Governor signs 2009 Delta-Water Reform Legislation
By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
pmcintosh@counties.org
At a press conference in Los Angeles this morning, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SBX7 6 and SBX7 8, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and expressed his support for the entire Delta/ water reform legislative package approved by the Legislature, in the early morning hours of November 4. The agreement came less than one month into the special session on water, called by the Governor in mid-October.
The package totals five bills, and includes an $11.14 billion bond bill that, if signed by the Governor, would head to the November 2010 ballot to be approved by voters. The bills address a variety of water issues, including the management of the Delta, groundwater monitoring, water conservation, water diversion/use reporting, and governance of the Delta.
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Administration of Justice
Counties should be aware that the Office of the State Controller recently released its Manual of Accounting and Audit Guidelines for Trial Courts (Revision 21).
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
SBX7 1, the Delta management reform bill by Senator Joe Simitian, would make changes to the management of the Delta and establish guidelines for the creation of a new Delta plan. Specifically, the bill would do the following:
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Employee Relations
President Obama signed today a bill that will provide up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment compensation for jobless Californians.
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Health and Human Services
Efforts to clarify new rules regarding In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers are still underway after SB 69, a bill to postpone some of the provisions, failed in the Senate on November 3.
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Washington, D.C., Report
With pressure mounting to pass health care reform legislation before the end of the year, House leaders have scheduled a rare Saturday session tomorrow, November 7, on the controversial measure (H.R. 3962).
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