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CSAC CEO tells Butte County supervisors association pushing for disaster fixes, clearer homelessness roles and water planning
Summary
Graham Knauss, CEO of the California State Association of Counties, briefed the Butte County Board of Supervisors on CSAC programs and current state and federal policy priorities, including disaster reform, homelessness funding and SB 72 water planning. Supervisors raised local concerns about insurance, dams and unfunded mandates.
Graham Knauss, chief executive officer of the California State Association of Counties, told the Butte County Board of Supervisors on April 1 that CSAC is pressing for changes to make disaster recovery, homelessness policy and water planning easier for counties to implement.
Knauss spoke during a scheduled presentation and described several CSAC priorities: pushing for automatic state support and streamlined processes after declared disasters, asking for clearer statewide definitions of which level of government is responsible for homelessness responses, backing SB 72 to create a statewide water plan, and seeking flexibility on state-mandated programs such as advanced clean-fleet requirements (AB 496) and restrictions on contracting (AB 339). He also…
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