Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: 2022 State and Federal Legislative Update #4
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this informational report on the 2022 State and Federal Legislative sessions.
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BACKGROUND:
The California State Legislature continues to make its way through the 2022 legislative session. Further, legislators and the Governor reached a budget agreement for FY 2022-23.
The House Appropriations Committee began working on their twelve Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills at the federal level.
DISCUSSION:
The California State Legislature passed several critical legislative deadlines in the past few months. Since the last report, numerous bills have died in the Appropriations Committees of their house of origin or failed to pass through policy committees by the July 1 deadline when the Legislature's month-long Summer Recess begins. Once the members return on August 1, they will focus on Appropriations Committee hearings for all fiscal bills that moved out of the policy committees in the second house. The last two and a half weeks of the session will be solely dedicated to floor sessions during which the houses will debate measures and determine which will head to the Governor's desk for his consideration.
The following is a summary of the notable legislation currently making its way through the state legislative process:
CARE Courts: SB 1338 (Umberg and Eggman) would implement the Governor's Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act. Recent committee debate raised numerous issues with the bill, including:
* Piloting the CARE Court program in a limited number of counties to ensure all implementation issues are resolved before the program begins statewide.
* Concern that no dedicated funding for CARE Court is provided to counties.
* Fear that CARE...
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