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Committee hears federal shutdown update and state budget, childcare funding risks
Summary
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.
County legislative staff and outside consultants updated the Alameda County Personnel, Administration and Legislation Committee on the federal partial shutdown, current appropriations negotiations, and state budget and policy developments.
"We are in a partial government shutdown, and I think it's about 80% of the federal government," Emily Vakay Da Silva said as she described the immediate state of play and a Senate deal that moved an FY26 minibus package while pulling out Homeland Security into a continuing resolution for separate negotiation. She told the committee the Senate passed an amended package including many appropriations bills and that the House might take up the package quickly, but narrow margins raise uncertainty.
John Assini added that a Homeland continuing resolution would extend Department of Homeland Security funding for two weeks through Feb. 11 and said that puts pressure on negotiators ahead of the Presidents Day recess. He also described ongoing negotiations over potential policy riders and noted recent supplemental immigration enforcement funding enacted last year.
On state matters, Amy Costa of Full Moon Strategies said the legislature had completed floor deadlines for two‑year bills and highlighted SB 106, an early action budget bill that, in her words, "would provide dollars 90,000,000 in a one‑time general fund appropriation for reproductive health providers such as Planned Parenthood." She summarized hearings on proposed federal funding withholds and testimony that the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated about $5,500,000,000 in affected childcare program funding and that a permanent freeze could impact up to 3,200,000 Californians.
Committee members asked about the upcoming hearings calendar and about a County‑sponsored Alameda Health System bill; staff reported they had received a first draft, were coordinating with County Counsel and the CAO’s office, and planned meetings with the author’s office and committee consultants. Members also raised the timing implications of HR 1 and whether state budget backfill would be known by the May revise.
There was no public testimony on these updates during the meeting, and staff closed the briefing to move to the next agenda items.
