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Recent budget coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
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.
Supervisors used restricted county funds to meet a local match requirement tied to the planned Willow Glen residential treatment project.
An April 20 committee packet lays out a July 1, 2026 transition from the NET5 narcotics task force to a new Special Investigations Unit involving four agencies.
The April 23 Public Works/Support Services Committee agenda includes a Natomas Basin mitigation-fee update, a reduced cemetery district reimbursement, a steep special-events fee increase and a $52,000 annual agreement with Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation.
The Health and Welfare Committee agenda calls for a budget adjustment tied to the county’s maintenance-of-effort requirement for In-Home Supportive Services.
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.