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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE: April 23, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 650 ( Costa)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of AB 650 by Assemblyman Jim Costa
which protects the County from increases in specified
state-mandated programs where the growth in those programs
exceeds the growth in specified general county revenues.
BACKGROUND:
Many counties have complained that the local share of
state-mandated health, welfare, and justice programs is causing
disruption of local financing because these costs exceed the
increases in local general revenue sources which must be used to
provide the required local shares.
Assemblyman Costa has introduced AB 650 in an effort to deal with
this problem. AB 650 provides that, effective July 1, 1987, the
State shall pay that portion of a county' s non-federal share of
costs for specified programs which exceeds the percentage of the
county' s general purpose revenues for those programs for the
1980-81 fiscal year. The programs include the following:
o AFDC grants
o Hard-to-place adoptive children
o AFDC administrative costs
o Municipal and Superior courts
o District Attorney
o Public Defender
o Probation
o Correctional facilities
o Health facilities
As an example, if the County' s share of the cost of these
programs in 1980-81 represented 100 of the County' s general
revenue for that year and now represents 11% of the County' s
general revenue, the State would be required to reimburse the
County for the 1% increase. There are a number of open
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PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
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questions in terms of defining exactly what costs will be
included in determining both the 1980-81 costs and the current
costs. However, AB 650 can serve as a valuable vehicle for
protecting the County from disproportionate cost increases. It
is, therefore, recommended that the Board support AB 650 and
authorize staff to continue working with CSAC and the author to
define the details of the bill.
cc County Administrator
Health Services Director
Social Services Director
Superior Court Administrator
Clerk-Administrator, W.C.-Danville Muni Court
District Attorney
Public Defender
Probation Officer
Sheriff-Coroner
Jackson/garish & Associates
D. J. Smith Associates
CSAC Director
Assemblyman Jim Costa