By Derek Cole , co-founder, and Sean De Burgh , partner, of Cole Huber LLP The California Supreme Court recently released its long-awaited opinion in the Pico Neighborhood Association v. City of Santa Monica case. The Court’s opinion reverses a 2021 Court of Appeal decision that...
Every summer, during the California State Legislature’s annual recess, CSDA compiles a Mid-Year Legislative Report updating members on the status of key legislation. The Legislature reconvenes this week to act on hundreds of pending bills, may of which impact special districts. Download CSDA’s ...
CSDA has been in support of Senate Bill 594 (Glazer) , a measure that would call for all special districts to adopt their post census re-districting maps prior to 180 days before a general election in 2022. This measure has stalled. SB 594 now resides in the Assembly Rules...
A case currently pending in the Supreme Court of California concerning the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) may have wide-ranging impact on any special district that elects its Board of Directors in an at-large election system. In Pico Neighborhood Association v. City of Santa Monica , the...
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is behind in completing its mandate to complete the census on time, resulting in a six-month delay of its release to states. Without this data, state and local electoral divisions cannot be adjusted to reflect the new population changes or...
For the first time since the passage of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) in 2003, a local government with an at-large voting system successfully defended a substantive legal challenge to its election method. The ruling last week from the Second District Court of Appeal in Pico...
The 2020 Census is available to be filled out and is crucial to determining the federal funding received in local communities. In response to COVID-19 the census has moved the deadline for self-responses from July 31st to October 31 st , allowing more time to respond online, by phone, or by...
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