State law required that county officials receive ethics and
harassment prevention training every two years. At this year’s
virtual Annual Meeting, CSAC
affiliate the Institute for
Local Government (ILG) will facilitate both trainings to
help county leaders ensure they are in compliance these
requirements. Supervisors-elect can satisfy their requirements by
taking these courses.
Please join CSAC and ILG for both sessions to make sure your
certifications are current. To register for these required
courses, please start by
registering for the CSAC Annual Meeting. These online
sessions are part of your reqistration.
CSAC Board of Directors has voted to take positions on two
propositions that will be on the November ballot.
Proposition 16: The CSAC Board of Directors voted
to support Proposition 16. This measure, approved by
the Legislature as ACA 5 (Weber), would repeal Section 31 of
Article I of the California Constitution, which prohibits the
State of California, including counties and other local agencies,
from granting preferential treatment or discriminating based on
race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in matters of
public employment or contracting. This section was adopted in
1996 with the passage of Proposition 209.
Proposition 19: The CSAC Board of Directors voted
to oppose Proposition 19. The purpose of this measure
is to increase home sales by, first, allowing most homeowners to
keep their accumulated tax benefit when purchasing a new home
and, second, restricting the property tax benefit currently given
to inheritors of real property.
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.
There is just one week left to respond to the Census! That is,
unless current lawsuits force the Census Bureau to extend
counting. As the countdown clock ticks, there is a lot
on the line for California counties. The results of the census
affect how billions of dollars are appropriated to state and
local governments each year, and provide the population
information counties will use when they redraw their
supervisorial districts ahead of the 2022 elections. Never more
has the importance of accurate counting been demonstrated than
this year.
The COVID-19 pandemic led Congress to pass the single largest
economic rescue package in U.S. history. In all, the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) included $150
billion in aid for state, local and tribal governments, which was
allocated based on population. Each state received funding based
on relative population, and local governments with 500,000 or
more citizens received their own direct payments. If future aid
packages are tied to population, a complete count could directly
impact a county’s bottom line.
