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Receive a legislative and State Budget update from staff and the County's State Legislative Advocate on legislation of interest to the County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Receive a legislative and State Budget update from staff and the County's State Legislative Advocate on legislation of interest to the County.
SUMMARY:
The County's Legislative Advocate, Karen Lange of Shaw/Yoder/Antwih, Inc., will provide an update on the State Budget.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The legislative program is designed to result in additional funding and cost avoidance relative to Solano County. The cost of preparing this report and compiling the information is a General Fund cost covered in the County Administrator's administration budget.
DISCUSSION:
The County's Legislative Committee Members, Supervisor Erin Hannigan and Supervisor John Vasquez met on May 15, 2017 to discuss both Federal and State issues. Joe Krahn and Hasan Sarsour of Waterman and Associates, the County's Federal legislative advocacy team and Karen Lange of Shaw/Yoder/Antwih Inc., the County's State legislative advocate participated in the meeting as well.
The County's May 15, 2017 Legislative Committee agenda included a Federal update from Waterman and Associates as is provided in Attachment A. The County's May 15, 2017 Legislative Committee meeting agenda can be accessed through the link below.
https://admin.solanocounty.com:4433/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=26681
On May 11, Governor Brown released a revised, $183.4 billion budget proposal that closely mirrors his January plan, maintaining a cautious approach amid uncertainty about the direction of the economy and possible federal actions that could hurt the state's bottom line.
In the May Revision, revenues are revised upward by $2.5 billion and the Governor proposes to spend approximately $124 billion. The proposed 2...
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