Jul 25, 2025
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management U.S. Senator Schiff Urges USDA to Deliver Disaster Relief for Farmers in CaliforniaIn a letter of July 22, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to ensure the agency delivers disaster assistance
Jun 06, 2025
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management CalAssist Mortgage Fund Established to Provide Grants to Homeowners Impacted by Recent DisastersOn June 5th, Governor Newsom announced the CalAssist Mortgage Fund, which will be launching on June 12th to provide grants up to $20,000 to homeowners whose homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable in recent fires, floods, and other disasters. This new disaster mortgage relief program
Apr 11, 2025
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management Bipartisan Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate to Create New Disaster Resilience Tax Credit for Communities Impacted by Natural DisastersOn April 8, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Tim Sheehy (R-MT) introduced the Facilitating Increased Resilience, Environmental Weatherization and Lowered Liability (FIREWALL) Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at promoting community resilience
Apr 04, 2025
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act Reintroduced in the HouseOn April 2, U.S. Representatives David Valadao (R-Kings County) and Salud Carbajal (D-San Luis Obispo County) reintroduced the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act. This bipartisan legislation
Mar 07, 2025
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act Introduced in U.S. HouseOn March 5, Congress Members Doug LaMalfa (R-Butte), Mike Thompson (D-Napa), Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), and Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) introduced the Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act
Dec 13, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management DOI Local Government Wildfire Vehicle Conversion Grants Now AvailableOn December 4th, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced $20 million in available grant funds for local governments to strengthen their response to wildfire by converting vehicles to wildland fire engines. The funding...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management CorrectionsCounty Boards of Supervisors, in conjunction with County Sheriffs, District Attorneys, Public Defenders, and Chief Probation Officers, are responsible for law enforcement, the operation of a variety of county public safety facilities (county jails and...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management 2011 Criminal Justice RealignmentIn 2011, the Legislature enacted a comprehensive criminal justice realignment scheme whereby counties became responsible for addressing criminal offenders that had traditionally been the responsibility of the State. Under the provisions of Assembly Bill 109,...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management Protecting Local CommunitiesCalifornia’s rural counties play a critical role in protecting their local communities. The California State Constitution requires each county to hold elections to elect both a County Sheriff and District Attorney. Both the County Sheriff...
Dec 06, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management U.S. Senate Approves Disaster Tax ReliefOn Wednesday December 4th, the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent, the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act (H.R. 5863), which will provide tax relief for individuals impacted by natural disasters. In May, the bill was...