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Advocacy   |   County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 339 (Ortega) – Local Public Employee Organizations: Notice Requirements

RCRC, as part of a large coalition, strongly opposes Assembly 339, authored by Assembly Member Liz Ortega. This measure would require the governing body of a local public agency (non-school) to provide written notice to the employee organization no less than 120 days prior to issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending

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Advocacy   |   County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 632 (Hart) – Local Ordinances: Administrative Fines or Penalties

RCRC is sponsoring Assembly Bill 632, authored by Assembly Member Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara). This measure would enhance local enforcement mechanisms for unlicensed cannabis activities, state housing law violations, and fire hazards by codifying existing caselaw regarding collection of administrative penalties through (ordinary priority) property liens and providing enhanced tools for collection of penalties associated with certain serious code violations. 

Counties and cities are currently authorized…

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Advocacy   |   County Operations State Regulatory Structure on Hemp

In December 2018, Congress enacted the 2018 Farm Bill, which included provisions that federally legalize hemp in any state that has a regulatory plan meeting a number of conditions (or accedes to a federal plan to be developed...

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Advocacy   |   County Operations Employee Relations and Pensions

County Boards of Supervisors and their human resource managers are responsible for the wages and benefits of their employees and other county personnel.  In cases of non-management employees, wages, benefits, and terms of employment are...