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Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez

Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez is the CSAC Deputy Executive Director of Legislative Affairs.

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CARE Court Legislation Continues to be a Top CSAC Priority 

Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez

June 2, 2022

Governor Newsom’s new Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court proposal – Senate Bill 1338 – which is authored by Senators Umberg and Eggman, passed the Senate last week with a unanimous 38-0 vote.

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Legislature Passes Scores of Bills Between Houses

Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez

June 2, 2022

The Legislature raced to meet last Friday’s House of Origin deadline (May 27), which requires all bills to be passed by the House in which they were introduced. The Senate and Assembly passed more than 500 bills off of both floors. Please find CSAC updates on bills of interest organized by issue area below.

Health and Human Services

Note: For an update on SB 1338 (Umberg) and the Governor’s CARE Court proposal, please see the stand-alone article in this edition. 

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Legislature Unveils Budget Package

Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez

June 2, 2022

On Wednesday, the Senate and Assembly unveiled a joint 2022-23 budget package. Titled Delivering Prosperity & Strengthening the Future By Putting California’s Wealth to Work, the Legislature’s version of the budget represents an agreement between the between the leaders and budget chairs of both houses. This budget agreement will be amended into AB 154 and SB 154 over the coming days. The Legislature will then move to adopt this budget prior to the June 15 constitutional deadline.

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New Laws for 2022: Administration of Justice

Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez Stanicia Boatner

Governor Newsom met the October 10 deadline to take action on measures approved by the Legislature and delivered to his desk. To keep counties informed of new laws that impact them, CSAC will be publishing a series of articles to spotlight those laws in each policy area. This week, the Administration of Justice policy area provides information on new laws affecting criminal justice fees, courts, police reform and juvenile justice.

The new laws listed below become effective January 1, 2022 unless otherwise noted.

Juvenile Justice

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