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CDCAN Report #136-2010: Medi-Cal Institutional and Non-Institutional Providers Required to Be Paid Even If No Budget And Even if Special Fund Is Exhausted - Controller Lists What Can Be Paid & Not - Issues Statement On Gov's Wage Order
Fri, 2010-07-02 09:40 — chrisBoth Medi-Cal Institutional and Non-Institutional Providers Will Continue to Be Paid Even If No Budget In Place & If Special Fund Is Exhausted – Payments Will Continue for SSI/SSP, IHSS
Controller Issues Statement On Governor’s Order To Temporarily Reduce State Employee Wages to Federal Minimum – Refuses to Implement
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 07/01/2010 08:05 PM (Pacific Time)] – With a long budget stand-off expected to last possibly through the summer, the State Controller released information indicating what things the State can continue to pay – and what things cannot be paid, without a spending plan in place.
A copy of his 3 page letter (pdf file) to the Governor and four legislative leaders, dated June 15, 2010, outlined what the State is required to continue paying and what payments he cannot make unless a State budget is in enacted, is attached to this CDCAN Report and can also be downloaded from the CDCAN website at www.cdcan.us.
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance: Higher Education – Student Outcomes, Cap Outlay and April Letters from Governor’s Department of Finance
Tue, 2010-03-23 16:05 — chrisSubject: Higher Education – Student Outcomes, Cap Outlay and April Letters from Governor’s Department of Finance
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Yes
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance
Tue, 2010-03-23 15:53 — chrisHigher Education: Affordability
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Yes
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Hearing on K-12 and Higher Education
Sat, 2010-01-16 05:09 — chrisSENATE BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Subject: Overview of the Governor’s Budget Proposals for K-12 Education and Higher Education
CDCAN Report #213-2009: Governor's 2 Page "July Budget Revision" Contains Cuts to Education - No Additional Cuts to Health and Human Services
Thu, 2009-07-02 20:58 — chris- Governor's List of Cuts In "July Budget Revision"
- State Furloughs, Cuts to Education, UC and CSU
- No Additional Cuts To Health & Human Services
Governor Says Many of His Proposals Submitted in Late May Still Need To Be Enacted In Early July - Budget Agreement Could Be Near
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 07/02/09 6:07 PM (Pacific Time)] - With rumors that a possible agreement to resolve California's over $26 billion budget shortfall could be reached by early next week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's list of cuts - with no details - referred to as the "July Revision" contains additional major reductions that total $4.882 billion in order to make up for lost education funding cuts proposed in late May by the Governor but not acted on in time by the Legislature, in a two page letter, dated July 1, to Sen. Denise Ducheny (Democrat - San Diego), chair of the State Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and Assemblymember Noreen Evans (Democrat - Santa Rosa), chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. [Copy of the 2 page letter from the Governor's Department of Finance to the Assembly and Senate Budget Committee chairs is available on the CDCAN website at www.cdcan.us (alternate download location)]
The overall impact of the reductions proposed by the Governor are similar to what legislative Democrats - and Assembly Republicans - voted for in three bills to address the "cash crisis" but failed to win crucial support from Senate Republicans, causing the measures to go down into defeat during the last minutes of the 2008-2009 State budget year Tuesday evening.
CDCAN Report #207-2009: Assembly Adjourns - Senate Still In Session Though In Recess - Waiting on Final Vote of 3 Bills Passed Last Week by Assembly Dealing with Cash Crisis
Wed, 2009-07-01 00:10 — chrisASSEMBLY ADJOURNS FOR NIGHT - SENATE STILL IN SESSION - HOPE REPUBLICANS WILL BACK 3 BILLS TO AVERT NEED FOR IOUs
State Senate Passes Revised Budget and 7 Budget Trailer Bills - Budget Trailer Bills Dealing with Education, Health & Human Services Previously Approved In Assembly By Majority Vote Sunday Evening
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/30/09 10:54 PM (Pacific Time)] - The State Senate earlier this evening passed the Democratic revised budget plan contained in AB 10x3, (the "x3" refers to the 3rd special or extraordinary session) and also 7 budget trailer bills, all by majority votes with no support from Senate Republicans, that appears to be identical to a bill passed by both houses with majority votes on Sunday and Monday. That bill - SB 16x3 - was vetoed earlier this evening by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Democrats used a procedural move to by-pass the need for Republican votes - but doing so - assuming the Governor approves the bills, means none of the bills take effect until 90 days after the Governor signs it. The Governor however indicated earlier this evening that he intends to veto the bills (see below).
The budget trailer bills dealing with education, health, human services and developmental services are the same bills approved by the Assembly Sunday evening, also by majority votes.
The Assembly adjourned for the day just around 10 PM, and meets tomorrow (Wednesday, July 1) upon the call of the Assembly Speaker to take action on at least two of the bills that the State Senate passed this evening that contains the Democratic plan to close at least $23 billion of the $24 billion budget shortfall.
CDCAN Report #179-2009: About 40,000 Children and Adults with Disabilities, Seniors On IHSS Could Face Elimination of All or Some of Their Services by October 1, 2009
Wed, 2009-06-17 23:43 — chris40,000 PEOPLE ON IHSS COULD FACE ELIMINATION OR REDUCTION OF SERVICES BY OCTOBER 1, 2009
Plan Approved by Conference Committee Would Narrow Eligibility And Eliminate IHSS for Some and Reduce Services for Others
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/17/09 09:20 PM (Pacific Time)] - An estimated 40,000 children and adults with disabilities, the blind and seniors could lose all services under the In-Home Supportive Services or keep some services but lose domestic and related services under the program by October 1, 2009, if a proposal, approved by the Budget Conference Committee late Tuesday evening (June 16), is eventually passed by the Legislature and signed off by the Governor in the next few weeks. [CDCAN will be issuing an Action Alert later tonight. See CDCAN Report #180-2009 that has details and background information on the “functional index ranking” and “functional index scores” that are referred to in both the Governor’s and Budget Conference Committee proposals]
Legislative Democrats, who control the 10 member Budget Conference Committee composed of 5 members from the Assembly and State Senate, earlier rejected the Governor’s more sweeping cost containment proposal that would have eliminated or reduced services to over 360,000 children and adults with disabilities, the blind and seniors under a plan that would have imposed stricter eligibility rules. Legislative Republicans on the Budget Conference Committee supported the Governor’s plan.
Assemblymember Noreen Evans (Democrat- Santa Rosa), chair of the Budget Conference Committee, said that the Governor’s original plan that would eliminate or sharply reduce services for 90% of the people in the IHSS program is “tantamount to eliminating the program” and that is simply “something I will not do”.
CDCAN Report #166-2009: Budget Conference Commitee Will Meet At 4:30 PM Today on Education and Higher Education Issues; Medi-Cal, Regional Centers, Healthy Families on Friday - SSI/SSP, IHSS, CalWORKS on Saturday
Thu, 2009-06-04 15:48 — chrisBudget Conference Committee Meets At 4:30 PM On Education and Higher Education Budget Issues
- Friday: Health Issues including Medi-Cal, Regional Centers, Healthy Families, Adult Day Health
- Saturday: Human Services including IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Community Care Licensing
- Monday: Local Government
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/04/09 01:30 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Budget Conference Committee, originally set to meet at 9:30 AM this morning, and then at 1 PM, pushed back its meeting time today (June 4) to 4:30 PM, at the State Capitol, in Room 4203. [Note: It is possible that time could be changed further. Persons can call the Assembly Budget Committee office at 916-319-2099 to confirm the hearing time.]
The hearing today will focus on the Governor’s proposed cuts to education and higher education, which includes major cuts to California’s 110 community colleges and 60% reductions in spending for the community colleges’ Disabled Students Program and Services that serves over 100,000 students with disabilities.
The Budget Conference Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Noreen Evans (Democrat – Santa Rosa), ended yesterday the public comment part of its hearing process on the Governor’s proposed budget reductions and will now focus hearing details and take some possible actions in the next round of hearings that begins today.
CDCAN Report #161-2009: Budget Hearing June 1 - Community Colleges Disabled Student Services Programs on Chopping Block
Mon, 2009-06-01 01:52 — chris- BUDGET CONFERENCE HEARING MONDAY JUNE 1
- FOCUS ON EDUCATION CUTS BY GOVERNOR
- MASSIVE CUTS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
- NEARLY 60% CUT TO DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES
Cuts To Child Care & Development Programs and Community Care Licensing On Agenda
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/31/09 11:40 PM (Pacific Time)] - Under the shadow of the worst budget crisis in California history, the Budget Conference Committee will hold its third hearing to hear public comment, with a focus on education, community care licensing and child care and development cuts proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, beginning at 10:30 AM, Monday, June 1, 2009, at the State Capitol in Room 4203.
California faces a budget shortfall projected at over $24 billion by the end of the 2009-2010 State Budget year that begins July 1, 2009 and ends June 30, 2010. On top of that, even if the Legislature adopts every one of the Governor’s proposals, state budget officials say the state could still face a budget shortfall for 2010-2011 (the budget year that begins July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011) of over $15 billion.
The Governor proposed on May 14th and last week a series of major new budget proposals to revise the budget passed in February (four months early) and close the new $24 billion gap that includes massive spending cuts and program eliminations to health and human services, education and other areas of the State budget.
