[CRNMC] Need for an experienced legal advisor

[agnes at mcn.org]

The Public banking coalition has created a County Charter compiling parts
from established Counties with Charters. Ellen Rosser of point Arena and
Robin Sunbeam are the principle co-authors. Our #14 draft County Charter
can be found at www.publicbankinginstitute.org/county-banks/htm


> Hello community rights friends,
>
> I agree Lanny, we do need to do some strategic planning at this point in
> time. But I think it is too early in the process to fix the directions we
> should take. We urgently need more research. So as much as I like the
> sound of my four examples, I would not recommend that these four examples
> be the starting points for four committees. Committees of this nature may
> come later, but we need to arrive at the point where there is some
> agreement among the primary players that these are the directions in which
> we (CRNMC) should go.
>
> We urgently need the assistance of an attorney who knows about home rule
> charters, someone who can advise us about the desirability of becoming a
> home rule county. I am not an attorney, and therefore I cannot offer legal
> advice on this topic. This is a legal matter, and given the complexity of
> this issue, it is highly recommended that we be working with at least one
> attorney. We also need to speak with those who have done this before,
> those who have been part of efforts to bring home rule laws to their
> county. Let's learn from them, take their directions, and hopefully also
> avoid their mistakes.
>
> I asked Shannon about who we could contact regarding home rule charters,
> and she referred me to LAFCO (which I believe refers to the Local Agency
> Formation Commission). I tried to do some research on this but on the web
> got lost in a deluge of information. Does anybody have experience with
> LAFCO? Perhaps they know of another organization that could advise us
> about home rule charters at this point in time?
>
> /s/ Charles
>
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