Neighborhood Law Programs - Fighting Blight

Ryan Griffith

Almost every city has abandoned, vacant, dilapidated, or criminal nuisance properties. These properties blight neighborhoods for years, while endangering communities, driving down property values and harming neighborhood morale. Neighborhoods hope and expect cities will fix the situation.

The problem with a nuisance property, is that it requires exploration and explanation before resolution can be reached.  For now, let us assume we are a neighbor next to a nuisance property that has been burned down for months.  At this property, transients dump trash and spend the night, while doing hard drugs and engaging in dangerous behavior. The burned down property becomes an eyesore. The transients, debris, and unsanitary conditions then endanger your community.  This becomes a major problem, but who do you call?  

The department that can often fix these major nuisance properties is the city attorney’s office, which has an arsenal of remedies to deal with nuisances. These remedies include Health and Safety Receiverships. Then there are other actions such as the Drug Abatement Act, Red Light Abatement and Nuisance lawsuits, as well as Vacant Property Ordinances, and Eminent Domain to name a few. 

California’s Current and Ever-Changing Cannabis Laws - Part One 

Seth Cimino

With cannabis laws being relaxed or removed by states throughout the country, cannabis-related crimes are more prevalent than ever.

This class will discuss California’s new cannabis laws, the for-profit commercial cannabis industry, the changes to the Health and Safety Code, Department of Cannabis Control regulations, and NEW search and seizure issues for law enforcement personnel and the effects of legalization on our communities.

Additionally, the class will discuss current trends in and the investigative strategies for investigating indoor cultivation and concentrated cannabis lab operations, officer safety techniques, the societal impact of the cannabis subculture, and best practices when dealing with marijuana investigations. 

Mental Fitness Using Positive Intelligence

Joan Kling

Your mind can be your best friend. And it can be your worst enemy.

Did you know? 80% of people work below the levels of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness.

Positive Intelligence combines technology with the latest data from Neuroscience, Positive Psychology, Performance Science and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Resulting in

• Peak Performance
• Peace of Mind/Wellness
• Healthier Relationships

Before the class, you’ll take a free assessment to find out which of these are your top mental saboteurs: The Stickler, The Pleaser, The Controller, The Avoider, The Hyper-Rational, The Hyper-Vigilant, The Victim, The Restless and The Hyper-Achiever. These internal voices may have helped you to get where you are now and are no longer serving you to find success, happiness, and the ability to be fully present to make clear-headed laser-focused decisions.

Just like you do reps in a gym, you need to do mental fitness reps to strengthen your mental muscles to turn virtually any situation into a gift or opportunity.

Listen, Empathize, Agree and Partner (LEAP)

Victoria Hall and Rachel Cierpich

The LEAP® Course is a facilitator-led training workshop designed to provide participants the critical research and skillset required to create a therapeutic alliance and build a collaborative relationship with person(s) who have severe mental illness, that lead to the acceptance of treatment and services. This training is a highly effective set of tools used to communicate and build relationships with severely mentally ill (SMI) individuals who have anosognosia. This course will define anosognosia and how to work with individual’s presenting with anosognosia comprising of over 50% of those who have SMI. After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify anosognosia vs “denial” – how anosognosia affects 50% of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders and once identified, take a different approach.
• Set aside psychoeducation and logical arguments and instead focus entirely on developing a relationship with the mentally ill person so s/he feels respected, not judged and trusts the other person’s opinion that treatment would be beneficial to reaching personal goals.
• Reduce anger, paranoia, and quickly gain cooperation and compliance.
• Collaborate with the mentally ill person to work towards common goals.
• Preserving and building on the relationship/ alliance when disrupted by disagreements, paranoia, involuntary treatment, etc.

Indoor Grow Investigation/Officer Safety - Part Two

Seth Cimino

With cannabis laws being relaxed or removed by states throughout the country, cannabis-related crimes are more prevalent than ever.

This class will discuss California’s new cannabis laws, the for-profit commercial cannabis industry, the changes to the Health and Safety Code, Department of Cannabis Control regulations, and NEW search and seizure issues for law enforcement personnel and the effects of legalization on our communities.

Additionally, the class will discuss current trends in and the investigative strategies for investigating indoor cultivation and concentrated cannabis lab operations, officer safety techniques, the societal impact of the cannabis subculture, and best practices when dealing with marijuana investigations. 

Legendary Leadership: From the Ground Up

Ed Nicholls 

The Legendary Leadership Academy Program is dedicated to the principle that leadership is not a destination at which you arrive, but a life-long journey. Whether we choose it or not, leadership finds us as we interact with other human beings. It is in those interactions that we influence the behaviors of the people we meet and have not only the opportunity, but the responsibility, to inspire the greatness in others. This class will introduce students to the essential qualities of great leadership and teach students to study and practice these qualities of leadership along their journey, constantly learning to improve their leadership skills. Each of these fifteen essential qualities will provide a comprehensive, yet concise look at the requirements that great leaders need to build a legendary leadership résumé in their lives.

Rental Housing Inspection Difficulties

Tim King

As times change, so do the many duties and responsibilities of Code Enforcement Officers. Due to the numerous substandard housing complaints, a lack of habitable dwellings, fair housing violations, and a constant changing political environment, it is becoming more common to have Rental Housing Inspections throughout the United States. Code Enforcement Officers conduct the majority of these types of inspections. As many jurisdictions attempt to address these issues, they often encounter difficulties that are outside of their control. This training will identify the problems and difficulties with conducting inspections, implementing a Rental Inspection Program and analyze the possible solutions.

Concentrated Cannabis Lab - Part Three

Seth Cimino

With cannabis laws being relaxed or removed by states throughout the country, cannabis-related crimes are more prevalent than ever.

This class will discuss California’s new cannabis laws, the for-profit commercial cannabis industry, the changes to the Health and Safety Code, Department of Cannabis Control regulations, and NEW search and seizure issues for law enforcement personnel and the effects of legalization on our communities.

Additionally, the class will discuss current trends in and the investigative strategies for investigating indoor cultivation and concentrated cannabis lab operations, officer safety techniques, the societal impact of the cannabis subculture, and best practices when dealing with marijuana investigations. 

ADUs – Accessory Dwelling Units

Jim Eckart

Health & Safety Receiverships: One Person’s Trash

Neil Sheaffer

Health & Safety Receiver Neil Sheaffer has nearly seen it all among receivership assignments across California. Sheaffer takes you beyond the courtroom to highlight the work that Health & Safety Receivers do to clean up communities throughout California. He shares the struggles and successes of dealing with what are often a city’s most challenging properties and property owners. Sheaffer shares how health & safety receiverships can empower cities to tackle their problem properties in a proactive, creative and cost-efficient manner for the benefit of their communities.

Unleashing Our Full Potential: Drones for Code Enforcement

Edgar De La Torre,  Diana Gonzalez and  Ai-Viet Huyhn

CACEO’s favorite drone pilots are back! Two years ago, we presented on our new Drone Pilot Program. Drones are a highly beneficial tool that can be integrated into many code enforcement operations, and this initiative’s goal was to alleviate some inspection challenges that Code Enforcement Officers face. Curious about how it’s been going since?  This presentation will provide attendees with case studies on how drones have improved the safety of code enforcement officers, provide access to sites that may be physically inaccessible, and assist in conducting inspections more efficiently. In addition, this presentation will dive into how we’ve expanded our drone usage beyond code enforcement applications.  A live drone flight demonstration will be conducted as part of this session.

Sidewalk Vending

Jim Eckart

Drug Abatement - Red Light Abatement Acts

Ryan Griffith

There are often properties that have major building violations. The violations are apparent to the naked eye. Cities can resolve the issues presented by these properties by red tagging the buildings, issuing citations, or simply warning the owner. Then if necessary, using Health and Safety Receiverships, codified at California Health and Safety Code sections 17980.6 & 17980.7.            

However, what can cities do to properties that to the naked eye look acceptable, but terrorize a neighborhood? These can be motels that are the site of numerous drug deals, prostitution, and extensive crime. Residential homes where the owner operates a casino that causes significant traffic into the night also fit into this category. This includes drunk fights at night, thefts, and other disturbances to the neighbors. For these situations that do not involve violations that are apparent to the naked eye the California legislature enacted two statutory schemes, which can be joined together. These statutory schemes can be found at California Health and Safety Code 11570 et seq and Penal Code 11225 et seq. These statutory schemes are informally known as the Drug Abatement and Red-Light Abatement Acts respectively.            

These are legal actions that can result in forcing the property to be boarded-up and closed, fined up to $25,000 and in certain scenarios appointing a receiver, along with numerous other remedies that are available for criminal nuisance properties that may not have typical building code violations.

Leading High Performance

Jennifer Coyle

Whether you’re leading a project team, a work group or a city organization, there are certain competencies and practices that distinguish the best from all the rest. Is your team known for consistently delivering on objectives? Are team members resources for one another? Does your team work well together, learn quickly and adapt well? This fast-paced session is a must-see for those looking to take their leadership, their teams and their careers to the next level.