Intergovernmental Boards and Committees Descriptions and Meeting Data 1 California Contract Cities Association – Meetings as announced The four main functions of the California Contract Cities Association:
Education
The California Contract Cities Association strives to provide world-class educational opportunities for our members. We firmly believe knowledge is the best tool each of us possesses to be more effective leaders and to promote the betterment of our cities. We proudly offer numerous educational seminars, conferences, and meetings each year to provide our members with the latest policy updates and collaborative efforts to tackle the most challenging issues facing today’s local elected officials. Our major conferences and seminars provide local elected officials a unique perspective on how neighboring cities are working toward solving complex problems our cities face. Our unique relationship with the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy sets us apart from any other organization and allows us to offer extensive, university-level executive education to our members.
Advocacy
Representing 80 cities and nearly 8 million residents, the California Contract Cities Association is stronger than it’s ever been. Our strength comes from our numbers and our unrivaled ability to navigate the legislative and policy making processes. The California Contract Cities Association has fiercely advocated for the rights of cities to practice the contracting model and to strengthen local control since 1957. We are the premier advocacy association in Los Angeles County and beyond and have advocated successfully for our member cities for more than 65 years.
Networking
The California Contract Cities Association gathers elected officials, city staffers, and key members from the corporate world to collaborate and build relationships that will benefit the constituencies from each of our member cities. The relationships formed as part of our networking events are invaluable assets when we engage in our advocacy efforts. We encourage all our members to attend CCCA events to build relationships with like-minded professionals so they can better serve their communities.
Access
Our network of proven service providers is eager to serve your cities and constituencies. The contracting model is in our DNA; we, therefore, through our network of Associate Members, forge public, private and not for profit partnerships to promote collaborative governance across sectors. These collaborations provide unprecedented opportunities for efficiencies in better serving the public significant cost savings.
League of California Cities/City Selection Committee – 1 st Thursday (January, March and June) or as
announced 6:00 PM
The League of California Cities defends and expands local control through advocacy efforts in the Legislature, at the ballot box, in the courts, and through strategic outreach that informs and educates the public, policymakers, and opinion leaders. Cal Cities also offers education and training programs designed to teach city officials about new developments in their field and exchange solutions to common challenges facing their cities.
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Intergovernmental Boards and Committees Descriptions and Meeting Data 2 The League of California Cities advocates tirelessly on the issues that matter most to California's 482 towns and cities. The advocacy team works with regional field staff and lawmakers to sponsor, draft, and support legislative and regulatory measures that promote local decision-making, and lobby against policy that erodes local control. They also form coalitions with other local government associations and stakeholders to advocate for common goals.
Cal Cities takes positions on hundreds of bills annually. With over 400 city officials serving on the Cal Cities seven policy committees, cities directly influence the direction of Cal Cities’ overall advocacy efforts.
Committees:
1. Community Services
2. Environmental Quality
3. Governance, Transparency and Labor Relations
4. Housing, Community and Economic Development
5. Public Safety
6. Revenue and Taxation
7. Transportation, Communications and Public Works
Southern California Association of Governments – 1
st Thursday 12:00 PM – Los Angeles
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is a Joint Powers Authority under California state law, established as an association of local governments and agencies that voluntarily convene as a forum to address regional issues. Under federal law, SCAG is designated as a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and under state law as a Regional Transportation Planning Agency and a Council of Governments.
The SCAG region encompasses six counties (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura) and 191 cities in an area covering more than 38,000 square miles. The agency develops long-range regional transportation plans including sustainable communities’ strategy and growth forecast components, regional transportation improvement programs, regional housing needs allocations and a portion of the South Coast Air Quality management plans. In 1992, SCAG expanded its governing body, the Executive Committee, to a 70-member Regional Council to help accommodate new responsibilities mandated by the federal and state governments, as well as to provide more broad-based representation of Southern California’s cities and counties. With its expanded membership structure, SCAG created regional districts to provide for more diverse representation. The districts were formed with the intent to serve equal populations and communities of interest. Currently, the Regional Council consists of 86 members.
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts – 4
th Wednesday 1:30 PM - Whittier (Mayor
automatic delegate)
The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts are a public agency focused on converting waste into resources like recycled water, energy and recycled materials. The agency consists of 24 independent special districts serving about 5.5 million people in Los Angeles County. The service areas i cover approximately 850 square miles and encompass 78 cities and unincorporated areas in the county.
Intergovernmental Boards and Committees Descriptions and Meeting Data 3 Each Sanitation District has a Board of Directors consisting of the mayor of each city served, and the Chair of the County Board of Supervisors for unincorporated territory.
California Joint Powers Authority – 4
th Wednesday 5:30 PM – La Palma
The Board of Directors consists of one representative selected from the governing body of each member of the Authority. Each July, the entire Board of Directors attends an annual business meeting. At the annual meeting, the president and vice president of the Authority and other members of the Executive Committee are elected, reports of the affairs of the Authority are considered, and any other business may be transacted which is within the powers of the Board of Directors.
Executive Committee
The nine members of the Executive Committee are elected by the Board of Directors to provide day-today policy direction to the Authority’s staff. Serving two-year, overlapping terms, they are elected as president, vice president, and seven at-large directors to oversee the Authority’s affairs. The Executive Committee meets monthly to consider policies related to the California JPIA’s many programs and services. In addition, the Executive Committee also carries out ex-officio responsibility for Claims, Budget, Bylaws, and Personnel committees. Chairs for the Authority’s advisory committees, Managers, Risk Managers, and Finance Officers, are also participants in Executive Committee and Claims Committee meetings.
Pomona Valley Transit Authority – 2
nd Wednesday 5:00 PM – La Verne
Pomona Valley Transportation Authority (PVTA) offers transportation programs for the cities of Claremont, La Verne, Pomona and San Dimas in California.
Programs include the Pomona Valley Get About program for seniors and disabled, Claremont Dial-a-Ride for all ages, Pomona Group Services, and San Dimas Dial-a-Cab for all ages.
Foothill Transit Joint Powers Authority Governing Board – Last Friday 7:45 AM – West Covina
Foothill Transit is governed by a Joint Powers Authority of 22-member cities and the County of Los Angeles. The larger Governing Board is divided into five regional clusters that elect representatives once a year at the agency's annual meeting to serve on a five-member Executive Board.
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments – 3
rd Thursday – 4:00 PM – West Covina
The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) is a regional government planning agency that aims to maximize the quality of life in the San Gabriel Valley. They are a joint powers authority that consists of 31 incorporated cities, unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County Supervisorial Districts 1, and 5, and three San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water Districts (San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, Three Valleys Municipal Water District, and Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District).
The SGVCOG is the largest and most diverse sub-regional council of governments in Los Angeles County. It encompasses more than 374 square miles and has more than 2 million residents.
Intergovernmental Boards and Committees Descriptions and Meeting Data 4 The SGVCOG serves as a subregional government agency that maximizes resources and promotes regional and member interests to improve the quality of life in the San Gabriel Valley.
The SGVCOG serves as a model subregional government agency in Southern California that is committed to enhancing the quality of life in the San Gabriel Valley by supporting member agency goals, promoting regional collaboration, and delivering exceptional government services, programs, and capital projects across the membership.
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District – 2nd Friday 7:00 AM – West Covina
The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District is an Independent Special District. Power of authority is granted through the California Health and Safety Code, Sections 2000-2067. The District is governed by a 27-member Board of Trustees, consisting of an appointed representative from each city plus the County of Los Angeles.
Under the California Health and Safety Code, the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District ("The District" or "SGVMVCD") is a public health agency that provides protection from vectorborne diseases. The District is primarily charged with protecting the public from mosquito-borne diseases. They also monitor and treat for biting black flies.
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension JPA – 2
nd Thursday 11:30 AM - Monrovia
The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority (also known as the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority) is an independent transportation planning, design and construction agency created in 1998 by the California State Legislature, SB 1847 (later updated in 2011-AB706 and 2012-AB1600). The agency was created to immediately resume design, contracting and construction of the Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Gold Line (formerly the Pasadena Blue Line; now called the A Line) which had been suspended by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) earlier that same year.
The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Foothill Gold Line) is governed by an eight-member Board of Directors. In addition, cities from South Pasadena to Ontario are represented on two additional boards to the Construction Authority–the Joint Powers Authority (comprised of elected official representatives appointed by each corridor city) and Technical Advisory Committee (comprised of city managers or their staff appointees).
Rivers Mountains Conservancy
The 15 appointees are members of various regional agencies voted on by the members of those agencies. Currently Margaret Clark, Mayor Pro Tem of Rosemead is our representative.
City of San Dimas-Bonita Unified School District
Ad Hoc Committee – As announced generally every 3 months 5:30 PM – rotates District Office and City Hall