Special Districts Vital to Providing Core Services, Letter Says

Special districts are best equipped to provide specific services without distraction or strain to city, state or county balance sheets, ACWA said in a joint letter to California Forward.

The letter, sent April 8 and signed by the California Special Districts Association and other special district groups, is in response to a draft report by California Forward, “Making California Work Again: Restructuring State-Local Relationships.” The report makes recommendations for reforming state and local government, including consolidating special districts, but fails to properly account for special districts as an equal arm of local government, the letter says.

ACWA is working with CSDA and other special districts to educate and inform legislators and the public about the important work that special districts accomplish on a local level. 

Read ACWA’s letter here.