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226.1T sec. 001 - Local Government Law (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Eric Stanley Casher (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Th 10:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Location: Law 113
From January 16, 2025
To April 24, 2025
Course End: April 24, 2025
Class Number: 32888
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 24
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 24
As of: 01/17 04:35 AM
Local government entities provide essential services and shape much of our contemporary daily life. In this course, we will study the source, scope, and limits of local government power-specifically the law that governs counties, cities, and special districts. We will examine federalism, government formation, governmental liability, zoning, educational equity, and public finance. We will examine the relationship between states and local entities, conflicts between neighboring public entities, the relationship between local government and the individuals and communities both within and around these entities. We will discuss the capacity of local governments to engage constituents and neighbors and to be responsive democratic communities, as well as the impact of local governments on the regional metropolitan political economy.
Using the casebook Local Government Law by Frug, Ford and Barron, and related readings from planning and public policy literature, this course will examine the social-equitable impact of this body of law - specifically addressing themes of race, gender, and class to understand how local governance is both structured and experienced. Students will write a 15-20 page paper.
About the instructor: Eric Casher is a Founding Partner at Redwood Public Law, LLP. Eric currently serves as City Attorney for the City of Pinole, and General Counsel for the East Bay Dischargers Authority. Eric was California Attorney General Kamala Harris' appointee to the California Fair Political Practices Commission where he served a four-year term. Eric is a former Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the California Minority Counsel Program, and former President of the Charles Houston Bar Association and California ChangeLawyers. Eric is an active member of the League of California Cities having served on the League's Legal Advocacy Committee, FPPC Subcommittee, and Advancing Equity Advisory Committee. Eric is a former Ninth Circuit representative on the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. Eric is a graduate of UC Law San Francisco, and UC Berkeley undergrad.
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Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Public Law and Policy
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