Sep 05, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 339 (Ortega) – Local Public Employee Organizations: Notice RequirementsRCRC, in coalition with our local agency partners, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 339, authored by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-Hayward). This measure would undermine local agencies’ efforts
Sep 05, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations End of Session Update on SB 707 Brown Act PackageSenate Bill 707 (Durazo) represents the most substantial changes to the Brown Act in decades. The bill is an attempt to modernize open meetings by adjusting
Aug 30, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 830 (Smallwood-Cuevas) - Public WorksRCRC, along with coalition partners, opposes Senate Bill 830, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles). This measure would add burdensome costs and complex recordkeeping requirements to the sheet metal supply chain. Specifically, SB 830...
Aug 22, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 632 (Hart) – Local Ordinances: Administrative Fines or PenaltiesAssembly Bill 632, sponsored by RCRC and authored by Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara), seeks to strengthen local enforcement mechanisms for state
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