HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOARD STANDING COMMITTEES - 04102023 - Legislation Cte Agenda PktLEGISLATION COMMITTEE
April 10, 2023
1:00 P.M.
1025 Escobar Street, Room 110A
Martinez, CA 94553
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Brentwood, CA 94513
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Supervisor Ken Carlson, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Agenda Items:Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee
1.Introductions
2.PUBLIC COMMENT: Persons who wish to address the Legislation Committee during public comment on matters
within the jurisdiction of the Legislation Committee that are not on the agenda, may comment in person, via Zoom, or
via call-in. All public comments will be limited to three minutes.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the March 13, 2023 meeting of the Legislation Committee,
with any necessary corrections.
4.RECEIVE a report on federal matters of interest to the County and PROVIDE direction to staff and the
County's federal lobbyists, as needed.
5.DISCUSS the County's sponsored state bills and its advocacy priorities and PROVIDE direction to staff and
the County's state lobbyists, as needed.
6.CONSIDER policy recommendations for the County's State and Federal Legislative Platforms from the
County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Kristin Connelly, and provide direction, as needed.
7.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, May 8, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
8.Adjourn
The Legislation Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Legislation
Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a
majority of members of the Legislation Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at
1025 Escobar St., 4th Floor, Martinez, during normal business hours.
Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting
time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2057, Fax (925) 655-2066
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:04/10/2023
Subject:Record of Action for Legislation Committee Meeting
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-08
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: L. DeLaney Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
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 discussions made in the meetings.
Referral Update:
Attached for the Committee's consideration is the draft Record of Action for its March 13, 2023 meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
Staff recommends APPROVAL of the Record of Action for the March 13, 2023 meeting of the Legislation Committee.
Attachments
DRAFT Record of Action
D R A F T
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
March 13, 2023
Supervisor Ken Carlson, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Present: Ken Carlson, Chair
Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
Staff Present:Lara DeLaney, Senior Deputy County Administrator, staff to Committee; Colleen
Awad, Senior District Rep., D. 4
Attendees:See Attachment
1.Introductions
Chair Carlson convened the meeting of the Legislation Committee at 1:07 p.m., introducing himself.
Vice Chair Burgis introduced herself and noted staff and attendees would introduce themselves as
needed.
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers
may be limited to three minutes).
Public comment was offered by Call_in_user_1, who expressed that certain bills needed more
technical expertise and analysis. The caller suggested that the pro's and con's of the legislation needed
greater consideration and expertise.
3.Staff recommends APPROVAL of the Record of Action for the February 6, 2023 meeting of the
Legislation Committee.
The Record of Action was approved as presented.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
4.ACCEPT the report on the State budget and State Bills of Interest to Contra Costa County and provide
direction and/or input to staff and the County's state lobbyists as needed.
Staff provided a brief recap of the staff report. The County's state lobbyists noted they were working
Staff provided a brief recap of the staff report. The County's state lobbyists noted they were working
with the County's Sustainability Coordinator, Jody London, on SB 511 (Blakespear), one of the
County's sponsored bills. The bill was expected to be heard in Senate Environmental Quality
Committee on 3/29 (although it was not). Ms. London was expected to be a primary witness for the bill.
With regard to AB 592 (Wilson), the County's sponsored bill related to illegal dumping, the bill only
recently became eligible for referral to Committee (and was subsequently referred to Assembly Local
Government). A meeting was scheduled with staff and the lobbyists for later in the week to discuss
possible bill amendments. Public comments from Call_in_user 1 included preference for freedom of
choice and helping people to make their own choices.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
5.CONSIDER recommending a position of "Support" to the Board of Supervisors on SB 287
(Skinner) and directing staff to place the item on a Board of Supervisors agenda on Consent for
consideration.
Vice Chair Burgis presented the item, noting she had been approached for support. She had reached
out to the Health Department for their input, and Dr. Tzvieli was "strongly" supportive of the bill and
would be present to address the Committee.Dr. Tzvieli noted that social media accounts are not "free"
because you/your information is the product being sold. The algorithms used by social media platforms
were designed to keep people on their screens, leaving less time for family, hobbies and exercise, and
providing more opportunity for bullying. He added that due to the increasing number of fentanyl related
deaths in the U.S., there were many reasons for Health Services to be concerned. Vice Chair Burgis
agreed with the caller about the benefits of personal freedom but noted that not everyone has parents
who can promote good health. These platforms can lead to mental health challenges for youth, can
affect academics and inter-personal relationships. Chair Carlson agreed that there was targeting
through algorithms on these platforms and indicated he was strongly supportive. Vice Chair Burgis
added that this effort was not just symbolic but an attempt to participate in solutions to mental health
and behavioral health issues, such as substance abuse.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
6.RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors a position on AB 817 (Pacheco) or find the bill consistent
with the Board's adopted 2023-24 State Platform.
The County's lobbyist, Geoff Neill, provided a recap of the bills introduced thus far related to the Brown
Act, noting that AB 817 was co-authored by a member of our delegation, Assemblymember Wilson. He
indicated that the goal of the bill was to allow members of bodies that were not decision-makers to
participate in public meetings remotely without having to publish their address on the agenda.
Call_in_user1 noted that this was an "extremely important issue," but she had "ambivalent feelings,"
and was questioning intentions since the spirit of the Brown Act is related to transparency in
government and prior to Zoom she wasn't able to know about or attend some public meetings; her
challenge was now related to two standing committee meetings occuring at the same time, contending
that the County didn't want transparency. Chair Carlson indicated this bill wasn't related to the
notification of public meetings but participation in meetings. He indicated higher rates of participation in
public meetings through COVID because of technology measures such as Zoom, noting it was often
more efficient and easier for people to attend, especially those who previously had to travel across the
county. Because of increased public access, he indicated the County should support the bill (AB 817).
Vice Chair Burgis added that remote participation also decreases greenhouse gas emissions, another
benefit of the technology improvements. AB 557 was also discussed briefly, noting it would eliminate
the sunset provisions of AB 361 and extend the renewal period from 30 to 45 days. The Committee
expressed support for that bill as well.
7.RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on AB 240 (Kalra) and DIRECT staff
7.RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Support" on AB 240 (Kalra) and DIRECT staff
to place on the Board's consent agenda for action, or FIND the bill consistent with the Board's adopted
2023-24 State Legislative Platform.
Staff to the Committee provided comments from Animal Services Director, Beth Ward, who was unable
to attend due to a conflict: "We are experiencing an increase of families with animals in our county that
are needing support from our agency. Many people are challenged with being able to afford necessary
medical care for their pets and having to consider relinquishment of their pets due to behavior issues
that could have been minimized or eliminated if their pet was altered. We are beginning to see a rise in
the number of dogs/cats that are coming to the shelter pregnant or with a litter already on the ground!
Our shelter has a limited number of cages and kennels to hold the animals in need of help, without
adequate, accessible, affordable Spay and Neuter in our county we will begin to see an increase in
euthanasia of animals just due to the simple math problem of too many animals, not enough cages.
This bill, AB240, will help reduce the population of pets in Contra Costa County and ultimately save
more lives of the animals in our county." Vice Chair Burgis noted there is not enough funding for
spay-neuter services and not enough veterinarians or vet techs to perform the work. She inquired
about an estimate of the funding the bill would be expected to generate. The County lobbyist Geoff
Neill added there was a nationwide shortage of veterinarians, but there were other related bills moving
forward to address that problem. Call_in_user1 commented that she didn't have anything against
animals but she was "really tired of paying for people with animals," and shouldn't be made to pay. The
Committee noted the funding from the bill would be generated from pet food manufacturers, whose
customers would ultimately pay a cost.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
8.CONSIDER recommending to the Board of Supervisors a position of "Sponsor" on AB 540 (Wicks)
Social Service Transportation Improvement Act, and direct staff to send this to the Board of Supervisors
for consideration on their March 21, 2023 agenda.
The County's transportation planning lead, John Cunningham, presented the item and described the
goal of the legislation. He noted that outreach was still needed to local transit districts. Concerns about
the revenue mechanism had been expressed and was still in development. Mr. Cunningham noted that
the County's transportation lobbyist, Mark Watts, was in attendance, as was the bill sponsor, Debbie
Toth from Choice in Aging. Vice Chair Burgis inquired about the issues with a $10 fee increase. Mr.
Cunningham responded that transit agencies were facing tremendous financial issues, particularly as a
result of the pandemic and lost ridership, and many agencies need revenue for their own survival. Mr.
Watts noted that he and Mr. Cunningham had been working on this bill concept for many years and that
it was "foundationally important" to have capital funding for accessible transportation services. Chair
Carlson inquired about who would potentially pay the $10 fee. Mr. Watts explained the funding
mechanism was modeled on the Vehicle License Fee, as a surcharge on vehicle registration. Vice
Chair Burgis noted that eventhough this is a cost, the cost of transporting people is high though we
seek a more streamlined and less expensive way. Additionally, she noted that as people age and can
no longer drive, accessible transportation can provide comfort, respect, and dignity and allow people to
remain living in their homes and get out to appointments and visits. She concluded that this may be an
investment that returns benefits several fold.Chair Carlson noted there would be better health
outcomes, resulting in lower costs to society. Debbie Toth added that when you talk about the price of
transportation, you should factor in the cost of skilled nursing facilities. She commended the County for
leading the way on the Accessible Transportation Plan. Call_in_user1 commented that she wanted
more numbers, details, and assurances that the money raised would actually provide help to the
people who need it. Vice Chair Burgis responded that this would be a fiscally responsible bill, allowing
people to live independently and not require supportive housing. She invited the public to be more
curious and informed, noting the bill would have a financial benefits on several fronts. She requested
staff to provide bullet points to highlight fiscal benefits of the bill but indicated the County should
"definitely sponsor" the bill.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
9.ACCEPT the report and provide direction/input to staff as needed.
The County's federal lobbyist, Paul Schlesinger, provided a summary of the County's efforts to submit
Community Project Funding requests to our congressional delegation for their consideration. There was
no public comment.
AYE: Chair Ken Carlson
Vice Chair Diane Burgis
10.The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, April 10, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
11.Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
For Additional Information Contact:
Lara DeLaney, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1097, Fax (925) 646-1353
lara.delaney@cao.cccounty.us
Legislation Committee Meeting Zoom Attendees
13-Mar-23
Call_in_user_1
Dan Peddycord
Debbie Toth (she/her) | Choice in Aging
Geoff Neill
Jim Davenport
John Cunningham# CC County
L.Raygoza# Contra Costa County
Mark Watts
Michael Kent# CCHS
Michelle Rubalcava
MONICA NINO
Ori Tzvieli (he/him)
Paul Schlesinger
Peter Myers
Ryan Hernandez
Sandra Naughton (she/her)# First 5 Contra Costa
Teresa Gerringer (she/her)
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:04/10/2023
Subject:Federal Update
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-07
Referral Name: Federal Update
Presenter: Paul Schlesinger, Thorn Run Partners Contact:
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee regularly receives reports on federal legislation and budget matters of interest to the County and
provides direction to staff and the County's federal lobbyists. The County's lobbyists from Thorn Run Partners includes Mr.
Paul Schlesinger, who will attend the Committee meeting via Zoom to provide additional information about the County's
Community Project Funding requests and other significant federal matters.
Referral Update:
The lobbyists from Thorn Run Partners provide their clients, including Contra Costa County, a daily "Tip Sheet" that
summarizes key federal matters. (With Congress out for Passover and Easter holidays, the publication of the Tip Sheet will be
three days a week until the week of April 17.)
The TRP Tip Sheet
April 5, 2023
QUICK TAKES
— CONGRESS BREAKS FOR SPRING HOLIDAYS. House and Senate lawmakers will return for legislative
business on Monday, April 17.
— NIH LAUNCHES NATIONAL CANCER PLAN. The NCI designed the plan to adopt the Cancer Moonshot goal of
reducing cancer deaths by at least 50 percent within 25 years.
— TREASURY TO ANNOUNCE IRS SPENDING PLAN THIS WEEK. The Strategic Operating Plan is expected to
detail enforcement, customer service, and internal infrastructure improvements, among other items.
— CMS FINALIZES RATE ANNOUNCEMENT OF METHODOLOGICAL CHANGES FOR CY 2024 MA, PART D
PAYMENT POLICIES. Click here to view TRP's analysis of the rate announcement.
NEW TODAY...
— NIH LAUNCHES NATIONAL CANCER PLAN. Recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published its
National Cancer Plan (press release ). Specifically, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) designed the plan to
adopt the Cancer Moonshot goal of reducing cancer deaths by at least 50 percent within 25 years.
The report is on a new National Cancer Plan website and centers around eight goals: (1) prevent cancer;
(2) detect cancers early; (3) develop effective treatments; (4) eliminate inequities; (5) deliver optimal care;
(6) engage every person; (7) maximize data utility; and (8) optimize the workforce.
— TREASURY TO ANNOUNCE IRS SPENDING PLAN THIS WEEK. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently
announced the forthcoming release of the Department's proposal to spend the $80 billion funding tranche
awarded by Congress to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last year. Originally anticipated to be released in
February, the Strategic Operating Plan is expected to detail enforcement, customer service, and internal
infrastructure improvements, among other items.
— CMS PROPOSES FY 2024 INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY PPS UPDATES. On April 3, the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
(IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
Click here to view TRP's analysis of this rulemaking.
— CMS FINALIZES RATE ANNOUNCEMENT OF METHODOLOGICAL CHANGES FOR CY 2024 MA, PART D
PAYMENT POLICIES. Recently, CMS released its Rate Announcement of Methodological Changes for Calendar
year (CY) 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies. Click here to
view TRP's analysis of the rate announcement.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS...
— MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORT: SOLVENCY PROJECTIONS IMPROVE OVER 2022 REPORT. The Medicare
Board of Trustees released their annual report for Medicare’s two separate trust funds: (1) the Hospital
Insurance (HI) Trust Fund; and (2) the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund. Click here to read
TRP's analysis of the report.
— CONGRESS EXAMINES RECENT BANK FAILURES WITH FINANCIAL REGULATORS. On March 28 and 29, the
Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees (HFSC) each held hearings with Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg, Treasury Undersecretary Nellie Liang, and Federal
Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr on the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature
Bank. Click to view TRP's summaries of the Banking and HFSC hearings.
— BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OUTLINES BANKING REFORM WISHLIST. In response to the recent failures of
SVB and Signature Bank, the White House unveiled a series of proposed reforms that seek to bolster certain
federal banking regulations. Notable actions under consideration by the administration include:
Raising liquidity requirements and implementing enhanced liquidity stress tests;
Increasing the frequency of stress tests for banks under the $250 billion systemic importance threshold;
Bolstering capital requirements; and
Expanding long-term debt standards, among others.
— BECERRA TESTIFIES ON HHS BUDGET REQUEST. On March 28 and 29, Health and Human Services (HHS)
Secretary Xavier Becerra testified before the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce (E&C)
Committees on the department's fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request. Click to view TRP's summaries of the
Ways and Means and E&C hearings.
— GENSLER TESTIFIES ON SEC FY 2024 BUDGET REQUEST. On March 29, Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified on the SEC's FY 2024 budget request before the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG). Click here to read TRP's
hearing summary.
— HUD ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR LOCAL HOMELESS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS. The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently awarded $2.8 billion in funding to state and local entities
through the Continuum of Care (CoC) grant program.
The CoC program is intended to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending
homelessness and is the largest source of federal grant funding for homeless services and housing
programs servicing people experiencing homelessness.
A full list of awardees broken down by state can be found here.
— E&C EXAMINES POSSIBLE REFORMS AROUND NIL FOR STUDENT ATHLETES. On March 29, the House E&C
Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce held a hearing to discuss possible reforms to name, image, and
likeness (NIL) policy for college athletics. Click here to read TRP's hearing summary.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT the report on federal matters of interest to Contra Costa County and provide direction to staff and County lobbyists,
as needed.
Attachments
No file(s) attached.
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:04/10/2023
Subject:State Legislation and Advocacy Priorities
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-01
Referral Name:
Presenter: L. DeLaney and Nielsen Merksamer Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
The Legislation Committee's April meeting is the week of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Legislative
Conference, which the Supervisors are scheduled to attend. The CSAC Legislative Conference, which includes a joint summit
on homelessness with Cal Cities, policy committee meetings, county caucus meetings, and a Women's Leadership Forum
breakfast, is an excellent opportunity for Contra Costa County Supervisors to meet with legislators, including the County's
delegation, to advocate for our sponsored bills and key policy proposals.
Referral Update:
The start to the 2023-2024 Legislative Session was anything but slow, with a trove of 2,632 bills introduced by the February
17, 2023 bill introduction deadline. The Legislature is currently on spring break, having departed after floor sessions concluded
on Thursday, March 30. Members will return to Sacramento on Monday, April 10 to face two major legislative deadlines. By
Friday, April 28, all policy committees must have dispensed with bills that have a fiscal impact, and by the following Friday,
May 5, committees must have taken up all non-fiscal measures. These hard deadlines make for a busy few weeks and lengthy
policy committee hearings in the Legislature's days ahead.
Contra Costa County has three sponsored bills in progress at this time: AB 592 (Wilson), the County's illegal dumping bill;
SB 511 (Blakespear), the bill we are co-sponsoring with CivicWell related to greenhouse gas emissions inventories; and
AB 540 (Wicks), a bill we are co-sponsoring with Choice in Aging related to accessible transportation services. Talking
Points for these and other significant policy matters are in development for the Supervisors' use at advocacy meetings with
legislators during the CSAC Legislative Conference and will be discussed at the Legislation Committee meeting.
(Attachment C)
As for other measures of significant interest, the Urban Counties of California has provided its member counties with the
following updates:
Highlights of High-Profile Health and Human Services Bills
SB 43 (Eggman) – Conservatorships
SB 43, Senator Susan Eggman’s latest attempt to change the definition of gravely disabled used for conservatorships, was
heard March 29 in Senate Health Committee.
A bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators has signed on to co-author the measure.Senate Health Committee passed the
measure 12-0; the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the measure in April.
Specifically, the bill seeks to expand the definition of “gravely disabled” to also include a condition that will result in
substantial risk of serious harm to the physical or mental health of a person due to a mental health disorder or a substance use
disorder (SUD). The bill would define “serious harm” for purposes of these provisions to mean significant deterioration,
debilitation, or illness due to a person’s inability to carry out specified tasks, including, among other things, attend to needed
personal or medical care and attend to self-protection or personal safety. Finally, the bill adds language specifying that, for
purposes of an expert witness in a proceeding relating to the appointment or reappointment of a conservator, the statements of a
health practitioner or a social worker included in the medical record are not hearsay.
SB 43 is being co-sponsored by the Big City Mayors Coalition, the California State Association of Psychiatrists, NAMI
California, and Psychiatric Physicians Alliance of California. The bill is supported by several individual cities, the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors, and Govern for California.
The County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA) is opposed to SB 43 on the basis that the proposed expansion
of LPS is overly broad and ultimately would not benefit the clients and communities they serve. CBHDA asserts that changes
would also further stigmatize behavioral health conditions and frustrate clients and the public who want to see real action to
meaningfully address mental health and SUD needs. More broadly, opponents express additional concerns about involuntarily
detaining and treating those with SUDs, including concerns that involuntary SUD treatment could result in overrepresentation
of people of color, LGBTQ+, and other historically marginalized people being forced into more coercive treatment. CBHDA
also cites a peer reviewed body of research from indicating that coerced and involuntary treatment is in fact less effective in
terms of long-term substance use outcomes, and more dangerous in terms of overdose risk, and voluntary treatment is more
effective. Finally, CBHDA makes the point that (1) a build out of delivery networks to support this policy change would take
years and (2) to do so would require new, sustained and dedicated state resources above and beyond investments already made
by the state, with a significant increase in residential and inpatient SUD treatment capacity.
A coalition of other opponents, largely comprised of disability rights as well as racial and ethnic minority group advocates,
echo some of the arguments made by the behavioral health director. The coalition further argues that voluntary,
community-based treatment and services, as well as the expansion of choices, rights, and liberties for people living with MH
disabilities are what the state needs. The coalition encourages the Legislature to instead invest in evidence-based programs and
services that are proven to meet the needs of Californians and urges the state to exercise greater oversight over local
jurisdictions to ensure that unhoused people are offered and placed in appropriate affordable, accessible housing with voluntary
supports. Finally, the group points out that despite recent state investments in programs like BHCIP, the infrastructure will not
be available soon enough to absorb additional involuntary detentions that will result if the expanded definition of “gravely
disabled” is enacted.
AB 4 (Arambula) – Covered California
AB 4, by Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula, would continue California’s efforts to expand health care coverage to all by
focusing on Covered California eligibility. Specifically, AB 4 would authorize Covered California to apply for a federal waiver
to allow undocumented residents to obtain coverage through the Exchange. Under the bill, undocumented individuals would be
able to purchase coverage through Covered California beginning in plan year 2026. The Assembly Health Committee is hearing
the bill on April 11.
SB 525 (Durazo) – Health Care Minimum Wage
SB 525, by Senator Maria Elena Durazo, would create a health care minimum wage of $25 per hour and set a new floor for
salaried health workers of $104,000. The sponsor, SEIU State Council, has focused their messaging around the lowest wage
health care workers – who are primarily women of color – and the health care workforce shortage.
Several organizations are opposing the bill or taking oppose unless amended positions, including the California Nurses
Association, the California Hospital Association, the California Primary Care Association, the California Medical Association,
Urban Counties of California (UCC), the California State Association of Counties (CSAC), and the Rural County
Representatives of California (RCRC).
SB 525 will be heard in Senate Labor Committee on April 12.
AB 1168 (Bennett) – Emergency Medical Services
AB 1168 by Assembly Member Bennett was recently amended to overturn an extensive statutory and case law record that has
repeatedly affirmed county responsibility for the administration of emergency medical services and with that the flexibility to
design systems to equitably serve residents throughout their jurisdiction.
AB 1168 seeks to abrogate unsuccessful legal action that attempted to challenge an agency’s .201 authorities – that is, the
regulation that allows agencies that have continuously served a defined area since the 1980 EMS Act to continue serving that
area as the sole provider. In the case of the City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura, the court determined that their case “would
disrupt the status quo, impermissibly broaden Health and Safety Code section 1797.201’s exception in a fashion that would
swallow the EMS Act itself, fragment the long-integrated emergency medical system, and undermine the purposes of the EMS
Act.”
Proponents of the bill include the League of California Cities, California Fire Chiefs Association, and the California
Professional Firefighters. Opponents include UCC, CSAC, RCRC, the County Health Executives Association of California,
the Health Officers Association of California, ambulance providers, and the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has taken an Oppose position on the bill.
AB 1168 is set for hearing April 11 in Assembly Health Committee.
Bills Related to 2011 Public Safety Realignment
AB 702 (Jackson) – Redirection of JJCPA Resources
AB 702, by Assembly Member Corey Jackson, would redirect Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds, revise
the composition of local Juvenile Justice Coordinating Councils (JJCC), and recast various elements of required multiagency
juvenile justice plans. This measure largely mirrors previous legislative efforts – AB 1007 (Jones-Sawyer, 2020) and SB 943
(Bradford, 2021).
UCC, RCRC, and CSAC have weighed in as a coalition in opposition to this measure, primarily because of provisions that
would require redirection of 95 percent of JJCPA funds, which today are – in many instances – dedicated to staffing and
personnel costs that make up the backbone of our juvenile probation departments. These expenditures have been and continue
to be wholly eligible and lawful under JJCPA. Most problematic about this approach is that the proposed redirection appears to
ignore constitutional protections enacted under Proposition 30 (2012) that ensure certainty and stability for all programs
realigned in 2011, including JJCPA. The proposal also is troubling given that counties are working diligently toward full
implementation of SB 823, which shifted responsibility for the care and custody of all system-involved youth to county
responsibility, and will be working to support the transition of and subsequent care for several hundred young people who will
remain in the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) once all state facilities close on June 30, 2023.
This measure awaits hearing in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 1080 (Ta) – Criminal Justice Realignment (AB 109) Evaluation
AB 1080, by Assembly Member Tri Ta, would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to prepare a report – due to the
Legislature by June 30, 2026 – that would evaluate results over a period of 10 years of AB 109 (2011) implementation. The
bill, as recently amended, would require that the report address the following fiscal and programmatic data elements:
Funding received by county for AB 109 implementation (i.e., funds into the local Community Corrections Subaccount)
and how those funds were deployed locally;
Details on local sentencing practices, including the use of straight sentencing, split sentencing, probation, diversion, and
other custody alternatives;
Changes to the county jail population, including any amendments to jail release policies and whether the county was
subject to a court-ordered population cap;
Information on post-release community supervision practices, including probation caseloads, responses to supervision
violations, and programming and services offered; and
Recidivism outcomes, as defined.
AB 1080 would authorize the LAO to prepare the report based on data from every county, or alternatively, a multicounty study
using data from at least 15 counties representative of the state.
The measure passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on the consent calendar and now awaits a fiscal review before the
Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 1080 is supported by the California District Attorneys’ Association, the Peace
Officers Research Association of California, and more than a dozen local peace officer associations; no opposition to the bill
has been recorded.
Additional Details Emerge on Governor’s MHSA Modernization and Bond Proposal
In the days following the Governor’s announcement, more details have been released regarding the Administration’s plans to
modernize the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) and to seek bond funding to support behavioral health treatment capacity.
Although specific language has yet to be drafted, the Governor’s Office released a fact sheet, and the California Health and
Human Services Agency (CalHHS) hosted a webinar as part of its initial rollout of information.
The Administration is planning for a November 2024 ballot measure that will include three primary elements:
1. Address the current shortage of nearly 6,000 behavioral health treatment beds through a $3 to $5 billion general obligation
bond to fund behavioral health care expansion in distinct community residential settings:
Multi-property: unlocked and community-based, campus-like settings with robust onsite supportive services.
Cottage style: smaller residential settings with access to existing community benefits and services.
Home-like: Permanent Supporting Housing and Scattered Site Housing, which would include home-like or single units
to integrate individuals into the community and offer long-term housing stability.
Veterans: Some unspecified portion of the bond funds would be used to address housing for homeless veterans.
2. Propose reforms to the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) of 2004 to:
Redirect up to 30 percent annually to pay for housing and other community-based residential solutions and serve as an
ongoing source of funding for new and existing housing and residential settings, with a focus on homeless individuals.
Recast local categorical funding buckets and focus 35% of funding on Full-Service Partnerships and other services for
the most seriously ill.
Require counties to bill Medi-Cal first, prior to MHSA, for reimbursable services.
Expand target population to include those with substance use disorders.
Make various changes to county accountability and overall transparency, including (1) paring back the Three-Year
County Plan, (2) reducing the “prudent reserve” (from 33% to 20% for large counties and 25% for small counties), and
(3) moving the Mental Health Services Oversight Act Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSAOAC) under
CalHHS.
3. Seek reforms to stabilize and strengthen core behavioral health systems:
Align behavioral health benefits across all health plans.
Increase accountability for services provided and outcomes achieved through increased reporting by county behavioral
health plans.
The proposals are still in development, and the Administration will be seeking input on how various mechanisms are structured.
Attachments
Attachment A: Contra Costa County Master List of Bills
Attachment B: Contra Costa County Advocacy Letters 2023
Attachment C: Draft Talking Points
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
PROVIDE direction to staff and the County's lobbyists on state legislation and advocacy priorities.
Attachments
Attachment A: Master List of Bills of Interest
Attachment B: CCC Advocacy Letters 2023
Attachment C: Draft Talking Points
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Contra Costa County
Master List of Bills of Interest
04/06/23
AB 13 AUTHOR: Essayli [R]
TITLE: Elections: Election Day Holiday: Voting by Mail
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 01/26/2023
DISPOSITION: Failed
LOCATION: ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a voter to request a vote by mail ballot for any election. Authorizes a
voter to apply to become a permanent vote by mail voter, in which case the
voter would receive a vote by mail ballot for every election.
STATUS:
03/20/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on ELECTIONS without further
action pursuant to JR 62(a).
AB 30 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, and Climate
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Water Resources to research, develop, and
implement new observations, prediction models, novel forecasting methods, and
tailored decision support systems to improve predictions of atmospheric rivers
and their impacts on water supply, flooding, post-wildfire debris flows, and
environmental conditions.
STATUS:
03/14/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Coauthors revised.
03/14/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on WATER, PARKS AND
WILDLIFE: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
(15-0)
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: LOS
AB 52 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: Income Tax Credit: Sales and Use Taxes Paid
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
HEARING: 04/17/2023 2:30 pm
SUMMARY:
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Relates to manufacturing, research, and development equipment. Relates to the
Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law. Allows, for a taxable
year beginning on or after specified date, and before specified date, a tax credit
against those taxes to a taxpayer in a specified amount.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION
with author's amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION.
AB 55 AUTHOR: Rodriguez [D]
TITLE: Medi-Cal: Workforce Adjustment for Ground Ambulance
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Health Committee
HEARING: 04/18/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Establishes, for dates of service on or after specified date, a workforce
adjustment, serving as an additional payment, for each ground ambulance
transport performed by a provider of medical transportation services, excluding
the specified public entity providers. Varies the rate of adjustment depending on
federal maximum allowances based on the point of pickup and whether the
service was for an emergency or nonemergency.
STATUS:
03/30/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
03/30/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HEALTH.
AB 67 AUTHOR: Muratsuchi [D]
TITLE: Homeless Courts Pilot Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/07/2022
LAST AMEND: 03/13/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Creates the Homeless Courts Pilot Program. Requires applicant cities or counties
seeking grant funds to provide a number of specified services or program
components, including, but not limited to, a diversion program enabling
participating defendants to have specified charges dismissed upon completion of
a program, provision of temporary, time-limited, or permanent housing during
the duration of the program, and a dedicated representative to assist
defendants with housing needs.
STATUS:
03/21/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY: Do pass to
Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. (9-0)
Attachment A
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AB 78 AUTHOR: Ward [D]
TITLE: Grand Juries
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/15/2022
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the fee for grand jurors to be equal to 70% of the county median daily
income for each day's attendance. Requires the list of grand jurors to contain
the person's gender, age, race or ethnicity, and residential ZIP Code or
supervisorial district of the respective counties. Requires a separate list to be
published in a newspaper containing each person's name and the name of the
judge who selected the jurors.
STATUS:
03/22/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: To
Suspense File.
AB 240 AUTHOR: Kalra [D]
TITLE: Dogs and Cats: California Spay-Neuter Fund
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 01/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 02/28/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Agriculture Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to collect, on an annual basis,
a charge of a specified amount from a manufacturer of dog and cat food for
each label submitted by the manufacturer to the State Department of Public
Health for dog and cat food. Requires a manufacturer of dog and cat food that
has less than a specified amount in verifiable gross annual sales to instead only
pay a single annual charge of a specified amount to the Department of Food and
Agriculture; appropriates funds.
STATUS:
03/29/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on AGRICULTURE: Not heard.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: AB 240 (Kalra) California Spay-Neuter Fund--SUPPORT to
Agriculture
AB 400 AUTHOR: Rubio [D]
TITLE: Local Agency Design-Build Projects: Authorization
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Removes the repeal date of provisions authorizing local agencies to use the
design-build procurement process for specified types of projects, thereby
making these provisions operative indefinitely.
STATUS:
02/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Attachment A
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BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: LOS
AB 482 AUTHOR: Wilson [D]
TITLE: Air Ambulance Services
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Health Committee
SUMMARY:
Annually transfers a specified amount from the Aeronautics Account to the
Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund and
continuously appropriates those moneys to augment Medi-Cal reimbursement
for emergency medical air transportation and related costs.
STATUS:
03/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.
03/09/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
03/09/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HEALTH.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: AB 482 (Wilson) Air Ambulance Services--SUPPORT Asm
Health
AB 504 AUTHOR: Reyes [D]
TITLE: State and Local Public Employees: Labor Relations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee
HEARING: 04/12/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Provides that it is not unlawful or a cause for discipline or other adverse action
against a State or local public employee for that employee to refuse to enter
property that is the site of a primary labor dispute, perform work for an
employer involved in a primary labor dispute, or go through or work behind a
primary picket line. Exempts certain State or local public employees of fire
departments from these provisions.
STATUS:
03/30/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT With author's amendments.
03/30/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT.
AB 505 AUTHOR: Ting [D]
TITLE: The Office of Youth and Community Restoration
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
Attachment A
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INTRODUCED: 02/07/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 04/18/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Transfers all authority, responsibilities, and duties on the Board of State and
Community Corrections regarding juvenile justice to the Office of Youth and
Community Restoration, including, but not limited to, conducting inspections
and developing and enforcing minimum standards for local facilities. Makes
conforming changes to remove references to delinquent conduct from provisions
relating to the board's authority regarding the minimum standards and training
for corrections and probation officers.
STATUS:
03/23/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
03/23/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with
author's amendments.
03/23/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 540 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Social Service Transportation Improvement Act
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/08/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the coordination, rather than the consolidation, of social service
transportation services under the Social Service Transportation Improvement
Act and would recharacterize consolidated transportation service agencies in the
act as coordinated transportation service agencies. Authorizes a coordinated
transportation service agency to review and comment on specified plans and
projects relevant to its jurisdiction, and would require specified agencies to
respond to the comments.
STATUS:
03/27/2023 In ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Not
heard.
John Cunningham:
Sending LOS, consistent with Platform.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: LOS
AB 592 AUTHOR: Wilson [D]
TITLE: Vehicles: Waste Hauling
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the County of Contra Costa and any other county to create a
program to regulate nonfranchise waste hauling operations within the county.
Attachment A
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STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Commentary001:
Our SPONSORED bill.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: Sponsor Letter
AB 595 AUTHOR: Essayli [R]
TITLE: Animal Shelters: 72-Hour Public Notice: Euthanasia
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/21/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Business and Professions Committee
HEARING: 04/11/2023 9:30 am
SUMMARY:
Provides for Bowie's Law, which would require all animal shelters to provide
public notice on their internet website at least a specified number of hours
before euthanizing any animal and include the date that an animal is scheduled
to be euthanized, with specified exceptions.
STATUS:
03/21/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONS with author's amendments.
03/21/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS.
AB 702 AUTHOR: Jackson [D]
TITLE: Local Government Financing: Juvenile Justice
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/23/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee
SUMMARY:
Revises and recasts required components of the multiagency juvenile justice
plan to, among other things, additionally require a plan to include an
assessment of existing community-based youth development services,
identification and prioritization of areas of the community that are vulnerable to
court system involvement due to high rates of poverty and the incarceration of
at-promise youth's family members, among other things, and a description of
the target population funded under these provisions.
STATUS:
03/23/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
03/23/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with
author's amendments.
03/23/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 730 AUTHOR: Lowenthal [D]
TITLE: Public Records Act: Public Agency Employees
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
Attachment A
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URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires an agency to promptly provide a public agency employee with written
notice of a request to disclose a record related to personnel, medical, or similar
information of that employee. Requires the agency, before disclosing or making
those records available, to provide not less than a specified number of days
written notice to the employee of its intent to disclose or make the records
available. Expands the definition of unusual circumstances.
STATUS:
03/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on JUDICIARY and PUBLIC
EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT.
03/09/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY with author's
amendments.
03/09/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
AB 817 AUTHOR: Pacheco [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Teleconferencing: Subsidiary Body
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Local Government Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Ralph Brown Act. Authorizes a subsidiary body to use alternative
teleconferencing provisions similar to the emergency provisions indefinitely and
without regard to a state of emergency.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with
author's amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
BOS:
BOS supported on 4/4. C.47
ATTACHMENTS: AB 817 (Pacheco) Open Meetings. Teleconferencing.
Subsidiary Body--SUPPORT to Local Gov
AB 909 AUTHOR: Hoover [R]
TITLE: Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, beginning on
Attachment A
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specified date, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, to collect and
properly manage illegally disposed hazardous waste and household hazardous
waste, regardless of whether they were codisposed with nonhazardous solid
waste. Requires the department to annually seek up to a specified amount from
the Department of Toxic Substances Control in reimbursement for grants
awarded and program costs incurred.
STATUS:
03/30/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
AB 1090 AUTHOR: Jones-Sawyer [D]
TITLE: County Officers: Sheriffs
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
LAST AMEND: 04/04/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Public Safety Committee
HEARING: 04/11/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in
office. Authorizes the board of supervisors to remove a sheriff from office for
cause, by a specified vote, after the sheriff is served with a written statement of
the alleged grounds for removal and the sheriff is provided a reasonable
opportunity to be heard regarding an explanation or defense at a removal
proceeding. Authorizes the board of supervisors to establish procedures for a
removal proceeding.
STATUS:
04/04/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with
author's amendments.
04/04/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY.
AB 1168 AUTHOR: Bennett [D]
TITLE: Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Prehospital EMS
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Health Committee
HEARING: 04/11/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires a city or fire district that contracted for or provided, as of specified
date, prehospital EMS, to be deemed to retain its authorities regarding the
prehospital EMS when a city or district enters into an agreement with a county
for the joint exercise of powers regarding prehospital EMS, or that ceased to
contract for, provide, or administer prehospital EMS as a result of a judicial
finding, or that contracts with a county to provide prehospital EMS in areas
outside of that city or district.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on HEALTH and EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
Attachment A
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03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH with author's
amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on HEALTH.
BOS: Oppose
AB 1348 AUTHOR: Grayson [D]
TITLE: State Government: Controller: Claims Audits
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review
Committee
HEARING: 04/19/2023 9:30 am
SUMMARY:
Requires the Controller to conduct, unless prohibited by the provisions of a
State ballot proposition passed by the electorate, financial and compliance
audits as the Controller's office deems as necessary for purposes of ensuring
that any expenditures, regardless of the source or fund from which the warrants
for claims are drawn, are expended in a manner consistent with the law and the
voters' intent.
STATUS:
03/20/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW with author's amendments.
03/20/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.
AB 1376 AUTHOR: Carrillo J [D]
TITLE: Emergency Medical Services: Liability Limitation
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Assembly Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Provides that a private provider of ambulance services, and their employees,
when operating in accordance with the standards, regulations, policies, and
protocols of local emergency medical services agencies, shall not be criminally
or civilly liable for the continued detainment of a person when that detainment
is requested by specified persons authorized to detain persons in circumstances
involving the transport and continued containment of a person who requires
mental health evaluation and treatment.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY with author's
amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
Attachment A
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AB 1465 AUTHOR: Wicks [D]
TITLE: Nonvehicular Air Pollution: Civil Penalties
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Natural Resources Committee
HEARING: 04/17/2023 2:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Relates to the maximum civil penalties for a person who violates air pollution
laws from nonvehicular sources. Triples specified civil penalties if the violation
results from a discharge from a stationary source required by federal law to be
included in an operating permit program established pursuant to specified
provisions of the federal Clean Air Act, the stationary source is a refinery, and
the discharge contains one or more toxic air contaminants, as identified by the
State Air Resources Board.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on NATURAL RESOURCES and
JUDICIARY.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES with
author's amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES.
AB 1637 AUTHOR: Irwin [D]
TITLE: Local Government: Internet Websites and Email Addresses
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/12/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/16/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Local Government Committee
HEARING: 04/19/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Requires a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by the public
to ensure that the internet website utilizes a .gov top-level domain or a .ca.gov
second-level domain, and requires a local agency that maintains an internet
website that is noncompliant with that requirement to redirect that internet
website to a domain name that does utilize a .gov or .ca.gov domain.
STATUS:
03/16/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committees on LOCAL GOVERNMENT and
PRIVACY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION.
03/16/2023 From ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT with
author's amendments.
03/16/2023 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AB 1672 AUTHOR: Haney [D]
TITLE: In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee
Relations
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
Attachment A
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INTRODUCED: 02/17/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee
HEARING: 04/12/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Expands the definition of public employer to include an employer who is subject
to the In-Home Supportive Services Employer-Employee Relations Act, which
the bill would create. Establishes a method for resolving disputes regarding
wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment between the
state and recognized employee organizations representing independent
providers.
STATUS:
03/09/2023 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND
RETIREMENT.
CSAC and UCC:
flagged as hot bill
SB 43 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Behavioral Health
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 12/05/2022
LAST AMEND: 03/30/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Expands the definition of gravely disabled to include a condition that will result
in substantial risk of serious harm to the physical or mental health of a person
due to a mental health disorder or a substance use disorder or both. Defines
serious harm to mean significant deterioration, debilitation, or illness due to a
person's failure to meet certain conditions, including, among other things,
attend to needed personal or medical care and attend to self-protection or
personal safety.
STATUS:
03/30/2023 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on JUDICIARY.
ATTACHMENTS: SB 43 (Eggman) CBHDA Letter of Opposition 3.12.23
SB 287 AUTHOR: Skinner [D]
TITLE: Features that Harm Child Users: Civil Penalty
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/02/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/27/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Judiciary Committee
HEARING: 04/11/2023 1:30 pm
SUMMARY:
Prohibits a social media platform from using a design, algorithm, practice,
affordance, or feature that the platform knows, or which by the exercise of
reasonable care should have known, causes child users to do any of certain
things, including experience addiction to the social media platform.
STATUS:
Attachment A
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03/27/2023 From SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY with author's
amendments.
03/27/2023 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on JUDICIARY.
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: SB 287 (Skinner) social media--SUPPORT to Judiciary
SB 411 AUTHOR: Portantino [D]
TITLE: Open Meetings: Teleconferences: Appointed Membership
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: yes
INTRODUCED: 02/09/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 04/19/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Authorizes a legislative body to use alternate teleconferencing provisions similar
to the emergency provisions indefinitely and without regard to a state of
emergency. Defines a legislative body for this purpose to mean a board,
commission, or advisory body of a local agency, the membership of which
board, commission, or advisory body is appointed and which board,
commission, or advisory body is otherwise subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act.
STATUS:
02/22/2023 To SENATE Committees on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE and
JUDICIARY.
SB 423 AUTHOR: Wiener [D]
TITLE: Land Use: Streamlined Housing Approvals: Multifamily
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/13/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/28/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
LOCATION: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to the Planning and Zoning Law, which authorizes a development
proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that
is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process. Requires all
departments of a local government that are required to issue an approval of the
development prior to the granting of an entitlement to also comply with
specified streamlined approval requirements within specified time periods.
STATUS:
03/28/2023 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
with author's amendments.
03/28/2023 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
SB 511 AUTHOR: Blakespear [D]
TITLE: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/14/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
Attachment A
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LOCATION: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Air Resources Board, before January 1, 2028, to develop and
publish, on its internet website, a report on greenhouse gas emission
inventories for the calendar year 2025 for each city, county, city and county,
and special district, as provided.
STATUS:
02/22/2023 To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Commentary001:
Our SPONSORED bill
BOS: Support
ATTACHMENTS: SB 511 (Blakespear) GHG Emissions Inventories-SUPPORT
to Sen EQ
Sponsor letter
SB 577 AUTHOR: Hurtado [D]
TITLE: California Fire Service Training and Education Program
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/15/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
HEARING: 04/10/2023 10:00 am
SUMMARY:
Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect the admission fees and
other fees associated with the California Fire Service Training and Education
Program, and to establish the fees to implement the California Fire and Arson
Training Act, only to the extent that state appropriations and other funding
sources are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of the activities eligible to
be paid from those fees.
STATUS:
03/28/2023 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION: Do pass to Committee on
APPROPRIATIONS. (14-0)
SB 654 AUTHOR: Jones [R]
TITLE: Local Agencies: Public Property: Airport Leases
FISCAL COMMITTEE: no
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/29/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Governance and Finance Committee
HEARING: 04/12/2023 9:30 am
SUMMARY:
Relates to law that authorizes a local agency to lease or sublease property
owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for a period not to exceed a
specified number of years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft.
Authorizes an airport sponsor and the leaseholder to amend the lease or
sublease to extend the duration of the lease or sublease, to terminate the lease
or sublease and enter into a new lease or sublease, or to transfer an existing
lease or sublease.
STATUS:
Attachment A
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03/29/2023 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
with author's amendments.
03/29/2023 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred
to Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE.
SB 687 AUTHOR: Eggman [D]
TITLE: Water Quality Control Plan: Delta Conveyance Project
FISCAL COMMITTEE: yes
URGENCY CLAUSE: no
INTRODUCED: 02/16/2023
LAST AMEND: 03/20/2023
DISPOSITION: Pending
COMMITTEE: Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
HEARING: 04/11/2023 9:00 am
SUMMARY:
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a final update of the
1995 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta Estuary before the board may consider a change in point
diversion or any other water rights permit or order associated with the Delta
Conveyance Project.
STATUS:
03/29/2023 Re-referred to SENATE Committees on NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WATER and ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
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Attachment A
Contra Costa County Advocacy Letters 2023
STATE LEGISLATION and GRANTS
Subject Position Status
1 AB 1168 (Bennett)Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Prehospital EMS OPPOSE 3/16/2023In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on HEALTH
2 AB 482 (Wilson)Air Ambulance Services Support 04/11/2023 1:30 pm, 1021 O Street, Room 1100
3 AB 240 (Kalra)Dogs and Cats: California Spay-Neuter Fund Support 03/29/2023In ASSEMBLY Committee on AGRICULTURE: Not heard
4 AB 30 (Ward)Atmospheric Rivers: Research, Mitigation, Climate Support 03/14/2023From ASSEMBLY Committee on WATER, PARKS AND
WILDLIFE: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
5 AB 400 (Rubio)Local Agency Design-Build Projects: Authorization Support 02/09/2023To ASSEMBLY Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
6 AB 540 (Wicks)Social Service Transportation Improvement Act SPONSOR 03/27/2023In ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Not heard
7 AB 592 (Wilson)Vehicles: Waste Hauling SPONSOR 02/09/2023INTRODUCED.
8 AB 817 (Pacheco)Open Meetings: Teleconferencing: Subsidiary Body Support 03/16/2023In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to
Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT
9 SB 1121 (Gonzalez)Request of Senate Transportation Committee regarding accessible transportation Comments
10 SB 287 (Skinner)Features that Harm Child Users: Civil Penalty Support 04/11/2023 1:30 pm, 1021 O Street, Room 2100
11 SB 511 (Blakespear) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories CO-SPONSOR 02/22/2023To SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's UPGRADE project Support California Energy Commission
2 CCTA Application for 2023 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: 680 Express Bus ProjectSupport California State Transportation Agency
3 Contra Costa County Behavioral Health Services’ BHCIP Applications Support Department of Health Care Services
STATE BUDGET REQUESTS
1 Governor’s Proposal to Cut $49.8 Million in Public Health Workforce Development
and Training Programs--OPPOSE
2 Governor’s Proposal to Provide $35.8 million to Child Support Services--SUPPORT
FEDERAL
1 Bipartisan Call to Fund Local Election Departments
2 Non-Congregate Shelter Reimbursement by FEMA
4/6/2023
Attachment B
Contra Costa County
Draft Talking Points for Delegation Visits
-Contra Costa’s sponsored bills
o AB 592 (Wilson) – Illegal Dumping
Illegal dumping continues to be a problem in the county.
This bill would help us stop illegal dumping before it happens bycatching unpermitted waste haulers.
o SB 511 (Blakespear) – GHG inventory, co-sponsoring with CivicWell
This bill would have CARB provide counties and cities with their localGHG inventories.
The information will give us the information we need to focus ourGHG-reduction efforts where they’re most needed.
o AB 540 (Wicks) – Social Service Transportation Improvement Act
Improves coordination and provides revenue for mobility options forseniors and those with disabilities.
These populations are increasing, but funding has long stagnated andthe system can be confusing to use, both of which this bill would fix.
-Major statewide county issues
o Behavioral Health and Homelessness
These are long-term, systemic issues that require focused efforts,clear responsibilities, and accountability at all levels of government.
The Governor’s recent plans have merit, especially the bond for newpsychiatric beds, but they also create new problems.
Simply expanding eligibility for existing programs and reallocatingexisting funds will not move the needle on these difficult issues.
Attachment C
Without significant new resources, moving funding around just changes who is being served, without increasing the overall number of people receiving the services they need.
There is also a large and growing shortage of health and behavioral health workforce; Contra Costa is opposed to the Governor’s proposal to cut $49.8 million from various public health workforce programs. - Other possible topics:
o IST Penalties (incompetent to stand trial) – recent legislation sets unrealistic goals that counties aren’t in control of, then penalizes the county and directs spending of local funds for state purposes.
o DJJ Realignment – insufficient resources and local facilities/programs
o AB 1484 – would make it harder and more expensive to hire temporary employees, similar to efforts in past years to make it nearly impossible to contract out for any services - Bills Contra Costa supports:
o AB 240 (Kalra) – SUPPORT – spay-neuter fund – tax on pet food labels
o AB 400 (Rubio) – SUPPORT – design-build authorization – remove sunset
o AB 482 (Wilson) – SUPPORT – ongoing funding for air ambulance services
o AB 817 (Pacheco) – SUPPORT – open meetings – teleconferencing for subsidiary bodies
o SB 287 (Skinner) – SUPPORT – social media features that harm child users - Bills Contra Costa opposes:
o AB 1168 (Bennett) – OPPOSE – fragmentation of EMS
o Budget proposal – OPPOSE – $49.8 million cut to Public Health Workforce Development
Attachment C
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:04/10/2023
Subject:Elections Related Policy Discussion
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE,
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: 2023-11
Referral Name: Elections Policy
Presenter: Kristin Connelly, Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Contact: L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057
Referral History:
The County's new Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Kristin Connelly, has reviewed the County's adopted 2023-24
State and Federal Legislative Platforms , noting that they contain only one policy: SUPPORT full state reimbursement for
state mandates imposed upon local registrars by the Secretary of State, including special state elections.
Ms. Connelly has requested a discussion with the Legislation Committee about the important advocacy issues for both the
Elections Division and the Clerk-Recorder Division of her office.
Referral Update:
The County's Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Kristin Connelly, has provided an attachment that outlines her policy
recommendations for the Board's State and Federal Legislative Platforms. She will be present at the Legislation Committee
meeting to elaborate on these recommendations and engage in discussion with the Committee and public.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER elections related policy recommendations for the County's State and Federal Legislative Platforms from the
County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters and provide direction, as needed.
Attachments
Attachment A
Contra Costa County
Kristin B. Connelly
Clerk-Recorder-Elections
County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
Kristin.Connelly@vote.cccounty.us
925.335.7899
Attachment A
Grateful
We are grateful for the support of the Board of Supervisors for the bipartisan call for federal election funding. As explained in that letter, the floor has been too low and it’s insufficient to respond to new threats.
Attachment A
Areas to Include in both
Federal and State Platforms
From both State and Federal sources
Adequate Funding
Philanthropy has filled an important void, but it should be the government’s responsibility to protect and support democracy by adequately funding elections.
Attachment A
Areas to Include in both
Federal and State Platforms
Physical Security
Legislation, policies, regulation, and funding that support the PHYSICAL safety and integrity of election operations and administrators.
Attachment A
Areas to Include in both
Federal and State Platforms
Cyber Security
Legislation, policies, regulation, and funding that support the CYBER safety and integrity of election operations.
Attachment A