Senate Bill 450 aims to establish the means for administering the distribution of the funding within the Special District Fire Response Fund , a subaccount within the California Fire Response Fund, established as a result of the passage of Proposition 19 (2020). Recent amendment language added...
The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC), of which CSDA is a founding member, is researching the availability of water infrastructure and resources to suppress fire in communities across the nation. NSDC began taking steps earlier this year to investigate the matter and search for...
The California State Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations each held their respective hearings May 19 to decide which fiscal bills would move forward and which would be held in committee under submission, effectively dead. CSDA monitored both hearings and is pleased to report out the...
The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC), of which CSDA is a founding member, is actively supporting federal legislation that would fund fire station construction and help finance the replacement of lead-contaminated water service lines. Constructing Fire Stations NSDC supports...
CSDA has announced California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will serve as the Opening Keynote for Special Districts Legislative Days. CSDA’s annual legislative conference will also feature Little Hoover Commission Executive Director Ethan Rarick as well as state and federal advocacy...
March 10, the U.S. House and Senate passed a $1.5 trillion appropriations package to fund federal government programs through the end of the fiscal year. President Biden is expected to sign the bill. Passage of Fiscal Year 2022's appropriations package fosters certainty in federal programming...
Last week, bill language was introduced in the State Legislature which, when enacted, will require employers of more than 25 employees to provide up to 80 hours of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL). The SPSL proposal is the product of negotiations between the Governor’s administration...
In response to the proposed State Budget, CSDA Chief Executive Officer Neil McCormick urged Governor Gavin Newsom to partner with special districts as the Newsom Administration moves to confront the threats California faces. McCormick stated, “Governor Newsom’s budget proposal rightly confronts...
On December 7, dozens of policymakers from Sacramento and Washington D.C. participated virtually in a live tour of three special districts at the forefront of climate adaptation and resilience. The 90-minute tour organized by CSDA highlighted special districts taking on droughts and flooding...
The Board of Forestry, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), Community Wildfire Planning Center (CWPC), and Cal Fire, is seeking survey input on wildland-urban interface (WUI) land use planning best practices from across the state. This survey will be...