CSAC Celebrates April as National County Government Month
By Paul McIntosh
pmcintosh@counties.org
CSAC is celebrating National County Government Month next week, April 19 – 23. Each day, CSAC will be tweeting, blogging and posting FaceBook information on a different county service area.
On April 22, CSAC will be receiving a joint resolution from the State Legislature marking April as National County Government Month. Valerie Brown, Sonoma County supervisor and National Association of Counties (NACo) president, will be on hand for the special presentation, along with CSAC President Tony Oliveira, Kings County supervisor.
[FULL STORY]
|
Coming Soon! Hearing on Municipal Bankruptcy Moved Up
The Senate Local Government Committee has rescheduled its hearing to April 19 upon adjournment of Senate floor session. AB 155 will be heard then and CSAC and our local government partners are gearing up for what promises to be an interesting hearing.
[FULL STORY]
|
Administration of Justice
This week, both the Senate and Assembly budget subcommittees with jurisdiction over corrections and judiciary issues considered a range of items brought jointly by CSAC and the Judicial Council.
[FULL STORY]
|
Agriculture and Natural Resources
The advocacy campaign to pressure the Governor to restore the Williamson Act Subventions in his May Revise is underway.
[FULL STORY]
|
Employee Relations
AB 1821, by Assembly Member Fiona Ma, is sponsored by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and will merge the first and second levels of the CalPERS 1959 Survivor Benefit Program (Program) into the third level of the Program.
[FULL STORY]
|
Government Finance and Operations
SB 1102, by Senator Carol Liu, would allow counties to hold certain vacancy elections entirely by mail.
[FULL STORY]
|
Health and Human Services
Both houses convened budget subcommittee hearings this week, with the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 meeting on April 14 and 15, respectively.
[FULL STORY]
|
Housing, Land Use and Transportation
AB 1704, by Assembly Member Kevin Jeffries, would exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) installation of a new recycled water pipeline and replacement of an existing water pipeline of any length within a public street, highway, or right-of-way.
[FULL STORY]
|
Washington, D.C., Report
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on April 12 following their two-week spring recess to face a crowded agenda.
[FULL STORY]
|
