CSDA NEWS
CSDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION SEAT B VOTING BEGINS
JUNE 2, 2022 The CSDA Board of Directors is the governing body responsible for all policy decisions related to CSDA’s member services, legislative advocacy, education, and resources. The Board of Directors is crucial to the operation of the Association and to the representation of the common interests of all California’s special districts before the Legislature and the State Administration. June 2 - Electronic ballots will be emailed to the designated contact in each district in good CSDA member standing. The designated contact for each district will receive an email from CSDA vote@simplyvoting. com. The email provides a direct link to the secure third-party voting system called Simply Voting and provides: • Elector ID number and Password • Link to access the ballot directly • Links to candidate information within the ballot It is up to each district to determine their own process in terms of selecting a candidate to vote for in the election. The selection will be cast by the main contact only. July 8 - Deadline to receive electronic ballots July 12 - Ballots will be counted and verified If you have any questions about this process, contact Amber Phelen at CSDA – 916-442-7887 or amberp@csda.net.
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CSDA Announces New and Expanded Partnership with Streamline for Special District Websites and Compliance The California Special Districts Association and Streamline have renewed and expanded their endorsed affiliate agreement, bringing new technologies to special districts in California with special prices and significant discounts exclusively for CSDA members. Special districts’ digital landscapes have changed dramatically over the past few years. With new laws mandating everything from ADA compliance (AB 434) to public transparency (SB 929) districts have had to up their digital game within their lean budgets. The updated partnership includes several extraordinary benefits to members. Faced with increasing pressure to be ADA compliant, CSDA members using Streamline will get free access to a new accessibility scanning tool that will scan their website and publish a compliance report on a new compliance page. The first-of-its-kind integrated tool takes care of publishing a website accessibility plan, compliance policy, requests for accommodation, annual platform testing by users with various disabilities, and monthly sitewide scans with public remediation reports. Member districts interested in learning more about Streamline and leveraging CSDA’s exclusive member discount can visit getstreamline.com/csda.
California Special Districts • March-April 2022
