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By: @Marcus Detwiler CSDA is looking to survey its members to assess the scope, scale, and impact on special districts and other local agencies to comply with the California Public Records Act (PRA); this effort is in concert with similar efforts being undertaken by fellow local government...
By: @Marcus Detwiler CSDA is looking to survey its members to assess the scope, scale, and impact on governments to comply with the California Public Records Act (PRA); this effort is in concert with similar efforts being undertaken by fellow local government association stakeholders. The...
By: Nicholaus Norvell, Partner and Stephanie Cook, Associate, Best Best & Krieger LLP Current law requires certain elected and appointed local public officials to receive training on ethics principles and laws relevant to the official’s public service for a minimum of two hours every two...
By: @Marcus Detwiler On October 3, 2025, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 707 (Durazo), which makes sweeping revisions to the Ralph M. Brown Act (the Brown Act). As mentioned last week on CSDA’s Advocacy News blog , all Brown Act-observing agencies will need to become familiar with the...
By: @Kyle Packham Last week, CSDA joined leaders from eight statewide special district associations in meeting with over 30 Congressional offices in Washington D.C. to support H.R. 2766 to define special districts in federal law for the first time, known as the Special District...
As previously announced by the National Special Districts Association (NSDA), the marquee legislation to define special districts in federal law has been introduced in the 119th Congress and CSDA is calling on all special districts and their partners to join the NSDA Coalition in support of H.R...
Your examples needed to promote historic legislation By: @Kyle Packham We hear it regularly, special districts and the communities they serve are left out of federal funding, overlooked, or mired in bureaucracy. The National Special Districts Association (NSDA) needs your examples of...
By: National Special Districts Association The National Special Districts Association (NSDA), of which CSDA is a founding member, seeks input from special districts regarding challenges in accessing federal funding. Responses preferred by March 25 to facilitate federal advocacy efforts...
By @Kyle Packham With NSDA's national leadership and coordination, CSDA strongly supports the reintroduction of federal special district definition legislation. While no public announcements have been made, Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) - and Representatives Pat Fallon ...
By @Kyle Packham It is hard to keep up since January 27, when the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-25-13 , directing federal agencies to temporarily halt the distribution of financial assistance, including grants, loans, and congressionally directed...