City of Dublin, California – one of the original Regional Government Services member agencies.
Who we are
RGS is a California Joint Powers Authority (JPA) serving the needs of public agencies—cities, counties, special districts, and other governmental entities, since 2002. Current member agency representation can be found on the Board of Directors page of this website.
RGS works collaboratively with public agencies, providing a ready source of skilled and effective administrative best practices and support for operational delivery. RGS currently serves approximately 125 public agencies.
MISSION – To provide quality, innovative, cost-effective services exclusively to public agencies.
VALUES – RGS aims to be flexible, solution-driven, empowering, and caring.
STRATEGIC PLANNING – In September of 2024, the Board of Directors approved new strategic goals.
SERVICES – RGS provides consulting services to local governments. Visit the Services area of the website to learn more.
View the RGS organization chart here.
Regional Government Services Authority was formed under Section 6500, for the purpose of providing local governments with administrative, staffing and advisory services. RGS has served over 400 cities, special districts, joint powers authorities and other local governments and non-profits that support local governments.
Our history
Regional Government Services Authority (RGS) is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) founded in 2001 and began serving the needs of cities, counties, special districts, joint powers authorities, and other governmental entities in 2002. RGS works exclusively for the benefit of public agencies, providing a ready source of support and consulting services to meet the needs of its partner agencies in a broad range of disciplines and to help local governments meet challenges:
- Decreasing revenues
- Rising costs for providing services
- Expanding demands for services
- Loss of experienced staff
Local government leaders knew that these challenges were likely to continue, so agencies would have to work together – uniting not only their voices but their resources to advocate and become more efficient. The idea behind the creation of RGS was to form an agency that would help local governments share expertise and improve efficiencies. This was an emerging need. It did not require that each agency hire full-time staff. With the creation of this JPA, agencies could, in effect, share expertise through a third-party.
