September 12, 2024

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 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.

New Application Process for 2024-2025 Term

Anyone interested in serving as a member of a NACo Steering Committee in 2024-25 must apply via here. This includes members currently serving on a committee (excluding Presidential Appointments) and those interested in being added to a committee. We understand that many members have already received welcome letters from NACo, but you will need to re-apply if you wish to continue serving on a Steering Committee. Please complete your application by Wednesday, September 25. Beginning next year, NACo will implement a new process whereby individuals must re-apply annually for Steering Committee membership.

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 critical discussions with federal policy leaders and county leaders nationwide. 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.

Steering Committee Roster

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 voting members of another policy steering committee. You may, however, serve on other non-policy steering committees such as caucuses, task forces, and ad hoc committees. 

View the current Steering Committee Roster for California.

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 email 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 2024-25 term.