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• </c> least 65% of the gross sales least 65% of the gross sales need<00:03:46.480><c> to</c><00:03:46.560
• </c> receive 65% of gross sales receive 65% of gross sales and<00:04:27.760><c> that</c><00:04:28.000
• </c><00:25:07.160><c> from</c> 100% of the proceeds of the sale from 100% of the proceeds of the sale
• added food sales, that's a profit to your business as well.
• </c> the gross receipts or the total sales. the gross receipts or the total sales.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Gaming

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• </c> sales. Is that your intention? sales. Is that your intention?
• of meat, but on your amendment, you add in all of their sales.
• So, let's just say somebody sells sales.
• So, we kept the primarily engaged in the sale of meat.
• Yes, you'd have other retail sales, but at 18 billion.

Bills: HF4080 , HF3693 , HF1857 , HF4350

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• </c><00:45:23.120><c> Yeah,</c> sale for for these landowners. Yeah, sale for for these landowners.
• </c> that specializes in the credit sales that specializes in the credit sales part.<00:47:27.840><c>
• </c><01:05:57.520><c> to</c> market needs to do for carbon sales to market needs to do for carbon sales
• </c><01:19:13.360><c> What</c> sale product from the property? What sale product from the property?
• For For For for<01:24:19.840><c> sale.</c> for sale. for sale. Carbon?<01:24:21.160><c> Yeah.

Summary: The meeting began with introductions and approval of the previous minutes, including a small amendment clarifying a note about “leakage” in a prior presentation. The committee then heard a presentation from Sarah Hall of the American Forest Foundation on the Family Forest Carbon Program, which she described as a voluntary carbon and forest management program for smaller landowners. She said the program provides annual payments and technical assistance, requires a forest management plan within two years, and is designed to support improved forest management while still allowing compatible uses such as recreation, hunting, and some harvesting. Hall emphasized that the program is intended as one tool among many and is not a fit for every property. She said most enrolled landowners did not previously have a forest management plan or work with a forester, and that the program helps bring “unengaged” landowners into active management. She also said the program is compatible with current use and other commitments on a case-by-case basis, and that landowners retain ownership of their land and timber rights while AFF holds the carbon rights for the contract term. She highlighted examples of landowners using the program to support taxes, family ownership, wildlife habitat, timber stand improvement, and continued recreational or business uses. Committee members asked about registry compliance in New Hampshire and the relationship between carbon markets and the program. Hall responded that AFF handles registry administration for landowners and would follow up on the specific registry count raised by a member. She explained that the program is funded through a mix of carbon market revenue, philanthropy, and grants, and that carbon credits are generated through landscape-level methodology and monitored using randomly selected plots compared with FIA data. She also noted that consulting foresters are key partners in the program and that AFF has paid more than $3 million to consultants nationwide.

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• The bill would also create a new sales and use tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products. ...a
• new sales and use tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products.
• It was essentially unduly, to a certain extent, the exemption on real estate sales.
• It will likely face litigation and does not replace sales or property or B&O taxes.
• It does not replace sales tax, excise, or B&O tax. It just adds another tax on top.”

Bills: SB6346 , SB6347 , SB6147 , SB6246 , SB5940 , SB5882 , SB6223 , SJR8206 , SB5762 , SB5828

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: millionaires tax, wealth tax, income tax, state revenue, tax reform, Washington estate tax, estate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, probate, decedent, gross estate, taxable estate, exclusion amount, tax rate, estate planning, heirs, beneficiaries, RCW 83.100, Department of Revenue

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• You have situations where they'll sell the home, a private sale, one owner to another.
• one owner to another private sale one owner to another they'll<00:48:40.920><c> go</c><00:48:41.079>
• your sales with the state.
• All sorts of issues that we deal with complaints on with used home sales on a regular basis.
• </c> complaints with uh with used home sales complaints with uh with used home sales on<01:19:41.360>

Committee: Senate Labor

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• The House bill authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
• The House bill authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
• An act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
• House Bill 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale

Summary: The House began with routine ceremonial and committee business, including adoption of congratulatory resolutions for an Eagle Scout, Tri Valley, Inc.’s 50th anniversary, and a 100th birthday recognition. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to send a petition concerning retirement benefits for Julia Flannery, surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Frannoy, to the Committee on Public Service. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported several bills for House consideration, including a line-of-duty death benefit for the surviving spouse of Detective John D. Sanji, local tax exemption measures for Grafton and Wellfleet, and local alcohol license bills for Marion and Oxford. The House suspended Joint Rule 7A, then ordered these bills to a third reading. The House then passed several engrossed bills to be enacted, including measures on autism-related police interactions, accidental death benefits for a Boston firefighter’s surviving spouse, town charter changes, a Reading senior property tax exemption, an appointed town clerk in Falmouth, and affordable housing/cultural space in Boston’s Brighton section. House Bill 4795, amending the Groton charter, was amended on the floor to strike references to “assistant” in a charter provision and then passed to be engrossed as amended. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn to Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House bill authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic
• The House bill authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic
• Wellfleet, House No. 5374; an act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale
• House No. 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale

Summary: The House took up several committee reports and routine matters. The Rules Committee recommended adoption of congratulatory resolutions for Wesley Harville Fry’s Eagle Scout rank, Tri Valley, Inc.’s 50th anniversary, and Edward D. Desmond’s 100th birthday; the House suspended the rules and adopted them. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition concerning retirement benefits for Julia Flannery, surviving spouse of the Honorable Francis Frannoy, sending it to the Committee on Public Service. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several bills for House consideration, including a killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefit for Joanne Sonji, surviving spouse of Detective John D. Sanji of Rutland; local tax exemption measures for Grafton and Wellfleet; and local alcohol license bills for Marion and Oxford. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The House then enacted several engrossed bills, including a Stowe town meeting validation bill, autism-related police interaction legislation, accidental death benefits for a Boston firefighter’s surviving spouse, charter changes for Lawn Meadow and Falmouth, a senior property tax exemption for Reading, and affordable housing/cultural space legislation for Brighton. On House No. 4795, the Groton charter bill, Representative Walsh offered and the House adopted an amendment striking the word “assistant” from a charter provision, after which the bill was passed to be engrossed as amended. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• received; House Bill 5451, an act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale
• and House Bill 5452, an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale
• An act authorizing the town of Marion to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
• House Bill 5451; and an act authorizing the town of Oxford to grant two additional licenses for the sale

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• Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stine, sales and use taxes, exemption for local sales and use taxes for the
• Greater LaFouge Support Commission, per diem for commission members, Senate 442 by Senator Stein, use, sales
• and use taxes, for commission members, Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stein, sales and use taxes, exemption
• for local sales and use taxes for the repair of certain aircraft, including interior modifications overhaul
• The schedule funds many various initiatives, such as Louisiana Housing of State Offenders, sales tax

Bills: HR159 , HR160 , HR161 , HR162 , HR163 , HR164 , HCR60 , HCR61 , HCR62 , HCR63 , HCR64 , HR153 , HR154 , HR155 , HR156 , HR157 , HR158 , HCR57 , HCR58 , HCR59 , SB124 , SB399 , SB441 , SB447 , SB460 , HCR4 , HCR47 , HB59 , HB74 , HB159 , HB175 , HB330 , HB364 , HB414 , HB458 , HB525 , HB568 , HB628 , HB786 , HB909 , HB1008 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1041 , HB1052 , HB1062 , HB1070 , HB1079 , HB1112 , HB1118 , HB1139 , HB1151 , HB1154 , HB1176 , HB1182 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB1231 , HB1241 , SB244 , HB1 , HB2 , HB3 , HB312 , HB313 , HB383 , HB314 , HCR3 , HB983 , HB1126 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HB27 , HB71 , HB214 , HB225 , HB241 , HB244 , HB306 , HB345 , HB366 , HB446 , HB511 , HB514 , HB655 , HB730 , HB743 , HB1027 , HB1037 , HB1043 , HB1082 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175 , HB1230 , HB1237 , HB1238 , HB55 , HB385 , HB394 , HB396 , HB406 , HB608 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB897 , HB1030 , HB1035 , HB1038 , HB1045 , HB1049 , HB1056 , HB1058 , HB1059 , HB1092 , HB1100 , HB1117 , HB1160 , HB1161 , HB1162 , HB1177 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB1216 , HB1239 , HB1240 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , SB127 , HB51 , HB58 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB982 , HB1010 , HB151 , HB180 , HB192 , HB193 , HB310 , HB635 , HB690 , HB961 , HB1003 , HB1146 , HB864 , HB977 , HB181 , HB31 , HB664 , HB615 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB9 , HB284 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB996 , HB1113 , HB1234 , HB1236

Keywords: occupational therapy, healthcare, medical professionals, recognition, professional day, property transfer, public records doctrine, bad faith, Louisiana State Law Institute, real estate law, Black Maternal Health Week, maternal health, racial disparities, healthcare access, culturally competent care, Louisiana, community health, motorcycle safety, awareness month, motorcyclists education

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• Our timber sale program produces about 90% of the revenue that we generate.
• We've implemented a delivered log sale program.
• And it’s the timber sales that are helping to fund the watershed restoration work.
• We did some sales this last year to help the Forest Service out.
• And we dug into the forest plans and looked at the existing sales.

Committee: House Resources and Conservation

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• These are the issuance of forest practices permits or the sale of timber from state lands and state forest
• be because the HEAL Act does not currently require you to do EJ assessments relative to your timber sales
• Timber sales would be the trigger potentially that would kind of trigger in your guys' mind, oh, there's
• and timber sales would be the trigger potentially that would kind of trigger in your guys' mind, oh,
• then also referencing, and I'm just going to say, so you currently have a bill posted here, Timber Sale

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on HEAL Act implementation, beginning with an orientation from Environmental Justice Council member David Mendoza. He described the law’s purpose as integrating environmental justice into agency decision-making, community engagement, tribal consultation, strategic planning, and environmental justice assessments, with the goal of reducing environmental health disparities and improving accountability to communities and tribes. He also discussed the council’s role, the interagency work group, challenges with limited volunteer and agency capacity, and concerns about inconsistent assessment formats and future funding pressures. Committee members asked about council composition, including the balance of tribal, community, business, and other representation, whether the HEAL Act increases permitting time or costs, how “overburdened” and “vulnerable” populations are defined, and whether the council should be refreshed or audited. Mendoza said the statute is not limited to racial categories and can include rural and low-income communities, that the council has not quantified permitting delays, and that there is no formal audit requirement, though the council is discussing how to improve its work. Members also raised questions about the relationship between the Environmental Justice Council and the Office of Equity, with Mendoza saying the bodies are complementary but should coordinate more closely. The Department of Agriculture then reported on its HEAL Act work. Director of Equity and Environmental Justice Nicole Johnson said WSDA conducts environmental justice assessments for significant actions, applies an equity lens to licensing, funding, rulemaking, and strategic planning, and has completed 11 EJ assessments to date. She highlighted pesticide regulation, animal health, and weights-and-measures work as examples of environmental and economic justice, and said the department recently hired a full-time tribal consultant and has only 1.5 FTE supporting HEAL implementation. Members asked whether WSDA’s assessments apply to its role on boards such as the Forest Practices Board; Johnson said the department’s current understanding is that assessments are conducted on agency work. The Department of Natural Resources then presented on its HEAL Act implementation, focusing on strategic planning, community engagement, tribal consultation, environmental justice assessments, and equitable funding. DNR officials said environmental justice is being embedded in the agency’s 2025-2029 strategic plan, in its Community Access and Impact Plan, and in its advisory committee and board representation efforts. They reported conducting EJ assessments for sustainable harvest calculations, agency request legislation, and a prescribed burn manager certificate program, and said DNR has invested about $130 million in overburdened communities and vulnerable populations in fiscal year 2025 through wildfire resilience, youth education, and urban forestry programs. Committee members pressed DNR on how it identifies impacted communities, why landowners were not more visible in the process, how agency-request legislation is being assessed, and whether assessments are required for actions taken through other boards and commissions. DNR said its current interpretation is that assessments apply to internal agency actions, that some notices may appear on OFM’s notices page rather than the completed-assessments dashboard, and that it would follow up on specific questions about its posted assessments and process.

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• I actually want to be able to step away from the sale.
• But you can't receive that information until the sale is close to completion.
• But you can't receive that information until the sales is close to completion.
• So the real real. until the sales is close to completion.
• Additionally, they help to separate association operations from the sale of an individual unit.

Bills: SB6015 , SB6069 , SB6096 , SB6200 , SB6201 , SB6214 , SB6237 , SGA9280 , SGA9281

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption

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• That's the one where we were thinking it was going to be a competitive sale.
• They're familiar with the credit, and we fairly quickly transitioned from the competitive sale process
• to the negotiated sale process, and I think it worked out just fine.
• Their yields are, and so now you can use that as a benchmark for the next negotiated sale.
• Say this competitive sale sold within 10 basis points of this market... that's where we want to start

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• The direct transport rule for those who report to the comptroller on exporter-to-exporter title sales
• We have holes in the Aviation Fuel Dealer License and makes a tax on the sale or use of any gasoline
• Tell me about fresh title sales. How do they work? We'll take that one.
• Those sales are from one exporter to another.
• What that's designed to do is increase the volume of their load for sales.

Bills: SB2199 , SB2200 , SB2201 , SB2949 , SB2332

Committee: Senate Border Security

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• So, here you'll see a similar diagram of how state sales and use...
• Under the amendment a portion of the sales and use as well as a smaller portion of the motor vehicle
• sales and rental tax can be used for two purposes, constructing, maintaining, acquiring right-of-way
• , Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, which extended both. funding components of Proposition 7 for the sales
• Asked in the IAJA for years, decades, the sales gasoline tax that the federal government.

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

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• </c> is to raise Henipin County's sales tax. is to raise Henipin County's sales tax.
• :09:07.680><c> think</c><00:09:07.839><c> Henipin</c><00:09:08.399><c> County</c><00:09:08.800><c> sales
• </c><00:09:09.040><c> tax</c><00:09:09.440><c> are</c> &gt;&gt; I think Henipin County sales tax are
• &gt;&gt; I think Henipin County sales tax are quite<00:09:09.760><c> a</c><00:09:09.920><c> bit</c><00
• tax revenues to HCMC after sales tax revenues to HCMC after payments<00:15:20.240><c> for</c><00:15:

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• So following decades of steady growth, wine sales, California wine sales, have fallen by about 25% since
• California wine sales have fallen by about 25% since 2019. So, big drop.
• So the slump in California wine sales is important to understand why wine sales are declining.
• So rising production costs are contributing to this slump in California wine sales to some extent as
• And if California wine sales keep declining, we're going to need to move more vineyards in the future

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• The root cause of the slump in grape demand that we've experienced is that California wine sales are
• So, following decades of steady growth, wine sales, California wine sales, have fallen by about 25% since
• California wine sales have fallen by about 25% since 2019. So, big drop.
• So the slump in California wine sales is important to understand why wine sales are declining.
• So rising production costs are contributing to this slump in California wine sales to some extent as

Summary: The Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry held its first meeting at Napa Valley College, with Chair Christopher Cabaldon and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry opening the hearing by stressing the wine industry’s importance to California’s economy, communities, and tourism. They said the purpose of the hearing was informational rather than legislative, with no votes or bill actions taken, and framed the day as a fact-finding session to inform future legislation, budget work, and oversight. The first panel focused on research and trends, with Dr. Damien Wilson of Sonoma State, UC Davis professor Ben Mumpeteet, and wine economist Chris Bitter describing the industry as facing structural change rather than a temporary downturn. The research panel highlighted falling wine production and sales, rising costs, and changing consumer behavior. Wilson argued the industry has relied too heavily on premiumization and technical elitism, pricing out younger consumers and needing to focus more on new customer acquisition, accessible brands, and evidence-based business decisions. Mumpeteet emphasized external threats such as grapevine diseases, extreme weather, water shortages, and wildfire smoke, and called for more public investment in viticulture and enology research, especially through California’s university system. Bitter said growers are dealing with depressed grape demand, a grape glut, vineyard removals, and sharply higher production costs driven largely by regulation and labor, and he urged review of regulatory costs, trade conditions, vineyard removal support, and barriers to replanting. Committee members then asked about how the industry can adapt, whether change will come through existing producers or market turnover, and how California might use its research capacity to improve regulation and compliance. Witnesses said the industry needs cultural change, better marketing to younger consumers, more data on health and consumption trends, and more efficient, science-based regulation. The second panel, with representatives from growers and the Wine Institute, described severe market stress: unharvested grapes, vineyard removals, and closures in some regions. Michael Miller said growers are seeing fruit left on the vine and called for relief on regulatory and trade pressures, while Honor Comfort described Wine Institute’s Share Wine Co-Lab, an open-access marketing platform aimed at helping wineries reach younger consumers through digital and data-driven strategies. A final panel addressed tourism, farmworkers, and water regulation. Visit Napa Valley’s Lindsay Gallagher said Napa remains relatively strong but is broadening its message beyond wine to cuisine, wellness, and outdoor experiences, while noting international visitation, especially from Canada, has fallen sharply. Sonia DeLuca of the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation said declining sales and rising costs reduce hours and income for farmworkers and called for targeted relief, wage-loss support, and continued workforce training. Annalisa Kiara of the State Water Board provided an update on the Winery General Order, explaining that it was created to streamline and standardize wastewater permitting while protecting water quality; she said 56 wineries have enrolled and 122 more are under review, and noted ongoing coordination with industry sustainability programs. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly returned to the need for updated regulations, better data, and collaborative solutions, but no formal action was taken.

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• intent of the 20 cents per paper bag, because it's 20 cents that goes to the retail store, we get sales
• And same with the local fiscal note, the local sales tax portion shows revenue to the local governments
• And same with the local fiscal note, the local sales tax portion shows revenue to the local governments
• So those charges that they collect go to the stores, and they pay a sales tax on that.
• Between 2000 and 2015, global clothing sales doubled, and yet there was a 40% decline in the number of

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several waste and recycling bills. House Bill 2212 would require microfiber filters on commercial and industrial washing machines, with Ecology authorized to consider residential machine rules later if cost thresholds are met. Supporters, including the sponsor, students, environmental advocates, and scientists, said washing machines are a major source of microplastics and that filtration is a practical way to reduce pollution before it reaches waterways and human bodies. Opponents, including appliance manufacturers, laundromat operators, business groups, and Ecology staff, raised concerns about technical feasibility, worker safety, cost, and the lack of third-party certification for commercial systems. Ecology said the science is emerging and the proposal would create new agency work and costs. No vote was taken. House Bill 2233 would tighten the state’s carry-out bag laws by banning reusable film plastic bags, raising the paper bag pass-through charge to 20 cents, and extending certain requirements to manufacturers, distributors, and third-party sales platforms, while preserving protections for food assistance cardholders. Supporters argued the current thicker-bag approach has not reduced plastic waste, that plastic bags contribute to litter and microplastics, and that a stronger ban would better protect waterways and wildlife. Opponents from grocery, retail, hospitality, paper, and business groups argued the bill would raise consumer costs, create checkout and food-safety problems, and add operational complexity; some also said the state should wait to see the effects of the recent fee increase. Several local government and environmental witnesses supported the bill. No final action was taken. House Bill 1420 would establish an extended producer responsibility program for textiles and apparel, requiring producers to form a producer responsibility organization to manage collection, reuse, repair, recycling, and related infrastructure. The sponsor described the bill as a response to textile waste, overconsumption, and landfill impacts, and said the proposal had been refined through extensive stakeholder work. Supporters from environmental groups, local governments, Ecology, counties, Goodwill, and circular-economy organizations said textiles are a growing waste stream and that producer responsibility could improve collection, reduce dumping, and support repair and reuse. Opponents from business, retail, hospitality, apparel, and medical-device groups raised concerns about complexity, consumer and compliance costs, governance, supply-chain reporting, and possible unintended coverage of uniforms or medical products. The hearing also included a State Board of Health health impact review noting likely increased awareness and collection but limited evidence on large-scale reuse and recycling outcomes. No vote was taken.

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• One: a sales tax exemption on replacement server equipment for data centers.
• So this would maintain the tax preference for sales tax exemption for when a new data center is built
• tax on... ...none of it was bought back, but the problem was the sales tax on services.
• We had to take further hit on our budget because we didn't know that we had to pay for the sales tax
• You exempted health care in the sales tax on services. We're asking you to exempt it. Thank you.

Bills: HB2289

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care