{"id":323462,"date":"2023-04-25T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=323462"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:04:12","slug":"asm-ward-how-california-passes-its-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/asm-ward-how-california-passes-its-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamblea. Ward: C\u00f3mo California aprueba su presupuesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">While bills are still making their way through the Legislature, I thought it would be a good time to outline the state budget process and walk you through how California\u2019s budget gets passed each year. Deciding on the state budget is no small task, and there are several steps along the way allowing Californians to stay engaged and weigh in before funds head to their final destination.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<code><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vl-O6TogZlk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vl-O6TogZlk\">Watch the April newsletter video update by clicking here. <\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>STATE BUDGET<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">For the first step, the Governor takes the lead. The California Constitution requires the Governor to submit a proposal for a balanced budget to the Legislature each year by January 10. That means if the Governor\u2019s budget exceeds the estimated state revenue generated, the Governor is required to identify sources for additional funding to ensure the proposed budget is balanced. This proposal must also be accompanied by a budget bill with itemized expenditures for each house to review. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">From January to mid-May, full budget committees along with subcommittees in the state Assembly and Senate review the Governor&#8217;s proposed budget and begin to craft their versions of the annual spending plan. The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee also assign items in the Governor\u2019s proposal to several subcommittees based on their issue areas. For example, education spending items would go to the Education Committee to conduct hearings on. These hearings generally begin in late February and include testimony from the Governor\u2019s staff. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Additional feedback is provided by the nonpartisan <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">Legislative Analyst<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u2019s Office and the Department of Finance, which make recommendations for changes by April 1. All of this feedback is taken into account by the Governor\u2019s office, which release<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">s<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> a revised budget proposal by May 14. This updated proposal is called the May Revise, and it give lawmakers a clearer picture of the Governor\u2019s budget proposal. It\u2019s also a chance for the public to weigh in during legislative hearings on the budget.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Throughout this process, the Legislature can maintain, change or reject the Governor\u2019s proposals. In early June, legislative leaders in both houses meet with the Governor\u2019s office to discuss outstanding issues and formulate a final budget. Per the California Constitution, the Legislature must pass a budget bill by June 15. Once the budget is passed, the Governor then signs the budget package <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">y<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> can issue line item vetoes on particular spending items. The Legislature can override those vetoes with a two-thirds vote in both the State Assembly and Senate. In July, lawmakers can pass amendments and other changes to the adopted budget package, including into the next calendar year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">In fall, we begin identifying our budget priorities for the next fiscal year, while state departments and agencies develop their budget proposals to submit to the Department of Finance for analysis \u2013\u2013 starting the budget process all over again. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I hope you find this explainer helpful in understanding how California puts together its budget. It\u2019s a complicated process with many people involved, but it\u2019s necessary to ensure that your tax dollars are being spent in the most equitable and responsible way possible. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>LEGISLATIVE UPDATE<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Since the last newsletter update, I introduced one of my biggest bills this year to help spur housing development and simultaneously address the climate crisis. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/cayimby.org\/housing-and-climate-solutions-act\/\">AB 68, The Housing and Climate Solutions Act<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>, <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">will make it faster and easier to build more homes near jobs, schools, transit, and other amenities, while adding provisions to state law that will help protect Californians from increasingly frequent and severe wildfires and floods. Current land use policies have left unchecked sprawl that puts more Californians in harm\u2019s way in areas with frequent and severe wildfires and floods. Pushing development into remote areas also increases climate pollution and strains infrastructure.\u00a0Our housing and climate crises are intertwined, and our solutions must be too. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>AB 68<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> comes from an unprecedented and historic union of housing and environmental advocates from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/cayimby.org\/\">California YIMBY<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> y <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/\">The Nature Conservancy<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, who have both partnered to sponsor my bill. The Housing and Climate Solutions Act would require local governments to prioritize new housing within existing communities before allowing sprawl into critical natural and working lands that are vital resources for climate resilience.\u00a0We\u2019re expecting the bill to be heard before its first committee some time this month.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I also wanted to note that last month several of my bills moved forward in their respective committees, with some being passed with unanimous and bipartisan support. AB 223, the Transgender Youth Privacy Act, was passed in the Assembly Judiciary Committee and now heads to the Assembly Floor. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z5FPFYiTmKY\">AB 30<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> to expand the atmospheric river research program in California passed out of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee on a bipartisan vote. And <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZFKLs0PU_84\">AB 251<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> to study the relationship between vehicle size and f<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"nl-NL\">atalities<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> passed out of the Transportation Committee. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As part of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, I have nominated Sandy Scheller as Assembly District 78\u2019s Holocaust Remembrance Honoree. I recently sat down with Sandy to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">discuss<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> her work keeping the memory of her mother Ruth Sax, and other holocaust survivors, alive though the curated exhibit \u201cRUTH: Remember Us The Holocaust\u201d and opening a new museum in San Diego County to educate and honor the memory of Holocaust survivors like her mother.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U8nDl0-yNcE&amp;t=7s\">You can find the full video of my interview with Sandra Scheller on my YouTube channel<\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As always, I want to thank you for your support. I\u2019m grateful to be your representative and work on these issues and more. One of the best ways to stay informed is to follow my social media accounts on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsmChrisWard\">Facebook<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsmChrisWard\">Gorjeo<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> y <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/asmchrisward78\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> where you can know in real time what developments are happening or what I\u2019m working on every day.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And if you need assistance, please know that my district office staff is available and ready to serve or answer any questions you may have. Feel free to reach out to my district office and a staff member will connect with you as soon as possible. I wish you, your family and your neighbors all the best.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While bills are still making their way through the Legislature, I thought it would be a good time to outline the state budget process and walk you through how California\u2019s budget gets passed each year. 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