Committee hears federal shutdown update and state budget, childcare funding risks

County staff told the committee Feb. 2 that the federal government was in a partial shutdown affecting about 80% of operations and summarized possible paths to lift it; state consultants warned that proposed federal funding withholds and HR1 could affect millions of Californians and that the legislature is advancing SB 106 with a one‑time $90,000,000 appropriation for reproductive health providers.