By @Aaron Avery Senate Bill 399 (Wahab) , which could have interrupted the proper functioning of special districts and other local governments, has been made a “two-year bill” and will not be taken up again by the State Legislature before 2024. CSDA is the co-leader of the local...
This article first appeared in California Special Districts Magazine , March-April issue, in our Ask The Experts section By Stephanie J. Lowe and Elizabeth T. Arce, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore For districts that want to move away from the traditional “9-to-5” the 9/80 work schedule is a...
This article was first published in California Special Districts magazine, January/February 2022 By Martin Rauch, Senior Consultant, Rauch Communication Consultants, Inc. All too often, the general manager (GM) performance evaluation is little more than an annual report card that doesn’t...
By Algeria Ford and N. Richard Shreiba, Attorneys, Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP California legislators recently took steps to address confidentiality concerns when Senate Bill 1131 (Newman) was signed into law. Considered necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, or...
On November 15, 2022, CalPERS' Pension and Health Benefits Committee adopted revised regulations governing limited duration employment of certain retired persons, for purposes of clarifying Government Code sections 7522.56, 21224, and 21229. CalPERS drafted the proposed regulation to...
On October 14, 2022, Cal/OSHA issued its Notice of Proposed Modifications to its pending draft COVID-19 Workplace Non-Emergency Permanent Regulation governing employee safety for covered workplaces. The final version of this regulation is anticipated to be in place January 1, 2023, replacing the...
The 2021-2022 California Legislative Session concluded August 31, leaving Governor Gavin Newsom until the end of September to sign or veto the hundreds of bills that reached his desk in the final weeks of the session. The following measures, actively lobbied or tracked by CSDA, have passed the...
The formal public comment period for the proposed Cal/OSHA permanent regulation governing COVID-19 safety for covered workplaces will close on September 15, 2022 , as discussed in more detail below. The final version of this regulation is anticipated to be in place January 1, 2023,...
CSDA and its coalition partners have successfully worked to address key concerns within a number of employment and workplace safety bills impacting employers, including special districts. Following significant amendments to four employee rights and workplace safety bills discussed below, CSDA...
CalPERS has released its preliminary financial performance results for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, showing a Net Investment Return of -6.1 percent. As of the end of the fiscal year, CalPERS’ assets were valued at approximately $440 billion. The results were driven by recent, widely-publicized,...