Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Legislative Officer
Subject: 2021 State and Federal Legislative Update #6
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this informational report on the 2021 State and Federal legislative sessions.
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BACKGROUND:
The Legislature returned from their month-long summer recess on Monday, August 16, 2021 to finish out the first year of the two-year session. Pending priorities included deciding the fate of all legislation with a state fiscal impact and passage of additional trailer bills reflecting agreement between the Legislature and Administration on pending state budget issues. The Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held their Suspense File Hearings on Thursday, August 26th to meet the August 27th fiscal committee deadline and the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees met to review
Following the fiscal deadline, both houses worked to pass the remaining bills by the end of session on Friday, September 10th.
The Legislature also completed needed action on the FY 2021-22 State Budget, passing 15 new trailer bills, and one new expenditure bill (Budget Bill, Jr.).
At the federal level, the House and Senate returned to Washington, D.C. to continue divided partisan discussions on federal FY 2022 Appropriations, raising the debt ceiling, and President Biden's "social infrastructure and economic" plans.
DISCUSSION:
2021 State Update
Legislative Update-The following are a few notable bills that failed to pass out of their respective Appropriations Committees and are now considered two-year bills. The Legislature will be able to consider these measures this coming January:
* AB 240 (Rodriguez) would have required the California Department of Public Health to conduct an evaluation of the local health department infrastructure and make recommendations in order to adequately fund local public ...
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