By: @Marcus Detwiler Assembly Bill 2449 (Rubio, 2022) enabled local agencies to use modified Brown Act teleconferencing meeting procedures for board members with a just cause or emergency circumstances necessitating their remote participation. CSDA is interested in collecting feedback...
Strengthening the Voice of Special Districts and the Communities they Serve By: @Kyle Packham In 2023, 25 special districts responded to CSDA’s three major Calls-to-Action earning the distinction as CSDA’s 2023 Advocacy All-Stars. On behalf of all special districts and the communities...
By: Victoria Hester, Partner, and Anne Branham, Associate, Best Best & Krieger LLP On October 8, 2023, Assembly Bill 557 (“AB 557”), sponsored by California Special Districts Association (CSDA) and introduced by Assembly Member Gregg Hart, was signed into law. This bill updates...
By @Marcus Detwiler On October 8, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) into law, a bill sponsored by CSDA related to the Ralph M. Brown Act (the Brown Act) and emergency remote meeting procedures. AB 557 builds on the success of Assembly Bill 361 (R. Rivas, 2021) , an...
CSDA’s sponsored bill, Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) , passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee 8-0 on June 7. CSDAs Legislative Representative Marcus Detwiler was joined by Soquel Creek Water District General Manager Ron Duncan in providing lead witness testimony in support of the...
CSDA’s sponsored bill, Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) , will be heard tomorrow morning, June 7, in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee. Provided that the bill passes out of that committee, it will next be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee — meaning AB 557 must pass both committees...
Last week, the California State Assembly took up Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) on the Assembly Floor, providing the chamber the first opportunity for its entire membership to vote on the legislation following its 8-0 passage out of the Assembly Local Government Committee. Assembly Members voted 78...
At the Wednesday, April 26 meeting of the California State Assembly Local Government Committee, CSDA provided lead testimony on its sponsored measure amending the Ralph M. Brown Act, Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) . As shown in this video , AB 557 unanimously passed out of the committee on an 8-0...
Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) has been set for its first policy committee hearing, to occur in the California Assembly Local Government Committee on Wednesday, April 26. The deadline to submit a support letter for inclusion in the official committee analysis is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. If...
Recent storms in California have continued to test our emergency preparedness. On March 28, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom expanded his storm state of emergency to include the counties of Alameda, Marin, Modoc, and Shasta in addition to the 43 other counties already under an emergency declaration...
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