California Comeback: Legislative update
The Legislature adjourned for their summer recess on July 15. It has been an intensely busy year in Sacramento and recess couldn’t have come soon enough.
Read MoreWill Governor Newsom Be Recalled? Legislative Update
On June 28, Governor Newsom signed California’s $267 billion budget. However, as we’ve reported previously, the signed budget contains the appropriations to spend state funds, but much work continues to finalize the budget behind the scenes. The annual Budget Act is always accompanied by a number of “trailer bills” which enact policy changes needed to implement the budget.
Read MoreCAA President’s Message: California Reopens!
We are eagerly heading to the Palm Springs Convention and are excited about meeting colleagues in person again.
Read MoreTMA Welcomes 50th FirstNet® Certified Company
The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that systems integrator Convergint Technologies, LLC., Renton, WA, became the 50th FirstNet certified company.
Read MoreDealer Perspective #34: If You Don’t Have It Yet…Now Is The Time To Get It! Cybersecurity Awareness
You are probably aware of the Colonial pipeline ransomware debacle which recently shut down 45% of the East coast supply of jet fuel and gasoline. This led to long lines at gas stations as we approached the Memorial Day holiday.
Read MoreCalifornia Reopens: Legislative Update
Last Wednesday the Secretary of State sent a letter to the Department of Finance (DOF) that among other things said “The Secretary of State is hereby notifying the Department of Finance that the proponents of the recall effort against Governor Gavin Newsom have submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures to initiate a recall election.”
Read MoreBills & Budgets: Legislative Update
June marks the halfway point in the legislative calendar. By early June, most bills must pass out of the house they were introduced in to keep moving. The only exceptions are urgency bills and constitutional amendments which must be passed on a 2/3 vote of the Legislature.
Read MoreIs Gov. Newsom Gaining in Popularity? Legislative Update…
Many of our updates in the last year have focused on the challenges Governor Newsom has been facing. It isn’t a stretch to say that he has held the office during the most challenging moment in history since World War II, and arguably ever.
Read MoreCAA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: JUNE is here!
Here we are mid-2020 and finally things are coming back to life. A new comfort level with being “out and about” is provided by vaccines and encouraging statistics of a declining pandemic. Businesses, shops, stores, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, etc., are all coming back to life.
Read MoreDealer Perspective…#33
The last few articles have attempted to show the growing interaction between the security industry and the solar rooftop opportunity. Solar rooftop (with batteries) within a mini-grid environment would likely have eliminated much of the damage from the “Texas freeze” a few months ago. Texas has its own interconnecting grid that covers the entire state. All of the interconnecting switches, valves and other components required a winter upgrade, which did not happen. When a portion of the system froze, the entire grid went down and the state went into a deep freeze.
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