By @Mustafa Hessabi Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom joined the State Legislature and former President pro Tempore of the California State Senate John Burton to file an emergency petition for writ of mandate with the California Supreme Court, asking the court to conduct preelection...
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...
By @Colleen Haley On July 31, the Contra Costa Special Districts Association and the Alameda County Special Districts Association came together to hold a joint meeting of the membership. The meeting took place at the Dublin San Ramon Services District, which serves residents within both...
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...
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...
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...
A slate of bills amending the Brown Act open meetings law and supported by CSDA were among the hundreds of bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in the final days and hours prior to the September 30 deadline. One vetoed bill included yet another website mandate that was opposed by CSDA. Of the...
The California Legislature adjourned on Wednesday August 31. This was the last day that for each house to pass bills. For those bills that passed, Governor Gavin Newsom now has until September 30 to sign or veto bills that are in the Governor’s possession. Numerous priority bills passed before...
The State Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations each held their respective suspense file hearings on Thursday, August 11 to decide which bills will be moving forward and which bills will be held in committee on the Suspense File. Among the bills held under submission on the suspense...
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...