Conference Committee Meetings Continue -- Action and Recommendation Could Come Any Day
By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
pmcintosh@counties.org
The Budget Conference Committee has met daily during the last two weeks, hearing testimony from hundreds of people from nearly every program area, including healthcare, social services, public safety, transportation, parks and prisons. With each new day of hearings, the reality of the fallout from the Governor’s proposed spending reductions becomes more evident. And news about state’s budget situation only seems to become more ominous.
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Counties remain opposed to harmful bankruptcy bill AB 155
AB 155, by Assembly Member Tony Mendoza, was approved by the Assembly on a 47-25 vote this week. Counties will recall that AB 155 would require a local agency to receive approval from the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (CDIAC) prior to seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. CSAC, as well as the Urban Counties Caucus, the Regional Council of Rural Counties, the League of California Cities, and the California Special Districts Association, are strongly opposed to this bill.
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Administration of Justice
Below you will a find a status report on most bills that CSAC Administration of Justice (AOJ) staff has been following thus far in the 2009 legislative session.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
AB 283, by Assembly Member Wes Chesbro, was held on the Appropriations Suspense File.
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Employee Relations
For a complete list of Employee Relations legislation, click here.
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Government Finance and Operations
SB 27 would prohibit local agencies from unfairly diverting tax revenue to the private sector by entering into agreements that give retailers rebates or transfers of local sales tax revenues in order to lure the retailer's sales tax-generating activities away from other jurisdictions where the retailer maintains a presence.
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Health and Human Services
AB 217, by Assembly Member Jim Beall, would allow the state to draw down federal funding for providing confidential alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention services to specified Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
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Housing, Land Use and Transportation
The Department of Finance (DOF) released its cash flow projections for the Fiscal Year 2009-10 State Budget May revision yesterday.
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Washington, D.C., Report
Members of Congress returned to Washington, D.C., the week of June 1 following its week-long Memorial Day recess.
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