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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05081990 - 2.6 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Costa COS Phil Batchelor, County Administrator 's s x, County DATE: May 2 , 1990 ,C7) -- UGP SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: COUNTY FISCAL RELIEI` PROGRAM OF 1990 (Chandler) SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION($)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECONIlYIENDATION Adopt a position in SUPPORT of Assemblyman Chris Chandler' s County Fiscal Relief Package of 1990 , consisting of ACA 53 , ACA 54, AB 3605 , AB 3606, AB 3607, AB 3608 and AB 3609 . BACKGROUND: Assemblyman Chandler has written to Supervisor Torlakson requesting the Board of Supervisors ' support for his County Fiscal Relief Program of 1990 . This Program is a package of two Constitutional Amendments and five bills which taken together would, if enacted, provide substantial fiscal relief for counties. The seven measures and a brief summary of each follows: * Assembly Constitutional Amendment 53. This measure would provide that no statute, other than an urgency statute, and no executive order or regulation, which mandates a new program or higher level of service on local government would become operative sooner than 90 days after the Commission on State Mandates determines either that the state is not required pursuant to the measure to provide a subvention of funds for the increased cost or that sufficient funds have been appropriated to pay local government for the increased cost. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: AYES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD.COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): 6&1116 /.1 & ACTION OF BOARD ON May R 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS vv I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE A�UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED MAY 8 1990 Please see Page 3 . PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY Aa&11'6" DEPUTY M382 (10/88) ' -2- ACA 53 continues in operation the Constitutional waivers for reimbursement when a local agency has requested the measure, when the legislation defines a new crime or changes an existing definition of a crime or when the mandate was enacted prior to January 1, 1975. Other than these three exceptions, the Commission on State Mandates must issue its finding within the 90 day period and no legislation which included a state mandate on local government could go into effect until such a finding had been made and filed with the Secretary of State. * Assembly Constitutional Amendment 54. This measure would enact a provision in the State Constitution prohibiting the courts from establishing county general assistance levels. * AB 3605. This bill would transfer to the State Controller for allocation to counties the revenue represented by 1/2 of 1 percent ( . 5%) of the sales tax rate. The funds would be allocated to counties on the basis of population. Assuming that each 1% of the sales tax rate generates $2. 4 billion and that Contra Costa County has slightly over 2 . 5% of the population in the State, a sales tax rate of . 5% should bring the County approximately $36 million annually. * AB 3606. This bill would establish the Office of Local Government in the Governor' s Office. The purpose of the Office would be to collect from and disseminate information to local government. The bill also requires the Office of Local Government to conduct a study of the funding of county court systems, including the public defenders' offices. It has long been felt that if local government had an advocate in state government similar to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, local government' s needs might not be overlooked as easily. This proposal is certainly a good start in that direction. * AB 3607. This measure requires the Auditor to insure that each County receives 30% of the property tax generated within its boundaries, reducing the amount going to the schools as necessary to provide the County with the 30% figure. No property tax would be taken from any taxing jurisdiction other than the schools. Since Contra Costa County presently receives only 24% of the property tax, increasing the County' s share to 30% would generate at least an additional $33 million in revenue annually. * AB 3608. This measure requires the state to buy-out the local share of the AFDC Program over a period of four years, as follows: 1991-92 96 . 0% of the non-federal share. 1992-93 97. 5% of the non-federal share. 1993-94 99.0% of the non-federal share. 1994-95 and thereafter: 100% This formula would apply to the AFDC and foster care programs. Effective with the 1991-92 fiscal year, the state would pay 100% of the non-federal costs of the support and care of hard-to-place adoptive children. The state would be required to implement a quality control system to oversee the AFDC Program. A county would be penalized at the rate of 1/2 percent of the non-federal cost of the AFDC Program for each 2 percent of error in excess of 3%. - 3- When fully implemented, this bill would eliminate the County' s match for the AFDC and AFDC-FC (foster care) Programs, thereby saving the County in excess of $6 million annually, based on the adopted budget for the 1989-90 fiscal year. * AB 3609. This measure allows the County to include the first year cost for personnel staffing in a new jail facility as a part of their 25% local match for purposes of obtaining state jail bond funds. If this bill were enacted in time it might allow the County to obtain credit for some or all of the increased cost of some $10 million to staff the new West County Detention Center for the 1990-91 fiscal year, rather than having to provide for these staffing costs plus the entire 25% match for the bond funds which were used to construct the jail. This package of Constitutional Amendments and bills would provide a substantial measure of fiscal relief to Contra Costa County. In view of that fact it is recommended that the Board of Supervisors indicate its support for ACA 53 , ACA 54, AB 3605, AB 3606, AB 3607 , AB 3608 and AB 3609 . cc: Assemblyman Chris Chandler County Administrator Auditor-Controller Sheriff-Coroner Social Services Director Larry Naake, Executive Director, CSAC Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates