All California counties are active members of NACo with a county designee for purposes of general assembly voting. As a NACo member, you have the opportunity to represent California and CSAC on one of NACo’s 10 Policy Steering Committees. Your involvement is crucial and can help ensure that California has a strong voice on federal policy issues and legislation that supports local decision-making, prevents unfunded mandates, and provides direct federal investments in county priorities.

Steering Committee Responsibilities and Time Commitment

NACo Steering Committees have monthly virtual meetings and two in-person meetings per year at the Legislative Conference in Washington DC and the Annual Conference in the summer. Steering Committee members hear presentations, learn best practices, and engage in key discussions with federal policy leaders and county leaders from around the country. At in-person meetings, committees consider and vote on policy resolutions and platform changes that guide NACo’s federal advocacy efforts. California members serve as CSAC representatives and are asked to convey the CSAC recommended positions while voting on policy resolutions. For more information on Steering Committees, please review NACo’s Get Involved Brochure HERE.

Steering Committee Roster

The current Steering Committee Roster for California members is attached for your reference. Vacancies, where present, are noted for each Committee. Please note that CSAC is provided with eight appointments for each committee, and the Committee and Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair roles do not count towards that total as those are NACo presidential appointments. You may only serve on one Steering Committee per year. Members who have received a presidential appointment for a policy steering committee cannot serve as a voting member of another policy steering committee. You may, however, serve on other non-policy steering committees such as caucuses, task forces, and ad hoc committees.

Individuals Currently on a Committee

If you served on a NACo Steering Committee for the 2022-23 term, you will be re-appointed to the same committee for the 2023-24 term with the exception of a few members on impacted committees who have already been contacted. If you would like to be considered for a new committee, please complete the attached 2023-24 Policy Steering Committee Nomination Form and return it to Korina Jones by Wednesday, September 20. If you are currently on a committee and no longer wish to serve, please let Korina know.  

Individuals Not Currently on a Committee

If you do not currently serve on a NACo Steering Committee, but would like to be considered to serve for 2023-24, please complete the attached BLUE 2023-24 Policy Steering Committee Nomination Form and return it to Korina Jones by Wednesday, September 20. If you are interested in a committee where there is not a current vacancy, you can still apply as a vacancy may open up.

Other NACo Committee Membership

In addition to Policy Steering Committees, NACo has many other Standing Committees, Task Forces, Advisory Boards and Caucuses. If you are interested in serving on one of these committees, please complete the ORANGE 2023-2024 Committee application form and return it to NACo at committee@naco.org.

Please note that by submitting your Steering Committee nomination form, you are applying to represent California as a member of a NACo Steering Committee. This process is managed by CSAC and is separate from the Presidential Appointment application process. Presidential Appointments are for Chairs or Vice-Chairs of Steering Committees or other NACo leadership roles. These appointments are managed by NACo and have closed for the 2023-24 term.