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By National Special Districts Association T he National Special Districts Association (NSDA) has updated H.R. 2766 resources for a grassroots push during the Congressional August Recess. August is a critical month for the Special Districts Fairness and Accessibility Act of...
By: National Special Districts Association The United States Senate adjourned for August recess this weekend following a lengthy Friday, August 7 session that stretched into early Saturday morning. During the session, the Senate passed its continuing resolution (CR) in The Senate also...
Both chambers are out of session for the August recess, with the House returning on August 31 and the Senate on September 14 the next publication will be on August 31. Congress: FY 27 Appropriations: On Monday, August 3, the Senate voted 89-4 on the motion to proceed on the...
New Grant Opportunities Department of Agriculture FY 2026 Housing Preservation Grant Program (HPG) WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides grants to qualified organizations to assist low- and very low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas....
The Senate is in session. The Senate returns today to consider the CR. The House will return on August 31, 2026. FY27 Appropriations: Today, the Senate will hold a cloture vote on the motion to proceed on the legislative vehicle for a continuing resolution (CR). On Sunday, the...
New Grant Opportunities Department of the Interior FY 2026 BLM Forest and Woodlands Resource Management - Bureau wide WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to maintain and improve the resilience of forest and woodland ecosystems to wildfire, insects, disease, and...
By: @Ophelia Szigeti CSDA is now accepting legislative proposal submissions for the 2027 legislative year. Districts are encouraged to submit ideas to create new laws or improve existing laws that affect special districts statewide, regardless of geographic location or the services they...
By: @Aaron Avery The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has recently reinitiated its rulemaking for its Regulation Defining Limited Duration for Post-Retirement Appointments. The purpose of the rulemaking is to provide a definition of “limited duration” that includes...
By: @Marcus Detwiler Senate Bill 1187 (Durazo) , a bill that has nearly reached the Governor’s desk, would make major revisions to the obligations placed on “eligible legislative bodies” that were enacted as part of last year’s Senate Bill 707 by the same author . Specifically, for those...
By: @Brittney Barsotti On July 30, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) submitted the final Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulations to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL), which are posted online . The application and scope of the regulations have retained some language from the...