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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
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DATE: April 13, 1994 *rq c�UN -�r
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 1784 (Johannessen, et al)
SPECIFIC REQUESTS)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
ADOPT a position of SUPPORT for SB 1784 by Senator Johannessen and
8 co-authors (including Assemblyman Richard Rainey) , which would
eliminate the sunset date of January 1, 1995 on the ability of a
county to adopt General Assistance (GA) residency requirements,
establish a GA standard for "applicants and recipients who share
housing with one or more unrelated persons, and discontinue GA
benefits under specified circumstances, thereby continuing this
authority indefinitely.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law authorizes each county, only until January 1, 1995,
to:
♦ Adopt GA residency requirements,
♦ Establish a GA standard for applicants and recipients who
share housing with one or more unrelated persons, and
♦ Discontinue GA benefits when a GA recipient who has received
aid for three months engages in specified behavior.
Senator Johannessen has introduced SB 1784 which, as the bill was
introduced, would eliminate the January 1, 1995 sunset date for
these provisions, thereby continuing this authority indefinitely.
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cc: See Page 2 SUPER VI ORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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The existing sanctions are a necessary tool to insure that GA
recipients are fully cooperating in trying to obtain job training
and are seriously making an effort to make themselves self-
supporting. General Assistance should be viewed as a transitional
aid program which is available to assist an able-bodied and
mentally competent individual only for a temporary transitional
period of time, rather than being a way of life. The enactment of
SB 1784 is an important component in insuring that GA can remain a
temporary and transitional form of assistance for able-bodied and
mentally competent individuals . The County Counsel ' s Office
recommends that the County seriously consider supporting SB 1784 .
It is, therefore, recommended that the Board of Supervisors
indicate its support of SB 1784 .
cc : County Administrator
Social Services Director
County Counsel
Sara Hoffman, CAD' s Office
Les Spahnn, Heim, Noack & Spahnn
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COUNTY COUNSEL'S OFFICE
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY !I
MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA FMAR1994
Date: March 17 , 1994 OFFICE OF
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
To: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
From: Victor J . Westman, County Counsel
By: Arthur W. Walenta, Assistant County Counsel
Re: Support Senate Bill No. 1784
Senate Bill No . 1784 will remove the January 1 , 1995 termination
date of Welfare and Institution Code section 17001 . 5 on residency,
shared housing reductions , and durational sanctions .
The County should seriously consider supporting this bill .
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cc : Perfecto Villarreal, Social Service Director
Sara Hoffman
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SENATE BILL No. 1784
Introduced by Senators Johannessen, Bergeson and Kopp
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Andal, Ferguson, Harvey,
Rainey, Richter, and Statham)
February 24, 1994
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An act to amend Section 17001.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to general assistance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1784, as introduced, Johannessen. General assistance.
Existing law requires each county to relieve and support all
incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated
by age, disease, or illness, lawfully resident therein, when
these persons are not supported or relieved by their relatives
or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other
state or private institutions. These programs are commonly
referred to as general assistance programs.
Existing law, effective until January 1, 1995, permits each
county to adopt residency requirements for purposes of
determining eligibility for general assistance, establish a
standard of general assistance for those who share housing
with one or more unrelated persons or persons who are not
legally responsible for the applicant or recipient, and
discontinue aid or sanctions for recipients for specified
reasons.
This bill would indefinitely extend these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
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SB 1784 — 2 —
The
2 —The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 17001.5 of the Welfare and
2 Institutions Code is amended to read:
3 17001.5. Ja} Notwithstanding any other provision of
4 law, including, but not limited to, Section 17000.5, the
5 board of supervisors of each county, or the agency
6 authorized by the county charter, may do any of the
7 following:
8 {1} +A+
9 (a) (1) Adopt residency requirements for purposes of
10 determining a persons's eligibility for general assistance.
11 Any residence requirement under. this paragraph
12 subdivision shall not exceed 15 days.
13 +B-
14 (2) Nothing in this parretgraph subdivision shall be
15 construed to authorize the adoption of a requirement
16 that an applicant or recipient have an address or to
17 require a homeless person to acquire an address.
18 +A+
19 (b) (1) Establish a standard of general assistance for
20 applicants and recipients who share housing with one or
21 more unrelated persons or with one-or more persons who
22 are not legally responsible for the applicant or recipient.
23 The standard of general assistance aid established
24 pursuant to Section 17000.5 for a single adult recipient
25 may be reduced pursuant to this paragraph subdivision
26 by not more than the following percentages, as
:ate 27 appropriate:
28 { }
29 (A) Fifteen percent if the recipient shares housing
30 with one other person described in this subparagraph.
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32 (B) Twenty percent if the recipient shares housing
33 with two other persons described in this subparagraph.
34 {- }
35 (C) Twenty-five percent if the recipient shares
36 housing with three or more other persons described in
37 this subparagraph.
38 f B}
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- 3 — SB 1784
-Vs: 1 (2) Any standard of aid adopted pursuant .to this
2 petragraph subdivision shall constitute a sufficient
and 3 standard of aid for any recipient who shares housing.
4 +G}
ion of 5 (3) Counties with shared housing reductions larger
5, the 6 than the amounts specified in subparagraph +A+
;ency 7 paragraph (1) as of August 19, 1992, may continue to
►f the 8 apply those adjustments.
9 {�3}
10 (c) Discontinue aid under this part.for a period of not
ses of 11 more than 180 days with respect to any recipient .who is
ance. 12 able bodied and mentally competent and' has received
13 aid under this part for three months . if the.. recipient
14 engages in any of the following conduct:
15
ill be 16. (1) Fails, or refuses,.without good cause, to participate
cnent 17 in a qualified job training program, participation of which
:)r to 18 is a condition of receipt :of assistance.
19 -{$}
;. 20 (2) After completion of a job training program, fails,
e for 21 or refuses, without good cause, to accept an offer of
Ze or 22 appropriate employment.
who 23 {G}
dent. 24 (3) Persistently fails, or refuses, without good cause, to
shed 25 cooperate with the county in its efforts to do any of the
dent 26 following:
inion 27 { }
as 28 (A) Enroll the recipient in a job training program.
29 {- }
30 (B) After completion of a job training program, locate
king 31 and secure appropriate employment for the recipient.
Kph. 32 +]D+
33 (4) For purposes of this petntgrretph subdivision, lack
ising 34 of good cause may be demonstrated by a showing of any
aph. 35 of the following:
36 {-i}
.ares 37 (A) The willful failure, or refusal, of the recipient to
d in 38 participate in a job training program, accept appropriate
39 employment, or cooperate in enrolling in a training
40 program or locating employment.
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2 (B) Not less than three separate acts of negligent
3 failure of the recipient to engage in any of the activities
4 described in elatrse * subparagraph (A) .
5 {4*
6 (d) Notwithstanding petretgretph {3} subdivision (c),
7 discontinue aid to, or sanction, recipients for failure or
8 refusal without good cause to follow program
9 requirements. For purposes of this subdivision, lack of
10 good cause may be demonstrated by a showing of either
11 +A+ %-;Ihctd .
12 (1) Willful failure or refusal of the recipient to follow
13 program requirements ; of -fes- est .
14 (2) Not less than three separate acts of negligent
15 failure of the recipient to follow program requirements.
16 {b-}- Phis seet en shall � � ef€eet jantlary
17 1995, sitd shah ,have ee wee e - e&et on or after- that
18 dRte; eeless , d std .- is eeaeted
19 be€ere janttarry '-I-, 1995, deletes e - ex-tends that date.
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