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CSDA Grassroots Action Center

Welcome to CSDA’s Grassroots Action Center. This center is intended to provide special district representatives with up-to-date information regarding ongoing advocacy efforts in Sacramento and across California. The articles and featured sections will equip districts with tools necessary for joining together in effective grassroots organization.

AB 2216 5% Retention Limitation Fails Passage

Over the Legislature’s summer recess, amendments were taken to Assembly Bill 2216 (Fuentes), which would have prohibited public agencies from retaining more than five percent of proceeds on public contracts. CSDA strongly opposed these costly new restrictions which would have applied regardless of the contractor’s performance of duties. AB 2216 failed passage on the last day of Legislative Session, August 31.

Keep Prepared and Aware of State Budget

Budget season is well underway in Sacramento and CSDA wants to make sure you have the tools to keep your district prepared for what this year’s budget battle might bring. Article IV, Section 12(c) of the California Constitution requires that the budget bill must be passed by midnight on June 15, and the new fiscal year begins July 1.
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SB 972 Amended: CSDA Neutral

The State Legislature has passed SB 972 with its final amendments. Thanks to strong coalition efforts and your grassroots action, the author of SB 972 took amendments to remove CSDA's opposition.
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AB 155 Defeated in Final Hours of Legislative Session

CSDA successfully worked on an effort over the 2009-10 Legislative Session to stop AB 155 by Assembly Member Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia). The bill would have created unnecessary and harmful obstacles for local agencies in need of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protections.
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Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California State Legislature have approved legislation to move the Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act to the November 2012 statewide ballot. Moving forward, special districts may still pass a resolution in support of the measure as efforts to enact this bond will remain active through 2012.
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