Public Service: What to Know <br />Before You are Ejected or Appointed (WWW.ca- <br />ilg.or9lcandidateoamphlet); <br />· Doing the Right Thing: Putting Ethics Prin- <br />ciples into Practice in Public Service (www.ca- <br />ila.orgJrightthing); <br />· Buildings Healthy FiscalFoundation <br />Through Revenue Diversification (IMYW.ca-i1g.oral <br />revenuediversification). <br /> <br />ILG also updated its Regulatory Takings Primer <br />(www.ca-ilg.orgltakinas). The ILG board of directors <br />fonnally expressed its appreqiation to the Leagtle <br />and the California State A~ation of Counties <br />(CSAC) for those organizations' leadership in defeat- <br />ing Proposition 90, which would have wiped out <br />more than six years of ILG's, WOJk in the regulatory . <br />takings area, <br /> <br />· AS 1234 Implementation. Helped local <br />officials understand and compty with new state <br />ethics requirements, freq~ently asked questiUllS <br />(FAQs), regional and state training sessions, online <br />and self-study training opportunities, train-the- <br />trainers efforts and more. l3ythe ,end of the year, ILG <br /> <br />estfffiates that it will have directly or indirectly nelped <br />nearly 8,000 local officials comply with the require- <br />ments. <br /> <br />· Collaborating. Welcomed CSAC oobeaffl- <br />as an ILG supporter, <br /> <br />· Land Use Program Re-Envisioning. <br />Engaged ih a strategic planning effortto reflect on <br />the direction of ILG's land use program. In 2007, the <br />. program will continue to focus on housing issues <br />(including additions to the Housing Resource Center, <br />www.ca-ilg.orglhrc). but also explore the connec- <br />tions between land use and health, and climate <br />change issues for local officials. <br /> <br />· Annual Conference symposium. ~ <br />nected local officials with cutting edge thinking and' <br />'~ research abotrt #How to Talk about Govemment" in <br />collaboration-with- the, Demos-and . Frameworks <br />Institute. <br /> <br />· LeagUe'Conference Programs. 'Orga- <br />nized:anddelivered-anumber ohessions at League <br />conferences, including the New Mayors and Council <br />Members, the Planners Institute, Executive Forum, <br />Annual Conference and the Clerks New Law and <br />Election S$minar. <br /> <br />· Everyday Ethics Column. Appearing in <br />Western City magazine, the column analyzed such <br />issues as federal corruption laws, mass mailing <br />restrictions, promoting a culture of ethics, and fair <br />'.. process requirements. <br /> <br />· Endowment Fund. Contrnued to grow ILG's <br />endowment fund for long term financial secumy, <br />· which accepts- suppc>rt in various forms;, including <br />surplus. campaign contributions,appreciated. securi- <br />ties, charitable remainder trusts, bequests and <br />individual gifts. <br /> <br />ILG-aJso.iFwested-in grant-seeking.and other <br />fund raising activities to enable it to leverage League <br />and CSAC support on about a one-to-three ratio. <br />Major grants were secured from the James Irvine <br />Foundation, Bank of America. Founaatiort,- Commu- <br /> <br />Continued on P8g~.3 <br /> <br />PAGE 2 - PRIORITY FOCUS <br />December 1, 2006 - Issue #46 <br /> <br />Visit the League's Official Website--www.cacities.org <br />