General Webinar
2022-05-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Robocall Me Maybe? Examining Automated Calls by Cities in Light of the FCC’s Broadnet Order on Reconsideration
As local governments seek to streamline processes and efficiently utilize funds in continually decreasing budgets, some are turning to automated phone calls and text messages (“robocalls” and “robotexts”) as a cost‐effective option to communicate with citizens. This session discusses the applicable federal laws and regulations that govern automated calls, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 as well as the associated FCC rules, orders, and rulings, with a focus on the FCC’s Broadnet Order on Reconsideration, released December 14, 2020, that formally applied these federal laws and regulations to local governments and their contractors. This session also discusses practical considerations and best practices for local governments when contacting citizens by automated calls and texts, including those related to telephone town halls, municipal court cases, water utility service, and COVID‐19 information.
Speakers: David Johnson

Police Webinar
2022-05-24 13:00 - 14:00
Creating a System of Police Oversight
The City of Austin has had some form of civilian police oversight for 20 years. This presentation will explore the legal issues the city has faced during that time, the changes in civilian oversight that have occurred, and different forms of oversight in other cities that have influenced the City of Austin’s approach. It will explore issues related to the confidentiality of police disciplinary records, anonymous civilian complaints, and labor relations with the Austin Police Association.
Speaker: Neal Falgoust

2022 IMLA in Canada
2022-05-31 08:00 - 20:00
2022 IMLA in Canada
May 31, 2022
Toronto, Ontario
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2022 Employment Law Program
2022-06-02 08:00 - 2022-06-03 17:00, 2022-06-06 08:00 - 2022-06-07 17:00
2022 Employment Law Program
June 2-3 & 6-7, 2022
Virtual
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Homelessness Working Group Conference Call
2022-06-02 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-07-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-04 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-01 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

First Amendment Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2022-06-22 13:00 - 14:00
Regulating Signs & Billboards after Austin v. Reagan
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015) has led to another U.S. Supreme Court case, Austin v. Reagan, a First Amendment decision which may affect the ability of your community to regulate on-premises and off-premises signs (billboards). Depending on the outcome of the case, thousands of local jurisdictions could have their sign ordinances completely upended, and have to start over when it comes to treating on-premises signs differently than billboards. Even if the Court affirms the traditional on/off distinction, Austin could still elaborate upon the concept of content-neutrality in sign regulations and further clarify the Reed decision.
This webinar includes a panel of experts who will describe the latest Reed developments and how the Court’s ruling in Austin may – or may not – change best practices for city attorneys. Communities interested in ensuring that they have constitutionally-compliant sign ordinances will want to attend.
Speaker: Susan L. Trevarthen, Mark White & David Hickey

Climate Change Meeting
2022-06-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-07-27 15:00 - 16:00

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2022-06-29
2022 University Cities Summit
July 27-29, 2022
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Meeting: Allyship
2022-06-29 15:00 - 16:00

County Working Group Call
2022-07-06 15:00 - 16:00

Awards Intent to Nominate Form Deadline
2022-07-08
The IMLA Awards Committee is composed of members from both the Board of Directors and the general membership. The charge to this Committee is to seek out potential recipients of these awards, to seek out potential nominators of those individuals, to encourage and assist potential nominators in submitting the documentation required to support a nomination, and to review nominations and recommend one or more nominees to the IMLA Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will select the recipients of the Awards, and the Awards will be presented at the Annual IMLA Conference.
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Young Lawyers Meeting
2022-07-11 13:00 - 14:00

Code Enforcement Webinar
2022-07-12 13:00 - 14:00
Administrative Warrants: Getting the Code Officer’s Foot in the Door
This webinar will discuss administrative warrants as a necessity for code enforcement inspections. We will discuss the differences between an administrative warrant as opposed to criminal warrants. Followed by a review of the case law requiring code enforcement officers to obtain one, the process, and scenarios.
Speaker: Savita Rai & Samuel Adams

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2022-07-13 15:00 - 16:00
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Join us July 13th from 3-4 pm ET to discuss Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s by Natalie Lira!
Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the “feebleminded,” justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members of society from the 1920s through the 1950s. Institutional records document the convergence of ableism and racism in Pacific Colony. Analyzing a vast archive, Natalie Lira reveals how political concerns over Mexican immigration—particularly ideas about the low intelligence, deviant sexuality, and inherent criminality of the “Mexican race”—shaped decisions regarding the treatment and reproductive future of Mexican-origin patients.

Immigration Webinar
2022-07-14 13:00 - 14:00
Denver’s Municipal Response to Federal Immigration Pressures and Changes: 2017 to Today
The City and County of Denver has long been involved in immigrant and refugee integration from the community engagement level to policy development. In 2017, feeling tremendous pressure and responsibility to respond to the many significant changes to federal immigration policy and practice, Denver developed several transformational changes in legislation and support systems to reinforce our commitment to immigrant and refugee communities. This presentation will cover the changes and what has transpired since their development to ensure sustainability and relevance in an ever-changing national immigration landscape.
Speakers: Jamie Torres & Atim Otii

Small/Rural Communities Meeting
2022-07-18 14:00 - 15:00

Preemption Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2022-07-21 13:00 - 14:00
Preemption of Prosecutorial Discretion
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
This session examines state preemption of prosecutorial discretion. Increasingly, as prosecutors have begun to use their discretion to further criminal justice reform and shift from a punitive approach to a restorative one, states have begun to step in to constrain this use of prosecutorial discretion. States have preempted prosecutorial discretion by creating concurrent jurisdiction over certain offenses at the state level, by forcing prosecutors to pursue certain charges or limiting their ability to decline to prosecutor, and even by targeting certain specific prosecutors directly. These uses of preemption not only upsets the tradition of discretion – which has been a practical necessity as prosecutors must prioritize cases – but it also rejects the mandate of the local electorate calling for criminal justice reform.
Speaker: Jorge Camacho, Nicholas Goldrosen, Rick Su & Marissa Roy

2022 University Cities Summit
2022-07-27 08:00 - 2022-07-29 17:00

Small/Rural Communities Working Group Call
2022-08-01 15:00 - 16:00

First Amendment Webinar
2022-08-02 13:00 - 14:00
Protest and Demonstration Permits
A presentation discussing key considerations for governmental entities creating regulations that require permits for public protests and demonstrations. The webinar will cover the First Amendment standards for prior restraints – including strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, limiting the discretion of government officials, justifications supporting the regulation, narrowly tailoring the permit requirements, content neutrality, and permit conditions.
Speaker: Ian Williams

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2022-08-17 15:00 - 16:00
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Join us August 17th from 3-4 pm ET to discuss Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott. It is BYOB—bring your own book, booze, or both.
Synopsis: In Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter “to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself?

Personnel Webinar (Originally Scheduled For July 7th)
2022-08-23 13:00 - 14:00
Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make: The Legal (and Practical) Aspects of Supervising Telework
This presentation will address some of the more common pitfalls associated with remote work. The legal aspects include Title VII, FLSA, Workers’ Comp, employee benefits, privacy rights and federal tax treatment. The presentation may also include practical solutions from savvy HR directors.
Speaker: Robin Cross

Homelessness Webinar
2022-08-25 13:00 - 14:00
Case Study: A Capital City’s Approach to Unsheltered Homelessness
In the wake of Martin v. City of Boise (9th. Cir. 2019), and the effects of the pandemic, Sacramento, California like many communities, experienced an overwhelming homelessness crisis that depleted public resources and overwhelmed business and neighborhood corridors. The recent Point in Time Count demonstrated that the Sacramento region experienced a 67% increase in its unhoused population since 2019. This webinar will explore the efforts employed by the City of Sacramento to mitigate the adverse effects of public encampments, address lawsuits brought by both homeless advocates and affected businesses, all while undertaking multiple efforts to shelter the unhoused. These efforts included actions by the Sacramento City Council to enact ordinances aimed to protect the city’s critical infrastructure, establish a new city department to provide a social-service-oriented response to noncriminal calls for services, and develop a comprehensive siting plan to shelter the unhoused in partnership with community organizations and individuals. The City Council has also placed a measure on the November ballot to accelerate increased shelter capacity and prescribe conditions subject to enforcement. The speakers will address each of these and other approaches and strategies taken not only to reduce the effects, but also to reduce and ultimately resolve unsheltered homelessness.
Speaker: Susana Alcala Wood, Aaron Israel, Gustavo Martinez & Beau Parkhurst

Animal Law Webinar
2022-08-30 13:00 - 14:00
Herding Cats: Legal Issues Involving Cats in Your Communities
The legal and practical management of cats has experienced significant development and advancement at the local level in recent years. City and county governments have the power to make important changes with respect to the treatment of cats in their communities – changes that will provide great benefit to both the human and animal populations, and lead to long-term solutions to current concerns. This session will describe the contemporary situations that local governments face with respect to cats, and provide scientific data and legal support for programs that represent the only real potential for success when dealing with these issues.
Speaker: Ledy VanKavage & Bruce Wagman

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2022-08-31
2022 87th Annual Conference

October 19-23, 2022 | Virtual
