Lozano Smith

Effective 2023, the California Public Records Act ("CPRA") has a new statutory "home" within the Government Code. (See Gov. Code, § 7920.000 et seq.) While the Legislature has indicated this reorganization is not intended to change the CPRA substantively, the practical effects of this reorganization remain to be seen. In this Lozano Smith Podcast episode, host Sloan Simmons engages with Lozano Smith Partner, Manuel Martinez, and Senior Counsel, Alyse Pacheco Nichols, to discuss this statuto...

Lozano Smith Podcast

Episode 60 Changes to the California Public Records Act: What You Need to Know

Episode 59 Student Legislative Update 2023

Episode 58 Reflections on Kennedy v. Bremerton School District After Half a School Year

Episode 57 State Board of Education Considers First Charter School Petition Appeals Post AB-1505

Episode 56 Hot Topics Regarding Charter Schools Coming Out of the Pandemic

Episode 55 Special Education - Private Schools and Alternatives to Public School Placements

Episode 54 Best Practices in Managing Disruptions at School Board Meetings

E53 Elections and the California Voting Rights Act - How and Why it Works, and "Post-Transition" Best Practices

Episode 51 (Part 2) Student Vaccines and Student Masks - Late February 2022 Developments

Episode 52 Personnel Actions and the March 15th Deadline - Are You Ready?

Episode 51 (Part 1) Student Vaccines and Student Masks - Latest Developments

Episode 50 Modular Buildings: A Primer for School Districts

Episode 49 Preparing for the New Year: New Student Laws In Effect Now and in 2022 and Beyond

Episode 47 The Supreme Court Speaks: Guidelines for Regulation of Student Off-Campus Speech

Episode 46 California's "Reopening" and the Future of Public Meetings Under the Brown Act

Episode 45 Charter School Reforms in the COVID-19 Era

Episode 44 EIFD and Tax Increment - A Public Finance Practitioner Discussion of the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Financing Tool

Catching Up, and Looking Forward: Student Issues After a Year of COVID-19 and Heading Back to School in 2021-2022

Return to School in the COVID-19 Era - Student Athletics Issues (Part 3)

Return to School in the COVID-19 Era - Special Education Issues (Part 2)

Return to School in the COVID-19 Era - Student Issues (Part 1)

Suicide Awareness and Prevention - From ACSA's ECC Symposium to the COVID-19 Crisis

California's Uniform Complaint Procedures: What You Need to Know in 2020

The New Year Brings A Huge Wave of Affordable Housing Legislation: What Does It All Mean for California Cities?

On Location at CSBA's AEC - Insights on Critical Issues Impacting Education Agencies by Statewide Education Law Experts (A Bonus Episode of the Lozano Smith Podcast)

Fall 2019 Legislative Roundup - Labor & Employment Bills

The 7 Things Every Elected Board or Council Member Should Know

Fall 2019 Legislative Roundup - Special Education Bills

AB 48 Would Have A Big Impact on School Facilities - If Voters Approve (A Bonus Episode of the Lozano Smith podcast)

Fall 2019 Legislative Roundup - Student Bills

Charter School Reform Laws Have Been Enacted - Now What?

Top Myths of School Avoidance (Part 2)

Top Myths of School Avoidance (Part 1)

What Is Least Restrictive Environment? What the Courts Say

No Easy Answers - Cities, School Districts, and the Statewide Affordable Housing Crisis

The Evolving Landscape of Title IX Compliance