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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

In my inaugural Message from the Chair, I thanked Don Ulrich for his leadership as the outgoing CASH Chair and formally introduced myself to you.  I spoke of having ‘high hopes’ for faster implementation of State bond funds for California schools, but ‘hope’ is not a strategy.   My primary focus as Chair of the CASH Board: Full implementation of Proposition 51 to fund previously approved School Facility Program (SFP) projects and support for a 2020 bond as a bridge to a sustainable capital funding system to address current and future needs.  In this Message, I will provide updates to our membership on these foundational issues for the organization.

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Call for Nominations – Legislative Advisory Committee

The CASH Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations to fill three (3) public sector seats and three (3) private sector seats on the Legislative Advisory Committee (LAC).

The LAC is advisory in nature. Its purpose is to provide the CASH Board of Directors (Board) with an annual draft legislative platform and recommendations on action/positions to be taken by the organization on existing or pending legislation. The Board Policy for the LAC states that the Nominating Committee shall solicit names from the general membership and present a slate of candidates to the CASH Board of Directors for approval. Self-nominations are encouraged.

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Message From the Chair – Know Your Number

My time as Chair of the CASH Board of Directors has drawn to a close; this will be my final Message from the Chair.  It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve the CASH organization and its members, and I leave with a sense of humble accomplishment and hope for the future.  I look forward to being a resource for our incoming Chair, Julie Arthur with Palm Springs USD, as she continues CASH’s important work.  I would like to thank my colleagues on the CASH Board who I have served with, as well as each of our members for the honor of serving as your leader these past two years.  In addition, I would like to thank the CASH past chairs that have been an invaluable resource to me during the last two years.   I would like to use my last Message to reflect on what we have accomplished, as well as looking forward to future challenges for the CASH organization.

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Message From the Chair – A Time of Transition, CASH’s Goals the Same

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On Tuesday, November 6, California voters elected Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom as the next Governor of California.  CASH looks forward to working with the new Administration who we hope will be more supportive of school facilities than Governor Brown.  As far as the Legislature, the 2017-2018 Legislative Session adjourned for final recess on August 31, and the new two-year Session will begin officially on December 3 with the swearing in of newly elected members of the Legislature.

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Legislature Does Not Act to Resolve AB 195

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Today the Legislature held their last floor session before breaking for a one-month summer recess. This was the best opportunity for the Legislature to pass a bill to address the issues created by AB 195 (Obernolte) in time to protect all bonds on the November 2018 ballot. Unfortunately, neither the Senate nor Assembly took action today on a bill to give that protection. The Legislature is still exploring possible options for early August action that could help some of the November bonds.

Budget trailer bill SB 863 would provide a two-year suspension to AB 195’s provisions for local bonds, allowing time to pursue a permanent policy resolution through the regular legislative process next year. The Legislature was awaiting assurance from the Governor that he would sign SB 863 before putting the bill up for a vote. As of this morning, legislative leadership had not received that confirmation and therefore did not feel comfortable sending the bill to the Governor.

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