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Receive an update from staff and the County's State Legislative Advocate on the status of legislation that is of interest to the County; and Consider taking a watch position on AB 1971 and AB 998, which were reviewed by the County's Legislative Committee on May 21, 2018 and referred to the full Board for consideration
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board receive an update from staff and the County's State Legislative Advocate on the status of legislation that is of interest to the County and consider taking a watch position on AB 1971 and AB 998, which were reviewed by the County's Legislative Committee on May 21, 2018 and referred to the full Board for consideration.
SUMMARY:
Staff will provide an overview of legislation considered by the Board's Legislative Committee on May 21, 2018. The County's Legislative Advocate, Karen Lange of Shaw/Yoder/Antwih, Inc., will provide a verbal update on developments at the Capitol and key legislation of interest to the County. Action items were referred to the full Board for consideration and are discussed individually in the discussion section below.
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 FY2017/18 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The County's Legislative Committee Members convened on May 21, 2018 to discuss both Federal and State issues. Joe Krahn and Hasan Sarsour of Paragon Government Relations, the County Federal 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 21, 2018 Legislative Committee agenda included a Federal update from Paragon Government R...
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