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Page 1 2015 Volume 1 C C C C A N E W S CCCCA NEWS: Searching for a cool newsle er name since 2014 DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1977: Our beloved CCAC was established with the objective of promoting the City

(Continued on page 7) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Structural Update TTC 200 Hawaii Raffle Legislative Update 1 2 3 P r o p o s e d C C A C S t r u c t u r a l C h a n g e s n o w O n l i n e Details of the

1 Page Volume 1 C C C C A N E W S CCCCA NEWS: Searching for a cool newsle er name since 2014 DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1977: Our beloved CCAC was established with the objective of promoting the City Clerk Profession throughout the State of California. The average price of a new home in the U.S. was $49,300 and gas was $0.65 per gallon. (Continued on page 7) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Structural Update TTC 200 Hawaii Raffle Legislative Update P r o p o s e d C C A C S t r u c t u r a l C h a n g e s n o w O n l i n e Details of the proposed update to the 40 year old CCAC structure have been posted on line. Details can be found on the CCAC Website by selecting About Us and then clicking on Proposal on the Structure of CCAC IN BRIEF WHAT ARE THE CHANGES? The proposed changes are as follows: Elimination of the local divisions (boards and all) in favor of one 25 member board. Divisions will be replaced by 16 regions, each with a regional director that will serve as a board member. IN BRIEF WHY MAKE CHANGES AT ALL? The City Clerk s Association of California is 40 years old. Upon it s creation, no one foresaw the inequity of member distribution, education distribution and resource distribution. The Any final action will only occur as a bylaw amendment by vote of the entire membership. Board and Divisions have heard member complaints, and know these problems exist. After listening to the members and dealing with a consultant, this proposal was born. The new structure is designed to better deliver services to members as a onestop shop for delivery of education and scholarship services through one portal, to all members, without changes in dues. CAN I STILL PROVIDE IN- PUT? YES! Please contact your Division representatives with your questions, suggestions and comments! Central Division contact information can be found on page 8. Any final action will only occur as a bylaw amendment by vote of the entire membership. Member engagement is critical to the process, so please engage. A bylaw ballot measure may be presented as early as July Upcoming Scholarships 4 Meet the Member Fun & Games 5 Scholarship Winners 6 Newsletter Contest 7 CCCCA Calendar Board Contact Info 8 The Series 200 Technical Training for Clerks ( TTC ) was held in Riverside from March 10 to 13. The event was filled with great speakers discussing great topics. The Topics covered were: Origins & Formation of Social T T C S e r i e s H e l d & Political Systems Election Law & Procedures Local Government Finance Codification Technology in the Clerk s Office Team/ Group Decision Making Communication Skills Organizational Value & Ethics The Clerk as a Professional. TTC is a great way to network with your fellow Clerks, learn topics relevant to your field AND, if you attend all four sessions, will satisfy the education requirement for a Certified Municipal Clerk certificate! Look into it! Scholarships are available! (see page 4)

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Page 3 C C C C A N E W S L E G I S L A T I V E U P D A T E Assembly Member Roger Hernandez has introduced two bills that would affect Clerk Offices throughout California, Assembly Bill 278 and

..would require the legislative body of a city with a population of 100,000 or more to adopt an ordinance, without submitting the ordinance to the voters of the city for approval, for the election of

3 Page 3 C C C C A N E W S L E G I S L A T I V E U P D A T E Assembly Member Roger Hernandez has introduced two bills that would affect Clerk Offices throughout California, Assembly Bill 278 and Assembly Bill 254. Assembly Bill 278,...would require the legislative body of a city with a population of 100,000 or more to adopt an ordinance, without submitting the ordinance to the voters of the city for approval, for the election of members of the legislative body by district. Assembly Bill 254, would eliminate the established election dates in March and April. The City Clerks Association of California, Legislative Committee ( Committee ), reviewed and discussed these bills at length. The Committee voted to send a Notice of Opposition letter regarding Assembly Bill 278 to Assembly Member Hernandez stating that, [i]n brief, we believe that this broad and costly state mandate is neither necessary nor appropriate. More specifically, the Notice of Opposition made the following points: The 100,000 population figure is arbitrary and does not reflect an assessment of individual community needs. A mandate for district based elections as the In brief, we believe that this broad and costly state mandate is neither necessary nor appropriate. Quote from CCAC AB 278 (Hernandez) Notice of Opposition Letter...we support your intent to increase voter participation and turnout [but] we believe there may be a better vehicle... Quote from CCAC AB 254 (Hernandez) Notice of Opposition Unless Amended Letter solution for any at-large challenge would conflict with the California Voting Rights Act ( CVRA ) and case law. Mandating legislative bodies to implement district based elections by ordinance without submission to the voters would bypass the will of the local electorate and cause tension as local ordinances are subject to referendum power. The bill is not needed as the CVRA is a strong and unbroken tool that works to protect voters The bill eliminates the ability to implement atlarge election alternatives based on the needs of the community should the jurisdiction wish to settle CVRA litigation. Implementation of the unfunded state mandate would be costly. The Committee also voted to send a Notice of Opposition Unless Amended letter to Assembly Member Hernandez regarding Assembly Bill 254 stating that,...while as local elections officials we support your intent to increase voter participation and turnout, we believe there may be a better vehicle by which to achieve that goal. The Notice of Opposition Unless Amended letter made the following points: The bill reduces the ability of local agencies to conduct regular and/ or special elections by more than 30% by eliminating 2 of 6 established election dates. Los Angeles county, were cities hold stand alone elections, may lack the capacity to conduct consolidated elections. Consolidation for all local agencies in other counties may result in capacity issues for other counties. There would be an impact to election day operations including the need for multiple and longer ballot cards, increased lines and wait times for voter and the placement of local is- sues on the longer ballots. There are numerous costs associated with consolidating elections. If you would like to read the letters sent to Assembly Member Hernandez, please view the Legislative Updates page on the CCAC website under the News & Updates header.

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Page 5 C C C C A N E W S MEET THE NEWEST CCCCA MEMBER It s me to meet our newest member, Patricia Bu on: Born and raised in Monterey County, I spent my youth loving the outdoors and enjoying the

5 Page 5 C C C C A N E W S MEET THE NEWEST CCCCA MEMBER It s me to meet our newest member, Patricia Bu on: Born and raised in Monterey County, I spent my youth loving the outdoors and enjoying the great coastal weather. In 1995 I moved to Upstate NY and spent the next 20 years raising our family. I worked as a Deputy Clerk in our Village and earned my NY state Notary Public while in office. A er our daughter married, my husband and I decided it was me to move back home with our youngest. In July we arrived safely a er a cross country journey with family expec ng our over due arrival. We stayed with family and acclimated to the dry heat of the Central Valley during the summer months un l purchasing our forever home in Visalia. Now serving as the City Clerk of Farmersville, I am both blessed and encouraged to take on this new endeavor with a suppor ve and caring staff. I look forward to mee ng the people of this small but great community and growing with them. On behalf of all the Central Division members, let me say Welcome back home and we are glad to have you as part of the Central Division family. PATRICIA BUTTON, City Clerk of Farmersville and the newest Central California City Clerk s Associa on member. FUN & GAMES Can You Find These Words? CCAC CCCCA IIMC OATH CODIFICATION TRASNPARENT NUTS AND BOLTS PATRICIA BUTTON Todd Stermer, CCCCA Chair ELECTION RESTRUCTURE HELPFUL HINTS: 1) Some of the abbrevia ons overlap 2) Transparent is misspelled...but it was on purpose...to teach a lesson...on, I don t know...lets say proof reading.

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The Voyager I and II space probes were launched from Cape Canaveral. Popular songs included How Deep is Your Love by The Bee Gees and Hotel California by The Eagles.

7 Page 7 C C C C A N E W S DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1977 (continued from page 1) HELP US CHOOSE A NAME FOR OUR NEWSLETTER 1977 was the year that the City Clerks Associa on of California came into existence. But that wasn t the only thing that happened. Here are few other things that made headlines that year: Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States. The Voyager I and II space probes were launched from Cape Canaveral. Popular songs included How Deep is Your Love by The Bee Gees and Hotel California by The Eagles. New York City experienced a 25 hour black out that caused loo ng and disorder. The Panama Canal was returned to Panama (someone found it in a Denny s parking lot decided it wouldn t be right to keep it just kidding). CCCCA NEWS maybe a technically accurate tle but it lacks the pizzazz and glamour of the Southern Division s newsle er, SOCAL CLERKIN or Hearst Publishing s, Esquire. Okay, Esquire is not a newsle er, but the tle is pre y rockin. If you have an idea you feel is worthy enough to grace the cover of the Central Division newsle er, e mail it to the Central Division Chair, Todd Stermer, at todd.stermer@fresno.gov. Have your submissions to Todd by May 30th, 2015 and it will be on the list of contenders that will be voted upon by the en re Central Division membership in June. Current sugges ons include The Central Line and Central s Main Line Think you can do be er? Get those submissions in! Sea le Slew became the tenth of only eleven horses to win the coveted Triple Crown. Elvis Presley died. Popular movies released that year included: Star Wars, Episode IV (which was actually the first one), Rocky, Smokey and the Bandit, and Saturday Night Fever. The super sonic Concorde passenger jet began scheduled service from Paris and London to New York s John F. Kennedy Airport. The New York to London route typically took Concorde three and a half hours. The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodges (four games to two) in the 83rd World Series.

P a g e 8 CCCCA CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES CCCCA MEETINGS 2015 Volume

Conference, Rohnert Park November 19: Visalia April 30: MMANC Women s Leadership Summit May 8: Athenian Dialogue, Burbank (9:00 a.m.) May 13: CCAC Structural Update Webinar (10:00 to 11:00 a.

Monterey Northern Division Mee ng, Fort Bragg Central Division Nuts & Bolts Workshop, Modesto PLEASE NOTE: If you would like addi onal informa on on any of these events

FOR ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND EVENT DATES VISIT THE CCAC WEBSITE AT www.californiacityclerks.

todd.stermer@fresno.gov YVONNE SPENCE, TREASURER City Clerk, City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno 93721 Ph: 559 621 7665 yvonne.spence@fresno.

8 P a g e 8 CCCCA CALENDAR IMPORTANT DATES CCCCA MEETINGS 2015 Volume 1 April 4: Athenian Dialogue, Temecula (9:00 a.m.) May 21: Merced April 9 10 LCC Policy Commi ee Mee ngs, Ontario July 23: Turlock April 10: Athenian Dialogue, Ontario September 17: Fresno April 22 24: CCAC Annual Conference, Rohnert Park November 19: Visalia April 30: MMANC Women s Leadership Summit May 8: Athenian Dialogue, Burbank (9:00 a.m.) May 13: CCAC Structural Update Webinar (10:00 to 11:00 a.m.) May 17 20: 69th Annual IIMC Conference, Harford, CT May 21: Central Division Mee ng, Merced May 27 28: CSAC Legisla ve Conference May 28: CCAC Structural Update Webinar (3:00 4:00 p.m.) June 9 12: June 11 12: June 24 26: June 26: July 9 10: 400 Series TTC, Riverside LCC Policy Commi ee Mee ngs, Sacramento Mayors & Council Members Execu ve Forum, Monterey Northern Division Mee ng, Fort Bragg Central Division Nuts & Bolts Workshop, Modesto PLEASE NOTE: If you would like addi onal informa on on any of these events please check the CCAC website at or contact any of your Central Division Board members listed below. FOR ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND EVENT DATES VISIT THE CCAC WEBSITE AT AND CLICK ON EDUCATION AND EVENTS CCCCA BOARD MEMBERS TODD STERMER, CHAIR Assistant City Clerk, City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno Ph: todd.stermer@fresno.gov YVONNE SPENCE, TREASURER City Clerk, City of Fresno 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno Ph: yvonne.spence@fresno.gov JOANN McCLENDON, SECRETARY Deputy City Clerk, City of Chowchilla 130 S. Second St., Chowchilla Ph: jmcclendon@ci.chowchilla.ca.us PATRICIA KRAUSE, TRUSTEE Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterford 101 E. Street, Waterford Ph: , ext. 109 pkrause@cityofwaterford.org BONNIE PAIGE, TRUSTEE City Clerk, City of Stockton 425 N. El Dorado St. Stockton Ph: bonnie.paige@stocktongov.com JOSE JASSO, PAST CHAIR Assistant City Clerk, City of Manteca 1001 W. Center St. Manteca Ph: jjasso@ci.manteca.ca.us MIRANDA LUTZOW, PROF. DEV. REP. Assistant City Clerk, City of Merced 678 W. 18th Street, Merced Ph: lutzowm@cityofmerced.org VACANT, FIRST CHAIR The Board will vote on the appointment Louisa Zavala, Deputy City Clerk of Porterville later this month.

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JIM MCCAULEY COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER-REGISTRAR OF VOTERS RYAN RONCO ASSISTANT RECORDER-REGISTRAR 2956 RICHARDSON DRIVE AUBURN, CA 95603 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 5278 AUBURN, CA 95604 PLACER COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER-ELECTIONS