This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.

 THIRD READING  

Bill No: AB 86

Author: Committee on Budget

Amended: 8/28/20 in Senate

Vote: 21

SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: 13-5, 8/29/20

AYES: Mitchell, Beall, Caballero, Durazo, Hertzberg, Hurtado, Leyva, McGuire, Monning, Pan, Roth, Skinner, Wieckowski

NOES: Nielsen, Dahle, Melendez, Moorlach, Morrell

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Not relevant

SUBJECT: Budget Act of 2020

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This bill is a Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

ANALYSIS: The Legislature has passed two budget bills that comprise the Budget Act of 2020 SB 74 (Mitchell, Chapter 6, Statutes of 2020), and AB 89 (Ting, Chapter 7, Statutes of 2020). This bill includes additional provisions of the 2020 Budget.

Specifically, in addition to technical and clarifying changes, this bill includes the following significant amendments:

K-12 Education, Early Education, and Child Care

1. Appropriates $4.6 million federal funds for Preschool Development Block Grant activities and provides $388,000 in reimbursement authority to the Department of Education to support the program activities.
2. Appropriates $1.9 million in one-time General Fund for attorneys' fees related to the Ella T. v. State of California lawsuit settlement.
3. Appropriates $2.5 million in one-time General Fund and $8.6 million in one-time federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to cover an extension of family fee waivers through August 31, 2020.
4. Amends appropriations for a variety of federal education programs to reflect available one-time carryover and changes to federal grant awards.

Resources

1. Includes $6 million General Fund ($3 million appropriation and $3 million short-term cash loan of up to $3 million) to the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) to support and maintain core operations for emergency services and operations; and provides that the Director of Finance may authorize an additional amount not to exceed $3 million General Fund if deemed necessary to sustain Cal Expo’s operations.
2. Reappropriates $4.8 million for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to address a cash-in-lieu of benefits overtime settlement with Bargaining Unit 8.
3. Adds provisional language stating that the Director of Finance may authorize a short-term cash loan of up to $600,000 General Fund for the Wildlife Conservation Board to support the payment of payroll and operational costs.
4. Reappropriates $3.9 million General Fund for the Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Preserve in the City of Goleta.
5. Provides $130 million in additional Safe and Affordable Drinking Water program funds, this funding is provided from a loan of available funds in the Underground Storage Tax Cleanup Fund.
6. Appropriates available $272.6 million in various bond funds for a variety of programs to accelerate their expenditure (note: includes some higher education items, which are described later in the analysis):
   1. $9.3 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
   2. $14.6 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
   3. $1.6 million to the Department Forestry and Fire Protection from the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Fund.
   4. $5 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
   5. $10 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
   6. $4.6 million in additional funding to the Department of Parks and Recreation from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
   7. $1.2 million to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountain Conservancy from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
   8. $88 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
   9. $2 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002.
   10. $2.3 million to the State Water Resources Control Board from various bonds.

Transportation and Energy

1. Adjusts the Department of Motor Vehicles budget to restore $12.1 million for the Front End Sustainability technology project that was included as part of the 2020-21 Governor’s Budget.
2. Provides short-term authority to the California Energy Commission to provide "follow-on" funding to research projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge program. This would allow CEC to non-competitively extend funding to projects that have already received a competitive allocation if doing so would allow the projects to keep operating until the next competitive round of funding becomes available.
3. Reappropriates funds provided in SB 2019 (McGuire, Chapter 934, Statutes of 2018) for transfer to Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), and gives the state until January 1, 2021 to meet the requirements of the bill and transfer the funds to SMART.

Health and Human Services

1. Transfers $326,000 from local assistance to state operations for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission for increased office space lease costs for additional staff hired to meet new program responsibilities adopted in the 2019 Budget Act.
2. Makes a net-zero General Fund increase, giving the Department of Community Services and Development reimbursement authority to administer the VITA/EITC program, as funded in the 2020 Budget Act.
3. Provides an increase of $5.5 million to administrative funding for the Department of Social Services to ensure foster care eligibility for specified nonminor dependents can be extended beyond the maximum age limit in statute through June 30, 2021. Also amends provisional language to clarify that this extension is contingent on federal flexibilities.
4. Includes provisional language giving the Department of Social Services statutory authority to provide $80 million on a one-time basis to county welfare agencies for past child welfare services activities. The department is required to develop, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, a methodology for determining the amount to be provided to each county.
5. Includes provisional language allowing funds to be appropriated for unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits for individual that provide services in the employ of their parent, child, or spouse through the In-Home Supportive Services program or the Waiver Personal Care Services program. This funding is contingent upon legislation to be enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session providing the necessary statutory changes.
6. Appropriates $30 million General Fund to the Department of Social Services for Community Outreach efforts prioritizing community and economic sectors that are disproportionately impacted by the virus.

General Government and Public Safety

1. Provides $1.4 million for the Controlled Substances Utilization and Review Evaluation System (CURES) Fund to implement AB 528 (Low, Chapter 677, Statutes of 2019). An associated fee increase to fund these costs is included in AB 3330.
2. Reappropriates 2019 funding for administrative costs related to grant administration to the Office of Emergency Services;
3. Renames the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protections and Innovation.
4. Amends provisional language related to the $750 million provided to counties to offset revenue shortfalls for programs that were realigned that further stipulate the process for distributing the funding and include provisions requiring counties comply with public health orders to be eligible for assistance.
5. Includes $2.4 million for the Department of Justice to pay claims related to a lawsuit – Buffin v. City/County of San Francisco.
6. Provides $11.8 million from the Public Buildings Construction Fund for the Glenn County Courthouse Renovation project.
7. Amends the Budget Act of 2019 budget bill language outlining a pre-trial decision-making pilot with reporting requirements and a one-time $75 million General Fund appropriation. Due to COVID- 19 impacts that have affected the courts’ ability to run at full capacity, this budget bill includes amendments that extend the expenditure period, and specified reporting deadlines, to the Legislature by one year.
8. Accelerates $103.3 million of additional Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account funding from the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 to the Department of Housing and Community Development, for a total of $160 million in the budget year.
9. Transfers $100 million General Fund to the Small Business Hiring Credit Fund.
10. Includes $2.5 million General Fund for the Department of Taxation and Fee Administration and $509,000 to the Franchise Tax Board for the administrative costs associated with the Small Business Hiring Credit.Labor
11. Provides $32.50 million General Fund to slow the spread of COVID-19 through employer and worker education and engagement, and enforcement. Of this funding, (1) $6 million is for the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce anti-retaliation protections, employment matters related to reopening or resumption of business, workplace health and safety protections, including the enforcement of protections to assist hospitality workers returning to work, and (2) $5 million is related to worker and employer training.

Higher Education

1. Authorizes $14.11 million in available left over bond funding to support the University of California, Los Angeles Powell Library Seismic Renovation Project.
2. Authorizes $16.6 million in Proposition 51 bond funds to support the preliminary plans and working drawings phases of eight community college capital outlay projects, as follows: College of Alameda: Aviation Complex Replacement, Saddleback College: Science Math Building Reconstruction, San Francisco City College Cloud Hall: Reconstruction, Sierra College: Science Building Phase 1, Shasta College: Building 200 Modernization, Fullerton College: Music/Drama Complex-Buildings 1100 and 1300 Replacement, and Mt. San Antonio College: Technology and Health Replacement.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No

According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this bill appropriates $624.7 million ($166 General Fund) above the 2020 Budget Act.

SUPPORT: (Verified 8/29/20)

None received

OPPOSITION: (Verified 8/29/20)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 54-13, 4/11/19

AYES: Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chu, Cooper, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Limón, Maienschein, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Weber, Wicks, Wood, Rendon

NOES: Bigelow, Brough, Dahle, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Kiley, Mathis, Melendez, Obernolte, Patterson, Voepel, Waldron

NO VOTE RECORDED: Arambula, Berman, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Cooley, Cunningham, Diep, Eduardo Garcia, Lackey, Levine, Low, Mayes

Prepared by: Joe Stephenshaw / B. & F.R. / 916-651-4103

8/31/20 0:32:03

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW

Senator Holly Mitchell, Chair

2019 - 2020 Regular

Bill No: AB 86 Hearing Date: August 29, 2020

Subject: Budget Act of 2020

Summary:

This is a Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

Background:

This bill is the second Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

The Legislature has passed two budget bills that comprise the Budget Act of 2020 SB 74 (Mitchell), Chapter 6, Statutes of 2020, and AB 89 (Ting), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2020. This bill includes additional provisions of the 2020 budget.

Proposed Law:

Specifically, in addition to technical and clarifying changes, this bill includes the following significant amendments:

K-12 Education, Early Education, and Child Care

1. Appropriates $4.6 million federal funds for Preschool Development Block Grant activities and provides $388,000 in reimbursement authority to the Department of Education to support the program activities.
2. Appropriates $1.9 million in one-time General Fund for attorneys' fees related to the Ella T. v. State of California lawsuit settlement.
3. Appropriates $2.5 million in one-time General Fund and $8.6 million in one-time federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to cover an extension of family fee waivers through August 31, 2020.
4. Amends appropriations for a variety of federal education programs to reflect available one-time carryover and changes to federal grant awards.

Resources

1. Includes $6 million General Fund ($3 million appropriation and $3 million short-term cash loan of up to $3 million) to the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) to support and maintain core operations for emergency services and operations; and provides that the Director of Finance may authorize an additional amount not to exceed $3 million General Fund if deemed necessary to sustain Cal Expo’s operations.
2. Reappropriates $4.8 million for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to address a cash-in-lieu of benefits overtime settlement with Bargaining Unit 8.
3. Adds provisional language stating that the Director of Finance may authorize a short-term cash loan of up to $600,000 General Fund for the Wildlife Conservation Board to support the payment of payroll and operational costs.
4. Reappropriates $3.9 million General Fund for the Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Preserve in the City of Goleta.
5. Provides $130 million in additional Safe and Affordable Drinking Water program funds, this funding is provided from a loan of available funds in the Underground Storage Tax Cleanup Fund.
6. Appropriates available $272.6 million in various bond funds for a variety of programs to accelerate their expenditure (note: includes some higher education items, which are described later in the analysis):
7. $9.3 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
8. $14.6 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
9. $1.6 million to the Department Forestry and Fire Protection from the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Fund.
10. $5 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
11. $10 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
12. $4.6 million in additional funding to the Department of Parks and Recreation from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
13. $1.2 million to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountain Conservancy from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
14. $88 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
15. $2 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002.
16. $2.3 million to the State Water Resources Control Board from various bonds.

Transportation and Energy

1. Adjusts the Department of Motor Vehicles budget to restore $12.1 million for the Front End Sustainability technology project that was included as part of the 2020-21 Governor’s Budget.
2. Provides short-term authority to the California Energy Commission to provide "follow-on" funding to research projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge program. This would allow CEC to non-competitively extend funding to projects that have already received a competitive allocation if doing so would allow the projects to keep operating until the next competitive round of funding becomes available.
3. Reappropriates funds provided in SB 2019 (McGuire), Chapter 934, Statutes of 2018 for transfer to Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), and gives the state until January 1, 2021 to meet the requirements of the bill and transfer the funds to SMART.

Health and Human Services

1. Transfers $326,000 from local assistance to state operations for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission for increased office space lease costs for additional staff hired to meet new program responsibilities adopted in the 2019 Budget Act.
2. Makes a net-zero General Fund increase, giving the Department of Community Services and Development reimbursement authority to administer the VITA/EITC program, as funded in the 2020 Budget Act.
3. Provides an increase of $5.5 million to administrative funding for the Department of Social Services to ensure foster care eligibility for specified nonminor dependents can be extended beyond the maximum age limit in statute through June 30, 2021. Also amends provisional language to clarify that this extension is contingent on federal flexibilities.
4. Includes provisional language giving the Department of Social Services statutory authority to provide $80 million on a one-time basis to county welfare agencies for past child welfare services activities. The department is required to develop, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, a methodology for determining the amount to be provided to each county.
5. Includes provisional language allowing funds to be appropriated for unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits for individual that provide services in the employ of their parent, child, or spouse through the In-Home Supportive Services program or the Waiver Personal Care Services program. This funding is contingent upon legislation to be enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session providing the necessary statutory changes.
6. Appropriates $30 million General Fund to the Department of Social Services for Community Outreach efforts prioritizing community and economic sectors that are disproportionately impacted by the virus.

General Government and Public Safety

1. Provides $1.4 million for the Controlled Substances Utilization and Review Evaluation System (CURES) Fund to implement AB 528 (Low), Chapter 677, Statutes of 2019. An associated fee increase to fund these costs is included in AB 3330.
2. Reappropriates 2019 funding for administrative costs related to grant administration to the Office of Emergency Services;
3. Renames the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protections and Innovation.
4. Amends provisional language related to the $750 million provided to counties to offset revenue shortfalls for programs that were realigned that further stipulate the process for distributing the funding and include provisions requiring counties comply with public health orders to be eligible for assistance.
5. Includes $2.4 million for the Department of Justice to pay claims related to a lawsuit – Buffin v. City/County of San Francisco.
6. Provides $11.8 million from the Public Buildings Construction Fund for the Glenn County Courthouse Renovation project.
7. The Budget Act of 2019 included budget bill language outlining a pre-trial decision-making pilot with reporting requirements and made a one-time $75 million General Fund appropriation. Due to COVID- 19 impacts that have affected the courts’ ability to run at full capacity, this budget bill includes amendments that extend the expenditure period, and specified reporting deadlines, to the Legislature by one year.
8. Accelerates $103.3 million of additional Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account funding from the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 to the Department of Housing and Community Development, for a total of $160 million in the budget year.
9. Transfers $100 million General Fund to the Small Business Hiring Credit Fund.
10. Includes $2.5 million General Fund for the Department of Taxation and Fee Administration and $509,000 to the Franchise Tax Board for the administrative costs associated with the Small Business Hiring Credit.

Labor

1. Provides $32.50 million General Fund to slow the spread of COVID-19 through employer and worker education and engagement, and enforcement. Of this funding, (1) $6 million is for the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce anti-retaliation protections, employment matters related to reopening or resumption of business, workplace health and safety protections, including the enforcement of protections to assist hospitality workers returning to work, and (2) $5 million is related to worker and employer training.

Higher Education

1. Authorizes $14.11 million in available left over bond funding to support the University of California, Los Angeles Powell Library Seismic Renovation Project.
2. Authorizes $16.6 million in Proposition 51 bond funds to support the preliminary plans and working drawings phases of eight community college capital outlay projects, as follows: College of Alameda: Aviation Complex Replacement, Saddleback College: Science Math Building Reconstruction, San Francisco City College Cloud Hall: Reconstruction, Sierra College: Science Building Phase 1, Shasta College: Building 200 Modernization, Fullerton College: Music/Drama Complex-Buildings 1100 and 1300 Replacement, and Mt. San Antonio College: Technology and Health Replacement.

Fiscal Effect:

This bill appropriates $624.7 million ($166 General Fund) above the 2020 budget act.

Support:

None on file.

Opposed:

None on file.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON

Senator Holly Mitchell, Chair

2019 - 2020 Regular

Bill No: Hearing Date: August 29, 2020

Subject: Budget Act of 2019: Budget Act of 2020

Summary:

This is a Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

Background:

This bill is the second Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

The Legislature has passed two budget bills that comprise the Budget Act of 2020 SB 74 (Mitchell), Chapter 6, Statutes of 2020, and AB 89 (Ting), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2020. This bill includes additional provisions of the 2020 budget.

Proposed Law:

Specifically, in addition to technical and clarifying changes, this bill includes the following significant amendments:

K-12 Education, Early Education, and Child Care

1. Appropriates $4.6 million federal funds for Preschool Development Block Grant activities and provides $388,000 in reimbursement authority to the Department of Education to support the program activities.
2. Appropriates $1.9 million in one-time General Fund for attorneys' fees related to the Ella T. v. State of California lawsuit settlement.
3. Appropriates $2.5 million in one-time General Fund and $8.6 million in one-time federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to cover an extension of family fee waivers through August 31, 2020.
4. Amends appropriations for a variety of federal education programs to reflect available one-time carryover and changes to federal grant awards.

Resources

1. Includes $6 million General Fund ($3 million appropriation and $3 million short-term cash loan of up to $3 million) to the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) to support and maintain core operations for emergency services and operations; and provides that the Director of Finance may authorize an additional amount not to exceed $3 million General Fund if deemed necessary to sustain Cal Expo’s operations.
2. Reappropriates $4.8 million for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to address a cash-in-lieu of benefits overtime settlement with Bargaining Unit 8.
3. Adds provisional language stating that the Director of Finance may authorize a short-term cash loan of up to $600,000 General Fund for the Wildlife Conservation Board to support the payment of payroll and operational costs.
4. Reappropriates $3.9 million General Fund for the Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Preserve in the City of Goleta.
5. Provides $130 million in additional Safe and Affordable Drinking Water program funds, this funding is provided from a loan of available funds in the Underground Storage Tax Cleanup Fund.
6. Appropriates available $272.6 million in various bond funds for a variety of programs to accelerate their expenditure (note: includes some higher education items):
7. $9.3 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
8. $14.6 million to the Natural Resource Agency from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
9. $1.6 million to the Department Forestry and Fire Protection from the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Fund.
10. $5 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
11. $10 million in additional funding to the Department of Fish and Wildlife from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
12. $4.6 million in additional funding to the Department of Parks and Recreation from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
13. $1.2 million to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountain Conservancy from the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Fund.
14. $88 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014.
15. $2 million to the Department of Water Resources from the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002.
16. $14.1 million to the University of California for the UCLA Powell Library Seismic renovation.
17. $16.6 million to the California Community Colleges for various campus projects.
18. $2.3 million to the State Water Resources Control Board from various bonds.

Transportation and Energy

1. Adjusts the Department of Motor Vehicles budget to restore $12.1 million for the Front End Sustainability technology project that was included as part of the 2020-21 Governor’s Budget.
2. Provides short-term authority to the California Energy Commission to provide "follow-on" funding to research projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge program. This would allow CEC to non-competitively extend funding to projects that have already received a competitive allocation if doing so would allow the projects to keep operating until the next competitive round of funding becomes available.
3. Reappropriates funds provided in SB 2019 (McGuire), Chapter 934, Statutes of 2018 for transfer to Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), and gives the state until January 1, 2021 to meet the requirements of the bill and transfer the funds to SMART.

Health and Human Services

1. Transfers $326,000 from local assistance to state operations for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission for increased office space lease costs for additional staff hired to meet new program responsibilities adopted in the 2019 Budget Act.
2. Makes a net-zero General Fund increase, giving the Department of Community Services and Development reimbursement authority to administer the VITA/EITC program, as funded in the 2020 Budget Act.
3. Provides an increase of $5.5 million to administrative funding for the Department of Social Services to ensure foster care eligibility for specified nonminor dependents can be extended beyond the maximum age limit in statute through June 30, 2021. Also amends provisional language to clarify that this extension is contingent on federal flexibilities.
4. Includes provisional language giving the Department of Social Services statutory authority to provide $80 million on a one-time basis to county welfare agencies for past child welfare services activities. The department is required to develop, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, a methodology for determining the amount to be provided to each county.
5. Includes provisional language allowing funds to be appropriated for unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits for individual that provide services in the employ of their parent, child, or spouse through the In-Home Supportive Services program or the Waiver Personal Care Services program. This funding is contingent upon legislation to be enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session providing the necessary statutory changes.
6. Appropriates $30 million General Fund to the Department of Social Services for Community Outreach efforts prioritizing community and economic sectors that are disproportionately impacted by the virus.

General Government and Public Safety

1. Provides $1.4 million for the Controlled Substances Utilization and Review Evaluation System (CURES) Fund to implement AB 528 (Low), Chapter 677, Statutes of 2019. An associated fee increase to fund these costs is included in AB 3330.
2. Reappropriates 2019 funding for administrative costs related to grant administration to the Office of Emergency Services;
3. Renames the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protections and Innovation.
4. Amends provisional language related to the $750 million provided to counties to offset revenue shortfalls for programs that were realigned that further stipulate the process for distributing the funding and include provisions requiring counties comply with public health orders to be eligible for assistance.
5. Includes $2.4 million for the Department of Justice to pay claims related to a lawsuit – Buffin v. City/County of San Francisco.
6. Provides $11.8 million from the Public Buildings Construction Fund for the Glenn County Courthouse Renovation project.
7. The Budget Act of 2019 included budget bill language outlining a pre-trial decision-making pilot with reporting requirements and made a one-time $75 million General Fund appropriation. Due to COVID- 19 impacts that have affected the courts’ ability to run at full capacity, this budget bill includes amendments that extend the expenditure period, and specified reporting deadlines, to the Legislature by one year.
8. Accelerates $103.3 million of additional Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account funding from the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 to the Department of Housing and Community Development, for a total of $160 million in the budget year.
9. Transfers $100 million General Fund to the Small Business Hiring Credit Fund.
10. Includes $2.5 million General Fund for the Department of Taxation and Fee Administration and $509,000 to the Franchise Tax Board for the administrative costs associated with the Small Business Hiring Credit.

Fiscal Effect:

This bill appropriates $624.7 million ($166 General Fund) above the 2020 budget act.

Support:

None on file.

Opposed:

None on file.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW

Senator Holly Mitchell, Chair

2019 - 2020 Regular

Bill No: AB 86 Hearing Date: August 27, 2020

Subject: Budget Act of 2020

Summary:

This is a Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

Background:

This bill is the second Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2020. This bill makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2019.

The Legislature has passed two budget bills that comprise the Budget Act of 2020 SB 74 (Mitchell), Chapter 6, Statutes of 2020, and AB 89 (Ting), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2020. This bill includes additional provisions of the 2020 budget.

Proposed Law:

Specifically, in addition to technical and clarifying changes, this bill includes the following significant amendments:

K-12 Education, Early Education, and Child Care

1. Appropriates $4.6 million federal funds for Preschool Development Block Grant activities and provides $388,000 in reimbursement authority to the Department of Education to support the program activities.
2. Appropriates $1.9 million in one-time General Fund for attorneys' fees related to the Ella T. v. State of California lawsuit settlement.
3. Appropriates $2.5 million in one-time General Fund and $8.6 million in one-time federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds to cover an extension of family fee waivers through August 31, 2020.
4. Amends appropriations for a variety of federal education programs to reflect available one-time carryover and changes to federal grant awards.

Resources

1. Includes $6 million General Fund ($3 million appropriation and $3 million short-term cash loan of up to $3 million) to the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) to support and maintain core operations for emergency services and operations; and provides that the Director of Finance may authorize an additional amount not to exceed $3 million General Fund if deemed necessary to sustain Cal Expo’s operations.
2. Reappropriates $4.8 million for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to address a cash-in-lieu of benefits overtime settlement with Bargaining Unit 8.
3. Adds provisional language stating that the Director of Finance may authorize a short-term cash loan of up to $600,000 General Fund for the Wildlife Conservation Board to support the payment of payroll and operational costs.
4. Reappropriates $3.9 million General Fund for the Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Preserve in the City of Goleta.

Transportation and Energy

1. Adjusts the Department of Motor Vehicles budget to restore $12.1 million for the Front End Sustainability technology project that was included as part of the 2020-21 Governor’s Budget.
2. Provides short-term authority to the California Energy Commission to provide "follow-on" funding to research projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge program. This would allow CEC to non-competitively extend funding to projects that have already received a competitive allocation if doing so would allow the projects to keep operating until the next competitive round of funding becomes available.
3. Reappropriates funds provided in SB 2019 (McGuire), Chapter 934, Statutes of 2018 for transfer to Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), and gives the state until January 1, 2021 to meet the requirements of the bill and transfer the funds to SMART.

Health and Human Services

1. Transfers $326,000 from local assistance to state operations for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission for increased office space lease costs for additional staff hired to meet new program responsibilities adopted in the 2019 Budget Act.
2. Makes a net-zero General Fund increase, giving the Department of Community Services and Development reimbursement authority to administer the VITA/EITC program, as funded in the 2020 Budget Act.
3. Provides an increase of $5.5 million to administrative funding for the Department of Social Services to ensure foster care eligibility for specified nonminor dependents can be extended beyond the maximum age limit in statute through June 30, 2021. Also amends provisional language to clarify that this extension is contingent on federal flexibilities.
4. Includes provisional language giving the Department of Social Services statutory authority to provide $80 million on a one-time basis to county welfare agencies for past child welfare services activities. The department is required to develop, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, a methodology for determining the amount to be provided to each county.
5. Includes provisional language allowing funds to be appropriated for unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits for individual that provide services in the employ of their parent, child, or spouse through the In-Home Supportive Services program or the Waiver Personal Care Services program. This funding is contingent upon legislation to be enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session providing the necessary statutory changes.

General Government and Public Safety

1. Provides $1.4 million for the Controlled Substances Utilization and Review Evaluation System (CURES) Fund to implement AB 528 (Low), Chapter 677, Statutes of 2019. An associated fee increase to fund these costs is included in AB 3330.
2. Reappropriates 2019 funding for administrative costs related to grant administration to the Office of Emergency Services;
3. Renames the Department of Business Oversight to the Department of Financial Protections and Innovation.
4. Amends provisional language related to the $750 million provided to counties to offset revenue shortfalls for programs that were realigned that further stipulate the process for distributing the funding and include provisions requiring counties comply with public health orders to be eligible for assistance.
5. Includes $2.4 million for the Department of Justice to pay claims related to a lawsuit – Buffin v. City/County of San Francisco.
6. Provides $11.8 million from the Public Buildings Construction Fund for the Glenn County Courthouse Renovation project.
7. The Budget Act of 2019 included budget bill language outlining a pre-trial decision-making pilot with reporting requirements and made a one-time $75 million General Fund appropriation. Due to COVID- 19 impacts that have affected the courts’ ability to run at full capacity, this budget bill includes amendments that extend the expenditure period, and specified reporting deadlines, to the Legislature by one year.

Fiscal Effect:

This bill has a net impact on appropriations of approximately $99.3 million ($12.4 million General Fund).

Support:

None on file.

Opposed:

None on file.

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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING

ATR Bill Id:AB 86

Author:(Ting)

As Introduced Ver:December 3, 2018

Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately

SUMMARY:

This bill expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2019.

Major Provisions

COMMENTS:

According to the Author:

Arguments in Support:

Arguments in Opposition:

FISCAL COMMENTS:

VOTES:

UPDATED:

VERSION: December 3, 2018

CONSULTANT: Christian Griffith / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 FN: 0000129