Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: State and Federal Legislative Update #7-Update on the 2024 State and Federal Legislative Sessions and State Ballot Measures
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Accept an informational report on the 2024 State and Federal Legislative sessions; and
B) Accept an informational report on the 2024 State Ballot Measures for the November 5, 2024, election.
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BACKGROUND:
The Legislature has reconvened from its July recess and has reached the final stretch of this legislative session. More than a thousand bills were considered by the Appropriations Committees in both houses, as bills with a fiscal impact were approved or held during "Suspense" hearings. Both houses must pass bills by August 31, 2024, and the Governor has until September 30, 2024, to sign or veto measures.
In June, Legislative leaders and the Governor approved five state ballot measures for the November 5, 2024, those measures are:
* Proposition 2 - AB 247 (Muratsuchi) - Would authorize a $10 billion education facilities modernization, safety, and repair bond for K-12 schools and Community Colleges.
* Proposition 3 - ACA 5 (Low) - Would repeal provisions of the constitution already deemed invalid and unconstitutional provisions that limit marriage to a "man and a woman" and replace it with provisions that affirm the fundamental right to marry.
* Proposition 4 - SB 867 (Allen) - Would authorize a $10 billion water, wildfire prevention, drought preparedness, and clean air bond.
* Proposition 5 - ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) - Would allow local governments to issue bonds related to affordable housing and public infrastructure with 55 percent voter approval instead of the two-thirds vote threshold under current law.
* Proposition 6 - ACA 8 (Wilson) - Would delete provisions in the state ...
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