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State budget deadline looms; Alameda County-sponsored SB 1400 to be heard Wednesday
Summary
Full Moon Strategies consultant Amy Costa updated the committee on California's June 15 budget deadline and AB 109; she highlighted proposed revenue measures, delayed health-and-human-services reductions, and noted that the county-sponsored SB 1400 will be heard this week in Assembly Local Government.
Amy Costa of Full Moon Strategies briefed the Alameda County Personnel Administration and Legislation Committee on June 15 about the state budget calendar and several items that could affect county finances.
Costa said June 15 is the constitutional deadline for the Legislature to pass a budget bill for the coming fiscal year and that the package now on the floor is AB 109. "The legislative budget does include the three revenue sources proposed by the administration during the May revise," Costa said, listing a cap on corporate net operating losses, an administration-aligned managed-care tax and a sales tax on digital software sales. She added that the legislature’s plan assumes about $15 billion more in revenues than the governor’s May revise for fiscal year 2026–27 and that many proposed cuts to health and human services were delayed into 2027.
Costa told the committee that trailer bills with allocation details (including for public-hospital assistance) were not yet printed and that the legislature and the governor would negotiate remaining details before July 1. She noted that Alameda County’s sponsored measure, SB 1400, is scheduled for an Assembly Local Government hearing Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., and staff will represent the county there.
Supervisors asked specific allocation questions: one asked how the county might qualify for portions of a proposed $250 million public-hospital pot and whether distribution would be by population, need, or other formulas. Costa said the package’s trailer bills will specify allocation methodology and that more detail should be available before the start of the fiscal year.
Costa also summarized food-and-nutrition increases in the legislative plan — mentioning an approved $100 million for emergency food banks and an additional $185 million for CalFresh eligibility support above the governor’s proposal — and she flagged an estimated reserve and set-aside package that the legislature proposes for upcoming fiscal pressures.
Committee members said the timing will complicate county budget hearings that begin later in the week, noting they may not have final state figures when local hearings start. Costa said the legislature typically posts bills and trailer language 72 hours before votes and that the board’s staff will continue to report updates.
The committee took no formal action on the state update.
