YOLO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 1903

Woodland, CA 95776 www.yolobar.com

Newsletter November 2003

NOVEMBER BAR MEETING
November 20, 2003 Meeting, Carrousel Restaurant at 12 noon
(417 Main Street, Woodland):
"Yolo County Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities"

Our MCLE program for this month will feature professionals who work with our drug and alcohol issues in this county for both adults and youth. The highly coveted MCLE substance abuse credit (1 hour) will be offered.

The Yolo County Bar Association has been approved as a provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California. This program will provide one (1) hour MCLE credit!
Advance reservations are greatly appreciated. You may RSVP right back from this newsletter for the meeting to Lisa Lance by email (another great benefit for having your newsletter delivered via email), or you may mail a check in the appropriate amount ($15) to Jim Nolan C/O Yolo County Bar Association, P.O. Box 1903, Woodland, CA 95776. Alternatively, you may phone Jim Nolan at (530) 662-2859, or, finally, you may register at the door.
The cost for the lunch is $15.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS (Please submit information to Lisa Lance no later than the first Friday of the month)

1) LIBRARY

The Yolo County Law Library will be moving to a new location at 204 4th Street sometime in February 2004. The old county jail is being renovated. The new facility, with new shelving and furnishings, fresh paint and excellent lighting, will be a wonderful resource for Yolo County. The current budget for the law library does not allow for additional public access computers and other furnishings that will be necessary in the new site. The Yolo County Bar Association can help making a donation to the Law Library in addition to renewing membership dues for 2004. Please check off the box on the renewal form and make a gift to the Yolo County Law Library. For more information contact: Mortimer Schwartz, President, Board of Trustee, Yolo County Law Library at mdschwartz@ucdavis.edu.

2) The YCBA has received a request from the Yolo County Law Library Board of Trustees to help support the library's move to new facilities. In that regard you will notice a line for contributions on your YCBA 2004 membership form. Any amount contributed to this good cause will be greatly appreciated. As Mortimer Schwartz, President of the Board of Trustees explains: )

The state of county law libraries is interesting. The libraries were created around 1890 as resources for litigators and in all of the time to date have been supported solely by income generated from court fees. The income from these fees has been steadily decreasing, in large part because many of the litigants, such as pro se parties, do not pay court fees, and add to this the cost of keeping law research materials up to date, an expense that constantly increases because of inflation. Thus far, two county law libraries have closed down. At the same time, the internet has created a new source of law library users who come to the law library knowing from their on-line searching where to start and expecting the county law library to respond in the same manner that one experiences in public libraries, i.e. with all relevant research materials and with a competent staff to deal with and help the public.

We are at a critical point brought more dramatically into focus by a move that we are making to a new location, the old county jail that is now being renovated for us and to be ready for a move in around February. The new facility, with new shelving and furnishings, fresh paint and excellent lighting, and otherwise an inviting resource for all of the citizens of Yolo county, is something that excites us as to the awaiting possibilities. However, our diminishing budget defies us in our wish and attempt to have on hand in the new location computers that the public can use, an adequate law book collection to support those doing legal research, and a competent staff to back all this up. That is why we are taking this first step in turning to the Yolo County Bar Association for help.

(and maybe we leave off the last paragraph below & instead state:

If you can ma ke a contribution to the Yolo County Law Library, you can do so in one check in renewing your 2004 membership, just indicate the incresed amount over and above annual dues and the YCBA will make the allocation and contribute the funds to the Law Library. As you know any amount will be greatly appreciated. . . .

3) Membership application for 2004 is attached below for your convenience

4) Letter from the United Way is attached below from member Mike Jansen regarding donations as a followup from their presentation at the last meeting.

5) Governor's press release regarding the appointment of Dave Rosenberg to the bench: A03:330

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/21/2003

GOVERNOR DAVIS APPOINTS YOLO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE 10/21/2003

SACRAMENTO

Governor Gray Davis today announced the appointment of Yolo County Supervisor David Rosenberg as a Judge of the Yolo County Superior Court.

Mr. Rosenberg, 56, of Davis, was first elected to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in 1996 and re-elected in 2000. He served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1997 and again in 2002. Prior to his election to the Board, Mr. Rosenberg served on the Davis City Council from 1984 to 1996, including four years as Mayor. He also serves as Chairman of the Yolo County Economic Development Council and as Co-Chair of the Yolo County Criminal Justice Cabinet.

Mr. Rosenberg has also served since 2000 as the Director of Community and Intergovernmental Relations and the Director of Operations for the Governor Gray Davis Administration. In addition, he has served as Chairman of the California State Lottery, Chairman of the California Law Revision Commission, Acting Chairman of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, member of the California Commission on State Mandates, Chairman of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, and member of the California Council on Criminal Justice.

Mr. Rosenberg began his career as a law clerk to Chief Federal Judge Thomas MacBride in 1974, and then worked on the staff of Governor Jerry Brown as Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff from 1976 to 1981. He practiced law with the Sacramento law firms of Felderstein, Rosenberg & McManus and Diepenbrock Wulff Plant & Hannegan from 1981 to 1996 before opening up his own office in Davis. His practice emphasized civil litigation and administrative law. Mr. Rosenberg also served as an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and as a Settlement Judge Pro Tem for the Sacramento Superior Court.
Mr. Rosenberg earned his bachelor of science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and his law degree from the University of California, Davis, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1968-70. He will receive a salary of $139,784 and will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William Lebov.

YCBA 2003 MEETING SCHEDULE

Mark your schedules for the entire year. Normally, the YCBA Meetings are at Noon on the third Thursday of each month. Here are the upcoming dates:

December 18, noon @ TBA

Your 2003 YCBA Officers:

DeKristie Adams, President (530) 750-1919 or dekristi@omsoft.com

Barry Melton, Vice President (530) 666-8165 or bmelton@yolocounty.org

Jim Nolan, Treasurer (530) 662-2859 or jvnolan@yololaw.com

Lisa Lance, Secretary (530) 304-6111 or llance@yolocounty.org

Please contact Lisa Lance if you have not submitted your 2003 Renewal/Membership Application and paid your dues and she will send out an application to your office. This is the eighth newsletter sent out in email format. If you have any problems with reading this newsletter, please contact Lisa as well. For those persons still receiving your newsletter by mail, please advise Lisa of your email address if you do not wish to have her send the newsletter to you via email rather than mail. Thank you for assisting your bar association with this changeover.

November 3, 2003

Dear Yolo County Attorney:

The 2003-04 Woodland United Way "Give Hope A Hand" campaign has officially begun. With your support, Woodland United Way funded 18 local agencies this past year.

All United Way agencies go through a rigorous process, which includes certification wherein United Way reviews the agencies' financial records. Agencies must have a nonprofit status in order to receive funding. Community volunteers read every proposal submitted and visit every agency. When you donate through the Community Care Fund, you can rest assured that your donation is supporting those most in need in our Woodland community.

In order to meet the pressing needs in our community, Woodland United Way's 2003-04 campaign goal is $300,000. WUW funds programs that are helping our youth succeed, feed the hungry, work with the elderly, and many, many more worthwhile causes.

You can contribute in the following ways:

Ø	Volunteer: as a Board member and/or serve on one of WUW's committees

Ø	One time donation.

Ø	Pledge through payroll deduction set up by your company's payroll department.

It is important to remember that money raised here, stays here!

If you wish to present your employees with the opportunity to contribute, we can help you with your campaign. We can provide a presentation from one of our agencies, and additional campaign materials and pledge forms. If you have any questions please call Pamela Vargas at the United Way office at 662-3633.

Moreover, as attorneys, you sometimes have the opportunity to advise clients who wish to make charitable donations to give to worthy causes. WUW is the best place to start with any such charitable bequest, devise or donation. Where better can a charitable donation go than right here in our community where it will do the most good for your client and the client's desire to do good?

Thank you for your consideration!

Sincerely,

Mike Jansen, Attorney At Law