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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator C=tra
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DATE: August 14, 1986
SUBJECT: Legislation - AB 1997 (M.Waters) ,
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
Adopt a position of opposition to AB 1997 by Assemblywoman Maxine
Waters.
Background:
AB 1997, as amended June 30, 1986, would prohibit a county from
requiring an address to establish county residence for General
Assistance purposes. County Counsel advises that the validity of
address requirements and the legal rules governing residency for welfare
purposes are in a state of flux. It is recommended that the Legislature
leave the counties the existing authority they have and not curtail it
further.
AB 1997 also impedes the ability of counties to require that indigents
work as a condition of receiving General Assistance benefits by offering
them the alternative of job training services. It is recommended that
maximum discretion in this regard be left with the counties which must
fund the General Assistance Program.
County Counsel notes that AB 1997 increases the exposure of all counties
to general assistance liability and greatly magnifies the administrative
costs of the program, without providing funding for these increased
costs by claiming that the provisions of AB 1997 clarify existing law,
but do not expand or contract the rights or duties of counties. Staff
would maintain that this is not, in fact, the case.
Because AB 1997 substantially limits the ability of the Board of
Supervisors to properly govern and manage the General Assistance
Program, we recommend that the Board oppose AB 1997 . County Counsel and
the Social Services Director also recommend that the Board oppose AB
1997.
AB 1997 has passed the Assembly and was scheduled to be heard in the
Senate Health and Human Services Committee on August 13, 1986.
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ACTION OF BOARD ON G 19 14
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator � AUG 19 1986
cc: Social Services Director ATTESTED
County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblywoman Waters SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senator Boatwright & Senator Petris
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish , p
M382/7-83 BY G(/F 'DEPUTY