Ethics Training
On October 7, 2005, the Governor signed Assembly Bill No. 1234 chaptered as Government Code Section 53234 through 53235.2. This law requires that if a local agency provides any compensation, salary, or stipend to, or reimburses the expenses of a member of its ‘legislative body’ (defined in California Government Code Section 54952), that local agency’s officials must receive training in ethics. Based on BETARMA’s policies regarding meeting fees and expense reimbursements, BETA Council Directors are subject to this law and must complete ethics training no later than one year from the first day of service to BETARMA and every two years following.
While not required by the law, it is BETARMA policy that Senior Leadership, directors, managers, supervisory staff, and other positions as designated by the CEO should also complete ethics training no later than one year from the first day of service to BETARMA and every two years following.
The ethics training certificates for BETA Council Directors and Senior Leadership are provided below for the most recently completed two-year period. As required, these records will be retained at least five years after completion of the training.
BETA Senior Leadership Team
- Heather Gocke - 2024
- R. Corey Grove - 2024
- April Johnson - 2024
- Abiy Moges - 2025
- Michele Reager - 2025
- Kortney Riddle - 2025
- Bill Scribner - 2025
BETA Council Directors
Fiscal and Financial Training
SB 827
Current law, initially adopted in 2005 as part of AB 1234," requires certain members of local legislative bodies and elected officers to receive ethics and public service training. In October 2025, SB 827 was signed into law. Beginning January 1, 2026, the AB 1234 ethics training requirement is expanded to certain local agency staff, and a new, two-hour fiscal and financial training requirement was introduced for all members of legislative bodies, all elected officials, and certain staff.
New Fiscal and Financial Training Requirement
SB 827 creates an additional two-hour fiscal and financial training requirement that must be renewed biannually. The California legislature introduced this training to provide local officials with the knowledge necessary to properly oversee public funds. Required topics include financial administration and short- and long-term fiscal management, capital financing and debt management, general fiscal and financial planning, and prudent investing and ethics related to public resources, among others.
Staff who must receive fiscal and financial training and who were in their positions on January 1, 2026, have a two-year deadline to complete their first fiscal and financial training (January 1, 2028). New staff who must receive fiscal and financial training and who begin their service after January 1, 2026, will only have six months to complete their first fiscal and financial training. Subsequent training is on a two-year cycle.
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, both Ethics and Financial training records may be requested by sending an email to info@betahg.com.