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Julissa Ceja Cardenas

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jcejacardenas@counties.org
Biography

Julissa Ceja Cardenas is the Legislative Analyst in the Government Finance and Administration policy area. She supports advocacy efforts on a wide range of fiscal and administrative issues – including revenue and taxation, state mandates, open meetings, artificial intelligence, and more – working to analyze policy and fiscal impacts on behalf of counties.

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With the January 30 government funding deadline quickly approaching, attention shifted to the Senate this week as lawmakers
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Federal Executive Order on State Artificial Intelligence Lawmaking 

Emma Jungwirth, Julissa Ceja Cardenas
December 18, 2025
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO), titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”,  that seeks to
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On December 15th,  CSAC, Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), Urban Counties of California (UCC), and
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WEBINAR: AB 339 Explained: New Labor Notice Rules for Public Contracting 

Eric Lawyer, Julissa Ceja Cardenas
December 18, 2025
On December 15th, CSAC, Rural County Representatives (RCRC), Urban Counties of California (UCC), California Special Districts Association (CSDA), Cal Cities,
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