For the state’s General Fund, four months are head and shoulders more important than the rest. From highest to lowest: April, June, January, and December. Let’s hope April, June, and January bring in the cash, because December didn’t do so hot. State Controller John Chiang announced today that cash receipts in December were below all [...]
Several California Counties will lose critical federal funding to keep our schools open and roads paved, unless the federal government reauthorizes their decades long commitment to communities with federal forest land.
CSAC has a full analysis of the May Revise in our Budget Action Bulletin Governor Brown’s May Revision of his proposed 2011-12 State Budget has the best potential to help resolve the state’s persistent structural imbalance and allow counties to provide services in a more effective and efficient manner. “The California State Association of Counties [...]
Thursday marked a milestone for our Association. It started with a lively visit by Governor Brown to our Board of Directors meeting. It ended with a decision that could potentially shape the direction and relevancy of our Counties and Association for years to come. After bantering with the media for a few minutes outside the [...]
Chief Justice Ronald M. George has been presented with the CSAC 2010 President’s Award. Chief Justice George is retiring at the end of the year after a distinguished 38-year career on the bench