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Increase public knowledge of the Camp and its positive impact on the community and the State of California as a whole. (F1, F4) Request for Responses:  Konocti Conservation Camp #27 (60 days)  CAL-FIRE (90 days) 2012-13 BLANK -13 Joint Powers Authority Summary: Public agencies have been working together via the signing of agreements for the last 92 years. Such agreements may function under 35 different titles including but not limited to: alliance, consortium, council, district, organization, source, system, trust and zone. Regardless of title, all such agencies operate under the legal authority granted from state law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, formally named as such in the year 2000 (AB 1350, Local Government Committee) which allows this pooling of resources in an effort to deliver services, build facilities and establish programs, thus addressing the needs of a community – especially where the community crosses boundaries. However, not all of these agreements create Joint Powers Authorities even though they all use the acronym of JPA. Joint Powers Authorities are legally independent entities from their separate government organizations where as a joint powers agreement describes the collaborative relationship of the agencies that are parties to it. Research indicates that JPAs function with little public knowledge of their existence or knowledge coupled with lack of interest by the taxpayer. Therefore, and for the purpose of this report, only Joint Power Authorities are discussed as only these are the separate legal entities in need of individual oversight and all

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Increase public knowledge of the Camp and its positive impact on the community and the State of California as a whole. (F1, F4) Request for Responses:  Konocti Conservation Camp #27 (60 days)  CAL-FIRE (90 days) 2012-13 BLANK -13 Joint Powers Authority Summary: Public agencies have been working together via the signing of agreements for the last 92 years. Such agreements may function under 35 different titles including but not limited to: alliance, consortium, council, district, organization, source, system, trust and zone. Regardless of title, all such agencies operate under the legal authority granted from state law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, formally named as such in the year 2000 (AB 1350, Local Government Committee) which allows this pooling of resources in an effort to deliver services, build facilities and establish programs, thus addressing the needs of a community – especially where the community crosses boundaries. However, not all of these agreements create Joint Powers Authorities even though they all use the acronym of JPA. Joint Powers Authorities are legally independent entities from their separate government organizations where as a joint powers agreement describes the collaborative relationship of the agencies that are parties to it. Research indicates that JPAs function with little public knowledge of their existence or knowledge coupled with lack of interest by the taxpayer. Therefore, and for the purpose of this report, only Joint Power Authorities are discussed as only these are the separate legal entities in need of individual oversight and all