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<br />8A <br />Page 6 <br /> <br />The one day conference will feature a keynote address by Senate President-Elect Steinberg and <br />a closing address by Peter Calthorpe. Other confirmed guests include: Tom Adams, president, <br />California League of Conservation Voters; Steve Heminger, executive director, Metropolitan <br />Transportation Commission; and Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Jr. League of <br />California Cities Legislative Representative Bill Higgins is moderating a session. <br /> <br />The event is sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Northern California, Bay Area <br />Council, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research <br />Association and the California Alliance for Jobs. <br /> <br />Event Details <br /> <br />Thursday, Nov. 13; 9:30 a.m. - 4;30 p.m. <br />PG & E Auditorium <br />77 Beal Street <br />San Francisco. CA <br /> <br />Register online at www.buildinoforwardcalifornia.com. The conference registration fee is $150. <br /> <br />FPPC Expected To Adopt New "'Gift" Regulations December 11 <br /> <br />On Sept. 11, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) staff recommended that FPPC <br />amend and adopt regulations surrounding the issue of tickets, free admissions, and items given <br />to and by agencies to officials in those agencies. The FPPC voted 5-0 to adopt the staff <br />recommendation and to present the new regulations for adoption. It is now expected that the <br />FPPC will adopt the new regulations at its next meeting on Dec. 11. Mountain View City Attorney, <br />Michael Martello spoke on behalf of the League of California Cities to express opposition to the <br />proposed action. <br /> <br />FPPC staff proposed to amend Regulation 18944.1, "Recipient of the Gift Passes or Tickets <br />Given to an Agency.w This regulation addresses whether tickets and other free admissions to <br />events that public officials receive from their agencies are gifts to those officials. The proposed <br />amendments will repeal the current regulation and adopt new rules that clarify that tickets and <br />free admissions received by public officials, whether from an outside source and through the <br />official's agency, or directly from the official's agency, are gifts to the official unless use of the <br />ticket/admission furthers a specific governmental or public purpose. <br /> <br />FPPC staff also proposed that Regulation 18944_3 be added. This regulation would clarify that a <br />payment is a gift when an agency makes a payment that provided a personal benefit to an official <br />and that payment is not a lawful expenditure of public funds. <br /> <br />Contact League Legislative Analyst Natasha Karl with questions at (916) 658-8254 or <br />nkarl@cacities.org. <br /> <br />HCD Neighborhood Stabilization Program Stakeholder Workshops Scheduled <br /> <br />The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCO) is reviewing the <br />recently released regulations and guidelines for the new Neighborhood Stabilization Program <br />(NSP). Two stakeholder meetings are scheduled in November for Sacramento and Merced. <br /> <br />Meeting Details <br /> <br />Sacramento: Nov. 3 <br />10 a.m. - 3 p.m. <br />VeGB Building <br />400 R Street <br />Sacramento, CA 95811 <br /> <br />6 <br />