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<br />8A <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />Recently Added Session: <br />Commercial Recycling with the Institute for Local Govemment <br /> <br />Register for this conference by visiting www.cacities.ora/events. <br /> <br />For questions regarding this conference, please contact Brian Sanders at (916) 658-8238 or <br />bsandersta>.cacities.ora or Dorothy Johnson at (916) 658-8214 or diohnsonta>.cacilies.ora. <br /> <br />Crisis Training for Local Officials Being Offered in San Francisco and Long Beach <br /> <br />The National League of Cities (NLC) and the Intemational City-County Management Association <br />(ICMA) are sponsoring a Crisis Leadership for Local Officials training. Funded through the <br />Department of Homeland Security, the training is being offered in San Francisco on March 18-19 <br />and Long Beach on March 22-23. <br /> <br />The course is intended to: <br />Educate local leaders about their role in emergency management; <br />Improve intra- and inter-govemmental coordination and communication; <br />Improve mutual and automatic aid during and after a disaster; and <br />Help local officials identify potential community risks, leam enough to ask good <br />questions, make sound decisions about capabilities, and deal with the media during an <br />emergency. <br /> <br />Attendees must be familiar with their local Emergency Operations Plan and have taken the IS100, <br />IS700a and IS800. Registration for this two-day training program is free but seating is limited to <br />40 attendees and program applications must be received by Feb. 19. Travel costs are not <br />included. <br /> <br />The San Francisco <br />Chtto:/Iwww.nlc.ora/ASSETS/47DC1 BFAB4134E7 A895A 11 0206F2B40C/EMTPFlverSanFrancisc <br />o 0310.odf} and Long Beach <br />Chtto:llwww.nlc.ora/ASSETS/266F68E6B3F7 4305BDACOCBBB870D698IEMTPFlverLonaBeach <br />0310.odf) applications are available on NLC's Web site. <br /> <br />By participating in this training program, attendees can also eam credit for the FEMA <br />Preparedness Certification Program (www.fema.aov), the NLC Leadership Training Institute <br />Program (www.nlc.ora) and the ICMA Credentialing Program Cwww.imca.ora). <br /> <br />To register online please visit NLC's Web site at htto:l/citvinfo.nlc.ora/eweb/. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Lorraine Gloster, NLC Office of Homeland Security and Emergency <br />Management program coordinator, (202) 626-3190 or bye-mail at olosterta>.nlc.oro. <br /> <br />Introducing CalRecycle <br /> <br />CalRecyc/e, formerly the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of <br />Cons8Natlon Division of Recycling, asked the League to help distribute information to city <br />officials about changes in the department. The following memo was distributed to department <br />staff, state agencies and key stakeholders on Jan. 29. <br /> <br />On Jan. 1, 2010 Califomia's recycling and waste diversion efforts were streamlined into the new <br />Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery - CalRecycle. <br /> <br />CalRecycle manages programs created through two landmark initiatives - the Integrated Waste <br />Management Act and the Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act - that were <br />formerly part of the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and the <br />Department of Conservation (DOC). Now housed in the Natural Resources Agency, CalRecycle <br />merges the duties of the board with those of DOC's Division of Recycling to best protect public <br /> <br />7 <br />