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To educate its members and the public about unethical behavior in the real estate industry, the California Realtors Association recently began hosting a database of violations and subsequent disciplinary actions on its website. MORE
40K The weight, in pounds, of the truck shipment recently stolen from a California nut producer. Sophisticated thieves have been making life pretty difficult for California’s nut industry, and that’s prompted some of the region’s trade groups to fight back. MORE
In a move designed to boost accountability in the industry, the California Association of Realtors announced last week that it would publish information about member ethics violations on its website—albeit in a members-only section. MORE
A Win for Franchisors Also this week, California Gov. The single-use plastic bag—that scourge of environmentalists—may become a thing of the past in California. CGA says the law “will bring uniformity to California, while further reducing the use of plastic bags.” MORE
The Bitcoin Foundation, which represents advocates of the controversial online currency, hasn’t received the warmest welcome in California. “Thus, there is no issuer of Bitcoin that would be subject to licensure as a money transmitter under California law.” MORE
SLA's always-innovative Southern California Chapter is offering eight of its members a chance to participate in the Virtual Conference Component , to be held in real time with the 2010 SLA Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO 13-16 June, free. In return, the members must agree to write an article for the chapter blog about their experience. MORE
Nonprofits are concerned about negative effects that could come from a new California law regulating how organizations collect and use personal data. The post Nonprofit Alliance Seeks Amendment to California Data Privacy Law appeared first on Associations Now MORE
After years of drought, California saw a deluge of rain and snow. As the governor lifts the drought emergency status, the Association of California Water Agencies is helping inform the next conservation policy moves. MORE
After successfully voicing their concerns about how a marijuana legalization measure could negatively impact African American and Latino urban communities in California, the state’s NAACP chapter endorsed the ballot initiative. MORE
The session “60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth” featured David Lutz , who is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw , and Sandra Giarde, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association. Sandra Giarde, executive director, California Landscape Contractors Association. MORE
After closing its doors early last year, the California State Rural Health Association has recently been making a comeback. “The short version is we had a near-fiscal-death experience,” board member Will Ross told California Healthline. MORE
I had the pleasure of discussing the implications of the Institute for the Future’s report titled “The Future of California’s Workforce” with Shelly Alcorn CAE and Jeff De Cagna today on Shelly’s Association Forecast Radio Show. MORE
Months after the passage of SB 270, which banned the distribution of plastic bags at California grocery stores, trade groups opposing the bill say they’ve gathered the signatures needed to put the issue up to a statewide vote. MORE
The California Medical Association issued a 15-page document that aims to answer physician and patient questions about the recently passed End of Life Option Act. The post California Medical Group Issues Guidance on Physician Aid In Dying appeared first on Associations Now MORE
With its Discover California Wines Road Trip series, the Wine Institute of California hopes to draw visitors’ attention to the virtues of the state’s lesser-known wine regions and provide unexpected tips about its most popular Northern California wine region. MORE
A recent California Labor Commission ruling found that a former Uber driver should have been considered an employee—a conclusion that could bolster the case against Uber’s policy of treating drivers as contractors. “The NLA commends the state of California. MORE
A startup is working with the Western Growers Association to get its irrigation system up and running in a place that really needs it: drought-stricken California. Water—or, actually, the lack of it—is a pretty serious issue in California these days. MORE
A court decision that threatens to upend the tenure model used in K-12 public schools throughout California—and by extension, the rest of the country—is drawing some strong reactions this week. State of California , Judge Rolf M. MORE
Since 1996, medical marijuana has been legal in California—but regulatory efforts have remained limited and largely local, with some groups opposing statewide regulation for nearly two decades. MORE
California’s new data privacy law, in the mold of Europe’s GDPR, is leading the tech and advertising industries to push for federal legislation that would standardize the rules—and soften some of the California law’s requirements. MORE
The plastics industry wants to bag California’s SB 270—and they’re a step closer to doing just that. “We are pleased that California voters will have an opportunity to reverse the Legislature’s misguided policy.” Missouri, Compromised? MORE
After a possible Ebola case surfaced in Sacramento, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United called for transparency and strict adherence to CDC protocols among hospitals and health agencies. California nurses are not taking any chances with the Ebola virus. MORE
This summer, people will be able to surf and ski in the same day as some of California’s ski resorts stay open into the summer, thanks to the winter’s unusually high snowfall. The post Extreme Weather Extends California Ski Season Into Summer appeared first on Associations Now MORE
The California Teachers Association is collaborating with university experts to provide professional development training and resources to help teachers in the state better understand and teach Common Core Standards. MORE
The Alameda County Firefighters Association Local 55 recently launched a GoFundMe to raise money for firefighters from Redding, California, who have continued to fight the Carr wildfire despite losing their homes in the disaster. This has been a wake-up call for California. MORE
A few weeks before the grueling Belmont Stakes, all eyes were on the race’s organizers, including the New York Racing Association, on how they would handle a budding controversy around a 4-by-6-inch adhesive patch worn on rising star California Chrome’s nose. MORE
Rita Chen Fujisawa of the California Association of Health Facilities talks about balancing risk with the greater good, helping members adopt technology, and why she loves working in an association. MORE
This week, California Gov. While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting. MORE
Note from Beth: The crowdfunding industry has sponsored legislation in California to clarify what is legally permissible. The California Association of Nonprofits is seeking feedback from the broader nonprofit community about these proposed guidelines. MORE
A newly signed law in California says parents cannot turn down a vaccination for their children for religious reasons or personal beliefs. With Senate Bill 277 (SB 277), California joins Mississippi and West Virginia in barring nonmedical exemptions for childhood vaccinations. MORE
California’s just-passed law requiring women to have a place on the boards of public companies reflects wide interest in seeing added diversity in boardrooms, including in nonprofits. The post What California’s New Diversity Law Says About Boards appeared first on Associations Now MORE
January 2013 -- Leadership This month, the Corner Office spotlight shines on Dave Murillo, director of member services for the American Council of Engineering Companies of California. MORE
An organic farming association in Northern California trains immigrant field workers how to manage their own farms. Many of the farmers-in-training are immigrants from Mexico who have picked harvests up and down California. MORE
Member Record Inspection Rights (California Outline). This outline explains California mutual benefit and public benefit corporation member inspection rights, and the obligations placed on those corporations/associations. Members of California nonprofit organizations, including mutual benefit and public benefit corporations have inspection rights that may not be taken away, not even by the bylaws. All references in this outline are to the California Corporations Code. MORE
After closing its doors early last year, the California State Rural Health Association has recently been making a comeback. “The short version is we had a near-fiscal-death experience,” board member Will Ross told California Healthline. MORE
Association Mergers (California Outline). The process describe here is for a California entity, but the laws are similar in most jurisdictions. Sacramento, California, United States. I am a member of the State Bar of California. Member Record Inspection Rights (California Outlin. Association Mergers (California Outline). skip to main | skip to sidebar. MORE
The California Medical Association became the first state medical group to change its position on assisted suicide last week. CMA announced that it would no longer oppose the proposed End-of-Life Option Act, a physician-aid-in-dying bill currently moving through the California legislature. MORE
Ad groups aren’t coming out in favor of a new California law requiring disclosure of whether a website follows “Do Not Track” requests, but the law isn’t drawing passionate criticism either. But the groups are convinced that the California law would not have an effect on the W3C talks. MORE
A years-long drought in California has made water conservation a priority for convention centers and other meeting venues across the state. Some of the largest convention centers in California have had water-conservation initiatives in place for a while but are working to expand them. MORE
The new California Wine Association is stepping in to help the state’s wineries go truly global. California wines most notably caught the French by surprise nearly four decades ago when they took top honors in a blind-tasting event that has come to be known as the Judgment of Paris. MORE
In California, however, the term “redskin” will soon be retired from use by the state’s high school sports teams. The California law has drawn complaints from four communities where the mascot name is still used. MORE
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AUGUST 30, 2018
California’s new data privacy law, in the mold of Europe’s GDPR, is leading the tech and advertising industries to push for federal legislation that would standardize the rules—and soften some of the California law’s requirements.
Associations Now
JANUARY 22, 2019
Nonprofits are concerned about negative effects that could come from a new California law regulating how organizations collect and use personal data. The post Nonprofit Alliance Seeks Amendment to California Data Privacy Law appeared first on Associations Now
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OCTOBER 3, 2018
California’s just-passed law requiring women to have a place on the boards of public companies reflects wide interest in seeing added diversity in boardrooms, including in nonprofits. The post What California’s New Diversity Law Says About Boards appeared first on Associations Now
Associations Now
AUGUST 7, 2018
The Alameda County Firefighters Association Local 55 recently launched a GoFundMe to raise money for firefighters from Redding, California, who have continued to fight the Carr wildfire despite losing their homes in the disaster. This has been a wake-up call for California.
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Note from Beth: The crowdfunding industry has sponsored legislation in California to clarify what is legally permissible. The California Association of Nonprofits is seeking feedback from the broader nonprofit community about these proposed guidelines.
Associations Now
APRIL 13, 2017
After years of drought, California saw a deluge of rain and snow. As the governor lifts the drought emergency status, the Association of California Water Agencies is helping inform the next conservation policy moves.
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Associations Now
MAY 22, 2015
A years-long drought in California has made water conservation a priority for convention centers and other meeting venues across the state. Some of the largest convention centers in California have had water-conservation initiatives in place for a while but are working to expand them.
Associations Now
JUNE 6, 2017
This summer, people will be able to surf and ski in the same day as some of California’s ski resorts stay open into the summer, thanks to the winter’s unusually high snowfall. The post Extreme Weather Extends California Ski Season Into Summer appeared first on Associations Now
Associations Now
MARCH 14, 2014
Since 1996, medical marijuana has been legal in California—but regulatory efforts have remained limited and largely local, with some groups opposing statewide regulation for nearly two decades.
Associations Now
MAY 28, 2014
In a move designed to boost accountability in the industry, the California Association of Realtors announced last week that it would publish information about member ethics violations on its website—albeit in a members-only section.
Associations Now
APRIL 24, 2015
A startup is working with the Western Growers Association to get its irrigation system up and running in a place that really needs it: drought-stricken California. Water—or, actually, the lack of it—is a pretty serious issue in California these days.
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Old ClayBurn Association Management
JANUARY 30, 2013
I had the pleasure of discussing the implications of the Institute for the Future’s report titled “The Future of California’s Workforce” with Shelly Alcorn CAE and Jeff De Cagna today on Shelly’s Association Forecast Radio Show.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 13, 2015
In California, however, the term “redskin” will soon be retired from use by the state’s high school sports teams. The California law has drawn complaints from four communities where the mascot name is still used.
Associations Now
JULY 6, 2015
A newly signed law in California says parents cannot turn down a vaccination for their children for religious reasons or personal beliefs. With Senate Bill 277 (SB 277), California joins Mississippi and West Virginia in barring nonmedical exemptions for childhood vaccinations.
Associations Now
JANUARY 15, 2016
After successfully voicing their concerns about how a marijuana legalization measure could negatively impact African American and Latino urban communities in California, the state’s NAACP chapter endorsed the ballot initiative.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
After closing its doors early last year, the California State Rural Health Association has recently been making a comeback. “The short version is we had a near-fiscal-death experience,” board member Will Ross told California Healthline.
Associations Now
AUGUST 26, 2014
After a possible Ebola case surfaced in Sacramento, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United called for transparency and strict adherence to CDC protocols among hospitals and health agencies. California nurses are not taking any chances with the Ebola virus.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 8, 2015
40K The weight, in pounds, of the truck shipment recently stolen from a California nut producer. Sophisticated thieves have been making life pretty difficult for California’s nut industry, and that’s prompted some of the region’s trade groups to fight back.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
The plastics industry wants to bag California’s SB 270—and they’re a step closer to doing just that. “We are pleased that California voters will have an opportunity to reverse the Legislature’s misguided policy.” Missouri, Compromised?
Associations Now
AUGUST 5, 2013
An organic farming association in Northern California trains immigrant field workers how to manage their own farms. Many of the farmers-in-training are immigrants from Mexico who have picked harvests up and down California.
Associations Now
MAY 26, 2015
The California Medical Association became the first state medical group to change its position on assisted suicide last week. CMA announced that it would no longer oppose the proposed End-of-Life Option Act, a physician-aid-in-dying bill currently moving through the California legislature.
Associations Now
JULY 8, 2013
To educate its members and the public about unethical behavior in the real estate industry, the California Realtors Association recently began hosting a database of violations and subsequent disciplinary actions on its website.
Association Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Member Record Inspection Rights (California Outline). This outline explains California mutual benefit and public benefit corporation member inspection rights, and the obligations placed on those corporations/associations. Members of California nonprofit organizations, including mutual benefit and public benefit corporations have inspection rights that may not be taken away, not even by the bylaws. All references in this outline are to the California Corporations Code.
Associations Now
JANUARY 26, 2016
The California Medical Association issued a 15-page document that aims to answer physician and patient questions about the recently passed End of Life Option Act. The post California Medical Group Issues Guidance on Physician Aid In Dying appeared first on Associations Now
Aaron Wolowiec
AUGUST 25, 2015
The session “60 Minutes to Sponsorship Growth” featured David Lutz , who is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw , and Sandra Giarde, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association. Sandra Giarde, executive director, California Landscape Contractors Association.
Association Adviser
JANUARY 10, 2013
January 2013 -- Leadership This month, the Corner Office spotlight shines on Dave Murillo, director of member services for the American Council of Engineering Companies of California.
Associations Now
JUNE 11, 2014
A court decision that threatens to upend the tenure model used in K-12 public schools throughout California—and by extension, the rest of the country—is drawing some strong reactions this week. State of California , Judge Rolf M.
Associations Now
JUNE 6, 2014
The new California Wine Association is stepping in to help the state’s wineries go truly global. California wines most notably caught the French by surprise nearly four decades ago when they took top honors in a blind-tasting event that has come to be known as the Judgment of Paris.
Association Law
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Association Mergers (California Outline). The process describe here is for a California entity, but the laws are similar in most jurisdictions. Sacramento, California, United States. I am a member of the State Bar of California. Member Record Inspection Rights (California Outlin. Association Mergers (California Outline). skip to main | skip to sidebar.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
After closing its doors early last year, the California State Rural Health Association has recently been making a comeback. “The short version is we had a near-fiscal-death experience,” board member Will Ross told California Healthline.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 1, 2014
A Win for Franchisors Also this week, California Gov. The single-use plastic bag—that scourge of environmentalists—may become a thing of the past in California. CGA says the law “will bring uniformity to California, while further reducing the use of plastic bags.”
Associations Now
JANUARY 10, 2017
With its Discover California Wines Road Trip series, the Wine Institute of California hopes to draw visitors’ attention to the virtues of the state’s lesser-known wine regions and provide unexpected tips about its most popular Northern California wine region.
Associations Now
JULY 8, 2013
The Bitcoin Foundation, which represents advocates of the controversial online currency, hasn’t received the warmest welcome in California. “Thus, there is no issuer of Bitcoin that would be subject to licensure as a money transmitter under California law.”
Associations Now
JANUARY 8, 2015
Months after the passage of SB 270, which banned the distribution of plastic bags at California grocery stores, trade groups opposing the bill say they’ve gathered the signatures needed to put the issue up to a statewide vote.
Associations Now
AUGUST 26, 2014
This week, California Gov. While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 5, 2014
The California Teachers Association is collaborating with university experts to provide professional development training and resources to help teachers in the state better understand and teach Common Core Standards.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Ad groups aren’t coming out in favor of a new California law requiring disclosure of whether a website follows “Do Not Track” requests, but the law isn’t drawing passionate criticism either. But the groups are convinced that the California law would not have an effect on the W3C talks.
Associations Now
MAY 20, 2014
A few weeks before the grueling Belmont Stakes, all eyes were on the race’s organizers, including the New York Racing Association, on how they would handle a budding controversy around a 4-by-6-inch adhesive patch worn on rising star California Chrome’s nose.
Executive Connections
MAY 27, 2010
SLA's always-innovative Southern California Chapter is offering eight of its members a chance to participate in the Virtual Conference Component , to be held in real time with the 2010 SLA Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO 13-16 June, free. In return, the members must agree to write an article for the chapter blog about their experience.
Association Adviser
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Rita Chen Fujisawa of the California Association of Health Facilities talks about balancing risk with the greater good, helping members adopt technology, and why she loves working in an association.
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