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Bill No: SB 15
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 9/2/11
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 8-0, 3/30/11
AYES: Wolk, Huff, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Hernandez, Kehoe,
La Malfa, Liu
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fuller
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 14-0, 5/12/11
AYES: Leno, Huff, Anderson, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Evans,
Fuller, Hancock, La Malfa, Liu, Lowenthal, Rubio, Wolk,
Wright
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Simitian
SENATE FLOOR : 39-0, 5/31/11
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Blakeslee, Calderon, Cannella,
Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson,
Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, Huff,
Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete
McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian,
Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-2, 09/07/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State budget
SOURCE : State Controller John Chiang
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California Forward
DIGEST : This bill makes various changes to the
information that is required to be submitted by the
Governor to the Legislature as part of the budget process.
Assembly Amendments narrow the scope of the bill by
deleting some of the additional long-term reporting
requirements.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, Article IV, Section 12 of
California's Constitution requires the Governor to submit a
balanced budget to the Legislature by January 10th of each
year. Government Code Section 13308 requires the
submission of the budget trailer bill language by February
1st of each year.
This bill:
1. Requires the Governor's budget documents to provide
estimates for anticipated revenues and expenditures for
the three fiscal years succeeding the budget year as
part of documents that accompany the January 10th
proposal, the May Revision, and the final budget summary
upon enactment of the Budget Bill. If available, this
estimate should be compared to the projection from the
four previous fiscal years.
2. Stipulates that the Governor submit legislative language
needed to implement budget provisions and the five-year
infrastructure plan when the budget is submitted on or
before January 10th.
Comments
This bill seeks to provide more information to the
Legislature so that they will better understand the impacts
of decisions they make on the fiscal health of the state in
subsequent budget years. One-time solutions adopted by the
Legislature can provide for temporary budgetary relief and
have a role, but in recent years ongoing budgetary
reductions have also been needed to bring expenditures in
line with long-term revenue projections. This bill seeks
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to introduce more information into the process to inform
decision makers of the impacts and tradeoffs of budgetary
decisions.
The Department of Finance (DOF) currently prepares a five
year projection commonly referred to as the multi-year
projection. These projections are not included in budget
submissions on the DOF's Web site, but are officially
transmitted to the Legislature on the day the budget is
released. It is unclear whether incorporating this
information more officially in the DOF's submissions would
increase the likelihood that the Legislature uses this
information to inform a final budget package. Ultimately,
there are many factors entering into final decisions on the
budget package and this information is just one of those
inputs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/19/11 - unable to reverify at time
of writing)
State Controller John Chiang (co-source)
California Forward (co-source)
AARP
American Association of University Women
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
Bay Area Council
Business Council of San Joaquin County
California Alliance of Child and Family Services
California Church IMPACT
California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
California Senior Advocates League
California State Student Association
Contra Costa Council
Fresno Business Council
Greenlining Institute
Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce
Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce
Kern County Taxpayers Association
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Marin Builders' Association
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San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
San Mateo County Economic Development Association
Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and
Construction Trades Council
Santa Cruz County Medical Society
Saving California Communities
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California
Valley Industry and Commerce Association
WELL Network
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-2, 09/07/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NOES: Donnelly, Jones
NO VOTE RECORDED: Furutani, Gorell
AGB:kc 9/8/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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