Aug 15, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 340 (Ahrens) – Public Employee CommunicationsRCRC, in coalition with our public agency partners, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 340, authored by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens (D-Cupertino). This measure seeks to broadly expand confidential communication protections by barring a public employer from
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations RCRC Pursues State Reimbursements for Counties through Race-Blind Charging Test Claim FilingRCRC and GSFA have recently initiated a program to assist member counties in filing “test claims” with the Commission on State Mandates as part of an overall strategy to obtain reimbursements for county costs associated with state-imposed mandates.
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Help Homeowners Recover and Rebuild from Natural DisastersOn July 31, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act. This measure
Jun 13, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 690 (Schultz) - Criminal Procedure: Indigent Defense CompensationRCRC, in coalition with our county partners, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 690, authored by Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-Burbank). This measure would create additional mandates for the provision of indigent defense services, resulting in increased cost pressures to counties statewide estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars.
Jun 06, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 1337 (Ward) - Information Practices Act of 1977RCRC, along with a coalition of other public agency stakeholders, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 1337, authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego). This measure would impose significant costs and liability on state and local governments and jeopardize essential service delivery
May 16, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Visit California Releases 2024 Economic Impact Report and 2025 ForecastEach year, Visit California publishes an in-depth analysis of the tourism industry’s statewide and county-level economic contributions. The 2024 report reflects the sector’s continued resilience and growth – with travel spending reaching a record high
May 02, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week – Assembly Bill 418 (Wilson): Property Taxation: Tax-Defaulted PropertyRCRC, in coalition with our county government partners UCC and CSAC, supports Assembly Bill 418, authored by Assembly Member Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City). This measure preserves the ability of California counties to utilize Chapter 8 sales of tax-defaulted properties
Apr 25, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 1383 (McKinnor) - Public Employees’ Retirement BenefitsIn coalition with local government and public agency partners, RCRC opposes Assembly Bill 1383, authored by Assembly Member Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood). This measure would make several significant changes to the public employees’ retirement benefits, increasing pension liability for public agencies
Apr 11, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 964 (Hadwick) – Commission on State MandatesRCRC, in coalition with local government partners, supports Assembly Bill 964, authored by Assembly Member Heather Hadwick (R-Alturas). This measure would take an important first step to reform
Mar 28, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Letters Needed in Support of RCRC Sponsored AB 632 (Hart) - Local Ordinances: Administrative Fines or PenaltiesRCRC sponsored Assembly Bill 632 (Hart), is heading to the Assembly Committee on Local Government on Wednesday, April 9. RCRC requests that counties send letters of support to the Assembly Committee on Local Government no later than Thursday, April 3rd at 5:00 p.m.