The Perfect Storm Arrives
Amid Plummeting Revenues, Skyrocketing Caseloads, and Painful Cuts to Local Services and County Employees, Suspension of Proposition 1A (2004) is Officially on the Table
By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
pmcintosh@counties.org
This week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released his plan for revision of the 2009-10 State Budget. The plan includes proposals to eliminate a $15.4 billion deficit in the current budget and contingency plan proposals to eliminate a $21.3 billion deficit if the May special election ballot measures fail. CSAC’s summary of the May Revision proposals is available on our Web site.
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Call to Action -- California Counties: 38 Million Served, Billion$ at Risk
As mentioned yesterday in the May Revision analysis summary, CSAC has put together an action plan to address the significant and severe proposals contained in the Governor’s May Revision and how we will collaboratively fight these proposals.
In order to send a strong message about our fight to protect local revenues and services, we have developed a slogan for this campaign that will be incorporated in material during the budget process - “California Counties: 38 Million Served, Billion$ at Risk.”
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Administration of Justice
On May 13, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration heard a number of judicial branch and state corrections issues.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
SB 497, by Senator Lou Correa, would work to encourage recycling efforts in schools.
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Employee Relations
In May 2007, the Bureau of State Audits (BSA) reported that Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEBs) (benefits, usually medical and dental, in addition to a pension), was a high-risk area for California due to increasing costs to provide the benefits to state retirees.
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Government Finance and Operations
AB 1388, by Assembly Member Ed Hernandez, would expand permission for using a negotiated sale method to sell general obligation bonds above or below par value to counties and other local agencies.
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Health and Human Services
On May 13, Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 23, by Assembly Member Dave Jones, which would require that Californians who have lost their jobs while employed by a small business be notified that they are eligible for health care premium assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
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Housing, Land Use and Transportation
AB 566, by Assembly Member Pedro Nava, would require a survey of residents of a mobilehome park for proposed conversion to demonstrate support of a majority of the residents of the mobilehome park.
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