California law requires many local officials to receive training on public service ethics laws and principles. The Institute has worked hard to help local agencies comply with these requirements as cost-effectively as possible.Read more »
The Institute offers AB 1234 trainers a number of materials helpful to designing an AB 1234 session, including sample Powerpoint slides, sample forms and handout materials. These are offered in the form of a CD. CD Order Form Read more »
To help local officials meet their AB 1234 ethics training requirements, the Institute for Local Government and the Fair Political Practices Commission have developed a free online ethics training course (place cursor on Ethics in navigation bar, click on Local Ethics Training). The course has been approved by the Attorney General's Office and Fair Political Practices Commission.
The Institute for Local Government is offering advanced AB 1234 ethics self-study credit to those officials who have already covered the basic materials required by AB 1234 (see www.ca-ilg.org/ab1234selfstudy).
Each one-hour exercise costs $25. In each instance, local officials need to:Read more »
A free online self-study course is available that enables local officials to meet their AB 1234 ethics training requirements.
As an alternative, the Institute still offers two, one-hour self-study exercises as an option for local officials to satisfy AB 1234 requirements, or to make up for time missed at in-person sessions if the official either arrived late or left early. Each segment costs $25. Up to four weeks processing time may be required. In each instance, local officials need to:Read more »
AB 1234 contains certain requirements and restrictions on local agency practices relating to reimbursing local elected and appointed officials' expenses. The Institute has prepared a sample reimbursement policy to help local agencies comply with these requirements.Read more »
This three-part series alerts local officials to the complex issues that can arise when one combines local public service with commitment to charitable causes. Read more »
The Institute partners with a number of organizations that support local officials and community members on health and the built environment efforts. Learn about the resources our partners provide.
This four-page tipsheet provides a checklist outlining the “nuts and bolts” of the process of reviewing a typical application for development. Read more»
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