The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is a lobbying, advocacy and service organization representing the state's 58 counties at the state and federal level. Areas of focus include the state budget, health-care reform, corrections reform, transportation funding, water and climate change.[1][2]
CSAC is governed by a 62-member board of directors and 15-member executive committee, led by Paul McIntosh, executive director.[2] McIntosh was, for five years, chief administrative officer in Butte County.[3] As of 2010, the organization has an annual operating budget of $8.7 million. Offices are a block from the state's capitol building in Sacramento[4]
In 2009 during California's budget crisis, the organization pushed for additional funding for counties[5] and helped draft a lawsuit opposing a proposed plan to divert about $4 billion in tax revenues to the state from local governments.[6]
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The organization's origins date back to informal meetings among county supervisors. The County Boards of Supervisors Association of California formed in 1895, five years after California's statehood, later becoming the County Supervisors Association of California and then, in 1991, the California State Association of Counties.[4]
The CSAC has founded or co-founded the following organizations: