California JPIA welcomes new member, City of Santa Clarita

The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (California JPIA) welcomes the City of Santa Clarita, a new member and participant in the Authority’s Excess Liability, Excess Workers’ Compensation, and Property Insurance Programs as of July 1, 2021. Read more »
City of Manteca Saves Money While Saving the Environment

The City of Manteca is taking proactive steps to minimize its budget and ratepayer costs by creating its own fuel for its Solid Waste Fleet of vehicles. Read more »
RPLG Founding Partner Jon Holtzman Named Top Labor and Employment Lawyer by the Daily Journal

Renne Public Law Group Founding Partner Jon Holtzman has been selected by the Daily Journal as a 2021 Top Labor and Employment Lawyer, in recognition of his unique acumen for strategic consulting, negotiations, fact-finding and project labor agreements, as well as his innovative focus on the timely issue of public safety reform. Read more »
Civiltec Welcomes Designer Yamil Sandino, EIT

Yamil Sandino, EIT Designer – Phoenix Where did you attend college, and what did you study? I went to the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (National University of Engineering) located in Managua, Nicaragua. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. What drew you to working for Civiltec? Civiltec is a solid engineering firm that keeps growing and has a good reputation for their quality work. From the very beginning of the application process, I appreciated how seriously I was taken as a candidate. The team looked beyond my written résumé and gave me the opportunity to put my foot in the door as a civil engineer. For that, I am grateful. What do you like best about working at Civiltec (so far)? I enjoy the work environment at Civiltec. Everyone in the Phoenix office has been very welcoming and friendly, and the same can be said about people working in other branches of Civiltec. My coworkers are easy people to work with. You can sense their respect for your work, and at the same time they offer support to help you keep improving. I also really like the flexibility offered with Civiltec’s work schedule. What are some of your favorite types of projects to work on? My primary project consists of reviewing utility conflicts with Southwest Gas Company’s gas lines. This has given me the chance to be exposed to a wide variety of development and construction projects. I look forward to being part of the design process for other Civiltec projects in the near future. When … Read more »
Renne Public Policy Group Welcomes Jake Whitaker as Manager of Grant Writing and Research

Jake Whitaker, who has joined Renne Public Policy Group (RPPG) as Manager of Grant Writing and Research, is an experienced grant writer and trained project manager who currently serves as President of the Woodland Joint Unified School District’s Board of Trustees. The youngest elected official in Yolo County, he joined the school board at age 25 and was reelected in 2020. Read more »
Chris Dusza Celebrates 25 Years With Civiltec

Chris Dusza, PE, CFM Vice President, Principal Engineer in Charge Can you share a story of challenge or triumph at Civiltec that has stuck with you over the years? What has stuck with me over the years is the people at Civiltec that have poured into me. From my start at Civiltec, people took the time and made the effort to teach me many, many things. I don’t know that I would have developed into a professional engineer, owner and vice president otherwise. Even today, I am incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by people that teach me new things all the time. It is something that I will never forget and make it a point to do the same for others. As Vice President, how have you worked to maintain a strong emphasis on the Civiltec’s core values as the company grows its staff, expands its office footprint and takes on more projects? The two biggest core values that I focus on are family and having fun. I think they go hand in hand. We spend a lot of time together, so we really are like family (in a good way). It is important that everyone feels like part of the family and that we enjoy spending time together. I want people to love what they do and really enjoy doing it at Civiltec. As we grow and take on more and more projects and get even busier, I don’t ever want to lose sight of having fun and enjoying … Read more »
American Rescue Plan – What Does it Mean for Your City

Climatec’s California team recently released an informational package regarding the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Created just for California local governments, the package contains projected allocations by agency, distribution plans and more. Read more »
Tripepi Smith Launches PublicCEO Report Podcast

Hosted by Ryder Todd Smith, the PublicCEO Report is Tripepi Smith’s way of bringing the local government community together in California. Read more »
Facebook Cracking Down on Fake Accounts

In late September 2020, Tripepi Smith briefly met with representatives from Facebook in response to a client’s difficulty managing their Facebook Page. During that conversation Tripepi Smith learned about Facebook’s policies regarding “fake” accounts/profiles managing Pages. Read more »
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La Cañada Flintridge Division Manager Arabo Parseghian Named Capstone Award Winner at California JPIA 26th Annual Risk Management Educational Forum

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 24, 2021

La Cañada Flintridge Division Manager Arabo Parseghian received the Capstone Award at the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority’s (California JPIA) 26th Annual Risk Management Educational Forum in San Diego. Read more »
California JPIA Recognizes Milestone Anniversary for Accounting Specialist Habib Ali

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 24, 2021

The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (California JPIA) congratulates Accounting Specialist Habib Ali, who celebrated his five-year anniversary with the Authority in October 2021. Read more »
California JPIA Presents at CALPELRA

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 24, 2021

The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority’s (California JPIA) Employment Practices Manager Kelly Trainer Policky presented two sessions at the 2021 California Public Employers Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA) Annual Conference in Monterey, November 16–19, 2021. Read more »
Avenu Insights & Analytics Renews Support of CCMF as a Corporate Benefactor Sponsor

Posted by Charlie Mounts on November 23, 2021

The California City Management Foundation (CCMF) announced that Avenu Insights & Analytics has renewed its support of the California city management community as a 2021-22 CCMF Corporate Benefactor Sponsor. Read more »
Soquel Union plans for green future with energy infrastructure program

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 22, 2021

Soquel Union Elementary School District (District) recently approved a plan to renew and fortify its energy infrastructure. These upgrades will provide much-needed comfort, resiliency and sustainability to its schools in the face of climate change, unpredictable public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) and rising utility costs. Read more »
City of Manteca Public Works Department Earns Project of the Year Award

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 22, 2021

The APWA’s Sacramento Chapter selected the City of Manteca’s State Route 120 Union Road Interchange Project in the Transportation Category. Read more »
San Gabriel Valley’s First Tiny Home Village Offers Hope to the Unhoused

Posted by Charlie Mounts on November 22, 2021

Community members and officials gathered this past weekend to laud the opening of a village of 25 tiny homes in the City of Baldwin Park as offering hope to unhoused neighbors. Esperanza (“Hope”) Villa is the first tiny home village of its kind in the San Gabriel Valley, and unsheltered residents of Baldwin Park will begin moving into the units over Thanksgiving week. Read more »
Ameresco Renews Support of CCMF as a Corporate Benefactor Sponsor

Posted by Charlie Mounts on November 16, 2021

The California City Management Foundation (CCMF) announced that Ameresco has renewed its support of the California city management community as a 2021-22 CCMF Corporate Benefactor Sponsor. Read more »
City of Escondido Joins the Clean Energy Alliance

Posted by Clare Burgess on November 12, 2021

On October 27, 2021, the City of Escondido voted to partner with the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) to bring community choice energy to the City’s residents and local businesses. CEA will work with Escondido, the joint power authority’s fourth member, to develop and submit an implementation plan to the California Public Utilities Commission before the end of 2021. Read more »
Raymond James Becomes CCMF’s First Foundation / Board Sponsor

Posted by Charlie Mounts on November 9, 2021

The California City Management Foundation (CCMF) announced that Raymond James has become CCMF’s first Foundation / Board Sponsor. Read more »

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