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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151987 - 2.3 ALIILA TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra County Administrator Cbsta DATE: December 9 , 1987. SUBJECT: 1988 Legislative Program SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGRWND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Adopt the attached as the Board' s 1988 Legislative Program. 2 . Authorize the County , Administrator to work with the County Supervisors ' Association of California (CSAC) and other affiliated professional associations in support of the Board' s Legislative Program. 3 . Authorize the County Administrator to seek authors for and work with the County' s legislative advocate in Sacramento in support of the Board' s Legislative Program.. BACKGROUND:. Each year the Board seeks suggestions from County Departments for items which should be .included in its annual Legislative- Program. In addition, the Board identifies items during the year which it wishes to include in its Legislative Program. Those items have been consolidated in the attached proposed 1988 Legislative Program. Some of these issues will be included as a part of the Board' s contract with the County' s legislative advocate and will form the basis of their work plan for 1988. Other items will be pursued separately by the County without requesting assistance from the legislative advocate. Other items will be ones the Board supports, but for which the Board relies on CSAC and other professional associations to provide the major advocacy. . The attached proposed 1988 Legislative Program does not include one major area of interest, that . of transportation issues. The Board contracts separately with another legislative advocate for transportation advocacy. The work plan which forms a part of that contract' needs to be added to the attached in order to complete the Board' s '1988 Legislative Program. In addition, throughout the Legislative Session the Board takes positions on various pieces of legislation which, in effect, modify and add to the Board' s Legislative Program. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; '^ YES SIGNATURE; A f'ef X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _Z(_ APPROVE OTHEJR� S I GNATURE 1 S 1: V` ie & ACTION OF BOARD ON December 15, 1987 },?PROVED AS, RECOMMENDED X OTHER X Also, REQUESTED County Administrator to incorporate the positions approved by the ..voters in the November 4, 1987 election, and a position in support of the concepts of. AB 150 into the Board's Legislative Package; and REQUESTED the County Administrator to prioritize the Legislative Program. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT Aim CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES; NOES: , AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF-THE BOARD . ABSENT: ABSTAIN: . OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: County Administrator ATTESTED _ .,Cf _1917 Jackson/Barish & Associates Larry Naake, Exec. Director, CSAC PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County's Legislative Delegation SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY M382/7-83 p,41646ME44401 —,DEPUTY COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA 1988 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM 1 . Amendments to SB 709 to address the no- and low-property tax city issue. 2. Amendments to SB 709 to clean up the Trial Court Block Grant portion of the bill. 3 . Legislation to restore the Board of Supervisors ' ability to place special tax measures on the ballot. 4. Sponsor a municipal court pay and staffing bill to reflect changes in pay and staffing which have been approved during the 1987-88 fiscal year. This bill, or separate legislation, will also be required to implement the agreement on the Marshal/Sheriff consolidation and the consolidation of the administration of the Municipal Courts. 5 . Support the passage of AB 145 (Speier) and AB 558 (Hannigan) which would each provide pilot projects to increase the level of services to the homeless (AB 145) and foster care services (AB 558 ) , providing Contra Costa County is made one of the pilot projects. 6 . Legislation to require that a Redevelopment Agency pass-through to fire districts, and possibly other taxing agencies which are impacted by redevelopment, a portion of the tax increment which would have gone to the taxing agency had the redevelopment agency not existed. 7 . Legislation to change the split of sales tax revenue and fines and forfeitures between the cities and the county in cases of new incorporations unless SB 709 is amended to relieve the county of the transfer of property taxes. 8. Oppose any efforts to include existing fire districts in procedures enacted pursuant to SB 515 of 1987 which makes it easier to change the governing board of a fire district. 9 . Legislation to clarify that when a previously "dependent" special district becomes "independent" its contribution to the Special District Augmentation Fund is frozen at the level of contribution made during the last full fiscal year the "dependent" district was in existence rather than being frozen at the 1983-1984 level. Page 2 10. Legislation to intensify the enforcement of vehicle registration laws, particularly pertaining to the registration of out-of-state vehicles to insure that vehicles which ought to be registered in California are. (Specific details to be developed in discussions with the CHP) . 11. Legislation to extend or waive the current two-year limit on time to hear and decide an assessment appeal when the Board of Supervisors by a 4/5 vote makes the following findings: a. The assessment appeal has been filed by an industrial or commercial property owner, rather than a residential property owner. b. The assessment appeal is unusually complex and involves the appeal of at least three year' s assessments. C. There is no evidence that the County has unduly delayed processing the assessment appeal. d. Equity to the property taxpayers of the county requires that the two-year limit be extended by one or more years in order to properly complete the appeal process. 12 . Legislation which would improve the county' s ability to prosecute instances of intentional illegal dumping of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes as felonies, or to otherwise increase the ability of the County to impose substantial fines for such illegal dumping, to the extent that such legislation is deemed necessary. 13 . Legislation which would allow the Board of Supervisors, upon making a finding that an audit or investigation of the finances of an independent special district is justified based on a preliminary review made by either the County Administrator or County Auditor of a complaint filed with the Board of Supervisors, to order such an audit or investigation and to require that the independent special district bear the reasonable costs of the audit or investigation. 14 . Support efforts to provide a stable source of revenue for local governments. Page 3 15 . Support efforts to provide a transfer of State revenue to local government prior to rebating further revenue to the taxpayers. 16. Support efforts to strengthen the requirement that the State fully fund mandates on local government. 17 . Legislation which would amend SB 501 (Chapter 244 , Statutes of 1981) to insure that the County will be able to continue to impose the current 10% tax on the IT Corporation facility in Martinez even if as a result of modernization currently being planned the facility no longer requires a permit as a Class 1 hazardous waste disposal facility, but does receive and treat hazardous waste on-site for subsequent disposal at another location. 18 . Legislation which would permit the release of AIDS test results to the Probation Department and Superior Court in cases where a minor is a ward of the court and is in the custody of the Probation Officer or is in placement in a residential program under the supervision of the Probation Officer. 19 . Legislation to limit the number of State agencies which have jurisdiction over the Contra Costa Health Plan to only one, whereas currently the State Department of Corporations and the State Department of Health Services both have such jurisdiction. 20 . Support legislation designed to increase funding to Veterans ' Service Officers (AB 148) . 21. Provide rate increases for community living facilities for developmentally disabled persons similar to AB 150 of the 1987 Session which was vetoed by the Governor. 22. Legislation which authorizes Boards of Supervisors to offer property tax relief to nursing homes that agree to provide a specified number of their beds for Medi-Cal patients for a fixed number of years and which authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to offer similar State Income Tax credits and State Bank and Corporation Tax credits upon a finding that a nursing home owner has agreed to make specified number of nursing home beds available to Medi-Cal patients. Page 4 23 . Legislation to provide for higher Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for skilled nursing facilities which enter into an agreement with the county or the State to accept their fair share of Medi-Cal patients for at least a five-year period. 24 . Legislation which would authorize counties and cities to require skilled nursing facilities to accept Medi-Cal patients for at least 20 years as a condition of approval of a land use permit. 25. Legislation which would authorize the State Administration to increase reimbursement rates for skilled nursing facilities based on quality of care performance standards for those institutions willing to continue to accept new Medi-Cal patients. 26 . Legislation which would provide an additional "bonus payment" to skilled nursing facilities which are disproportionate providers, or which are willing to take greater than their "fair share" of Medi-Cal patients. 27 . Determine what incentives are necessary to encourage wider availability of long-term care insurance in the private sector. 28. Explore the feasibility of State-sponsored, long-term care insurance programs, including tax exemptions for contributions to a long-term care plan. 29 . Ensure through regulations and financial incentives that alternatives to skilled nursing facilities (adult day health care, home care, in-home supportive services, etc. ) are viable care options in a long-term care insurance plan. 30 . Encourage the State Department of Health Services to enforce long-term care facility regulations without being excessively punitive to long-term care facility operators to the extent that they are discouraged from accepting Medi-Cal patients. 31 . Legislation, if required, to allow the Contra Costa Health Plan to sponsor a long-term care insurance plan. AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECEMBER 15, 1987 Page 4 21. Legislation which would authorize the State Administration to increase reimbursement rates for skilled nursing facilities based on quality of care performance standards for those institutions willing to continue to accept new Medi-Cal patients. 22. Legislation which would provide an additional "bonus payment" to skilled nursing facilities which are disproportionate providers, or which are willing to take greater than their "fair share" of Medi-Cal patients. 23 . Determine what incentives are necessary to encourage wider availability of long-term '. care insurance in the private sector. 24 . Explore the feasibility of State-sponsored, long-term care insurance programs, including tax exemptions for contributions to a long-term care plan. 25 . Ensure through regulations and financial incentives' that alternatives to skilled nursing facilities (adult day- health care, home care, in-home supportive services, etc. ) are viable care options in a long-term care insurance plan. . 26 . Encourage the State Department of Health Services to .enforce long-term care facility regulations without being excessively punitive to long-term care facility operators to the extent that they are discouraged from accepting Medi-Cal patients. 27 . Legislation, if required, to allow the Contra Costa Health Plan to sponsor a long-term care insurance plan.