SACRAMENTO – The California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
applauds the federal government’s decision to extend their 100%
reimbursement of Project Roomkey through the end of 2021.
“This is great news for Project Roomkey,” said CSAC President and
Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore. “This extended commitment
means that counties can continue to get more people into housing
and the services and programs they need.”
The federal government announced today that they will fully
reimburse states for housing of at-risk populations, as well as
for services such as emergency medical care and vaccination
response. Since the start of Project Roomkey in April 2020, over
42,000 of California’s most vulnerable residents have been
sheltered and a recent study concluded that there was an 81
percent success rate in the isolation/quarantine course.
SACRAMENTO – The California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacqueline
Wong-Hernandez as the Association’s new Deputy Executive Director
for Legislative Affairs. Her first day at CSAC is September 22.
“I am honored to join the exceptional CSAC team, and to use my
skills and experience to advocate for our counties and to further
elevate their voice,” said Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez.
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 is the first blog post in a series highlighting
California Counties. In the coming months, learn more about how
Del Norte and other California Counties are showcasing the power
of international relationships to spur local economic development
and education.
It’s a story of resilience, from tragedy came hope. Who would
combine a devasting tsunami, a small boat lost at sea, the
Northern California Coast, and the Olympics? As improbable as it
sounds, Kamome has permanently connected Del Norte County with a
coastal city in Japan, showing one simple act of kindness can
spark the most unlikely sequence of events.
Since the 2010 Olympics, NBC Sports has selected a story to
highlight the strength of relations between the United States and
the country hosting the Olympics. The story of Kamome was
selected in 2021. For Del Norte, our story began with the Great
East Japan (Tohoku) earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011,
which most remembered for triggering the Fukushima Nuclear
Disaster and the loss of 18,000 Japanese lives, including
Americans. But the tsunami that damaged the reactor swept more
than five million tons of material into the ocean—including a
small boat named “Kamome” that traveled from Rikuzentakata, Japan
to Crescent City in Del Norte County, arriving storm-tossed and
covered in sea life two years later.
