Governor Newsom recently named CSAC President James Gore to the
Executive Committee of the California Wildfire and Forest
Resilience Task Force. President Gore joins Cal-EPA Secretary
Jared Blumenfeld, Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot,
Office of Planning and Research Director Kate Gordon, CalFIRE
Chief Thom Porter, and local representatives Mono County
Supervisor Stacy Corless, Chair of the Rural County
Representatives of California, and Don Hankins with the
Intertribal Stewardship Project on the Executive Committee.
“I’m looking forward to joining California’s Wildfire & Forest
Resilience Task Force. Having navigated Sonoma County through
seven natural disasters in three years, there’s no greater focus
for me than on our resilience,” said CSAC President
Gore. “This is an opportunity to further expand my
commitment and service to not just Sonoma County, but to the
entire state. Let’s get to work!”
CSAC is proud to announce that California’s newest United States
Senator – the Honorable Alex Padilla – will be the featured
speaker at our upcoming virtual Legislative
Conference, scheduled for April 21-23. Senator Padilla will
present at the conference’s General Session that begins at 8:30
am on Wednesday, April 21.
Registration for the Legislative Conference will remain open
through next Friday, April 16. Take this opportunity to listen to
Senator Padilla, participate in CSAC Policy Committee meetings,
attend informative workshops and network with your colleagues at
a Virtual Mingler. It’s all happening during our conference. You
can learn more about the conference and register here.
The Employee Relations policy area falls under the jurisdiction
of the Government Finance and Operations (GFO) Policy Committee
and is responsible for all issues related to public employment
and retirement. Specific issues areas are pension benefits and
pension system administration; labor relations; issues regarding
county negotiations with employees; workers’ compensation; and
other risk management issues facing public employers.
This guest blog post from Marin County is part of a series
highlighting California County excellence in responding to the
COVID-19 pandemic. To submit your County story,
contact Sara
Floor.
San Rafael, CA — On Easter Sunday 2020, Troy Peterson’s
phone rang right before the big family meal. A long-term care
facility in Marin County reported a rash of COVID-19 cases
among its staff and fragile residents, and there weren’t enough
staff showing up for work.
Pictured: Troy Peterson
It was the type of emergency for which Peterson had trained for
more than two decades. A former paramedic and ambulance company
supervisor, Peterson is the most experienced member of Marin
County’s Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator (MHOAC)
team, known as MOW-ock.
Peterson remembered a news story from a few days earlier about a
similar facility another location where 84 residents at a
90-bed rehabilitation center had to be evacuated when employees
stopped caring for the patients. For two full days.
