By: National Special Districts Association At the request of the National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC), of which CSDA is a founding member, U.S. Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Pat Fallon (R-TX) have submitted an amendment to Fix Our Forests Act ( H.R. 8790 ) making clear...
By: @Ophelia Szigeti SLA, ZEV, and public works legislation move forward, while contracting restriction and gate regulation bills among those held under submission and dead for the session. On August 15, the Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations held their respective...
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...
On Wednesday, April 19, CSDA provided lead testimony in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Senate Bills 34 and 229 (Umberg). The committee testimony of CSDA’s Senior Legislative Representative, Aaron Avery, may be viewed here – presentation on the bills, including CSDA’s...
Since 2019 and the passage of AB 1486 (Ting) , related to the Surplus Land Act, special districts throughout the state have been seeking to understand the various new procedures an agency must follow before disposing surplus land. The new requirements for special districts enacted by AB 1486...
On the morning of June 15, 2022, Assembly Bill 2357 (Ting) was scheduled to be heard by the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance. The bill was pulled from its hearing and according to the author’s staff, the bill will not be moving forward this year. CSDA, working with a coalition of...
Earlier this month, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) at long last released the final Surplus Land Act guidelines . HCD’s guidelines had been anticipated for release in January, however the department needed more time to work through issues raised in public...
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