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This site was born to provide a place for Cambrians to share resources and ideas relevant to the CCSD and it’s rate increase. We were helping each other through a crash course of what our local government can and should be doing. To that end, I have posted many links and documents (accessible by clicking the Library and/or Links tabs at the top of the page.)

To date, the Library has 97 documents from many reputable sources. In the Library you will find:

  • numerous CCSD expenditure reports, contracts and financial documents obtained through public records requests.
  • Primers and booklets about Community Services District laws and the communities they serve, published by the state and professional organizations.
  • Rate Studies and Budgets from other agencies – to compare with what the CCSD has done.
  • All about water: supply, demand, drought, management, pricing and financing.
  • Publications written primarily for CSD staffs and boards to aide in their service to the community.
  • An excel document for doing water quantity conversions (acre-feet->CCSD Units ->Gallons) and water demand calculations.
  • Documents focussed on public participation, improving government accountability and civic engagement.

Visit the library to download any of the documents available. Below is a list of the document titles and authors you will find in the aboutcambria.com online library.

If you have any documents you think should be included in the library (paper or electronic), please contact Amanda Rice at 927-4191 or amanda at aboutcambria.com.

Document

Source/Author

2000 Advisory Ballot on Desal

CCSD

2007 Resource Management Survey

SLO County

A Guide To Asset Management For Small Water Systems

National Environmental Services Center

A primer on Municipal Services Reviews of CSDs

Multiple

Best Management Practices

California Urban Water Conservation Council

Black and Veatch Long Term Financial Plan Report

Black and Veatch

Board BRP Presentation from Black and Veatch report

Black and Veatch

The Brown Act – Open Meetings Law

State of California

Budget Expenditure Report May 2008

CCSD

California Public Records Act

State of California

California State Auditor’s Review of CSDs

CA State Auditor

Cal Tax Criteria for Evaluating Infrastructure Bonds

Cal Tax

Cambria Design Plan

SLO County

CCC response to Major Amendment to LCP

CCC

CCSD 2006-2007 Operating Budget

CCSD Staff

CCSD Agenda- March 27 Meeting

CCSD

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report – April 2007

CCSD

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report August 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report July 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report June 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report March 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report May 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report November 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report October 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD Budget Expenditure Report September 2007

CCSD Staff

CCSD 2008-2010 Capital Financing Budget

CCSD

CCSD Draft Financial Audit

Moss, Levy

CCSD FY 05- 06 Audit Report

CCSD

CCSD Lobbying Contract Approval

CCSD

CCSD Owner Customer Rate Increase Notice

Joan Cobin

CCSD Task 2 and 4 Water Needs and Alternatives

CCSD

CFRC Board Packet for March 6 CCSD Meeting

Cambrians for a Fiscally Responsible CCSD

CFRC Suggestion for Quarterly Report Contents

CFRC

CFRC Water and Wastewater Rates Proposal

CFRC

Changing the way We Govern-

Building Democratic Governance

National League of Cities

Citizen’s Guide to Joint Powers Agreements

CA state senate local gov’t committee

City of Sonoma Water Rates Study

Jack Weber, Weber Analytical

Climate Action Handbook

local governments for Sustainability

Community Needs, Community Services

State of California

Complete Preliminary Buildout Reduction Document

RBF Consulting

Coping With Climate Change: Short-

term Efficiency Technologies

Woodrow Wilson Institute and Policy Research Initiative of Canada

CPUC Water Rate Adjustment worksheets

CPUC

Guide to Special District Laws & Related Codes

CSDA

Guidelines for Leases and Certificates of Participation

Kathleen Brown State Treasurer

Draft Municipal Services Review

SLOLAFCo

Executing Your Game Plan: Managing Capital Improvement Projects

National Environmental Services Center

Financing Open Space and Watershed Acquisition in California

Trust for Public Lands

General Manager Contract

CCSD

Growth Management Ballot Measures in California

Solimar Research Group, Inc.

Growth Management Ordinance Title 26 Of San Luis Obispo County Code

SLO County

Guidebook To Assist Preparation Of 2005 UWMP

CA Dept of Water Resources

Improving Performance and Accountability in Local Government

Gibson, Lacey, Dougherty

Improving the Appraisal Function in Resources Land Acquisitions

CA Legislative Analyst’s Office

In Hot Water: Water Management Strategies

National Resources Defense League

Is Water Policy Limiting Residential Growth?

Public Policy Institute of California

Just The Facts – Water Quality and Supply

PPIC

LAFCO and Water Management Decisions

CALAFCO

LAFCO Municipal Service Review Guidelines

SLOLAFCO

LAFCO MSR Letter from Several Cambrians

Amanda Rice

Lawns and Water Demand in California

Public Policy Institute of California

LCP Amendments Response from CCC

Coastal Commission

Little Hoover Commission Studies

Little Hoover Commission

Local Government Reporting Program

Automated Reporting Guidelines

State of California

Local Governments Records Management Guidelines

State of California

Measuring Price Responsiveness in Residential Demand

Mary Renwick, Richard Green and Chester McCorkle

Monterey Bay Sanctuary Desalination Policies and Action Plans

NOAA

MSRs, SOIs, And Special Districts

Chiat, Bill

OPEBs and GASB 45 (A Question and Answer Guide)

California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission

Pine Knolls Tanks Appeal Documents

CCC

Preparing For Climate Change

Local Government for Sustainability

Proposed Desalination Plants in California

Pacific Institute

Proposition 218 Implementation Guide

League of CA Cities

Protecting Your Community’s Assets National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities Public Engagement In California

Yankelovich, Daniel and Isabella Furth

Public Involvement Needs Assessment

Center for Collaborative Policy

Self Assessment Tools for Small Community Decision Makers

National Environmental Services Center

SLO County North Coast Area Plan

SLO County

SLO County Treasury Investment Policy

SLO County

Special Districts Financial Transactions Report

State Controller

Standards Of Excellence In Civic Engagement

The Harwood Institute

Summary of the California Public Records Act 2004

California Attorney General

Templeton CSD FY 07-08 Budget

Templeton CSD

Tools for Financing Water Infrastructure

US EPA

Update to County Growth Management Plan

County

Urban Drought Guidebook

CA DWR

Water Infrastructure Tools for Financing

EPA

Water Rights: Supply Issues For Local Agency Formation Commission

CALAFCO

WATER RIGHTS: Supply Issues for Local Agency Formation Commissions

CALAFCO

Water Special Districts: A Look At Governance And Public Participation

Legislative Analysts

Water Units Conversion

Amanda Rice

What’s So Special About Special Districts?

Kimia Mizany & April Manatt

Working Together- A Citizen’s Guide to Joint Powers Agreements

Senate Local Government Committee

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