By: National Special Districts Coalition The 118th Congress drew to a close in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 21, as members of the House and Senate concluded their legislative business for the year. In the Senate, lawmakers failed to act on the Special District Grant...
By: @Marcus Detwiler Following the November 2024 General Election, local public agencies, including special districts, should take care to complete legally-required updates to their Registry of Public Agencies filing (also known as Form SF-405 ). Should an agency end up seating new board...
By: @Kyle Packham The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC) recently cosigned a Public Finance Network comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing concerns over fiscal impacts of a Proposed Rule to establish data standards to meet financial requirements in...
By @Derek Cole , Partner, Cole Huber LLP 2024 was a mostly quiet year for developments involving the Ralph M. Brown Act (“Brown Act”). No major changes were made to the Act or in its interpretation. The Legislature passed two bills—one concerning the Act’s requirements for remote...
By: Laurence Wiener and Katherine Read, Richards Watson & Gershon Social media sites have become an essential tool for anyone who wishes to share with their friends and others information regarding birthdays, anniversaries, vacations and, perhaps, the latest news regarding their job. Of...
By: @Mustafa Hessabi Last week, the California Supreme Court issued a favorable decision for public agencies in California, reversing a harmful Court of Appeal decision and providing helpful clarity regarding labor laws and the Private Attorneys General Act (also known as “PAGA”). In ...
By: @Aaron Avery On August 1, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) adopted its Final Updated Surplus Land Act (SLA) Guidelines (Final Guidelines) governing the process for the sale and lease of surplus land owned by special districts, including mandatory...
By @Kyle Packham The last day for propositions to qualify to appear on the November 5, 2024 Statewide General Election Ballot is June 27, 2024. Below is an overview of the state-of-play and an executive summary of the most significant measures affecting special districts and the...
By: National Special Districts Coalition Congress closed out 2023 with passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act while both the U.S. House and Senate agriculture stakeholders continued to squabble over a path forward to reauthorize the 2018 Farm Bill. The House is in recess...
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...
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