April 23, 2021

Governor Newsom released a two-fold announcement today to move towards a full ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) by 2024 and study phasing out oil production in the state. The Governor-directed Department of Conservation’s Division of Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) will initiate regulatory action to end the issuance of new permits for fracking by January 2024.

April 23, 2021

April 15, 2021

April 8, 2021

The CSAC Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources policy team request comments on two bills of importance to counties.

SB 612 (Portantino) – Community Choice Aggregators

April 8, 2021

Every 10 years the federal government conducts the Census, a count of all those residing in the United States. In a normal year, the counting, also known as enumeration, for most states would begin in March and be completed by July. However, as we all know 2020 was not a “normal” year, and right as the survey was being distributed to households across the country, COVID-19 was spreading rapidly. This, paired with political complications at the Census Bureau, caused massive delays in the process leading enumeration to extend into the fall.

April 1, 2021

March 25, 2021

March 18, 2021

March 5, 2021

February 18, 2021

The deadline to introduce most bills is this Friday, February 19. The Government, Finance and Administration Policy Team is working to complete an initial pass of the hundreds of new bills that have been, and continue to be, introduced. While team members will continue to review bills over the next week or two, we are seeking feedback on several bills.

February 4, 2021

CSAC and the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) are teaming up on a two part webinar series that will break down all you need to know about redistricting for your county. The first webinar will take place on Friday, March 5, 10am-12pm. Registration information for this webinar will be available in the coming week.

January 14, 2021

Last Friday, Governor Newsom released his 2021-22 budget proposal and urged the Legislature to take the unusual step of immediately approving an $11 billion package to address COVID-19 and jumpstart California’s recovery.

December 17, 2020

This week brought some welcomed updates for county employers, as the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a new guidance on quarantining. The guidance shortens the time necessary for asymptomatic close contacts (e.g., potential workplace exposures) to quarantine, from 14 to 10 days, with or without testing.  All individuals permitted to reduce the quarantine period to less than 14 days must:

December 10, 2020

December 3, 2020

December 3, 2020

November 20, 2020

CSAC’s 126^th Annual Conference was held virtually from November 12-19. The conference offered a variety of workshops, speakers, and policy committee meetings with a strong presence from the Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF).

October 15, 2020

Governor Newsom met the September 30 deadline to take action on measures approved by the Legislature and delivered to his desk. To keep counties informed of new laws that impact them, CSAC will be publishing a series of articles to spotlight those laws in each policy area. This week, the Government, Finance & Administration policy area provides information on new laws impaction California’s counties.

Workers’ Compensation

October 15, 2020

This year, a new law went into effect, SB 234 (Chapter 244, Statutes of 2019), that aims to increase the availability of family child care homes. The sponsor of the legislation, the Child Care Law Center, reached out to CSAC to share resources with counties regarding the implementation of this law.

SB 234 makes various changes regarding licensing and zoning for family child care homes, including several that directly impact county regulations. These include:

October 1, 2020

The California Department of Finance (DOF) has published additional information regarding first quarter expenditures and obligations for the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), including information from counties, cities, schools, and the state. The main content is on the DOF COVID-19 webpage.

September 3, 2020

Today the CSAC Board of Directors voted to take positions on two propositions that will be on the November ballot.

August 27, 2020