The concerns of Grass Valley and surrounding Sierra foothill communities will have a voice on a statewide body of California cities that lobbies on behalf of those municipalities with the state and federal governments. Grass Valley City Councilwoman Jan Arbuckle was unanimously appointed to the League of California Cities’ board of directors at its first 2013 meeting to fill a vacancy on the 50-person board representing all 482 of California’s municipalities. “This is quite an honor to have somebody local on the board,” Arbuckle said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, where her appointment was announced. “It’s good for Grass Valley …