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March 21, 2025

Featured: Submit Your City for an LOC City Award!

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Past Issues:

March 14, 2025

Featured: City Response Needed by Monday on Transportation Survey

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  • City Action Needed to Oppose Housing Bill
  • Local Lodging Tax Bill Gets a Hearing!!
  • Recreational Immunity Bill Passes Senate
  • Ways and Means Announces Roadshow
  • City Officials from Across Oregon Converge in D.C.
  • LOC Promotes Three Staff, Creates New Operations Department
  • Oregon Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Local Agencies Use Of Civil Forfeiture
  • Congressional Town Halls Coming Up Next Week
  • Apply Today for a Housing Infrastructure Support Fund Grant

March 7, 2025

Featured: City Action Needed on Harmful Housing Bills

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  • Recreational Immunity, Collective Bargaining and PERS Bills in Committee This Week
  • Member Survey – Transportation Funding Tools
  • Supreme Court Opinion on Clean Water Act is a Win for Cities
  • Training Opportunity: Unlock Effective Land Use Planning in Your Community!
  • Next UTC Purchase Order Opening Soon

February 28, 2025

Featured: Cities - Contact Your Senators to Oppose Housing Omnibus Bill

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  • Support Needed for Two Key Bills for Operator-in-Training & Streamlining Operator Certification
  • Floor Vote for Recreational Immunity Bill Likely Next Week
  • Revenue Forecast Kicks Off State Budgeting Process
  • Keynote Speaker Announced for LOC Spring Conference
  • Empowering Small Communities: Strategic Planning Cohort Opportunity for Local Governments in Oregon
  • Still Time to Register for NW Managers Conference
  • Free Training on Oregon Public Meetings Law Set for March 20

February 21, 2025

Featured: Testimony Needed in Support of Governor's Housing Infrastructure Bill

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  • City Testimony Needed on Statewide Shelter Funding Framework
  • Regulatory Framework Delayed for Statewide Wildfire Maps
  • Recreational Immunity Bill Receives Hearing
  • City Testimony Needed to Stop Water Rights Bill
  • Apply Now to Serve on the LOC’s Annual Conference Planning Committee
  • LOC Now Accepting Session Ideas for 100th Annual Conference

February 14, 2025

Featured: Call to Action: Urge Legislators to Prioritize Infrastructure Funding

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  • Feedback Needed on Governor’s Middle Housing Bill
  • Time is Now to Build Momentum for Transportation Funding Package
  • LOC Supports Bill Making it a Crime to Threaten a Public Official
  • 2025 State Shared Revenue Report Now Available
  • Submit Your City for an LOC City Award!
  • Register Now for Training on Mastering Media Interactions
  • SOLVE Supports Historic Cemeteries Spring Cleanups

February 7, 2025

Featured: Operator-in-Training Bill Needs Legislative Sponsors

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  • Action Needed on Labor Relations and Public Records Bills
  • Apply Now for Small City Allotment Grant
  • One Week Left to Register for the 2025 OLLG Winter Conference
  • Strengthen Your Skills with the LOC’s Budget Training!
  • Housing Land Advocates Conference is March 14
  • RARE AmeriCorps Program – Call for Host Organizations

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