Courtesy of Capitol Morning Report www.capitolmr.com Paul McIntosh By Pamela Martineau, Capitol Morning Report Paul McIntosh, executive director of the California State Association of Counties, likens his love of counties to Tommy Lasorda’s love for the Dodgers. “If you cut me,” McIntosh riffs on the famous Lasorda quote, “I bleed counties.” McIntosh may come to [...]
The California Supreme Court confirmed that this year’s elections will make use of the maps drawn by the citizens redistricting commission. Today’s decision is here. A group called Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting (or FAIR, which is good thinking on someone’s part), requested that the Court — just for the 2012 election — either retain [...]
Last fall, CSAC began the process of revamping all of our corporate and sponsorship programs in an effort to increase: private sector participation in CSAC the number of national firms that join and sponsor events the number and quality of interactions we offer corporate and county people to interact with each other revenue generated by [...]
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 [...]
This week, CSAC is distributing a new, annual publication to county leaders titled the “2010 & 2011 Member Benefits & Participation Review.” This piece was developed by CSAC to provide our members with insight into what programs and services their specific county is taking advantage of and how they are benefiting the county and its [...]