NEWS BRIEFS
July 7, 2010
Special Districts short of Board Members
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Sacramento Grand Jury finds Fault with some Special Districts
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July 6, 2010
Firefighters Recovering After Sacramento House Blast
Three firefighters hurt in a Sacramento house explosion remained hospitalized in fair condition early Tuesday, while a fourth was recovering at home after a blast that investigators have labeled arson.
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May 18, 2010
Overview of the 2010-11 May Revision
Full Report: HTML - PDF
In the May Revision, the administration identifies a $17.9 billion gap between current-law resources and expenditures in California's 2010-11 General Fund budget. This estimate is reasonable. In addressing the shortfall, the Legislature should reject the Governor's most drastic spending cuts, especially his proposed elimination of CalWORKs and child care funding. Alternative spending reductions could help sustain critical components of these core programs for the state's neediest families, and some of the Governor's most severe cuts could be avoided by adopting selected revenue increases. The report also describes the Legislature's options in deciding how much education spending the state can afford in this difficult budget year, when elected leaders also need to focus on longer-term policy changes that will better prepare California to cope with future economic downturns.
March 8, 2010
Resources and Environmental Protection
Legislative Analyst's Office Budget Report on CalFire's Budget; SRA's & ERI CLICK HERE for the report the LAO issued on the Governor's 2010-11 proposed budget relating to Resources and Environmental Protection issues.
February 17, 2010
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED
To help support the Governor's Emergency Response Initiative, FDAC has prepared two draft support letters - AB X8 36 (Ma) and SB X8 40 (Kehoe). Authors have requested support letters as soon as possible.
For each letter, please send a hard copy and fax to the following for the individual bills as follows:
SB X8 40 (Senator Kehoe) - fax support letter for SB X8 40 to her office at (916) 327-2188
AB X8 36 (Assemblymember Ma) - fax support letter for AB X8 36 to her office at (916) 319-2112
Please also fax copies of your letters to FDAC Legislative Advocate Ralph Heim at (916) 441-3549.
January 26, 2010
Fire Chief Announcement
Little Lake Fire Protection District is a fire department serving the City of Willits and surrounding rural areas covering 330 square miles. The permanent resident population is approximately 12,350. 10% of the Fire District is protected by fire hydrants. 75% of the jurisdiction is used for wild land, agriculture or undeveloped properties. 10% of the land use is commercial/industrial and 15% of the jurisdiction land use is residential.
October 13, 2009
Governor Actions
While I concur that counties must ensure that adequate fire protection is available in an area before approving additional development, I am concerned that this bill will result in additional General Fund costs and create significant cost pressures to maintain State Responsibility Areas and fire hazard severity zone maps. In addition, I am also concerned with the cost pressures this bill will place upon local governments to implement this measure.
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2011 Annual Conference
April 14-16, 2011
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CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
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FDAC REPORT VOL5 ISSUE2
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