A June 23 staff report says Shasta County cannot fully support part of its new SB 707 comment workflow and asks supervisors to suspend a rule and rewrite the policy before June 30.
The labor trailer bill would let the Department of Industrial Relations accept electronic funds transfer payments and update disability-benefit and grant-reporting rules tied to the 2026 Budget Act.
The Assembly unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to AB 182, an elections-related bill now headed to the governor.
The Assembly unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to AB 182, an elections-related bill, and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The bill moved on a do-pass motion in the Assembly Transportation Committee, where supporters framed it as a way to give regulators more flexibility under the Clean Miles Standard.
The industry group said it had opposed the Clean Truck Transparency Act but moved to neutral after changes in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
The bill cleared the Assembly 62-1 and adds data-collection requirements for some developmental-services settings.
Lawmakers, auditors and higher-education leaders revisited a 2023 transfer audit at a Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing, underscoring persistent bottlenecks for community college students trying to reach UC and CSU degrees.
The June 29 budget hearing added a $141 million Next Gen 911 item to the 2026-27 package, along with reporting, audit and oversight requirements.
The board sent two charter-related measures to the ordinance pipeline after public hearing and discussion.
Chief Sean O’Hare told Shasta County supervisors the department’s current fire model is being propped up by contract savings and settlement-funded equipment, but a larger gap looms in 2030-31. He also said county fire dispatch is part of the CAL FIRE cooperative agreement and would need a replacement system if the county ever left the contract.
At the June 9 hearing, county officials put a $658 million recommended budget, reserves below policy target and a projected $46 million pension contribution on the record ahead of June 23 adoption.
County staff said general reserves would fall to 14.8% of general fund expenditures as supervisors weighed a recommended budget shaped by retirement costs and other long-term obligations.
The bill advanced 67-0 on the Assembly floor June 25 and now heads back to the Senate.
A county memo says Facilities Management exceeded one object-level budget category by $555,951 and used $797,125 more in retained earnings than approved, triggering a request for a written response and possible board action.
Tracy Neal told Shasta County supervisors the department is trimming payroll while preparing for a delayed CALAIM launch and drawing down restricted CCP and SB 823 balances.
At a June 24 Assembly hearing, Sacramento city and county officials, advocates and service providers lined up behind SB 802, while Sacramento Act’s Alicia Deans recorded opposition.
SB 876 moved out of the Assembly Insurance Committee in amended form after Sen. Alex Padilla accepted changes that narrowed the bill.
The 5-0 vote sends the advanced-manufacturing exemption overhaul to Appropriations after supporters and opponents clashed over labor and environmental conditions.
SB 1240 would set up an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment to help nonprofits navigate state procurement, grants and reimbursements after broad support in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee.
SB 1398 would let state projects use Green Globes as an alternative to LEED, but the U.S. Green Building Council warned it should not sidestep the Department of General Services' equivalency review.
SB 1301 moved forward after testimony from fire survivors and consumer advocates who said insurers can drop homeowners even after mitigation work or repairs.
The June 22 decision backs a multi-year EPIC demonstration that aims to replace much of ordinary Portland cement with lower-carbon materials at an existing San Leandro facility.
The California Energy Commission approved funding for a dairy facility retrofit that will use heat pumps, heat recovery and thermal storage to cut fossil gas use.
