Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / September 21, 2020
Now that your plan is in place, how can you fund it? Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) are on deadline to develop an official plan to understand, manage and maintain groundwater as a long-term resource. While January 31, 2020 was the date for critically over-drafted, high- and medium-priority groundwater basins in…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / June 15, 2020
Countless emails have been sent out from executives in the private industry: emails meant to comfort us during a time of stress and uncertainty that promise we will continue to move forward during and after COVID-19. The emails reassure us “we are all in this together,” that “we have systems…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / June 5, 2020
NBS assisted the County of Marin with a $19MM annual funding measure that was one of the few successful measures in the recent March 2020 California election. The new Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority will provide needed services to nearly the entire County area. The focus will be on wildfire prevention…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / April 22, 2020
County Service Areas (CSAs) are a somewhat-unknown yet robust form of California local government. A CSA can fund and provide a wide range of services and facilities, typically but not exclusively in unincorporated areas. The goal is to “promote the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare.” These services often…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / March 13, 2020
Late in 2019, the State legislature enacted a handful of new laws, with the goal of creating housing. Specifically, these changes to the State Accessory Dwelling Unit (“ADU”) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (“JADU”, typically defined as 500 square feet or smaller) laws were effective January 1, 2020 – Senate…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / March 13, 2020
The Challenges of Funding Services There has been growing concern over the past few years about California’s mounting public safety and sanitation problems related to the homeless or unsheltered population. With an explosion of tent-cities from Central Valley towns to Los Angeles to San Francisco, public officials are struggling with…