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The following article was acquired from the ABC7 website and was written by City News Service. Report on 17M gallon sewage spill places blame for delayed notification on LA County Public Health LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The failure to more quickly notify the public of a 17-million-gallon sewage spill that ultimately closed beaches from El…
The following article was acquired from the Monterey Herald website and was written by Jim Johnson. County board to eye Nov. 30 for Resource Management Agency split SALINAS — A reorganization of the Monterey County Resource Management Agency would be completed by the end of November under a proposal to be considered by the Board…
The following article was acquired from the Monterey Herald website and was written by Jim Johnson. Study: County RMA should split into two departments A new study by consultant Citygate has recommended the agency that handles land use and a range of other functions be disbanded and reorganized into two separate departments to improve efficiency…
By Jay Corey, MPA Principal Citygate Associates, LLC Demand for housing throughout California is once again on the upswing. Inventories are down and buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines are now jumping back into the market. Experts agree, and buyers believe, that the California housing market has bottomed out.Interest rates are at historic…
By Dwane Milnes, May 2008 What do you do when you think your agency is broke, or at the very least, the cliff is near and the rocks below are sharp? What do you do when you’re the local government manager and you think you can’t balance the budget without cutting services; and no one wants…
Citygate Associates, LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Rich Carson as both a Senior Associate and the General Manager of Citygate’s new Pacific Northwest office based in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area. Joining Rich is new Senior Associate Geoff Davey. Over the 18 years of Citygate’s existence, the firm has worked with local and…
By Mike Ross, March 2008 Before a pilot flies an airplane, he/she performs a preflight inspection following a checklist. The checklist is used to make sure nothing important is overlooked. “Mixture rich, check; prop at high speed, check; etc.” In our performance auditing of animal control programs, Citygate Associates, LLC has discovered that many of…
By Chad Jackson, July 2007 Do you need a handle on what your citizens or customers think about your agency’s services and the manner in which they are provided? Do you need a way to accurately measure the opinions of your community without going through the process of lengthy public hearings where only the most…
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