CSDA staff recently had the opportunity to participate in the California-United Water Conference Silicon Valley Tour. The tour was organized to bring together leaders, share best practices and introduce Project Nexus . Tour sites included the Silicon Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant , Google...
SCE staff and attendees traverse the dam near Powerhouse #1. The water released here can be pumped back to storage during non-peak hours to generate additional energy. Releases also flow down to Millerton Reservoir and then out to hundreds of communities via the Central Valley. In June,...
On Friday, May 12, Governor Newsom released the 2023-24 May Revision to his state budget proposal. When the Governor released his budget proposal in January there was a projected $22.5 billion deficit to the state budget. The May Revision also recorded an additional $9.3 billion revenue...
Nearly 700 Costa Mesa residents took advantage of the first-ever community Shredding and Compost Giveaway event this summer. The drive-thru event was hosted by the Costa Mesa Sanitary District (CMSD), in partnership with the City of Costa Mesa, Newport Mesa Unified School District, and CR&R...
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...
In response to the proposed State Budget, CSDA Chief Executive Officer Neil McCormick urged Governor Gavin Newsom to partner with special districts as the Newsom Administration moves to confront the threats California faces. McCormick stated, “Governor Newsom’s budget proposal rightly confronts...
In response to the proposed State Budget, CSDA Chief Executive Officer Neil McCormick urged Governor Gavin Newso m to include special districts and their more than 120,000 front-line workers in the state’s remaining $800 million in COVID-relief funding. McCormick stated, “Our fire protection...
Stating that transportation currently accounts for more than 50 percent of California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Zero-emission vehicles are a key part of California’s innovation economy, as California’s second largest global export market, this morning the Governor announced a new Executive...
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a State of Emergency in response to the “Extreme Heat Event” that California will be experiencing over the next few days. Among the various directions in the proclamation, the Governor is directing the Air Resources Board to “exercise maximum discretion to...