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Although cannabis is legal in California, it remains illegal under federal law. This controversy hamstrings cannabis businesses, as they are unable to use the services of federally regulated banking institutions and must do business in cash, creating risks for them and everyone they do business with — including local governments. Most banks avoid doing business
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The California Department of Finance has now posted a weblink to the form cities can use to request American Rescue Plan Act funds here. Both City’s designated contact person for State-issued Coronavirus Relief Funds and the City Manager should receive a unique username and password to log into the Department of Finance’s webform application.
In 2017, the Court decided California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, a dispute over an initiative to allow marijuana dispensaries in that city. It concluded that an initiative is not subject to some of Proposition 218’s limits on taxes proposed by city councils and county boards of supervisors. Its broad language opened the
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Ben Franklin famously said: “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” Today’s Supreme Court decision in Wilde v. Dunsmuir is an important win for public utilities and local governments promising stability in local finance. [Disclosure: I argued the case for five local government associations.]
Specifically, it holds that water rates
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The Fall ballot includes Proposition 15, an initiative constitutional amendment proposed by progressive interests to eliminate Proposition 13‘s cap on the assessed value of property for purposes of property taxation as to non-residential and non-agricultural property valued at more than $3 million. Residential and farm property would retain Proposition 13’s cap on assessed
This week, the Los Angeles Court of Appeal decided an important case upholding the requirement that a plaintiff who wishes to challenge an assessment under Proposition 218 must exhaust administrative remedies before suit. In Hill RHF Housing Partners, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., the Court held that to challenge adoption
