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DATE: April 11, 1985 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 340 (Costa)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of AB 340 by Assemblyperson Costa
which would tie the local share for welfare administrative
costs to the ratio of such increases compared with increases in
county general revenue.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law, the State pays counties 89. 2% of the sum
needed for the support and maintenance of needy families and
pregnant mothers.
AB 340 would require the State, beginning July 1 , 1985 , to pay
that portion of a county's nonfederal share of cost for those
programs which exceeds the percentage of general purpose
revenues, as defined, paid by the county in fiscal year 1980-81
for that program. It would also require the State, commencing
July 1, 1986, to pay any increase in the nonfederal cost of
those programs which exceeds the percentage increase in the
county' s general purpose revenue.
Currently, the State pays 83 . 3% of the nonfederal
administrative cost of administering certain public assistance
programs, excluding Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) , and 50% of the nonfederal administrative cost of
administering AFDC.
This bill would require the State, effective July 1, 1985 , to
pay that portion of a county' s nonfederal administrative cost
which exceeds the percentage of general purpose revenues, as
defined, paid by the county in fiscal year 1980-81, and to pay,
commencing July 1, 1986 , any increase in the nonfederal
administrative cost which exceeds the percentage increase in
the county' s general purpose revenue.
AB 340 would also create a task force to report to the
Legislature on alternatives to the current system of financing
programs mandated for local government.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE
OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON - April 16, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED April 16, 1985
Social Services Director
County Auditor PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-69 BY - DEPUTY
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While there is no apparent financial benefit to Contra Costa
County at this time, this legislation could have significant
beneficial impact on the costs of welfare services in the
future should the County continue to lose general purpose
revenues through incorporations, legislative changes, loss of
Federal General Revenue Sharing, and so forth.