CCA is actively involved in legislation that impacts the California Community Colleges (CCC) and its faculty, staff, and students. This involvement includes proposing legislation, lobbying on behalf of legislative positions taken by the CCA Councils, working collaboratively with other faculty, staff, and student organizations, and promoting interactions with legislators and their offices through training and advocacy. CCA’s Legislation and Advocacy Committee actively works on legislative positions that are then presented to the CCA Council for approval.
CCA works with the CTA Governmental Relations office and CTA lobbyists to develop strong relationships with capitol staff and legislators. CCA develops policy to support all legislative positions taken by CCA and CTA regarding the CCC through the CCA Policy Committee.
For members interested in serving on one of these important committees or attending a local legislative advocacy training, please contact the CCA vice president at vp@cca4us.org.
Search CTA & CCA Bill Positions to find out what legislation your union supports, watches, or opposes.
If you’re interested in advocating for important CCA legislation, please Contact the LAC Chair
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Current Legislative Positions
Info on Legislation
- California State Legislature Bill Search
- Lifecycle of Legislation in California.
The California State Legislature website provides a variety of crucial information about state legislators and the legislative process, including:
- A lookup to “find your legislator” (both Assembly and Senate)
- Information on current bills
- Budget information
- Committee membership and scheduled hearings
- Leadership and caucuses
What to know about CCA & Legislation
Learn about the State Council processing of legislation happens with this Roadmap
Processing CCA Legislation
Members are often interested in the processing of CCA legislation. Ideas for legislation come from CCA members, either individually or through committees. Those ideas are then discussed by the CCA Legislation and Advocacy Committee. If the Legislation and Advocacy Committee supports an idea, it then goes to the CCA Policy Committee to make sure there is CTA policy that supports the proposed legislation. Then in June or October, the proposed bills, with their rationales, are presented to the CTA State Legislation Committee on behalf of CCA by the CCA Vice President and the CTA legislative advocate assigned to CCA. These ideas are then sent to various departments of CTA for evaluation. If the bill is passed by CTA State Council, our Legislative Advocate then finds an author to carry the bill and lobbies for the bill as it makes its way through the state legislature.
Taking Positions on Legislation
CCA is a policy-driven organization. Therefore, positions on legislation must be supported by policy. (If policy does not exist, CCA is able to write policy in support — provided that it does not contradict existing policy.) For this reason, it is not always possible for a CCA officer or Board member to declare support for a particular bill or concept without going through existing policy. The CCA President is the official spokesperson for our organization.
The CCA Legislation and Advocacy Committee reviews all bills that refer to community colleges or higher education. It is our task to take positions on these bills, which are then approved by both CTA State Council and CCA Council. Once these positions are taken, the CTA Legislative Advocate assigned to CCA lobbies for our positions in the legislature.
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Meet Our Advocate
Toni Triguerio – bio and headshot forthcoming!
