In this Issue

Governor Brown’s pen is likely out of ink after a busy month of signing and vetoing the 1,059 bills the Legislature sent him, and now counties are left to figure out how their operations are affected.

Many of the bills counties were watching most closely affect county finances. For instance, AB 1618 and AB 1628 implement one of the most talked about issues of the year, the No Place Like Home Program, which leverages up to $2 billion to build or refurbish permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals living with a serious mental illness.

Another high-profile bill, SBX2 2, is the main piece of the MCO fix. The tiered tax proposal in this bill is the product of months of negotiation between the Brown Administration, county-run health plans, other health plans, and the Legislature. It restructures the MCO tax in a way that meets federal standards. It raises between $1.3 and $1.7 billion annually, and will be in effect for three years, until 2019.
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State law requires elected and appointed officials to receive two hours of training in specified ethics laws and principles every two years. Newly elected and appointed officials must receive this training within one year of becoming a public servant.

To assist in this effort, CSAC — in conjunction with the Institute for Local Government — will be conducting AB 1234 training during our upcoming Annual Meeting.
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