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/� �-z RECENT LEGqI ADVOCACY FILINGS The League would like to extend special opportunities for union members, and the city was thanks to the volunteer brief writers listed below required to exhaust the impasse requirements of for their efforts on behalf of the Le2�ue. League the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. action and brief summaries of the cases appear � The name of the cas� is Sacramento Police Officers Association v. Ciry of Sacramento, No. City May Deny Funding to Groups that ��2493 (3d Dist.). Discriminate The League filed a friend-of-the-court brief with Conservation Easements and Farmland the California Supreme Court urging the court to Loss a�rm the court of appeal ruling favorable to cities. The League wrote a letter to the court of The case involves the amount of discretion local appeal urging it to pubiish an opinion that would governments have to allocate their resources and provide guidance to public agencies regarding funds to effect local policy. The League thanks farmland loss related to new development and Ellen Forman, Deputy City Attomey, San CEQA mitigation. The League thanks Dan Francisco, for writing the friend-of-the-court brief McHugh, City Attomey, Redlands, for writing a to the California Supreme Court. letter in support of publication on behalf of the The issue arose in the context of the city League. The decision was recently published. declining to provide a community organization free The case arose in the context of the construc- access to berths at the marina because the tion of a new prison in Kem County. The court organization refused to agree that it would not concluded that cumulative impacts analysis of discriminate in providing access to its program. loss of farmland was appropriate for determining The organization's access policy violated the city's whether the Department of Corrections properly non-discrimination law, and the court of appeal considered mitigation measures that might reduce concluded that the city could place conditions on impact on farmlar.d caused by proposed prison the allocation of their funds to promote local policy. construction. The name of the case is Friends of The name of the case is Evans v. Cify of Berke- the Kangaroo Rat v. Califomia Department of ley, No. S112621. Corrections, No. F040956 _ Cal. Rptr. 3d _ (5th Dist., Aug. 18, 2003). Hiring Temporary Peace Officers The League recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the court of appeal urging the court to reverse the trial court ruling in a case related to • • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .. . ■ ■ ■ . .. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ . ■ the temporary hiring of retired peace o�cers. The : ■ League thanks Charles Sakai and Jeff • SAVE THE DATE ! • Sloan,with Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld � � Kraemer 8 Sloan, LLP for writing the friend-of- i . the-court brief to the court of appeal. : LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIq CITIES : The trial court concluded that the city was : LEGISLATIVE BRIEFINGS ' required to meet and confer with police unions ' ' prior to temporarily re-hiring retired peace officers � � to achieve necessary staffing levels while the ciry ; November 19 in Ontario ' recruited replacement personnel for those who • November 21 in Sacramento ; retired. The trial court concluded that there would ■ ■ be an impact to the promotional or overtime ' ' ..............................: PAGE 2/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org