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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	09/09/2019
Subject: State Legislative Update
Submitted For:	LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	2019-24
Referral Name:	State Legislative Update
Presenter:	L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer Team	Contact:	L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

Information

Referral History:

The Committee regularly receives updates about state legislation of interest to the County from staff and the County's state advocates.

Referral Update:

The Master List of Bills the County is tracking is Attachment B.

Information on key bills of interest is included below and in Attachment A, provided by Nielsen Merksamer.

Mitigation Fee Bill: County staff was informed on Sept. 3, 2019 that Assembly Member Tim Grayson has decided to hold his AB 1484 in the Senate, pending informational hearings over the break. Language addressing a number of the recommendations in the recent report to the Legislature on the impact of fees governed under the Mitigation Fee Act will be amended into the bill, which will then be moved to Senate Rules where it will stay until next year.

DJJ Fee Increase Bill Moves to Governor: SB 284, by Senator Jim Beall, would increase from $24,000 to $125,000 the fee counties pay for a specified cohort of youth who are placed in the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). Urban Counties of California (UCC), in conjunction with other county associations, continues to oppose the measure, given the primary concern that a considerable fee increase would merely divert local resources away from prevention and intervention strategies that permit counties to keep as many youth close to home as possible. The Department of Finance released an analysis in August noting its opposition to this measure. Because the measure has not been amended in the Assembly, it moves straight to the Governor for his review and action.

Decisions Announced on Fiscal Measures

On August 30, 2019, both Appropriations Committee dispensed with their Suspense File, which contains the bills that the committees had temporarily parked earlier this summer due to cost implications. While some bills were held, by and large most bills - including many with significant price tags - got out of the respective fiscal committees and are heading to the floor for consideration by the full house.

The Assembly Appropriations culled through a list of 229 bills, while the Senate Appropriations Committee dispatched with 443 measures. Of note in the latter hearing, Chair Anthony Portantino announced that all measures dealing with peace officer training were held without prejudice, given that the Legislature wants the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to focus on implementation of SB 230 (Caballero), a companion measure to Assembly Member Shirley Weber's use of force bill (AB 392) signed earlier this month by Governor Newsom.

End-of-Session Budget Trailer Bills Trickle In

As expected, the Legislature will consider several end-of-session trailer bills to amend, clarify, or add to provisions already adopted as part of the 2019-20 state budget. So far, the list of budget-related bills to be considered includes the following:

AB 113/SB 113 - Housing
AB 114/SB 114 - Education
AB 115/SB 115 - Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax
AB 118/SB 118 - MOUs with three state bargaining units
AB 121/SB 121 - Human services

Another appropriations measure and possibly other budget-related bills may surface in the coming days.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT the report and provide direction to staff, as needed.

Attachments
Attachment A
Attachment B--Master List of Bills