UCC Annual Report 2018

UCC Annual Report 2018
Summary of Activities
Jolena L. Voorhis, Executive Director
November, 2018
UCC Annual Report - Table of Contents Page
Annual Report .............................................................................................................................................. 1
State Budget 2018-19 ............................................................................................................................. 1-2
Cannabis Regulations ................................................................................................................................ 3
Child Support Funding ............................................................................................................................... 4
Homelessness ......................................................................................................................................... 5-6
Legislative Report ................................................................................................................................... 6-7
Wildfire Response .................................................................................................................................. 7-8
Summary of 2018-19 Budget ................................................................................................................ Tab 1

UCC Summary of Final Budget Package, List of Budget Bills, Final Action Chart
Legislative Summary ............................................................................................................................. Tab 2
Homelessness Package Summary ......................................................................................................... Tab 3
UCC Summary of Funding Package, Chart of Homeless Funding
UCC Annual Report
2018
The Urban Counties of California was very active in 2018 on legislative and budget issues that
impacted the urban counties. This report details the issues we worked on in 2018 including the
State Budget, Homelessness, Affordable Housing, Cannabis Regulations, and Wildfire Response.
2018-19 State Budget
Governor’s January Budget Proposal

The Governor released his January Budget on January 10, 2018. The Governor’s Budget
proposed a total budget of $190.3 billion and a projected surplus of $6 billion. The Governor
proposes spending much of the surplus to augment the Rainy-Day Fund.
Key proposals included:

 Additional funding to the Rainy-Day Fund to prepare for the recession.
 $27.5 million in additional funding for IHSS county administration.
 $117.3 million for Incompetent to Stand Trial changes and investments. This includes
$2.5 million from the Mental Health Services Act to help counties develop innovative
plans to address the IST population.
 Policy changes to prohibit the use of 340b drugs in Medi-Cal which could negatively
impact public hospitals.
 $3 million in additional funding to HCD to implement the housing package adopted in
2017.
 $134 million to counties for elections systems upgrades.
May Revise
Major changes in the Governor’s May Revision were as follows:
 $359 million in one-time funding to address homelessness which includes a $250 million
grant program to cities and counties for emergency assistance, additional funding for
programs in CalWORKs, and funding for the Statewide Council on Homelessness.
 Proposal to place the No Place Like Home on the November ballot for approval.
 Proposal to eliminate the 340B drug pharmacy program remains in the May Revision.
 $254 million in mandate reimbursement for the AB 3632 program related to mental
health for counties.
 $24 million in additional funding for county administration of the IHSS program.
 Additional funding for the Continuum of Care implementation.
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Budget Conference Committee
The Conference Committee began meeting on May 31st and by June 8, 2018, the Budget
Conference Committee had closed out all of the items. The major actions included:
 Homeless package of $609 million, with $350 million through the Emergency Aid
Program going to the Continuums of Care.
 Reduce funding for child support request down to just $3 million.
 Mandate repayment on AB 3632 for counties.
 Incompetent to Stand Trial proposal includes requirement to get approval from two
state agencies.
 No Cap and Trade agreement – delayed until later this year.
 Denied 340 B Drug Pricing Proposal.
 $15.5 million for county administration in IHSS.
 Continuum of Care Reform – some additional funding for the Resource Family Approval
Process and Level of Care Assessments.
Final Budget Deal

The Governor signed the Main Budget Bill and most of the Trailer Bills on June 27, 2018.
Some of the major proposals in the final Budget include:
 Homeless package of $500 million, with $350 million through the Emergency Aid
Program going to the Continuums of Care. Other homeless investments including NPLH
and CalWORKs programs.
 Reduced funding for child support request down to just $3 million with Budget Bill
language regarding the allocation of the funds.
 Provides mandate repayment on AB 3632 for counties.
 Incompetent to Stand Trial proposal provides $100 million to counties for diversion of
individuals from the IST waiting list.
 New proposal related to employee representation including changes to payroll
deductions, mass communication and IHSS provider orientation.
 Cap and Trade agreement which provides $40 million for the Transformative Climate
Communities program and $25 million for organics waste diversion.
 Continuum of Care Reform – some additional funding for the Resource Family Approval
Process and Level of Care Assessment.
August Budget Trailer Bills

At the end of the Legislative session several trailer bills were passed to make final modification
to the budget. The major changes included:
 $15 million for start-up costs related to Bail Reform (SB 10, Hertzberg).
 Changes to the San Diego election provisions.
 Technical changes to the Continuum of Care Reform.
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Cannabis Regulations
On January 1, 2018, the provisions of Proposition 64 which made cannabis legal for recreational
and medicinal use became effective. UCC worked with counties to identify a lead person in
every urban county for the Administration to use as the point person on applications for a
permit for cultivation and dispensaries.
Emergency Regulations
The emergency regulations were released on November 16, 2017, and the following key
components are part of these regulations:
 Allows for 10 days to get verification of a local licenses from a local government for
temporary licenses and 60 days for permanent licenses.
 New license for Distribution Transport Only.
 Allows for free cannabis good for medical retailers.
 Provides that deliveries can only be made by employees of a retailer and must be to a
physical address.
 Provides for licenses to be issued for temporary cannabis events at state fairgrounds
only.
These emergency regulations were extended on May 18, 2018 with some changes made due to
comments received.
Permanent Regulations and Mobile Delivery

On July 13, 2018 the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) released updated proposed permanent
regulations which added a provision to allow mobile delivery of cannabis.
Earlier in the year, SB 1302 (Lara) was introduced which would have prohibited local
jurisdictions from preventing or restricting the delivery of cannabis to an address that is located
within their boundaries. UCC was opposed to this measure which was held on the Senate Floor
due to the 2/3 vote requirement to make changes to Proposition 64 (Cannabis Legalization).
When the new regulations were released, UCC, along with our county and city partners were
strongly opposed to this change and submitted comments with our concerns to the BCC, noting
the constitutional issues due to the passage of Proposition 64 which maintained local control,
and the fact that this proposal is in direct conflict with the Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis
Safety Act (MAUCRSA) statutes passed in 2015.
However, on October 19, 2018 the BCC released another version which maintained the delivery
provision. It is anticipated that once the regulations are finalized, lawsuits may be filed
challenging this major change to Proposition 64.
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Child Support Funding
In late 2017, a few individual county child support directors raised the issue of funding
inequities in the child support program. The Child Support program allocation formula was
placed in statue in 2002 and the allocation is not based on caseload or performance but instead
based on the amount the county District Attorney’s office had previously funded. This has led
to significant variations in the amount of funding depending on the county. This inequity led to
an effort by UCC, in conjunction with the underfunded counties (see urban list below). While it
was not in the Governor’s January Budget, UCC and several individual county members
advocated for additional funding and provided background on this issue to legislative staff and
the administration.
Specifically, the request in early February was to provide $42.8 million state General Fund
which will result in $83.2 million in federal funding (2:1 match) to the program to be allocated
specifically to the 14 underfunded counties which include 6 urban counties: Fresno, Los
Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, and San Joaquin.
UCC supported this effort and testified in support at several hearings. While both houses
recognized the issue as important, they requested that the State and the Child Support
Director’s Association (CSDA) convene the child support directors to decide not only on how to
address the current shortfall in the underfunded counties but to make recommendations on a
new process for allocations.
After several meetings of the Association, there final recommendations were presented to the
Legislature which included a revised request as follows:
 Phase One: The proposed allocation has changed from the initial proposal and would
now be a ratio based on cases per Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position to determine each
Local Child Support Agency’s allocation. The budget request is for $17.8 million in 2018-
19, $28.4 million in 2019-20 and $38.8 million in 20-21. This proposal also requests $4.8
million for the other counties to allow them to preserve current staffing levels.
 Phase Two: The State Department of Child Support and the Child Support Director’s
Association will work together to develop additional program improvements including
addressing operation efficiencies, additional refinements to the new allocation
methodology and establishing a mechanism to address rising operating costs.
Unfortunately, during the final budget negotiations among the Legislative leadership and the
Governor, the amount of funding was reduced to $3 million statewide.
In October 2019, the CSDA worked with the State Department of Child Support Services to
conduct a Level of Effort analysis to determine the time and staffing resources needed to
complete the child support management activities. CSDA is also working on proposing a new
allocation formula that would provide new funding to the underfunded counties and
maintaining other counties existing funding.
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Homelessness
In 2018, addressing homelessness continued to be a top priority for UCC. Besides several
legislative vehicles to address this issue, UCC also made a budget request of $1.35 billion to
fund various existing programs and to use the state General Fund to immediately start the No
Place Like Home Program from 2016.
Specifically, UCC, along with CSAC requested the following:
 $300 million General Fund to jump start NPLH,
 $700 million one-time allocation to the Multifamily Housing Program within the State
Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
 Supplement SB 2 (Atkins, 2017) funding with the following:
o $25 million in housing subsidies or vouchers for extremely low-income persons.
o $25 million for a landlord liaison program.
o $15 million for Home Safe, a homeless prevention demonstration grant program for
victims of elder and dependent adult abuse and neglect.
o $50 million for rapid rehousing for domestic violence survivors.
o $25 million for data and case management of the homeless population.
o $50 million for youth experiencing homelessness.
o $25 million to address impacts of residents impacted by disasters.
Budget Action
As part of the final budget package, the Legislature and the Governor invested $500 million
state general fund in the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) to provide a temporary
bridge until the SB 3 housing bond passed (on November ballot) and until the No Place Like
Home Program was ratified by the voters.
The Homeless package also included an investment in several existing programs with a total of
$108 million various supportive services programs including Home Safe.
For a full summary of the Homeless Package and a chart of the current status of the funding
sources please see Tab 3.
Legislative Measures
AB 1971 (Santiago) – Mental health services: involuntary detention: gravely disabled

This bill would have expanded the definition of “gravely disabled” for Los Angeles county, for
specified purposes to include a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health
disorder, is unable to provide for his or her basic personal needs for medical treatment, if the
failure to receive medical treatment will more likely than not lead to death within 6 months.
Status: Held on the Senate Floor.
UCC Position: Neutral.
SB 918 (Wiener) – Homeless Youth Act of 2018

This bill would create a designated office to focus on youth homelessness and provide critical
funding to help counties and other local entities address youth homelessness in California.
Status: Signed, Chapter 841.
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UCC Position: Support.
SB 1045 (Wiener) – Conservatorship: chronic homelessness: mental illness and substance abuse
disorders
This bill establishes a procedure for the appointment of a conservator, in San Diego, San
Francisco and Los Angeles counties for a person who is chronically homeless and incapable of
caring for their own health and well-being due to acute and severe mental illness or a severe
substance abuse disorder, as evidenced by high-frequency emergency department use, or is
gravely disabled, for the purpose of providing appropriate placement.
Legislative Report
UCC was active in approximately 50 bills in the Legislative session. A full list of the bills that
UCC had positions on is attached to this document (Tab 2 - UCC Legislative Summary). Here
are some of the bills that were a high priority to UCC:
AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer) – Counties and cities: contracts for personal services

This bill would have required specific standards for the use of personal services contracts by
counties and restrict the ability of counties to contract out for services.
Status: Held in Senate Rules.
UCC Position: Oppose (O1).
AB 1804 (Berman) – California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential and mixed-use
housing projects
This bill provides a statutory exemption for infill housing projects occurring within the
unincorporated areas of a county.
UCC Position: Support (S1).
AB 2069 (Bonta) – Medicinal cannabis: employment discrimination

This bill would have prohibited employers from terminating or refusing to hire medicinal
cannabis users, even if they fail a drug test.
Status: Held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 3115 (Gibson) – Community Paramedicine Act of 2018

This bill would have required counties to appoint specific members to the local emergency
medical care committee, add new members to the statewide EMS Commission, and create the
Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternative Destination program.
Status: Vetoed.
UCC Position: Oppose.
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SB 828 (Wiener) – Land use: housing element
This bill would make changes to the regional housing needs assessment process including
making changes to how the Council of Governments determines each jurisdictions RHNA.
SB 1302 (Lara) – Cannabis: local jurisdiction: prohibitions on delivery

This bill would prohibit local jurisdictions from deciding whether to prevent or to allow delivery
of cannabis to an address that is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of that local
jurisdiction.
Status: Held on the Senate Inactive File.
Wildfire Response – Inverse Condemnation

Beginning in May of 2018, several of the electrical utilities were proposing changes to the
inverse condemnation strict liability standards due to concerns of fiscal liability over the cause
of some fires.
Inverse Condemnation Background

Inverse condemnation is a legal concept that entitles property owners to just compensation if
their property is damaged by a public use. This liability rule applies to all government agencies,
as well as utilities. After a wildfire, inverse condemnation is the way that victims of fires
(residents, businesses, and local agencies) recover their costs.
Inverse condemnation stems from the Takings Clauses of the U.S. and the California
Constitutions as the flip side of eminent domain, the process by which a government agency
can take property for public benefit as long as the property owner is adequately compensated.
The “inverse” means that if property is damaged by a public benefit (i.e. providing electricity),
damages can be sought and awarded. The power of eminent domain, along with the potential
for inverse condemnation damages, has been extended by the courts to private utilities that
have eminent domain authority. Thus, a utility cannot enjoy the power of eminent domain
without also bearing the risk of liability in inverse condemnation if the actions damage
property.
Coalition Efforts
UCC was part of a broad coalition that included other local government associations, the
insurance industry, taxpayer groups and others who opposed any changes to inverse
condemnation. The coalition met and lobbied regularly throughout the summer and as a result
of our efforts, inverse condemnation was removed from the discussions.
SB 901 – Conference Committee Report

While the Governor proposed changes to the Inverse Condemnation standard in late July, after
holding several hearings, it was removed from discussions by the Conference Committee in
August and the focus shifted to other issues including utility responsibility, PUC oversight and
vegetation management.
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UCC testified at many of the hearings and worked to ensure that inverse condemnation would
not be part of the final package.
SB 901 was passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor and provides the following
key changes:
 Five-year investment of $200 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for
forest health programs which in total will provide $1 billion to these programs.
 New requirements for investor-owned utilities on fire hardening protocols and wildfire
risk assessment around utility lines.
 Authorizes ratepayer protection bonds to allow utilities to manage their debt.
 Provides guidance to the California Public Utilities Commission for future wildfires to
allow apportionment of damages if a utility acts reasonably.
ATTACHMENTS:
UCC Final Summary of 2018-19 Budget – Tab 1
List of Budget Trailer Bills – Tab 1
Budget Chart – Final Action List – Tab 1
UCC Bill List 2018 Final Actions – Tab 2
Summary of Homelessness Funding – Tab 3
Chart of Homeless Funding – Tab 3
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TAB 1
Summary of 2018-19 Budget
Chair
Supervisor Carole Groom
Executive Director
Jolena L. Voorhis
1100 “K” Street, Suite 101/Sacramento, CA 95814/ (916) 327-7531 FAX (916) 491-4182/UCC@urbancounties.com
UCC Summary
Budget 2018-19
June 29, 2018 Version
Both houses of the Legislature passed the main Budget bill and a few trailer bills on June 14, 2018. The
Governor signed the main budget bill and most of the trailer bills on June 27, 2018. For a full list of the
status of the Trailer bills see attached chart. There were no line-item vetoes in the main budget bill.
Some of the major proposals in the final Budget include:
 Homeless package of $500 million, with $350 million through the Emergency Aid Program going
to the Continuums of Care. Other homeless investments including NPLH and CalWORKs
programs.
 Reduced funding for child support request down to just $3 million with Budget Bill language
regarding the allocation of the funds.
 Provides mandate repayment on AB 3632 for counties.
 Incompetent to Stand Trial proposal provides $100 million to counties for diversion of individuals
from the IST waiting list.
 New proposal related to employee representation including changes to payroll deductions, mass
communication and IHSS provider orientation.
 Cap and Trade agreement which provides $40 million for the Transformative Climate
Communities program and $25 million for organics waste diversion.
 Continuum of Care Reform – some additional funding for the Resource Family Approval Process
and Level of Care Assessment.
Homeless Package (SB 850)

Homeless Emergency Aid Program
SB 850 establishes the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) for the purpose of providing localities
with one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges. The main
budget provides $250 million to the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (Agency) to
allocate funds in coordination with the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council.
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Allocation of $250 million
SB 850 provides that the funds will be distributed as follows:
 $40 million to administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of over 20,000
persons.
 $60 million to administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 4,000 and
19,999 persons.
3,999 persons.
2,499 persons.
1,799 persons.
1,499 persons.
 $12 million to administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 750 and 999
persons.
 $7 million to administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 250 and 749
persons.
 $2 million to administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of less than 250
persons.
For specific county allocations – see the attached chart.
Eligibility Requirements
In order to be eligible, the administrative entity must demonstrate the following:
 The jurisdiction or jurisdictions that the administrative entity represents must have, at the time
of the award, declared a shelter crisis.
 The applicants with the administrative entity have collaborated in the application with other city,
county, or nonprofit partners. Recipients may submit a regional plan.
SB 850 also provides that an administrative entity with the lowest three homeless PITCs may submit a
waiver for the requirement for a declaration of a shelter crisis.
Fund Uses
This bill provides that program funds must be expended on one-time uses that address homelessness,
including prevention, criminal justice diversion programs to homeless individuals with mental health
needs, and emergency aid.
SB 850 provides that an administrative entity must use no less than five percent of its total allocation to
establish or expand services meeting the needs of homeless youth or youth at risk of homelessness.
SB 850 also provides that not less than 50% of homeless funds must be contractually obligated by
January 1, 2020, and 100% must be contractually obligated by June 30, 2021. Any funds not expended
by that date shall be returned to the agency and revert to the General Fund.
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Allocation of $100 million to CoCs
SB 850 provides that upon appropriation the agency shall allocate $100 million in program funding to
each administrative entity in an amount calculated based on the proportionate share of the total
homeless population based on the 2017 homeless point-in-time count.
Allocation of $150 million to the Cities

SB 850 provides that the agency shall proportionately allocate $150 million in program funding to each
entity that has a population of over 330,000 and that has declared a shelter crisis.
SB 2 Funding – Homeless Allocations

Under SB 2, SB 850 provides allocation of approximately $65 million for homeless funding with the
distribution as follows:
 $5 million to the Bridges of Kraemer Place Emergency Shelter in Orange County.

 $5 million to the County of Merced to create a homeless navigation center.
 50% of any remaining funds will be provided to the Emergency Solutions and Housing Program,
and the remaining 50% to Housing for a Healthy California to be operated by the Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD).
ESG Program (Applies to SB 2 funds)

SB 850 provides that funds allocated under SB 2, the Building Homes and Jobs Act, and any moneys that
have not yet been made available shall be made available for expenditure by an administrative entity
within each Continuum of Care (CoC). HCD shall allocate the funds using a formula that is based off of
the formula utilized, as of June 30, 2018, for the allocation of grants under the ESG program that
includes the following program components:
 The 2017 point-in-time count published by HUD that includes both sheltered and unsheltered
homeless.
 The number of extremely low-income households in rental housing that pay more than 50
percent of household income on rent, based on HUD’s most recent Comprehensive Housing
Affordability Strategy dataset.
 The number of persons below the federal poverty line divided by the total population within the
Continuum of Care service area, based on data from the United States Census Bureau. The
formula shall afford double weight to this factor.
SB 850 provides that any funds not distributed by the CoC service area or otherwise returned to HCD
shall be reallocated. Any funds not distributed after the second round of awards shall be used for the
Multifamily Housing Program.
SB 850 also provides that the funds under this program do not have to be matched.
SB 850 also provides that an administrative entity shall not use more than 40 percent of any funds
allocated for operating support for emergency housing interventions.
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Program Requirements
An applicant must meet one of the following:
 Has prior experience administering the eligible activities described in the application.
 Has partnered with one or more local governments or other entities within the relevant CoC that
have the necessary prior experience to administer the funds.
 The applicant documents that the CoC has a functioning CES and HMIS that meet the applicable
HUD requirements. If the applicant does not have systems in place, the application must
document that a minimum of 20 percent of the allocation to the CoC service areas will be used to
implement or update its systems.
 The application describes or provides documentation of the local program or project selection
process anticipated to be used to allocate available funds to subrecipients qualified to carry out
the eligible activities.
 The application identifies anticipated estimated amounts to be used and numerical goals and
performance measures established by the applicant in coordination with the CoC. At minimum
the application must evaluate the following project or system performance measures:
o Number of homeless persons served.
o Number of unsheltered homeless persons served, and the average length of time spent as
homeless before entry into the program or project.
o The number of homeless persons exiting the program or project to permanent housing.
o The number of persons that return to homelessness after exiting the program or project.
This bill also provides that an application submitted may include the most current plan addressing
actions taken within the CoC service area to address homelessness. If no plan exists, the application may
request funds to complete a plan.
Use of Funds
This bill provides that an administrative entity must use funds allocated for one or more of the following
activities:
 Rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services. Rental assistance shall not
exceed 48 months for each assisted household and rent payments shall not exceed two times the
current HUD fair market rent for the local area.
 Operating subsidies in the form of 15-year capitalized operating reserves for new and existing
affordable permanent housing units for homeless individuals and families.
 Flexible housing subsidy funds for local programs that establish or support the provision of rental
subsidies in permanent housing.
 Operating support for emergency housing interventions including, but not limited to, the
following: navigation centers, street outreach services, shelter diversion, systems supports to
maintain databases.
This measure also includes several reporting requirements for the CoCs.
No Place Like Home (AB 1827)

This bill enacts the No Place Like Home Act of 2018 and provides for submission of that act to the voters
at the November 6, 2018 statewide general election and provide that the voters ratify all of the
provisions as being consistent with and in furtherance of Proposition 63.
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This bill also provides that the Legislature may appropriate for transfer funds in the Mental Health
Services Act (MHSA) to the Supportive Housing Program Subaccount in an amount up to $140 million per
year. Any amount appropriated for transfer and deposited in the NPLH Fund shall reduce the authorized
but unissued amount of bonds that the California Health Facilities Financing Agency may issue by a
corresponding amount.
This bill also provides that the Controller shall, before any transfer or expenditures from the fund,
transfer moneys appropriated from the MHSA Fund to the subaccount in equal amounts over the
following 12-month period, beginning no later than 90 days after the effective date of the appropriation
of the Legislature.
Program Changes
Employee Relations (SB 857, SB 866)

IHSS Provider Orientations (SB 857)
This bill provides that in the counties of Orange, Los Angeles and Merced the public authority must
comply with the provisions of AB 119 (Chapter 21, Statutes of 2017) which mandates all public
employers to provide union access to New Employee Orientations and directs the employer and the
union to determine the structure, time and manner of union access by mutual agreement.
Payroll Deductions (SB 866)

This bill provides that except for a deduction for an employee organization that has been revoked under
the terms of the employee’s written agreement, employee requests to cancel or change deductions for
employee organization must be directed to the employee organization, rather than to the public agency.
The employee organization shall be responsible for processing these requests.
This bill provides that public employers that provide for the administration of payroll deduction shall do
the following:
 Rely on certification from any employee organization requesting a deduction or reduction that
they have and will maintain an authorization, signed by the individual from whose salary or
wages the deduction or reduction is to be made. An employee organization that certifies that it
will maintain authorization shall not be required to provide a copy of an individual authorization
to the public employer unless a dispute arises about the authorization.
 Direct employee requests to cancel or change deduction for employee organization to the
employee organization, rather than to the public employer. The public agency must rely on
information provided by the employee organization regarding whether deductions for an
employee organization were properly canceled or changed, and the employee organization shall
indemnify the public agency for any claims made by the employee for deductions made in
reliance on that information.
In addition, this bill provides that a public employer shall not deter or discourage applicants to be public
employees from becoming members of an employee organization or from authorizing representation by
an employee organization, or from authorizing dues or fee deductions to an employer organization.
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Mass Communication (SB 866)
This bill provides that if a public employer chooses to disseminate mass communications to public
employees or applicants concerning public employees’ right to join or support an employee
organization, or to refrain from joining, it shall meet and confer with the exclusive representative
concerning the content of the mass communication.
If an employer and the exclusive representative do not come to agreement on the content of a public
employer’s mass communication, and if the public employer still chooses to disseminate the
communication, the public employer must distribute to the public employees a communication by the
exclusive representative.
These provisions do not apply to a public employer’s distribution of a communication concerning public
employee rights that have been adopted by the Public Employment Relations Board.
Employee Orientations (SB 866)

This bill creates levels of confidentiality about employee orientations. Specifically, this bill provides that
the date, time and place of an employee orientation shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the
employees, the exclusive representative, or a vendor that is contracted to provide a service for purposes
of the orientation. This would effectively create an exemption to the California Public Records Act.
Environment
Cap and Trade Investment Plan (SB 856)

The Budget provides $1.4 billion in funds for the Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan. This includes $40
million for the Transformative Climate Communities program which provides funding to local
governments and $25 million to waste diversion at CalRecycle.
2018-19 Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan

(Dollars in Millions)
Investment
Department Program Amount
Category
AB 617 – Community Air Protection $245
Air Toxic and
AB 617 – Local Air District Implementation
Criteria Air Air Resources Board $20
($50 million total, including other funds)
Pollutants
Technical Assistance to Community Groups $10
Clean Vehicle Rebate Project $175
Clean Trucks, Buses, & Off-Road Freight Equipment $180
Low Carbon Air Resources Board
Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program, School
Transportation $100
Buses & Transportation Equity Projects
Energy Commission Low Carbon Fuel Production $12
Agricultural Diesel Engine Replacement & Upgrades
Air Resources Board $112
Climate Smart ($132 million total, including other funds)
Agriculture Energy Commission Energy Efficiency $64
Department of Food Healthy Soils $5
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and Agriculture
Energy Commission Renewable Energy $4
CAL FIRE Healthy & Resilient Forests $160
CAL FIRE Forest Carbon Plan: Prescribed Fire & Fuel Reduction $30
Healthy Natural Resources Forest Carbon Plan: Northern, Coastal, and Southern
$20
Forests Agency California Regional Forest Health Projects
CAL FIRE Urban Forestry $5
CalOES Local Fire Response $25
Department of Food
Short-Lived Methane Reduction $99
and Agriculture
Climate
Air Resources Board Woodstoves $3
Pollutants
CalRecycle Waste Diversion $25
Strategic Growth
Transformative Climate Communities $40
Council
Natural Resources
Urban Greening $20
Agency
Integrated
Multiple
Climate Coastal Resilience $5
Departments
Action:
Department of Fish
Mitigation & Wetlands Restoration $5
and Wildlife
Resilience
Community Services
Low-Income Weatherization $10
& Development
California
Energy Corps $6
Conservation Corps
Climate and
Strategic Growth California Climate Change Technology and Solutions
Clean Energy $20
Council Initiative & Technical Assistance
Research
Total $1,400
Health and Human Services
Social Services
CalWORKs (SB 840, AB 1811)

The Budget provides $23.5 million to restore the cut to the employment services under CalWORKs. In
addition, there is funding to reduce poverty and increase grant amounts with $90 million beginning in
2019.
AB 1811 provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to increase CalWORKs maximum aid payment
levels in the 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 fiscal years, or until the maximum aid payment levels reach
50 percent of the federal poverty level for the family size that is one greater than the assistance unit.
As a first step toward this goal, the Legislature is adopting a 10 percent increase to the maximum aid
payment levels to become effective April 1, 2019. For the second step, it is the intent of the Legislature
to increase the maximum aid payment levels to close the gap by one-half between the maximum aid
payment levels prior to taking the second step and 50 percent of the federal poverty level for the family
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size that is one greater than the assistance unit goal for that year. Any increases to maximum aid
payment levels after July 1, 2018, are contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
Commencing in the 2019-20 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, if an incremental adjustment
is made to the maximum aid payments, the counties’ share of that adjustment shall be based on the
total incremental adjustment or the increase in the California Necessities Index for the fiscal year in
which the adjustment becomes effective, whichever is lower.
If more than one incremental adjustment is made to maximum aid during a single fiscal year, the
counties’ share of those combined adjustments shall be based upon the total combined incremental
adjustments or the increase in the California Necessities Index for the fiscal year in which the
adjustments become effective, whichever is lower. This section shall not apply to any incremental
increases or decreases made to the maximum aid payments prior to July 1, 2019.
CalWORKs – Homeless Assistance (AB 1811)

This bill provides that a nonrecurring special needs benefit of $85 dollars a day shall be available to
families of up to four members for the cost of temporary shelter. The fifth and additional members of
the family shall receive $15 per day up to a daily maximum of $145 dollars. County welfare departments
may increase the daily amount available for temporary shelter as necessary to secure the additional bed
space needed by the family.
CalWORKs – Home Safe Program (AB 1811)

This bill provides that DSS shall award grants to counties, tribes, or groups of counties or tribes, that
provide services to elder and dependent adults who experience abuse, neglect, and exploitation and
otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for adult protective services, for the purpose of providing housing-
related supports to eligible individuals.
It is the intent of the Legislature that housing-related assistance provided utilize evidence-based
practices in homeless assistance and prevention, including housing risk screening and assessments,
housing first, rapid re-housing and supportive housing.
Housing-related supports and services available to participating individuals may include, but not be
limited to, all of the following:
 An assessment of each individual’s housing needs, including a plan to assist the individual in
meeting those needs, consistent with the case plan, as developed by the adult protective
services agency. To the extent feasible, the plan shall be developed in coordination with a
multidisciplinary team that may include housing program providers, mental health providers,
local law enforcement, legal assistance providers, and others as deemed relevant by the adult
protective services agency.
 Navigation or search assistance to recruit landlords and assist individuals in locating affordable or
subsidized housing.
 Enhanced case management, including motivational interviewing and trauma-informed care, to
help the individual recover from elder abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.
 Housing-related financial assistance, including rental assistance, security deposit assistance,
utility payments, moving cost assistance, and interim housing assistance while housing
navigators are actively seeking permanent housing options for the individual.
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 Housing stabilization services, including ongoing landlord engagement, case management, public
systems assistance, legal services, tenant education, eviction protection, credit repair assistance,
life skills training, heavy cleaning, and conflict mediation with landlords, neighbors, and families.
 If the individual requires supportive housing, referral to the local homeless continuum of care for
long-term services promoting housing stability.
 Mental health assistance, as necessary or appropriate.
DSS shall provide grants to counties and tribes according to criteria and procedures developed by the
department, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, Tribes, the
California Elder Justice Coalition, and the California Commission on Aging. These criteria shall include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:
 Eligible sources of funds and in-kind contributions to match the grant.
 The proportion of funding to be expended on reasonable and appropriate administrative
activities, in order to minimize overhead and maximize services.
Grants shall be subject to all of the following requirements:

 Grantees shall match the funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis, which may be met by cash or in-
kind contributions.
 Grantees shall demonstrate the extent to which they will attempt to leverage county mental
health services funds for participating individuals, and any barriers to leveraging these funds.
 Grantees shall agree to actively cooperate with tracking, reporting, and evaluation efforts.
 Grantees shall coordinate with the local homeless continuum of care network.
CalWORKs – Home Visiting Program (AB 1811)

This bill establishes the CalWORKs Home Visiting Initiative as a voluntary program for the purpose of
supporting positive health, development, and well-being outcomes for pregnant and parenting women,
families, and infants born into poverty, expanding their future educational, economic, and financial
capability opportunities, and improving the likelihood that they will exit poverty.
The program shall provide high-quality, evidence-based, culturally competent services to pregnant
women, parents or caretaker relatives, and children for 24 months or until the child’s second birthday,
whichever is later, that meet the needs of at-risk assistance units, including those in underserved, rural,
tribal, impoverished, and other communities.
Under the program, DSS shall award funds to participating counties in order to provide voluntary
evidence-based home visiting services to any assistance unit that meets the requirements of this article.
The services authorized pursuant to this section are not entitlement services and participating counties
may limit the number of families participating in the program to ensure that the costs do not exceed the
amount of funds awarded to the county for this purpose.
Participation in the program established is optional for counties, and counties that apply for, and are
awarded, funds shall agree to the terms of this article. In the county’s application for funding, the county
shall describe all of the following:
 How the program’s purposes will be accomplished.
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 How the county will integrate and coordinate the evidence-based home visiting programs with
county workers and core CalWORKs services to maximize the utilization of those services
provided to CalWORKs recipients.
 How the county consulted with existing home visiting programs, if applicable.
 The county’s plan to recruit and retain home visitors that reflect the population of its CalWORKs
program.
 The voluntary population of CalWORKs applicants the county intends to serve.
A voluntary participant shall meet all of the following criteria:

 The individual is a member of a CalWORKs assistance unit, or the parent, caretaker or relative of
a child-only case.
 The individual is pregnant and has no other children at the time he or she enrolls in the program,
or the individual is a first-time parent or caretaker relative of a child less than 24 months of age
at the time he or she enrolls in the program.
 A county may serve additional individuals not described in the clause, but only if the
county continues to offer home visiting to all individuals and provides those services to
those who volunteer to participate.
 The department shall work with counties to develop the outreach and engagement
process that will effectively reach the priority populations.
 The county shall demonstrate in its application to the department how services will be
designed and provided.
A primary component of the program is case management and evidence-based home visiting for the
purpose of family support, which shall commence upon the determination that an individual is eligible
and shall continue until the eligible individual completes the evidence-based home visiting program or
terminates his or her own participation.
Home visiting shall include, but not be limited to, resources and referrals to all of the following:
 Prenatal, infant, and toddler care.
 Infant and child nutrition.
 Developmental screening and assessments.
 Parent education, parent and child interaction, child development, and child care.
 Job readiness and barrier removal.
 Domestic violence and sexual assault, mental health, and substance abuse treatment.
Home visitors shall encourage participants to enroll their child in a high-quality, early learning setting, or
participate in playgroups, or other child enrichment activities, and parent participation in this early
learning setting shall count towards allowable activities under a welfare-to-work plan developed by the
parent or caretaker.
DSS shall convene counties with participating home visiting programs to gather twice annually,
beginning April 1, 2019, to share challenges, lessons learned, and best practices. These meetings shall be
open to all stakeholders.
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Continuum of Care Reform (AB 1811)
The budget includes several individual funding increases to various implementation programs on CCR
and also makes some policy changes. This includes $48.1 million for county administration costs, $6.3
million for Resource Family Approval and $4.8 million for Level of Care Assessment.
General Provisions -- Methodology

AB 1811 provides that It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to establish a
methodology for reconciling the state’s and each county’s costs and savings resulting from
implementation of the Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), as directed through legislation and
administrative directives, in light of the requirements of the California Constitution, which pertains to
state or federal legislation enacted after September 30, 2012, that has an overall effect of increasing the
costs already borne by a local agency for certain programs or levels of service.
This bill provides that the Department of Finance, in consultation with the State Department of Social
Services, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, and the California State Association of
Counties, shall develop and implement a methodology for determining the state’s and each county’s
overall actual costs and savings resulting from the CCR initiative. The methodology shall take into
account the CCR-related assistance and administration costs and savings of the state and each county
associated with the implementation of the CCR initiative, based on the best available data.
The overall CCR-related assistance and administration costs and savings for each county shall be
reconciled at least once for each fiscal year, beginning in the 2018-19 fiscal year, to determine the
amount of state funding, if any, that is owed to each county or the amount of county savings, if any, that
are available to offset state funding from the General Fund. The Department of Finance, in collaboration
with the entities listed, shall determine the process by which any state funding owed to counties is
provided or any county savings offset state funding.
If any state funding owed is not provided to the county, the county is not obligated to continue
implementation of the CCR initiative beyond the level of state funding provided. The overall CCR-related
assistance and administration costs and savings of each county incurred since July 1, 2016, shall be
included in the first reconciliation done.
Resource Family Approvals – Emergency Assistance

This bill provides that for placements made on and after July 1, 2018, each county shall provide a
payment equivalent to the resource family basic level rate of the home-based family care rate structure,
to an emergency caregiver on behalf of a child or non-minor dependent placed in the home of the
caregiver or based on a compelling reason, subject to the availability of state and federal funds, if all of
the following criteria are met:
 The child or non-minor dependent is not otherwise eligible for AFDC-FC or the Approved Relative
Caregiver Funding Program while placed in the home of the emergency caregiver.
 The child or non-minor dependent resides in California.
 The emergency caregiver has signed and submitted to the county an application for resource
family approval.
 An application for the Emergency Assistance Program has been completed.
Funding for emergency or compelling reason placements made during the 2018-19 fiscal year shall be as
follows:
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 Payments shall be made to an emergency caregiver through the Emergency Assistance Program
included in the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant.
 The county shall be solely responsible for the nonfederal share of cost.
 If the child or non-minor dependent is determined to be ineligible for the Emergency Assistance
Program included in the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant, 70 percent
of the cost of emergency payments made to the emergency caregiver shall be funded by the
department and 30 percent shall be funded by the county.
 Payments required to be provided shall not be eligible for the federal or state share of cost upon
approval or denial of the resource family application, beyond 180 days, or, if the conditions of
subparagraph (e) are met, beyond 35 days, whichever occurs first.
 The federal and state share of payment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be available
beyond 180 days of payments, and up to 34 days of payments, if the following conditions are
met:
o On a monthly basis, the county has documented good cause for the delay in approving the
resource family application that is outside the direct control of the county, which may include
delays in processing background check clearances or exemptions, medical examinations, or
delays that are based on the needs of the family.
o On a monthly basis, the deputy director or director of the county child welfare department,
or his or her designee, has been notified of the delay in approving the resource family
application and that notification is documented in the resource family approval file.
o On a monthly basis, the county provides to the department a list of the resource family
applications that have been pending for more than 90 days and the reason for the delays.
Law Enforcement Protocols

This bill provides that each group home, transitional shelter care facility, and short-term residential
therapeutic program, shall develop protocols that dictate the circumstances under which law
enforcement may be contacted in response to the conduct of a child residing at the facility.
The protocols shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:

 Employ trauma-informed and evidence-based de-escalation and intervention techniques when
staff is responding to the behavior of a child residing in the facility.
 Require staff to undergo annual training on the facility’s protocols developed pursuant to this
section.
 Specify that contacting law enforcement shall only be used as a last resort once all other de-
escalation and intervention techniques have been exhausted, and only upon approval of a staff
supervisor.
 Address contacting law enforcement in an emergency situation if there is an immediate risk of
serious harm to a child or others.
 Identify and describe collaborative relationships with community-based service organizations
that provide culturally relevant and trauma-informed services to youth served by the facility to
prevent, or as an alternative to, arrest, detention, and incarceration for system-impacted youth.
This section does not prohibit a facility or a facility employee from contacting law enforcement in an
instance in which the facility or a facility employee is required by law to report an incident, which
includes, but is not limited to, mandated reporting of child abuse, or if the child is missing or has run
away. This bill provides funds to provide training and services to reduce the frequency of law
enforcement involvement. The allocation of funds will be established in consultation with stakeholders.
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Rate Classification for Group Homes
Under existing law, DSS is required to determine the rate classification level (RCL) for each group home.
Existing law also prohibits a new group home rate except that DSS may grant an exception on a case-by-
case basis through December 31, 2018.
This bill would provide that DSS may grant an additional extension to a group home beyond December
31, 2018, upon a county child welfare department submitting a written request on behalf of a provider
and providing documentation in a format to be determined by DSS. If granted, the extension requests
shall be provided in increments up to six months and may be renewed by the director if the
documentation is provided. Extensions granted shall not exceed a total of 12 months.
In order to be eligible to maintain placement of placed foster youth in a group home receiving an
extension, the county child welfare agency, in partnership with the county mental health plan, shall
submit a plan to the department by August 15, 2018. This plan shall do all of the following:
 Describe the agency’s plan to transition all foster youth under the jurisdiction of the county
residing in group homes into a home-based placement, or, if determined by the interagency
placement committee, to a licensed short-term residential therapeutic program (STRTP) within
the extension period.
 Address the need, availability, and capability of STRTPs and other therapeutic placement options
for the youth under the jurisdiction of the county and document prior and ongoing efforts taken
to solicit or develop needed STRTP capacity.
 Develop and document child specific transition plans that include a description of all of the
following:
o Intensive family finding and engagement for every child lacking an identified home-based
caregiver, including those youth identified for STRTP transition.
o Child and family team-driven case plans that identify and respond to barriers to home-based
placement.
o Documentation of the trauma-informed and permanency-competent specialty mental health
services to be provided, including wraparound, collateral, intensive care coordination and
intensive home-based services, and therapeutic behavioral services.
o Document efforts to expand or establish intensive services foster care, therapeutic foster
care programs, and other home-based services that provide timely access to trauma-
informed care, in conjunction with the county behavioral health department.
o Detail any barriers to achieving the goals that have led the county to support the extension.
o Identify any additional solutions to the barriers that are not addressed in the efforts which
may include needed action from partner agencies, such as county boards of supervisors,
county behavioral health directors, the department, the State Department of Health Care
Services, STRTPs, foster family agencies, or other local agencies, including, but not limited to,
regional centers and special education agencies, that would aid the county child welfare
agency in delivering appropriate services to foster youth.
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Child Support (SB 840, AB 1811)
In the main budget bill, there is $3 million appropriated to the Department of Child Support Services to
be allocated in coordination with the Child Support Directors Association.
AB 1811 provides that beginning July 1, 2018, the director of the Department of Child Support Services
and the president of the Child Support Directors Association of California shall jointly lead discussions for
the purposes of identifying program-wide operational efficiencies and further refinements to the budget
methodology for the child support program, as needed. The discussions shall include all of the following
areas:
 Opportunities to improve operational efficiencies in the child support program at both the state
and local level.
 Any additional refinements that are needed to the current allocation.
 Cost-of-living, salary, and benefit increases in local child support agencies.
The Department of Child Support Services shall submit a report to the chairs of the budget committees
of both houses of the Legislature that includes a description of the topics described above and
recommendations by July 1, 2019.
IHSS (SB 840)

The Budget provides for an increase of $15.4 million General Fund in 2018-19 to reflect higher estimates
of county workload related to the IHSS Program.
Department of State Hospitals – Incompetent to Stand Trial (AB 1810)

The main budget bill provides $100 million to the Department of State Hospitals for Diversion Funding
for Individuals with Serious Mental Disorders. AB 1810 provides that the DSH may solicit proposals from
and may contract with a county to help fund the development or expansion of pretrial diversion that
meets all of the following criteria:
 Participants are individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar

disorder, who have the potential to be found incompetent to stand trial for felony charges or
who have been found incompetent to stand trial (IST).
 There is a significant relationship between the individual’s serious mental disorder and the
charged offense or between the individual’s condition of homelessness and the charged offense.
 The individual does not pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety if treated in the
community.
This bill provides that a county submitting a proposal for funding shall designate a lead entity to apply
for the funds. This lead entity shall show in its proposal that it has support from other county entities or
other relevant entities including courts.
While not noted in the various trailer bills, this program will be primarily targeted to those counties with
the highest referrals of felony ISTs to DSH: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside,
Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and
Stanislaus.
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DSH, in consultation with the Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral health within CDCR, shall
prioritize proposals that demonstrate the potential to reduce referrals to the IST list and that
demonstrate all of the following:
 Provision of clinically appropriate or evidence-based mental health treatment and wraparound

services across a continuum of care.
 Collaboration between community stakeholders and other partner government agencies in the
diversion of individuals with serious mental disorders.
 Connection of individuals to services in the community after they have completed diversion.
This bill provides that DSH may also provide funding to cover the cost of providing post booking
assessment of defendants who are likely to be found IST on felony charges to determine whether the
defendant would benefit from diversion. DSH may also provide funding to cover the cost of in-jail
treatment prior to the placement in the community for up to an average of 15 days for defendants who
have been approved by the court for diversion.
In order to receive funds a county must demonstrate a 20 percent match of county funds toward the
total cost of diversion.
Local Government (AB 1824)
Elections
The budget provides $134 million to counties for voting system replacement. AB 1824 requires the
Secretary of State to use funds appropriated for voting system replacement for counties by awarding
reimbursement contracts to counties for voting system replacement using the funding allocation below.
To receive reimbursement, a county shall provide matching funds that are at least equivalent to state
funds received for the eligible expenditures.
The SOS shall allocate funding for a contract based on the size of the county, the number of voters
registered in the county, and the SOS’s estimate of need for county voting equipment. A contract shall
permit a county to apply to the SOS for reimbursement costs incurred in a manner consistent with the
following:
 The county may seek reimbursement for payments made pursuant to a purchase agreement,
lease agreement or other contract made after April 29, 2015.
 The funded activities shall be for new voting systems that have been certified under the
California Voting System Standards.
 The county shall provide the SOS with documentation of the payment for which reimbursement
is sought.
 The SOS shall verify that payment for which reimbursement is sought meets the criteria before
reimbursing the county.
 The SOS shall reimburse the county by matching county funds spent on voting system
replacement activities on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Reimbursable voting system replacement activities include all of the following:

 A voting system certified or conditionally approved by the SOS.
 Electronic poll books.
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 Ballot on demand systems.
 Vote by mail ballot drop boxes.
 Remote accessible vote by mail systems.
 Telecommunications technologies to facilitate electronic connection between polling places, vote
centers, and the county elections official.
 Vote by mail sorting and processing equipment.
Reimbursable activities also include research and development of a new voting system, manufacturing a
system, and testing the system.
Mandate Reimbursement
The Budget provides repayment of approximately $254 million plus interest for repealed state mandates
related to services provided by counties to seriously emotionally disturbed children (AB 3632). The costs
were incurred by the counties between 2004 and 2011.
Public Safety (AB 1812)
County Detention Facilities

This bill extends the sunset date on the provisions that allow a county where adequate facilities are not
available for prisoners who would otherwise be confined in its county adult detention facilities to
contract with another county whose facilities are adequate.
Division of Juvenile Justice

This bill provides that a person who is committed by the juvenile court to the Division of Juvenile Justice
(DJJ), who has faced an aggregate sentence of seven years or more, shall be discharged upon the
expiration of a two-year period of control, or when the person attains 25 years of age, whichever occurs
later.
Under existing law, a county is required to pay $24,000 for offenders committed to DJJ. This bill also
provides that a county from which a person is committed to the DJJ shall pay $24,000 a year for the time
the person remains in an institution and provides that a county does not have to pay the rate for a
person who is 23 years of age or older.
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List of Budget Trailer Bills - 2018
FINAL LIST
Bills Subject Details Assembly Vote Senate Vote Status
SB 840 Budget Bill Main Budget bill. Passed (57-23) on Passed (27-10) on Signed, Chapter 29.
June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
AB 1808 Education Makes changes to programs within Passed (80-0) on Passed (32-3) on Signed, Chapter 32.
education including child care., June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
AB 1809 Higher Education This would makes changes to the higher Passed (64-10) on Passed (28-5) on Signed, Chapter 33.
education system. June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
AB 1810 Health This would make changes to Medi-Cal, Passed (50-25) on Passed (24-12) on Signed, Chapter 34.
programs within Public Health, and June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
establish the Incompetent to Stand Trial
program.
AB 1811 Human Services This bill would make several changes Passed (61-14) on Passed (28-6) on Signed, Chapter 35.
under Department of Social Services June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
including CalWorks, IHSS, CCR, and child
support.
AB 1812 Public Safety This would make changes to various public Passed (53-25) on Passed (27-8) on Signed, Chapter 36.
safety programs including DJJ, BSCC and June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
CDCR.
AB 1817 State Government This provides changes to cannabis Passed (78-1) on Passed (29-8) on Signed, Chapter 37.
statutes, programs within HCD and the June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
county assessor programs.
AB 1824 State Government This bill includes implementation for Passed (78-0) on Passed (31-6) on Signed, Chapter 38.
elections voting systems. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
AB 1825 Education This bill makes changes to local control Passed (79-0) on Passed (35-2) on Signed, Chapter 39.
funding formula. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
AB 1826 State Capitol This bill would make changes to enact Passed (55-24) on Passed (28-9) on Signed, Chapter 40.
infrastructure provisions including the State June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
Capitol Building Annex.
AB 1827 No Place Like Home This bill places NPLH on the November Passed (72-1) on Passed (35-0) on Signed, Chapter 41.
ballot for approval makes other changes June 25, 2018. June 25, 2018.
regarding implementation.
AB 1830 Budget Deficit This would require deposits to the Budget Passed (55-23) on Passed (28-9) on Signed, Chapter 42.
Savings Stabilization Account for the 2018-19 fiscal June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
year and includes reserve subaccounts for
Medi-Cal and CalWORKs.
AB 1831 State Government: Makes changes to various appointments Passed (55-25) on Passed (24-12) on Signed, Chapter 43.
appointments and investment in infrastructure. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
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AB 1834 Corrections This measure increases the appropriations Passed (56-24) on Passed (37-0) on Signed, Chapter 44.
limit for projects under Corrections. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
AB 1838 Sales and Use This bill would prohibit cities and counties Passed (70-2) on Passed (21-7) on Signed with a
Taxes from enacting a sales tax on soda or June 28, 2018. June 28, 2018. message, Chapter 61.
groceries until 2031.
AB 1840 Education Finance Provides clarifying changes to education Passed (71-3) on Passed (35-4) on Signed, Chapter 426
programs adopted as part of the Budget. August 31, 2018. August 30, 2018.
SB 841 Supplemental Makes various augmentations for some Passed (79-0) on Passed (29-8) on Signed, Chapter 31.
Appropriations departmetns including CDCR and DHCS. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
SB 846 Employment Makes changes to DGS procedures on Passed (56-24) on Passed (27-10) on Signed, Chapter 405.
state contracting and provides $1.3 milion August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
from grants funds for apprenticeship
programs; and provides indemnity for
public agencies for union dues.
SB 847 Courts This would make changes to the court Passed (72-3) on Passed (31-6) on Signed, Chapter 45.
system including adding new judges to June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
certain courts.
SB 848 Transportation This would make changes to several Passed (55-25) on Passed (25-11) on Signed, Chapter 46.
programs and projects under CalTrans. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018
SB 849 Medi-Cal This bill would makde changes to the Passed (76-0) on Passed (36-0) on Signed, Chapter 47.
Proposition 56 allocations and programs. June 25, 2018. June 25, 2018.
SB 850 Housing This bill details the allocation and Passed (64-16) on Passed (31-6) on Signed, Chapter 48.
implementation for the Emergency Aid June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
Program, SB 2 implementation and other
homeless and housing changes.
SB 852 MOU This would ratify the MOU with bargaining Passed (73-5) on Passed (30-3) on Signed, Chapter 49.
unit 6. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
SB 853 Developmental Makes changes to the developmental Passed (80-0) on Passed (36-0) on Signed, Chapter 50.
Services services programs. June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
SB 854 Public Resources This bill would make several changes to Passed (56-23) on Passed (25-12) on Signed, Chapter 51.
program within public resources including June 14, 2018. June 14, 2018.
Williamson Act, CalRecycle, and the Air
Board.
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SB 855 Taxation This would make changes to various taxes Passed (69-9) on Passed (36-0) on Signed, Chapter 52.
and tax credits including the Earned June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
Income Tax Credit.
SB 856 Budget Bill Jr. This bill would make various appropritaions Passed (60-16) on Passed (29-4) on Signed, Chapter 30.
including Cap and Trade appropriations. June 25, 2018. June 25, 2018.
TCC appropriation of $40 million.
SB 857 IHSS This bill would change the IHSS provider Passed (55-20) on Passed (24-11) on Signed,Chapter 87.
orientation process in 3 counties. July 2, 2018. July 2, 2018.
SB 861 National Mortgage Provides clarification that the allocation of Passed (51-25) on Passed (27-12) on Signed, Chapter 331.
Settlement fund funds made under previous budget actions August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
were consistent SB 1006 and would clarify
a recent court action.
SB 862 Budget Bill Jr. Makes changes to appropriations in the Passed (62-18) on Passed (30-7) on Signed, Chapter 449.
main budget bill including $15 million for August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
start-up costs related to bail reform should
it pass and additional funding for the DMV.
SB 866 Employment Makes changes to various employment Passed (55-25) on Passed (23-12) on Signed, Chapter 53.
statutes including provisions related to June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
payroll deductions, and provisions related
to the census.
SB 867 Legislative Counsel: Requires the Legislative Counsel to Passed (80-0) on Passed (38-0) on Signed, Chapter 450
workplace services establish a unit to provide advice and August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
investigation servies related to workplace
misconduct.
SB 869 County of San This would repeal the provisions in AB 901 Passed (55-25) on Passed (26-13) on Signed, Chapter 451.
Diego: local (2017) and would require the registrar of August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
elections voters to place a charter amendment on
the ballot without Board of Supervisors
approval and no public hearing. Makes
other changes to the calculation of voting
and makes these changes retroactively.
SB 871 Film Tax Credit This bill would make changes to the Film Passed (79-1) on Passed (34-0) on Signed, Chapter 54.
Tax Credit. June 18, 2018. June 18, 2018.
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FINAL LIST
SB 872 Sales and Use Companion measure to AB 1838 clarifies Passed (72-0) on Passed (29-5) on Signed, Chapter 88.
Taxes that cannabis is exempt from the July 2, 2018. July 2, 2018.
prohibition.
SB 873 MOU Provisions relating to the MOUS with State Passed (60-20) on Passed (27-11) on Signed, Chapter 452.
Bargaining Units 9 and 10. August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
SB 875 Public Resources Makes various changes to public resources Passed (73-7) on Passed (38-1) on Signed, Chapter 453.
including changes to CalRecycle for August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
market development programs.
SB 876 Human Services Technical changes to the group home Passed (79-0) on Passed (38-1) on Signed, Chapter 454.
provisions. August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
SB 877 State Government Allows the Housing for a Health California Passed (80-0) on Passed (27-11) on Signed, Chapter 455.
program to use monitoring fees, makes August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
changes to prevailing wage requirements
at DIR, and minor changes to the census.
SB 878 Tax Credits Extends the deadline for report on the film Passed (80-0) on Passed (38-0) on Signed, Chapter 456.
tax credit by the LAO to Janaury 1, 2023. August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
SB 879 Public Safety Reduces the number of judges appointed Passed (79-0) on Passed (39-0) on Signed, Chapter 457.
after 2009, and makes changes to August 29, 2018. August 30, 2018.
CalFIRE.
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UCC Budget Action 2018-19
Final Actions
Subject Proposal Assembly Action Senate Action Conference Action Final Proposal Bill Number
Cap and Trade
Mulitple Govenor proposed an Adopted Assembly Adopted Senate Approved minnimum Provides $1.4 billion in SB 856, Chapter 30.
Departments expenditure plan proposal which proposal which funding for this item; funds to the Cap and
including funding for increases various pots increases various pots delayed expenditure Trade Expenditure
the Local including an increase including an increase plan until later in the Plan. This includes $40
Transformational to $40 million for to $80 million for the year (6/8/18). million for the TCC
Communities of $25 waste diversion and TCC program and no program and $25
million. holding TCC at $25 increase to the waste million for waste
million (Asm Sub #3, diversion pot of $20 diversion.
5/23/18). million (Sen Sub #2,
5/17/18).
Health and Human

Services
340 B Drug Rebate Governor proposed Rejected elimination of Rejected elimination Rejected elimination of No proposal on 340 B N/A
to eliminate the 340 340 B (Asm Sub #1, of 340 B (Sen Sub #3, the 340 B program due to rejection by the
B drug rebate 5/24/18). 5/15/18). (6/8/18). Legislature.
program.
CalWORKs Single May Revision Approved $23.5 million Adopted the May Approved Assembly Provides $23.5 million AB 1811, Chapter 35.
Allocation proposed to increase to backfill the May Revise increase plus Version - $23.5 million to increase the single SB 840, Chapter 29.
the Single Allocation Revision reduction to $10 million for to restore cut to allocation.
by $29 million. the employment employment services employment services
services portion (Asm (Sen Sub #3, 5/17/18). (6/8/18).
Sub #1, 5/24/18).
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Final Actions
Child Support Governor no Approved revised Approved revised Approved rescinding Provides $3 million to SB 840, Chapter 29.
proposal; county request of $19.1 request of $19.1 m in prior actions and be determined by the
request for more million in the first year first year and approve only $3 Child Support
funding for under and additional funding additional funding in million with Director's Association.
funded counties. in out years (Asm Sub out years (Sen Sub #3, placeholder TBL/BBL
#1, 5/24/18) 5/17/18). (6/8/18).
Continuum of Care May Revision Approved $48.1 million Adopted May Revise Approved Assembly Provides $48.1 million AB 1811, Chapter 35.
Reform included additional for county admin costs, increase for CCR plus version amounts for county
funding for CCR. $6.3 million for additional $25 million (6/8/18). administration costs,
Resource Family for unfunded county $6.3 million for
Approval and $4.8 workload (Sen Sub #3, Resource Family
million for Level of 5/17/18). Approval and $4.8
Care Assessment (Asm million for Level of
Sub #1, 5/24/18) Care Assessment.
IHSS County Admin Governor proposed Approved $20 million Adopted May Revise Approved $15.4 million Provides for an SB 840, Chapter 29.
additional funding for as a placeholder increase to IHSS to partially fund a increase of $15.4
IHSS Administration. amount for county County Admin of $24 shortfall in county million General Fund
IHSS admin costs (Asm million with increase administration to reflect higher
Sub #1, 5/24/18). of $1,000 as a (6/8/18). estimates of county
placeholder (Sen Sub workload.
#3, 5/17/18).
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Final Actions
IHSS Provider Requires provider Adopted trailer bill Adopted trailer bill Not adopted by Requires all counties to SB 857, Chapter 87.
Orientations orientation in 3 language regarding language regarding Conference provide for payroll SB 866, Chapter 53.
counties; also payroll deductions payroll deductions Committee. deduction procedures
provides new (Assembly Floor, (Senate Floor, and also requires the
requirements for 6/18/18). Adopted 6/18/18). Adopted counties of Los
payroll deductions. trailer bill regarding trailer bill regarding Angeles, Orange and
provider orientation provider orientation Merced to conduct
(Assembly Floor, (Senate Floor, 7/2/18). new employee
7/2/18). orientations through
the public authority.
Incompetent to Stand Governor proposed Adopted Governor's Adopted revised Approved modified Provides $100 million AB 1810, Chapter 34.
Trial providing $100 May Revision proposal proposal including TBL to establish IST to counties for
million to counties for with placeholder TBL require DSH and program that requires diversion of IST to
diversion of IST and to implement a mental MHSOAC approval of approval of county reduce waiting list at
reduce waiting list; health diversion all county plans and a plans by both DSH.
May Revision program (Asm Sub #1, shared savings Department of State
proposed changes to 5/24/18). program for counties Hospitals and the
the TBL. similar to SB 678 (Sen Council on Criminal
Sub #3, 5/17/18). Justice and Behavioral
Health (6/8/18).
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Final Actions
Homelessmess
Homeless Package May Revision Adopted Assembly Adopted Senate Approved conference Provides $500 million SB 850, Chapter 48.
proposed to invest package of $1.5 billion package of $5 billion compromise: in three pots to the AB 1827, Chapter 41.
$359 million for for the Emergency Aid over four years Emergency Aid Grants - Continuums of Care.
various homeless block grants for cities including SB 2 and $500 million in three Places NPLH on the
programs including and counties, Emergency Aid pots: $250 to CoCs; November ballot for
$259 for grants to CalWORKs Homeless program of Governor's $150 to Big 11; and approval.
cities and counties. Assistance Program, and increased most $100 to CoCs based on
and SB 2 funding (Asm pots of funding (Sen PITC; SB 2 allocations
Sub #4, 5/24/18). Sub #4, 5/16/18). for homeless to be
split between ESG and
AB 74 program
(6/8/18).
Local Government
Elections Funding Administration Approved $134 million Approved $134 million Adopted placeholder Provides $134 million SB 840, Chapter 29.
proposal to provide for counties as for counties as trailer bill language to reimburse counites
$134 million in proposed in the proposed in the which includes for voting system
funding to counties Governor's Budget Governor's Budget implementation replacement.
for election systems with language on the (Sen Sub #4, 5/17/18). language (6/8/18).
upgrades. implementation, and a
matching requirement
(Asm Sub #4, 5/17/18).
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Final Actions
Mandate May Revise proposal Approved mandate Approved mandate Conference Provides $254 million AB 1824, Chapter 38.
Reimbursement (AB to provide reimbursement as reimbursement as Compromise to reduce plus interest for
3632). reimbursement to proposed by proposed by local government repealed state
counties for AB 3632. Governor's May Governor's May payments by $31.7 mandates related to
Revision (Asm Sub #4, Revision (Sen Sub #4, million; counties 3632 services provided by
5/17/18). 5/17/18). mandate repayment counties to seriously
still included for $254 emotionally disturbed
million (6/8/18). children (AB 3632).
Public Safety
Bail Reform SB 10 (Hertzberg) Approved $15 million Approved $15 million Not adopted by Provides $15 million to SB 862, Chapter 449.
passed both houses for start-up costs for start-up costs Conference the Judicial Council for
of the legislature and related to bail reform related to bail reform Committee. start-up costs related
eliminated the cash (Assembly Floor, (Senate Floor, to bail reform.
bail system. 8/29/18). 8/30/18).
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TAB 2
Legislative Summary
UCC Bill List – 2018
FINAL ACTIONS
AB 85 (Rodriguez) – General Assistance: Employable Veterans

This bill would have required counties to alter their locally-established General Assistance (GA)
eligibility levels to provide additional county-funded assistance to veterans.
Status: Held in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
UCC Position: Oppose Unless Amended (OUA).
AB 526 (Cooper) – County employees’ retirement districts: retirement system governance

This bill would have allowed the Sacramento County board of retirement to classify personnel of the
retirement system as employees of the retirement system and not of the county.
Status: Held in the Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee.
AB 553 (Daly) – Workers’ compensation: return-to-work program

This bill would have required the director to have the program distribute, by April 1 of each year,
commencing January 1, 2020, the $120,000,000 annually to eligible workers on the basis of equal
shares for each eligible worker.
Status: Vetoed.
AB 626 (Garcia) – California Retail Food: microenterprise home kitchen operations

This bill allows for the sale of food directly to consumers from private homes and authorizes local
governments to permit this activity.
AB 668 (Gonzalez-Fletcher) – Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2018

This bill would have provided $450 million to counties to modernize voting systems.
Status: Senate Inactive File.
AB 686 (Santiago) – Housing discrimination: affirmatively further fair housing

This bill requires a public agency to administer its programs and activities relating to housing and
community development in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing.
AB 939 (Low) – Local government: taxicab transportation services

This bill removes the prohibition on a taxicab company or a taxicab driver from operating within a
county unless the company and driver are substantially located in at least one city within that
county or the unincorporated area of that county.
UCC Position: Pending.
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AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer) – Counties and cities: contracts for personal services
This bill would have required specific standards for the use of personal services contracts by
counties and restrict the ability of counties to contract out for services.
Status: Held in Senate Rules.
AB 1372 (Levine) – Crisis stabilization units: psychiatric patients

This bill would have provided specified Crisis Stabilization Units (CSUs) more flexibility in caring for
individuals in a psychiatric crisis.
AB 1405 (Mullin) – Digital sign demonstration pilot program

This bill would have allowed commercial advertising within the state highway right of way.
Status: Pending in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee.
AB 1603 (Ridley-Thomas) – Myers-Milias Brown Act

This bill would have authorized collective bargaining under the MMBA for employees of private
companies that contract with public agencies and includes clinics, county hospitals to the list of
employees authorized to collectively bargain.
AB 1749 (Daly) – Workers’ compensation: of-duty peace officer

This bill provides workers’ compensation benefits coverage for California peace officers who are
involved incidents outside of California at the time of their injury under specified conditions.
AB 1778 (Holden) – Community Redevelopment Law of 2018

This bill would have authorized a city or county to propose the formation of a redevelopment
agency by adopting a resolution of intention that meets specified requirements including submitting
that resolution to each affected taxing entity and to each owner of land within the district.
Status: Held in the Assembly Local Government Committee.
AB 1804 (Berman) – California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: residential and mixed-use
housing projects
This bill provides a statutory exemption for infill housing projects occurring within the
unincorporated areas of a county.
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AB 1863 (Jones-Sawyer) Personal income tax: deduction: commercial cannabis activity
This bill would have allowed legal cannabis businesses to deduct their normal business expenses
from their state income taxes.
Status: Vetoed.
AB 1886 (Carrillo) – Payment of Expenses

This bill would have required the state to pay all expenses necessary to prepare for and conduct
special election vacancies conducted on or after January 1, 2017.
AB 1911 (Lackey) – Child Abuse Reporting

This bill would have required each county to establish a private and secure online database for
cross-reporting substantiated allegations of child abuse and neglect. The bill would require each
database to be implemented with policies to oversee the sharing of information, including cross-
reporting among the county welfare department, the district attorney’s office, and local law
enforcement agencies, to ensure that each agency carries out its mandated investigative response
to reports of child abuse or neglect.
Status: Held in the Assembly Human Services Committee.
UCC Position: Concerns.
AB 1912 (Rodriguez) – Public employees’ retirement: joint powers agreements

This bill provides that if an agency to a JPA agreement is going to be dissolved an agreement should
be reached by all parties regarding the retirement system.
AB 1921 (Maienschein) – CalWORKs: housing assistance

This bill would have allowed CalWORKs recipients to use permanent housing assistance payment
towards shared housing.
Status: Vetoed.
AB 1964 (Maienschein) – Organized camps

This bill would have expanded the definition of organized camps to include day camps, creating a
new mandate on local health departments.
UCC Position: Oppose Unless Amended (OUA).
AB 1971 (Santiago) – Mental health services: involuntary detention: gravely disabled

This bill would have expanded the definition of “gravely disabled” for Los Angeles county, for
specified purposes to include a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder,
is unable to provide for his or her basic personal needs for medical treatment, if the failure to
receive medical treatment will more likely than not lead to death within 6 months.
Status: Held on the Senate Floor.
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AB 2020 (Quirk) – Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license
This bill authorizes a state temporary event license to be issued to a licensee for an event to be held
at any other venue expressly approved by a local jurisdiction for events.
AB 2069 (Bonta) – Medicinal cannabis: employment discrimination

This bill would have prohibited employers from terminating or refusing to hire medicinal cannabis
users, even if they fail a drug test.
AB 2219 (Ting) – Landlord-tenant: 3rd-party payments

This bill allows landlords to accept rent payments from third-parties without creating new
tenancies.
AB 2258 (Caballero) – Local agency formation commissions: grant program

This bill would have required the Strategic Growth Council to establish and administer a LAFCo grant
program for the payment of costs associated with initiating and completing the dissolution of
inactive districts, the payment of costs associated with a study of the services provided within a
county by a public agency, and other purposes as identified by the LAFCo.
Status: Vetoed.
AB 2447 (Reyes) – California Environmental Quality Act: land use: environmental justice
This bill would have required additional California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) notices,
meetings, and special findings when state and local agencies consider projects involving “subject
land uses” in “disadvantaged communities.”
Status: Vetoed.
AB 2558 (Brough) – County officers

This bill would have required a county BOS that seeks to consolidate the office of county Treasurer-
Tax Collector with the county Auditor-Controller to place that matter before the voters. It also
requires that a county have voters decide if the Director of Finance position should be elected or
appointed at the time of that position being created through an affirmative voter action.
Status: Failed on the Senate Floor.
AB 2641 (Wood) – Temporary events

This bill would have authorized the Bureau of Cannabis Control to issue a state temporary event
license. The bill would specifically prohibit the bureau from issuing a state temporary cannabis
event license for a particular event unless the local jurisdiction in which the event will be held has
approved the event.
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Status: Held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
AB 2843 (Gloria) – Mental Health Services Fund

This bill would have required a portion of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) county funding to
be redirected to cities, special districts, school districts, and other public entities for the provision of
mental health services.
Status: Failed on the Assembly Floor.
AB 2890 (Ting) – Land use: accessory dwelling units

This bill would have significantly amend the statewide standards that apply to locally-adopted
ordinances concerning accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Status: Held in the Senate Rules Committee.
AB 2913 (Wood) – Building standards: building permits: expiration

This bill provides that a residential building permit would remain valid if the work on the site
authorized by that permit is begun within 1 year after its issuance, rather than the existing 6
months.
AB 3005 (Chen) – Juvenile case files: inspection

This bill would have authorized certified investigators of county auditor-controller’s to conduct
investigations of fraud or abuse by county employees or contractors for all county programs and
departments, including theft, misuse, and the unlawful distribution of child welfare case
information.
Status: Held in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
AB 3037 (Chiu) – Community Redevelopment Law of 2018

This bill would have authorized a city or county to propose the formation of a redevelopment
housing and infrastructure agency by adopting of a resolution of intention that meets specified
requirements.
UCC Position: Oppose Unless Amended (OUA1).
AB 3068 (Daly) – County government: contract legal counsel: auditor controller

This bill allows the county controller-auditor to use county counsel under certain circumstances.
AB 3115 (Gibson) – Community Paramedicine Act of 2018

This bill would have required counties to appoint specific members to the local emergency medical
care committee, add new members to the statewide EMS Commission, and create the Community
Paramedicine or Triage to Alternative Destination program.
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Status: Vetoed.
AB 3121 (Kalra) – Evidentiary privileges: union agent-represented worker privilege

This bill would have expanded the current evidentiary privilege against disclosure of
communications to also include union agent-represented worker communications.
AB 3147 (Caballero) – Fee mitigation act: housing developments

This bill would have provided that a housing development project shall not be subject to a fee,
charge, dedication, reservation, or other exaction that is more than the fee, charge, dedication,
reservation, or other exaction in effect at the time that the application for the housing development
project is deemed complete.
AB 3171 (Ting) – Homeless Persons Services Block Grant

This bill would have established the Local Homelessness Solutions Program for the purpose of
providing matching funds to cities to create innovative and immediate solutions to the problems
caused by homelessness.
Status: Held in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.
UCC Position: Support If Amended (SIA1).
AB 3178 (Rubio) – Integration Waste Management Plans: source reduction and recycling element:
diversion element requirements
This bill would have allowed for the consideration of market conditions in a jurisdiction’s
compliance with the Integration Waste Management Act.
Status: Vetoed.
AB 3194 (Daly) – Housing Accountability Act: project approval

This bill prohibits a local government from requiring a rezoning of a project site if the existing zoning
ordinance does not allow the maximum residential use, density, and intensity allowed on the site by
the land use or housing element of the General Plan.
SB 292 (Bates) – Counties: officers: auditor

This bill would have provided that existing law related to liability does not apply to any person
holding the position of elected auditor-controller who has made a decision related to a claim or
charge in the course and scope of his or her duties.
Status: Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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SB 765 (Wiener) – Planning and zoning: streamlined approval process
This bill would make a number of substantial policy changes to SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statutes of
2017).
SB 827 (Wiener) – Planning and Zoning: transit-rich housing bonus

This bill would have allowed by-right housing development near qualifying transit service and
removed the jurisdiction of county general plans, housing elements, specific plans, and zoning
ordinances, even if such plans already allow for higher-density residential uses.
Status: Held in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee.
SB 828 (Wiener) – Land use: housing element

This bill would make changes to the regional housing needs assessment process including making
changes to how the Council of Governments determines each jurisdictions RHNA.
SB 831 (Wieckowski) – Land use: accessory dwelling units

This bill would significantly amend the statewide standards that apply to locally-adopted ordinances
concerning accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Status: Held in the Assembly Local Government Committee.
SB 901 (Dodd) – Wildfire Conference Committee Report

This measure would adopt the recommendations from the conference committee including $1
billion in forest management, fire hardening protocols and ratepayer bonds to deal with utilities
debt.
UCC Position: Support.
SB 914 (Dodd) – Local agency contracts

This bill would expand county authority to utilize the construction manager at-risk (CMAR) method
for all infrastructure projects, except roads.
SB 918 (Wiener) – Homeless Youth Act of 2018

This bill would create a designated office to focus on youth homelessness and provide critical
funding to help counties and other local entities address youth homelessness in California.
SB 946 (Lara) – Sidewalk vendors

This bill establishes requirements for local regulation of sidewalk vendors.
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SB 1045 (Wiener) – Conservatorship: chronic homelessness: mental illness and substance abuse
disorders
This bill establishes a procedure for the appointment of a conservator, in San Diego, San Francisco
and Los Angeles counties for a person who is chronically homeless and incapable of caring for their
own health and well-being due to acute and severe mental illness or a severe substance abuse
disorder, as evidenced by high-frequency emergency department use, or is gravely disabled, for the
purpose of providing appropriate placement.
SB 1085 (Skinner) – Public employees: leaves of absence: exclusive bargaining representative

service
This bill changes loss time agreements away from the collective bargaining table and towards a new
type of protected leave that is more comprehensive than other leaves provided for employee
safety.
SB 1125 (Atkins) – Federally qualified health center and rural health clinic services
This bill would authorize Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Rural Health Centers
(RHCs) to bill Medi-Cal for two visits in the same day under specified conditions.
Status: Vetoed.
SB 1206 (De Leon) No Place Like Home Act of 2018

This bill would place the No Place Like Home program authorization on the November 2018
statewide ballot.
Status: Held in the Assembly Health Committee.
SB 1244 (Wieckowski) – Public Records: disclosure

This bill would specify that the waiver of the exemptions under the California Public Records Act
applies whether the disclosure is intentional or inadvertent.
SB 1302 (Lara) – Cannabis: local jurisdiction: prohibitions on delivery

This bill would prohibit local jurisdictions from deciding whether to prevent or to allow delivery of
cannabis to an address that is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of that local jurisdiction.
SB 1303 (Pan) – Coroner: county office of the medical examiner

This bill would require counties with a population of 500,000 or more that are not charter counties
to create a separate office of the medical examiner.
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Status: Vetoed.
SB 1323 (Hernandez) – Maintenance districts: County of Los Angeles

This bill would expand the authority of Los Angeles County-administered street lighting districts.
SB 1469 (Skinner) – Land use: accessory dwelling units

This bill would significantly amend the statewide standards that apply to locally-adopted ordinances
concerning accessory dwelling units (ADUs), including prohibiting fees and revising what restrictions
can be placed on the units.
Status: Held in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 1496, 1497, and 1499 (Senate Governance and Financing) – Validating Acts
These validating acts help facilitate the normal business of local governments and protect the tax
payers as well as the bond purchasers.
Status: Signed, Chapters 23, 24 and 25.
SCA 11 (Lara) – Elections: Nonpartisan offices

This measure would allow school, county, and city offices, except the office of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, to be partisan offices.
Status: Held in the Senate Elections Committee.
SCA 12 (Mendoza) – Counties: governing body: county executive – 2-Year Bill

This measure would require a county that is found at a decennial United States census, to have a
population of more than 5,000,000, require the governing body consisting of a sufficient number of
members so as to ensure that each member represents a district containing a population equivalent
to no more than 2 districts in the United States House of Representatives. This measure would also
require that the County Administrative Officer be elected and not appointed.
Status: Held in the Assembly.
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TAB 3
Homelessness Package Summary
Homelessness Funding Package 2018
UCC Summary
Homeless Emergency Aid Program

SB 850 establishes the Emergency Aid Program (EAP) for the purpose of providing localities with
one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges. The
main budget provides $250 million to the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
(Agency) to allocate funds in coordination with the Homeless Coordinating and Financing
Council.
Eligibility Requirements
In order to be eligible, the administrative entity must demonstrate the following:
 The jurisdiction or jurisdictions that the administrative entity represents must have, at
the time of the award, declared a shelter crisis.
 The applicants with the administrative entity have collaborated in the application with
other city, county, or nonprofit partners. Recipients may submit a regional plan.
SB 850 also provides that an administrative entity with the lowest three homeless PITCs may
submit a waiver for the requirement for a declaration of a shelter crisis.
Fund Uses
This bill provides that program funds must be expended on one-time uses that address
homelessness, including prevention, criminal justice diversion programs to homeless individuals
with mental health needs, and emergency aid.
SB 850 provides that an administrative entity must use no less than five percent of its total
allocation to establish or expand services meeting the needs of homeless youth or youth at risk
of homelessness.
SB 850 also provides that not less than 50% of homeless funds must be contractually obligated
by January 1, 2020, and 100% must be contractually obligated by June 30, 2021. Any funds not
expended by that date shall be returned to the agency and revert to the General Fund.
Allocation of $100 million to CoCs

SB 850 provides that upon appropriation the agency shall allocate $100 million in program
funding to each administrative entity in an amount calculated based on the proportionate share
of the total homeless population based on the 2017 homeless point-in-time count.
Allocation of $150 million to the Cities

SB 850 provides that the agency shall proportionately allocate $150 million in program funding
to each entity that has a population of over 330,000 and that has declared a shelter crisis.
SB 2 Funding – Homeless Allocations
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Under SB 2, SB 850 provides allocation of approximately $65 million for homeless funding with
the distribution as follows:
 $5 million to the Bridges of Kraemer Place Emergency Shelter in Orange County.

 $5 million to the County of Merced to create a homeless navigation center.
 50% of any remaining funds will be provided to the Emergency Solutions and Housing
Program, and the remaining 50% to Housing for a Healthy California to be operated by
the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
ESG Program (Applies to SB 2 funds)

SB 850 would provide that funds allocated under SB 2, the Building Homes and Jobs Act, and
any moneys that have not yet been made available shall be made available for expenditure by
an administrative entity within each Continuum of Care (CoC). HCD shall allocate the funds
using a formula that is based off of the formula utilized, as of June 30, 2018, for the allocation
of grants under the ESG program that includes the following program components:
 The 2017 point-in-time count published by HUD that includes both sheltered and
unsheltered homeless.
 The number of extremely low-income households in rental housing that pay more than
50 percent of household income on rent, based on HUD’s most recent Comprehensive
Housing Affordability Strategy dataset.
 The number of persons below the federal poverty line divided by the total population
within the Continuum of Care service area, based on data from the United States Census
Bureau. The formula shall afford double weight to this factor.
SB 850 provides that any funds not distributed by the CoC service area or otherwise returned to
HCD shall be reallocated. Any funds not distributed after the second round of awards shall be
used for the Multifamily Housing Program.
SB 850 also provides that the funds under this program do not have to be matched.
SB 850 also provides that an administrative entity shall not use more than 40 percent of any
funds allocated for operating support for emergency housing interventions.
Program Requirements
An applicant must meet one of the following:
 Has prior experience administering the eligible activities described in the application.
 Has partnered with one or more local governments or other entities within the relevant
CoC that have the necessary prior experience to administer the funds.
 The applicant documents that the CoC has a functioning CES and HMIS that meet the
applicable HUD requirements. If the applicant does not have systems in place the
application must document that a minimum of 20 percent of the allocation to the CoC
service areas will be used to implement or update its systems.
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 The application describes or provides documentation of the local program or project
selection process anticipated to be used to allocate available funds to subrecipients
qualified to carry out the eligible activities.
 The application identifies anticipated estimated amounts to be used and numerical
goals and performance measures established by the applicant in coordination with the
CoC. At minimum the application must evaluate the following project or system
performance measures:
o Number of homeless persons served.
o Number of unsheltered homeless persons served, and the average length of time
spent as homeless before entry into the program or project.
o The number of homeless persons exiting the program or project to permanent
housing.
o The number of persons that return to homelessness after exiting the program or
project.
This bill also provides that an application submitted may include the most current plan
addressing actions taken within the CoC service area to address homelessness. If no plan exists,
the application may request funds to complete a plan.
Use of Funds
This bill provides that an administrative entity must use funds allocated for one or more of the
following activities:
 Rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services. Rental assistance
shall not exceed 48 months for each assisted household and rent payments shall not
exceed two times the current HUD fair market rent for the local area.
 Operating subsidies in the form of 15-year capitalized operating reserves for new and
existing affordable permanent housing units for homeless individuals and families.
 Flexible housing subsidy funds for local programs that establish or support the provision
of rental subsidies in permanent housing.
 Operating support for emergency housing interventions including but not limited to the
following: navigation centers, street outreach services, shelter diversion, systems
supports to maintain databases.
This measure also includes several reporting requirements for the CoCs.
No Place Like Home (AB 1827)

This bill would enact the No Place Like Home Act of 2018 and provide for submission of that act
to the voters at the November 6, 2018 statewide general election and provide that the voters
ratify all of the provisions as being consistent with and in furtherance of Proposition 63.
This bill would also provide that the Legislature may appropriate for transfer funds in the
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) to the Supportive Housing Program Subaccount in an
amount up to $140 million per year. Any amount appropriated for transfer and deposited in
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the NPLH Fund shall reduce the authorized but unissued amount of bonds that the California
Health Facilities Financing Agency may issue by a corresponding amount.
This bill also provides that the Controller shall, before any transfer or expenditures from the
fund, transfer moneys appropriated from the MHSA Fund to the subaccount in equal amounts
over the following 12-month period, beginning no later than 90 days after the effective date of
the appropriation of the Legislature.
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Homeless Funding Package 2018
Program Agency Total Funding Allocation Methodology Timeframes Requirements

Homeless Emergency Aid Business, Consumer $500 million Funding to Continuums of Notice of Funding Counties must have
Program Services and Housing Care divided into nine Availability released on declared a shelter crisis in
Agency - Coordinating groupings based on the 2017 September 5, 2018; order to receive funding
Council on Homeless Point-In-Time Count ($250 Applications due by from the CoC.
million); Funding to large December 31, 2018.
cities ($100 million); Funding
to CoCs based on ESG factors
($100 million).
California Emergency Department of $53.3 million Based on 2017 PITC, the NOFA released on Counties must apply to the
Solutions and Housing Housing and number of extremely low August 15, 2018; CoC which will coordinate
Program (SB 2 Funding) Community income households in rental Applications due on with HCD on allocations.
Development housing, the number of October 15, 2018.
persons below the federal
poverty line divided by the
total population within the
CoC.
Housing for a Healthy Department of $65 million Competitive grant process to Guidelines to be Counties must apply to
California (SB 2 Funding) Housing and counties. This is a new released early 2019. HCD and the funding may
Community program and details on the be used to acquire,
Development allocation methodology are construct or rehabilatate
still under review by HCD. housing, project-based
operating assistance.
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Homeless Funding Package 2018
Homeless Mentally Ill Department of Health $50 million Allocation based on 2017 Letters of interest Counties must include a
Program Care Services PITC using NPLH county were due by description of the program
groupings with specific September 25, 2018. or programs and how the
allocations for Los Angeles county intends to use the
County and the small funding.
counties. Most urban
counties will receive
allocations from the
remaining $31.1 million.
No Place Like Home Department of $2 billion Competitive funding based NOFA for Counties must have a
Housing and on groupings for urban, noncompetitive pot homeless plan, do
Community suburban and rural counties released on August 15, additional reporting and
Development with a separate pot for the 2018; NOFA for provide services to the
Alternative Counties. competitive pot project.
released on October
15, 2018; applications
due In January 2019
for the competitive
funding.
Planning Grants (SB 2 Department of $53.3 million Allocation to cities and Comments on the Counties must have an
Funding) Housing and counties based on proposed guidelines adopted annual progress
Community population. Maximum due by November 7, report and housing
Development amount of $500,000 to 2018. element that is in
counties with 200,000 or compliance to receive
greater population. funding.

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Summary of 2018-19 Budget ................................................................................................................ Tab 1

2018-19 State Budget

Governor’s January Budget Proposal

Key proposals included:

Final Budget Deal

August Budget Trailer Bills

Permanent Regulations and Mobile Delivery

AB 1971 (Santiago) – Mental health services: involuntary detention: gravely disabled

SB 918 (Wiener) – Homeless Youth Act of 2018

AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer) – Counties and cities: contracts for personal services

AB 2069 (Bonta) – Medicinal cannabis: employment discrimination

AB 3115 (Gibson) – Community Paramedicine Act of 2018

SB 1302 (Lara) – Cannabis: local jurisdiction: prohibitions on delivery

Wildfire Response – Inverse Condemnation

Inverse Condemnation Background

SB 901 – Conference Committee Report

Some of the major proposals in the final Budget include:

Homeless Package (SB 850)

For specific county allocations – see the attached chart.

Allocation of $150 million to the Cities

SB 2 Funding – Homeless Allocations

 $5 million to the Bridges of Kraemer Place Emergency Shelter in Orange County.

ESG Program (Applies to SB 2 funds)

No Place Like Home (AB 1827)

Employee Relations (SB 857, SB 866)

Payroll Deductions (SB 866)

Employee Orientations (SB 866)

Cap and Trade Investment Plan (SB 856)

2018-19 Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan

Health and Human Services

CalWORKs (SB 840, AB 1811)

CalWORKs – Homeless Assistance (AB 1811)

CalWORKs – Home Safe Program (AB 1811)

Grants shall be subject to all of the following requirements:

CalWORKs – Home Visiting Program (AB 1811)

 How the program’s purposes will be accomplished.

A voluntary participant shall meet all of the following criteria:

General Provisions -- Methodology

Resource Family Approvals – Emergency Assistance

Law Enforcement Protocols

The protocols shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:

IHSS (SB 840)

Department of State Hospitals – Incompetent to Stand Trial (AB 1810)

 Participants are individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar

 Provision of clinically appropriate or evidence-based mental health treatment and wraparound

Local Government (AB 1824)

Reimbursable voting system replacement activities include all of the following:

Public Safety (AB 1812)

County Detention Facilities

Division of Juvenile Justice

Health and Human

AB 85 (Rodriguez) – General Assistance: Employable Veterans

AB 526 (Cooper) – County employees’ retirement districts: retirement system governance

AB 553 (Daly) – Workers’ compensation: return-to-work program

AB 626 (Garcia) – California Retail Food: microenterprise home kitchen operations

AB 668 (Gonzalez-Fletcher) – Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2018

AB 686 (Santiago) – Housing discrimination: affirmatively further fair housing

AB 939 (Low) – Local government: taxicab transportation services

AB 1372 (Levine) – Crisis stabilization units: psychiatric patients

AB 1405 (Mullin) – Digital sign demonstration pilot program

AB 1603 (Ridley-Thomas) – Myers-Milias Brown Act

AB 1749 (Daly) – Workers’ compensation: of-duty peace officer

AB 1778 (Holden) – Community Redevelopment Law of 2018