Maria Lara, Neil McCormick, Mac Clemmens, and Cassandra Strawn
The California Special Districts Association and Streamline have renewed and expanded their endorsed affiliate agreement, bringing new technologies to special districts in California with significant negotiated discounts and prices exclusively for CSDA members.
The digital landscape for special districts has changed dramatically over the past few years. With new laws mandating everything from ADA compliance (AB 434) to public transparency (SB 929), they have had to up their digital game within lean budgets.
“Streamline has been an easy way for our members to have great websites and comply with new laws,” said CSDA CEO Neil McCormick. “Members of all sizes and district types are using the platform successfully.”
More than 20% of special districts in California are already using Streamline, with the number growing each year. It is the only dedicated web platform for special districts.
New ADA tools to protect districts are now included
The new partnership includes several extraordinary benefits for CSDA members. Faced with increasing pressure to be ADA compliant, they’ll get free access to a new accessibility scanning tool through Streamline to scan their website and publish a report on the new compliance page. This first-of-its-kind integrated tool takes care of publishing a website accessibility plan, compliance policy, requests for accommodation, annual platform testing by users with various disabilities, and monthly sitewide scans with public remediation reports.
“We’ve never seen a tool this comprehensive and perfectly fitted to the needs of our members,” said CSDA Membership Services Director Cassandra Strawn. “Now, districts can easily show their communities that they are aware of, and complying with, ADA on their websites.”
