Memorandum
Date: June 27, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: District 2 Supervisor, Bruno Sabatier
Subject: a) Consideration of an Extra Item; and b) Consideration of Letter of Opposition to AB/SB 120 Human Services Trailer Bill Re: IHSS Penalties
Executive Summary:
California State Association of Counties (CSAC) is asking all counties to immediately weigh in with their state legislative delegation on a problematic In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) proposal that was amended into a budget trailer bill yesterday. The human services trailer bill (AB 120/SB 120) contains a provision that would increase the existing IHSS collective bargaining penalty from a one-time seven percent of the county MOE amount to an ongoing ten percent of the county MOE amount.
Additional background information on the IHSS collective bargaining penalty is found below:
* Our county opposes the IHSS collective bargaining penalty included in the human services trailer bill (AB 120/SB 120) and asks for this language to be removed from the bill.
* This proposal was included with zero public input, no consultation with counties, and was not discussed at any budget hearings this year.
* Counties are making significant progress on collective bargaining and have made ongoing investments of hundreds of millions of dollars for permanent IHSS provider wage increases in the past several years.
* This proposal unfairly punishes all counties including those counties that are consistently increasing IHSS provider wage increases.
* The ongoing ten percent penalty amount will allow every county to be leveraged into a $1.00 wage increase.
* Many counties can't afford such an increase or can only do so by taking funding away from other safety net programs including social services, health, and behavioral health.
* If the state is interested in dictating the outcome of local bargaining, the state should assume responsibility for bargaining or provide funding for these mandat...
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