Nov. 1, 2018

With Governor Brown signing over 1,000 bills into law this year, CSAC is publishing a series of articles to spotlight new laws that impact counties from each policy area. This week, the report from the Health and Human Services (HHS) policy area provides information on new laws affecting foster care, mental health, homelessness, and more. Stay tuned for more updates from other policy areas over the next several weeks.

The new laws listed below become effective January 1, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

This week, the National Association of Counties (NACo) invited county officials to join a webinar on new federal funding opportunities. In addition, NACo is providing counties an opportunity to have their voices heard by two federal agencies in a call to action.

Sept. 6, 2018

CSAC, along with the County Health Executives Association of California, the Emergency Medical Services Administrators’ Association of California,  the California Hospital Association, and the California Ambulance Association are requesting that Governor Brown veto AB 3115, by Assembly Member Mike Gipson.

AB 3115 was a “gut and amend” that was created in the last days of the legislative session, received no policy committee review, and contains multiple changes to the operation of the state and local emergency medical services (EMS) system.

Aug. 16, 2018

The CSAC Health and Human Services (HSS) Policy Committee met Monday to consider a position on Proposition 2: The No Place Like Home (NPLH) Act of 2018, which will appear on the November ballot. The Committee voted to recommend a support position.

June 18, 20

The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has released the County Designation Forms for the No Place Like Home (NPLH) Noncompetitive Allocation Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). These forms are the first step for counties that are interested in part of the $200 million in noncompetitive state funds.