Conference Materials from Michael Coleman           

                  Presentations and Handouts and Links from Selected Recent Sessions

• Policy Committee Meetings.  June 17-18, 2010 Sacramento
  • State Budget Update
  • Transportation Funds - Payment Delays
  • State Gasoline Tax Swap
  • COPS / Booking Fee Allocations
  • Online Hotel Taxes at Risk
• California Society of Municipal Finance Officers Legislative Seminar, May 26, 2010 Sacramento
  • Capitol Update (PDF)
• CalCPA Education Foundation's 2010 Governmental Accounting and Auditing Conference, May 5-6, 2010 Sacramento/Ontario
  • Rough Seas for State & Local Government Finances (PDF)
• Hot Topics in City/County Finance, CSMFO Sacramento Valley Chapter March 18, 2010  (PDF handout versions)
  • City Finds at Risk in the State Budget
  • Transportation Funds - Payment Delays
  • State Gasoline Tax Swap
  • COPS / Booking Fee Allocations
  • Pain in the Triple Flip - Property Tax Reimbursement for Sales Tax
  • Rough Road for the VLF
  • Online Hotel Taxes at Risk
• Keenan Associates Annual Summit, 3-4 March 2010 Pasadena/Berkeley.
  •  A Brief Look at the Evolution of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California - and a State Budget Update. (PDF of slides)
• California Society of Municipal Finance Officers Annual Conference, 17-19 Feb 2010 Los Angeles.
  • The Coleman Report: An Update on State Budget and Local Revenue Concerns - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • Local Revenues 101 - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • Beaconomics: Beacon Economics Quarterly Forecast Dec 2009 (PDF)
  • Other presentations from the CSMFO conference.
• League of California Cities, City Manager's Department Meeting, 4 Feb 2010 Carlsbad.
  • The New Economy and Cities - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • California Economic Condition and the Health of Regions - Dr. John Husing
• Planning in California: An Overview and Update UC Davis Extension - 22 Jan 2010, Sacramento.
  • Land Use Planning in California: Fiscal Issues (Coleman) (PDF)
• League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee, 21 Jan 2010, Sacramento.
  • Governor's Proposed 2010 Budget: Early Indications for Local Governments (PDF of slides)
• State Capitol Staff Briefing: Local Government 101, 10 Dec 2009 Sacramento.
  • An Overview of Local Government Finance (PDF of slides)
• League of California Cities Municipal Finance Institute, 2-4 Dec 2009, Monterey.
  • The Evolution of the State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • Pain in the Triple Flip - Coleman (PDF of slides)

  • The California State Budget and its Effect on Cities - Coleman (PDF of slides)

    • LAO: California's Fiscal Outlook Nov 18, 2009

  • The Economy and City Revenues - Janczyk (PDF of slides)
  • The Economy and City Revenues - Mancia (PDF of slides)
  • State Cash Flow and Credit Issues - Rosenstiel  (PDF of slides)
  • State Cash Flow and Credit Issues - Decker  (PDF of slides)
  • Retirement and OPEB - Seeling (PDF of slides)
  • Retirement and OPEB - Bradley
  • Ed Mendel's CalPensions Blog
  • Legal Update - Colantuono  (PDF Outline)   Proposition 218 Update - Colantuono (PDF paper)
  • Municipal Bankruptcy - Stout  (PDF of slides)
  • "Municipal Bankruptcy: Avoiding and Using Chapter 9 in Times of Fiscal Stress" by John Knox and Marc Levinson. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 2009. (PDF booklet)
  • Fiscal Officers Toolkit: Contingency Planning and Downsizing - Statler  (PDF of slides)
  • Rethinking the Core Mission: Competencies of City Government - Keene  (PDF of slides)
• League of California Cities Fire Chiefs Leadership Seminar 2-4 Dec 2009, Monterey.
  • Budgets, the Economy and Effects on Human Resources - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • Budgets, the Economy and Effects on Human Resources - Burnside (PDF of slides)
• League of California Cities Legislative Seminars, 17-19 Nov 2009
  • Legislative Briefing Webinar Handout. PowerPoint slides from presentations. (PDF)
  • Podcast of Webinar including Powerpoint slides. (WMV)
  • 2009 Legislative Report. A Compilation of 2009 Statutes. (PDF)
• California Society of Municipal Finance Officers Weekend Training - 13 November 2009.
  • Handout version. PDF (Coleman)
• National League of Cities Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Steering Committee. 9 October 2009, Mountain View.
  • California's Economic Crisis and its Effect on Cities - Coleman. (PDF of slides)
• League of California Cities Annual Conference - 16-18 Sept 2009, San Jose.
  • Top Ten Things You Need to Know About City Finance - Coleman (PDF of slides)
  • Top Ten Things You Need to Know About City Finance - Al-Imam (PDF of slides)
  • Top Ten Things You Need to Know About City Finance - Colantuono (PDF of slides)
  • Update on the Law of Municipal Revenues (briefing paper)
  • Proposition 218 Update. Dan Hentschke (briefing paper)

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