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Proposition 6 Threatens More Than Safe Roads, Bridges

New regional reports released by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) quantify the monumental regional economic impact of crucial local transportation projects endangered by Proposition 6.

Proposition 6 eliminates more than $5 billion annually in existing transportation funds and jeopardizes funding supporting more than 6,500 bridge and road safety, transportation and public transit improvement projects currently underway throughout California.

Across California, Prop 6 threatens:

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“No Changes to Utility Liability Law,” Supervisors Testify Before Legislative Wildfire Committee

County Supervisors Diane Dillon, Napa County, and Carre Brown, Mendocino County, testified Wednesday in front of the Wildfire Preparedness and Response Legislative Conference Committee in a packed hearing room at the State Capitol. They, along with numerous other individuals, urged legislators not to make any changes to utility liability law in order to protect future fire survivors and local communities.

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Public Safety Joins No on Prop 6 Coalition

Leading public safety organizations representing California firefighters, highway patrolmen and emergency responders voiced strong opposition to Proposition 6, the ballot measure that would make the state’s bridges and roads less safe and jeopardize public safety.

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Federal Recap: From Nashville to Capitol Hill

Joe Krahn

July 19, 2018

NACo’s 83rd Annual Conference and Exposition – hosted by Davidson County/Nashville, Tennessee – brought together more than 3,000 county officials and staff from across the country.  The conference, which ran from July 13-16, provided a valuable opportunity for county officials to network, as well as share information and best practices with their colleagues from every corner of the United States.

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State Ends Fiscal Year Above Budget Expectations

Dorothy Johnson Tracy Sullivan

Department of Finance (DOF) reports a total of $136 billion in general fund cash for 2017-18. That’s $1.5 billion higher than the 2018 Budget Act forecast. June alone brought in $1.6 billion of unanticipated revenue, mainly in personal income and corporation taxes representative of second quarter returns. These results offset disappointing sales tax revenues, which fell behind fiscal year budget estimates by $380 million, or 1.5%.

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Nomination Window Opens for CalPERS Award for Excellence

CalPERS is now accepting nominations for the Spotlight on Excellence Award to recognize the efforts of public servants that often go unnoticed, even as they work diligently behind the scenes to educate, protect, and keep Californians safe and healthy through providing essential services and infrastructure.

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California County Officials Appointed to NACo Leadership Positions

National Association of Counties (NACo) President Greg Cox has appointed a significant number of California County representatives to serve as Chairs and Vice Chairs for Committees, Advisory Boards and Subcommittees, providing our counties with a strong voice at the federal level.  A total of 13 California Counties are represented in these positions.

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Managing Lands in a Changing Climate Symposium Planned

The University of California, Davis and the California Department of Conservation will hold a day-long symposium on Monday, September 10, titled “Managing Lands in a Changing Climate to Improve Agricultural Resiliency, Food Security and Health”. The event is affiliated with the Global Climate Action Summit event which runs from September 12-14 in San Francisco.    

The symposium has four goals:

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Join CSAC for Our Upcoming Webinar on Homelessness

CSAC will hold our next webinar titled “New Homelessness Funding: Thinking it Through,” next Wednesday, July 25.

The recently enacted state budget provides more than $700 million to help local governments and entities combat homelessness. Local governments must navigate the requirements for existing and new programs all within a matter of months. Decision makers will need to determine how to fold these new funding opportunities into local efforts that are already underway.

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SCOTUS Rules on Janus Case

Jennifer B. Henning

June 28, 2018

As expected, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling this week in one of the most anticipated cases of the Court’s term—Janus v. AFSCME. The Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that public employees cannot be required to pay fees, sometimes called “fair share” or “agency” fees, that cover a labor organization’s costs to negotiate a contract that applies to all public employees.

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CSAC Appoints Seasoned County Leader as New Deputy Executive Director

CSAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Manuel Rivas Jr. as the Association’s new Deputy Executive Director for Operations and Member Services. Manuel’s career has focused on public service, bringing strong county experience to CSAC.

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Take the ILG Local Government Survey

June 21, 2018

The Institute for Local Government (ILG), a CSAC-sponsored organization, is seeking feedback from counties on their most pressing issues and concerns. The survey at the link below will help determine how ILG can better serve California counties.

This short survey aims to:

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Show Us Your Innovation: Enter the 2018 CSAC Challenge Awards

Best practices can be found throughout California’s 58 Counties. We know because we have seen them first hand. Now it’s time to show the rest of the state — and nation — the innovative programs your county has developed.

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Take the ILG Local Government Survey

June 7, 2018

The Institute for Local Government (ILG), a CSAC-sponsored organization, is seeking feedback from counties on their most pressing issues and concerns. The survey at the link below will help determine how ILG can better serve California counties.

This short survey aims to:

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Claim That Unclaimed Property

May 24, 2018

Each year, millions of dollars’ worth of property is turned over to the State Controller by businesses unable to locate the owners. Some of these uncashed checks, bank accounts, and credit balances could belong to your county.

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ILG Opens Application for 2018 Beacon Awards

May 3, 2018

The Institute for Local Government (ILG) has opened the application to submit data for this year’s Beacon Award and Spotlight Awards to Beacon participants. Partially sponsored by CSAC, the ILG promotes good government at the local level with practical, impartial and easy-to-use resources for California communities.

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Still Time to Pre-Register for CSAC’s Legislative Conference

April 26, 2018

The CSAC Legislative Conference is coming up quickly on May 16 and 17 in Sacramento, but there is still time to pre-register and receive $50.00 off on-site registration rates. The pre-registration period ends on Friday, May 4. After that, you will have to register on-site, at the higher rate.

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ILG Offers Public Engagement Training

Registration is open for Public Engagement Training offered by the Institute for Local Government (ILG) a CSAC-sponsored organization. Local governments throughout California are applying a variety of public engagement strategies and approaches to address issues ranging from land use and budgeting to climate change and public safety. The ILG will be hosting a TIERS Learning Lab on June 5-6 in San Diego.

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CSAC Legislative Conference Workshops – Be Part of the Conversation

CSAC staff has developed a strong lineup of workshops for our upcoming Legislative Conference, focusing on issues that significantly impact California Counties. The conference is scheduled for May 16 – 17 in Sacramento County. For a look at the conference schedule, click here.

Our workshop lineup includes:

The 2018 Ballot: What’s at Stake for Counties

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CSAC Webinar: IHSS Changes-The Next Step

Counties have been hard at work implementing the substantial changes to the IHSS fiscal structure that were included in the 2017-18 budget. The recent IHSS clean-up language in AB 110 and the updated revenue projections in the Governor’s January budget proposal have allowed some additional implementation pieces for 2017-18 to move forward. This webinar is part of our ongoing IHSS training series and will focus on updates that have occurred since our November in-person training.

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