Nevada
Nevada County unveils legislative platform
At their Tuesday assembly, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopted the 2022 legislative platform for the county. The doc outlines the BOS’ precedence targets and state price range priorities. It describes the place of the county because it pertains to proposed laws on the state and federal degree and funding priorities for each the county and the area.
The manager abstract of the doc reads:
“The Nevada County Legislative Platform (Platform) gives an advocacy framework to assist legislative and regulatory advocacy to make sure the sustainable supply of core public companies, advance high precedence targets of the County as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, and to solicit funding for infrastructure wants, capital initiatives and different companies and applications that assist and promote the well-being of Nevada County residents and neighborhood. Annual updates to the Platform additionally facilitate proactive response to high legislative priorities or regulatory positions in a given 12 months.”
The considerably dry and esoteric paragraph is like catnip for coverage wonks. This can be a consumer handbook to know why the BOS will ship letters of assist for proposed laws, what Supervisors will advocate for at California State Affiliation of Counties (CSAC), at Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) and at Nationwide Affiliation of Counties (NACo). It lays out the work performed by workers on behalf of all residents of Nevada County past county boundaries. The problems recognized within the platform are divided into 5 distinct areas:
- Administration of Justice (AOJ)
- Agriculture, Setting and Pure Assets (ANR)
- Authorities Finance and Administration (GFA)
- Well being and Human Providers (HHS)
- Housing, Land Use and Transportation (HLUT)
The BOS, the CEO’s workplace and senior executives in county departments will develop and replace the platform yearly and as wanted in case of emergencies/drastic modifications to assist the county’s funding priorities and attain out for legislative assist of main county initiatives.
How does it have an effect on residents?
The BOS priorities for the 12 months: Fiscal stability, core companies, emergency preparedness, financial improvement, housing, broadband, recreation, homelessness and hashish.
Focusing county {dollars} on these priorities can get some work completed. Advocating for state and federal funding to multiply native sources brings tax {dollars} again to Nevada County and accelerates initiatives, to the good thing about the entire neighborhood. Supporting rulemaking (legal guidelines) that minimizes burdensome necessities and authorized obstacles, takes into consideration the varied environments of the state and minimizes duplication of rules by a number of companies can also be a part of the platform.
Initiatives advancing the priorities can profit from the work performed via the platform, like state and federal funding for housing initiatives or elevated funding for state and federal wildfire mitigation initiatives.
What precisely is within the platform and who will work on this?
The complete platform is offered on the county’s web site as a 43-page .pdf file, full with the problems, which actions are deliberate, who will carry the motion merchandise and what the goal (state or federal) is.
The county’s contract legislative advocates, aka lobbyists, will assist workers and elected officers.
The agenda merchandise was offered by Senior Administration Analyst Jeffrey Thorsby and Initiatives Administrator Ariel Lovett and unanimously adopted by the BOS.