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File #: 23-0782    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 7/12/2023 In control: Executive Office
On agenda: 7/25/2023 Final action:
Title: Ratification of a Letter of Opposition for Assembly Bill 120 / Senate Bill 120 - Budget Trailer Bill; and Ratification of a Letter of Support for Assembly Bill 1057 (Weber) - California Home Visiting Program
Attachments: 1. AB120 - SB 120 Letter of Concern.signed, 2. AB 1057 Letter of Support.Senate.signed

 

To:  Board of Supervisors

FromExecutive Office

Meeting DateJuly 25, 2023

 

Department Contact:  

Darcie Antle

Phone: 

707-463-4441

Department Contact:  

Kelly Hansen

Phone: 

707-463-4441

 

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

 

Agenda Title:

title

Ratification of a Letter of Opposition for Assembly Bill 120 / Senate Bill 120 - Budget Trailer Bill; and Ratification of a Letter of Support for Assembly Bill 1057 (Weber) - California Home Visiting Program

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Ratify letter of opposition for Assembly Bill 120 / Senate Bill 120 - budget trailer bill; and ratify letter of support for Assembly Bill 1057 (Weber) - California home visiting program.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

No previous action.                     

 

Summary of Request

AB 120/SB 120.  The human services trailer bill (AB 120/SB 120) contains a provision that would increase the existing IHSS collective bargaining penalty from a one-time seven percent of the county MOE amount to an ongoing ten percent of the county MOE amount. The current IHSS collective bargaining Realignment withholding was enacted in 2021 as a one-time seven percent penalty and is now proposed to be increased to an ongoing ten percent penalty with this new language. A county would be subject to the withholding only if all of the following four conditions are met: (1) A county and provider union have completed the full IHSS mediation and factfinding process; (2) the factfinding panel has issued recommended settlement terms that are more favorable to the union; (3) the county has an expired IHSS collective bargaining agreement; and (4) the county and union have not reached an agreement within 90 days after the release of the factfinding recommendations.  The existing withholding is equivalent to seven percent of a county’s 2020-21 IHSS MOE amount. The withholding occurs through a one-time adjustment to the county’s Social Services Realignment base and is distributed as one-time general growth to the other subaccounts. The Social Services Realignment base is then restored by the amount of the withholding in the next fiscal year. Under this new language, the withholding would be ten percent of a county’s IHSS MOE amount for the prior year. The withholding will then occur every year until a collective bargaining agreement is reached. This letter is consistent with the county’s priorities and focus areas as defined in the 2023 Legislative Platform.  The Executive Office requests ratification of the letter of opposition to AB 120/SB 120.

 

AB 1057. Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health, which is responsible for various programs relating to the health and safety of people in the state. Existing law requires the department, to the extent resources are available, to maintain a program of maternal and child health that includes the provision of educational, preventative, diagnostic, and treatment services, including medical care, hospitalization and other institutional care and aftercare, appliances and facilitating services directed toward reducing infant mortality, and improving the health of mothers and children. This bill would establish within the Health and Safety Code the California Home Visiting Program, a voluntary program originally created administratively, under which the State Department of Public Health provides funds to local health departments to support pregnant people and parents with young children who live in communities that face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes, as provided. This letter is consistent with the county’s priorities and focus areas as defined in the 2023 Legislative Platform.  The Executive Office requests ratification of the letter of support for AB 1057.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Do not ratify letters of opposition and support.                     

 

Does This Item Support the General Plan? Yes

 

Strategic Plan Priority Designation: A Safe and Healthy County

 

Supervisorial District:  All

                                          

vote requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

Supplemental Information Available Online At: N/a

 

Fiscal Details:

source of funding: N/A

budgeted in current f/y: N/A

current f/y cost: N/A

if no, please describe:

annual recurring cost: N/A

revenue agreement: N/A

 budget clarification: N/A

Agreement/Resolution/Ordinance Approved by County Counsel: N/A

 

CEO Liaison: Executive Office

 

 

CEO Review: Yes 

 

 

CEO Comments:

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Atlas Pearson, Senior Deputy Clerk

Final Status: Approved

Date: July 25, 2023