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California State Association of Counties briefs Lake County supervisors on homelessness, disaster policy and grant services
Summary
Representatives of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) outlined state-level priorities — including Proposition 36 funding, homelessness program funding and disaster-policy reforms — and urged greater county engagement with CSAC grant and advocacy programs.
Representatives of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) briefed the Lake County Board of Supervisors on June 10 about CSAC’s current legislative priorities and services for counties.
Graham (last name in transcript: Nous) and other CSAC staff and officials described work on several fronts: pressing the state to adequately fund Proposition 36 implementation (substance-use diversion), stabilizing the Homelessness Action Program (HAP) funding stream, improving disaster response and reimbursement (including proposals for automatic property-tax exemptions and expedited debris removal), and ensuring continuity of broadband and utility service in areas where carriers of last resort are threatened.
CSAC staff emphasized the association’s role in lifting county priorities to the state and federal levels and described its business arm and grants initiative, which offers help to counties that lack internal capacity to pursue federal and state dollars. CSAC staff told the board the organization had created a property-agent service to assist counties with real-estate transactions and said a grants initiative — housed in CSAC’s foundation — helps rural counties compete for state and federal funds.
Board members and county staff asked how to better use CSAC’s services. Several supervisors praised CSAC’s training programs, including the new supervisors institute and committee-level engagement. CSAC speakers urged county department heads and supervisors to reach out directly to CSAC staff to make local concerns visible to state and national partners.
CSAC also described an effort to craft a comprehensive disaster reform package, drawing lessons from recent California fires and arguing for clearer state definitions of responsibilities and predictable reimbursement timelines for counties.
Ending: Supervisors expressed appreciation for the briefing and asked staff to circulate CSAC contacts to department heads; officials said they would follow up with county staff about the grants initiative and committee engagement.
