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• , in Hawaii, we submitted an application, in Hawaii, we submitted an application, which<00:01:47.080
• complete application and turn it in. complete application and turn it in.
• And one last component is evaluation.
• uh clinical applications, for example. uh clinical applications, for example.
• that<00:36:35.800> are know, evaluation components that are know, evaluation components

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Keywords: lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, condominiums, annual report, filing fee, real estate, developer, residency, property regime, PFAS, single-use plastics, environmental health, food ware, pollution reduction, local produce, agriculture, Hawaii Revised Statutes

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• You know, you got to write a grant application to get the report.
• My evaluation goals are tied to those organizational goals, and then the...
• Do is align the applications and funding systems for related programs.
• How do we pull together more streamlined and unified application systems and reporting systems?
• We could pull together more streamlined and unified application systems and reporting systems.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on coherence in California’s education planning and reporting systems, especially the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and related grant plans. Committee chairs and members described widespread frustration with duplicative, lengthy, and sometimes conflicting reporting requirements, while emphasizing that the goal was not to reduce accountability but to make planning more useful, stable, and student-centered. State Superintendent Tony Thurmond also previewed the Governor’s education budget priorities, including expanded learning, community schools, universal transitional kindergarten, literacy supports, and concerns about the proposed Prop. 98 deferral. Panelists from the State Board of Education, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office said the LCAP was intended to balance local flexibility with statewide transparency, but has become overloaded by repeated revisions and additional requirements. They argued for fewer core reporting elements, more stability over time, better alignment of planning cycles, and integrated systems that reduce duplication. Fresno County staff described a multi-year calendar and support tools that help districts manage timelines, but said these tools only ease the burden rather than solve the underlying problem. The LAO noted that some newer plans, such as expanded learning and transportation plans, are narrative-heavy and often less informative than separate reporting requirements. Local district leaders and county officials described the practical effects of the current system: staff time diverted from instruction, multiple portals and forms, audit risk aversion, and planning documents that can exceed 100 pages. Several superintendents said coherent systems work best when districts have clear priorities, stable governance, and aligned budgets, and when state requirements are predictable and tied to outcomes like literacy, attendance, and student achievement. The California Federation of Teachers added that coherence also depends on meaningful collaboration with educators, classified staff, parents, and communities. Committee members repeatedly asked whether the state should streamline reporting, create a uniform portal, or develop a more unified grant-reporting structure, and Thurmond said the department was piloting a simplified common form and was willing to work with the Legislature and districts on broader solutions.

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• Staff evaluates the comments and the well parameters.
• So when we get a groundwater use permit application and staff evaluates the application, we publish two
• with the well construction application and the pump installation permit application...
• The first step is what we call a pre-application process.
• four to six months and we're actually finishing these applications 95% of the time in these applications

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Insurance carriers can then submit applications—we call them eligibility applications—if an insurance
• Insurance carriers can then submit applications—we call them eligibility applications—if an insurance
• Insurance carriers can then submit applications—we call them eligibility applications—if an insurance
• Insurance carriers can then submit applications—we call them eligibility applications—if an insurance
• Insurance carriers can then submit applications—we call them eligibility applications—if an insurance

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a proposed increase to the annual elevator certificate fee in the Department of Labor. The commissioner said the fee had been $50 for years and generated just under $300,000 annually, while the Inspection Division’s broader revenue far exceeded its expenses. Members noted the fee only covered the certificate, not the inspection itself, which is billed separately at $100 per hour. After comparing the fee to neighboring states and discussing the department’s revenue and staffing, the committee agreed to rewrite the language to set the fee at $75 and to vote on an amendment later. The committee then took up Section 139, which would expand the list of labor-law violations that can be penalized without first issuing a warning. The Department explained the change was meant to align House Bill 157 with other chapters, including youth employment and workers’ compensation provisions, where immediate civil penalties are already allowed. The section was accepted unanimously. A longer discussion followed on the Second Injury Fund. The commissioner explained that the fund reimburses insurers for certain workers’ compensation costs tied to claims involving pre-existing conditions, is financed by assessments on insurers, and requires notice within 100 weeks of injury plus a $10,000 deductible before reimbursement. He said the fund currently holds roughly $16 million to $22 million, one full-time employee administers it, and total staff involvement is about five to six people. Members questioned whether the fund should be sunset, but the department said the current House Bill 2 language does not propose a sunset; instead, it addresses increased hearing and litigation burdens after a recent Supreme Court decision. Sections 140 and 141, dealing with hearings, were then accepted unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed fines for late insurance coverage reporting, with the department noting the current rubric allows up to $50 per day but uses $112 per day, and members suggesting a lower amount.

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• CCTR slot expansion funds were allocated through a request for application, or RFA, process, and at that
• The final thing to consider for any future allocation is evaluating the relative size of the agency,
• This morning we released our analysis of the May Revision, now evaluating the condition of the General
• We award funding through a request for applications, and applicants are awarded funding based on the
• Currently, regional centers use the Client Development Evaluation Report, or what is referred to as a

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.

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• We received 12 of 13 applications for the accountable entities.
• We identified a $45,000 per region application, and we received again 12 of the 13 applications immediately
• We put out a notice of funding opportunity for eligible applicants.
• This was a very fast and furious application process.
• I think, yeah, an update and evaluation. Okay, great. Okay.

Keywords: 996, all

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• SB 1154 allows districts to evaluate contractors' experience, safety records, technical expertise, and
• in evaluation prior to the completion of the scoring.
• Ninety-one percent of transfer applicants are currently admitted to the CSU, and we expect that number
• Ninety-one percent of transfer applicants are currently admitted to the CSU, and we expect that number
• As noted in the committee analysis, impaction means solely that we have more applicants.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They conduct meetings over the nine-month period during the interim to evaluate competitive proposals
• Proposals are reviewed and evaluated by our members through multiple rounds of scoring.
• <00:08:37.839> from<00:08:38.279> all state we receive applications from all state
• and multiple rounds of by the applicants and multiple rounds of scoring<00:09:41.079> by<00:09
• <00:36:46.760> by demonstrated through the applications by demonstrated through the applications

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And in 2026 based on their applications.
• ,<00:19:31.880> those was more so the 300 applications, those was more so the 300 applications
• We have to evaluate, score, and rank those projects.
• We have instructions for the application, the online application, and we have sample resolutions available
• We have instructions for the application, the online application, and we have sample resolutions available

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth. Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene. Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian. The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.

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• Assembly Members Storey, Fawcett, etc., provides for a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants
• Assembly Member Stores, Fawcett, etc., provides for a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants
• It moves the requirement for mandatory alcohol evaluation from a BAC of 0.18 to a BAC of 0.16.
• During the alcohol evaluation, an evaluator determines whether there are underlying substance abuse issues
• The national average where an alcohol evaluation is required is a BAC of 0.15.

Keywords: 909, all

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• However, the question remains what occurs when the State Board of Engineers evaluates K-12 courses.
• Additionally, software and applications are used by administrators, paraprofessionals, and parents to
• Are parents going to use these applications or not? Is it a benefit to students?
• That is not a part of the relationship here but we are trying to make sure that any application that
• There's currently enough performance data currently on the dashboard to evaluate charter schools.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And it would direct the division to evaluate and pursue an expanded agreement from the state with the
• And it would direct the division to evaluate and pursue an expanded agreement from the state with the
• We are evaluating what does it mean to have due process rights in digital identity?
• So we are evaluating really comprehensively... ...to warrants.
• We are evaluating it from individuals will be in control.

Keywords: 985, all

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• Parks, please join us here at the table, and you are being joined by Nick Versace, senior auditor-evaluator
• Cal OSHA does not consistently evaluate employers' implementation of the illness, injury, and prevention
• We focus primarily on Cal OSHA and its application of fines.
• We focus primarily on Cal OSHA and its application of fines.
• And so when these complaints come in, it is the responsibility of the district manager to evaluate those

Summary: The hearing focused on a state audit of Cal/OSHA titled “The Division of Occupational Safety and Health: Process Deficiencies and Staffing Shortages Limit Its Ability to Protect Workers.” Committee leaders and the audit team described serious workplace tragedies, argued that California’s worker protections are not being adequately enforced, and said the audit was prompted by concerns that Cal/OSHA was too often relying on letters instead of inspections, delaying investigations, and closing cases without enough documentation. Members repeatedly emphasized that the issue was not just staffing, but also outdated policies, weak oversight, and inconsistent enforcement. State Auditor Grant Parks said the audit found a 32% vacancy rate in 2023-24, heavy reliance on hard-copy files, outdated or unclear policies, and inconsistent decision-making in complaints, accidents, citations, and fine reductions. He said Cal/OSHA conducted on-site inspections in only about 20% of complaints, used letter investigations more than 80% of the time, often lacked evidence that hazards were corrected, and sometimes failed to inspect serious injury cases on time. The audit also found weak documentation for fine calculations and settlement reductions, with some penalties reduced substantially without clear explanations. Parks said the agency had accepted the findings and would provide progress updates later in the year. Committee members pressed the auditor on vacancy rates, the use of letter investigations, the low rate of criminal referrals, and whether fines were being reduced too often. Cal/OSHA and DIR officials responded that the vacancy rate had fallen to 12% partly because 66 vacant positions were eliminated in a statewide budget reduction and partly because of hiring; they said 126 people had been hired in the first half of the year. They also said they had hired a policy writer, were updating several policies, were planning periodic internal audits, and were developing a new data management system expected to go live in late 2026 or early 2027. On fines, officials said Title 8 sets base penalties and allows adjustments based on factors like employer size, history, and good faith, with appeals and informal conferences also affecting final amounts. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• We are already out of compliance by our best evaluation.
• compliance um by our best evaluation. compliance um by our best evaluation.
• applicable uh for unreduced benefits. applicable uh for unreduced benefits.
• Three town halls with probation membership and applicable impacted unions.
• probation membership and applicable probation membership and applicable impacted<01:38:10.000>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , requires a review, requires Projects that require a grant application, require a review, require a
• So, in late 2025 through May 1st of this year, we accepted applications through the California Natural
• So we encouraged applicants to apply for the streamlining, even if they didn’t have the money in the
• So one of the things that they and we deal with is selecting the right model for the application that
• We urge the legislature to evaluate mechanisms that require major corporate polluters to help support

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate hearing of the Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Emergency Management Committee focused on wildfire resilience, with members discussing the SB 254 report on enhancing California’s response to natural catastrophes. Opening remarks emphasized the scale of wildfire damage, the need for prevention and preparedness, and concerns about the affordability and insurability crisis. Senators repeatedly contrasted the relatively small share of funding going to community hardening with the much larger amounts spent on utility wildfire mitigation and landscape-scale projects, and several members raised concerns about CEQA delays, one-time funding, and the need for more sustainable, ongoing financing. The Legislative Analyst’s Office presented an overview showing about $4.7 billion in state wildfire resilience appropriations from 2018-19 through 2025-26, with funding shifting from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the General Fund and then to Proposition 4. LAO noted that only about $65 million had been specifically targeted to community hardening, while most funding went to forest health, fuels, research, and related programs. LAO also said one-time funding will decline in coming years and that future GGRF support is uncertain, though General Fund use is not legally precluded. Members asked about maintenance costs, polluter-pays ideas, and whether performance metrics should focus more on property and community risk reduction than acres treated. Cal Fire’s State Fire Marshal described the state’s community wildfire preparedness strategy, centered on home hardening, defensible space, and neighborhood-scale mitigation. He said roughly 4 million homes are in the wildland-urban interface, most built before modern fire-resistant standards, and argued that the state must move from response to prevention. He said Cal Fire is incorporating the SB 254 recommendations into its updated action plan, has streamlined some fuel-reduction projects under a recent executive proclamation, and is shifting some grant funding toward maintenance of existing treatments. Cal OES described the AB 38 pilot and FEMA hazard mitigation work, saying the pilot helped build tools and standards for home hardening but that federal approval delays remain a major barrier; the agency reported 155 hardened properties, 19 under construction, and 370 assessed and waiting. The Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force said it has coordinated more than $6 billion in state and federal investments, is moving toward regional block grants and better data-driven prioritization, and is developing separate community and landscape strategies. The hearing ended with discussion of modeling, data gaps, utility coordination, contractor capacity, and possible legislative or budget changes to better align funding and metrics with community safety outcomes.

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• what all these continuing to evaluate what all these federal<00:19:00.880> changes<00:19:01.280
• We were really happy to have a strong set of letters of support when we submitted our application. um
• We got um submitted our application.
• Um but as most CMS and all application.
• and evaluation. and evaluation.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• information on page 18 that states that if requested by school district requiring one of their applicants
• <00:18:45.840> their district requiring one of their district requiring one of their applicants
• applicants applicants uh<00:18:47.280> one<00:18:47.480> of<00:18:47.520> the<00
• was employed by that while the applicant was employed by that school<00:19:00.960> or<00:19:01.080
• It would also provide instructions to high school students on how to access the common online application

Keywords: 958, all

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• For a little bit more clarity, Jason has trained me on the SNAP application process.
• Is that applicable for the 20 hours a week?
• So we're going to do the 1:30, the juvenile justice evaluation report status now.
• On juvenile justice evaluation report status update. Thank you two for being flexible.
• Evaluation at LFC. With me at the table is Clayton Loba, program evaluator.

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• You may have an old record on the books that's no longer applicable.
• of impacts to threatened evaluation of impacts to threatened endangered<00:41:52.319> species
• and the landowner in these the applicant and the landowner in these reviews. reviews. reviews.
• <00:46:05.359> to ability to work with an applicant to ability to work with an applicant to
• loop for evaluating its effectiveness. loop for evaluating its effectiveness.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's an evaluation process.
• So it's it's evaluating and effectively.
• applications for the proposed projects. applications for the proposed projects.
• <00:48:04.240> and programs review the applications and programs review the applications and
• We issued a second call for projects this morning, and applications are due December 1st.

Keywords: 00:05 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:20 Road Projects 46:30 Approval of Minutes 46:50 Railroads 57:26 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum, so it could not approve the minutes. The chair announced an Eastern Kentucky University health forum later that day and then proceeded with testimony on alternative delivery methods for road projects. Jason Sawala of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Chad Laroo of the Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors were sworn in and introduced themselves. Sawala explained KYTC’s use of alternative delivery tools, including design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CMGC), and public-private partnerships (P3s). He said the cabinet’s goal is to deliver the best value to taxpayers in terms of quality, cost, and time, and emphasized that alternative delivery is most useful on projects with special circumstances such as innovation needs, specialized technology, complex constructibility, schedule pressure, or early contractor input. He cited the cabinet’s wrong-way driving prevention project as an example where design-build helped evaluate technologies and coordinate with stakeholders such as EMS and first responders. He also outlined the main tradeoffs: alternative delivery can improve collaboration and sometimes accelerate schedules, but it also brings risks related to right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, changing scope, and the need for dedicated staff and compressed decision-making. He stressed that these methods are not a cure-all and are not appropriate for every project, while noting that traditional design-bid-build remains effective for most of KYTC’s work. Representative Branscum responded favorably, saying early contractor involvement is valuable and consistent with his experience in the vertical construction world. No votes or formal actions were taken because the committee lacked a quorum.