Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC) Chief Executive Officer Graham
Knaus today issued the following statement responding to Senate
Bill 326.
Sacramento, CA - California is immersed in
an unacceptable homelessness crisis that requires bold and urgent
action. The budget trailer bills on homelessness funding
(AB
129/SB
129) includes progress to bolster local collaboration and
define roles and responsibilities for the Homeless Housing,
Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program, but it falls short of
meeting the moment.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the
AT HOME Coalition for Accountability, led by the California
State Association of Counties (CSAC) and including groups
representing public safety, non-profits, faith, environmental,
behavioral health and business groups, urgently called on
Governor Newsom and the Legislature to adopt the coalition’s
proposed trailer bill language in the 2023-2024 state budget.
Sacramento, CA – Counties support Governor Gavin
Newsom’s strategy to preserve core state investments in
homelessness and safety net programs – as well as providing new
funding for flood protection – despite revenue shortfalls and
uncertainties.
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC), representing all 58 counties in
California, has long supported additional behavioral
health-related housing and increased flexibility and
effectiveness for MHSA funding. Both goals are key components of
the county AT HOME Plan to address
homelessness.
SACRAMENTO, CA –The California State Association
of Counties (CSAC) today unveiled its AT
HOME plan, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach to
effectively and equitably address homelessness in California.
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC) supports Governor Gavin Newsom’s
recent
Executive Order to remove barriers to allow for immediate
groundwater replenishment and recharge while simultaneously
protecting downstream areas at risk for flood. California is
facing an unprecedented combination of major flood risks combined
with extended drought conditions and threatening infrastructure
to counties across the state.
Sacramento, CA – The Alliance for a Better
California, League of California Cities, California State
Association of Counties, California Special Districts
Association, California Alliance for Jobs and the Contract Cities
Association joined together to announce strong opposition to the
deceptive ballot measure sponsored by the California Business
Roundtable (CBRT), the lobbying arm of the largest and wealthiest
corporations in California.
Sacramento, CA – As advocates for the resources
and needs of our state’s diverse 58 counties, the California
State Association of Counties (CSAC) counties are prepared to
work with the governor and legislature to protect critical
investments in behavioral health, health care, homelessness and
climate-related drought, flood, and wildfire resiliency. These
investments reflect the values of our county leaders,
communities, and California as a whole.
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC) announced the 19 recipients of
2022 CSAC Challenge Awards, the premier program for recognizing
and elevating the most innovative programs developed and
implemented by California’s 58 counties.
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC), the voice of all 58 counties in
California, elected its officers to lead the statewide
association for 2023 at its 128th Annual Meeting in
Orange County, CA. The new officers are:
CSAC President – Riverside County Supervisor
Chuck Washington
CSAC First Vice President – San Luis Obispo
County Supervisor Bruce Gibson
CSAC Second Vice President – Inyo County
Supervisor Jeff Griffiths
CSAC Immediate Past President – Siskiyou
County Supervisor Ed Valenzuela
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC) Executive Director Graham Knaus
today issued the following statement responding to Governor Gavin
Newsom’s call to do more on homelessness.
Contact:
Farrah McDaid Ting, Director of Public Affairs and Member
Services
Phone: (916) 595-7360; Email: fmcting@counties.org
SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate engaged in a robust
discussion on SB 1338, a bill by Senators Thomas Umberg and Susan
Talamantes Eggman to implement Governor Newsom’s Community
Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court proposal today.
Contact:
Farrah McDaid Ting, Director of Public Affairs and Member
Services
Phone: 916.595.7360; Email: fmcting@counties.org
SACRAMENTO – Facing unprecedented revenue as
well as ongoing uncertainty, Governor Newsom today proposed a
series of primarily one-time investments targeting some of the
state’s most pressing problems: homelessness, drought, wildfires
and energy.
Sacramento, CA – The League of California Cities
(Cal Cities), County Engineers Association of California (CEAC),
and California State Association of Counties® (CSAC) are excited
to announce the winners of the 2022 Outstanding Local Streets and
Roads Project Awards, which recognize programs in counties and
cities throughout California that preserve and protect the
public’s investments in improving local streets, roads, and
bridges.
Sacramento, CA – The California State
Association of Counties (CSAC), the statewide organization
representing all 58 counties, responds to the Governor’s proposal
on CARE Court.
California’s Counties share Governor Newsom’s urgency to assist
those who are living with serious mental illness and unsheltered
in our communities. The CARE Court proposal is innovative and may
assist a small population of individuals living with psychotic or
serious substance use disorders to attain stability.
