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• I have you Submitted these needs to the long-term, long-range capital planning committee.
• A whole bunch of that is program management. We have grants and other stuff.
• or other chronic disease programs.
• And because it was a capital project, it was not eligible for other funding to cover it.
• So we had to be pretty quick and agile with this program as well.

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• economic development and improve safety. economic development and improve safety. the<00:04:13.760
• million of pressure off that capital million of pressure off that capital investment<00:04:37.800
• There's an empowering small cities program to help smaller communities utilize more grant programs and
• There's a long-awaited local road wetland replacement program that's going to make that program more
• bridge program.

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• These are dollars that help pay for soft capital, hard capital.
• And this coaching program does it. It's been successful. The school meal program.
• and our access program.
• The General Appropriations Act just suspends the inflation adjustment for the specific capital improvements
• “For our government program.

Summary: House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety. The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief. The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.

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• If we did, we wouldn't have engineering programs. We wouldn't have health care programs.
• But collapsing programs in like CIP codes, we've also identified new programs.
• programs are viable.
• , and then increasing our professional exchange program, or PSEP program, by $300,000.
• , and then increasing our professional exchange program or PSEP program by 300,000.

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• with the business and uh capitalization with the business and uh capitalization of<00:06:05.680>
• So um I again I certain program run.
• The bill does not create new programs or requirements.
• for the sewer connection permit program for the sewer connection permit program but<00:37:53.119
• <00:38:16.160> and their industrial pre-treat programs and their industrial pre-treat programs

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• So, $18.3 million for attendance initiatives, $34.5 million for innovation zones and programs to improve
• And I think with that, John Clark, I would like to talk about the CGPT Capital Program.
• We have the largest regionally Focused venture capital program in the country.
• Over the last three years, we've committed 1.8 billion to this venture capital program, and 1 billion
• Program Report.

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• additional funding for existing programs additional funding for existing programs and<00:04:35.600
• and improvements to existing programs and improvements to existing programs and best<00:04:50.720
• programs tools and similar programs programs tools and resources<00:08:34.599> must<00:08:34.760
• improvements.
• the Capital Improvements now that's the Capital Improvements now that's the breakdown<00:18:51.840

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• program.
• So we're abating all the improved values and not the county school taxes on the improved value and not
• We also didn't really have the capacity or the capital to put in the frontage improvements to take that
• These improvements.
• That's a really meaningful program.

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee heard presentations on a range of housing finance, permitting, and affordability tools. Chattanooga described its affordable housing PILOT program, which uses a per-unit property tax abatement tied to the rent loss from providing affordable units, with a 15-year term and annual compliance monitoring. Committee members asked about the program’s structure, whether it had been used elsewhere, and who was participating; the presenter said the first mixed-income project would bring 278 units with 42 affordable units and that the model was attracting private market-rate developers. Shoreline then described its MFTE and inclusionary zoning approach, emphasizing that longer tax exemption periods and station-area zoning changes had helped spur development, with most current pipeline projects concentrated near light rail stations. The committee also heard from the Municipal Research Services Center and the Department of Commerce on tax increment financing, proportional impact fees, and permit timelines. Commerce explained that TIF can fund public improvements such as roads, utilities, broadband, and some affordable housing or child care facilities, while proportional impact fee guidance is intended to help jurisdictions charge fees more closely aligned with actual project impacts. On permit timelines, Commerce presented its first annual report under recent law changes, using 2024 as a baseline year and noting that reported timelines were generally longer than statutory goals; members asked about outliers, paper versus electronic processing, and whether back-and-forth between applicants and staff was driving delays. Commerce said it would follow up with more data, including on CHIP funding and permit reform practices. Several local governments then shared permitting process improvements. Auburn reported relatively short review cycles and described its move to fully electronic permitting, internal performance standards, and a stock plan program that speeds review for repeated home designs. Bellevue described an AI permitting pilot with a local startup to help with pre-application questions, document triage, and plan review, aiming to reduce incomplete applications and revision cycles. Seattle presented a pilot for accessory dwelling unit co-development in which a mission-driven partner would help homeowners split lots, finance, build, and manage ADUs, with the homeowner eventually buying out the partner and retaining ownership; committee members asked about rent setting, management fees, and default risk, and staff said they would follow up. The committee also heard brief overviews of community land trusts and limited equity cooperatives as permanent affordability models, with presenters urging continued state and local funding support and policy recognition for these approaches.

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• improvements.
• Because the funds should be used for the care and maintenance and not capital improvements, I think I
• improvements.
• Is there a difference between capital improvements versus repairs and maintenance?
• So whenever I hear a capital I'm thinking of a building or something larger.

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• And we do have a Celebrate 28 program.
• So these improvements are, in fact, legacy improvements toward the park, toward the community.
• These improvements are, in fact, legacy improvements toward the park, toward the community.
• We're going to make those improvements at some point, but why not make those improvements before the
• We will have composting programs.

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Summary: The hearing focused on Los Angeles’ preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with an emphasis on infrastructure, transportation, sustainability, community benefits, and legacy planning. Members and witnesses discussed venue readiness, state and local coordination, public safety, accessibility, and how the Games can leave behind lasting improvements such as transit upgrades, streetscape work, energy and utility improvements, and potentially permanent community assets. LA28 also highlighted its broader planning goals, including a transit-first, no-new-permanent-build approach and the use of temporary venues that could later serve communities. LA28’s Joey Freeman reported on ticket sales, volunteer interest, sponsorships, and recent legislative wins, including laws to support the games route network, temporary infrastructure, medical staffing, and out-of-state EMS deployment. He said LA28 has reached $2.5 billion in corporate sponsorships, sold more than 4 million tickets in the first drop, and launched a local presale with roughly half a million $28 tickets and a community ticketing program. However, several senators sharply criticized the ticketing rollout, saying low-cost tickets were too limited and that the committee lacked basic data on how many tickets were available, sold, or priced affordably. Members also raised concerns about ensuring access for low-income residents, schools, nonprofits, and the broader Los Angeles community. Mayor Karen Bass said the city’s theme is “Games for All” and described efforts to prepare small businesses, improve infrastructure, and create a citywide Cultural Olympiad and fan-fest style viewing sites modeled partly on Paris. She asked for state help with permitting, mutual aid for law enforcement, and cleanup of state-owned corridors and highways, and said the city wants local businesses prioritized over a broader Southern California definition of “local.” Other witnesses from Exposition Park and the Rose Bowl described major venue-specific needs, including accessibility, traffic and safety upgrades, utility replacement, site improvements, and legacy investments. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, but members requested follow-up meetings and additional information on ticketing, community access, procurement, cultural programming, and infrastructure plans.

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• <00:12:21.000> process<00:12:21.560> for continuous improvement process for continuous
• programs and teacher candidates<00:16:38.000> are<00:16:38.240> properly<00:16:38.680>
• I have talked to both committee chairs that House File 1642 be recalled from the Committee on Capital
• House File 1642 is appropriating money for Highway 10 improvements.
• <00:19:51.960> investment<00:19:52.440> committee's capital investment committee's capital

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• SB 1041 corrects these issues and modernizes the program, clarifying eligible improvements and expanding
• improvements.
• week after week, problems with the PACE program.
• I've been involved with a lot of similar types of programs.
• CEQA should be stopping many of these programs.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, land use, and local government transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire enforcement agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement for the buyer to bring the property into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the elected decision-makers of their jurisdiction; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it also passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1041 by Senator Riggins would expand PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, but it drew strong opposition from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, and others over predatory lending and lien concerns; it passed 3-2 and remained on call. The committee also considered SB 1075 by Senator Reyes, which would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality reduction measures in land-use approvals for industrial and commercial projects. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to implement community air plans, while counties, cities, business groups, builders, trucking interests, and others opposed it as duplicative of CEQA and a barrier to investment and jobs. After debate over local control and environmental justice, the bill passed 3-2 and remained on call. SB 958 by Senator Cabaldon would advance the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, replacing a former arena and parking lots with housing, affordable units, parks, and a new entertainment venue; with no opposition voiced, it passed 3-0 to Appropriations. Another wildfire-related measure, SB 1182 by Senator Allen, would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in high fire hazard areas and direct state technical guidance on the issue. Supporters said insurance access is now a key indicator of risk, while some members questioned whether the bill would add useful information or burden local governments; the bill received a 1-1 vote and remained on call. The committee then began hearing SB 1116 by Senator Caballero, a starter-home/infill housing bill creating a streamlined ministerial path for small projects up to 10 units, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that measure.

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• Care services in the Medicaid program rate increases. Mr.
• It can be an existing program.
• The programming does exist in other counties.
• This is for a social work program. That’s reauthorized.
• or to build programs that serve 3- and 4-year-olds.

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• But I do believe that here in the fall, we are going to be looking at an amendment to our Capital Improvement
• I know we have a medical program at Capital High School in Santa Fe, and it's been incredibly successful
• other kinds of pathway programs, we have about 12 different pathway programs that we're participating
• What they're doing is they're really integrating training programs, introductory programs with their
• I'm talking about the integration with health and health programs, mentoring programs that really grow

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• programs, state agencies and hundreds of providers.
• , including the innovative service delivery program.
• We worked on the elements to try to improve those techniques and find ways that could improve hiring
• We really we do see that a lot as pilot programs.
• The veterans example I mentioned is a pilot program.

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• reduces delay, and improves access. reduces delay, and improves access.
• the amount of toll revenue for capital the amount of toll revenue for capital projects<00:39:55.920
• 17.520> construction capital projects to construction capital projects to construction projects
• So I've been involved with the electric vehicle program since we started that under the NEVI program
• Main Street and Conquered was improved Main Street and Conquered was improved through<02:08:25.040

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• Next up, PCB JUB 26 - 02, Correctional Facilities Financing and capital improvements by Chairman Maney
• It recognizes that the legislature recognizes the need for fixed capital outlay by the Departments of
• improvement funding for the correctional facilities.
• improvement plan for new and existing correctional facilities through fiscal year 2066 through 2067.
• PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS AND ESSENTIAL REPAIRS TO CONTRACT OPERATED FACILITIES AND

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• How does that program work?
• Within the statewide Medicaid managed care program, we refer to it as the SMMC program.
• And again, as you can see, there's HEDIS measures or supplemental funding programs, performance improvement
• that program.
• , and our BH Impact program.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met to discuss maternal and infant health, beginning with a presentation from New Jersey’s Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority (MiHA). Pamela Taylor described New Jersey’s statewide effort to reduce maternal mortality and racial disparities through the Nurture New Jersey campaign, a strategic plan with more than 80 recommendations, universal home visiting, Medicaid-covered doula care, hospital report cards, limits on non-medically indicated early elective C-sections, and a new maternal and infant health innovation center. Senators asked about doula certification, funding, home visiting, and how New Jersey coordinates across agencies; Taylor said the authority uses quarterly stakeholder meetings, annual summits, and a tracker for recommendations, and that community input helped shape its programs. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Deputy Secretary Brian Meyer then outlined Florida Medicaid’s maternal coverage and managed care structure. He reviewed eligibility and services for pregnant women, labor and delivery, postpartum coverage, newborn coverage, and family planning, noting 12 months of postpartum coverage, expanded benefits in managed care plans, and new contracts launching February 1 with more maternal-health-focused benefits, quality measures, and a new quality withhold incentive structure. Senators questioned doula certification and duplication with Healthy Start, provider access and network adequacy, kick payments, quality reporting, and whether Florida should consider broader eligibility standards; Meyer said many details are still plan-driven, that quality metrics are public, and that the agency is working on maternal-health work groups and incentives. Department of Health Division Director Shea Holloway followed with an overview of Florida’s maternal and child health programs and data. She cited Florida CHARTS data showing pregnancy-related deaths, severe maternal morbidity, and infant mortality trends, and described the Title V block grant, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the electronic prenatal risk screen, Healthy Babies, BH Impact for perinatal mental health, Healthy Start, WIC, family planning, telehealth maternity care, and the Pregnancy Care Network. Senators asked about delays in mortality review reporting, preterm birth, substance use disorder in pregnancy, WIC participation, cesarean rates, and the impact of the abortion ban; Holloway said the department is continuing to monitor outcomes, expand screening and telehealth, and use data and hospital partnerships to improve care. The committee then adjourned without further business.

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• Program is an intentional effort to integrate that research and development program with farmer adoption
• 33:17.760> in significant capital investment in significant capital investment in thousands<00
• is uniquely positioned to uh capitalize is uniquely positioned to uh capitalize on<00:46:06.960>
• ,<01:19:48.960> advocating profession at the capital, advocating profession at the capital
• The elimination of this programs.

Bills: HF1669, HF4709, HF3531, HF4048

Keywords: tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, electricity generation, property tax exemption, renewable energy, incentives, economic development, fuel delivery, tax exemption, retail transactions, diesel exhaust fluid, fuel lubricants, healthcare tax, gross receipts tax, hospitals, chiropractors, healthcare providers

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• Depending on the program, the benefits include improving maternal and child health, school readiness,
• So this is the system by which we determine the quality. of childcare programs and help them to improve
• We provide wellness in my program.
• Within our program, we are sponsors of the summer food program.
• We do have a fatherhood program.