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• The Career Education Master Plan lays out a blueprint for our colleges, The Education Master Plan lays
• Once that strategic plan is done, my understanding is there is supposed to be a work plan that follows
• We're partnering with our local EDCs as well, right?
• When we talk about the public workforce system, that includes the local AJCCs, the local EDD offices,
• in general, which may be different from this strategic plan.

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• I'm the chief information security officer for the Texas General Accounts.
• You also work with estuary local programs.
• There's a plan that you're trying to execute.
• Item number eight strategic planning.
• When I took over, zero local products were being served in our schools.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• AB 1621 builds on existing law by establishing clear timelines and real accountability for local agencies
• Law by establishing clear timelines and real accountability for local agencies to process post-entitlement
• that would deviate from plans a local agency has already approved.
• how many times they can ask applicants to revise and resubmit their plans.
• local governments quite a bit, of which $993 million is due to local governments, and $2.2 million is

Committee: House Local Government

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• I'm a local substitute teacher for a local school district and a mother of four chartered students from
• In statute that would hold authorizers accountable actually hold them accountable.
• So it takes a lot of planning. It takes a lot of planning. It takes a lot of ordering.
• funding formula while upholding its core principles of equity, accountability, and local control.
• control and accountability plan.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

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• Our county partners are actively starting to work at the local level on the community planning process
• Grant writer or make a plan in order to increase their capacity.
• accountable as we move forward in this work.
• And HCAI plan to launch in July or after.
• The last thing I will mention is that the plans will be submitting what we refer to as plans of care

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• and $11.5 million in local assistance for this next round of grants.
• Yeah I'm entertained by the phrase federal accountability. but nonetheless let me move on.
• We have a federal accountability lead. That will help manage and sort the litigation for us.
• As now we will move on to our last section, our second to last on local. for public safety.
• Counties always appreciate early engagement to help local planning and to mitigate local economic impacts

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• Are you planning on reimbursing them? Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do plan on reimbursing them.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• SB 1099, which clarifies California local government's authority to provide state or local public benefits
• , at their discretion, to provide state and local public SB 1099, which clarifies California local government's
• at their discretion to provide state and local public. ...allows local governments, at their discretion
• Accountability. It's not punishment.
• I represent UDW, Local 3930.

Summary: The hearing covered several child welfare, human services, tribal housing, child care, and long-term care bills. SB 1099 would clarify local governments’ authority to provide state or local public benefits to all residents under PRWORA; SB 1190 would regulate private youth transport services by requiring permits, background checks, training, and bans on blindfolds, hoods, restraints, and overnight pickups; SB 1322 would streamline tribal access to Community Care Expansion housing grants and better align the process with tribal sovereignty; SB 1109 would require an annual license renewal review for STRTPs with five or more Type A citations in a year; SB 1234 would require fentanyl testing in juvenile dependency cases when a court finds a risk of fentanyl use; SB 991 would require DSS to identify the specific type of abuse on its public licensing database; SB 1200 would redefine “infant” for family child care ratio purposes as under 18 months; and SB 1345 would strengthen foster youth rights regarding access to and dignified transport of personal belongings. The committee also approved a consent calendar including SB 534, SB 1410, and SB 1421. Testimony was largely in support of the measures, often from authors, advocates, county officials, and people with lived experience. Supporters of SB 1190 described traumatic youth transport practices and argued for basic safety standards. SB 1322 supporters said tribal grantees face unnecessary delays and collateral demands that conflict with sovereignty. SB 1109 drew support from county probation officers who cited repeated serious violations and public safety concerns at STRTPs, while the chair ultimately opposed the bill as duplicative of existing CDSS authority. SB 1234 drew emotional support from a grandparent who lost a child to fentanyl, but also opposition from the Drug Policy Alliance and a dependency attorney, who argued the bill was redundant, vague, and could create biased or unnecessary testing; amendments were accepted to narrow the standard. SB 991 supporters said the public needs more specific information about abuse findings, SB 1200 supporters said the change would expand infant care capacity and help working families, and SB 1345 supporters said foster youth deserve dignity rather than having belongings packed in trash bags. Votes were taken after quorum was established. SB 991, SB 1200, SB 1345, SB 1190, SB 1234, SB 1322, and SB 1099 were all reported out of committee, most on unanimous or near-unanimous votes; SB 1234 passed 6-0 as amended to Appropriations, and SB 1099 later had a vote change recorded, ending 5-1. SB 1109 did not advance after the motion failed for lack of a second, and it was held in committee. The committee then adjourned and transitioned into an oversight hearing reviewing the outcomes of AB 2247 (placement stability and notice protections for foster youth) and AB 2496, with presenters discussing how the earlier foster youth placement law has changed practice and the importance of dignity, notice, and youth voice in placement decisions.

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• Finally, financial plan assumptions.
• Remove that from the financial plan.
• They're Not putting up local funds.
• for appropriately in the final accounting.
• Right now, currently for our PM plan preventive maintenance plan status, we're sitting at an 85.71.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• We plan to complete our hiring this year.
• “So right now, that’s a local procedure.
• And plan for the more serious? Yes. So how does that all come together? Is that that 20-year plan?
• And then also to use the leave reduction plans.
• It is a voluntary plan. There is no way to enforce... It is a voluntary plan.

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• We have a rule under which they have to file these plans, and those rules are, excuse me, the plans are
• And then... ...review those plans, provide an independent analysis of those plans, and then ensure that
• And then... review those plans, provide an independent analysis of those plans, and then ensure that
• for account creation.
• Water Planning Statute.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

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• projects are not only selected by local governments but also funded using local government funds.
• and their plans up to consistent— Local governments have to bring their regulations and their plans up
• your plan since it was adopted.
• House Bill 2266 supports local control while expanding local capacity.
• with local solutions.

Summary: The Housing Committee held work sessions on federal Continuum of Care homelessness funding and on state step-housing siting rules before moving into public hearings on House Bill 2266 and House Bill 2489. Commerce staff said HUD’s late and restrictive Continuum of Care funding notice put about $120 million a year in Washington operating support for existing homeless housing projects at risk, but a lawsuit led by the Attorney General forced HUD to restart renewal funding. Commerce also reviewed how local governments are implementing step-housing requirements, including model ordinances, planning updates, and ongoing compliance reviews under recent state law. House Bill 2266 would require cities and counties to allow step housing in all nonindustrial zones, apply the same permitting and environmental review as other residential uses, limit design review to administrative processes, and remove certain local standards and conditions on existing buildings and affordable housing. Supporters, including Plymouth Housing, Disability Rights Washington, King County, the Attorney General’s Office, and Catholic Community Services, argued the bill would reduce discriminatory barriers, protect people with disabilities, and make it easier to site shelters, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing. Several city representatives and the Association of Washington Cities opposed or sought amendments, saying the bill was too broad and could limit local authority over operational agreements, safety plans, spacing, community engagement, and funding conditions; some asked for clearer carveouts for emergency shelters and related uses. House Bill 2489 would bar local governments from enforcing public-space anti-camping or similar laws unless adequate alternative shelter space is available, with “life-sustaining activities” and “adequate alternative shelter space” defined in detail. Rep. Gregerson said the bill would create a statewide floor and prevent punishment for survival conduct when no real shelter option exists. The ACLU, service providers, and shelter operators supported the bill, citing displacement from fragmented local ordinances, enforcement costs, and the need to align enforcement with actual shelter availability. Testimony also described low-barrier shelter operations and examples of people stabilizing once housed. The hearing on HB 2489 began with staff explanation and initial testimony; no votes were taken on either bill in the transcript.

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• As a department, we lead statewide rail planning, including five corridor-level plans under the Corridor
• and Modal Programs, which also includes transportation planning, research, and local assistance.
• And what is the planning, the operational planning around hydrogen vehicles, and where are we going to
• I mean, we devolved local decision making into local processes when we created the LOSSAN Corridor as
• I mean, we devolved local decision making into local processes when we created the LOSSAN Corridor as

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• Regional planning councils are directed in Florida statute to assist local governments and economic development
• And and then just going back to that, it's really dealing with the might the plans, the plans that are
• governments reason account.
• These accounts help local governments meet state requirements. And that's important to you guys.
• . >> As association, local governments to council in partnership, they cannot vote organization local

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• to remove any out-of-service ...infrastructure safety, they had no plans to remove any out-of-service
• will this bill require the removal of these lines, but it will also require utilities to create a plan
• However, the current wildfire planning process has one major oversight: it does not account for abandoned
• The CPUC also needs to review this plan to make sure that it's meeting their requirements as well.
• They can inspect books, accounting papers, etc., but they cannot issue any fines or penalties.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

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• AB 1621 built on existing law by establishing clear timelines and real accountability for local agencies
• would deviate... ...from plans a local agency has already approved.
• beyond the two plan check limit if they're... ...important to note that local agencies can go beyond
• These are just some examples of projects and local planning efforts we were able to build with REAP 1
• These are just some examples of projects and local planning efforts we were able to build with REAP1

Committee: House Housing and Community Development

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• Importantly, AB 2717 reinforces the role of state and local governments in maintaining accountability
• It would be better spent this money on local projects.
• But we focus more on the ability for our locals to have a statewide speed limit and then for our locals
• At the local level, which I think is the point, local communities just aren't sure what they're allowed
• sales taxes, protecting local funding priorities that are not MTS-related.

Committee: Senate Transportation

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• But it also, the plans along with the cost assessments, will allow the state Legislature as well as local
• Although developers have noted they have some plans to invest in these local and tribal communities,
• transportation plans.
• Specific plan or a general plan that incorporated that already.
• CEQA is still conducted on general plan, area plan, you know, special plans, right?

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• First, accountability matters.
• First, accountability matters.
• Chair and members, Kathy Mossberg, on behalf of the local health plans, to speak to the administration's
• I'm Aurora Reyes, a member of CCPU Local 99.
• California Association of Health Plans.

Committee: House Budget

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• Local taxing jurisdictions must explicitly consent.
• The study must analyze the effects on schools, local districts, local taxing entities, and net economic
• It's pro-taxpayer, pro-school, pro-local consent.
• I would completely agree, especially with local control, ensuring that locally elected individuals who
• You have to bring some accountability.”

Bills: HB3310 , HB4311 , HB3841 , HB3024 , HB3075

Committee: House General Government

Summary: The committee met for its first General Government meeting of the second part of session and laid over several agenda items, including bills listed as numbers 3, 4, and 10. HB 3310, the Government Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, was presented as a procurement accountability measure to strengthen oversight, efficiency, and timely payment to private vendors doing business with the state. After brief questioning about whether late payment is a widespread problem, the committee voted 8-0 to pass the bill. HB 431, which would increase the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, was presented as necessary to cover higher operating costs such as salaries and IT. The author emphasized that the change would not cost taxpayers anything or reduce the amount returned to owners of unclaimed property. The committee approved the bill after questions about long-term impacts on the unclaimed property fund. The most extensive discussion centered on HB 3841, a major reform of tax increment financing (TIF). The author said the bill would not ban TIFs but would require voter approval, separate consent from affected taxing jurisdictions, more transparency, annual training for review committees, independent legal and financial opinions, and economic impact studies. Members raised concerns that the bill’s wording—especially the “majority of the eligible voters” language and removal of executive-session confidentiality—could make TIFs impractical or eliminate trade-secret protections, and they also questioned costs and effects on economic development. At the author’s request and with committee support, the bill was laid over for further work. The committee then passed HB 3024, which creates statutory limits and oversight for state employee pay increases and bonuses, including a 10% cap unless higher amounts are approved through cabinet secretary/OMES procedures. Supporters said it would add transparency and curb large, unreported raises, while questions focused on whether it would help address broader pay disparities. Finally, HB 3075, as amended by a PCS, was presented to authorize rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel for state agencies and local governments in response to the practical disappearance of pennies. The committee approved that bill as well, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the following week.