Helping Newly Elected Officials Understand Local Government

摘要

The Institute for Local Government (ILG) offers a number of resources to help newly elected officials understand the processes and policy areas where they now play an important role. These include materials that explain: 1.How local agencies make decisions and who's responsible for what; 2.Where county and city revenues come from, and questions for local officials to ask in making sure an agency's financial practices are up to snuff; 3.Land use decision-making, including plain-language "one-pagers" that local agencies can use as attachments to public hearing notices; 4.Public service ethics laws and principles; and 5.The role counties play in delivering health services. All of these resources are available through ILG's "Local Government 101" page at www.ca-ilg.org/localgovt101.