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last updated : 4/21/2009
Understanding the Basics of Local Agency Decision-Making
Do you sometimes wish there were an easy way to explain how decision-making occurs at the local level? Such nuts and bolts are the subject of Understanding the Basics of Local Agency Decision-Making. The publication was produced with generous support in 2008 from the Liebert Cassidy Whitmore law firm.
This guide provides a starting place for those who want to understand more about local government.
This guide is a resource in the Institute's Local Government 101 program. Through this effort, the Institute provides information about the key aspects of local agency structures and processes for newly-elected officials, newly-hired staff, the media, citizens academies, community groups and others.
The publication joins the popular Basics of County and City Revenues publication in the Institute's offerings to local officials and other community leaders. In the works are "basics" guides for land use planning and public service ethics.
last updated : 4/16/2009
Honoring Public Service
This website is designed to assist those who are preparing to celebrate the service of local officials who are retiring or otherwise leaving office.
The Institute welcomes ideas and sample materials to enhance this resource.
last updated : 2/3/2009
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The Institute's work is supported by local agency associations, foundations, individual contributions, corporations, publications sales and training fees. For example, the Institute's endowment accepts individual contributions as well as donations of surplus campaign funds and appreciated stocks. Other options include charitable remainder trusts and bequests.
Announcing the Establishment of the Don Benninghoven Internship Program and Availability of 2009 Summer Internship Opportunity
The Institute for Local Government is pleased to announce the first year of its Don Benninghoven Internship Program. The program offers a six-week, summer internship opportunity for a highly qualified graduate student who is interested in local government as a career.
The internship honors Don Benninghoven, who has dedicated over 50 years of his distinguished career in public service to promoting good government at the local level.
About the Institute. The Institute for Local Government is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit research arm of the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. The Institute promotes good government at the local level through its programs in civic engagement, land use, public service ethics, climate change, and intergovernmental dispute resolution. The Institute also offers basic information about local government to newly elected and appointed officials, the media and the public through its Local Government 101 program.
Internship Description. Funding is available to an intern for a six week assignment at the Institute's office in Sacramento. The internship pays $10 per hour and also includes parking/transit cost.
