CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 24

8:15 Registration and Continental Breakfastf

8:45 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One

Dean Derleth, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Best Best & Krieger, Los Angelesf

Gregory Priamos, Esq., Program Co-Chair, City Attorney
City of Riverside

9:00 Climate Change
Challenges Under Senate Bill 375 and Assembly Bill 32
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Beth Dorris, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger, Los Angeles

Christopher Calfee, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger, Walnut Creek

Ken Alex, Esq., Supervising Deputy Attorney General
California Attorney General’s Office, Sacramento

10:30 Morning Break

10:45 Green Design and Building
Legal Risks and Issues
Theodore Senet, Esq., and
Barbara R. Gadbois, Esq.
Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet, Los Angeles

11:30 Public Works Projects
Claims Avoidance, Bid Protests and Dealing with Defaulting Developers and Sureties
Theodore Senet, Esq.

12:15 Lunch Break

1:30 Ethics
Legal Ethics and Challenges for City Attorneys in Today’s Complex Municipal Legal Arena

Cristina Talley, Esq., City Attorney
City of Anaheim

Robert Hawley, Esq., Deputy Executive Director
State Bar of California, San Francisco

2:30 Public Meetings
Dealing with Disruptions and Other Decorum Issues
Craig A. Steele, Esq.
Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 California’s Liquid Gold
Water Supply and Conservation Issues

Paeter Garcia, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger, Los Angeles

Luis S. Generoso, Program Manager
Water Shortage Response, City of San Diego

4:30 Clean Water
Storm Water and Other Water Quality Compliance Issues
Howard Gest, Esq.
Burhenn & Gest, Los Angeles

5:15 Adjourn

Friday, June 25

8:15 Continental Breakfast

8:45 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
Dean Derleth, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Gregory Priamos, Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:00 Civil Grand Juries
Investigatory and Report Authority When Acting in Their “Watchdog Capacity”

Joan L. Cassman, Esq.
Hanson Bridgett, San Francisco

Buck Delventhal, Esq., Deputy City Attorney
City & County of San Francisco

9:45 Graffiti Challenges
Effective Strategies for Abatement, Deterrence and Cost Recovery

Brandon Mercer, Esq., Deputy City Attorney
City of Riverside

Officer Steve Warlick
Graffiti Unit, Riverside Police Department

10:30 Morning Break

10:45 Redevelopment Agencies
Challenges in Low and Moderate Income Housing
Jon E. Goetz, Esq.
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, San Luis Obispo

11:30 Eminent Domain Law
Recent Developments and Challenges in Obtaining Pre-Judgment Possession

Heriberto Diaz, Esq., Deputy City Attorney
City of Riverside

Gary Kovacic, Esq.
Sullivan Workman & Dee, Los Angeles

12:15 Lunch Break

1:30 Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT)
Very Recent Litigation and Legislation Updates
Paul R. Kiesel, Esq.
Kiesel Boucher & Larson, Beverly Hills

2:15 Propositions 13, 62 and 218
Current Developments and Strategies for Compliance

Michael Colantuono, Esq.
Colantuono & Levin, Los Angeles

Dan Hentschke, Esq., General Counsel
San Diego County Water Authority

3:00 Afternoon Break

3:15 Medical Marijuana
Recent Development in Its Regulation and Prohibition

Jeffrey Dunn, Esq.
Best, Best & Krieger, Irvine

Asha Greenberg, Esq., Assistant City Attorney
Los Angeles City Attorney`s Office

Moses Johnson, Esq., Assistant City Attorney
City of Anaheim

4:15 Massage Establishments
Recent Regulation Developments

Mark Dixon, NCTMB
Expert Professional Massage, Newport Beach

Katrina Gonzales, Esq.
Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles

Richard McElroy, Board Member, Chair
Application Review and Disciplinary Committee
Vice Chair, Public Policy and Local Government Committee
California Massage Therapy Council, Sacramento

Michael Schroeder, Esq., Board Member
California Massage Therapy Council, Sacramento

5:00 Evaluations and Adjourn