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California Appellate Court Provides Guidance - Passthrough payments negotiated prior to the dissolution of redevelopment agencies must be paid in full before remaining tax increments are distributed....By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Part 2 in a PublicCEO Series - Previously, we discussed local governments’ response to the novel coronavirus and the tension between governmental authority for emergency response and individual liberty. How does that tension impact the process of...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Legislative Body Members Must be Neutral and Unbiased to Vote on Matters - In affirming a lower court’s rare decision to void a city’s conditional use permit denial, the California Court of Appeal said that, when a legislative body hears an...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Reduces Joint Employer Liability, Brings Clarity for Employers - The National Labor Relations Board recently published a new rule clarifying the "joint employer" definition. Employers should welcome the NLRB’s new rule, as it both reduces the...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Several municipal clients adopted retiree health savings plans or post-employment health plans, and continue to have questions about what they are and how they should be administered....By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Land Use, Telecommunications, Environmental and More - As noted in Part I of this two-part series, California lawmakers passed a number of new laws last year that greatly impact how public agencies serve their constituents. Originally published in...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Shauna Amon Writes About Public Employer New Laws in PublicCEO - California and federal courts, along with the state’s Public Employer Relations Board, handed down a number of decisions last year that will impact public employers and employees in...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Partner Joseph Ortiz Discusses Changes in the Southern California Newspaper Group - For California employers, 2020 brings sweeping changes to equalize the workplace. This playbook of new employment laws — aimed at shrinking the state’s mounting pay...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Many governmental 457(b) deferred compensation and 401(a) defined contribution plan sponsors do not take full advantage of the contribution limits for these plans. To do this, you need to understand: the limits, who they apply to, how they coordinate...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

The “4-Plex Bill” Meant to Address the Housing Crisis Couldn’t Muster Enough Support - Much to the relief of local land-use control advocates and cities throughout California, Senate Bill 50 failed to pass the state Senate last week and died on the...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP