Counties, cities, schools and special districts are distinct legal entities. that have no control over each other (except for dependent special districts). Yet these entities usually have overlapping constituencies. Those constituencies provide financial support to these local agencies through taxes, assessments, fees and other kinds of service charges.
For this reason, local agencies are alert to opportunities to work together in order to stretch those resources as far as possible. Agencies collaborate in many ways such as study sessions, joint purchasing programs, joint provision of public services and joint use of public facilities. In this way, local agencies are striving to stretch taxpayer resources as far as possible in service to shared constituents.
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Email: info@ca-ilg.org Subject: Joint Use of Facilities
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Local agencies throughout California are employing joint-use
agreements as a tool to stretch taxpayer resources as far as
possible in service to shared constituents.
“Joint use” refers to two or more entities sharing indoor and
outdoor spaces like school facilities, civic centers and other
kinds of public facilities. The concept is simple: Multiple
organizations share a resource to keep costs down and more
broadly benefit the community.
The Institute organized a course for the CSAC Institute for Excellence in
County Government that examined the range of options for
joint use of facilities and service provision, along with the
processes that resulted in successful collaborations and lessons
learned that contribute to the success of future collaborations.
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