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Building inclusive leadership at your agency for the next generation

September 1, 2010

When someone says “You really should have been there” or “You missed a wonderful event”.  This is truly accurate when referring to the 2010 CALCASA Statewide Pre-Conference.  On the first day, CALCASA was deliberate in having a plenary discussion that addressed inclusive leadership for the next generation.  This plenary was facilitated by the CALCASA Dismantling

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California Supreme Court questions constitutionality of `Jessica’s Law’

January 29, 2010

posted in: Public Affairs

By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the constitutionality of a “Jessica’s Law” provision that allows indefinite confinement of sexually violent predators. It’s the first of two decisions the court is expected to issue over the legality of the law that was passed as Proposition 82

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Do Over.

January 20, 2010

posted in: CALCASA

We all make mistakes.  Some are more public than others.  When faced with admitting, and amending, an error you can either deny, obfuscate and hide — or you can do what the city of Grand Forks did when they realized there was a problem with their annual calendar.  The best moments in leadership are all

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Sacramento Bee: “Governor vows no education cuts in new budget”

January 6, 2010

posted in: Public Affairs

Earlier this morning, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his final State of the State speech. Some of the topics he discussed included, education, prisons, as well as budget and health care reform. Specifically, the Governor said he will not cut funding for education in his budget. He proposed “a constitutional guarantee that California will never spend

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Schwarzenegger to give final State of the State speech

January 5, 2010

posted in: Public Affairs

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is entering his last year in office and will give his final State of the State speech tomorrow morning, at 10am. Schwarzenegger will be setting “the stage for one more fight with the Legislature over a budget that will total $89 billion this year.” The financial strains facing California show how local

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Weekly news update: Week of January 4th

January 4, 2010

posted in: Public Affairs

Schwarzenegger sets the bar high for his last year in office Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made it sound easy to fix California when he first ran for governor, but his last six years have proved otherwise. He took office in 2003 on a promise to “end the crazy deficit spending” and change state government as we

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