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: @Anna Callahan Last week, CAL FIRE announced $90.8 million in funding for local wildfire prevention projects across California, with almost 30% of the funds awarded going to special districts. The State of California has entrusted special districts to carry out 24 of the 94 projects...
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...
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...
March 10, the U.S. House and Senate passed a $1.5 trillion appropriations package to fund federal government programs through the end of the fiscal year. President Biden is expected to sign the bill. Passage of Fiscal Year 2022's appropriations package fosters certainty in federal programming...
Published in the Mountain Democrat January 20, 2021 https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/water-workshops-consider-climate-change-effects/ By Dawn Hodson The third of four state water conveyance workshops was held Jan. 12 with over 100 people from different water organizations attending via...
By Betsy Miller, Land Resources Manager/Assistant General Manager Last year was a record-breaker for water recharge in Southern California’s parched San Bernardino Valley. More than 70,000 acre-feet of snowmelt, rainfall, imported and recycled water was captured and percolated into...
Press Release from El Dorado Irrigation District Contact: Jesse Saich, jsaich@eid.org Placerville, Calif. — At a special meeting on January 11, the EID Board of Directors unanimously voted to adopt a resolution authorizing the conversion of the District’s existing long-term Central Valley...
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