SMART- San Diego Misdemeanants At-Risk Track The SMART pilot program is designed to address low-level misdemeanor offenders who repeatedly cycle through the criminal justice system committing drug and quality of life offenses. These repeat offenders often have no access to services, coordination of care, or meaningful incentives to engage with social service providers. The goal of the SMART program is to safely divert chronic misdemeanor offenders, particularly those who are otherwise resistant to intervention, to a case manager, individualized treatment,...

Speaker: Foster Mills 2017 Distance Learning

Municipal Liability Claims under 42 USC 1983 – Issues and Concerns “Deliberate Indifference” as a Workable Standard of Conduct for Municipal Liability – Canton v. Harris and its offspring, Canton, Bryan County, and Connick…. Single Incident Monell Liability Threatens to Create Strict Liability in 42 USC 1983 Litigation • Circuit Court split. • Expert evidence / testimony can substitute for the policy, pattern or practice, or custom. How can a personal standard of conduct “deliberate indifference” be superimposed on a...

The EEOC’s new Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2017-2021 and How It May Affect Your Workplace Part of the focus of this webinar will be on the protected Classes that the EEOC will be targeting, especially Religion and Ethnicity. Speaker: Lawrence Lee 2017 Distance Learning

Fair Housing Act Update Speaker: Dwight H. Merriam & Daniel R. Mandelker 2017 Distance Learning

This webinar will provide an update on the regulatory path being paved with the release of the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. Presenters will provide an update on federal policy, national legal developments and federal grant opportunities associated with automated vehicles. Additionally, practical guidance will be provided for the safe and successful implementation of shared mobility networks and driverless vehicle technologies into cities, including reducing risks in pilot projects, planning for infrastructure needs, and achieving energy efficiency through advanced transportation technologies....

Speaker: Jack Ryan 2017 Distance Learning

Protecting Community Cats: Law and Policy Considerations This session will give an overview of definitions and key provisions of local ordinances that can make or break a community cat program. Additional model drafting considerations regarding community cat programs wills be covered. Review and discussion regarding issues commonly related to these ordinances, such as the problem with feeding bans, and progressive nuisance-related provisions. The program will also address state statutory schemes as well as pertinent Federal statutory and regulatory schemes, and...

Cell Tower Leases Local governments can generate long term revenues by leasing land, water towers and buildings for cellular communications towers and antennas. The key to a successful lease is the rental terms, plus the right terms and protective conditions so as to avoid potential legal landmines. John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. are highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys who regularly craft and enforce municipal cell tower leases. In this 90-minute webinar, they will walk you through the...

Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) in Drinking Water: What Municipalities Need to Know About Evolving Regulatory Requirements, Health Effects and Cost-Recovery/Affirmative Litigation Options for PFOA and PFOS Contamination. In recent months, PFCs have been discovered in dozens of drinking waters supplies throughout the country resulting in EPA or state mandated multi-million dollar clean-up projects. The source of PFC contamination is typically a manufacturing facility that improperly stored, used or disposed PFC containing materials on-site or an airport or fire-fighting training facility that...