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A joint powers authority (JPA) is an entity permitted under the laws of some U.S. states, whereby two or more public authorities (e.g. local governments, or utility or transport districts), not necessarily located in the same state, may jointly exercise any power common to all of them. Joint powers authorities may be used where:
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is a regional planning agency incorporating various local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It encompasses nine counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay. Those counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
California Affiliated Risk Management Authority (CARMA) is a California public agency dedicated to innovative approaches in providing financial protection for its public entity members against catastrophic loss. CARMA is an excess general liability pool consisting of five-member joint powers authorities (JPA), with over 135 underlying members.
Named after its legislative sponsors, the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act (California Government Code §6584-6599.1) is a law enacted by the California Legislature in 1985. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The main purpose of this statute is to allow local California governments to work together to get financing in a way that will conceivably lower borrowing costs.
The Northern California Power Agency, located in Roseville, California, is a joint powers agency formed in 1968 to provide its members with electrical energy purchasing, aggregation, scheduling and management. [1] [2] [3] It coordinates with the California Independent System Operator. [3]
President-elect Donald Trump won a return to the White House in part by promising big changes in economic policy — more tax cuts, huge tariffs on imports, mass deportations of immigrants working ...
County Route J10 (CR J10) is a county highway in the U.S. state of California that connects the northern section of Stockton in San Joaquin County with the city of Galt in Sacramento County. A majority of the route is locally signed as Lower Sacramento Road, with Turner Road connecting the two segments of Lower Sacramento Road.
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could ...