On Friday, July 12, U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Special District Grant Accessibility Act (SDGAA). The legislation ( S. 4673 ) embodies the National Special Districts Association’s (NSDC’s) longstanding legislative objective of codifying a first-ever,...
By: @Kyle Packham The State Legislature broke for Summer Recess following several action-packed weeks that included a cascade of dealmaking related to propositions for the November 2024 Statewide General Election. When all was said and done, an even 10 propositions were left standing....
By: @Marcus Detwiler CSDA is pleased to report that the 2024-25 State Budget excluded the Newsom Administration’s proposal related to charter schools and the calculation and distribution of Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) monies. The proposal would have resulted in the diversion...
By: @Kyle Packham U.S. Senators Krysten Sinema (I-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have committed to sponsor the Senate Companion Bill to H.R. 7525, the Special District Grant Accessibility Act. CSDA anticipates it will be formally introduced the week of July 8 and has set a deadline of Friday,...
By @Ophelia Szigeti Yesterday, the California Legislature passed the Democratic Majority version of the State Budget, AB 107 (Gabriel) , marking a significant step in the state’s fiscal planning for the upcoming year. The bill received approval with a 29 – 8 vote in the State Senate and a...
By @Kyle Packham The California Supreme Court announced it will file its opinion Thursday, June 20 in the case of Legislature of the State of California et. al. v. Weber. The Court’s opinion will come just one week shy of the June 27 deadline for Secretary of State Shirley Weber to finalize...
@Marcus Detwiler Last week, Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry unveiled Assembly Constitutional Amendment 10 (ACA 10), a measure that would narrow the scope of her previously authored Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (ACA 1). The State Legislature approved ACA 1 by two-thirds vote at...
By: @Ophelia Szigeti The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that, under the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity, they will award up to $932 million in competitive grant funding for clean heavy-duty vehicles to municipalities...
By: @Ophelia Szigeti On Thursday, May 30, Legislative leaders made significant strides on the 2024-25 State Budget following extensive bilateral negotiations. Among the actions taken by the Legislature’s budget subcommittees were the rejection of a proposal to expand ERAF property tax...
Check out where things stand on the legislative priorities advocated by over 200 special district officials at Special Districts Legislative Days now that the State Legislature’s house of origin deadline has passed. All surviving bills must be heard in their second house policy committees by...
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