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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
June 8, 2020
1:00 P.M.
To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Health Officer’s
Shelter Order of April 29, 2020, prevents public gatherings
(Health Officer Order). In lieu of a public gathering, the
Legislation Committee meeting will be conducted via
remote access per Governor’s Executive Order N29-20.
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Meeting
Process:
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1.Introductions
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this
agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
3. RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the March 9, 2020 meeting of
the Legislation Committee, with any necessary corrections.
4. RECEIVE the report on the State Budget and State Legislation of Interest and
provide direction to staff and advocates, as needed.
5. CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on
AB 2959 (Calderon): Solid Waste: Byproducts from Processing of Food.
6.The next meeting is currently scheduled for July 13, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
7.Adjourn
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lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:06/08/2020
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2020-10
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
County Ordinance requires that each County body keep a record of its meetings. Though the
record need not be verbatim, it must accurately reflect the agenda and the decisions made in the
meeting.
Referral Update:
Attached is the draft Record of Action for the March 9, 2020 meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the March 9, 2020 meeting.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
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D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
March 9, 2020
Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Present: Karen Mitchoff, Chair
Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Sr. Deputy County Administrator; Mark Goodwin, Chief of Staff,
District III; Chris Wickler, Field Representative, District IV; Jill Ray, Fiield
Representative, District II
Attendees:Douglas Dunn, Sean Kerns
1.Introductions
Chair Mitchoff and Vice Chair Burgis introduced themselves, as did those in attendance.
Michelle Rubalcava from Nielsen Merksamer was on the conference line.
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on
this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
No public comment was received.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action.
The Record of Action for the February 10, 2020 meeting of the Committee was approved
as presented.
AYE: Chair Karen Mitchoff
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
4.RECEIVE the report and provide direction, as needed.
The report on State Budget and State Legislation of interest was received
and discussed. No direction was provided to staff.
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AYE: Chair Karen Mitchoff
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
5.DIRECT staff on the process for procuring federal advocacy services for the
period beginning July 1, 2020.
The Committee members indicated there was no need for another procurement process
for the federal advocacy services at this time. The Committee directed staff to send a
recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to authorize a contract extension for
Alcalde & Fay for continued advocacy services through the period of time specified in
the 2019 RFQ.
AYE: Chair Karen Mitchoff
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
6.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on
H.R. 5823, the "State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act" and directing
staff to send the item to the Board at the next available opportunity for their
consideration on Consent.
The Committee requested additional information from our federal advocate regarding
California representatives' co-sponsorship of the bill and directed staff to return the bill
for consideration in the future.
7.CONSIDER the recommendations of the Contra Costa County Mental Health
Commission and direct staff, as needed.
The Committee received the report and testimony from Douglas Dunn. The
recommendation from the Mental Health Commission regarding programs and funding
of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) was expected to be considered by the Family
and Human Services Committee at their April meeting (although the meeting was
subsequently cancelled due to the Shelter at Home caused by the pandemic). With
regard to the recommendation from the Mental Health Commission surrounding the
permanent repeal of the Institute of Mental Diseases (IMD) Medi-Cal reimbursement, the
Board's adopted 2020 Federal Platform includes a principle aligned with this
recommendation: SUPPORT policies and approaches that would enhance the ability of
county officials and our partners to prevent and treat mental health and substance use
disorders, both in the community and within the confines of the criminal justice system.
AYE: Chair Karen Mitchoff
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
8.The next meeting is currently scheduled for April 6, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (Note
time change.)
Due to the Shelter at Home Order, this meeting was subsequently cancelled.
9.Adjourn
Prior to adjournment, the Field Representative for Assembly Member Frazier, who was
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Prior to adjournment, the Field Representative for Assembly Member Frazier, who was
not present during Public Comment, provided a brief update on proposed legislation
carried by the Assembly Member, including AB 1853.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:06/08/2020
Subject:State Budget and Legislation of Interest to Contra Costa County
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2020-12
Referral Name: State Budget and Legislative Update
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer
Team
Contact: L. DeLaney,
925-335-1097
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee regularly receives updates from staff and the County's legislative
advocates on State Budget and legislation of interest to the County.
Referral Update:
Despite the ongoing challenges of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, national civic unrest, and continued
economic strain, the Governor and Legislature continue their work at the Capitol to address the State Budget for
FY 2020-21 and legislation of vital importance to the state.
According to the most recent media reports, Assembly and Senate Democrats have announced an agreement on a
State Budget, in advance of the June 15 deadline and July 1 start date. This agreement, as anticipated, rejects a host
of cuts initially proposed by Governor Newsom in his May Revision budget. The deal largely adheres to the
framework passed by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee last week, which avoids
cuts to health care and social services that Newsom said would occur if the federal government
does not provide a $14 billion lifeline. California faces a projected $54 billion deficit. The
Legislature is expected to vote on the main Budget bill and trailer bills at the June 15 deadline.
The next legislative discussion will occur June 4 in an Assembly budget subcommittee. It does
not appear that the two houses will meet in a conference committee. Significant elements of the
joint Budget include the following:
"Protects" $1.2 billion in Proposition 56 funding that provides supplemental rate increases
for Medi-Cal providers. Governor Newsom had proposed eliminating those rate increases to
free up funds for more Medi-Cal patients, a major point of contention for doctors, dentists
and other providers.
Assumes that the administration has overestimated the financial burden California's safety
net programs will face in the next year. Their plan projects saving $4 billion on costs for
Medi-Cal and CalWORKs below what the Department of Finance has calculated, which
could be problematic for counties.
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Eliminates most of Governor Newsom's January spending proposals.
Relies on suspending corporate tax deductions to generate more than $4 billion in the next
fiscal year, but does not propose any broad-based, long-term tax increases.
Proposes to provide the state's earned income tax credit to undocumented immigrant parents
with young children. They also still want to provide Medi-Cal to undocumented residents
over age 65 but delay implementation to 2022.
Treats the Governor's federal "trigger" mechanism differently by giving the federal
government until Sept. 1 to provide aid to states before deciding whether to use Plan "B."
That backup plan would still impose cuts on the University of California and California
State University systems, as well as state courts. It would dip deeper into the state's reserves
and change the state's Managed Care Organization tax to raise an additional $1 billion.
Compared to the Senate budget, the two-house plan provides more money for homelessness
programs, more funds to counties for realignment responsibilities, and the 5 percent boost to
UC and CSU that Governor Newsom proposed in January — as long as the federal
government comes through with relief.
The Budget also proposes an increase in legislative control over COVID-19 spending, moving to
cut budget language that allows the Governor to direct coronavirus response funds how he sees
fit, though recognizing that the specifics will still be worked out with the Governor.
Attachment A: Pending Senate Version of the Budget, Draft 5/27
Attachment B: California Statewide COVID-19 Actions, prepared by Nielsen Merksamer
Attachment C: Master List of Bills of Interest to Contra Costa County
From CalMatters, Emily Hoeven. June 3, 2020:
“Floyd death could spark change
Will George Floyd’s death and the protests sweeping the nation galvanize California to make
massive policy changes or reexamine controversial proposals with new eyes?
Today, a powerful Assembly committee will vote on a proposed amendment to the state Constitution
that would reinstate affirmative action policies in state colleges, universities and agencies — after
voters rejected such policies two decades ago. (The proposed amendment will appear on the
November ballot if passed by two-thirds of both the Assembly and Senate.)
It will also vote on a bill that would establish a reparations committee to educate Californians about the
lingering effects of slavery and recommend how the state might compensate African Americans
for decades of inequality and discrimination.
Audrey Dow, vice president of the Campaign for College Opportunity: Recent headlines
“are forcing us to recognize that we are not beyond race as a country or state. We have not
achieved the nirvana of being colorblind. Race matters.”
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Although Gov. Gavin Newsom emphasized Monday that “program-passing is not problem-solving”
and “you’ve got to change culture, not just laws,” a number of public officials have already
moved to change policies.
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office called Tuesday for an overhaul of use-of-force
policies at the city’s police department.
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said Monday police will no longer use a controversial neck
hold that critics had asked the city for years to stop using.
A group of Bay Area district attorneys asked the state bar to prevent prosecutors from taking
money from police unions on the grounds that it creates a conflict of interest when investigating
police misconduct.
And Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond pledged to improve implicit bias
education for students and teachers.
Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, is calling for a stricter national standard
for when police are legally able to use deadly force. Harris didn’t take a position on the issue in
2019, when California passed a landmark law raising the state standard from “reasonable” to
“necessary.”
Harris is also calling for independent investigations of police departments, though she didn’t back a
California bill to that effect as attorney general.”
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE the report and provide direction to staff, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A: Pending Senate Version of the Budget, Draft 5/27
Attachment B: COVID-19 Actions Memo
Attachment C: Master List of Bills of Interest
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Pending Senate Version of the Budget
DRAFT 5/27
2020-21
Summary:
After spending months preparing for the challenge of this year’s budget as the impacts
of the COVID-19 virus ravaged the economy, the Senate Committee on Budget and
Fiscal Review worked at break-neck speed and under surreal conditions to craft the
Senate Version of the Budget.
The Senate Versions closes the $54 billion budget shortfall and ends with total reserves
of $11.3 billion, including:
• $2.0 billion in the Regular Reserve;
• $900 million in the Safety Net Reserve; and
• $8.35 billion in the Rainy Day Fund.
These figures are all based on the Department of Finance’s revenue forecast, but does
reflect the LAO’s caseload forecast for health and human services programs.
The Senate Version builds on the reasonable framework presented by the Governor
and follows the guidelines set forth by the Budget Chair prior to the release of the May
Revision:
Be Responsible. The Senate Version:
o Looks beyond just the upcoming budget year and preserves 55% of
reserves for future years.
o Relies on the sober forecast of the Department of Finance, which
forecasts lower revenues than even the Legislative Analyst’s most
pessimistic scenario.
o Avoids balancing the budget with solutions that may not happen. This
includes building in trigger solutions should expected Federal Funds not
materialize and not assuming savings from employee pay that need to go
through the collective bargaining process.
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Do Not Become Part of the Problem. The Senate Version:
o Protects core education programs rather than past actions that resulted in
layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers. In fact, the Senate Version
actually provides a slight increase to school funding over the current year,
even if additional funds do not materialize and trigger solutions are
required.
o Makes use of the historic reserves – rather than draconian cuts – in the
event federal funds do not materialize. The Legislature championed the
Rainy Day Fund and the Safety Net Reserve precisely to avoid having to
immediately resort to deep and harmful cuts that cause ongoing economic
harm.
o Avoids cuts to critical safety net programs that cause more long term harm
than short term budget gain, including protecting job training programs for
struggling Californians, aging programs that avoid costly nursing home
costs, and access to health care that would otherwise require lower
income seniors to pay a “senior penalty” of several hundred dollars each
month.
By following these guidelines, the Senate Version provides a strong budget to keep the
state on solid footing as the state enters challenging economic times.
Different Trigger Approach Between May Revision & Senate Version:
While both the May Revision and the Senate Version contain a Federal Funds / Trigger
Solutions interaction, the two versions differ in the presumed starting point and other
key details of trigger solutions.
The Governor’s May Revision proposes $14 billion in budget cuts that would take
effect, but then be triggered off if Federal Funds materialize to replace the
proposed cuts.
The Senate Version flips the presumption, and instead budgets as though the
Federal Funds will come in, but then triggers on the solutions should the Federal
Funds not materialize.
o As discussed in more detail below, under the Senate Version the most
draconian cuts – to schools and health and human services – are taken off
the table and instead replaced with other solutions that have always been
intended to be used prior to draconian cuts being implemented.
Attachment A
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o The trigger solutions effective date is October 1, 2020, ensuring there is
time for the federal government to act to provide more relief for state and
local governments.
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o While much attention has been given to the trigger cuts proposed in the
May Revision, there is growing confidence that the federal government will
act and the trigger solutions contained in the Senate Version will not be
implemented.
Summary of Solutions:
The Senate Version of the budget follows the same categories of solutions as the
Governor’s May Revision, as follows:
Attachment A
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Major Changes to the Governor’s Proposed Solutions:
Reserves:
o The Governor’s May Revision proposes to draw down $450 million from
the Safety Net Reserve.
o The Senate Version preserves all $900 million in the Safety Net Reserve
to protect critical programs in future years.
Borrowing/Transfers/Deferrals, Temporary Revenues, and Existing Federal
Funds are fairly consistent between the May Revision and the Senate Version.
Cancellations of Recent Actions and Other Reductions:
o The Senate Version approves the vast majority of the Governor’s
proposals in this category.
o The Senate Version rejects proposed cancellations of Legislative
priorities, including:
Rejects proposal to reinstate the Senior Penalty in Medi-Cal that
would result in increased costs of healthcare for lower income
seniors by hundreds of dollars per month.
Rejects cuts to critical affordable housing funds.
Rejects cuts to child care rate increases, which would further
restrict access to child care for working families.
Protects one time investments for local homelessness programs,
clean water programs, enforcing sexual assault laws, and other
priorities.
Trigger Solutions:
o The Senate Version rejects solutions subject to the trigger in the May
Revision, and replaces them with alternative trigger solutions.
o The Senate Version trigger mechanism follows the trigger practice used in
2011 and 2012. Under this trigger mechanism, the federal funds are
assumed to arrive and are deposited into the General Fund. But, if by
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September 1, 2020 the federal funds have not materialized, the trigger
solutions take effect October 1, 2020.
o If the trigger solutions are implemented, the Senate Version’s Regular
Reserve will be $1.1 billion. The trigger solutions are as followings:
$1.8 billion by maximizing use of the Rainy Day Fund, the full 50%
of the required deposits will still remain in the Rainy Day Fund
(about $6.7 billion).
$900 million by maximizing the Safety Net Reserve, which will
protect draconian cuts proposed in the May Revision.
$1.8 billion by reinstating deferral that were in place until the current
year. It is unlikely they would have been turned off had the state
known these challenging times would come so soon.
$1.1 billion in a Special Fund loan associated with the reinstating of
the deferrals.
$5.3 billion in a Prop 98 deferral, which along with the $2.7 billion
funding increase will provide about $8.1 billion in programmatic
spending over what the May Revision contained in its trigger
proposal.
$1 billion by adjusting the Managed Care Organizations charge, in
lieu of any cut to Prop 56 funds.
$600 million reduction to the Legislative augmentation to county
realignment funds.
$400 million reduction to University of California ($200 million) and
the California State University ($200 million.
$100 million reduction to the Judiciary (Dependency counsel, self
help, court interpreters, and Equal Access Fund are not subject to
this cut).
$70 million reduction to Corrections to reflect savings in certain
programs due to delays caused by COVID-19.
Any Collectively bargained changes to state employee
compensation will impact the savings total as well. This Senate
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does not presume a specific amount of impact while the collective
bargaining is in progress.
Key Issues Associated with the Senate Version of the Budget:
Economic Recovery.
o On May 12th, Senate Democrats unveiled two economic recovery
proposals stemming from an internal caucus working group on economic
recovery.
o The proposals do not necessarily need to be enacted with the budget on
June 15, but will be pursued expeditiously to address major economic
challenges facing Californians today. The proposals are:
Tenant/Landlord Stabilization. This proposal address the challenge
of Californians struggling due to the COVID-19 crisis being unable
to pay their rent and the economic stress it passes along to
property owners.
Under this proposal, renters will be forgiven for past due rents and
will be protected from eviction. Landlords will be provided
transferable future tax credits equal to, or nearly equal to, the value
of the missed rent payments. Renters that have the ability to do so,
will reimburse the state for the costs of the tax credits over a ten
year period beginning in 2024.
$25 Billion Economic Recovery Fund. This proposal generates $25
billion over two years for economic stimulus investments to prevent
the economy falling further and to assist the economic rebound.
Under this proposals, tax payers and others can prepay future
taxes in exchange for future tax vouchers that have a higher face
value to reflect inflation and to incentivize participation.
The accelerated revenues will be available for purposes that
include but are not limited to, small business assistance, worker
retraining, jump starting infrastructure projects, filling gaps in the
education system and safety net, and addressing homelessness.
Generating Additional Resources.
Attachment A
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o The Senate Version acknowledges efforts to authorize and regulate sports
wagering in California.
While this will not have a direct near term budget impact, tax revenues
from bringing sports wagering activities into legal status will have future
budget benefits and help provide resources to combat negative impacts of
gaming that we know exist today.
Major Differences with May Revision, by Subcommittee:
Subcommittee 1 on Education Finance
Major changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
Rejects $8.1 billion of proposed cuts to Proposition 98 funding that were
contained in the Governor’s May Revision trigger proposal, this includes rejecting
cuts to:
o K-12 Local Control Funding Formula;
o K-12 Categorical programs, including the After School Education Safety
Program and Career Technical Education Programs;
o State Preschool and Child Care reimbursement rates; and
o Community Colleges, including career technical education.
Includes no Proposition 98 cuts in the Senate Version trigger solution plan,
instead if federal funds do not materialize $5.3 billion of school and community
college funding will be converted to a deferral, which preserves programmatic
funding.
Provides an Average Daily Attendance hold harmless for Local Educational
Agencies in the 2020-21 fiscal year and requires distance learning in the event of
school closures.
Amends the Governor's Special Education proposal to provide $545 million to
increase base rates and $100 million for the low incidence disabilities cost pool.
Reduces the nearly $800 million of proposed cuts to the University of California
($376 million) and the California State University ($398 million) that were
contained in the Governor’s May Revision trigger proposal to $200 million for
each the UC and CSU in the Senate Version trigger solution plan.
Attachment A
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Rejects the $27.5 million proposed cut to the UC Merced-UCSF Fresno
Partnership Branch Medical School and the UC Riverside School of Medicine.
Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, and Transportation
Major changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
⮚ Requires the California Air Resources Board to conduct a rulemaking to consider
improvements to the Cap-and-Trade Program.
⮚ Rejects the Governor’s proposal to roll back the sunset on funding to the Habitat
Conservation Fund, which will preserve funding for conservation efforts.
⮚ Rejects a proposed transfer from the State Highway Account and provides an
additional $130 million for transportation projects
⮚ Provides statutory relief to transit agencies dealing with the fallout of COVID-19
on ridership and revenues
Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services
Major Health program changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
Rejects proposal to reinstate the “senior penalty” and preserves the Medicare
Part B disregard adopted in the 2019 Budget Act, preserving health coverage for
low-income seniors.
Rejects cuts to previously approved programs, such as the medical interpreters
pilot project in Medi-Cal, funding for behavioral health counselors in emergency
departments, caregiver resource centers, and the black infant health program.
Rejects implementation of a maximum inpatient fee schedule in Medi-Cal
managed care, which would have resulted in significant cuts in reimbursement
for both public and private hospitals.
Maintains Governor’s January proposal to expand Medi-Cal to all seniors 65 and
over, regardless of immigration status, but delays the start date to January 1,
2022. The action includes authority for the Governor to further delay
implementation based on ability of budget to afford the cost.
Attachment A
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Rejects all proposed “trigger” reductions to health programs proposed by the
Administration. For example, the Senate version of the budget:
o Rejects elimination of Medi-Cal optional benefits, including dental,
optometry, optician/optical lab, audiology, incontinence creams/washes,
pharmacist-delivered services, speech therapy, podiatry, acupuncture,
nurse anesthetists, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and the
diabetes prevention program.
o Rejects elimination of Proposition 56 supplemental payments for Medi-Cal
providers including physicians, dentists, women’s health, family planning,
developmental screenings, trauma screenings, community-based adult
services, non-emergency medical transportation, and hospital-based
pediatric physicians.
o Rejects cancellation of the Proposition 56 Physician and Dentist Loan
Repayment Program, which provides loan repayments for providers willing
to devote nearly a third of their practice to serving Medi-Cal patients.
o Rejects elimination of the multipurpose senior services program (MSSP)
benefit and community-based adult services (CBAS).
o Rejects renewed estate recovery provisions from deceased Medi-Cal
beneficiaries
o Rejects elimination of rate carve-outs for community clinics (FQHCs and
RHCs).
o Rejects elimination of General Fund support for the Song-Brown
Healthcare Workforce Training Program.
Includes in the Senate Version trigger solution plan an adjustment to the
Managed Care Organization charge to generate $1 billion budget benefit should
the anticipated funds not materialize. This proposal replaces the prosed cut to
Proposition 56 included in the May Revision trigger.
Major Human Services changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
Provides $600 million for counties to backfill lost 1991 realignment revenues, with
the expectation these funds will assist child welfare services costs. (This
augmentation is subject to being triggered off under the Senate trigger solution
plan.)
Attachment A
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Returns the CalWORKs time clock to the historic 60-month time period beginning
in 2022, improving access to critical services for struggling Californians working
to get back on track.
Rejects proposed cuts In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program that would
have caused some recipients to lose services and allowed the contracting out of
services currently provided by county staff.
Rejects proposed cuts to supplemental provider rate adjustments for providers
that serve individuals with developmental disabilities. These include infant
development programs, independent living programs, and early start specialized
therapeutic services.
Rejects all proposed cuts to human services program that the May Revision
includes in their “trigger category.” This includes:
o $300 million cut to Developmental Services;
o Various cuts targeting seniors, such as funding cuts to senior nutrition
programs and programs that help keep seniors at home and out of nursing
homes;
o Cut to the federal SSI/SSP COLA; and
o Cut to IHSS service hours by seven percent.
Subcommittee 4 on General Government
Major changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
Adds tax filers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers with at least one
child six years of age or younger to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Young
Child tax Credit.
Defers the proposed, additional, $1 per 20 mg nicotine-based tax on E-cigarette
or vaping products.
Defers the expansion of Department of Business Oversight into the new
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
Includes $35 million in additional funds to support the November 2020 general
elections.
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Preserves nearly $250 million for affordable housing development in 2020-21.
Provides $13 million for transitional housing and housing navigators for foster
youth.
Provides $250 million in state funds for homelessness programs for local
governments.
Rejects reductions subject to the May Revision proposed trigger, including the
proposed closure of the Barstow Veterans Home. Instead requires the California
Department of Veteran Affairs to work with the community stakeholders and
submit a closure plan to the Legislature.
Excludes proposed savings related to reduction of employee pay and suspending
employee pay increases subject to the May Revision proposed trigger. Any
savings achieved through the collective bargaining process will increase the
Senate Version’s final reserve.
Subcommittee 5 on Public Safety
Major changes to the Governor’s May Revision:
Approves $146 million in cuts to California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation that were not proposed in the Governor’s May Revision.
Rejects several proposed cuts to courts and public safety that the May Revision
includes in their trigger category, including:
o $166 million in cuts for the state-level judiciary, the trial courts, and other
Judicial Branch local assistance programs, including indigent defense,
Dependency Counsel, Court Interpreters, Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program, Model Self-Help Program, Equal Access Fund; Family
Law Information Centers, and Civil Case Coordination.
o $37 million in cuts to grants that continue to support the warm hand-off
and reentry of offenders transitioning from state prison to communities;
o $1.8 million in cuts that limit expansion of state prison oversight.
Includes in the Senate Version trigger solution:
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o $100 million reduction to the Judiciary, but the reduction cannot impact
Dependency Counsel, Court Interpreters, Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program, Model Self-Help Program, Equal Access Fund; Family
Law Information Centers, and Civil Case Coordination.
o $70 million, one-year reduction to the Integrated Substance Use Disorder
Program due to likely delays tied to COVID-19.
Major policy included in the Governor’s May Revision:
Announces the intention to close one state prison beginning in 2021-22 and a
second state prison beginning in 2022-23.
o The closures are estimated to result in savings of $100 million in 2021-22,
$300 million in 2022-23 and $400 million ongoing.
Includes statutory changes that support thoughtful and responsible achievement
of Administration’s long term budget reduction proposals.
Permanently stops intake into the state Division of Juvenile Justice on January 1,
2021, and transfers responsibility for all youth commitments to counties.
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To: NIELSEN MERKSAMER CLIENTS
From: NM Government Law Section
Date: June 3, 2020
Re: California Statewide COVID-19 Actions
To keep the public informed of all COVID-19 developments, the state has created a
webpage, https://www.covid19.ca.gov/, to provide up-to-date information and
resources that contains links to all relevant state departments and local government
websites.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS:
The state’s public health experts have determined that gatherings should be postponed
or canceled across the state until further notice. Nonessential gatherings must be
limited to no more than 10 people, while also following social distancing guidelines.
March 4: Emergency Declaration
Mar 12: Executive Order N-25-20: General Provisions & Government
This order relaxes protocols for unemployment insurance (specifically waives the one-
week waiting period for people who are unemployed and/or disabled as a result of
COVID-19), delays the state income tax deadline, discourages large gatherings and
waives portions of the Brown Act.
March 13: Executive Order N-26-20: Schools
This order sets forth requirements that school must meet, even if they close because of
COVID-19.
March 16: Executive Order N-27-20: State Licensed Facilities
This order establishes guidance for state licensed facilities that house populations most
vulnerable to COVID-19. It directs the Health and Human Services Agency, in
consultation with counties and labor organizations and consumers, to leverage existing
services and programs to support home isolation of vulnerable Californians, including
seniors and those with serious chronic underlying health conditions.
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March 16: Executive Order N-28-20: Renters and Homeowners
This order authorizes local governments to take measures to halt evictions and protect
against utility shutoffs and sets forth guidance for any jurisdiction looking to do so. The
order does not relieve tenants from the obligation to pay rent or restrict the landlord’s
ability to recover rent that is due. The protections are in effect through May 31, 2020,
unless extended. The order also requests banks and other financial institutions to halt
foreclosures and related evictions during this time. It also asks the California Public
Utilities Commission to monitor measures undertaken by public and private utility
providers to implement customer service protections for critical utilities, including
electric, gas, water, internet, landline telephone and cell phone service on a weekly
basis.
March 17: Executive Order N-31-30: Goods Movement
This order eases restrictions on commercial drivers engaged in support of emergency
relief efforts. The change comes in conjunction with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration’s emergency waiver announced last week to ensure the free flow of
critical supplies and equipment.
March 18: Executive Order N 29-20: Safety Net Services & Brown Act
This order relaxes requirements for state social safety net programs but waiving
eligibility re-determinations for 90 days for Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWorks, Cash
Assistance for Immigrants and In-Home Supportive Services. It also replaces and revises
EO-25-20 and makes further suspensions of Bagley-Keene Act and Brown Act to states
that there is no requirement for state or local legislative bodies to make a physical
location available from which the public can make public comment, so long as options to
participate telephonically or electronically are provided. Local bodies must still follow
noticing requirements and implement a procedure for resolving requests for
accommodation from individuals with disabilities.
March 18: Executive Order N-30-20: School Testing
This order is focused entirely on school testing. It waives, for the 2019-2020 school year,
the requirement that all students be administered academic assessments each year.
March 18: Executive Order N-32-20: Local Flexibility for Homelessness
This order aims to grant local flexibility on spending and building shelters to combat
homelessness during the COVD-19 outbreak including waiving certain regulatory
barriers for shelters or facilities built with this emergency funding. It provides $150
million for emergency homelessness actions: $100M direct to local governments for
shelter support and emergency housing to address COVID 19 amend the homeless
population and $50M to purchase travel trailers and lease rooms in hotels, motels and
other facilities in partnership with counties and cities to provide immediate isolation for
homeless individuals.
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March 19: Executive Order N-33-20: Stay at Home Order
This order institutes a statewide stay at home order and includes a link defining critical
infrastructure and essential workers.
March 20: Executive Order N-34-20: Elections
This order focuses on elections procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak, including
allowing vote-by-mail for certain upcoming special elections and extends timeframes for
the March 4, 2020 statewide primary.
March 21: Executive Order N-35-20: Facilities Staffing Ratios, Work Hours & Brown Act
This order covers a wide array of issues. Broadly it applies work health facilities’ staffing
rations, hours exemptions (laid out in N-25-20) to local governments, suspends local
ordinances that interfere with essential activities, further clarifies and expand Brown Act
exemptions, and extends deadlines and relaxes requirements for several statues.
March 24: Executive Order N-36-20: Correctional Facilities
This order temporarily halts the intake and/or transfer of inmates and youth into the
state’s 35 prisons and four youth correctional facilities. These inmates will remain in
county custody for the next 30 days, but the timeframe could be extended if needed.
March 27: Executive Order N-37-20: Evictions
This order bans the enforcement of eviction orders for renters affected by COVID-19
through May 31, 2020. The order prohibits landlords from evicting tenants for
nonpayment of rent and prohibits enforcement of evictions by law enforcement or
courts. It also requires tenants to declare in writing, no more than seven days after the
rent comes due, that the tenant cannot pay all or part of their rent due to COVID-19.
March 27: Executive Order N- 38-20: Judicial Council Emergency Authority
This order empowers the Judicial Council and the Chief Justice of the California Supreme
Court to take necessary action to be able to conduct business and continue to operate
while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order does not affect any existing
court order or rule. Specifically, it allows the Judicial Branch to allow for remote
depositions in every case (the law had previously required that parties be deposed in
person) and electronic service of process. Additionally, the order leaves the Judicial
Branch discretion to make any modifications to legal practice and procedure it deems
necessary in order to continue conducting business.
March 30: Executive Order N-39-20: Healthcare Workforce Expansion
This order temporarily expands the health care workforce and allow health care facilities
to staff at least an additional 50,000 hospital beds the state needs to treat COVID-19
patients. The order allows the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to waive specific
health professional licensure requirements and license maintenance requirements until
June 30th.
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March 30: Executive Order N-40-20: Government Functions & Small Business Relief
This order allows the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to
offer a 90-day extension for tax returns and tax payments for all businesses filing a
return for less than $1 million in taxes. Additionally, the order extends the statute of
limitations to file a claim for refund by 60 days to accommodate tax and fee payers. The
EO also includes extensions that impact state government workers, as well as
consumers. For instance, the Department of Motor Vehicles will limit in-person
transactions for the next 60 days, allowing instead for mail-in renewals. Additionally,
DCA will waive continuing education requirements for several professions, also for the
next 60 days. Further, the order extends the Office of Administrative Law’s (OAL)
deadlines to review regular department proposed regulations and extends by 60 days
the time period to complete investigation of public safety officers based on allegations
of misconduct. Finally, deadlines for trainings, investigations and adverse actions for
state workers will also be extended.
Pursuant to this order, the state created a link to the COVID-19 website that details the
assistance available to small businesses and employers impacted by the pandemic.
April 1: Executive Order N-41-20: Disaster Response Expenditures
This order facilitates expenditures from the state’s Disaster Response-Emergency
Operations Account (DREOA), a subaccount of the Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties in the General Fund (the state’s budget reserve), as well as from any other
legally available fund to help with the COVID-19 response. On March 25th, the
Department of Finance transferred $1.3 billion from the budget reserve into the DREOA
subaccount to pay for costs associated COVID-19 pandemic response. A total of $1.4
billion is now available in DREOA.
April 2: Executive Order N-42-20: Water Shutoff Restrictions
This order restricts water shutoffs to homes and small businesses during the COVID-19
pandemic and restores water service for occupied residences that may have had their
water shut off as of March 4, 2020, the date of the state of emergency proclamation.
April 3: Executive Order N-43-20: Telehealth Services
This order expands protections to medical providers as they amplify the use of video
chats and similar applications to provide routine and non-emergency medical
appointments to minimize patient exposure to COVID-19. It relaxes certain state privacy
and security laws for medical providers, so they can provide telehealth services without
the risk penalty. This action is similar to the federal Health and Human Services (HHS)
Office for Civil Rights waiver issued on March 17, 2020 regarding federal privacy and
security laws.
April 3: Executive Order N-44-20: Price Gouging
This order expands consumer protection against price gouging during COVID-19
pandemic. It generally prohibits sellers of any kind from increasing prices on food,
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consumer goods, medical or emergency supplies, and certain other items by more than
10 percent and give gives additional tools to the California Department of Justice and
Attorney General’s Office, among others, to take action against price gougers.
April 4: Executive Order N-45-20: Child Care for Essential Workers
This order seeks to facilitate childcare for children of essential critical infrastructure
workers by granting the California Department of Education (CDE)and California
Department of Social Services (DSS) the flexibility to waive certain programmatic and
administrative requirements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The waivers will
focus on current eligibility and enrollment priorities that prevent childcare and
afterschool programs from serving children of essential infrastructure workers. The
waiver will allow eligibility for childcare to prioritize essential workers, including health
care professionals, emergency response personnel, law enforcement, and grocery
workers. Additionally, the order requires CDE & DSS to jointly develop and issue
guidance, by April 7th, on how the essential worker prioritization will roll out, as well as
guidance on how childcare programs and providers can safely provide care.
April 7: Executive Order N-46-20: Medical Supplies Procurement
This order assists the state in the procurement of necessary medical supplies.
April 7: Executive Order N-47-20: Support for Vulnerable Populations
This order provides additional support for older adults and vulnerable young children by
allowing a 60-day waiver for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program caseworkers
to continue their work and be able to care for older adults, as well as individuals with
disabilities.
April 10: Executive Order N-48-20: Upcoming Special Elections
This order mandates that three upcoming special elections scheduled for May and June
will be held as all-mail elections. Under the order, local election officials can also make
in-person voting available, to ensure every voter has an opportunity to vote, but only in
a manner consistent with public health and safety, including appropriate physical
distancing. The upcoming impacted elections are a May 19, 2020 special recall election
in the City of Santa Ana; a June 2, 2020 special municipal election scheduled in the City
of Commerce; and a special recall election in the El Rancho Unified School District, also
scheduled for June 2, 2020.
April 14: Executive Order N-49-20: Juvenile Justice Discharge and Reentry Process
This order addresses the release and reentry process at the Division of Juvenile Justice
(DJJ) for the safe and expeditious discharge of eligible youth. It calls for all discharge
and reentry hearings to be held via videoconference to minimize the youth’s and other
participants’ exposure to COVID-19 and shortens various notification timeframes from
60 to 30 days before holding a discharge consideration hearing. Victim notifications are
not impacted by this order.
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The order also allows for reentry consideration hearings to take place at the DJJ facility
where the youth are housed, instead of transferring youth to a county jail to await these
hearings. Victims and victim representatives will be able to participate in the
videoconference hearings.
April 15: Executive Order N-50-20: Employment Development Department
This order requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) call centers to
operate 7 days a week from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. It also directs 1,340 existing state
employees to the Unemployment Insurance Branch and directs EDD to expedite access
to the Work Share program to avert layoffs. It also requires EDD to create a one-stop
shop for individuals applying for unemployment insurance and the new federal
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program starting April 28. The PUA will
provide federally funded benefits distinct from UI program for certain individuals out of
work or partially unemployed due to COVID-19. This includes the self-employed,
individuals who may be employees but who lack sufficient work history and
independent contractors. Federal guidelines include gig workers and California’s gig
workers will continue to be protected by existing state laws against misclassification in
the administration of PUA. PUA benefits will be issued within 24-48 hours – not the
traditional 21 days for regular UI claims.
April 16: Executive Order N-51-20: Food Sector Employee Supports
This order provides California workers in the food sector industry impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic with two weeks of paid sick leave. Food sector workers include
farmworkers, agricultural workers, grocery stores and fast food chains employees and as
delivery drivers are part of the state’s essential infrastructure workforce and have
continued to work to serve Californians. The order also includes new health and safety
standards to increase worker and customer protection by permitting workers at food
facilities to wash their hands every 30 minutes, or as needed, to increase proper
sanitation measures.
April 16: Executive Order N-52-20: Various Government Functions
This order allows the California University (CSU) system to adjust its admissions
requirements for students applying for acceptance in Fall 2021 and allows the
Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop procedures to perform name-based background
checks to ensure there is no delay processing employment for critical sectors, such as
health care services and care and support for vulnerable populations. It also allows
federal stimulus checks to flow directly to custodial parents owed back child support
payments rather than to the state and allows commercially licensed food trucks to be
able to temporarily operate in roadside rest areas for a period of 60 days, to ensure
essential infrastructure workers have access to food. Caltrans will be charged with
developing and implementing a process to administer the temporary permits.
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April 17: Executive Order N-53-20: Foster Youth
This order allows temporary waivers for certain foster youth programs to ensure
continuity of care during the pandemic. It allows county child welfare agencies and
probation departments to perform necessary functions using alternative processes
other than face-to-face interactions. This includes allowance for a 60-day waiver to
allow for flexibility in the emergency placement of foster youth and ensures that foster
youth have access to critical programs and technology by verifying foster care status for
foster youth and wards of the juvenile court whose cases are pending.
April 23: Executive Order N-54-20: Various Government Functions
This order grants a 60-day extension for customers on several Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) deadlines, including for recently expired drivers’ licenses and
identification cards, and suspends late fees from being applied to expired vehicle
registrations. Additionally, it allows certain California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
posting, filing and notice requirements to be satisfied electronically.
The order also allows retailers to provide bags to consumers without charge and to
pause redemption of beverage containers in-store to mitigate COVID-19 spread.
Additionally, it temporarily suspends the requirement for recycling centers to hold a
minimum number of hours of operation and directs the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to develop and issue operating guidelines.
April 23: Executive Order N-55-20: Department of Health Care Services
This order provides the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Medi-Cal
providers flexibility on a variety of deadlines and requirements to ensure continuity of
service to beneficiaries not impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the order
allows phone or video conferences for fair hearings for California Children’s Services on
grievances and appeals. The order also temporarily suspends requirements for in-
person signatures for people to obtain certain prescription drugs covered by Medi-Cal
and will allow a 90-day extension for providers on cost reporting, change of scope of
service and administrative hearings.
April 23: Executive Order N-56-20: School COVID-19 Response and Transparency
This order extends deadlines for local educational agencies (LEAs) to submit Local
Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP), which are multi-year planning documents that
must be developed in collaboration with parents, students, teachers and community
groups. LEAs will be required to publish reports detailing their COVID-19 response
including the steps they have taken to deliver high-quality distance learning
opportunities, provide school meals in non-congregate settings and arrange for
supervision of students during ordinary school hours. They will also be required to
explain the steps they have taken to meet the needs low-income students, English
learners and foster youth. The order also waives required physical education minutes
and annual physical fitness testing that requires on-site instruction. Academic
assessments were previously waived under a separate order.
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April 23: Executive Order N-57-20: Economic Impact Payment Garnishment
This order exempts garnishment for any individuals receiving federal, state or local
government financial assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes
recovery rebates under the CARES Act. Funds may still be garnished for child support,
family support, spousal support or criminal restitution for victims.
The Governor also announced a deal with private student loan servicers that provides
students with commercially owned Federal Family Education Loans or privately held
student loans options for expanded relief. These options include providing a minimum
of 90 days forbearance, waiving late payment fees, ensuring that no borrower is subject
to negative credit reporting and helping eligible borrowers enroll in other assistance
programs.
April 30: Executive Order N-58-20: Marriages
This order allows adults to obtain a marriage license, at the discretion of their local
county clerk, through videoconferencing if both adults are located within in California,
are present and can present identification during the video conference. The license will
be issued via email. Additionally, adults who wish to be married can conduct a
ceremony to solemnize the marriage via videoconference if both parties are present and
have at least one witness who can join the live video conference. This order is valid for
60 days.
May 1: Executive Order N-59-20: CalWorks
This order temporarily broadens counties’ capabilities to enroll persons into the
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using
various eligibility verification methods due to social distancing requirements. The
provisions allow for temporary self-attestation of pregnancy and conditions of eligibility
and waive in-person identification requirements. It also expands the opportunity for
individuals to qualify for a limited amount of lump-sum financial assistance instead of
receiving CalWORKs, as long as their income is below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty
Level, and supports families by suspending the requirement for county welfare
departments to consider Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation as income
when determining CalWORKs grant amounts.
May 4: Executive Order N-60-20: Local Health Order Criteria
This order directs the State Public Health Officer to establish criteria to determine
whether and how, considering local conditions, local health officers may implement
public health measures less restrictive than the statewide public health directives. To
have less restrictive standards, counties must meet criteria that illustrates they have a
low prevalence of COVID-19, meet testing and contact tracing criteria, their health care
system is prepared for a sudden rise in cases and have plans in place to protect
vulnerable populations. The details of the outline will be released in coming days.
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May 6: Executive Order N 61-20: Property Tax Penalties
This order waives penalties for property taxes paid after April 10 for taxpayers who
demonstrate they have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic
through May 6, 2021. This will apply to residential properties and small businesses.
Additionally, the executive order will extend the deadline for certain businesses to file
Business Personal Property Statements from tomorrow to May 31, 2020, to avoid
penalties.
May 6: Executive Order N 62-20: Worker’s Compensation
This order creates a time-limited rebuttable presumption for accessing workers’
compensation benefits applicable to Californians who must work outside of their homes
during the stay at home order. Those eligible will have the rebuttable presumption if
they tested positive for COVID-19 or were diagnosed with COVID-19 and confirmed by a
positive test within 14 days of performing a labor or service at a place of work after the
stay at home order was issued on March 19, 2020. The presumption will stay in place
for 60 days after issuance of the executive order.
May 8: Executive Order 63-20: Critical Deadline Extensions
This order extends various deadlines for public school project inspectors certification
requirements, Certified Access Specialists and notaries public and gives the State Fire
Marshal 60 days to publish lists of building materials requirements and registration
renewals for flame-retardant fabrics and applications. It also allows retired peace
officers to temporarily be reemployed for up to a year if they left the agency in good
standing and uthorizes remote reporting under the Sex Offender Registration Act
consistent with state public health guidance. Last, the order extends by 60 days certain
procedural deadlines of the Department of Industrial Relations, including the deadline
for workers to file wage claims with the Labor Commissioner; the deadline for
employers to appeal Cal/OSHA citations and the deadline for Workers’ Compensation
Administrative Law Judges to issue decisions.
May 8: Executive Order N 64-20: November General Election
This order requires that county elections officials send vote-by-mail ballots for the
November 3, 2020 General Election to all registered voters. Californians in of need
access to in-person voting opportunities – including individuals with disabilities, non-
English speakers, individuals experiencing homelessness and others – will still be able to
access in-person voting opportunities. The Administration will work with the Legislature
and the Secretary of State to determine how requirements for in-person voting
opportunities and other details of the November election will be implemented to
preserve public health and provide county elections officials flexibility.
May 19: Executive Order N 65-20: General Government COVID Response Issues
This order addresses the following government issues related to the COVID response.
Specifically, it waives the 10 percent cash or in-kind matching requirements for state
grants awarded to domestic violence service providers and the deadline to verify grade
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point average and certain certification requirements and selective service registration
verification for CalGrant applicants. The order also suspends programmatic deadlines
for entities that receive funding from the Energy Commission for the development and
deployment of new technologies that support the state’s clean energy and
decarbonization goals. Last, it extends the timeframe for local governments to submit
claims for reimbursement to the State Controller’s Office.
May 29: Executive Order N-66-20: Eviction Moratorium Extension & Other Government
Functions
This order extends local governments’ authorization to halt evictions through July 28. It
also extends the waiver permitting the DMV to allow mail-in renewals of driver’s
licenses and identification cards and waives certain programmatic and administrative
requirements that restrict childcare and afterschool programs from serving children of
essential infrastructure workers.
In addition, the order allows individuals enrolled in teacher preparation programs during
the 2019-20 school year to obtain their preliminary credential without a teaching
performance assessment, if the individual was unable to complete that requirement due
to a COVID-19 school closure.
Finally, the order requires the Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) to waive certain regulations governing administration of Emergency Services
Grant funding received under the CARES Act, develop alternative streamlined
procedures and implement reasonable accommodations for HCD-funded projects that
have been negatively affected by the pandemic, to help ensure project feasibility. The
order also suspends statutory set-asides for economic development and housing for
Community Development Block Grant program funding received under the CARES Act.
June 3: Executive Order N-67-20: November General Election
This order ensures in-person voting opportunities are available in sufficient numbers to
maintain physical distancing. It requires counties to provide three days of early voting
starting the Saturday before election day and requires ballot drop-box locations be
available between October 6 and November 3, while also allowing counties to
consolidate voting locations, with at least one voting location per 10,000 registered
voters.
The Administration will continue to work with the Legislature, the Secretary of State and
county elections officials on how other aspects of the November election, such as voter
education and outreach, will be implemented while preserving public health and giving
county elections officials needed flexibility.
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UPDATE ON REOPENING THE STATE: BARBER SHOPS & HAIR SALONS
Yesterday, the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced counties that meet the
criteria for accelerated re-opening may re-open hair salons and barbershops with
modifications such as mandatory face coverings for both barbers or stylists and clients.
Permitted activities include services that can be provided with both the worker and
customer wearing face coverings throughout the service including haircuts, hair
coloring, blowouts, weaves and extensions, braiding, lock maintenance, wig
maintenance and hair relaxing treatments.
Salon activities that cannot be done with face coverings on both the worker and client –
or that require touching the client's face – such as shaving, facial waxing, threading,
eyelash services and facials – remain prohibited at this time in all counties. Likewise,
nail salons remain closed.
Under the re-opening new guidance, salons and barbers must:
• Implement measures to ensure physical distancing of at least six feet between
and among workers and customers, except when providing haircutting and other
close contact services.
• Provide temperature and/or symptom screenings for all workers at the
beginning of their shift and any vendors, contractors, or other workers entering
the establishment.
• Encourage workers and customers who are sick or exhibiting symptoms of
COVID-19 to stay home.
• Screen customers upon arrival and be prepared to cancel or reschedule
customers who indicate they have any signs of illness.
• Require workers and customers to use face coverings during the entire
haircutting and other close contact hair services.
More information about the state's COVID-19 guidance is on the California Department
of Public Health's Guidance web page.
UPDATE ON REOPENING THE STATE: PLACES OF WORSHIP, RETAIL STORES &
PROTESTS
On Memorial Day, the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the statewide
reopening of places of worship for religious services and in-store retail shopping.
Modifications are required to keep Californians safe and limit the spread of COVID-19.
Subject to approval by county public health departments, all retail stores can reopen for
in-store shopping under previously issued guidelines. Under new guidance, places of
worship can hold religious services and funerals that limit attendance to 25% of a
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building’s capacity – or up to 100 attendees, whichever is lower – upon approval by the
county department of public health.
While large gatherings remain prohibited under the state’s stay-at-home order, DPH
also released guidelines for in-person protests and events designed for political
expression. The guidance limits attendance to 25% of an area’s maximum occupancy –
or up to 100 attendees.
The new guidance for religious services and cultural ceremonies encourages
organizations to continue online services and activities, including to protect individuals
who are most at risk for more severe COVID-19, including older adults and people with
specific medical conditions.
To reopen for religious services and funerals, places of worship must:
• Establish and implement a COVID-19 prevention plan for every location, train
staff on the plan, and regularly evaluate workplaces for compliance.
• Train employees and volunteers on COVID-19, including how to prevent it from
spreading and which underlying health conditions may make individuals more
susceptible to contracting the virus.
• Implement cleaning and disinfecting protocols.
• Set physical distancing guidelines.
• Recommend that staff and guests wear cloth face coverings, and screen staff for
temperature and symptoms at the beginning of their shifts.
• Set parameters around or consider eliminating singing and group recitations.
These activities dramatically increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission. For this
reason, congregants engaging in singing, particularly in the choir, and group
recitation should always wear face coverings and when possible, these activities
should be conducted outside with greater than 6-foot distancing.
The existing guidance for retailers, previously allowed for counties approved to advance
in the reopening process, now applies statewide. Retail can now open for in-store
shopping statewide. The guidelines help reduce the risk for workers and customers.
Retail does not include personal services such as hair salons, nail salons and
barbershops.
In 21 days, the Department of Public Health, in consultation with local departments of
public health, will review and assess the impact of the religious services guidelines and
provide further direction as part of a phased-in restoration of activities. This 21-day
interval accounts for seven days for religious communities to prepare and reopen in
addition to a 14-day incubation period of COVID-19.
CALIFORNIA CONNECTED, STATE’S CONTRACT TRACING PROGRAM, ANNOUNCED
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On May 22nd, Governor Newsom announced the launch of California Connected, the
state’s comprehensive contact tracing program and public awareness campaign. As part
of California Connected, public health workers from communities across the state will
connect with individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and work with them, and
people they have been in close contact with, to ensure they have access to confidential
testing, as well as medical care and other services to help prevent the spread of the
virus.
The state’s program is led by the Administration in collaboration with the California
Department of Public Health, local public health departments and the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Los Angeles (UCLA), which have launched a robust
online training academy to develop a culturally competent and skilled contact tracing
workforce.
The state plans to launch 10,000 contact tracers statewide as part of its plan to reopen
California. More than 500 individuals have been trained under the new contact tracing
program, and more than 300 are being trained this week.
For more information, visit CaliforniaConnected.ca.gov.
GOVERNOR’S RECOVERY TASKFORCE REQUESTS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
On May 19th, members of the Governor’s Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery sent
a letter to congressional leaders asking them pass $1 trillion in direct relief for state and
local governments. The letter, signed by 91 California leaders outlines the budgetary
challenges facing state, local and tribal governments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The task force was convened last month to chart a path forward on COVID recovery.
UPDATE ON REOPENING THE STATE: STAGE 2
As a state, California is now in Stage 2, where retail (curbside and delivery only), related
logistics and manufacturing, office workplaces, limited personal services, outdoor
museums, child care, and essential businesses can open with modifications. The state
has issued guidance to help those places reopen safely.
County variance. Local health jurisdictions that meet criteria established California
Department of Public Health and follow the process in the county guidance may move
further ahead in Stage 2 of the resilience roadmap.
If a county decides to pursue a variance to move further into Stage 2, the local public
health officer must:
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1. Notify the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
2. Certify through submission of a written attestation to CDPH that the county has
met the readiness criteria (outlined below), including guidance to be issued by
the county and detailed plans, and that the county is designed to mitigate the
spread of COVID-19.
The list counties that meet this criteria and are authorized to reopen more businesses
is available here.
At the May 4th press conference, Governor Newsom announced that California will
move into Stage 2 of modifying the stay at home order on Friday, May 8th. The
guidelines for Stage 2 will be released Thursday, May 7th. The Governor also released a
Report Card showing the state’s progress in fighting COVID-19 in a number of categories
such as stabilized hospitalization and ICU numbers and acquiring PPE.
CHILDCARE ONLINE PORTAL
At the April 30th press conference Governor Newsom announced a new portal to help
parents, including essential workers and vulnerable families, find safe, reliable and
accessible childcare options. The new portal is available at covid19.ca.gov/childcare and
enables parents to enter their location and the type of care they need, instantly
receiving a list of local center-based and family child care programs. The list of open
licensed childcare programs will include health and safety information, age of children
accepted, capacity, availability, hours and contact information for the program and local
Child Care Resource and Referral agency. The Child Care Resource and Referral agencies
can answer general questions, including those about childcare subsidies.
CALIFORNIA’S PANDEMIC RESILIANCE ROADMAP
At the April 28th press conference, Governor Newsom and California Department of
Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell, discussed the
state’s science and data driven plan to reopen the state. They also gave an updated
presentation of California’s Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience, which can be accessed
here.
NEW EXPANDED TESTING EXPANSION GUIDANCE ANNOUNCED
On April 22nd, Governor Newsom announced an expansion in testing and contract
tracing to identify those with the virus and the expansion of community testing in
underserved areas. The state is contracting with Verily, the Community Organized Relief
Effort (CORE), the Rockefeller Foundation and an anonymous donor to establish six new
community testing sites focused on underserved communities such as farmworkers and
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communities of color. California also is contracting with OptumServe to establish an
additional 80 community testing sites.
The state intends to:
• Accelerate equitable COVID-19 testing by aiming to deploy 25,000 tests per day by
April 30; establishing an additional 80-100 testing sites; and identifying five new
high-throughput testing hubs.
• Establish a contact tracing workforce by surveying counties on their capacity;
developing a statewide training academy; and training 10,000 public health
connectors to conduct contact tracing.
• Develop isolation protocols and supports by identifying regional alternate isolation
sites and building private-public partnerships to support those who are isolated.
• Deploy data management system and tools by publishing a symptom-check app;
deploying a data management platform; and establishing a data dashboard for the
public.
Additionally, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated their guidance
on the prioritization of COVID-19 laboratory testing to reflect the new testing expansion
capacity. This new guidance document can be accessed here.
GOVERNOR’S #CALIFORNIANSFORALL SERVICE INITIATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
On April 21st, Governor Newsom announced an initiative to connect Californians with
safe volunteer opportunities. #CaliforniansForAll seeks to unite organizations in need
of volunteers with Californians looking to serve, while ensuring stay-at-home and
physical distancing protocols are met. The initiative will focus on recruiting younger
Californians to help the most vulnerable throughout the state, including the elderly who
are at higher risk of infection. Interested individuals are encouraged to join
#CaliforniansForAll by signing up at californiansforall.ca.gov. Participants will receive an
email from California Volunteers with information on what they can do to help and
those who choose to volunteer will be contacted by local nonprofit partners when
opportunities open in their area.
GOVERNOR’S TASKFORCE ON BUSINESS & JOBS RECOVERY
On April 17th, Governor Newsom announced the formation of a state taskforce on
Business and Jobs Recovery, which will be co-chaired by Governor Newsom’s Chief of
Staff Ann O’Leary and philanthropist, environmentalist and businessman Tom Steyer.
Mr. Steyer was also appointed Chief Advisor to the Governor on Business and Jobs
Recovery. Mr. Steyer is serving in a volunteer capacity.
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Members of the Task Force include Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly
Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove, Assembly Minority
Leader Marie Waldron, former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Walt Disney
Company Executive Chairman Bob Iger, former head of the Small Business
Administration Aida Álvarez and dozens of prominent leaders in business, labor, health
care, academia and philanthropy.
Read the full list of Task Force members here.
NEWSOM’S CRITERIA FOR MODIFICATIONS TO STAY AT HOME ORDERS
On April 15th, the Governor released six key indicators that will inform the state’s
decision-making process for when and how to modify the stay-at-home and other
orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The six indicators are:
• The ability to monitor and protect our communities through testing, contact
tracing, isolating, and supporting those who are positive or exposed;
• The ability to prevent infection in people who are at risk for more severe COVID-19;
• The ability of the hospital and health systems to handle surges;
• The ability to develop therapeutics to meet the demand;
• The ability for businesses, schools, and childcare facilities to support physical
distancing; and
• The ability to determine when to reinstitute certain measures, such as the stay-at-
home orders, if necessary.
The Governor said there is not a precise timeline for modifying the stay-at-home order,
but that these six indicators will serve as the framework for making that decision.
He also noted that things will look different as California makes modifications. For
example, restaurants will have fewer tables and classrooms will be reconfigured.
LEGISLATION:
On March 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed emergency legislation providing up
to $1 billion in funding to help California fight COVID-19.
1. SB 89 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review – Budget Act of 2019.
2. SB 117 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review – Education finance:
average daily attendance and timeline waivers: protective equipment and
cleaning appropriation: COVID-19.
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The emergency legislative package provides $500 million General Fund to help California
fight COVID-19 and authorizes increases up to $1 billion. The funding is intended to:
• Increase hospital bed capacity and purchase medical equipment to combat the
coming surge in COVID-19 patients;
• Protect hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities most vulnerable to COVID-19
spread;
• Provide lifesaving services to Californians isolating at home;
• Support local government to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in homeless
populations and provide safe beds for people experiencing homelessness; and
• Provide funding to clean childcare facilities that remain open.
However, the operative language of the bill says, “$500,000,000 is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund to any item for any purpose…” – there will be pressure for the
Governor to spend this money outside of his stated purposes.
The package also provides $100 million Proposition 98 General Fund for personal
protective equipment and cleaning for schools that remain open. It also allows schools
to maintain funding despite service disruptions.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLABORATION:
Presidential Major Disaster Declaration
On March 22nd, Governor Newsom requested and received approval a Presidential
Major Disaster Declaration to assist in California’s COVID-19 preparedness and
emergency response efforts. The Major Disaster Declaration includes any and all
individual assistance programs to assist those affected by the outbreak and lessen the
economic impacts of the crisis. It will provide additional assistance, including but not
limited to, mass care and emergency assistance, crisis counseling, disaster case
management, disaster unemployment assistance, disaster legal services and Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance.
Congressional Leadership Letter
On March 19th, the Governor sent a letter on 3/19/2020 to Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting additional
federal assistance to supplement California’s efforts to prepare for a COVID-19 surge.
USNS Mercy Deployment
The Governor also announced on March 19th that he sent a letter to Trump
Administration requesting the immediate deployment of the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship
to the Port of Los Angeles through September 1, 2020, to help decompress the state’s
health care delivery system in Los Angeles in response to COVID-19. The Administration
approved the request and USNS Mercy arrived in Los Angeles on March 26th.
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Medi-Cal Section 1135 Waiver Requests
On March 16th, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) submitted a letter to the
federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting the easing of
certain federal rules governing doctors and other health care providers who treat
people covered through Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid. It also would loosen
rules regarding the use of telehealth and where care can be provided, making it simpler
to protect seniors and other populations at high risk for harm if exposed to the virus. ,
DHCS submitted an additional letter to CMS requesting additional flexibilities on March
19th. On March 23rd, CMS responded to the letters by approving portions of the
requests related to allowing out-of-state providers to treat California (in-person or via
telehealth), allowing changes for efficient use of hospital capacity and shifting patients
to appropriate care settings and modifications to prior authorization treatment rules.
CalFRESH EBT Online Purchasing Waiver Request
On March 20th, the Department of Social Services (DSS) submitted a letter to the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting permission to authorize retails stores to
accept CalFresh (California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) electronic
benefits transfer (EBT) cards for online grocery purchases. USDA approved this waiver
request on April 8th and CalFRESH beneficiaries will be able to use their EBT cards for
online groceries purchases at Amazon and Walmart starting on April 28th. DSS is
working to expand the number of participating retailers but has issued guidance for
county welfare directors.
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2020 Master File of Bills of Interest
As of June 3, 2020
AB 22 AUTHOR: Burke [D]
TITLE: Housing: Children and Families
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/03/2018
LAST AMEND: 01/16/2020
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Declares that it is the policy of the state that every child and family has the
right to safe, decent, and affordable housing. Requires the policy to consider
homelessness prevention, emergency accommodations, and permanent
housing. Requires all relevant state agencies and departments to consider that
policy when establishing policies, regulations, and grant criteria pertinent to
advancing the components of Housing First.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 46 AUTHOR: Carrillo [D]
TITLE: Individuals With Mental Illness: Change of Term
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/03/2018
ENACTED: 06/26/2019
DISPOSITION: Enacted
LOCATION: Chaptered
CHAPTER: 2019-09
SUMMARY:
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to replace derogatory
terms with more culturally sensitive terms when referring to individuals with
mental illness.
STATUS:
06/26/2019 Signed by GOVERNOR.
06/26/2019 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 2019-09
AB 465 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Firearm Relinquishment: Protective Orders
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/11/2019
LAST AMEND: 08/28/2019
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-35
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires a court, when issuing a protective order, to determine whether the
restrained person has possession or control of a firearm or ammunition in
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violation of the requirement to relinq uish that firearm or ammunition. Requires
the court to also consider whether the perpetrator of domestic violence is, or
has been, in possession or control of a firearm or ammunition in violation of the
law.
STATUS:
09/12/2019 In SENATE. Read second time. To third reading.
09/12/2019 In SENATE. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
09/12/2019 In SENATE. From Consent Calendar. To Inactive File.
AB 563 AUTHOR: Quirk-Silva [D]
TITLE: Mental Health: Funding
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2019
LAST AMEND: 04/22/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Appropriates a certain amount from the General Fund to the State Department
of Health Care Services to distribute to the North Orange County Public Safety
Task Force for the development of a two year pilot program. Requires 1/2 of the
moneys to be distributed on a specified date, and 1/2 to be distributed on a
specified date, and would require the moneys to be used to provide a range of
programs, services, and activities designed to assist individuals and families
experiencing mental health crises.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 732 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: County Jails: Prisons: Incarcerated Pregnant Persons
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/23/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Requires an incarcerated person in a county jail or the state prison who is
identified as possibly pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant during an
intake health examination, or at any time during incarceration, to be offered a
test upon intake or request. Provides an incarcerated person in a local detention
facility with the right to summon a physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse
midwife, or physician assistant. Provides for the use of menstrual hygiene
products.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
01/27/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
01/27/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (63-0)
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AB 828 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Moratorium on Foreclosures and Unlawful Detainer Action
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2019
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires a trustee, mortgagee, or beneficiary to first file a record in the office of
the recorder a notice of default, and establishes other requirements and
procedures for completion of a foreclosure sale. Prohibits a person from taking
any action to foreclose on a residential real property while a state or locally
declared state of emergency related to the coronavirus. Establishes a
procedure, known as an unlawful detainer action.
STATUS:
05/18/2020 From SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with author's
amendments.
05/18/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 953 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Accessory Dwelling Units
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Deems a permit application for the creation of an accessory dwelling unit or
junior accessory dwelling unit approved if the local agency has not acted upon
the completed application within 60 days. Requires ministerial approval of an
application for a building permit within a residential or mixed-use zone to create
one accessory dwelling unit and one junior accessory dwelling unit per lot with a
proposed or existing single-family dwelling if certain requirements are met.
STATUS:
01/30/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (76-0)
AB 1121 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Firearms: Prohibited Persons
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 03/19/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a person who is granted this pretrial diversion based on a mental
health disorder from owning or possessing a firearm, or other dangerous or
deadly weapon.
STATUS:
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02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 1126 AUTHOR: O'Donnell [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 04/01/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
to establish technical assistance centers and clearinghouses to support counties
in addressing mental health issues of statewide concern, with a focus on school
mental health and reducing unemployment and criminal justice involvement due
to untreated mental health issues. Requires the Commission to develop
transparency and accountability strategies.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 1182 AUTHOR: Carrillo [D]
TITLE: Post-Release Supervision Of Offenders
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 04/22/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires persons who have been scored as low or moderate risk to be released
if they have been on parole for a certain number of days and have not
committed any new offenses.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 1216 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Solid Waste: Illegal Dumping
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 03/26/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
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Authorizes the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa to establish a pilot
program to employ 2 law enforcement officers, one from each county, solely for
the purpose of enforcing dumping laws in those counties.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 1275 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services: County Pilot Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 05/16/2019
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-49
LOCATION: Senate Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a 3-year
pilot project to include the County of Los Angeles and up to 9 additional
counties in which each participating county would be required to establish an
outreach team, comprised of county employees, to provide outreach services to
individuals with a history of mental illness or substance use disorders who are
unable to provide for urgently needed medical care and who are homeless or at
risk of experiencing homelessness.
STATUS:
09/14/2019 In SENATE. From third reading. To Inactive File.
AB 1405 AUTHOR: Gloria [D]
TITLE: Permanent Supportive Housing for Parolees
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 04/29/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into
contracts with contractors who provide short-term housing to parolees through
an adult day reporting center or through the department's Specialized
Treatment for Optimized Programming to provide permanent housing for
individuals exiting prison who are at risk of homelessness and to parolees
experiencing homelessness.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the
Constitution.
02/03/2020 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
AB 1450 AUTHOR: Lackey [R]
TITLE: Child Abuse Central Index
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a police or sheriff's department to which a report of suspected child
abuse or severe neglect is made on or after January 1, 2021, or that is
investigating an open case for which a report of suspected child abuse or severe
neglect was made on or before January 1, 2021, to forward to the Department
of Justice a report in writing of its investigation of known or suspected child
abuse or severe neglect that is determined to be substantiated.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (74-0)
AB 1525 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: Cannabis: Financial Institutions
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/16/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Provides that an entity, that receives deposits, extends credit, conducts fund
transfers, transports cash or financial instruments on behalf of a financial
institution, or provides other financial services, including public a ccounting, for a
person licensed to engage in commercial cannabis activity does not commit a
crime under any state law.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY.
*****To SENATE. (68-1)
AB 1844 AUTHOR: Chu [D]
TITLE: Paid Sick Leave: Behavioral Health Conditions
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/11/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Labor and Employment Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires employers to provide their employees paid sick leave that is accrued at
a specified rate. Authorizes an employee to request a paid sick day for
prescribed purposes, including diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing
health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee's family
member. Specifies that existing health condition includes an existing behaviora l
health condition, as defined, for purposes of these provisions.
STATUS:
05/11/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
with author's amendments.
05/11/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
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Re-referred to Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT.
AB 1853 AUTHOR: Frazier [D]
TITLE: Health Care: Medical Goods: Reuse and Redistribution
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/07/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Aging, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
establish a comprehensive 3-year pilot program in the Counties of Contra Costa,
Napa, and Solano to facilitate the reuse and redistribution of durable medical
equipment and other home health supplies. Requires the department to contract
in each county with a local nonprofit agency to oversee the program.
STATUS:
01/30/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committees on AGING & LONG TERM CARE
and HEALTH.
AB 1907 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: California Environmental Quality Act: Shelters
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Exempts from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality
Act certain activities approved by or carried out by a public agency in
furtherance of providing emergency shelters, supportive housing, or affordable
housing. Requires a lead agency that determines to carry out or approve an
activity that is within this CEQA exemption to file a notice of exemption.
STATUS:
05/13/2020 In ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Not
heard.
AB 1908 AUTHOR: Chen [R]
TITLE: Transportation: Homeless Encampment and Litter Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Transportation, within its maintenance program, to
establish a Homeless Encampment and Litter Program to provide timely
abatement and cleanup of homeless encampments on Department property and
expedited and coordinated access to housing and supportive services. Requires
the Department to coordinate with homeless service provider agencies and to
establish homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel teams.
STATUS:
02/27/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committees on TRANSPORTATION and
HUMAN SERVICES.
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AB 1910 AUTHOR: Bauer-Kahan [D]
TITLE: Firearms: Prohibited Persons
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/08/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a person who is granted pretrial diversion from criminal prosecution for
certain offenses, based on a mental health disorder, from owning or possessing
a firearm.
STATUS:
01/17/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 1920 AUTHOR: Boerner Horvath [D]
TITLE: Climate Change: Climate Adaptation Center
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Climate Adaptation Center and Regional Support Network in the
Ocean Protection Council to provide local governments facing sea level rise
challenges with information and scientific expertise necessary to proceed with
sea level rise mitigation.
STATUS:
05/04/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES with
author's amendments.
05/04/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 1921 AUTHOR: Diep [R]
TITLE: Unlawful Entry of a Vehicle
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Makes forcibly entering a vehicle with the intent to commit a theft therein a
crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail.
STATUS:
01/23/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 1924 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Housing Development: Fees
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
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LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires that a fee levied or imposed on a housing development project by a
local agency be proportionate to the square footage of the proposed unit or
units.
STATUS:
01/23/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AB 1938 AUTHOR: Low [D]
TITLE: 340B Discount Drug Purchasing Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/16/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Defines a designated entity as a nonprofit organization, including any subsidiary
of that organization, that meets specified requirements, including that the
designated entity is a licensed managed care organization that has previously
contracted with the department as a primary care case management
organization, contracts with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services to provide services in the Medicare Program as a Medicare special
needs plan, and participates in the 340B program.
STATUS:
05/18/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH: Do pass to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (11-0)
AB 1946 AUTHOR: Santiago [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services: Involuntary Detention
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Expands the definition of gravely disabled for certain purposes to also include a
condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to
provide for their basic personal needs for medical treatment, if the failure to
receive medical treatment, as defined, would likely result in serious bodily harm
or death, as attested in writing by a medical professional in their best m edical
judgment.
STATUS:
05/04/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
05/04/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HEALTH.
AB 1948 AUTHOR: Bonta [D]
TITLE: Taxation: Cannabis
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
SUMMARY:
Reduces the excise tax rate on the purchase of cannabis and cannabis products
from 15% to 11% on and after the operative date of this bill until July 1, 2023,
at which time the excise tax rate would revert back to 15%. Suspends the
imposition of the cultivation tax on and after the operative date of this bill until
July 1, 2023.
STATUS:
03/09/2020 In ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION:
Heard, remains in Committee.
AB 1950 AUTHOR: Kamlager-Dove [D]
TITLE: Probation: Length of Terms
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/21/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 3
LOCATION: Assembly Second Reading File
SUMMARY:
Restricts the period of probation for a misdemeanor. Authorizes a court to
impose a term of probation of not longer than two years.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
AB 1954 AUTHOR: Cooley [D]
TITLE: Foster Care: Relative and Sibling Placement
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/17/2020
LAST AMEND: 03/12/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Human Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Extends the definition of relative, for purposes of disposition of a child who is a
dependent of the juvenile court due to abuse or neglect, to include caregivers of
minor siblings who are in a permanent plan of adoption, legal guardianship, or
placement with a fit and willing relative. Deletes the provision prohibiting the
consideration and investigation of a relative placement from being a cause for
continuance of the dispositional hearing.
STATUS:
03/12/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HUMAN SERVICES with
author's amendments.
03/12/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
AB 1979 AUTHOR: Friedman [D]
TITLE: Foster Youth: Housing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/23/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/03/2020 3:00 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires a county placement agency to examine its ability to meet the
emergency housing needs of nonminor dependents. Includes a transitional living
setting approved by a county to support youth who are entering or reentering
foster care or transitioning between placements, excluding a runaway and
homeless youth shelter or adult homeless shelter, within the definition of a
supervised independent living setting.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: To
Suspense File.
06/03/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass
as amended.
AB 2063 AUTHOR: Mullin [D]
TITLE: Property Taxation: Welfare Exemption: Housing
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
SUMMARY:
Decreases the percentage of occupants that are lower income households
required to qualify for the property tax exemption. Increases the total
exemption amount allowed to a taxpayer.
STATUS:
03/09/2020 In ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION:
Heard, remains in Committee.
AB 2064 AUTHOR: Patterson [R]
TITLE: Emergency Preparedness: Access and Functional Needs
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/04/2020
LAST AMEND: 03/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/03/2020 3:00 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires the Office of Emergency Services, in the next update of the State
Emergency Plan, to include best practices for local governments and
nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with access
and functional needs. Requires the Office to develop and update annually, a
guidance document for local governments based, in part, on a review of recent
emergency and natural disaster incidents, and what did or did not go well in the
response efforts.
STATUS:
06/02/2020 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in
committee.
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AB 2266 AUTHOR: Quirk-Silva [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services Act: Use of Funds
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to establish a pilot program in
up to 10 counties and authorizes funding from the Mental Health Services Act
(MHSA) to be used by participating counties to treat a person with co-occurring
mental health and substance abuse disorders when the person would be eligible
for treatment of the mental health disorder pursuant to the MHSA.
STATUS:
02/24/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
AB 2289 AUTHOR: Nazarian [D]
TITLE: Mental Health Services Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes relating to the Mental Health Services
Fund.
STATUS:
02/14/2020 INTRODUCED.
AB 2387 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: In Home Supportive Services: Needs Assessment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/18/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 167
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Relates to in home supportive services assessments. Authorizes counties to
perform a needs assessment by telephone if certain conditions are met,
including that the recipient has had at least one in person assessment since the
initial program intake and the recipient has not changed their residence since
the previous assessment.
STATUS:
05/11/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
AB 2421 AUTHOR: Quirk [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Permitting: Wireless Communications
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2020
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LAST AMEND: 03/12/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/03/2020 3:00 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires local agencies to adopt specified approval procedures for an
application to install an emergency standby generator, that meets specified
standards, within the physical footprint of a macro cell tower site.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass
as amended.
AB 2688 AUTHOR: Cervantes [D]
TITLE: Veterans: Veterans Service Officers
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/20/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Appropriates $11,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for allocation to counties for county veterans service officers
based upon a workload unit performance formula to be developed by the
department. Requires the department to develop performance metrics to
demonstrate the effective use of appropriated funds.
STATUS:
03/02/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS.
AB 2959 AUTHOR: Calderon I [D]
TITLE: Solid Waste: Byproducts from Processing of Food
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/05/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: 178
LOCATION: Assembly Third Reading File
SUMMARY:
Reauthorizes local governmental entities to exercise authority with regard to the
hauling of byproducts from the processing of food or beverages if those
byproducts originate from a supermarket, grocer, restaurant, or other retail
food establishment.
STATUS:
05/18/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
AB 3256 AUTHOR: Garcia E [D]
TITLE: Bond Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/18/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee
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HEARING: 06/03/2020 3:00 pm
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Economic Recovery, Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water,
Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act, which, if approved by the
voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in a specified amount to finance
projects for an economic recovery, wildfire prevention, safe drinking water,
drought preparation, and flood protection program.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Do pass
as amended.
CA ACR 98 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 06/04/2019
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Urges specified state departments and the Attorney General to use their
authority to ensure that health care service plans and health insurers subject to
their authority comply with the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental
Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
STATUS:
09/05/2019 Re-referred to SENATE Committee on HEALTH.
SB 45 AUTHOR: Allen [D]
TITLE: Wildfire Prevention, Drinking Water, Drought, and Flood
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 12/03/2018
LAST AMEND: 01/23/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Enacts the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and
Flood Protection Bond Act, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the
issuance of bonds to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects
for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood
protection program.
STATUS:
01/29/2020 In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted.
Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (29-6)
SB 50 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Planning and Zoning: Housing Development
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/03/2018
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
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Requires a local agency to notify the development proponent in writing if the
local agency determines that the development conflicts with any of the
requirements provided for streamlined ministerial approval within 60 days of the
submission of the development to the local agency. Authorizes a development
proponent of a neighborhood multifamily project located on an eligible parcel to
submit an application for a streamlined, ministerial approval process that is not
subject to a conditional use permit.
STATUS:
01/30/2020 In SENATE. Read third time. Failed to pass SENATE.
(18-15)
SB 54 AUTHOR: Allen [D]
TITLE: Solid Waste: Packaging and Products
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/11/2018
LAST AMEND: 09/10/2019
DISPOSITION: Pending
FILE: A-19
LOCATION: Assembly Inactive File
SUMMARY:
Amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. Authorizes the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to suspend or revoke the certificate of compliance of
an out of state vendor that fails to comply with the provisions of the State
Circular Economy and Pollution Reduction Act.
STATUS:
01/23/2020 In ASSEMBLY. From third reading. To Inactive File.
SB 353 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Criminal Record Data Sharing and Research
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2019
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Specifies criminal court records, as defined, as part of criminal offender record
information to be provided to the public agency or bona fide research body.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In SENATE. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to
Joint Rule 56.
SB 596 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: In Home Supportive Services
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/23/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Requires a county human services agency to use existing materials to inform
each applicant for benefits under the In Home Supportive Services program that
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the applicant may be eligible to receive that higher energy allowance and any
advanced notifications that may be provided by a public utility, when the public
utility plans to deenergize portions of the electrical distribution system or in an
emergency.
STATUS:
01/29/2020 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (38-0)
SB 640 AUTHOR: Moorlach [R]
TITLE: Mental Health Services: Gravely Disabled Persons
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: SENATE
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a county to instead use a definition of gravely disabled for these
purposes that would read, in part, a condition in which a person, as a result of a
mental health disorder, is incapable of making informed decisions about, or
providing for, the person's own basic personal needs for food, clothing, or
shelter without significant supervision and assistance from another person and,
as a result of being incapable of making these informed decisions, the person is
at risk of substantial bodily harm.
STATUS:
02/03/2020 In SENATE. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to
Joint Rule 56.
SB 753 AUTHOR: Stern [D]
TITLE: Public Social Services: Emergency Notification
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/15/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Permits elderly or disabled clients telephone numbers and email addresses to be
disclosed. Specifically identifies a public safety power shut off as a public safety
emergency. Requires a county social services agency that intends to disclose
such information to notify elderly or disabled individuals receiving services of
that fact and give the individual the option to opt out of having that information
disclosed.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
SB 773 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Accessory Dwelling Units
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
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DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Deems a permit application for the creation of an accessory dwelling unit or
junior accessory dwelling unit approved if the local agency has not acted upon
the completed application within 60 days.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (39-0)
SB 776 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: College Admissions: Criminal History Inquiry
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/22/2019
LAST AMEND: 01/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a postsecondary educational institution in this state from inquiring
about a prospective student's criminal history on an initial application form or at
any time during the admissions process before the institution's final decision
relative to the prospective student's application for admission.
STATUS:
01/27/2020 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To
ASSEMBLY. (30-6)
SB 793 AUTHOR: Hill [D]
TITLE: Flavored Tobacco Products
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/05/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a tobacco retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer's agents or
employees, from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the intent to sell or
offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer.
Makes a violation punishable as an infraction with specified penalties.
STATUS:
06/01/2020 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.
SB 795 AUTHOR: Beall [D]
TITLE: Economic Development: Housing: Climate Change
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/06/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
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SUMMARY:
Continuously appropriates a specified amount from the General Fund and
requires the Controller to allocate a certain amount among various housing
programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community
Development, the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program, and
for distribution by the State Workforce Development Board among local
agencies to participate in, invest in, or partner with preapprenticeship training
programs.
STATUS:
05/26/2020 From SENATE Committee on HOUSING: Do pass to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (8-2)
SB 852 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Health Care: Prescription Drugs
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/19/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Office of Drug Contracting and Manufacturing to increase patient
access to affordable drugs. Requires the Office to contract or partner with at
least one drug company or generic drug manufacturer to produce at least ten
generic prescription drugs and insulin at a price that results in savings for
providers, patients, and purchasers. Requires the Office to report certain
information.
STATUS:
05/19/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
SB 855 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Health Coverage: Mental Health or Substance Abuse
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/14/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/19/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Requires a health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy to
provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and
substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions applied to other
medical conditions. Requires a health care service plan or disability insurer that
provides hospital, medical, or surgical coverage to base medical necessity
determinations and the utilization review criteria.
STATUS:
06/01/2020 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.
SB 889 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Juveniles: Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/24/2020
LAST AMEND: 03/25/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Rules Committee
SUMMARY:
Extends the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Requires detention, if necessary,
take place in the minor's or youth's home, unless detention in juvenile hall is
necessary for specified reasons, including for the protection of others. Limits
probation to only those behaviors that are necessary for public safety and
specifically related to individual risk factors.
STATUS:
03/25/2020 From SENATE Committee on RULES with author's
amendments.
03/25/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on RULES.
SB 946 AUTHOR: Pan [D]
TITLE: Flood Control: Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/10/2020
LAST AMEND: 06/03/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Yolo Bypass Cache Slough Partnership Multibenefit Program to
support the development and implementation of projects within the Yolo Bypass
and Cache Slough region. Requires the participating agencies to work in
collaboration with the participating federal and local agencies to advance
specified objectives in the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough region relating to flood
control.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 From SENATE Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER with author's amendments.
06/03/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER.
SB 1025 AUTHOR: Umberg [D]
TITLE: Libraries: Student Success Cards
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/04/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Education Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires local educational agencies to enter into a memorandum of agreement
with the appropriate library district or public library to collaborate and connect
for the purpose of providing every public school pupil enrolled in the local
educational agency with a student success card. Requires a memorandum of
agreement to include specified elements and to be effective for five years, after
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which the memorandum of agreement may be renewed.
STATUS:
05/12/2020 In SENATE. 2nd Committee referral withdrawn by rule.
SB 1085 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Density Bonus Law: Incentives
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/19/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/27/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Revises various provisions of the Density Bonus Law. Revises the definition of
incentives or concessions. Requires a city or county to grant a density bonus an
certain incentives or concessions, if the developer agrees to construct a housing
development that will contain a certain percentage of units for households of
low or moderate incomes. Requires the reporting of certain information.
STATUS:
05/27/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
SB 1300 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Redevelopment Agency Dissolution: Finding of Completion
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/22/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the successor agency in the City of Hercules, with the approval of
the Department of Finance, to be eligible for a find of completion if it has
entered into an agreed upon written installment payment plan with the
Department and is in compliance with than plan.
STATUS:
05/28/2020 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (5-0)
SB 1347 AUTHOR: Galgiani [D]
TITLE: Veterinary Medicine: Authorized Care
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/22/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Expands the exception from veterinary licensure requirements to include
officers and employees of animal shelters. Expands the types of veterinary care
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that may be provided to include, but not be limited to, the administration of
nonprescription vaccinations to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
Requires a shelter engaging in these exempted acts of veterinary care to
maintain records of the care.
STATUS:
05/22/2020 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
SB 1349 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Transactions and Use Taxes: County of Contra Costa
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 04/08/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 06/03/2020 9:30 am
SUMMARY:
Authorizes specified cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and
approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific
purposes. Relates to Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act.
Relates to San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Act. Authorizes the
County of Contra Costa to impose a transactions and use tax in conformity with
the Transactions and Use Tax Law for general or specific purposes to support
countywide programs.
STATUS:
06/03/2020 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Do pass.
SB 1385 AUTHOR: Caballero [D]
TITLE: Local Planning: Housing: Commercial Zones
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/20/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Establishes the Neighborhood Home Act which would deem a housing
development project an authorized use on a neighborhood lot that is zoned for
office or retail commercial use under a local agency's zoning code or general
plan. Authorizes an applicant seeking to develop a housing project on a
neighborhood lot to request a new Mello Roos Community Facilities District or
that the lot be annexed to an existing one. Provides for the Housing
Accountability Act.
STATUS:
05/28/2020 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (6-0)
SB 1431 AUTHOR: Glazer [D]
TITLE: Property Taxation: Reassessment: Disaster Relief
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/21/2020
LAST AMEND: 05/06/2020
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 06/09/2020 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Expands existing law relating to the reassessment of property damaged or
destroyed in an area or region subsequently proclaimed to be in a state of
disaster. Specifies that damage includes a diminution in the value of property as
a result of any law, order, or rule, or regulation of the state or locality providing
tenant protections in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
STATUS:
05/21/2020 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE:
Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (4-3)
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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:06/08/2020
Subject:AB 2959 (Calderon):
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2020-11
Referral Name: AB 2959
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097
Referral History:
AB 2959 was referred to the Legislation Committee for consideration by a representative of
Republic Services, working on behalf of a coalition. Staff has not had time to finalize its analysis
of the potential impacts of the bill on Contra Costa County, due to time constraints posed by the
pandemic.
The request for consideration by the Committee indicates: "AB 2959 is a clean-up bill that
provides a clarification to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 40059.4. This section of the
Code was adopted as AB 3036 (Cooley) [Ch. 832, Stat. 2018]. The Resource Recovery Coalition,
of which Garaventa/Mt. Diablo is a member, is also supporting the bill. The basic purpose of AB
3036 and AB 2959 is to enable farm-to-farm transfers of agricultural byproducts from a grower or
food processor to another farmer, for use as animal feed and that this limited and narrow practice
may occur outside of an exclusive solid waste franchise agreement. The creation of PRC 40059.4
in AB 3036 was not intended to apply to agricultural byproducts generated at a Costco, a grocery
store or caterers and restaurants. Unfortunately, the provisions in AB 3036 have been
misinterpreted by several businesses in a manner that attempts to violate local franchise
agreements. These businesses now assert that commercial entities such as Costco and Walmart,
restaurants and grocery stores are to be considered “industrial sources”, arguing that wastes from
these sources is a processing “byproduct” and excluded from exclusive local agency franchise
agreements. This new interpretation is beyond reasonable and was not the intent of AB 3036,
which the author (Cooley) has since clarified."
Referral Update:
AB 2959
Author:Ian C. Calderon (D-057)
Title:Solid Waste: Byproducts from Processing of Food
Fiscal
Committee:
no
Urgency
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Urgency
Clause:
no
Introduced:02/21/2020
Last
Amend:
05/05/2020
Disposition:Pending
File:178
Location:Assembly Third Reading File
Summary:Reauthorizes local governmental entities to exercise authority with regard to the
hauling of byproducts from the processing of food or beverages if those
byproducts originate from a supermarket, grocer, restaurant, or other retail food
establishment.
Status:05/18/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
Full Status
02/21/2020 INTRODUCED.
03/05/2020 To ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
05/05/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES with
author's amendments.
05/05/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on
NATURAL RESOURCES.
05/13/2020 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES: Do
pass. (7-2)
05/18/2020 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time. To third reading.
The text of the bill is available at:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2959
2019 CA A 2959: Bill Analysis - 05/22/2020 - Assembly Floor
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2959
(Calderon)
As Amended May 5, 2020
Majority vote
SUMMARY:
Clarifies the entities that are exempted from solid waste franchise agreements for the hauling of
food byproducts.
Major Provisions
This bill specifies that an "industrial source" excludes supermarkets, grocers, restaurants, and
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This bill specifies that an "industrial source" excludes supermarkets, grocers, restaurants, and
other retail food establishments.
COMMENTS:
1) Meeting the state's recycling goals. An estimated 35 million tons of waste are disposed of in
California's landfills annually, of which 32% is compostable organic materials, 29% is
construction and demolition debris, and 17% is paper. CalRecycle is tasked with diverting at least
75% of solid waste from landfills statewide by 2020. Local governments have been required to
divert 50% of the waste generated within the jurisdiction from landfill disposal since 2000. AB
341 (Chesbro), Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011, requires commercial waste generators, including
multi-family dwellings, to arrange for recycling services for the material they generate and
requires local governments to implement commercial solid waste recycling programs designed to
divert solid waste generated by businesses out of the landfill. A follow up bill, AB 1826
(Chesbro), Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014, requires generators of organic waste (i.e., food waste
and yard waste) to arrange for recycling services for that material to keep the material out of the
landfill.
SB 1383 (Lara), Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016, required the California Air Resources Board to
approve and implement the comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve, from
2013 levels, a 40% reduction in methane, a 40% reduction in hydrofluorocarbon gases, and a 50%
reduction in anthropogenic black carbon, by 2030. In order to accomplish these goals, the bill
specified that the methane emission reduction goals include targets to reduce the landfill disposal
of organic waste 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025 from the 2014 level.
The purpose of the state's organic recycling goals is to divert material that is going to landfill to
better purposes. However, some actions taken by solid waste local enforcement agencies to
comply with the state's organics recycling requirements have resulted in material from agricultural
operations that have historically been recycled into animal feed, soil amendments, and mulch and
have never gone to landfill being pulled into the traditional waste management system. These
agricultural recycling systems have been taking place for decades and serve a number of
beneficial purposes that are consistent with the US Environmental Protection Agency's food
recovery hierarchy, which sets priorities for food waste management: a) source reduction; b) feed
hungry people; c) feed animals; d) industrial uses (i.e., rendering, fuel conversion, anaerobic
digestion, and composting); and, e) disposal.
2) Whose waste? The current definition of solid waste includes materials that never make it into
the waste stream. Agricultural operations have historically managed their own waste materials in
environmentally beneficial ways. For example, fruit and vegetable growers may send their waste
materials to a rancher to be used as cattle feed. Wineries may operate their own on-site
composting operations to manage trimmings and generate compost to improve the quality of their
soil. These practices keep costs down and comply with the state's waste management goals by
keeping the material out of landfills. Traditionally, these practices have operated outside of the
solid waste management system.
Most jurisdictions in the state operate with some form of "franchise," or contract, that limits solid
waste hauling within the jurisdiction to one or more companies. Franchises are often, but not
always, accompanied by a local ordinance. Exclusive franchises specify one hauler within a
jurisdiction. Non-exclusive franchises allow for more than one hauler, but establish specific
requirements for hauling within the jurisdiction. Franchises can apply to residential, commercial,
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or industrial solid waste hauling and any combination thereof. Not all communities in California
have franchise agreements. In 1994, the California Supreme Court ruled that franchises do not
prohibit individuals within the franchise area from selling recyclable materials, as those materials
are not waste because they have value. Additionally, state law specifies that individuals have the
right to donate or sell recyclable materials.
Enforcement of franchises is determined at the local level and varies by jurisdiction. In most
cases, franchise waste haulers pursue direct legal action against unauthorized haulers.
4) Clarifying the law. AB 3036 (Cooley), Chapter 832, Statutes of 2018, prohibits a local
government's franchise agreement to manage solid waste from including the handling of
byproducts from the processing of food or beverages, as specified. AB 3036 was focused on
agricultural material that has traditionally been managed outside of the solid waste stream.
According to the Assembly Floor analysis:
This bill attempts to provide clarity how this agricultural material can be handled. Agricultural
operations have historically managed their own waste materials in environmentally beneficial
ways. For example, fruit and vegetable growers may send their waste materials to a rancher to be
used as cattle feed. Wineries may operate their own on-site composting operations to manage
trimmings and generate compost to improve the quality of their soil. These practices keep costs
down and comply with the state's waste management goals by keeping the material out of
landfills.
Over the last two years, AB 3036 has been interpreted by some to mean that any facility that
generates food waste is exempt from local solid waste franchise agreements. That was not the
intent of the bill. This bill seeks to clarify the law to conform to the intent of AB 3036.
This bill does not change how agricultural materials are managed, nor does it limit the use of
agricultural materials used for animal feed. This bill removes supermarkets, grocers, restaurants,
and other retail food establishments from the existing prohibition on the inclusion of "industrial
sources" in local solid waste franchises, which would allow local jurisdictions to determine
whether or not to include those facilities in their franchise agreements and whether or not to allow
those materials to be used as animal feed.
According to the Author:
The basic purpose of this measure is to enable farm-to-farm transfers of agricultural byproducts
from a grower to another farmer, for use as animal feed. Waste sectors agreed that this limited
and narrow practice could occur outside of an exclusive solid waste handling franchise. The
creation of PRC 40059.4 was not intended to apply to agricultural byproducts generated at a retail
store or restaurant.
Arguments in Support :
Californians Against Waste states:
AB 3036 [(Cooley), Chapter 832, Statutes of 2018] established conditions under which an
industrial generator of food scraps may be able to send their food scraps to animal feed
operations, even if animal feed and industrial food processing were not contemplated in the
original solid waste franchise adopted by a local jurisdiction. This was intentionally a
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narrowly-crafted piece of legislation designed to ensure that businesses could maximize their
organic waste recycling without running afoul of local ordinances. However, this legislation has
been incorrectly, and disingenuously, misinterpreted by some to create a much broader exemption
beyond that which was intended in the original bill.
Solid waste franchises are one of the most important tools that local governments have to not
only protect public health and safety, but also to achieve the ambitious recycling goals established
by the legislature. These franchises are the backbone of California's entire curbside recycling
system and will be an indispensable instrument for rolling out new composting programs around
the state. Franchise agreements also serve to ensure worker protections, cleaner fleets, and less
congested streets.
While we strongly disagree with those who claim that AB 3036 eliminated these important
protections, this bill provides further clarity to the original legislation.
Arguments in Opposition:
A coalition of opponents, including the California Farm Bureau, state:
AB 3036 (Cooley), Chapter 832, Statutes of 2018, addressed the challenge of defining byproducts
that are allowable to be diverted to animal feed. As the sponsors and supporters of AB 3036
(Cooley), AB 2959 (Calderon) would undue much of the clarity the original bill sought to provide
and would remove the ability to divert such byproducts...
California is the largest agricultural state in the nation, producing more than $50 billion in value
from the production of over 400 different commodities. Many of these commodities are packed,
processed, or combined into a wide variety of food and beverage products that produce
byproducts that serve as valuable nutrition for animal feed. These byproducts include but are not
limited to fruit and vegetable peelings, tomato and grape pomace, citrus pulp, nut hulls, spent
grain and malt sprouts, milk byproduct, rice husks or hulls from milling, bakery waste, sunflower
meal, etc. As a perspective of the scale of byproduct use, California's wine production produces
approximately 400,000 tons of grape pomace annually of which 50-80% is fed to livestock. In
2018, California produced nearly 4.6 billion pounds of almond hulls, almost all of which went to
feed.
Feeding these byproducts to the State's livestock industry provides nutrient-dense feed which
allows for healthy animals and maximizes production. Its availability also prevents farms and
ranches from having to depend upon imported feed, thereby reducing potential environmental
impacts. This traditional diversion paradigm also provides a market for this byproduct to be kept
out of landfills, helping ensure nothing goes to waste. It is for these reasons, that the undersigned
organizations supported AB 3036 (Cooley) which clarified that these byproducts going to animal
feed are not defined as waste and therefore not subject to the conditions governing waste
management. AB 3036 even went a step further by requiring the byproduct meet specific
conditions. AB 2959, however, would restrict many of the types of facilities specified under AB
3036 that traditionally divert byproducts for animal feed. These types of facilities would include
supermarkets, grocers, restaurants, and other retail food establishments.
FISCAL COMMENTS:
None
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VOTES:
ASM NATURAL RESOURCES: 7-2-2
YES: Friedman, Chau, Cristina Garcia, Limon, McCarty, Muratsuchi, Mark Stone
NO: Flora, Mathis
ABS, ABST OR NV: Brough, Eggman
UPDATED:
VERSION: May 5, 2020
CONSULTANT: Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092 FN: 0002752
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on AB 2959
(Calderon) and direct staff to send the item to the Board on consent.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
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