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9A <br />Page 5 <br />Copies of those letters should also be sent to Assemblyman Huffman's office at the following <br />address: <br />The Honorable Jared Huffman <br />State Capitol Building, Room 4139 <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />RE: AB 1654 (Huffman) SUPPORT <br />The first eligible date that AB 1654 can be heard is March 27. If it isn't heard on that day, the bill <br />will likely be heard on April 17 in the Assembly Elections Committee. <br />Institute #or Local Government Receives Grant to Study Youth Commissions <br />The Institute for Local Government (ILG), the League of California Cities and California State <br />Association of Counties' nonprofit research arm, has received a $50,000 grant from the Surdna <br />Foundation in New York to support the effective development of youth commissions in California. <br />ILG's Collaborative Governance Initiative will draw on the experiences of local city and county <br />youth commissions to produce a Loca! Ofrrcials Guide to Developing Effective Youth <br />Commissions. A statewide roster of these commissions will be prepared as a resource for local <br />agencies. In addition, case studies of commission activities will be compiled and added to the <br />ILG's Web site. Web dialogues for local youth commissioners around the state will also be <br />organized to allow communication and learning among these civically-engaged young people. <br />If you are developing a new youth commission, please contact Chantal Kurpiewski at <br />ckurpiewski ar7,cacities.orq to add it to the growing list of such efforts that will appear on the ILG <br />Web site. A session on developing effective youth commissions will be presented in July at the <br />upcoming Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum in Monterey. <br />AB 1234 Reminder -Newly-Elected and Appointed Officials Must Be Trained! <br />!f your city has newly-elected and appointed officials, they need to receive AB 1234 ethics training <br />within one year of taking office. A great opportunity to satisfy this requirement exists at two of the <br />League of California Cities' upcoming events. <br />The League is offering a session at the Planners Institute in San piego next week and will do the <br />same in July at the Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum in Monterey. In addition, <br />there are self-study and online options available. For more information about compliance options, <br />including ILG's "Frequently Asked Questions" (F.A.Q.) on AB 1234's requirements, please visit <br />www. ca-ilq.orq/ab1234compliance. <br />Information on League events is available at www.cacities.orq/events. <br />Institute for Local Government 2007 Ethics Program Benefactors <br />ILG is very grateful to the following firms far supporting its work to develop and disseminate <br />resources on public service ethics in 2007, including the update of ILG's popular Ethics Law <br />Reference (www.ca-ilq.orq/elr} publication. <br />• Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />• Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy, LLP <br />• Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard <br />• Liebert Cassidy Whitmore <br />• Meyers Nave <br />