May Revision Focuses Legislators, Counties on Budget Issues
By Steve Keil, Interim Executive Director
skeil@counties.org
Released this week, the Governor’s May Revision of the Budget outlines proposals for holding the line on state spending and pre-paying the state’s debt. The May Revision outlines a number of new, often controversial proposals, including the proposed sale or lease of state-owned assets and an increased diversion of revenue from public transit to other General Fund-supported expenditures.
CSAC offers a mixed review of the May Revision. While we appreciate support of funding for important public safety programs and infrastructure, we are greatly concerned about the CalWORKs budget proposals, funding for county mental health, the diversion of transit funds, and the proposed elimination of $39.1 million in Williamson Act subventions.
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How the May Revise Impacts Health and Human Services Programs
The May Revision of the Budget released this week did not alter many of the January proposals that counties objected to – including the CalWORKs changes, freezing state participation in In-Home Supportive Services wages and benefits, elimination of funding for homeless mentally ill adults (AB 2034), and the 5% rate reduction to county mental health plans under the Medi-Cal program.
It did add some proposals, including a new funding methodology for funding county costs to administer human services programs, Proposition 36 funding, and Transitional Housing Placement Plus Program (THP-Plus). The administration also released its Child Welfare Services budgeting methodology report just prior to the May Revise.
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California Research Bureau Issues Redevelopment and OPEB Reports
The California Research Bureau (CRB), the research division of the California State Library, has released two new reports, one on redevelopment oversight and one on public retiree benefits. Both are available in the "CSAC Advocacy" section of www.csac.counties.org, under "Government Finance and Operations" or by clicking the titles at the end of this article.
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