By @Ophelia Szigeti The Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations each held their respective Suspense File hearings on Friday, September 1 to decide which bills would move forward and which bills would be held in committee under submission. CSDA monitored actions on key bills in both...
Chino Valley Independent Fire District has achieved remarkable success in its unwavering mission to enhance survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest. The latest statistics show that the Utstein Survival rates in the Chino Valley reached an impressive 62.5 percent in 2021. This figure nearly...
Chino Valley Fire District data indicates significant success in CPR outcomes Chino Valley Fire has achieved remarkable success in its unwavering mission to enhance survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest. The latest statistics show that the Utstein Survival rates in the Chino Valley...
Is your special district located in a rural area serving a small-sized population? If so, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDARD) program may have funding available for your district. Those who attended CSDA’s Special Districts Legislative Days conference last...
A coalition of 70 local governments from across the nation called on Congressional leadership to move legislation to ensure fire agencies’ ability to use fire retardants to combat wildfire. Click here to read the House letter and here to read the Senate letter. The June...
On Friday, May 12, Governor Newsom released the 2023-24 May Revision to his state budget proposal. When the Governor released his budget proposal in January there was a projected $22.5 billion deficit to the state budget. The May Revision also recorded an additional $9.3 billion revenue...
CSDA and the National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC) support H.R. 1586 (LaMalfa) and S. 796 (Lummis), the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023 to formalize an exemption to the Clean Water Act to ensure firefighting agencies can continue to use fire retardant to...
The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC) and CSDA support H.R. 1586 (LaMalfa) and S. 796 (Lummis), the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023 to formalize an exemption to the Clean Water Act to ensure firefighting agencies can continue to use fire retardant to...
The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC), of which CSDA is a founding member, has called on special districts to contact their U.S. Senators and urge them to oppose an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require a standardized federal...
On a chilly summer morning, a group of special district professionals and two candidates for state senate gathered at the Tahoe City Public Utility District to attend a tour organized by California Special District Association's Sierra Network Public Affairs Field Coordinator and the Gold...