Facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, state lawmakers hold or change hundreds of California bills during appropriations hearings.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.The Assembly appropriations committee holds its “suspense file” hearing at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on May 16, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters, Thursday’s “suspense file” process — his 15th since he was elected to the Senate in 2016 — never gets “less stressful or anxiety-inducing.”
Twice each year, the Assembly and Senate appropriations committees hurtle through hundreds of bills with new spending attached, passing or killing them rapid-fire with little explanation. In Thursday’s run-through, 32% of 1,009 bills were held, compared to the 25% average over the past decade,The drama isn’t over yet. The bills that survived Thursday’s hearings face another deadline next Friday to get out of the chamber where they were introduced.
About half the grant money has been spent already, going to more than 1,000 schools. But the legislative analysts’ suggestions have some community school advocates concerned. , Learning Policy Institute senior researcher and policy advisor: “This is an audacious and complicated initiative, and it’s just getting started. We need to keep the momentum going.”
The program’s fate is now in the hands of Dixon and other legislators, who face a June 15 deadline to pass their budget. Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula speaks to another lawmaker during the Assembly floor session at the Capitol in Sacramento on May 16, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters. Under current law, doctors must notify law enforcement if they suspect a patient is the victim of domestic violence, and can face misdemeanor charges if they fail to do so.
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