Last fall, CSAC began the process of revamping all of our corporate and sponsorship programs in an effort to increase: private sector participation in CSAC the number of national firms that join and sponsor events the number and quality of interactions we offer corporate and county people to interact with each other revenue generated by [...]
On December 25th, the Sacramento Bee published an article of the impacts advocacy has had on legislation on Sacramento during 2011 (“Lobby Power Pivotal on Bills”). While the article mostly describes the efforts of business interests killing bills that threatened their business environment, or “job killers”, it contains several tables that ranks the efforts of [...]
This afternoon, Governor Jerry Brown presented his Department of Finance’s revenue forecast for 2011-12 pursuant to Chapter 41, Statutes of 2011 – the so-called “trigger cuts” that were approved as a component of the 2011-12 state budget package. Department of Finance Director Ana Matosantos outlined both the revenue forecast and the resultant reductions that will [...]
California counties remain concerned about the nature and funding of the 2011 Realignment, particularly the public safety portion. While the Community Corrections Partnerships around the state have been developing plans to implement AB 109, a lot of details remain to be worked out and counties are concerned that the funding devoted to realignment may not [...]
CSAC, the California State Sheriffs’ Association and the Chief Probation Officers of California have partnered to create a coalition called Californians to Protect Public Safety and Local Services, which has filed a proposed constitutional amendment ballot measure with the Attorney General’s office. The measure, slated for the November 2012 ballot, would provide counties and other [...]