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 —...
A slate of bills amending the Brown Act open meetings law and supported by CSDA were among the hundreds of bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in the final days and hours prior to the September 30 deadline. One vetoed bill included yet another website mandate that was opposed by CSDA. Of the...
On the morning of June 15, 2022, Assembly Bill 2357 (Ting) was scheduled to be heard by the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance. The bill was pulled from its hearing and according to the author’s staff, the bill will not be moving forward this year. CSDA, working with a coalition of...
On June 14, 2022, CSDA Legislative Representative Aaron Avery provided lead testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in connection with Assembly Bill 1711 (Seyrato). CSDA has an Oppose Unless Amended position on the bill. AB 1711 will amend California’s Data Breach Notification Law ...
Has your special district welcomed new board members, trustees, or board secretaries to your ranks in the past year? New board members mean new disclosures. Every local agency has a legal obligation to disclose basic information about the agency and its current officials to the county clerk and...
Within the next three weeks, the California State Legislature will decide whether to place an unfunded mandate on every local public agency in the state, including special districts, to report information about their restrooms on their website to enable access for the homeless population. AB...
Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 5, the Assembly Local Government Committee will meet starting at 1:30 p.m. to consider, among other things, Assembly Bill 361 (Rivas) , CSDA’s sponsored legislation dealing with remote public meetings during declared emergencies. To date, CSDA has received over 45...