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2025 New Laws Series Recap

By Kristin Withrow posted 12-23-2024 01:06 PM

  
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By: @Kyle Packham

As 2024 comes to a close, CSDA has wrapped up another year of its annual New Laws Series. Read on for a recap of the nine-part series and get a step ahead of the most significant new laws that will impact the work of special districts and the communities they serve in 2025.

The full range of topics covered in CSDA’s 2024 New Laws Series included:

Part 1: Public Officials May Not Block Commenters from Official Social Media Accounts and Posts

Part 2: Assembly Bill 2561 (McKinnor): All Local Agencies Must Present Status of Job Vacancies at a Public Hearing

Part 3: The Brown Act: Clarification of the Standards for Remote Meetings and an Expanded Ground for Closed Session; New Attorney General Guidances

Part 4: New Laws Impacting Proposition 218

Part 5: Development Related Fees: Changes to Preliminary Estimate and Collection Provisions

Part 6: Increasing Bid Thresholds Through CUPCCAA (AB 2192)

Part 7: Three Bills Revise California’s Paid Leave Laws: What Employers Should Know

Part 8: Three Significant Public Retirement Laws Going into Effect

Part 9: More Employment Laws and Court Clarifies Limitations of Labor Code

Also, this year, members who download CSDA-The Hub app gain access to bonus-content featuring interviews with the experts who authored New Laws Series Parts Five and Nine related to development related fees and employment laws respectively. Download CSDA-The Hub app now to watch!

Finally, be sure to keep an eye out for your first edition of CSDA’s California Special Districts magazine, which will feature our fully designed 2025 New Laws publication. This publication compiles the articles of the New Laws Series and other key legislative and legal resources, such as the 2024 Year-End Legislative Report as a one-stop resource for special district officials.

CSDA members can view past New Laws publications at csda.net:

New Laws of 2024

New Laws of 2023

New Laws of 2022

New Laws of 2021

New Laws of 2020


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