ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME
TO OUR 73RD HEARING OF THE YEAR.
TODAY'S INFORMATIONAL HEARING
WILL ALLOW US TO DISCUSS 19
BUDGET AND TRAILER BILLS THAT
REFLECT OUR FINAL THREE PARTY
AGREEMENT WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION. WE EXPECT TO
VOTE ON THESE BILLS TOMORROW AND
ON THURSDAY ON THE ASSEMBLY
FLOOR. THIS HEARING IS
INFORMATIONAL, AS THE BILLS ARE
CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR AND NOT
IN A POSSESSION OF THE
COMMITTEE, SO THERE WILL BE NO
VOTES IN COMMITTEE TODAY. THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WILL
PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
BILL, FOLLOWED BY ANY COMMENTS
FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE AND CHRISTIAN GRIFFITH
FROM THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND STAFF ARE
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. AT THE END
OF THIS HEARING, WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THESE 19 BILLS. BUT FIRST,
LET ME ASK OUR VICE CHAIR,
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, FLORES, FOR ANY
OPENING REMARKS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL
NOW INVITE THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS.
GOOD MORNING. CHAIR GABRIEL,
VICE CHAIR, LARA. MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, ERICA LEE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. AND I
WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT WE DO
HAVE 19 BILLS. SO I MIGHT BE
SPEAKING FOR, AT LENGTH, JUST A
LARGE OVERVIEW BEFORE LAUNCHING
INTO THE BILLS. THE AGREEMENT
MAINTAINS THE MULTI-YEAR FISCAL
STRUCTURE INTRODUCED IN THE MAY
REVISION. SOLVING FOR BUDGET
DEFICITS BOTH IN THE BUDGET
WINDOW AS WELL AS THE FISCAL
YEAR THAT FOLLOWS 20 2526.
BEYOND THIS MULTIYEAR STRUCTURE,
THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES
FURTHER BUDGET RESILIENCE AND
MAINTAINS A HEALTHY RESERVE.
WHILE IT ASSUMES WITHDRAWALS
FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION
ACCOUNT OR THE RAINY DAY FUND
OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS,
THERE IS STILL 22.2 BILLION
REMAINING IN TOTAL RESERVES AT
THE END OF THE 2425 FISCAL YEAR,
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE AGREEMENT
INCLUDES LEGISLATION REQUIRING
THE STATE TO SET ASIDE A PORTION
OF ANTICIPATED SURPLUS FUNDS TO
BE ALLOCATED IN A SUBSEQUENT
BUDGET ACT AFTER THOSE REVENUES
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REALIZED. SO
SOME TOP LINE NUMBERS THE
AGREEMENT INCLUDES TOTAL
EXPENDITURES OF 297.9 BILLION.
AND THAT'S ALL FUNDS. OF THAT
211.5 BILLION ARE GENERAL FUND,
THE STATE FISK THE SFU SORT OF
OUR OUR I LIKE TO CALL IT OUR
CHECKING ACCOUNT IS BALANCED
OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS
WITH POSITIVE BALANCES OF 3.5
BILLION IN 24, 25 AND 1.5
BILLION IN 2526. AND AS
MENTIONED, THE RESERVES
REMAINING AFTER THIS AGREEMENT
ARE OVER 2020, OVER 22 BILLION.
THE AGREEMENT FUNDS THE PROP 98
MINIMUM GUARANTEE AT 115.3
BILLION, OF WHICH 82.6 BILLION
IS GENERAL FUND FOR THE
AGREEMENT, FOR THE BUDGET
AGREEMENT FOR PRE-K THROUGH 12
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
MAINTAINING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
AND MITIGATING REDUCTIONS IN THE
CLASSROOM, AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE
AGREEMENT SOLVES FOR A $46.8
BILLION DEFICIT FOR THE BUDGET
YEAR, AND THIS INCLUDES
DEFERRALS OF 2 BILLION PAUSES
AND DELAYS OF ABOUT 3 BILLION
FUND SHIFTS, ABOUT 6 BILLION
RESERVES AS A SOLUTION, 6
BILLION REVENUE AND BORROWING,
13.6 BILLION AND REDUCTIONS OF
16 BILLION. AND ALSO NOTEWORTHY
IS THE AGREEMENT DOES MAINTAIN
CORE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS.
PARTICULARLY THOSE MOST
VULNERABLE, AS I SAID, PROP 98,
IT PROTECTS EDUCATION NOW AND
INTO THE FUTURE FOR MEDI-CAL. IT
MAINTAINS FUNDING FOR THE
EXPANSION OF HEALTH CARE TO ALL
INCOME ELIGIBLE CALIFORNIANS,
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS, AND INCLUSIVE OF IN-HOME
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. IT ALSO
INCLUDES CALWORKS BASE GRANTS
THAT HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY OVER
31% SINCE 2021, AS WELL AS THE
SSI, SSP BASE GRANTS, WHICH HAVE
INCREASED 3.2% AND ADDITIONAL
9.2. SSI AND THEN SSP. THE
AGREEMENT ALSO IDENTIFIES
CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN VITAL
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A BILLION
FOR HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE
AND PREVENTION, 250 MILLION IN
ENCAMPMENT GRANTS, 103,000,001
TIME FOR VICTIMS ASSISTANCE
GRANTS TO BACKFILL FEDERAL FUNDS
AND 80 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR TWO
YEARS IN THE NONPROFIT SECURITY
GRANTS. SO THIS WAS A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE BIG,
STRUCTURAL, BUDGET INCLUDED IN
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT. AND I WILL
NOW BRIEFLY GO INTO THE 19,
RELATED BILLS. THE FIRST BILL IS
AB, SB 108, WHICH IS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 BUDGET
ACT. THIS BILL INCLUDES A
REDUCTION OF 1.1 BILLION TO
VARIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROGRAMS. IT SHIFTS 958 MILLION
GENERAL FUND FROM THE CURRENT
YEAR AND BUDGET YEAR. FOR
FORMULA AND COMPETITIVE TRANSIT
AND INTERCITY RAIL, CAPITAL
PROGRAMS TO THE GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION FUND DELAYS 550
MILLION TO 20 2728 FOR BROADBAND
LAST MILE. IT PROVIDES
1,000,000,001 TIME TO PROVIDE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FUNDING TO
COME COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S
THROUGH THE HAP PROGRAM PROVIDES
250. AS I MENTIONED IN
ENCAMPMENT GRANTS, IT REDUCES
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND REHABILITATION BUDGET BY 750
MILLION. GENERAL FUND, WHICH
INCLUDES 392 MILLION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE STATEWIDE REDUCTIONS.
THAT'S THE VACANT POSITION
REDUCTION, AS WELL AS STATE
OPERATIONS REDUCTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, A DEACTIVATES
HOUSING UNITS ACROSS 11
INSTITUTIONS WHILE PRESERVING
REHABILITATION SPACE AND
MINIMIZING THE IMPACT ON THE
INCARCERATED AND STAFF
POPULATIONS. THAT RESULTS IN
ABOUT 82 MILLION REDUCTION. IT
PROVIDES 13.2 MILLION ONE TIME
GENERAL FUND FOR THE BOARD OF
STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
TO CONTINUE THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS
GRANT PROGRAM. IT ALSO RESTORES
42 MILLION GENERAL FUND FOR THE
HABITAT CONSERVATION FUND. THE
BILL ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE
OF ABOUT 229 MILLION FOR AN
ESTIMATED 11,000 NEW STATE
SUBSIDIZED, CENTER BASED CHILD
CARE SLOTS BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST
OF THIS YEAR, AND IT DECREASES
BY 306 MILLION. GENERAL FUND TO
REFLECT A SIX MONTH DELAY. TO,
DELAY TO JANUARY ONE, 2025 FOR
THE NEXT STEP IN DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDER RATE
REFORM. IT INCLUDES 133 MILLION
MCO, THE TAX FUNDS IN 20 2425
FOR TARGETED MEDI-CAL RATE
INCREASES BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST
OF NEXT YEAR, AND IT MAINTAINS
92 MILLION GENERAL FUND AND 184
MILLION GENERAL FUND FOR STATE
AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS.
THAT WAS THE FIRST BILL. THE
SECOND BILL IS AB, SB 109, WHICH
IS, AMENDS THE 2023 BUDGET ACT.
THIS BILL MAKES TECHNICAL AND
CLARIFYING CHANGES TO THE 2023
BUDGET ACT. IT INCLUDES AN
INCREASE OF 176 MILLION FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES TO ADDRESS A CURRENT
NEAR GENERAL FUND SHORTFALL TO
ALLOW DCS TO MEET CRITICAL
MEDI-CAL PROVIDER PAYMENTS. AND
THE BUDGET INCLUDES 10.6, THE
BUDGET AGREEMENT INCLUDES 10.6
MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE
SECRETARY. SORRY. THE CURRENT
BUDGET INCLUDES 10.6 MILLION
ANNUALLY FOR THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TO COVER ELECTION RELATED
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PRINTING AND
MAILING OF VOTER INFORMATION
GUIDES. IN THE MOST RECENT
ELECTION, THESE EXPENDITURES
TOTALED 16.5 MILLION, SO AN
ADDITIONAL 5.9 MILLION MORE THAN
WAS ALLOCATED. SO THIS BILL
INCLUDES THE NET DIFFERENCE.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
BILL, SB AB 153 K THROUGH 12
EDUCATION TRAILER BILL. THIS
BILL INCLUDES DEFERRAL, RESERVE
WITHDRAWALS AND ACCRUALS AS PART
OF THE PROP 98 AGREEMENT.
SPECIFICALLY, IT DEFERS ROUGHLY
2.3 BILLION IN SPECIFIED
CATEGORICAL FUNDING FROM 2223 TO
2324, IT DEFERS 3.6 BILLION PROP
98, IN THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING
FORMULA FROM 2324 TO 2425, AND
ADDITIONAL 247 MILLION PROP 98
FUNDING FROM 2425 TO 2526, FOR
ACCRUALS. IT CRUISED THE
ACCOUNTING OF 6.2 MILLION IN
PREVIOUS PAYMENTS TO SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO FUTURE
YEARS BEGINNING IN 2627, WITHOUT
IMPACTING THE CALCULATION OF THE
PROPOSITION 98 GUARANTEE IN
EITHER 2022 OR THE FEW YEARS, IT
SUSPENDS THE AUGUST 15TH, 2024
LAYOFF WINDOW FOR TEACHERS.
OTHER NON ADMINISTRATIVE
CERTIFICATED STAFF, AS WELL AS
CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND IT FORGOES
A PLANNED 875 MILLION GENERAL
FUND INVESTMENT IN THE SCHOOL
FACILITIES PROGRAM, AS WELL AS
FORGOES A PLANNED 550 MILLION
GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT IN THE
FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN,
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND
PRESCHOOL FACILITIES GRANT
PROGRAM AS SOLUTIONS FOR THE
BUDGET. MOVING ON TO AB, SB 155
HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS BILL
INCLUDES AGAIN DEFERRAL, RESERVE
WITHDRAWALS AND ACCRUALS AS PART
OF THE PROP 98 AGREEMENT. THIS
TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
SPECIFICALLY DEFERS ABOUT 242
MILLION IN SPECIFIED CATEGORICAL
FUNDING FROM 2223 TO 2324, 446
MILLION PROP 98 GENERAL FUND IN
STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING.
FORMULA FROM 23 THE CURRENT YEAR
TO THE BUDGET YEAR, AND,
APPROXIMATELY 244 MILLION. PROP
98 FROM 2425 TO 2526. IT ALSO
ESTABLISHES A STUDENT HOUSING
LEASE REVENUE BOND STRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT
HOUSING PROJECTS AND ESTABLISHES
THE REBUILDING NURSING FACULTY
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
PROGRAM. MOVING ON TO AB. SB
156. THIS IS THE RESOURCES
TRAILER BILL. THIS BILL MAKES
VARIOUS STATUTORY CHANGES IN
NATURAL RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND
THEY INCLUDE MAKING TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PARKS
ADVENTURE PASS PROGRAM, ALIGNING
STATE RECREATION, BOATING SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS WITH FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE STATE
WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. IT MAKES
STATUTORY CHANGES RELATED TO THE
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT, AND OF TORQUE
AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES, CONTROLS,
GENERATION AND HANDLING FEE TO
INCREASE COMPLIANCE AND ADDRESS
A SHORTFALL IN THAT ACCOUNT, AND
IT MAKES STATUTORY CHANGES TO
ALIGN THE FEDERAL THE SORRY TO
ALIGN WITH GENERAL FUND
SOLUTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS
WELL CAPPING PROGRAM AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CONTROLS CLEANUP AND VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. MOVING
ON TO AB. SB 159, THIS IS THE
HEALTH TRAILER BILL. THIS BILL
IMPLEMENTS THE FOLLOWING
SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROPOSALS. IT
INCLUDES A TRIGGER REGARDING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HEALTH
CARE WORKER MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASES. IT EXEMPTS STATE
FACILITIES AND MAKES OTHER
IMPLEMENTATION CLARIFICATIONS.
IT ALSO EFFECTUATES THE NEW
TARGETED MEDI-CAL PROVIDER RATE
INCREASES AND INVESTMENTS FROM
THE MCO TAX, INCLUDING PHYSICIAN
SERVICES, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
SERVICES, ABORTION AND FAMILY
PLANNING, GROUND EMERGENCY
TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKERS, PEDIATRIC DAY HEALTH
CENTERS. CONTINUOUS MEDI-CAL
COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN UNTIL THE
AGE OF FIVE, AND VARIOUS OTHERS.
IT ESTABLISHES THE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL DIRECTED PAYMENT
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT MEDI-CAL
MEDICAL CARE FOR CRITICALLY ILL
CHILDREN. IT ACCELERATES ONLINE
PURCHASING FOR THE WOMEN,
INFANTS AND CHILDREN PROGRAM, OR
WILK, AND IT EXPANDS PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY FOR AIDS DRUG
ASSISTANCE, OR ADAP. IT
INCREASES PREMIUM PAYMENTS,
MODIFIES THE FORMULARY, AND
AUTHORIZES FUNDING FOR VARIOUS
PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS TO HELP
REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF HIV AIDS
IN CALIFORNIA. AND MOVING ON TO
THE NEXT BILL, AB, SB 160. THIS
IS THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION
TAX OR MCO TAX, THIS BILL
INCLUDES AN INCREASE TO THE MCO
TAX, STATE FUNDING TO ACHIEVE
ADDITIONAL NET STATE BENEFIT.
THIS IS BEYOND WHAT WAS INCLUDED
IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AS WELL
AS EARLY ACTION OF NEARLY 1.8
BILLION IN BUDGET YEAR, 1.9
BILLION IN 2526 AND 1.4 BILLION
IN 2627. AND IT DOES THIS BY
INCLUDING HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE
REVENUE IN THE REVENUE LIMIT
CALCULATION. THIS INCREASES THE
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SIZE OF THE
TOTAL REVENUE GENERATED FROM
THAT TAX. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THIS CHANGE HAS NO
IMPACT ON THE COMMERCIAL HEALTH
PLANS OR MEDICARE PLANS. OKAY,
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT BILL, AB,
SB 161, HUMAN SERVICES TRAILER
BILL. THIS BILL IMPLEMENTS THE
FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT HUMAN
RESOURCES. HUMAN SERVICES
PROPOSALS. IT ESTABLISHES A
PERMANENT RATE STRUCTURE FOR
FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS THAT
FOCUSES ON THE CHILD'S
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL OF NEED AND
STRENGTHS, RATHER THAN THE
PLACEMENT TYPE. IT AUTHORIZES A
CALWORKS MAXIMUM AID PAYMENT OR
MAP OF 0.3% BEGINNING OCTOBER OF
THIS YEAR. IT DIRECTS DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO APPLY FOR
THE FEDERAL PROJECTS FOR
PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY BY
MEASURING WORK OUTCOMES. PILOT
AND CODIFIES LEGISLATIVE INTENT
TO TRANSFORM CALWORKS INTO A
MORE FAMILY CENTERED PROGRAM.
AND LASTLY, IT ELIMINATES THE
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR COUNTY MATCH
REQUIREMENT FOR ONGOING FUNDING
FOR THE HOUSING AND DISABILITY
ADVOCACY PROGRAM. MOVING ON TO
AB, SB 162 DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES TRAILER BILL THE BILL.
THIS BILL IMPLEMENTS THE
FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES PROPOSALS
. IT DELAYS THE NEXT STEP IN
SERVICE PROVIDER RATE REFORM BY
SIX MONTHS TO JANUARY 1ST OF
NEXT YEAR, WHILE MAINTAINING
MOMENTUM IN DRIVING TOWARD AN
OUTCOMES FOCUSED SYSTEM. IT
CODIFIES THE MASTER PLAN FOR
DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. IT
REPEALS THE PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED
FAMILY COST PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM AND ANNUAL FAMILY
PROGRAM FEE, AND IT ALLOWS FOR
INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN MEETINGS
TO BE HELD REMOTELY. THE NEXT
BILL IS AB, SB 163 CHILD CARE.
THIS BILL CODIFIES LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL STATE
SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE SLOTS. IT
ESTABLISHES NEW PARAMETERS FOR
THE DEVELOPMENTAL AND
IMPLEMENTATION. THE DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR
STATE SUBSIDIZED SUBSIDIZED
CHILD CARE PROVIDER
REIMBURSEMENT RATES, AND IT
AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A STREAMLINED REQUEST
FOR APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT
CURRENT PROGRAM CONTRACTORS CAN
MORE EASILY BE AWARDED
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CHILD
CARE SLOTS. THE NEXT BILL IS AB,
SB 164. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TRAILER BILL. THIS BILL
INCREASES THE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE UTILIZATION REVIEW AND
EVALUATION SYSTEM, OR CURES FEE
FROM 9 TO $15 STARTING APRIL 1ST
OF 2025 TO SUPPORT THE
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS
FOR CURES. IT INCREASES REAL
ESTATE FEES TO MAINTAIN THE
SOLVENCY OF THE REAL ESTATE FUND
AND REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF
REAL ESTATE TO MEET WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION PRIOR TO INCREASING
FEES IN THE FUTURE. IT MOVES
PROGRAMS OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO REALIGN
THE DEPARTMENT WITH ITS CORE
MISSION, AND RENAMES THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF LAND USE
AND CLIMATE INNOVATION. AND
LASTLY, IT REQUIRES THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY WITH THE THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR IN DEVELOPING AND
CONSTRUCTING A STATEWIDE OPEN
ACCESS MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND
NETWORK TO WORK WITH LAST MILE
GRANT PROJECT AWARDEES TO ENSURE
NETWORK SEGMENTS SUPPORT LAST
MILE CONNECTIONS. THE NEXT BILL
IS AB, SB 166 ON HOUSING. THIS
BILL ESTABLISHES ROUND SIX OF
THE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE
AND PREVENTION PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE 1 BILLION TO CITIES,
COUNTIES, CONTINUUMS OF CARE AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO COMBAT
HOMELESSNESS ROUND SIX INCLUDES
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO
INCREASE THE STATE'S OVERSIGHT
OF HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SPEND
THIS FUNDING, AND IT ESTABLISHES
ADDITIONAL REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION GRANTS.
OKAY, THE NEXT BILL IS AB, SB
168, THE TRAILER BILL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY. THIS BILL MAKES AN
APPROPRIATION OF 116 MILLION TO
COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENTS IN
BUDGET YEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS PERFORMANCE
INCENTIVE PROGRAM, AND THAT'S
PURSUANT TO SB 678. IT ADJUSTS
ALLOCATIONS TO COUNTY PROBATION
DEPARTMENTS BY 5.5% ON A ONE
TIME BASIS TO PROVIDE AN
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
IN THE BUDGET YEAR AND
GUARANTEES A MINIMUM FUNDING
LEVEL OF 200,000 FOR EACH COUNTY
THAT FALLS BELOW THIS AMOUNT IN
THE BUDGET YEAR, IT ALSO
CLARIFIES EXISTING PROCESSES AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
PROVIDE CRIMINAL RECORDS.
RECORDS RELIEF PROVIDES
RETROACTIVE CRIMINAL RECORDS
RELIEF FOR SPECIFIED
CONVICTIONS, AND EXTENDS THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE FROM JULY
1ST, 2024 TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
MOVING ON TO AB. SB 169, WHICH
IS THE JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAILER
BILL. THIS BILL EFFECTUATES THE
TRANSFER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
GRANT ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS
FROM THE BOARD OF STATE AND
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TO THE
OFFICE OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY
RESTORATION, OR OICER. IT
EXTENDS AND EXPANDS AN EXISTING
REQUIREMENT FOR COUNTY PROBATION
AND DEPARTMENTS TO REPORT
JUVENILE DATA TO OCR, AS WAS
ESTABLISHED IN AB 102, IT
UPDATES THE FORMULA FOR THE
JUVENILE REENTRY GRANT IN
RECOGNITION OF THE CLOSURE OF
THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE
JUSTICE. IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
TIME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO
ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
SUCCESSOR FORMULA FOR THE
JUVENILE JUSTICE REALIGNMENT
BLOCK GRANT, ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SB 823. MOVING ON TO
AB 170, THE COURTS TRAILER BILL.
THIS BILL EXTENDS THE SUNSET
DATES FOR REMOTE PROCEEDINGS FOR
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES THROUGH
JANUARY OF 2027. IT'S CURRENTLY
2025. IT ALLOWS HABEAS CORPUS
RESOURCE CENTER ATTORNEYS TO
CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THEIR
CLIENTS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY
SENTENCED TO DEATH, BUT WHOSE
SENTENCES WERE REDUCED TO LIFE
WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY.
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE UNTIL JULY
1ST OF 2029. AND IT APPROPRIATES
100,000 GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT
THE EQUAL ACCESS FUND
ADMINISTERED BY THE JUDICIAL
COUNCIL AND THE STATE BAR. THE
NEXT BILL IS AB, SB 171. THE
BILL, THE TRAILER BILL ON LABOR,
AND THIS BILL AUTHORIZES THE
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS TO UTILIZE EMERGENCY
HIRING AUTHORITY TO EXPEDITE
HIRING AND FILL VACANCIES TO
INCREASE THE EFFECTIVE AND
TIMELY ENFORCEMENT OF EMPLOYER
LABOR CLAIMS. SORRY, EMPLOYEE
LABOR CLAIMS. IT CLARIFIES THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THE WORKER'S
COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD HAS
TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON AN
APPEAL, AND IT AUTHORIZED THE
DEFERRAL OF STATE EMPLOYEE
PAYROLL COSTS FROM JUNE 2025 TO
JULY 2025. MOVING ON TO AB, SB
173, THE TRAILER BILL ON
TRANSPORTATION. THIS BILL ADDS
TO THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
PROVISIONS. IT CLARIFIES
COMPONENTS OF THE EBONY ALERT
PROCESS. IT MAKES TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS SO THAT THE TRANSIT
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS PUT IN
PLACE AS PART OF THE CURRENT
YEAR'S BUDGET APPLY TO ALL YEARS
AND ALL FUNDING SOURCES OF THE
FORMULA. TRANSIT AND INTERCITY
RAIL. CAPITAL PROGRAM AND ZERO
EMISSIONS ZERO EMISSION TRANSIT
CAPITAL PROGRAM. AND LASTLY, IT
REQUIRES CALTRANS TO REPORT
VARIOUS DATA RELATED TO ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES IT PROCURES AS
PART OF ITS MULTIYEAR FLEET
REPLACEMENT PLAN. THE NEXT BILL
IS AB, SB 174 FACILITIES. THIS
BILL PROVIDES GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING 700
MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE
YEARS TO FUND THE CAPITAL ANNEX
PROJECTS. IT EXEMPTS THE CAPITAL
ANNEX PROJECTS FROM THE
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT, AND IT EXTENDS THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT, STATUTORY EXEMPTION THAT
CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR SPECIFIED
FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION
PROJECTS BY FIVE YEARS. AND THE
LAST TRAILER BILL IS AB, SB 175
ON TAXATION REVENUES. THIS BILL
ESTABLISHES A REFUNDABILITY
PROGRAM TO ENSURE TAXPAYERS
SUBJECT TO THE BUSINESS CREDIT
LIMITATION PROPOSED BY AB. SB
167 FOR TAX YEARS 2024, 2025 AND
2026. CAN FULLY UTILIZE THEIR
CREDITS AFTER THE LIMITATION
PERIOD ENDS. TAXPAYERS CAN MAKE
A ONE TIME ELECTION TO RECEIVE A
REFUNDABLE CREDIT EQUAL TO THE
AMOUNT OF CREDITS OVER 5 MILLION
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO USE TO REDUCE TAX LIABILITY
FOR THAT TAX YEAR. IF NOT FOR
THIS CREDIT LIMITATION, AND
CREDITS CAN BE UTILIZED OVER A
PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AT 20% PER
YEAR. WITHIN THOSE EACH EACH OF
THOSE FIVE YEARS, AB SB 175 ALSO
IMPLEMENTS A TRIGGER MECHANISM
FOR TAX YEARS 2025 AND 2026 SUCH
THAT THE CREDIT LIMITATION AND
NOL SUSPENSION WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT FOR EACH OF THOSE TAX
YEARS. IF REVENUES ARE
SUFFICIENT WITHOUT THE REVENUE
IMPACT FROM THIS SOLUTION. AND
CHAIR. VICE CHAIR, I'M DONE WITH
THE BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS,
MISS LEE, AND APPRECIATE YOUR
PARTNERSHIP HERE ON ON WORKING
ON THE BUDGET, WITH THAT, WE
WILL TURN TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
ANALYSTS. ANY COMMENTS,
COMPLIMENTS, QUESTIONS? THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. VICE CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. NO, NO, NOTHING
PREPARED. BUT WE'RE HERE AND
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF
WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. AT THIS POINT, WE WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE,
SEEING IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR.
FLORES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR,
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE
STAFF, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON
THIS BUDGET. THIS HAS NOT BEEN
AN EASY YEAR AND CERTAINLY
DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED, EVEN
THOUGH WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE
ON WHAT'S IN IT, BUT CERTAINLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT'S
BEING DONE, I DO HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO
TRY TO GO IN ORDER THROUGH EACH
OF THE TRAILER BILLS AND JUST
KIND OF, JUST KEEP IN MIND VERY
BRIEF AND JUST I WANT TO RESPECT
EVERYBODY'S TIME AS WELL. BUT
THERE'S A FEW THINGS I DO WANT
TO GET SOME CLARITY ON, WE'RE
GOING TO START WITH SB, AB 108.
HOW MUCH OF THIS FUNDING IS IN
THIS BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO
WILDFIRE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.
I'M GOING TO TURN TO ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THE SPECIFICS.
THANK YOU. SORRY.
GOOD MORNING, STEVEN BENSON WITH
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SO
THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
AREAS WHERE THERE'S FUNDING FOR
THAT. SO THE IN 21 AND 22, WE
HAD THE REALLY BIG CLIMATE
PACKAGES. AND SO OF THAT
FUNDING, THERE WAS 2.8 BILLION
OVER THREE YEARS FOR WILDFIRE
FORCE RESILIENCE. THE BUDGET
MAINTAINS 2.6 BILLION OF THAT.
IT SPREADS IT OVER A COUPLE MORE
YEARS. BUT IT MAINTAINS 2.6 OR I
THINK IT'S 93. YEAH AND THEN,
THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN A 6 TO 6 HOUR WORK
WEEK FOR CAL FIRE THAT WILL HAVE
CO-BENEFITS OF SIGNIFICANT
ADDITIONAL WILDFIRE PREVENTION
ACTIVITIES. I'D LOVE TO HEAR
THAT NICE LITTLE PLUG THERE, I
APPRECIATE THAT, AND THEN ONE
MORE QUESTION ON THIS PARTICULAR
ONE, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
IS IN THE BUDGET FOR, SURFACE
WATER STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE?
COMPETITION WATER STORAGE,
SPECIFICALLY, THE THREE PARTY
DEAL CUTS 500 MILLION FROM WATER
STORAGE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S
NOT VERY FUN, RIGHT. THANK YOU
FOR THAT ANSWER, THOUGH. ALL
RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO, RESOURCES. AB, SB 156. MIGHT
AS WELL JUST KEEP YOU HERE FOR A
LITTLE BIT. RIGHT ON. BACK TO
KIND OF THE WILDFIRE, YOU KNOW,
PREVENTION STUFF. IS IT SORT OF
IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DID WITH SB
901? SENATOR DODD, DOES IT KIND
OF. SO THE TWO, THE 200,000,
SORRY, 200 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT
WAS GOING TOWARDS THOSE SB 901
ACTIVITIES. THAT LEVEL OF
FUNDING IS MAINTAINED IN THIS
BUDGET. THERE'S A SHIFT IN TERMS
OF FUND SOURCE FOR SOME OF IT.
BUT THE $200 MILLION LEVEL IS
MAINTAINED AND WITHIN THE
TRAILER BILL, THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ADDED THAT
WAS A PRIORITY TO THE
LEGISLATURE, PARTICULARLY FOR
THE ASSEMBLY. AND IT'S IN
COMPLEMENT WITH THE 66 HOUR WORK
WEEK IMPLEMENTATION. WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, IN
ADDING PERSONNEL FOR WILDFIRE
RESILIENCY AND PREVENTION WORK,
THAT WE MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE OUTCOMES OF THAT WORK
IS. AND WE HAVE SOME PRETTY
LOFTY GOALS OF LIKE 500 MILLION
ACRES TO TREAT. RIGHT. DO WE
HAVE A PLAN? KIND OF. WHAT'S THE
THOUGHT PROCESS ON REACHING
THOSE GOALS? SO THE WILDFIRE
FORCE RESILIENCE TASK FORCE HAS
A SET OF ACTIONS THAT THEY, HAVE
OUTLINED FOR TRYING TO REACH
THOSE GOALS, CAL FIRE, HAS A
CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THAT ACREAGE
THAT THEY TREATING. THEY'VE BEEN
MEETING THAT GOAL. AND THEN, OF
COURSE, WE HAVE CONSERVANCIES
AND OTHER AGENCIES AND OF
COURSE, PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT,
YOU KNOW, ENTITIES THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE ACREAGE. SO
THERE'S A THERE'S A WHOLE ACTION
PLAN GOES THROUGH. THERE'S, YOU
KNOW, DOZENS OF LIKE, GOALS AND
TARGETS FOR REACHING THAT GOAL,
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL YOU
WANT ON THAT, BUT THE FUNDING
THAT'S MAINTAINED FROM THE
CLIMATE PACKAGES AND THE $200
MILLION ANNUALLY ALL GO TOWARDS
REACHING THAT GOAL, AND CAL FIRE
HAS BEEN HITTING ITS TARGETS. I
THINK A LOT OF THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN AS WELL.
LOVE IT. AND WE'LL WE'LL TALK
OFFLINE SOME MORE OF THE DETAILS
ON SOME OF THAT. SO WE'LL REACH
OUT AS WELL, AND THEN ONE
PROGRAM THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NEAR
AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS A FARMER
PROGRAM. IS THAT STILL ZEROED
OUT? SORRY. YOU BRING UP SOME
MUSICAL CHAIRS HERE? NO. IT'S
OKAY. GOOD MORNING. JULIANNE.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WHICH
FARMERS PROGRAM ARE YOU
REFERRING TO? THE FARMER
PROGRAM. THE RELIEF FOR SMALL
FARMERS. ENGINE REPLACEMENT
TRACTOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
CALLED THE FARMER PROGRAM AS IT
RELATES TO, CAP OR, SORRY, THE
AIR RESOURCES BOARD. THE PROGRAM
HAS BEEN SHIPWORMS ASSEMBLY
BUDGET COMMITTEE, YES. I BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS NO NEW FUNDING IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT IT
WASN'T TECHNICALLY ZEROED OUT
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY KEYED
FOR THIS YEAR. THERE'S NO OKAY,
APPRECIATE THAT, NEXT WE'RE
GOING TO GO ON TO SB, AB, SB 160
MCO TAX. OKAY. COOL LAST SUMMER
WE INCREASED THE MCO TAX WITH
PROMISES OF YOU KNOW, PROVIDER
RATE INCREASES. THE GOVERNOR
KIND OF WITHHELD THOSE RATE
INCREASES. AND NOW HE ASKED TO
RAISE TAXES AGAIN, WITH KIND OF
MORE PROMISES. SO I GUESS, LIKE
IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
RAISE THE MCO TAX, WHEN ARE WE
GOING TO START SEEING SOME
PROVIDER RATE INCREASES? ERIC,
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, IN
THE MAY REVISION, THE MCO
PACKAGE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST
YEAR, WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE
OF THE FISCAL CONDITION. AS PART
OF THIS THREE PARTY AGREEMENT,
WE DO HAVE TARGETED PROVIDER
RATE INCREASES, THERE ARE, THERE
IS ALSO IN AB, SB 160 TRAILER
BILL, THE ADDITION OF THE NEW
ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR THE MCO
TAX, THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THERE
ARE TARGETED REVENUE PROVIDER
RATE INCREASES INCLUDED IN THIS
THREE PARTY AGREEMENT. OKAY.
NOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT
BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU OBVIOUSLY
REPRESENT A RURAL COMMUNITY. I
MEAN, THESE FOLKS NEED TO GET
PAID AND THEY NEED TO GET
REIMBURSED. AND SO WE NEED TO
KIND OF SORT THAT OUT SOONER
THAN LATER. SO I CERTAINLY WOULD
APPRECIATE THAT, AND THEN YOU
ALSO MENTIONED IN YOUR QUICK
REMARKS, BUT CAN YOU JUST A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE
REFUNDABLE CREDIT AND HOW THAT
WILL WORK? SURE. I'LL START AT A
HIGH LEVEL, AND THEN I WILL ASK
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL, BUT THE
KNOLL AND THE CREDIT LIMITATION,
MAY REVISION PROPOSAL IS
ESSENTIALLY INCLUDED IN THIS,
BUT IT'S IT IS DIFFERENT THAT WE
DO ALLOW FOR REFUNDABILITY. SO
CREDITS THAT ARE, ABOVE THE 5
MILLION THAT WERE NOT TAKEN,
BASICALLY ARE ALLOWED TO BE
TAKEN IN THE FUTURE. AND I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO MY MUCH MORE
ABLED COLLEAGUE TO DISCUSS THE
DETAILS. OKAY. HEY, COLBY WHITE,
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. SO WITH
REGARD TO REFUNDABILITY, THE
CREDIT LIMITATION THAT'S IN
EFFECT AS PART OF THE THREE
PARTY AGREEMENT FOR TAX YEARS
2024, 2025 AND 2026, THAT $5
MILLION LIMITATION, TO THE
EXTENT THAT ANY COMPANY HAS
CREDITS IN EXCESS OF THAT 5
MILLION, THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE
IN ANY GIVEN TAX YEAR, THEY CAN
MAKE A ONE TIME ELECTION. AND
THAT EXCESS CREDITS, THEY'RE
ABLE TO CONVERT THOSE CREDITS TO
REFUNDABLE CREDITS AND IN SO
DOING, THEY'RE ABLE TO START
TAKING THOSE REFUNDABLE CREDITS
THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE
ELECTION. AND IT'S OVER A
SCHEDULE OVER FIVE YEARS, 20% OF
THAT AMOUNT OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS THIS PROVIDES A
CERTAINTY TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY THE LIMITATION THAT
THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO
USE THEIR CREDITS AND THEN THE
HOLLYWOOD TAX CREDIT WAS TREATED
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE R&D TAX
CREDIT. WHY WAS THAT SO THE FILM
CREDIT WAS, IT CURRENTLY IT
WASN'T TREATED DIFFERENTLY. IT
IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE $5
MILLION LIMITATION. AND TO THE
EXTENT THAT, COMPANIES ARE, YOU
KNOW, ARE SUBJECT THAT IF THERE
THERE'S THE FILM CREDIT 4.0 HAS
A REFUNDABILITY PROVISION AS
WELL. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT
THEY'RE TAKING THOSE REFUNDABLE
CREDITS ON THE FILM CREDIT SIDE,
AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE $5
MILLION LIMITATION AT THE
SCHEDULES OVERLAP, THEY THEY ARE
ABLE TO TAKE THOSE CREDITS
IMMEDIATELY IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR IF THEY EXCEED 5 MILLION.
BUT I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T SAY
THAT THEY WERE TREATED
DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE TO SB 166 ON HOUSING. JUST
GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS
THERE AS IT RELATES TO THE HAP
PROGRAM, IN THIS BUDGET, WE
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 1 BILLION
TO THE HAP PROGRAM. BUT WITH THE
NEW OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS,
STATE AUDIT CONCERNS WITH THE
PAST FINDINGS OR FUNDING, CAN
YOU DESCRIBE HOW THE NEW
REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT
REQUIREMENTS IN THIS BILL
IMPROVE ON PRIOR ROUNDS OF
FUNDING? ANDREW MÁS, DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE, SO A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS TAKEN, PREEMPTIVELY BEFORE
THE AUDIT, WITH THE LEGISLATURE
LAST YEAR IS WE TRANSFERRED THE
HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND
PREVENTION PROGRAM FROM THE
CALIFORNIA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL
ON HOMELESSNESS TO THE HOUSING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS MORE,
CAPACITY TO ADMINISTER THESE
GRANTS AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENTS ON GRANTEES, AND
THEN SPECIFICALLY WITH ROUND
SIX, IT REQUIRES, MONTHLY
REPORTING OF GRANTEES FOR THEIR
FISCAL DATA, AS OPPOSED TO
QUARTERLY REPORTING. IT ALSO
REQUIRES A CORRECTIVE ACTION
PLAN. IF GRANTEES ARE NOT
MEETING THEIR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
MEASURES, AND THEN FOR THE
SECOND OR FOR THE REMAINING,
THEY RECEIVED THEIR
DISBURSEMENTS IN TWO TRANCHES,
50, 50. AND FOR THE SECOND 50.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CITIES AND
COUNTIES HAVE TO HAVE A
COMPLIANT HOUSING ELEMENT. SO
THAT ALSO ENCOURAGES
ACCOUNTABILITY ON THAT SIDE. DO
WE HAVE A NEW GOAL THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO MEET AS FAR AS THE
REDUCTION OF HOMELESSNESS? DO WE
HAVE A NEW GOAL? SO WE'VE MOVED
AWAY FROM OUTCOME GOALS FOR, THE
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AND FOCUS
MORE ON SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
MEASURES AND HOW OVERALL, THE
SYSTEMS ARE ALIGNING AND MAKING
SURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE
ALIGNING THEIR VARIOUS FUNDING
SOURCES TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
GENEVIEVE MORALES, WITH THE
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE
ALSO IN ROUND SIX, WE CREATED
CATEGORIES OF WHERE THEY SHOULD
SPEND THEIR DOLLARS. SO MOVING
AWAY FROM THE OUTCOME GOALS, WE
HAVE BUCKETS WHERE THEIR DOLLARS
SHOULD BE SPENT FOR PREVENTION,
INTERIM HOUSING, PERMANENT
HOUSING AS WELL AS OTHER LIKE
ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT ARE NON
HOUSING. BUT WE REALLY WANT THEM
TO FOCUS ON THAT INTERIM HOUSING
PERMANENT HOUSING AND
PREVENTION. SO WE HAD NEVER IN
ALL THE ROUNDS THAT WE CREATED,
WE HAD NEVER SET A GOAL OF LIKE
YOU HAVE TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS
BY THIS AMOUNT. IT WAS MORE OF
HERE'S HOW MANY HOMELESS. HERE'S
WHAT YOUR YOUR NUMBERS ARE. HOW
ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU HOUSING THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES? MAN. SO WE. OKAY.
IF WE HAVE NO GOALS, IF WE HAVE
NO, THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO
MEASURE SUCCESS? WE DO, WE DO
HAVE WE DO HAVE METRICS IN
THERE. SO IT'S JUST SO WHEN
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR ROUNDS
OF FUNDING AS THEY GO BACK AND
REFINE, AS THEY GO TO DO THE
CHECK INS WITH HCD, THEY HAVE TO
LOOK AT THEIR METRICS TO SEE HOW
MANY WHERE ARE THE HOMELESS, HOW
MANY HOMELESS YOU HAVE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, HOW HAVE YOU REDUCED
THEM? AND SO YOU HAVE METRICS
AND CHECK INS ON THESE SIX SIX
DATA POINTS THAT WERE THAT
REALLY HAVE ARE TIED INTO THE
CMIS SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN TRACK
THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS IN THE
COMMUNITY AND SEE THE REDUCTIONS
IN IN THAT. BUT IT'S BY
COMMUNITY. SO IT'S NOT BY IT'S
NOT A GOAL ACROSS THE BOARD ON
IT. BUT THERE ARE THOSE METRICS
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT WE
CREATED IN ROUND THREE THROUGH
FIVE THAT REALLY ARE GETTING AT
THOSE NUMBERS THERE. BUT YOU
KNOW, RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE IN
THE PROCESS IS WE ARE NOT AT YOU
KNOW, WE'RE AT ROUND THREE IN AS
FAR AS THEIR CONTRACTUALLY
OBLIGATING AND SLOWLY THE DATA
IS COMING IN ON THESE OTHER
ROUNDS. I WOULD JUST SAY OUT OF
THIS ENTIRE BUDGET. AND THANK
YOU CHAIR, FOR THE TIME. THIS
WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION. BUT
THIS ENTIRE BUDGET, THIS IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
CONCERNS ME. THE MOST, IS THIS
FUNDING, BECAUSE OVER THE LAST
NUMBER OF YEARS, WE ALL KNOW WE
SPEND OVER $20 BILLION ON
HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE PUTTING
ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS IN RIGHT
NOW. WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A NET
INCREASE OF HOMELESS POPULATION.
AND SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO
HAVE METRICS IN PLACE TO
ACTUALLY SEE IF THE FUNDING AND
THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SENDING
OR SPENDING ARE ACTUALLY
WORKING, THEN I'M NOT SURE WHY
WE KEEP DUMPING MONEY INTO THIS.
AND SO IT DOES CONCERN ME THAT
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOAL. I
MEAN, I UNDERSTAND LIKE PEOPLE
IN HOUSING, BUT THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S A GOAL.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT AT
THAT. MR. CHAIR, AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS
QUIRK-SILVA. THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE HARD WORK FOR EVERYBODY
WHO'S BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON
THIS, AND GOING BACK TO THE
ALMOST $1 BILLION PUT INTO,
HOMELESS AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THE HAP PROGRAM, AND
OTHER PROGRAMS, THE, LOW INCOME
TAX CREDITS FOR HOUSING, THE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROGRAM AND
THE 2.0 WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
OUR CITIES AND OUR PLANNING
AGENCIES THAT THEY, IN FACT,
BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ALLOWED THEM
TO DO THE WORK. ALTHOUGH
SOMETIMES NOT FEELING LIKE IT IS
WORKING, BUT IT IS, IN FACT,
THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS THEY FEEL
ARE WORKING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE, ON PAGE
49 THAT ALLOWS THE, RECENTLY
FORMED HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS AND
PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW UNIT. SO
HARP UNIT AT YOU HCD TO MONITOR
HAP. SO A LOT OF ACRONYMS THERE.
BUT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR,
THIS INVESTMENT IN $20 BILLION.
AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR
IT. AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO
DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PUBLIC, BELIEVES THAT THESE
DOLLARS ARE NOT ONLY BEING USED,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTS
IN OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESS,
AREAS WHERE WE HAVE HOUSED
PEOPLE. WE ARE MOVING PEOPLE
INTO SHELTERS, SADLY AT A VERY
LARGE NUMBER. AND ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT THAT IS, IN FACT
HAPPENING IS THE AFFORDABILITY
BOTTOM LINE IN CALIFORNIA IS OUT
OF REACH FOR MANY PEOPLE. SO
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THERE HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALS
HOUSED, WE KNOW FROM MANY, MANY,
ACCOUNTABILITY HEARINGS, MANY
INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS THAT IN
FACT, THE DATA IS SHOWING THAT
EVERY TIME WE HOUSE A SEVEN
PEOPLE, TEN PEOPLE FALL INTO
HOMELESSNESS. SO THIS IS AN
ATTEMPT TO KEEP PACE. REALLY
PROUD OF US, ALLOWING SOME
PREVENTION LANGUAGE INTO THE
HAP, DOLLARS AND ALSO
ACCOUNTABILITY, MEANING THAT IN
THE LAST ROUND, CITIES WILL HAVE
TO SHOW THAT THEIR, HOUSING
ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED. SO
WE ARE, IN FACT, PUTTING
LANGUAGE IN THAT, THAT MAKES
SURE THAT THERE'S GUARDRAILS ON
PAGE 51. SORRY, NOT 51. YES, 51.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE
ENCAMPMENT PROGRAM, WHERE MANY
OF US WERE CRITICAL OF THAT
PROGRAM. AND YET THERE WAS A LOT
OF NEGOTIATION. THERE ARE
DOLLARS THERE, BUT THERE ARE
ALSO VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON
REPORTING OUT ON THAT. AND
AGAIN, ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.
SO UNDER MY SUB FIVE COMMITTEE,
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE SHOWN
PROGRESS. THERE'S MORE PROGRESS
TO MAKE. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT
AREA OF USING THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY LANGUAGE FOR
THESE NEW DOLLARS COMING INTO
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS
JUST, WELL, FIRST, AGAIN, THANK
YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK
ON THIS BUDGET, NAVIGATING
CERTAINLY A CHALLENGING MOMENT
FOR THE STATE, JUST PICKING UP
ON ASSEMBLY MEMBER QUIRK-SILVA
POINT AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT I
THINK IS A RENEWED FOCUS FROM
THE LEGISLATURE AND FROM THE
ASSEMBLY ON ENSURING THAT, THE
DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING ARE
DELIVERING RESULTS, AND THAT
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY, IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT TRACKING. WHERE DO WE
WRITE THE CHECKS, BUT WHAT
IMPACT DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE,
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
THAT THAT YOU AND YOUR
SUBCOMMITTEE HAVE DONE ON THAT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR
ALL OF US IF WE COULD PERHAPS
GET A PREVIEW OF THE REPORTING
THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
PRODUCED, BECAUSE I AM A LITTLE
CONFUSED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING HOW
WE'RE MEASURING SUCCESS. AND I
THINK THAT AS WE EMBARK UPON
THIS ADDITIONAL SPENDING,
UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
TO EVALUATE PROGRAM EFFICACY, I
THINK WOULD HELP ALL OF US. IF
YOU IF YOU HAVE TIME, YOU CAN GO
TO SORRY, GENEVIEVE MORALES
BUDGET COMMITTEE, SB 166 OR AB
166 ON PAGE 2524, YOU HAVE THE
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL BILL LANGUAGE
OKAY. AND SO IN THERE YOU'RE
TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
PERSONS WHO BECOME HOMELESS FOR
THE FIRST TIME, INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXITING
HOMELESSNESS INTO INTO PERMANENT
HOUSING, REDUCING THE LENGTH OF
TIME PERSONS REMAIN HOMELESS.
NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO RETURNED
TO HOMELESSNESS AFTER EXITING
HOMELESSNESS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. INCREASING SUCCESSFUL
PLACEMENTS FOR STREET OUTREACH.
SO THOSE ARE THE PERFORMANCE
METRICS THAT WE ARE MEASURING.
IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN
JUST THE PERCENTAGE DECREASE,
BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE
WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH
THE SYSTEMS, AND THAT IS WHY YOU
HAVE THESE DIFFERENT SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT HELP,
TRACK EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT, AND
THEN QUESTION ABOUT, SO IN IN A
COUPLE OF PLACES, WE HAVE,
TRIGGERS, SO THIS IS A QUESTION
ABOUT THE, REFUNDABILITY OR,
SORRY, THE, MY GOODNESS, THIS IS
THE CREDIT LIMITATIONS AND THE
TRIGGER MECHANISM RELATED TO
THOSE. SO, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF
TRIGGERS, TRIGGER MECHANISMS
HERE. I'M PRETTY CLEAR ON HOW
THE TRIGGER FOR THE HEALTH CARE
WORKER MINIMUM WAGE WILL WORK.
IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC. THE AT
LEAST IN THE SUMMARY, IT SAYS
THAT RELATED TO THE BUSINESS TAX
INCENTIVE CREDIT LIMITATION, IT
SAYS THAT THE CREDIT LIMITATIONS
SHALL NOT APPLY FOR EACH OF THE
2025 OR 2026 TAXABLE YEARS. IF
THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
DETERMINES THAT THERE ARE
SUFFICIENT GENERAL FUND
REVENUES. SO WHAT? WHAT IS GOING
TO BE PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT?
HOW IS THAT DETERMINATION GOING
TO BE, REACHED. THANK YOU. COLBY
WHITE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. SO
THERE AS YOU AS YOU STATE, THERE
IS A DETERMINATION THAT NEEDS TO
BE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE BY MAY 15TH, THAT
REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT WITHOUT
WITHOUT THE USE OF THE, OF THE
NOL AND CREDIT CREDIT
LIMITATION. AND THEN IT'S
FURTHER SUBJECT TO, LEGISLATION
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL
BUDGET ACT. SO, AT THAT TIME,
REVENUES BEING IT'LL BE A
HOLISTIC LOOK AT, AT THE, AT THE
ENTIRE BUDGET. SO IT WILL
INCLUDE A LOOK AT REVENUES,
EXPENDITURES, PROP 98 AND PROP
PROPOSITION TWO INTERACTIONS AND
THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT IT
WILL BE INCLUDED IN MAY
REVISION. AND THEN AND THEN AT
THAT TIME, IT HAS TO GO TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND, AND BE IN
NEGOTIATE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
ACT. UNDERSTOOD. AND I I'LL SAY
I GUESS SO TWO THINGS. SO I DO
APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF A
TRIGGER MECHANISM AND, YOU KNOW,
A LOOK EVERY YEAR. I WOULD LIKE
IT IF THERE WAS SOME WAY FOR US
TO MAKE IT LESS OF A MOVING
TARGET. SO YES, KIND OF. WE'LL
KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT MAKES ME
AND I WOULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, A
NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS A LITTLE
BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER LEE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FIRST, I WANT
TO THANK THE THREE PARTIES, THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF FINANCE,
OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS, OF
COURSE, OF REACHING SUCH A
REMARKABLE EVEN THOUGH IN A
CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR, WE
ACHIEVED SUCH A REMARKABLE
BUDGET THAT REALLY PRIORITIZES
HUMAN NEED. AND ESPECIALLY AS
THE CHAIR OF HUMAN SERVICES, I
REALLY AM THANKFUL TO REFLECTIVE
, EXCUSE ME OF SEEING SO MUCH
REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE HUMAN
SERVICES PORTFOLIO, ESPECIALLY
EVEN A SMALL THING THAT I
NOTICED IN THE FLOOR REPORT IS
RESTORING THE CAL FRESH FRESH.
CAL FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS WORKED
REMARKABLY SEAMLESSLY WELL FOR
CONSUMERS AND GROCERY CHAINS. SO
JUST SEEING THAT RESTORED BACK
IN IS VERY GOOD TO SEE. EVEN
THOUGH IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL
AMOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE
DO. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE
WORK OF THE THREE PARTIES FOR
REACHING SUCH AN AGREEABLE DEAL
FOR HUMAN SERVICES AND MAKING
SURE THOSE IN POVERTY ARE NOT
LEFT BEHIND IN A BAD BUDGET
YEARS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I WOULD BUILD OFF OF WHAT SOME
OF PETRIE-NORRIS WAS SAYING,
ACTUALLY, AND I AGREE WITH SOME
OF THE COMMENTS SHE WAS MAKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE TRIGGER
MECHANISMS. I THINK SOME
SPECIFICITY ABOUT HOW IN THE
FUTURE YEARS, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS ARE
NECESSARY, WOULD RESTORE THAT I
THINK GIVES SOME CERTAINTY TO
PEOPLE TO. AND SO AS WE WORK ON
THE PROPOSAL, LOOKING OUTWARD,
MAYBE EVEN THE REST OF THE YEAR,
I THINK MORE CERTAINTY WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO. AND I DID WANT TO
ALSO BUILD UPON WHAT THE VICE
CHAIR, WHO'S NOT HERE ANYMORE,
DID ALLUDE TO ABOUT HOW THERE'S
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FILM
TAX CREDIT AND THE OTHER
CORPORATE TAX CREDITS. SO AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE CAPPING,
OF COURSE, THE BUSINESS TAX
CREDITS AT 5 MILLION, RIGHT. 5
MILLION. AND THEN IN FUTURE
YEARS THEY CAN DO 20% EQUAL TO
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD IN
FUTURE YEARS. CORRECT. BUT AS I
UNDERSTAND THE FILM TAX CREDIT,
THERE WAS TECHNICALLY NO LIMIT
TO HOW THEY COULD BE REFUNDED
ALREADY. SO HOW DOES THE
REFUNDABILITY ASPECT FOR FUTURE
USE WORK FOR THE FILM TAX
CREDIT? COLBY WHITE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION. SO FOR THE FILM TAX
CREDIT, THEY ARE ALSO WILL BE
SUBJECT TO THE $5 MILLION
LIMITATION FOR TAX YEARS 24, 25
AND 26. WITH REGARD TO THEIR
REFUNDABILITY. THAT IS FOR FILM
CREDIT 4.0. THAT STARTS WITH
ALLOCATIONS, THAT BEGIN IN
FISCAL YEAR 2526. SO
THEORETICALLY, IF THEY COMPLETE
THEIR MILESTONES VERY QUICKLY,
THERE COULD BE AN OVERLAP THERE
WHERE THEY START THEIR OTHER
REFUNDABLE CREDITS UNDER THEIR
NORMAL PROGRAM. WHILE THE $5
MILLION LIMITATION IS IN PLACE
TO THE EXTENT THAT HAPPENS,
THEY'RE STILL SUBJECT TO THE $5
MILLION LIMITATION IN 25 OR 26,
THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY WERE ON
IN 4.0, TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY
CREDITS THAT THEY HAVE ANY
CREDITS OVER THAT $5 MILLION IN
2027, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE
THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE, PLUS ANY
CREDITS THAT WERE ABOVE THAT
LIMIT. AND THAT WOULD BE BASED
ON THEIR SCHEDULE UNDER 4.0.
UNDER THAT PROGRAM. SO, SO THEN
THEIR FUTURE REFUNDABLE YEARS
ARE THEN RIGHT. THEY ARE
DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER TAX
CREDITS. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT
CORRECTLY? IT WOULD BE
DIFFERENT, I GUESS DIFFERENT IN
THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE THIS
EXISTING FORMULA OF THE 20% OF
THE AMOUNT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
REIMBURSE FOR THE OTHER BUSINESS
CREDITS FOR THE FILM TAX CREDIT,
LIKE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN
THE IN THE NEWEST ROUND. RIGHT.
IT'S TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE TECHNICALLY THE
REFUNDABILITY ASPECT WAS EVEN
HIGHER BECAUSE THE BUSINESS TAX
CREDIT, YOU COULD ONLY LIMIT
THIS TO GET TO ZERO TAX
LIABILITY. BUT WITH THE FILM TAX
CREDIT, YOU COULD GO BEYOND
THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT
WOULD WE DO WITH THE DIFFERENCE,
SINCE THERE IS ALSO THAT WE'RE
CAPPING THEM AND THEN WE'RE
SAYING YOU CAN REFUND THOSE OUT
YEARS, BUT TECHNICALLY UNDER
FILM TAX OR 4.0, YOU HAVE NO
LIMIT. SO WHAT IS THE I'M JUST
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT
ASPECT. YES. SO THEY THEY DO
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A LIMIT
TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY HAVE
REFUNDABLE CREDITS IN EXCESS OF
$5 MILLION IN 25 OR 26. IT'S A
BIT UNLIKELY FOR 25 BECAUSE OF
THE TIMING. IT'S 26 IS MORE OF A
POSSIBILITY. AND IF SO, IF THEY
HAVE A SCHEDULE, SAY THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO TAKE, $10 MILLION
IN CREDITS OVER OVER FIVE YEARS,
THAT WAS THEIR SCHEDULE STARTING
IN 2026, THEY WOULD BE LIMITED
TO THE 5,000,000 IN 2026, AND
THEY WOULD STILL BE ON THAT
SCHEDULE OF 10 MILLION PER YEAR
IN THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS. BUT
THEY WOULD ALSO GET TO TAKE THE
ADDITIONAL 5,000,000 IN 2027.
SO. SO YEAH, OKAY. IT'S JUST
THAT THERE'S TWO. WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THE FILM TAX CREDIT,
THERE'S YOU KNOW, 1.0 TO 3.0
THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE
REFUNDABILITY UNDER THIS BILL.
AND THEN THERE IS THE 4.0 THAT
ALSO WOULD FALL UNDER HERE. BUT
IT'S VERY LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE
TIMING. SO WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE
TAX CREDIT, IT TAKES A LONG TIME
TO GET TO THOSE TAX CREDITS. SO
THAT WINDOW OF THESE THREE
YEARS, 24, 25, 26 LIKELY WON'T
IMPACT THAT 4.0. IT COULD, BUT
IT LIKELY WON'T. AND THEN THEY
HAVE THEIR SCHEDULE FOR THAT
4.0. OKAY. SO THAT'S HOW THEY
INTERACT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
. BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT'S AS
LIKELY GIVEN THE SCHEDULING
OKAY. CORRECT YEAH. OKAY. WELL I
ALSO JUST WANT TO REMARK TOO IS
THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE SUMMER,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING
THESE REFUNDABILITY IN THE NEXT
OUT YEARS. NOT THIS BUDGET YEAR
COULD COST US $1 BILLION, BUT IN
THE OUTGOING YEARS COULD BE
OTHER MULTIPLE BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. AND JUST SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK
ON A VERY HUMAN CENTRIC BUDGET,
IS TO ALSO IMPROVE OUR TAX
CREDITS FOR WORKING FAMILIES, TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DIRECTLY
GET CASH BACK INTO PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIANS HANDS JUST AS
READILY AND ACCESSIBLY AS WE DO
TO BIG CORPORATIONS. WE SHOULD
ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT
FOR EVERYDAY FAMILIES, I DID
HAVE SOME COMMENTS ALSO BUILDING
OFF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HOUSING
ASPECT OF THE BUDGET TOO. I JUST
WANTED TO REMARK AND COMMENT
THAT WHILE I THINK IT'S REALLY
GOOD THAT THEY HAVE H HAP
DOLLARS, AROUND SIX HAVE A LOT
OF GREAT NEW CRITERIA AND
STRINGENT ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE
FRONT END. I NOTICED THAT IT'S
IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE WHILE
MUCH LESS MONEY AND THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING,
WHICH IS ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE
BACK END, WHICH IS POST-FACT.
RIGHT. IF YOUR CITY WANTS TO
TAKE MONEY FROM ROUND SIX, YOU
HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LITANY OF
CRITERIA AND GRANT AND
COMPETITIVE NATURE TO GET THAT
MONEY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM, I
SEE THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS KIND
OF LIKE, WELL, WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH THE MONEY AFTER? SO I'M
SURE THERE'S STILL SOME, ASPECT
OF VETTING TO GET THE MONEY. BUT
I DID WANT TO ASK MY QUESTION
WAS ABOUT. SO I SEE THAT HALF OF
THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING
PROGRAM OF THE 150 MILLION. SO
HALF OF THAT IS RESERVED
SPECIFICALLY FOR STATE RIGHT OF
WAYS. SO WOULD THE APPLICANT BE
THEN CALTRANS, AND HOW WOULD
THEY BE EXPECTED TO REPORT ON
THE SAME DATA ON A
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY RATHER
THAN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT? SO THE
50 ANDREW MÁS DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, SO THE 50% IS A
REMAINING REQUIREMENT FOR THE
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUND
PROGRAM. SO THE PARAMETERS OF
THE PROGRAM HAVE NOT CHANGED,
BUT IT'S ABOUT, LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS PRIORITIZING
ENCAMPMENTS ON STATE RIGHT OF
WAYS. SO THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP
WITH CALTRANS, BUT THE GRANTEE
IS NOT CALTRANS, THE GRANTEE IS
THE LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT. SO
SAY AT A LOCAL CITY, THEY HAVE
OFF OFF RAMPS, ON RAMPS, BUT THE
GRANTEE WOULD BE THE CITY, NOT
THE STATE IN THAT ASPECT. SO
THEN THE CITIES GET TO
PRIORITIZE WHICH OFF RAMPS AND
AREAS THAT THEY CHOOSE THEN. IS
THAT CORRECT? YEAH. AND THAT'S
AS THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY
FUNCTIONS. OKAY DID YOU HAVE A
YES. AND JUST TO ADD IN
GENEVIEVE MORALES WITH ASSEMBLY
BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE, THE NEW
HOUSING AND HOMELESS
ACCOUNTABILITY UNIT WILL ALSO BE
HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE
ENCAMPMENT GRANTS. SO THERE IS
LANGUAGE THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDES
THE HAP PROGRAM, IT INCLUDES THE
ENCAMPMENT PROGRAMS, WHICH IS
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
THERE WASN'T BEFORE. THE
REPORTING IS ON THE BACK END OF
HOW THOSE GRANTS ARE
ADMINISTERED. THAT'S RIGHT. IT
IS ON THE BACK END. SO I MEAN,
SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS, OF
COURSE, MANY OF THOSE
LEGISLATORS, THE DATA OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING DATA
THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING REHOUSED.
I THINK IS A BIG CONCERN, THAT
WE'RE JUST USING THIS AS ANOTHER
PUSHING PEOPLE AROUND, EVICTING
PEOPLE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE DOLLARS GO OUT TO
RESOLVE ENCAMPMENTS. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST
DISSOLVING OR MAKING
HOMELESSNESS INVISIBLE. SO
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. THANKS FOR
BRINGING A LITTLE COLOR INTO THE
HEARING ROOM, LET'S GO NOW TO
DOCTOR WEBER. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU. CHAIR WELL, I TOO
WANT TO START BY, THANKING, YOU
KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR
WORKING WITH OUR STAFF WITHIN
THE HEALTH REALM, SPECIFICALLY
AROUND THE MCO TAX, WHICH WAS
TAKEN OUT OF THE MAY REVISION.
WORKING WITH US TO GET SOME OF
THOSE THINGS PUT BACK IN,
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A
VERY CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR,
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT THIS STATE
IS IN A HEALTH CARE CRISIS, WITH
PROVIDERS LEAVING AND US BEING
UNABLE TO RECRUIT PROVIDERS TO
COME TO CALIFORNIA TO CARE FOR
OUR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY
OUR MOST VULNERABLE ONES. SO
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS BACK IN, BUT ALSO, PUT
SOME OF THE PROVIDER
REIMBURSEMENT BACK IN. OF
COURSE, IT IS NOT WHERE THE
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS, BUT,
VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
DO SOMETHING. AND ON THE LINES
OF PROVIDER RETENTION,
RECRUITMENT AROUND THE ISSUE OF
WORKFORCE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT I HAVE DEALS WITH PROP 56
FUNDING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT,
THAT THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE
ORIGINALLY, OR HAVE RECENTLY
BEEN BACKFILLED WITH THE GENERAL
FUND, THOSE PROP 56 FUNDING,
SOME OF THEM WENT INTO FUNDING
SOME OF THE GME RESIDENCY SLOTS
WITH THE CURRENT BILL. THERE
WILL BE NO MORE PROP 56 BACKFILL
FROM THE GENERAL FUND. CORRECT.
SO, ANDREW DUFFEY DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE UC ASSIGNMENT,
REGARDING THE BACKFILL, WHAT I
WOULD NOTE IS, PROP PROPOSITION
56 DOES PROVIDE 28.8 MILLION
GENERAL FUND IN CURRENT YEAR
2425 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA FOR ITS GRADUATE
MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND
26.5 MILLION INCHES 24 AND
BUDGET YEAR. AND THAT FUNDING IS
MAINTAINED. BUT IN FUTURE YEARS,
SO ARE THEY GOING TO STILL HAVE
THAT PROP 56 FUNDING BACKFILLED
FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO FUND
THEIR GME? SO JENNIFER CHIRLA
FROM THE LEDGE ANALYST OFFICE,
THE STATE WAS BACKFILLING FOR
PROP 56 REVENUE FOR UC FOR GME,
IT WAS 13.5 MILLION. THAT IS OUT
OF THE THREE WAY PACKAGE. IT
WILL BE ONGOING. SO IT WOULD
START IN 2425. AND THAT 13.5
MILLION WOULD NO LONGER BE
THERE. EVEN MOVING FORWARD.
RIGHT. SO THAT THAT FUNDING IS
GONE. CORRECT AND THIS PROP 56
FUNDING THAT WAS BEING FILLED
WENT TO FUND SOME OF THE UC GME
SLOTS. IS IT ONLY UC PROGRAMS
THAT WERE GETTING THESE FUNDS,
OR WAS IT ALSO SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY RESIDENCY SLOTS, THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS YOU SEE,
WAS REQUIRED UNDER? WELL, I
THINK UNDER STATUTE AS OPPOSED
TO THE MEASURE, BUT THEY DO USE
A GROUP THAT'S A NONPROFIT
GROUP. I THINK IT'S CALLED CAL
MED FORCE. THEY ISSUE GRANTS TO
UC AS WELL AS NON-UK PROVIDERS
ACROSS THE STATE, èC RECEIVED
SOME. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T EVEN
THINK IT WAS THE MAJORITY. SO IT
WAS A MUCH BROADER BASED
PROGRAM. IT IS A MUCH BROADER
BASED PROGRAM. OKAY. SO WE'RE
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT RESIDENCY
SLOTS AT UC. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OUTSIDE AT SOME OF THE OTHER
PRIVATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS, THE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS AND
THESE GME SLOTS OR RESIDENCY
SLOTS REALLY WERE FOCUSED ON OUR
INTERNAL MEDICINE, FAMILY
MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS, EMERGENCY
MEDICINE, AND I BELIEVE OB GYN.
SO THE ONES THAT PEOPLE
GENERALLY LOOK AT AS BEING LIKE
PRIMARY CARE, YOU KNOW, THE
FIRST KIND OF PROVIDERS THAT
PATIENTS GO TO WHEN THEY NEED
SOMETHING. SO, IN THE ORIGINAL
MCO TAX THAT WAS REMOVED OUT OF
THE MAY REVISION, THERE WAS
FUNDING FOR GME, I THINK IT WAS
75 MILLION, WHICH WOULD HAVE
KIND OF OFFSET THIS REMOVAL OF
PROP 56 FUNDING. SO NOW THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROP 56
FUNDING TO FUND THESE SLOTS, AND
IN THE NEW MCO TAX, THERE IS NO
GME FUNDING. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW MANY SLOTS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO HAVE GOING FORWARD IN THESE
PRIMARY CARE AREAS, SEEING THAT
WE NEED MORE PROVIDERS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. LARA DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE I CAN'T SPEAK
SPECIFICALLY TO THE SLOTS, AND I
COULD DEFER TO, MY COLLEAGUES
WITH, HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND
INFORMATION INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK MORE, BUT
JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE IS
FUNDING MAINTAINED IN THE BUDGET
UNDER OTHER WORKFORCE TRAINING
PROGRAMS, SUCH AS SONG BROWN FOR
SIMILAR, SIMILAR TRAINING
PROGRAMS. RIGHT. SO ALSO WANT TO
CLARIFY THAT THE SONG BROWN
FUNDING THAT REMAINS IS FOR
CURRENT RESIDENTS, NOT FOR
FUTURE RESIDENTS. SO WHEN I'M
ASKING ABOUT IS THE FACT IS OUR
FUTURE WORKFORCE RIGHT. NOT THE
ONES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND
I'M GLAD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT IN PREVIOUS BUDGET HEARINGS
AND WERE ABLE TO NOT KICK OUT
OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS. I'M
TALKING ABOUT FUTURE. I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT
WILL BE STARTING HERE IN JULY
1ST OF THIS YEAR. I'M TALKING
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY SLOTS THAT
WE'LL HAVE IN JULY 1ST, 2025,
2026, 2027. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA
OF HOW MANY SLOTS WE WILL HAVE
TO NO LONGER HAVE FOR OUR
PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
IN THE FUTURE, SO I THINK WHAT
THE STATE KNOWS IS OBVIOUSLY, AS
YOU'RE INDICATING, THERE'LL BE
FEWER SLOTS, NOT FEWER THAN WE
HAVE TODAY, AS YOU'RE INDICATING
THERE WOULD JUST NOT BE
ADDITIONAL SLOTS THAT COULD BE
FUNDED MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
75 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW IF
ANYBODY'S DONE A CALCULATION
ABOUT WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IN
THE LOTS OF SLOTS. ONE REASON
IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLICATED
IS BECAUSE A RESIDENT IS FUNDED
FROM MULTIPLE FUND SOURCES, AND
SO THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE
TRICKIER TO COME UP WITH AN
EXACT NUMBER, RIGHT? YEAH JOSEPH
DAWSON DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. SO
SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO SONG
BROWN SO KIND OF TO
DIFFERENTIATE THE FUNDING. SO
THE BUDGET MAINTAINS OBLIGATED
FUNDS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED THAT MAY REVISE BUT NOW
ARE BEING RETAINED. SO THAT IS
98.4 MILLION FOR SONG BROWN.
IT'S A SPLIT OF 20 MILLION FOR
SONG BROWN NURSING AS WELL AS
78.4 MILLION FOR THE RESIDENCY
SLOTS. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT FOR ONGOING FUNDING
AND BUDGET AND THEREAFTER,
THERE'S 31 MILLION STILL
MAINTAIN IN THE BUDGET FOR SONG
BROWN, IN TERMS OF THE SLOTS I
AM, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS
READILY AVAILABLE, BUT THERE IS
ONGOING FUNDING FOR SONG BROWN.
THERE IS ONGOING FUNDING FOR
SONG BROWN SO THAT CURRENT
RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH
THEIR RESIDENCY PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, THEY CANNOT BRING A NEW
RESIDENTS UNDER THAT FUNDING SO
THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE I WASN'T
EVEN TALKING ABOUT SONG BROWN,
BUT THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH
SONG BROWN. SO INITIALLY WHAT
THE BUDGET SAID WAS WE'RE JUST
GOING TO REMOVE ALL THIS MONEY.
IF YOU'RE A FIRST YEAR RESIDENT
AND INTERNAL MEDICINE AND YOU'RE
BEING FUNDED BY SONG BROWN,
SORRY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT SOMEPLACE ELSE TO GO
YOUR SECOND OR THIRD YEAR WITH
DISCUSSIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO
FIGURE THAT OUT. SO IF YOU'RE A
FIRST YEAR RESIDENT, YOUR
RESIDENCY IS NOW GOING TO BE
FUNDED. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
SONG BROWN FUNDING FOR YOUR
ENTIRE THREE YEARS WHILE YOU'RE
THERE. HOWEVER, IF THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR A NEW SONG, BROWN TO
COME IN IN 2025 WITH THAT
FUNDING, THAT FUNDING IS NOT
THERE TO FUND FUTURE ONES. MY
QUESTION WAS AROUND PROP 56 AND
THE LACK OF GME FUNDING WITH
BACKFILL, AND NOW WITH MCO, HOW
MANY NEW SLOTS WOULD THEY NOT BE
ABLE TO FUND? AND I THINK THAT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, I KNOW
WITH THE UCS THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT ABOUT 90 SLOTS THAT ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
DIFFERENT RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND
SAY, HEY, YOU'VE GOT SIX
INCOMING. INTERNAL MEDICINE
RESIDENTS AT UCSD. I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY THEY HAVE. I'LL JUST DO
OB GYN, I COUNT IT. WE'VE GOT
FIVE COMING IN AT UCSD, RIGHT?
OR SIX, NEXT YEAR YOU CAN ONLY
BRING IN FIVE, RIGHT? SO I THINK
WE NEED TO GET THOSE NUMBERS
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING
AND NOT FILLING AND TAKING
CERTAIN, FUNDING OUT BECAUSE
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY NEW
SLOTS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
FUTURE WORKFORCE WITHIN OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HERE,
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE PRIMARY
CARE AREAS. AND SO IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF YOU ALL LOOKED INTO
THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT IN
FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, I DO
THINK THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THESE ARE SLOTS. THESE ARE
REAL INDIVIDUALS AND HAVE A
BETTER IDEA OF THE IMPACT THAT
WE'RE MAKING WHEN WE'RE CHOOSING
TO CUT AND REMOVE CERTAIN
THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ASSEMBLY MEMBER. ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, LET ME JUST, THANK,
ALL OF THE STAFF FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WHO ARE
HERE. AND MAYBE JUST ONE OTHER
POINT OF CLARITY, SINCE IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU HEARD
A LOT FROM MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE, ACROSS PARTY AND
ACROSS IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM, WAS
MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR
HOMELESSNESS FUNDING. AND I JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY,
THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR PRIORITY
FOR THE SPEAKER, FOR THE
ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CREATION OF OUR
NEW SUBCOMMITTEE. AND WE HAD
SOME VERY FRANK CONVERSATIONS
WITH OUR PARTNERS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE BEEN THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE HALF DOLLARS,
WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE. WE
NEGOTIATED TO PUT THOSE BACK IN,
BUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS TO
ATTACH SOME VERY STRINGENT
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO
THOSE. BUT REALLY, ON FOUR
DIFFERENT LEVELS, IF YOU COME UP
JUST FROM THE ACCOUNTABILITY,
THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT ONE IS A
REQUIREMENT THAT THE LOCALS
COULD NOT USE THAT TO REPLACE
LOCAL FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS,
THAT THEY ALSO HAD TO HAVE SKIN
IN THE GAME. THE SECOND WAS A
SENSE OF URGENCY BUILT AROUND
THAT. AS WE DIVED INTO THE DATA
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WE FOUND
THAT SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE
WORKING TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP
PEOPLE WITH THE URGENCY THAT WE
KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE
DEMANDING AND OTHERS WERE NOT.
AND SO, FRANKLY, BUILDING IN
URGENCY AS AS PART OF THE
PROGRAM. THIRD IS ALL OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING,
SOME OF WHICH GENEVIEVE
DESCRIBED. SO YOU CAN SEE THE
SPECIFIC DATA AND METRICS THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THE FREQUENCY
WITH WHICH WE'RE REQUIRING
REPORTS, PUTTING THINGS INTO A
STATEWIDE DATABASE SO WE CAN
UNDERSTAND THAT DATA AND USE IT
TO DELIVER BETTER RESULTS. AND
THEN THE FOURTH IS ACTUALLY FOR
THE SECOND HALF OF THE SIXTH
ROUND OF HAP, REQUIRING A
COMPLIANT A COMPLIANT HOUSING
ELEMENT. SO JURISDICTIONS CANNOT
BE PART OF THE PROBLEM AND THEN
COME TO THE STATE AND SAY WE
WANT MONEY TO ADDRESS THIS. SO
WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRING A LOT
MORE FROM OUR PARTNERS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. WHO ARE THE
RECIPIENTS OF THAT FUNDING?
WE'VE ALSO, AS YOU HEARD,
SEPARATELY BUILT IN ADDITIONAL,
DATA AND ACCOUNTABLE METRICS
AROUND THE ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION
GRANTS. SO THAT IS FOUNDATIONAL
TO OUR APPROACH. I WANT TO HAVE
THAT DISCUSSION WITH OUR VICE
CHAIR, BUT I THINK YOU HEARD
FROM PEOPLE, ALL DIFFERENT
REGIONS OF THE STATE, ALL
DIFFERENT POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES,
DIFFERENT PARTIES. THIS IS A
MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE
LEGISLATURE. WE WANT TO TAKE A
COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO
HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM
OUR PARTNERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
THAT ENDING THAT PROGRAM WOULD
RESULT IN MORE PEOPLE BEING
PUSHED ONTO THE STREET. WE
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE
THAT, BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE DEMANDING
BETTER RESULTS ON THAT FRONT.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS
WE CAN WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE IN IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH, WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE A
DATA DRIVEN APPROACH AND TO HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVE THOSE
FRANK CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
PARTNERS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING
WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT. I'M SURE
WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE MORE
HEARINGS AND TO EXPLORE THIS
ISSUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
IT AS THE YEARS MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS A MAJOR, MAJOR PRIORITY
FOR THE ASSEMBLY, FOR OUR
SPEAKER AND FOR MEMBERS FROM
BOTH PARTIES. SO WITH THAT, LET
ME AGAIN SAY THANK YOU TO OUR
INCREDIBLE ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY
BUDGET COMMITTEE TEAM, SMALL BUT
MIGHTY. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE
FOR YOUR WORK, THANK YOU TO THE
FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, THE LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE. AND NOW WE
WILL TURN IT OVER TO PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND I WILL APOLOGIZE. I
MAY HAVE TO SNEAK OUT TO GO
PRESENT A BILL AT SOME POINT.
AND IF WE DO THAT, I WILL TURN
YOU OVER TO THE VERY ABLE
LEADERSHIP OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER
RAMOS. SO WITH THAT, MR. MICHELI
, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. CHRIS MICHELI, ON
BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
SORRY, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND THE THREE PARTIES FOR
MAINTAINING YOUR $5.1 BILLION
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
TIFFANY MAC, ON BEHALF OF CFT
AND EDUCATION AND CLASSIFIED
PROFESSIONAL UNION, WANT TO
THANK YOU AND THE PARTIES FOR
REACHING SUCH A GREAT DEAL ON
PROPOSITION 98 AND èC FUNDING
AND JUST THIS SMALL NOTE THAT WE
WOULD HAVE PREFERRED ALSO TO SEE
$10 MILLION FOR FINANCIAL
LITERACY. BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL
YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS MICHAEL
PIMENTEL HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION,
ECHOING MR. MICHAEL'S COMMENTS
AND, SHOWING OUR THANKS AND
APPRECIATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF THE 5.1, FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT.
ALSO WANT TO GIVE VOICE AND GIVE
PRAISE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE TRC CYCLE SIX FUNDING. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION, WE WANT TO EXPRESS
OUR GRATITUDE TO THE LEGISLATURE
FOR PROTECTING OUR CLASSIFIED
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES FROM SUMMER
LAYOFF. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE $90 MILLION FOR THE
SUMMER ASSISTANCE, THE
CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE
SUMMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR
CSF. CSF IS A LIFELINE FOR OUR
MEMBERS IN THE SUMMERTIME. SO WE
REALLY APPRECIATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR.
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
MALIK BYNUM WITH UAW LOCAL 3930,
REPRESENTING OVER 171,000 HSN
FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
ACROSS THE STATE. PROUD TO
SUPPORT AB, SB 108 BUDGET BILL
JR AND THE REFLECTIVE PROVISIONS
OF THE THREE PARTY AGREEMENT
PROTECTING IHSS AND THE
CONTINUED ALLOCATION OF
CHILDCARE SLOTS IN THE CHILDCARE
TRAILER BILL AS WELL. WE
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS YOU HAD TO MAKE THIS
YEAR, BUT APPRECIATE YOU
STANDING WITH IHSS AND CHILDCARE
AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
MICHAEL. JARED, ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY
FARMERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU,
MR. CHAIR. AND SUBCOMMITTEE
CHAIR BENNETT AND ALSO YOUR
STAFF. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PROTECTION OF PROGRAMS THAT
SUPPORT UNDERSERVED SMALL FAMILY
FARMERS, INCLUDING THE
CALIFORNIA UNDERSERVED SMALL
PRODUCER PROGRAM AND THE
COMMUNITY FOOD HUBS PROGRAM AND
THE CNIT PROGRAM. THE
RESTORATION OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS
VITAL TO PROVIDING FOOD TO OUR,
STATE AND ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT
TO SMALL FAMILY FARMERS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS, ALCHEMY
GRAHAM ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CITY TRANSPORTATION
INITIATIVE. JUST WANT TO EXPRESS
OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR INCLUDING
FUNDING AND BEING SUPPORTIVE OF
THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM AND FOR COMMITMENT TO
PROVIDING FUNDING IN FUTURE OUT
YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, JED
HAMPTON WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS. I
WOULD ECHO MANY OF THE PREVIOUS
COMMENTS AROUND THE THANKS AND
GRATITUDE AROUND A LOT OF THE
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THIS
TOUGH BUDGET YEAR. HOWEVER, WE
DID WANT TO POINT TO AN AREA OF
CONCERN THAT WE DO HAVE IN SB
159, GRANTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CARE SERVICES THE
AUTHORITY TO ENACT A FEE ON
HEALTH PLANS TO FUND A THIRD
PARTY CONTRACT WITH THE STATE,
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THAT
SPECIFIC PROVISION ACTUALLY MORE
CLOSELY RESEMBLES A TAX THAN IT
DOES A FEE, AND BASED UPON THE
FACT THAT AS HIS HEALTH PLANS,
YOU HAVE AGREED TO AND ARE
PAYING THE MANAGED CARE
ORGANIZATION TAX, WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT OF
THAT FEE SLASH TAX THAT'S
INCLUDED, AND THE VAGUE AND OPEN
ENDEDNESS OF THE PROPOSED FEE
LANGUAGE IN THE BILL. SO JUST
WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR
ATTENTION. AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE
PREVIOUSLY, AND, YOU KNOW, HAPPY
TO CHAT FURTHER. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. REBECCA GONZALEZ WITH
THE WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY. WE WANT TO THANK THIS
COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTING SAFETY
NET PROGRAMS. AND ALSO
ESPECIALLY INCLUDING INTENT
LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET TO
REIMAGINE CALWORKS TO MAKE IT A
MORE FAMILY CENTERED AND LESS
PUNITIVE PROGRAM. AND WE ALSO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, WE ARE
VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE
APPARENTLY LEARNED THE LESSONS
FROM THE GREAT RECESSION, WHERE
WE CUT SAFETY NET PROGRAMS VERY
DEEPLY, AND IT TOOK OVER A
DECADE TO RECOVER. SO I WANT TO
THANK THE SENATE, THE ASSEMBLY
AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP AND FOR YOUR HARD
WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
SAMANTHA, SAYING ON BEHALF OF
NEXT GEN CALIFORNIA AND ALSO ON
BEHALF OF THE CAL GRANT REFORM
COALITION, I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE THE
INVESTMENTS WE SAW IN FINANCIAL
AID OVERALL IN THE BUDGET. WE
ARE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO SEE
FUNDING FOR THE CAL GRANT REFORM
ACT OF 2022. BUT WE DO BELIEVE
THE INVESTMENTS THIS YEAR IN
FINANCIAL AID LAYS THE
FOUNDATION FOR US TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE THANK THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
ASSEMBLY FOR ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING
TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
KIM LEWIS, ON BEHALF OF
CHILDREN. NOW, I JUST WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE SAVING OF OUR
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS AND HOME
VISITING EMERGENCY CHILD CARE
BRIDGE AND THE FIRST PROGRAM,
ESPECIALLY ON BEHALF OF CSEA. WE
WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE
FOR THE VICTIM OF CRIME ACT
RESTORATION FUNDING, AS WELL AS
YOUR HOUSING TRAILER BILL, WHICH
PRESERVES OUR YOUTH EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. TO BE ABLE TO GET
THAT HOUSING THAT THEY
CRITICALLY NEED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
MICHELLE MCKAY UNDERWOOD, ON
BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR
ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND NEARLY ALL OF THE
60 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY
OFFICES OF EDUCATION THAT
SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR THE
INCLUSIVE EARLY EDUCATION
EXPANSION PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE
INCLUSIVE DOLLARS FOR
PRESCHOOLERS WITH DISABILITIES.
SO I HAVE AN APPRECIATION AND AN
ASK. THE APPRECIATION IS THE
RESTORATION OF $100 MILLION FOR
THAT PROGRAM. IT WAS ORIGINALLY
AT 250, THEN WENT TO ZERO AND IS
NOW AT $100 MILLION. THE ASK IS
FOR ALL OF THAT MONEY TO GO TO
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY
OFFICES THAT SUCCESSFULLY
APPLIED FOR THOSE DOLLARS. WE'RE
CONCERNED THAT IF IT IS SPLIT
BETWEEN STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES
AND THE LEAS THAT APPLIED FOR
THE DOLLARS, THEY WON'T BE ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT WITH FIDELITY THE
PLANS THAT THEY HAVE FOR
INCLUSIVE PRACTICES. SO WE HOPE
THAT ALL THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO
TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
COUNTY OFFICES THAT APPLY FOR
THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. HONORABLE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
JESSICA SANCHEZ, ON BEHALF OF
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES REPRESENTING
CALIFORNIA'S 58 COUNTIES, WE
HAVE MUCH GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK
OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO
REACH THIS FINAL SPENDING
AGREEMENT THAT PRESERVES SAFETY
NET SERVICES, CORE SERVICES THAT
COUNTIES DELIVER TO VULNERABLE,
VULNERABLE CALIFORNIANS SUCH AS
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, HUMAN
SERVICES. WE ADDITIONALLY
APPRECIATE THE FUNDING FOR THE
ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HOMELESSNESS
FUNDING IN THE HAP PROGRAM AND
THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR
VICTIMS OF CRIME WILL GO A LONG
WAY TOWARDS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON
OUR SHARED COMMITMENTS TO
CALIFORNIANS. WE ALSO APPRECIATE
THE ACTION ON THE TWO ERAF ITEMS
THAT PRESERVES A REVENUE FOR THE
FOR CORE SERVICES FOR THOSE
IMPACTED COUNTIES. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO LOOK FORWARD TO
IMPLEMENTING THE ITEMS IN THE
BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. JULIA
LOPEZ WITH GREENBERG TRAURIG, ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
PARTNERSHIP TO END DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. SO ON BEHALF OF THEM
AND THE ENTIRE VOCA ADVOCACY
ALLIANCE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR
DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE FOR INCLUDING $103
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR CRIME
VICTIM SERVICES IN THE FINAL
BUDGET AGREEMENT WITH THE
GOVERNOR. THESE FUNDS WILL
PREVENT DEVASTATING CUTS AND
INTO THAT VICTIM SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN EVERY PART OF THE
STATE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE
SURVIVORS. REACHING OUT FOR
HELP. THANK YOU FOR ENSURING
THAT SURVIVORS CONTINUE TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE LIFE SAVING
SERVICES THEY NEED AND DESERVE.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MISTER
CHAIR, AND MEMBERS PAMELA GIBBS,
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. I'D
LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, ALIGN
MYSELF WITH THE COMMENTS FROM
THE ADVOCATE, FROM THE COALITION
OF ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION RELATED TO THE
INCLUSIVE EARLY LEARNING
EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAM. ALL
OF THOSE ACRONYMS I WAS ABLE TO
GET OUT AND SPELL OUT AND READ
OUT FOR MYSELF. SO I'M PROUD OF
MYSELF FOR THAT. FIRST OF ALL,
THANKING YOU FOR THE RESTORATION
OF FUNDS THERE. AND AS ONE OF
THE LARGEST HEAD START AND EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE,
WE PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS
WITH NUMEROUS COALITION PARTNERS
AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES. AND SO IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT THOSE FUNDS GO
DIRECTLY TO THE ONES PROVIDING
THE SERVICES. WHO ARE THE LEAS?
WE ARE AN APPLICANT OF THE FUNDS
AS WELL. SO WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT AND
SUPPORT THE OTHER WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE ON THE EDUCATION
BUDGET THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. MR.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. MOLLY ROBSON, WITH
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF
CALIFORNIA. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT
THE FINAL BUDGET INCLUDES
INVESTMENTS IN SEXUAL AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
SERVICES FOR MEDI-CAL PATIENTS.
REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
ON THAT, INCLUDING THAT, BUT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS PART OF A
LARGER SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY THAT DOES NEED
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS. ONE
THIRD OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD
HEALTH CENTERS IN CALIFORNIA
PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE. AND SO WE
DO REMAIN CONCERNED THAT THIS
BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE CRITICAL IN
THE MEDI-CAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING
FOR PRIMARY CARE, COMMUNITY
CLINICS AND SPECIALTY CARE. BUT
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ALL ON FUTURE BUDGETS AND
ENSURING THAT WE DO MAKE THOSE
SUSTAINABLE INCREASES IN THE
MEDI-CAL SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO, MR. CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF
JORDAN LINDSAY WITH THE ARC OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE ARC AND
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY,
CALIFORNIA COLLABORATION,
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIANS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND
THEIR FAMILIES. WE ARE VERY
DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE IS A SIX
MONTH DELAY IN THE INVESTMENT.
THAT WAS THAT IS PROMISED TO
CALIFORNIANS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES. WE KNOW THAT
TREMENDOUS WORK WAS DONE BY THIS
BODY TO IMPROVE THAT FROM A 12
MONTH DELAY, AS PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR, TO A SIX MONTH DELAY.
NONETHELESS, THAT IS A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. WE
BELIEVE THAT THE ROLLER COASTER
RIDE AND FUNDING OVER THE
DECADES FOR THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO COME TO A STOP. THERE NEEDS
TO BE A DEDICATED SOURCE OF
FUNDING. THERE NEEDS TO BE
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. AND WE
BELIEVE THAT OUR TIME TO WORK ON
THAT IS NOW. WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL
JOIN US IN THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS, TIM MADDEN,
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE
OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS. SO WE
JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP
APPRECIATION TO THE COMMITTEE AS
WELL AS THE ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP,
AND PARTICULARLY TO SUB CHAIR
DOCTOR WEBER, FOR THEIR SUPPORT
OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS IN THE
PROVIDER. RATE INCREASES WITHIN
THE MCO TAX, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
2425 BUDGET YEAR, TO BE INCLUDED
IN THAT SMALLER BUCKET WAS WILL
GO A LONG WAYS TO HELP BUTTRESS
OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. SO I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR,
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,
JOHANN CARDENAS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ETHNIC HEALTH
NETWORK. KI¾M. THANKS. THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR FOR
PRESERVING CORE HEALTH AND HUMAN
AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS. WE
APPRECIATE RATE INCREASES FOR
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WERE
ALSO THRILLED. AND IN-HOME
SUPPORT SUPPORT SERVICES WILL
NOT BE ELIMINATED FOR
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, AND LASTLY,
THANK YOU FOR PRESERVING THE
INDIAN HEALTH PROGRAM. AND A
MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR THE
FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE STATE POLICYMAKERS
FOR UPLIFTING EQUITY AS A VALUE
IN THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. JACKIE GONZALEZ, POLICY
DIRECTOR AT IMMIGRANT DEFENSE
ADVOCATES, VERY GRATEFUL FOR
HEARING THE VOICES OF THE
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND THE
PRESERVATION OF REALLY CRITICAL
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING IHS, THE CSU
IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES
PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS OUR
STATE, AND TPS AND RELATED
PROGRAMS, WE REMAIN CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DISCONTINUATION OF A
PROGRAM THAT SERVED
UNACCOMPANIED MINOR IMMIGRANT
YOUTH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOPEFULLY
FINDING SOME SOLUTION FOR THAT
ISSUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ,
ON BEHALF OF CARECEN, THE
CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE
CENTER, ECHOING ALL THE COMMENTS
IN MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUE. THANK
YOU, MISTER CHAIR. MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, BRANDON MARKEY
WITH THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION. WE WANT TO THANK
YOU. AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR ADVOCATING TO KEEP SOME OF
THE PIMCO'S INTENDED MONEY FOR
THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES,
RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS A
RESTORATION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL. SO WE DO WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR GETTING THAT BACK INTO
THE BUDGET. HOWEVER, WE ARE
DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAVE MISSED
A ONCE IN A GENERATION
OPPORTUNITY TO SUSTAINABLY
INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE FOR
MEDI-CAL PATIENTS. AND
ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD ECHO THE
COMMENTS AND CONCERNS OF DOCTOR
WEBER AS THEY RELATE TO THE
CUTTING OF THE GME FUNDING,
INCLUDING THE FUNDING THAT WAS
ALLOCATED IN LAST YEAR'S
AGREEMENT, THAT FUNDING IS
CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING OUR
PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ISSUES, AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR MEMBERS DANIELLE BAUTISTA
WITH UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA
HERE. ALSO, ON BEHALF OF THE CAL
EITC COALITION, ALL WE WANT TO
EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE
LEGISLATURE FOR PROTECTING
CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN TAX
CREDITS LIKE THE EITC, YOUNG
CHILD TAX CREDIT, TAX CREDIT, AS
WELL AS PRIORITIZING THE INCOME
THRESHOLD ALIGNMENTS OF THESE
TAX CREDITS. WE KNOW CALIFORNIA
FAMILIES USE THESE TAX CREDITS
FOR HOUSING. GROCERIES,
CHILDCARE, BASIC NECESSITIES.
HOWEVER, WE DID WANT TO EXPRESS
CONCERN ABOUT THE 50% REDUCTION
IN FUNDING FOR CAL EITC
OUTREACH. THIS WILL REALLY
HAMPER THE ABILITY OF TRUSTED
MESSENGERS TO REACH MORE
CALIFORNIAN FAMILIES, AND NO ONE
FEELS THE CUTS OF THESE CRITICAL
STATE PROGRAMS MORE THAN
CALIFORNIANS WITH LOW INCOMES.
SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE
THAT THE 10 MILLION IN BASELINE
FUNDING FOR EITC OUTREACH IS
MAINTAINED IN THE BUDGET, AND WE
STRONGLY URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO
FULLY RESTORE FUNDING AT 20
MILLION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
AND MEMBERS. ANA, I ARCHIMEDES,
ON BEHALF OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT, WOULD REALLY
LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION
AND GRATITUDE FOR THIS BUDGET,
WHICH DOES MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR
PROPOSITION 98 WITHOUT, WITHOUT
CUTTING INTO THE GUARANTEE. WE
WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT OUR APPRECIATION FOR
THE INCLUSION OF ALLOWING
SCHOOLS TO USE EXPANDED LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES, PROGRAM FUNDING
FOR THE NEW ATTENDANCE RECOVERY
PROGRAM. WE THINK THAT OFFERS A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT AND
UPLIFT THE CRITICAL ISSUE OF THE
ASSEMBLY BILL 218, THE
HISTORICAL SEXUAL ABUSE CASES,
WHICH HAVE PRODUCED GREAT FISCAL
LIABILITY FOR DISTRICTS AND
REALLY APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION
OF A REPORT FROM FCMAT TO
IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE CAN BOTH
PROVIDE JUSTICE TO VICTIMS OF
THESE HORRIBLE PAST CRIMES,
WHILE ALSO NOT CUTTING INTO
FUNDING FOR STUDENTS TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JULIET TERRY. ON
BEHALF OF THE CHILD CARE
RESOURCE CENTER, WE ARE PROUD
MEMBERS OF THE COALITION HERE TO
JUST EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE'S FIRM COMMITMENT TO
ENSURING OUR CRITICAL SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CHILD CARE,
HOME VISITING, THE EMERGENCY
FOSTER CARE BRIDGE PROGRAM, AND
OTHER CALWORKS PROGRAMS HAVE
BEEN PROTECTED DURING THIS
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO VERY THANKFUL FOR
THE CONTINUED PROTECTION OF
CHILD CARE PROVIDER RATES AS THE
ADMINISTRATION WORKS TO
IMPLEMENT THE NEW SINGLE COST OF
CARE RATE. PROTECTING THESE
INVESTMENTS MEANS CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS WILL STAY ONE STEP
CLOSER TO A JUST WAGE. FAMILIES
CAN CONTINUE TO ACCESS CRITICAL
PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE THEM TO
WORK, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND
ULTIMATELY KEEP THEIR FAMILIES
WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS, TERRY
BRENNAN, ON BEHALF OF SEIU
CALIFORNIA, I JUST WANT TO SAY
WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. WE LANDED
HERE, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
BUDGET, NOBODY GOT EVERYTHING.
THEY WANTED. WE LOOK BACK AND
SAID, ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN
THE JANUARY BUDGET? ARE YOU
BETTER OFF THAN THE MAY
REVISION? YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE
THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB OF PROTECTING WITH
A BALANCED APPROACH. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN
THE FUTURE TO CARRY THIS ON, AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
EFFORTS. THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING, MR. CHAIR, AND MEMBERS,
JACK ANDERSON WITH THE COUNTY
HEALTH EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA, REPRESENTING OUR
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WE DO WANT
TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE
FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE LEVEL
OF COMMITMENT FOR STATE AND
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH, WORKFORCE
AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE FINAL BUDGET ACT
AGREEMENT. AND THEN ALSO, WE DO
WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION
FOR THE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT WITH
WITH YOUR COMMITTEE AND WITH
YOUR STAFF ON, THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS ON ITEMS
INCLUDING THE CCDF SYNDROMIC
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS
THE TRANSFER OF THE HEALTH CARE
PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER
CARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU. MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
JANICE O'MALLEY WITH AFSCME
CALIFORNIA. I JUST WANT TO ECHO
COMMENTS MADE BY OUR FELLOW
UNION. REPRESENTATIVES FROM CA,
OUR AFFILIATE, UAW LOCAL 3930,
AS WELL AS SEIU. THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON, MAKING A
BETTER BUDGET DURING REALLY
TOUGH TIMES, I ALSO WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR
MAINTAINING THE $30 MILLION, FOR
COURT REPORTERS AND THE WORK ON
THE ADMINISTRATION'S BEHALF AS
WELL, ON, REMOTE COURT
PROCEEDINGS, AND JUST WANT TO
MAKE NOTE THAT FOR CDCR, WE HOPE
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND THE OTHER
EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPS ON
ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH RETENTION
AND RECRUITMENT. THIS IS A MAJOR
PROBLEM. AND THERE'S, MAJOR
FINES BEING LEVIED AGAINST THE
STATE. BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUITS,
THE FEDERAL LAWSUITS. AND WE
HOPE THAT WE CAN SOLVE FOR THIS
CRISIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HI. CAROL GONZALEZ HERE ON
BEHALF OF HOPE HISPANAS
ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL
EQUALITY. OVERALL, WE'RE JUST
REALLY THANKFUL FOR, REJECTING
THE REDUCTION TO THE UC LABOR
CENTERS AND THE UCLA LATINO
POLICY AND POLITICS INSTITUTE
CUTS, AND THEN FOR LONG BEACH
CITY COLLEGE. OVERALL, REALLY
THANKFUL FOR THE COLA AND THE
NURSING PROGRAM THAT WAS
INCLUDED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. THANK YOU. SEEING NO MORE
PUBLIC COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO
AGAIN THANK OUR VERY TALENTED
AND HARD WORKING STAFF. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE REPUBLICAN
STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT
THEY PUT IN, DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
DEBATING THESE BILLS ON THE
FLOOR TOMORROW. AND THURSDAY AND
SENDING THEM TO THE GOVERNOR'S
DESK. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THE
HEARING IS ADJOURNED. NICE JOB.