Courtesy of Capitol Morning Report www.capitolmr.com Paul McIntosh By Pamela Martineau, Capitol Morning Report Paul McIntosh, executive director of the California State Association of Counties, likens his love of counties to Tommy Lasorda’s love for the Dodgers. “If you cut me,” McIntosh riffs on the famous Lasorda quote, “I bleed counties.” McIntosh may come to [...]
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 [...]
This week, CSAC is distributing a new, annual publication to county leaders titled the “2010 & 2011 Member Benefits & Participation Review.” This piece was developed by CSAC to provide our members with insight into what programs and services their specific county is taking advantage of and how they are benefiting the county and its [...]
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 [...]
Become the change you want to see – that was a common theme among the two speakers who highlighted this morning’s General Session. CSAC 1st Vice President and Yolo County Supervisor Mike McGowan set the stage when he told the packed house that in 2012, “there is an opportunity for us to make change and [...]