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Introductions |
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Chair Mitchoff convened the meeting. Vice Chair Burgis and attendees present introduced themselves. The County's state and federal legislative advocates were on the conference line. |
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Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). |
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No public comment was offered. |
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RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action.
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The Record of Action was approved as presented. |
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Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Vice Chair Diane Burgis
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Attachments: |
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Attachment B: Meeting Handouts
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Attachment A: Draft Record of Action
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RECEIVE the report on the Contra Costa CARES program and funding proposal. CONSIDER recommending that the Board of Supervisors support the proposal at its February 25, 2020 meeting and AMEND the adopted 2020 State Legislative Platform to include the state budget appropriation request as an additional component of the advocacy work program for 2020.
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Dr. William Walker, legislative consultant to Contra Costa Health Services, provided a report to the Committee about the Contra Costa CARES program. Attendees of the meeting provided comment, supporting an amendment to the County's adopted 2020 State Platform to add a state budget request for the Contra Costa CARES program. The Committee directed staff to send this item to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation to support at the next possible meeting. |
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Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Vice Chair Diane Burgis
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Attachments: |
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Attachment A
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RECEIVE the report on the State Budget and Legislation of interest and provide direction to staff, as needed.
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The Committee received the report on the State Budget and key state legislative issues from the County's state legislative advocates, Jim Gross and Michelle Rubalcava from Nielsen Merksamer. They covered the Governor's focus on housing and ending homelessness. Supervisor Burgis emphasized the need to tie additional housing needs with transportation and jobs, as East County in particular looks to job development. |
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AYE:
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Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Vice Chair Diane Burgis
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Attachments: |
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Attachment C
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Attachment A
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Attachment B
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RECEIVE the report on federal legislation of interest to the County and provide direction to staff as needed.
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The County's federal legislative advocate, Paul Schlesinger, was on the conference line with his associates Perrin Badini and Anne Cullather, and provided the federal update. He also discussed the appropriation request forms that our congressional delegation was issuing and our need to prioritize our federal program appropriation needs. The Committee indicated that programs that provided for health services, housing assistance, and food assistance should be prioritized. |
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Chair Karen Mitchoff
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Vice Chair Diane Burgis
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The next meeting is currently scheduled for March 9, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. (*Note time change) |
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Chair Mitchoff adjourned the meeting at 1:35 p.m. |
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Adjourn |