TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: July 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:
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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 dist...
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