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Your examples needed to promote historic legislation By: @Kyle Packham We hear it regularly, special districts and the communities they serve are left out of federal funding, overlooked, or mired in bureaucracy. The National Special Districts Association (NSDA) needs your examples of...
Does your special district benefit from nonprofit partnerships or tax-exempt municipal bonds? By: @Kyle Packham The National Special Districts Association (NSDA), of which CSDA is a founding member, is leading special districts across the country in protecting the tax-exempt status of non...
By: National Special Districts Association The National Special Districts Association (NSDA), of which CSDA is a founding member, seeks input from special districts regarding challenges in accessing federal funding. Responses preferred by March 25 to facilitate federal advocacy efforts...
By: Cynthia O'Neill, Partner Emeritus, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act (Act) into law on January 5, 2025. The Act repeals two provisions that lowered the amount of social security benefits that some public pensioners and/or their spouses could...
By: @Lilia Hernandez Two prime special district grant opportunities related to expanding access to outdoor recreational opportunities will soon come to a close. The first deadline hits March 11 and focuses primarily on urban communities, while the second opportunity ending August 5 ...
By: @Elisa Arcidiacono , Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. California's newly approved $10 billion climate bond, passed through Proposition 4, directs funding toward a range of climate-related initiatives focused on addressing challenges such as wildfires, water accessibility, and climate...
By: @Kyle Packham Of the 700 measures on local ballots throughout California for the November 5, 2024 General Election, 44 were related to special districts and the essential services they provide to communities throughout the state. According to CaliforniaCityFinance.com, out of the...
By: National Special Districts Coalition The 118th Congress drew to a close in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 21, as members of the House and Senate concluded their legislative business for the year. In the Senate, lawmakers failed to act on the Special District Grant...
CSDA Advocacy and External Affairs Officer Kyle Packham interviews NBS Director Sara Mares on New Law on Development-Related Fees By: Sara Mares, Director, NBS Development-related fees help fund the infrastructure special districts and other local governments build to support...
By @Lutfi Kharuf , Partner, Best Best & Krieger and Dean Atyia, Partner, Best Best & Krieger California special districts provide vital public services, ranging from water provision and wastewater treatment to solid waste collection and disposal. Because many of these services are...