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California National Guard briefs subcommittee on staffing, facilities and cybersecurity requests; several items held for later review
Summary
The California Military Department presented several budget and staffing requests to the Senate subcommittee, including legal staffing, armory HVAC repairs, advanced planning for a Los Alamitos readiness center, STARBASE classroom working drawings, and expanded cybersecurity reimbursement authority.
Adjutant General Matt Beavers summarized the California Military Department—217s workforce, mission and a set of budget proposals including requests for legal staffing, facilities repairs and cybersecurity reimbursement authority.
Beavers described the department as responsible for roughly 18,000 service members across the Army and Air National Guard, the California State Guard and youth and community programs such as STARBASE. He highlighted recent emergency deployments and the department—217s internal budget discipline work, and told senators the department had reduced costs and eliminated unneeded positions in prior reviews.
Staff Judge Advocate staffing (item 10). The department requested $697,000 general fund and three positions to strengthen legal, contracting and claims oversight at headquarters; Beavers said the positions would improve procurement and handling of SCIF claims and would reduce risk and ultimately save money.…
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