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Recent budget coverage from Shasta County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
A joint Assembly oversight hearing raised questions about whether California’s crisis line system is fully meeting its promise, while DHCS disclosed more than 74,000 988 contacts in March and said unanswered contacts go to out-of-state backup centers.
AB 108 cleared the Assembly on May 7, authorizing one-time emergency grants for hospitals at risk of closing.
Assembly budget lawmakers heard competing proposals for scaling wildfire mitigation, including whether California should keep relying on large subsidies or shift toward smaller grants, loans and insurance-linked incentives.
The Revenue and Taxation Committee sent the corporate tax bill to Appropriations on a 7-0 vote after supporters said it could raise $3 billion to $4 billion a year and opponents warned about compliance and retaliation risks.
The committee approved the bill after testimony that 32 of 157 associations reviewed would face special assessments in 2025.
The Higher Education Committee moved the hunger-data bill forward and tied it to funding for the California Health Interview Survey after lawmakers said federal hunger data collection had been cut.
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee voted 8-0 to advance SB 417, which would put a $10 billion housing bond on the November ballot.
At an April 22 budget hearing, CDFA officials tied a proposed 28% USDA cut to several agricultural risks while pressing for local food procurement and climate-smart program funding.
AB 2243 would create a state bank commission to study whether California should pursue a state bank or other public financing tools.
AB 1977 and AB 1987 cleared the Assembly on recorded votes, advancing a notary-law update tied to 2030 implementation and a measure keeping wildlife-area fee revenue on site for upkeep.
The Assembly budget subcommittee heard testimony on a proposed three-year account shift for DOJ tribal public-safety work, along with funding for firearms IT modernization and SB 704 implementation, while the LAO recommended narrowing part of the plan.
