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LEAGUE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY! 7A Page 28 The League of California Cities Fiscal Officers Department is hosting the Financial Management Seminar and Mini Expo in La Jolla on November 29 through December 1. Online registration for this event closes on Monday, October 30, so reserve your spot now! Sessions will cover a wide range of financial topics, including the future of the state's economy and a legislative and ballot election update by League staff. To be held at the Hilton Torrey Pines hotel, the seminar's schedule will also include "Growing Your Own Successors,. led by Frank Benest and "Managing GASB 45 Liabilities. from a panel of speakers that includes Donald Field from Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, Robert Hornaday from Keenan & Associates, and Kenneth Marzion from the California Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS). Concurrent session topics will cover the following: The Proposition 218 "Squeeze" · Trends in Housing & Redevelopment · A Road Map to Improving Your Infrastructure UUT Jeopardy - a session about current and future threats to the Utility Users Tax · Mandate This! - a session about the mandates process, reforms and what it could mean to your city pocketbook Explorations in Financial Ethics · The Fair Labor Standards Act: Is it Fair or Standard? The closing general session speaker will be the always hilarious Colin McKechnie, who will leave seminar attendees with ideas on how to pursue the "Stress-Less Path to Success." Colin is an internationally recognized training consultant and known for his interesting sessions that offer insight into life using humor. His sessions are praised by the likes of Queen Elizabeth II of En- gland and the Prime Minister of Malaysia. To register, please visit www.cacities oral ~. Cost for this event is $430 for city offi- cials, $550 for other attendees and $125 for guest/spouse. Registration must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, October 30. If you register online, you'll also receive a coupon for $20 for CityBooks! Otherwise, registration must be done on-site. Aside from the great education you'll receive, the Financial Management Seminar is the perfect place to network during the two evening recep- tions. There are lots of opportunities for you to meet new colleagues and catch up with old friends in beautiful La Jolla! We look forward to seeing you there! ........................ FPPC LAUNCHES ONLINE AS 1234 TRAINING COURSE The California Fair Political Practices Commis- sion (FPPC) has launched an online AS 1234 ethics training course. The course is available to local officials for free and can be accessed at any time at http://locaJethicstooc.ca.gov. The FPPC, the attorney general, and the Institute for Local Government (ILG) collaborated on the effort to make sure that local officials have a variety of options available to them to satisfy AS 1234's requirements. This online course supple- ments ILG's other AB 1234-related training options, including the more old-fashioned self-stUdy materi- als published earlier this year as a two-part series in Western City magazine (also available at www.ca-iIq.orQIab1234compliance for those who want to print out and distribute the materials to their officials) as well as various in-person trainings being offered throughout the state. ILG is grateful to the AT&T Foundation for funding ILG's contributions to this effort. The Institute for Local Government is the nonprofit research arm for both the League of California Cities and the Califomia State Association of Counties. Visit the League's OffIcial Website.-www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS - PAGE 3 October 27, 2006 . Issue #42