GFA Recent News

March 26, 2020

March 19, 2020

The Governor’s executive orders to this point have granted much needed flexibility to counties in a number of areas. However, as the COVID-19 crisis lengthens and broadens, a growing number of county employees are working from home, taking sick leave, or being redirected to deal with the emergency.

March 19, 2020

The Census Bureau announced this week that it will be suspending all field operations from March 18 until April 1, 2020. However, the public will still be able to submit their census forms online at 2020census.gov during this time. As of March 18, more than eleven million households had responded.

February 27, 2020

February 18, 2020

The California State Controller’s Office is seeking volunteers to serve on the Advisory Committee on County Accounting Procedures. The Controller’s office is looking to fill a vacancy with regard to the position of County Administrative Officer. 

The Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving county accounting and reporting procedures, which are then written in to regulation by the Controller.  The Committee meets in person or by teleconference one or two times annually. 

January 23, 2020

This week the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees held their first hearings to discuss the Governor’s proposed budget for 2020-21. These are just the first round of hearings. Between now and May, when the Governor will release a revised budget proposal, the Budget Committees will hold a number of oversight hearings on specific topics within the budget.

January 9, 2020

A bill that would have restricted, and in some cases outright prohibited, local government associations from performing many of the services provided on behalf of counties has been pulled from consideration. CSAC was planning to oppose the bill, AB 315 by Christina Garcia, in the Assembly Local Government Committee next week, but got news today that the bill is dead.

December 19, 2019

Counties have a new tool for measuring and examining their local economies. Late last week, the organization that calculates the GDP for the nation and the states, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, released its first ever official analysis of GDP for every county in the United States.