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By: @Marcus Detwiler Assembly Member Blanca Rubio (AD-48, Baldwin Park) has introduced Assembly Bill 259 , CSDA’s sponsored legislation on the Ralph M. Brown Act. As introduced, AB 259 would eliminate the sunset associated with Assembly Bill 2449 (Rubio, 2022) , thereby allowing for...
By: @Ophelia Szigeti On Monday, January 6, Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference at California State University Stanislaus to preview his 2025-26 State Budget proposal ahead of its official release on Friday, which will be led by staff at the Department of Finance. During the event,...
By: @Marcus Detwiler Following the November 2024 General Election, local public agencies, including special districts, should take care to complete legally-required updates to their Registry of Public Agencies filing (also known as Form SF-405 ). Should an agency end up seating new board...
By: @Marcus Detwiler Assembly Bill 2449 (Rubio, 2022) enabled local agencies to use modified Brown Act teleconferencing meeting procedures for board members with a just cause or emergency circumstances necessitating their remote participation. CSDA is interested in collecting feedback...
By: National Special Districts Coalition Congress may be on recess through Labor Day, but the National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC) has three financial-related alerts for CSDA members. Built by Bonds: Your examples needed! There are rumblings in Washington that...
By @Marcus Detwiler On Thursday, November 16, CSDA’s Board of Directors met in Sacramento and adopted “oppose” positions on a pair of ballot initiatives that may appear before California voters on the November 2024 ballot. The two ballot initiatives, numbered 23-0015A1 and 23-0025A1 ...
By @Colleen Haley On July 31, the Contra Costa Special Districts Association and the Alameda County Special Districts Association came together to hold a joint meeting of the membership. The meeting took place at the Dublin San Ramon Services District, which serves residents within both...
By Algeria Ford and N. Richard Shreiba, Attorneys, Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP California legislators recently took steps to address confidentiality concerns when Senate Bill 1131 (Newman) was signed into law. Considered necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, or...
The National Special Districts Coalition (NSDC), of which CSDA is a founding member, has called on special districts to contact their U.S. Senators and urge them to oppose an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require a standardized federal...
By: Nicholaus Norvell and Holland Stewart, Best Best & Krieger, LLP During its most recent session, the California State Legislature adopted and the Governor signed three significant bills amending the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act). These bills — which take effect on January 1, 2023 —...