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“June 2, 2014 CONTACT PERSON: Kevin AslanianCCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-11 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] Cell Phone – 916-712-0061 Email: [email protected] Legislative Calendar for 2014 4 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 4 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 3 May 30 \u2014 Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin June 2 \u2014 Committee meetings may resume June 15 \u2014Budget Bill must be passed by midnight June 27 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills July 3 \u2014Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been passed July 4 \u2014Independence Day. Aug. 4 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess Aug. 15 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the Floor Aug. 18 31 \u2014Floor Session only. No committee may meet for any purpose Aug. 22 \u2014Last day to amend bills on the Floor Aug. 31 \u2014Last day for each house to pass bills ( 61(b)(17)). Final Recess begins upon adjournment Breaking News This Week 2014-2015 State Budget Conference Committee Members Nancy Skinner (D), Chair Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 Mark Leno, Vice Chair Phone 651-0011 Fax 651-4911 Room 5100 Senator Lonnie Hancock Phone 651-4009 Fax 651-4909 Room 2082 Senator Ricardo Lara Phone 651-4033 Fax 651-4933 Room 5050 Senator Jim Nielsen Phone 651-4004 Fax 651-4904 Room 4062 Assembly Member Richard Bloom Phone: 319-2044 Fax: 319-2144 Rm. #: 2179 Assembly Member Shirley Weber Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Assembly Member Jeff Gorell Phone: 319-2044 Fax: 319-2144 Rm. #: 6031 ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Bill Status Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Senate Human Services Committee 6-10-14 @ 1:30 Room 3191 AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $70 and have a COLA for the $75. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Senate Human Services Committee 6-10-14 @ 1:30 Room 3191 AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers under 2 years old. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of verification of pregnancy. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB 1653- Garcia Room # 5164 – 319-2058 Staff: Elena Lee [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs DV Waivers – This bill would provide for a process to determine eligibility for DV waivers and limit retroactive waivers to 12 months. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. NEXT STOP: Senate Human Services Committee AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Held in Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014 would exempt employable veterans of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. County may opt out. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Held in Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 2354- Conway Room # 4130 – 319-2026 Staff: Maddy Stelsmiller [email protected] Conway CalWORKs – This bill would require that EBT cards have a photograph of the EBT cardholder. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2382- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the CalWORKs school-attendance penalty for children under 16 as there is already a truancy penalty in the California Education Code. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Senate Floor. SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Ordered to Senate Inactive File SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Jim Beall, Chair Phone: 651-4015 Fax: 651-4915 Room # 2068 Mareva Brown [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel – [email protected] Senator Carol Liu,Chair Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Democratic Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Julie Souliere, Republican Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2637 Fax: 319-2144 Rm. #: 6027 [email protected] SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Subcommittee # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] All budget issues will be decided in the 2014-2015 Budget Conference Committee. Conference Committee Members Staff Staff Nancy Skinner (D), Chair Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 Nicole Vasquez [email protected] Mark Leno, Vice Chair Phone 651-0011 Fax 651-4911 Room 5100 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senator Lonnie Hancock Phone 651-4009 Fax 651-4909 Room 2082 Marla Cowan [email protected] Senator Ricardo Lara Phone 651-4033 Fax 651-4933 Room 5050 Megan Baier [email protected] Senator Jim Nielsen Phone 651-4004 Fax 651-4904 Room 4062 Chris Nordes [email protected] Assembly Member Richard Bloom Phone: 319-2050 Fax: 319-2150 Rm. #: 2173 Sean MacNeil [email protected] Assembly Member Shirley Webber Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Assembly Member Jeff Gorell Phone: 319-2044 Fax: 319-2144 Rm. #: 6031 Julie Souliere [email protected] dune 2, 2014 ary Cee ee ey Cre Cuca Lopieatve Calondar for 2044 Breaking News This Week 2014-2015 State Budget Conference Committee ‘Members any SiC Sram ite 2S ote ann ‘ee ana Se eae ‘hme Sea -rar Sai ”

“May 23, 2014 CONTACT PERSON: Kevin AslanianCCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-11 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] Cell Phone – 916-712-0061 Email: [email protected] Legislative Calendar for 2014 4 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 4 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 3 May 30 \u2014 Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin June 2 \u2014 Committee meetings may resume June 15 \u2014Budget Bill must be passed by midnight June 27 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills July 3 \u2014Summer Recess begins upon adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been passed July 4 \u2014Independence Day. Aug. 4 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess Aug. 15 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the Floor Aug. 18 31 \u2014Floor Session only. No committee may meet for any purpose Aug. 22 \u2014Last day to amend bills on the Floor Aug. 31 \u2014Last day for each house to pass bills ( 61(b)(17)). Final Recess begins upon adjournment Breaking News This Week New Chair for Senate Human Services Committee – Senator Jim Beall of Santa Clara County was appointed Chair of the Senate Human Services Committee. Senator Beall chaired the Assembly Human Services Committee when he was in the Assembly and has been an advocate for the poor. Senate and Assembly Suspense File Outcomes – Most of the welfare bills made it out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee as reflected below. On the other hand the Senate Appropriations Committee killed all CalWORKs bill originating from the Senate in 2014. ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Bill Status Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Passed the Assembly. NEXT STOP. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $70 and have a COLA for the $75. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Passed Assembly Floor. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers under 2 years old. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of verification of pregnancy. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 1653- Garcia Room # 5164 – 319-2058 Staff: Elena Lee [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs DV Waivers – This bill would provide for a process to determine eligibility for DV waivers and limit retroactive waivers to 12 months. Passed Assembly Floor. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Held in Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. NEXT STOP Senate Human Services Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO [bookmark: _GoBack]General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014 would exempt employable veterans of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. County may opt out. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Held in Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 2354- Conway Room # 4130 – 319-2026 Staff: Maddy Stelsmiller [email protected] Conway CalWORKs – This bill would require that EBT cards have a photograph of the EBT cardholder. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Held in Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 2382- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs. This bill would repeal the CalWORKs school attendance penalty as there is already a truancy sanction now in the Education Code. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Assembly Floor. AB 2435- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-4130 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Senate Floor. SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Got off suspense. NEXT STOP: Senate Floor. SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Held in Senate Appropriations. Committee. SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Jim Beall, Chair Phone: 651-4015 Fax: 651-4915 Room # 2068 Mareva Brown [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel – [email protected] Senator Carol Liu,Chair Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] All budget issues will be decided in the 2014-2015 Budget Conference Committee. aera Cee ne ny Cre eC cece eT Space Breaking News This Week New Chair for Senate Human Services Commitee – Senator Jim Beal of Santa Clara County was appoted Chai ofthe Senate oman Services Corsmitoe. Senator Beal chaired the Asser biy Human Services Commie when he was athe Assembly and has bon an advocate fo he poor Senate and Assembly Suspense File Outcomes – Most ofthe ‘walla ils made out of the Assembly Approprations Commitee ‘2 refeced Delow. On te other hand the Senate Appropriations Commit ited all CalWORKs bil onginang fom the Senate Sov ”

” CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian,CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-10 [bookmark: _GoBack]April 28, 2014 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] 916-712-0061 [email protected] Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014 Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)).Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014 Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014 Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014 Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up Next Two (2) Weeks 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 Assembly Human Services Committee STONE, Chair 1:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 437 ( Listen to this hearing ) A.B. No. 1613 Stone. CalWORKs: benefits overpayment. A.B. No. 1653 Garcia. CalWORKs: victims of domestic violence. A.B. No. 1776 Nazarian. Public social services: hearings. A.B. No. 1930 Skinner. CalFresh: student eligibility. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 10:00 am Room 4203 S.B. No. 899 – Mitchell. Repeal of MFG Rule S.B. No. 1002 – De Le\u00f3n. Medi Cal: redetermination. S.B. No. 1029 – Hanckock. Repeal of denying CalWORKs & Food Stamp for drug felons. S.B. No. 1147 – DeSaulnier. Food Stamp Customer Services Standards Future Budget Hearing on page 7 & 8. ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Bill Status Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Passed the Assembly. Next stop. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Floor. AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of verification of pregnancy. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB 1653- Garcia Room # 5164 – 319-2058 Staff: Elena Lee [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs DV Waivers – This bill would provide for a process to determine eligibility for DV waivers and limit retroactive waivers to 12 months. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2354- Conway Room # 4130 – 319-2026 Staff: Maddy Stelsmiller [email protected] Conway CalWORKs – This bill would require that EBT cards have a photograph of the EBT cardholder. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2435- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-4130 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Passed the Senate Human Services Committee. SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Carol Liu,Chair Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Lonni Hancock Phone: 651-4009 Fax: 651-4909 Room # 2082 Marla Cowan [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u2028, 3 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair, \u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, May 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs Child Welfare Services State Hearings Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 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” CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian,CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-09 April 18, 2014 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] 916-712-0061 [email protected] [bookmark: _GoBack]Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014 Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)).Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014 Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014 Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014 Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up Next Two (2) Weeks 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 Assembly Human Services Committee STONE, Chair 1:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 437 ( Listen to this hearing ) A.B. No. 1613 Stone. CalWORKs: benefits overpayment. A.B. No. 1653 Garcia. CalWORKs: victims of domestic violence. A.B. No. 1776 Nazarian. Public social services: hearings. A.B. No. 1930 Skinner. CalFresh: student eligibility. WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. SENATE HUMAN COMMTTEE Room 3191 S.B. No. 999 – Lui. CalFresh Student Eligibility TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 10:00 am Room 4203 S.B. No. 899 – Mitchell. Repeal of MFG Rule S.B. No. 1002 – De Le\u00f3n. Medi Cal: redetermination. S.B. No. 1029 – Hanckock. Repeal of denying CalWORKs & Food Stamp for drug felons. S.B. No. 1147 – DeSaulnier. Food Stamp Customer Services Standards Future Budget Hearing on page 7 & 8. ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Bill Status Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Passed the Assembly. Next stop. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Floor. AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of verification of pregnancy. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations. AB 1653- Garcia Room # 5164 – 319-2058 Staff: Elena Lee [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs DV Waivers – This bill would provide for a process to determine eligibility for DV waivers and limit retroactive waivers to 12 months. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2354- Conway Room # 4130 – 319-2026 Staff: Maddy Stelsmiller [email protected] Conway CalWORKs – This bill would require that EBT cards have a photograph of the EBT cardholder. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2435- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-4130 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Health & Human Services Committee 4-22-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Senate Appropriations. Committee 4-28-14 @ 10:00 Room #4203 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Carol Liu,Chair Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Lonni Hancock Phone: 651-4009 Fax: 651-4909 Room # 2082 Marla Cowan [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u2028, 3 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair, \u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, May 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs Child Welfare Services State Hearings Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. (CCWRO) 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org pea aera Cee ne ny Cee ec cee 1780 entangear Leststatve Calondar for 201 Ae 10\u2014 Spring Re ep a en fh ay ae Coming Up Next Two (2) Weeks set ran ce \”Snag cantne opmteGgeines? SNe al a Set \”Tasca ay tue nn Grea amon: ae Tovnam msec GRA ett pent ”

” CONTACT PERSON: Kevin Aslanian,CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-08 April 5, 2014 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] 916-712-0061 [email protected] [bookmark: _GoBack]Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014 Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)).Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014 Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014 Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014 Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up Next Two (2) Weeks 2 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 2 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014 Assembly Human Services Committee STONE, Chair 1:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 437 ( Listen to this hearing ) A.B. No. 1502 Mullin. CalWORKs: Family Unity Act of 2015. A.B. No. 1516 Gonzales. CalWORKs Diapers A.B. No. 1614 Stone. Electronic benefits transfer cards. A.B. No. 1882 Cooley. CalWORKs: relative caregivers. A.B. No. 2252 John A. P\u00e9rez. Child support payments: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts. A.B. No. 2345 Gonzalez. Public social services: eligibility: noncitizens. A.J.R. No. 40 Mullin. Federal poverty level measurement. Breaking News Senate Human Services has a new chair, Senator Carol Lui. Senator Lonni Hancock is a new member on the Committee. WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. SENATE HUMAN COMMTTEE Room 3191 S.B. No. 899 – Mitchell. Repeal of MFG Rule S.B. No. 1002 – De Le\u00f3n. Medi Cal: redetermination. S.B. No. 1029 – Hanckock. Repeal of denying CalWORKs & Food Stamp for drug felons. S.B. No. 1147 – DeSaulnier. Food Stamp Customer Services Standards WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 3 P.M Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 Joint Senate Budget & Fiscal Subcommittee No. 2 and 3 Block and Corbett, Chair Department of Social Services – CalWORKs Child Care ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Bill Status Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Passed the Assembly. Next stop. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of verification of pregnancy. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1653- Garcia Room # 5164 – 319-2058 Staff: Elena Lee [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs DV Waivers – This bill would provide for a process to determine eligibility for DV waivers and limit retroactive waivers to 12 months. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Passed Human Services. Next stop Assembly Appropriations AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Referred to Assembly Human Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Human Services on 4-29-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Human Services on 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 2354- Conway Room # 4130 – 319-2026 Staff: Maddy Stelsmiller [email protected] Conway CalWORKs – This bill would require that EBT cards have a photograph of the EBT cardholder. Referred to Assembly Human Committee AB 2435- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-4130 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Referred to Assembly Human Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Senate Health Committee 3-26-14 @ 1:30 Room # 4202 SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Carol Liu,Chair Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Lonni Hancock Phone: 651-4009 Fax: 651-4909 Room # 2082 Marla Cowan [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, May 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs Child Welfare Services State Hearings Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services, 9:30 am or upon adjournment Room 4203 OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. (CCWRO) 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org SeaREee aera Cee ne ny reco} neat aslandetar Legislative Calondar for 201 Ae 10\u2014 Spring Re ep ed of hays on J. SUA 2 resehange naveieteemmer mee cae i, ENE emai eracwon ‘ain Roan ae Sue | oo ”

“[bookmark: _GoBack] CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-07 [image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] WHAT’S NEW? Jennifer Swenson is now the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s Principal Consultant for Human Services Rebecca Nieto, Chief of Staff for Senator Corbett is doing Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee Sub. # 3 March 21, 2014 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMTTEE Room 437 A.B. No. 1452 Stone. CalWORKs: temporary homeless assistance. A.B. No. 1579 Stone. CalWORKs: pregnant mothers. A.B. No. 1614 Stone. Electronic benefits transfer cards. A.B. No. 1654 Bonilla. CalWORKs: assignment of child support. Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. SENATE HEALTH COMMTTEE Room 4203 S.B. No. 899 – Mitchell. Repeal of MFG Rule S.B. No. 1002 De Le\u00f3n. Medi Cal: redetermination. S.B. No. 1029 – Hanckock. Repeal of Denying CalWORKs & Food Stamp to convicted drug felons. S.B. No. 1147 – DeSaulnier. Food Stamp Customer Services Standards THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 9:30 or upon adjournment of floor session Room 4203 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Office of Systems Integration County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Andrea Perry [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 24835- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-2055 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Senate Health Committee 3-26-14 @ 1:30 Room # 4202 SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Tempestt Edward [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Jennifer Swenson, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee meets every Monday at 10:00 A.M. in Room 4203 Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Rebecca Nieto [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT rarer Tons es Peed aan Ee ShipemmemrtiRAO Coming Up This Week SEES senate zagemcee: keene SSE aca mean guest \”A. 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“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo]March 15, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-06 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 5 TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMTTEE Room 437 A.B. No. 1452 Stone. CalWORKs: temporary homeless assistance. A.B. No. 1579 Stone. CalWORKs: pregnant mothers. A.B. No. 1614 Stone. Electronic benefits transfer cards. A.B. No. 1654 Bonilla. CalWORKs: assignment of child support. Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 – 1:30 p.m. SENATE HEALTH COMMTTEE Room 4203 S.B. No. 1002 De Le\u00f3n. Medi Cal: redetermination. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 9:30 or upon adjournment of floor session Room 4203 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Office of Systems Integration County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 24835- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-2055 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 5061 916-651-4022 Claire Conlon [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Senate Health Committee 3-26-14 @ 1:30 Room # 4202 SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SB 1147 – DeSaulnier Room # 5035 916-651-4007 Tempestt Edward [email protected] California Food Policy Advocates CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would require the department, in collaboration with key stakeholders, to establish statewide customer service standards and performance goals with regard to CalFresh. Health & Human Services Committee 4-8-14 @ 1:30 Room #3191 SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Mark DeSaulnier Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Jennifer Swenson [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT array Reece Eireann ceed Legislative Calendar for 2014 Soe eee, Coming Up This Week a a2 SEE SSpmerof non eit ”

“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo]March 10, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & [bookmark: _GoBack]Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-05 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week 6 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 6 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 5 THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Joint Oversight Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services And Budget Subcommittee No.2 On Education Finance MURATSUCHI, WEBER, Chairs 9 a.m. – State Capitol, Room 4202 ( Listen to this hearing ) Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services, Budget, Education OVERSIGHT HEARING SUBJECT: Joint Hearing on Child Care Department of Social Services & Department of Education THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II, SSI Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Senate Human Services AB 1452 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 2163 – 916-319-2022 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1614 – Stone Room # 5155 – 319-2029 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would make improvements in the delivery of benefits through the EBT system Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: Ivan Carrillo [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Human Services on 3-25-14 @ 1:30 Room #437 AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2252 Speaker Perez Room # 219 – 319-2053 Staff: Gail Gronert [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This bill would provide protections for persons receiving child support payments in a form other than a check. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 5136 – 319-2062 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans This bill is the General Assistance Thanks You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2345- Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2080 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CIPC CP LCHC CalWORKs – This bill would provide CalWORKs benefits to noncitizens lawfully living in the United States of America. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 24835- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-2055 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Assembly Human Services Committee, Mark Stone, Chair March 18, 2014 TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Room 437 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Noreen Evans Phone: 651-4002 Fax: 651-4902 Room # 4085 Sofia Andrade [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Roderick D. Wright Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Senate Human Services Committee, Senator Yee, Chair March 25, – Room 3191 TIME: 1:30 Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Jennifer Swenson [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II, SSI THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Office of Systems Integration – County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT arch 10,2014 array Reece ERR ee eae ee ed Legislative Calendar for 2014 SE at py emerald Felten reer er Coming Up This Week SScuncatiimtcns ‘ox catia ”

“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] February 28, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-04 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health & Human Services WEBER, Chair DATE: Wednesday, March 5, TIME: 2014 1:30 p.m. PLACE State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Department of Social Services Office of Systems Integration In-Home Supportive Services SSI\/SSP Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1452 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO CalWORKs -This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 3098 – 916-319-2077 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2077 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: @asm.ca.gov WCLP CalWORKs Child Support – This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Assembly Rules Committee AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO State Hearings – This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO Food Stamps – The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified as permitted by federal law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO General Assistance Veterans – This bill is the General Assistance Thank You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2382- Bradford Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs -This bill would delete the imposition of financial penalties upon CalWORKs families whose child under 16 is not attending school as they are subject to other truancy penalties. Assembly Rules Committee AB 24835- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-2055 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] Hagman CalWORKs – This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Assembly Human Services Committee, Mark Stone, Chair March 18, 2014 TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Room 437 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill State Budget Bill – This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP CalWORKs – This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Food Stamps – Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP Food Stamps and Medi-Cal – This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP CalWORKs & Food Stamps – This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Noreen Evans Phone: 651-4002 Fax: 651-4902 Room # 4085 Sofia Andrade [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Roderick D. Wright Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Senate Human Services Committee, Senator Yee, Chair March 25, – Room 3191 TIME: 1:30 Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) 6 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 6 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Secretary for California Health and Human Services – Office of Systems Integration – In-Home Supportive Services – Supplemental Security Income\/State Supplemental Payment WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028 Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Jennifer Swenson [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II, SSI THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Office of Systems Integration – County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT array Reece ERR re nae ace ed Legislative Calendar for 2014 SE at py emerald Felten reer er Coming Up This Week xref cel Serie Oe of es ion nto Spe ”

“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] February 24, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-03 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Feb. 17 \u2014President’s Day. Feb. 21 \u2014Last day for bills to be introduced (J.R. 61(b)(4)), (J.R. 54(a)). Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health & Human Services WEBER, Chair 1:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing ) Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services Department of Social Services – Poverty in California California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 -916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1452 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 3098 – 916-319-2077 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 – 319-2077 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 3098 – 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 – 319-2014 Staff: @asm.ca.gov WCLP This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Assembly Rules Committee AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee AB1930- Skinner Room # 4015 – 319-2015 Staff: Tony Bui [email protected] WCLP CCWRO The bill require that students who participate in the EOPS program be considered exempt from the student work requirement as specified, unless prohibited by federal law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2311- Bradford Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] CCWRO This bill is the General Assistance Thank You For Your Service Act of 2014. This bill would exempt employable veterans, who were honorably discharged from the armed forces, of limiting general assistance benefits to 3 months every 12 months as provided in current law. Assembly Rules Committee AB 2382- Bradford Room # 4015 – 319-2046 Staff: Erasmo Viveros [email protected] WCLP This bill would delete the imposition of financial penalties upon CalWORKs families whose child under 16 is not attending school as they are subject to other truancy penalties. Assembly Rules Committee AB 24835- Hagman Room # 4130 – 319-2055 Staff: Ian Adams [email protected] [bookmark: _GoBack]Author This bill would deny CalWORKs benefits to a person who has been convicted of a sex crime against a person living with the CalWORKs family with certain exceptions. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Assembly Human Services Committee, Mark Stone, Chair March 18, 2014 TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Room 437 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Room # 4082 916-651-4026 Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 WCLP Reforming the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1002 – DeLoen Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP This bill would align Medi-Cal redeterminations with the food stamp recertifications that would not disadvantage the beneficiary. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Noreen Evans Phone: 651-4002 Fax: 651-4902 Room # 4085 Sofia Andrade [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Roderick D. Wright Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Senate Human Services Committee, Senator Yee, Chair March 25, – Room 3191 TIME: 1:30 Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 Travis Allen (R)Tim Donnelly(R) Eric Linder(R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Chris R. Holden(D) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Shirley N. Weber (D) Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Robert Smith [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services Department of Social Services – Poverty in California – California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Secretary for California Health and Human Services – Office of Systems Integration – In-Home Supportive Services – Supplemental Security Income\/State Supplemental Payment WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Jennifer Swenson [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II SSI THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Office of Systems Integration – County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresh (Food Stamps) CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENT array Reece Eire enone na ce Legislative Calendar for 2014 cme Coming Up This Week eames Ne ea anc, pronto Sac Seis Par i Calf tos Wek Opry an epost Ris CANORK) ”

“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] February 15, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-02 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Feb. 17 \u2014President’s Day. Feb. 21 \u2014Last day for bills to be introduced (J.R. 61(b)(4)), (J.R. 54(a)). Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). Coming Up This Week Check for bills relative to public benefits in assembly and senate index. The deadline for bill to be introduced is February 21, 2014. That is the best time to look for public benefits related bills in the assembly and senate bill index. Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1452 – Stone Room # 3098 319-2077 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1502 – Mullin Room # 3098 916-319-2077 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 319-2077 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1579 – Stone Room # 3098 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee AB1613 – Stone Room # 3098 319-2077 Staff: Arianna Smith [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would implement OMB Circular 87 that provides States must not spend more money collecting an overpayment compared to the value of the overpayment to be collected. Assembly Human Services Committee AB 1654 – Bonilla Room # 4140 319-2014 Staff: @asm.ca.gov WCLP This would increase child support disregard from $50 a month to $100 a month for a family with one child and $200 or more, if allowed by federal law, for families with more than 1 child. Assembly Rules Committee AB1776 – Nazarian Room # 4015 319-2046 Staff: Elissa K. Ouchida [email protected] CCWRO This would make certain changes in the state hearing process to make the system more efficient without disadvantaging recipients of public social services. Assembly Rules Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Assembly Human Services Committee, Mark Stone, Chair COMING SOON TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Room 437 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Room # 5100 916-651-4011 Staff: Tam Ma [email protected] Committee Bill This is the 2014-2015 State Budget Bill Referred to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee SB 899 – Mitchell Elise Gyore [email protected] EBCL and WCLP This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 999 – Liu Room # 5097 916-651-4025 Spot bill for food stamps Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 1029 – Hancock Room # 2082 916-651-4009 Marla Cowan [email protected] WCLP This bill would repeal the current probation of CalWORKs and Food Stamp benefits for convicted drug felons and would provide for a pre-release application for food stamp benefits for persons being released from custody. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Noreen Evans Phone: 651-4002 Fax: 651-4902 Room # 4085 Sofia Andrade [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Roderick D. Wright Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Senate Human Services Committee, Senator Yee, Chair COMING SOON – TIME: 1:30 Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Tim Donnelly(R) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Isadore Hall, III(D) Chris R. Holden(D) Eric Linder(R) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Donald P. Wagner(R) Shirley N. Weber Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Robert Smith [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 8 CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER CCWRO PUBLIC BENEFITS BILL AND BUDGET ACTION TRACKER 7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services Department of Social Services – Poverty in California – California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – ment – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Secretary for California Health and Human Services – Office of Systems Integration – In-Home Supportive Services – Supplemental Security Income\/State Supplemental Payment WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Tam Ma [email protected] Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs [email protected] Senator Bill Monning Phone: Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 5097 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II SSI THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Office of Systems Integration – County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresg CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENTS February 15,2014 array Reece Eire nae eee Legislative Calendar for 2014 cme Coming Up This Week Check rts abe uti beets nase and sent index ‘Te cenin lo tito be ated Ferny 21,2014. 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“[image: Description: Description: CCWRO Logo] February 5, 2014 CCWRO 2014 California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker #2014-01 Legislative Calendar for 2014 Feb. 17 \u2014President’s Day. Feb. 21 \u2014Last day for bills to be introduced (J.R. 61(b)(4)), (J.R. 54(a)). Apr. 10 \u2014Spring Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(b)(1)). Apr. 21 \u2014Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess (J.R. 51(b)(1)). May 2 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to Fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(5)). May 9 \u2014Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(6)). May 16 \u2014Last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(7)). May 23 \u2014Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house (J.R. 61(b)(8)). Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 2 (J.R. 61(b)(9)). May 27 May 30\u2014Floor Session Only. No committee may meet for any purpose (J.R. 61(b)(10)). May 30 \u2014Last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin (J.R. 61(b)(11)). June 2 \u2014Committee meetings may resume (J.R. 61(b)(12)). [bookmark: _GoBack]Coming Up This Week Check for bills relative to public benefits in assembly and senate index. The deadline for bill to be introduced is February 21, 2014. That is the best time to look for public benefits related bills in the assembly and senate bill index. Contact Person: Kevin Aslanian Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Phone: (916) 736-0616 Fax (916) 736-2645 — Cell (916) 712-0071 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ccwro.org ASSEMBLY BILLS Bill No. Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps AB 264 – Maienschein Room # 3098 916-319-2077 Staff: Erin Donnette [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would delete the requirement that the 16 days of temporary homeless assistance be limited to 16 consecutive days and allow recipients to have a choice of when they can use it. Assembly Human Services Committee 1452 – Stone Room # 3098 319-2077 Staff: Kim Angulo [email protected] CCWRO This bill would increase the daily rate payments for temporary homeless assistance from $65 to $75 and have a COLA for the $75. Assembly Human Services Committee 1502 – Mullin Room # 3098 916-319-2077 Staff: Elena Santamaria [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This is the Family Unity Act of 2014. This bill would repeal the 100-hour rule for CalWORKs applicants and exempt relative caretakers other than the natural or adopted parent from mandatory participation in the welfare-to-work program. Assembly Human Services Committee 1516 – Gonzalez Room # 5155 319-2077 Staff: Bridget Kolakosky [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would provide diapers for toddlers. Assembly Human Services Committee 1579 – Stone Room # 3098 319-2077 Staff: Myesha Jackson [email protected] CCWRO & WCLP This bill would allow pregnant women without any children to receive aid from the date of application and verification of pregnancy. Assembly Human Services Committee ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Consultants: Myesha Jackson ([email protected]) and Chris Reefe ([email protected]) Committee Secretary: Irene Frausto ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 319-2089 Fax: (916) 319-2189 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 124 Republican Consultant Mary Belamy Email: [email protected] Phone: (916) 319-3900 Fax: (916) 319-3902 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 400 Assembly Committee Member Human Services Staff Mark Stone (Chair) Phone: 916-319-2029 Fax: 916-319-2129 Room # 4146 Arianna Smith – [email protected] Brian Maienschein (Vice Chair) Phone: 916-319-2077 Fax: 916-319-2177 Room # 3098 Erin Donnette [email protected] Tom Ammiano Phone: 916-319-2017 Fax: 916-319-2117 Room # 3146 Wendy Hill [email protected] Ian C. Calderon Phone: 916-319-2057 Fax: 916-319-2157 Room # 5150 Kelsy Castillo [email protected] Cristina Garcia Phone: 916-319-2058 Fax: 916-319-2158 Room # 5164 Elena Lee [email protected] Shannon Grove Phone: 916-319-2034 Fax: 916-319-2134 Room # 4208 Kristina Brown [email protected] Isadore Hall, III Phone: 916-319-2064 Fax: 916-319-2164 Room # 3123 Brian Duke [email protected] ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Assembly Human Services Committee, Mark Stone, Chair COMING SOON TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Room 437 SENATE BILLS Bill Number Author Sponsor Bill Description Next Steps SB 851 Leno Committee Bill This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Referred to Senate Human Services Committee SB 899 Mitchell EBCL and WCLP This bill would repeal the Maximum Family Grant (MFG) rule. Next Steps SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Staff:Consultants: Mareva Brown ([email protected], Sara Rogers ([email protected] and Tepring Piquado (Tepring [email protected] Assistant: Mark Teemer Jr. ([email protected]) Phone: (916)651-1524 Fax (916) 327-9478 1020 N. Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Room 521 Republican Consultant Joe Parra ([email protected]) Phone: (916) 651-1501 Fax: (916) 445-3105 1020 N. Street, Sacramento Room 23 Senate Member Human Services Staff Senator Leland Yee (Chair) Phone: 651-4008 Fax: 651-4908 Room # 4074 Alicia Lewis – [email protected] Senator Tom Berryhill (Vice Chair) Phone: 651-4014 Fax: 651-4914 Room # 3076 Brent Finkel [email protected] Senator Noreen Evans Phone: 651-4002 Fax: 651-4902 Room # 4085 Sofia Andrade [email protected] Senator Carol Liu Phone: 651-4025 Fax: 651-4925 Room # 5097 Darcel Sanders [email protected] Senator Roderick D. Wright Phone: 651-4035 Fax: 651-4935 Room # 2032 Emily Rice [email protected] Senator Mark Wyland Phone: 651-4038 Fax: 651-4838 Room # 4048 Mark Reeder [email protected] SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE HEARINGS Senate Human Services Committee, Senator Yee, Chair COMING SOON TIME: 1:30 Assembly Appropriations Committee Mike Gatto (Chair)(D) Diane L. Harkey (Vice Chair) (D) Franklin E. Bigelow (R) Raul Bocanegra (D) Steven Bradford(D) Ian C. Calderon(D) Nora Campos(D) Tim Donnelly(R) Susan Talamantes Eggman(D) Jimmy Gomez(D) Isadore Hall, III(D) Chris R. Holden(D) Eric Linder(R) Richard Pan(D) Bill Quirk(D) Donald P. Wagner(R) Shirley N. Weber Joel Tashjian, Principal Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone – 916.319.2081 fax 916.319.2181 Room # 2114 Republican Consultant Julie Souliere, 916-319-2637 Room 6027 – [email protected] Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Kevin de Le\u00f3n (Chair) Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chair) Senator Ted Gaines Senator Jerry Hill Senator Ricardo Lara Senator Alex Padilla Senator Darrell Steinberg Jolie Onodera, Consultant Human Services [email protected] Phone 916.319.2081 Faxv 916.319.2181 Room # 2206 Republican Consultant – Shantele Denny- [email protected] 916-651-1501 2013-2014 Budget Committees Assembly Budget Committee Sub. # 1 Assembly Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Staff Shirley Webber (Chair) (D) Phone: 319-2079 Fax: 319-2179 Rm. #: 3126 Jazmin Hicks [email protected] Wesley Chesbro (D) Phone: 319-2002 Fax: 319-2102 Rm. #: 2141 Shantel Johnson [email protected] Roger Dickinson (D) Phone: 319-2007 Fax: 319-2107 Rm. #: 2013 Dawn Isbell [email protected] Shannon Grove(R) Phone: 319-2034 Fax: 319-2134 Rm, #: 4208 Robert Smith [email protected] Allan R. Mansoor (R) Phone: 319-2074 Fax: 319-2174 Rm. #: 4177 Eric Dietz [email protected] Nicole Vasquez, Committee Consultant Phone: 319-2099 Fax: 319-2199 Rm. #: 6029 [email protected] Assembly Budget hearings Schedule 8 CCWRO California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker 8 [Type the document title] CCWRO California Public Benefits Bill & Budget Hearings Action Tracker 7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services Department of Social Services – Poverty in California – California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20281:30 p.m. – ment – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Secretary for California Health and Human Services – Office of Systems Integration – In-Home Supportive Services – Supplemental Security Income\/State Supplemental Payment WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Aging – Department of Community Services and Development – Department of Child Support Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services – Community Care Licensing – State Hearings WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 Department of Social Services CalFresh – Child Welfare Services WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20283 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 444 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES – APRIL LETTERS MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health And Human Services WEBER, Chair\u20284 p.m. – State Capitol, Room 127 ( Listen to this hearing )\u2028Committees: Budget, Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services\u2028 ALL DEPARTMENTS – OPEN ISSUES SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL EVIEW COMMITTEE Sub. # 3 Senate Budget Committee Sub #1 Staff Email Address Senator Ellen Corbett Phone: 651-4010 Fax: 651-4910 Room #: 313 Tam Ma Senator Mimi Walters Phone: 651-4037 Fax: 651-4937 Room #: 3086 Hanna Marrs Senator Bill Monning Phone: Phone: 651-4007 Fax: 651-4907 Room #: 4085 Indira McDonald [email protected] Samantha Lui, Committee Consultant Phone: 651-4103 Fax: 323-8386 Room #: 50 Samantha Lui [email protected] Senate Budget hearings Schedule THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Department of Social Services IHSS and CMISP II SSI THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Corbett, Chair, Chair\u2028- 9:30 am or upon adjournment of floor session, whichever is earlier. – State Capitol, Room 4203 Office of Systems Integration – County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) Department of Child Support THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services CalFresg CalWORKs State Hearings THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services Department of Social Services Child Welfare Services Department of Child Support THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 On Health And Human Services OPEN ISSUES ALL DEPARTMENTS February 82014 ors yao Pier aar ee Rs ee Legistative Calendar for 2014 Sai Coming Up This Week Cech rt abe puticbeets nase an senate nde Te cenine ltt be netic Ferny 21,2014. 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” CCWRO State Budget ALERT No. 2012-01 January 20, 2012 State Budget 2012 Hearings Schedule as of January 20, 2012 For more information contact Kevin Aslanian at: CCWRO 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Tel. 916-736-0616 Cell Anytime 916-712-0071 Web Page: http:\/\/www.ccwro.org Email: [email protected] DATE: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 WHO: Assembly Budget Committee – Committee web page: http:\/\/abgt.assembly.ca.gov\/sub1healthandhumanservices TIME: 10:00 AM . WHERE: State Capitol – Room 4202 WHAT: General Overview of Governor’s Pro- posed 2012-2013 State Budget (by Governor’s Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst Office) TELEVISED: Yes – on CalChannel (also streamed live via www.calchannel.com ) PUBLIC TESTIMONY: NONE DATE: Thursday, February 23, 2012 WHO: Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Commit- tee – Committee web page: http:\/\/sbud.senate.ca.gov\/ TIME: 09:30 AM or upon adjournment of State Senate floor session (which ever is later) WHERE: State Capitol – Room 4203 WHAT: Informational hearing on Governor’s Long Term Care and Medi-Cal Managed Care proposals including impact to In-Home Sup- portive Services and the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP). TELEVISED: Yes – on CalChannel (also streamed live via www.calchannel.com ) PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Yes (and public can also send in written comments) DATE: Thursday, March 1, WHO: Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Commit- tee – TIME: 09:30 AM or upon adjournment of State Senate floor session (which ever is later) WHERE: State Capitol – Room 4203 WHAT: Informational hearing on Governor’s CalWORKS and Child Care proposals (including proposal to redesign both programs) TELEVISED: Yes – on CalChannel (also streamed live via www.calchannel.com ) PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Yes (and public can also send in written comments) SENATEASSEMBLY ”

” COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, INC. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Office (916) 736-0616 Cell (916) 712-0071 Fax (916) 736-2645 www.ccwro.org January 20, 2010 The Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. (CCWRO) has been providing advocacy in public benefits since the early 1980’s. CCWRO is a statewide nonprofit organization providing back-up services to qualified legal service field programs and representing welfare recipients. 15.7% CalWORKs Grant Reduction Proposal JOB KILLER The proposed CalWORKs 15.7% grant cuts will mean a loss of $590 million for impoverished families in California for 2010-2011. The cuts re- sult in General Fund savings of $130 million, assuming that the federal ARRA program is extended. What would $130 million General Fund savings cost California? The loss of $472 million enhanced federal ARRA funds; The economic stimulus of $1.03 bil- lion, based on the assumption that for every dollar not received by a Cal- WORKs family, California loses 1.7 dollars of economic activity in that community; The loss of 180,000 jobs in Califor- nia. This is based on the fact that in 2008, the average wage in California was $56,000. Most welfare recipient jobs would pay less than the average. CCWRO State Budget Update – #2 Assembly Budget Hearings On 1\/12\/10 the Assembly Budget Committee held the first hearing on the 2010-2011 State Budget. The chair of the committee, Noreen Evans opened the hearing by saying that the proposed budget was disap- pointing. She said that the budget tries to pass the buck to the federal gov- ernment and asks for sacrifices from those in our society with the least. Evans also said that this year the budget would be open and transpar- ent. She said the budget will be built in the sunshine and not by The Big Five. Ms. Evans said, Ordinary peo- ple will be heard in the process and the budget will have a body count if enacted as proposed. Republican Jim Nielson suggested that people should come to the Com- mittee with suggestions of savings that can be used to save the programs they support. Several Republican members of the Committee said that they support no new revenues and urged that the bud- get be balanced with budget cuts. Todd Jerue, Chief Deputy Direc- tor for Budgets from the Department of Finance, presented the Governor’s budget and laid out all of the pro- gram reductions that were termed by Assemblyman Sandre Swanson as mean spirited and unrealistic. Mr. Jerue said that California’s budget deficit amounts to $19 billion. Under questioning Mr. Jerue did not deny that even if the Legislature rubber- stamped and enacted all of the cuts proposed by the Governor, the bud- get will still be out of balance by several billion dollars. Mac Taylor, the Legislative Analyst, later said that even if all of the Governor’s proposals were enacted, the budget will continue to have a $5-6 billion deficit. Mr. Jerue was asked if he could identify some waste in state gov- ernment. He suggested cutting state employee salaries by 5%. The Governor reintroduced pro- posed IHSS program cuts that were stopped by the federal court last session. However, this time the cuts would eliminate 87% of the case- load. The Legislative Analyst stated that the proposed IHSS cuts would result in many people ending up in nursing homes, that would cost more than the IHSS budget cuts. Nick Buchen, Department of Fi- nance, testified that there were not enough nursing home beds in Cali- fornia to take in all of the people being proposed for termination, but Department of Finance assumes that the families would not place the IHSS recipients in nursing homes and will continue to provide care without pay. Assemblyman William Monning asked the Administration if they knew how many jobs the reduction or termination of CalWORKs and IHSS would cause. The Adminis- tration admitted that they had not done a jobs impact analysis of these cuts. What is the cost of saving $130 million in the General Fund by Cutting CalWORKs grants by 15.7%? Federal Fund Loss $472 million Loss to California’s Ecomony $1 billion California Jobs Killed 180,000 jobs CCWRO State Budget UPDATE #2 www.ccwro.org January 20, Page 2 Jim Beall Jr. of Santa Clara County urged the administration to work on enhancing food stamp participation and federal earned income tax cred- it participation. Persons eligible for these programs would stimulate the California economy. Senate Budget & Fis- cal Review Committee Budget Hearing On January 14, 2010, the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Commit- tee held the first hearing on the Governor’s proposed budget. The hearing was opened by Chair of the Committee, Senator Duchaney, who said that the Committee would look at alternative savings propos- als. She said she was very skeptical of new spending proposals from the Administration in this budget. CCWRO State Budget Update Republican Senator Dutton said he was concerned that some of the cuts may affect jobs. He also said that he agreed with Mac Taylor of the LAO who said that the Governor’s as- sumption of getting $6.9 billion from the federal government was unrealistic. Senator Duchaney asked why the Administration brought back the IHSS proposal that was rejected by the court. Mr. Bucken of the Depart- ment of Finance, said the Adminis- tration assumes that the federal gov- ernment would approve a waiver that would permit the cuts to take effect. Senator Duchaney asked how much had the state paid for lawsuits that had been lost and for the three- year labor negotiations that had not been productive. Senator Duchaney pointed out that while the staff time for most departments and the legisla- ture has been flat or down, the Gov- ernor’s staff time has increased by 1,000 hours. Senator Wright of Los Ange- les asked how Governor Schwar- zanegger could ask for more federal funds when he insists on furloughs that include state work- ers paid 100% with federal funds. Senator Lowenthal asked that the Department of Finance tell the Legislature and Californians how the trigger cuts would impact the California’s economy and jobs. Senator Leno noted that the elimi- nation of the Healthy Family pro- gram would mean 825,000 chil- dren would no longer have health care services and would have go to the local emergency rooms for health care. He noted that this did not include the social impact, edu- cational impact and prison impact of no health care for children. Sen- ator Leno also pointed out that the elimination of the IHSS program would mean a loss of 500,000 jobs. The future budget hearings are set forth below. Jan 26, 2010 Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SUBJECT: Medi-Cal, Healthy Families Jan 27, 2010 Assembly Bud- get Committee & Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Subcommittee #3 (3rd IHSS Reforms Over- sight hearing) 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Room 4202 SUBJECT: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Feb 2, 2010 Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SUBJECT: SSI\/SSP (Supplemental Security Income\/State Supplemen- tal Payment grant program), CAPI (Cash Assistance Program for Im- migrants), IHSS, CalWORKs Upcoming Budget Hearings ”

” COALITION OF CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, INC. 1901 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95816-7012 Office (916) 736-0616 Cell (916) 712-0071 Fax (916) 736-2645 www.ccwro.org January 11, 2010 The Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. (CCWRO) has been providing advocacy in public benefits since the early 1980s. CCWRO is a statewide nonprofit organization providing back-up services to qualified legal service field programs and representing welfare recipients. 15.7% CalWORKs Grant Reduction Proposal Effective June 1, 2010 Governor Schwarzenegger re- leased his budget that would institute a 15.7 reduction of CalWORKs benefits effective June 1, 2010. Chart #1 below reveals that if this is enacted by the Legisla- ture, the fixed incomes of Cali- fornia’s impoverished families would be below what they were in July, 1985. This would put CalWORKs grants at 37% of the poverty level. CCWRO State Budget Update – #1 1985-1986 AFDC Grant For a Family of 3 Levels * $288.00 $474.00 $587.00 $698.00 $796.00 $895.00 $982.00 $1,071.00 $1,156.00 $1,243.00 Statewide Average Grant Level For a Family of 3 6\/10-6\/11 $283.00 $461.00 $571.00 $681.00 $774.50 $870.00 $955.50 $1,041.00 $1,125.00 $1,208.50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 * SOURCE: http:\/\/www.dss.cahwnet.gov\/research\/PG278.htm 2010-2011 Governor’s Bud- get Reverts to Fantasy The 2010-2011 proposed budget was de- scribed by Dan Walters, a conservative columnist for the Sacramento Bee, as the Governor reverting to fantasy. The budget protects education and launches an unprec- edented attack on human services programs serving the poor of California. The idea pits advocates for health and welfare programs against education advocates. The Governor’s budget assumes that the federal government gives California a wel- fare check of $6.9 billion. California has mismanaged it’s budget affairs by neglect- ing the reality of the need for revenues. The response from Washington came via Sena- tor Feinstein who said California’s budget crisis was created in Sacramento, not Wash- ington . Moreover, the federal government $539 $177 $272 $651 $107.3 $56.2 $22.5 $47 $13.7 Proposed Budget Cuts 2009-2010 2010-2011 (in millions) Reduction of CalWORKs grants by 15.7% Reduction of SSI benefits by $15 Reduce State Participation in IHSS Worker Wages Limit IHSS to FI Score of 4.00 and above Elimination of CAPI Elimination of CFAP Eliminate CalWORKs for Recent Noncitizens Entrants Program Who Gets More? Counties and automation projects are rewarded in this budget. In 2009-2010 counties received ……………$1,455,893,000 In 2010-2011 counties will receive ………..$1,550,724,000 This is a $100 million increase in funding for counties and their vari- ous computer systems will take right out of the mouths of impover- ished children of California. F a m i l y S i z e has denied funding for undocumented cor- rectional inmates that California has been trying to get for more than a decade. The budget provides that if the Governor does not get his $6.9 welfare check from the federal government he will propose to eliminate the CalWORKs program, the IHSS program and more. This means that the federal government would need to take over the TANF program in California. America cannot abandon chil- dren – that is child abuse. The Governor has called another special ses- sion to enact $6.6 billion which would in- clude eliminations of CAPI, CFAP, reduction of individual SSI benefits by $15, reduction of CalWORKs grant by 15.7%, decimation of the IHSS program and reduction of child care rates. Below is a chart showing the wel- fare budget cuts proposed by the Governor for 2010-2011. ”