Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: 2024 State and Federal Legislative Update #4
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this informational report on the 2024 State and Federal Legislative sessions.
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BACKGROUND:
Policy hearings in Sacramento have begun to ramp up as bills move through the Legislature. The Intergovernmental and Public Affairs (IGPA) is tracking more than 380 bills of interest to the County and has submitted nine positional advocacy letters as of the writing of this report. Policy committees have until April 26 to refer bills to the fiscal committees and until May 24 to pass bills introduced in their respective houses.
On April 15, 2024, Governor Newsom signed an early budget action trailer bill that provides moderate relief to the state's deficit. Totaling $17.3 billion over three years, the package contains $3.6 billion in reductions (primarily to one-time funding), $5.2 billion in revenue and borrowing, $5.2 billion in delays and deferrals, and $3.4 billion in cost shifts from the general fund to other state funds.
On April 9, 2024, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a package of seven bills targeting retail theft. Similarly, the California State Senate pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) advanced a package of 14 bills, known as the Safer California Plan, which includes bills to address the fentanyl crisis, combat retail theft, and reduce community-based crime. The proposals would not change Proposition 47. Each house is moving the packages through their respective policy committees, and fiscal committees will consider the bills before the fiscal bill deadline on May 17, 2024.
DISCUSSION:
Below is a list of notable bills the IGPA team is actively tracking, and the County has acted on as follows:
Support:
* AB 29...
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