On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom and Legislative leaders announced the parties reached an agreement on a final budget deal for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Recall, last week, the Legislature passed a budget blueprint meeting the constitutional deadline to pass a budget bill by June 15; however, the majority of the details of the blueprint remained…
Read More »On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring a statewide budget emergency, making available additional resources to fund the state’s ongoing emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Governor’s Office, the move will further ensure the availability of funding for personal protective equipment (PPE), medical equipment and other related expenditures necessary to…
Read More »On Monday, the Senate and Assembly passed SB 74 (Mitchell), representing the Legislature’s bicameral spending plan for the 2020-21 fiscal year. In addition to SB 74, the Legislature approved trailer bills related to 2019 Budget Act augmentations (AB 75), education finance (AB 76), and state taxes and charges (AB 85). The Legislature’s action on Monday…
Read More »On Monday, the California State Association of Counties (CSAC), in conjunction with county affiliates CHEAC, CBHDA, and CWDA, convened a virtual press conference to urge the Legislature and Newsom Administration to include at least $1 billion in realignment backfill for critical county-delivered safety net services in the 2020-21 state budget. The press conference featured Los…
Read More »The Department of Finance (DOF) on Wednesday notified Senate and Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairs of its intent to augment funding to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) utilizing emergency COVID-19 funding appropriated by the Legislature in March. DOF indicated $16.9 million will be made available to CDCR to reimburse counties for…
Read More »The California State Legislature faces a Monday constitutional deadline to pass a state budget for FY 2020-21. Although negotiations continue between legislative leaders and the Newsom Administration, the Legislature’s budget bills, SB 74 and SB 808, are in print and is expected to be taken up for a final vote on Monday, June 15. The…
Read More »On Wednesday, Senate and Assembly leaders reached an agreement on the 2020 Budget Act, largely adopting the Senate’s budget framework that was adopted last week. The deal reached by legislative leaders diverges in a series of areas, notably by rejecting numerous proposed funding reductions and/or eliminations in areas of health and human services and education….
Read More »This week, the Senate and Assembly each took a series of actions as they work to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline to pass a budget. Below, we detail these actions: Senate Subcommittee No. 3 Examines Health and Human Services Issues On Sunday, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and…
Read More »The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently issued a report detailing Medi-Cal caseload and cost changes included in the Governor’s FY 2020-21 May Revision. In its report, the LAO assesses the Newsom Administration’s caseload projections, determining that the Administration’s caseload figures are on track with the LAO’s Spring Fiscal Outlook. However, the LAO finds the Administration’s…
Read More »Late Thursday, the Department of Finance (DOF) notified Senate and Assembly budget and appropriations committee chairs of the Newsom Administration’s intent to transfer $1.831 billion to the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) to support the state’s ongoing response efforts to COVID-19 through the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2020. DOF details allocations…
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