John Burton Foundation THP-Plus Alert: Budget Update
Monday, July 2, 2007—After the THP-Plus Alert was distributed on Friday, the Budget Conference Committee took an important step for THP-Plus. After AB 845 failed to pass on the Senate floor, the Budget Conference Committee inserted the $10.5 million mid-year budget augmentation into the 2007-08 budget. The Committee also included budget trailer bill language that allows counties to get reimbursed for 2006-07 expenditures using 2007-08 budget dollars.
The one-time $10.5 million for 2006-07 costs is in addition to the 2007-08 budget approved by the Conference Committee. As reported on Friday, the Governor’s May budget revision included $15.5 million for the THP-Plus 2007-08 budget. The Budget Conference Committee has voted to increase THP-Plus by an additional $19.7 million, for a total of $35.2 million. All proposed funding must be approved by the Legislature before being submitted to the Governor.
We will continue to provide budget updates as they become available. For more information, please contact Michele Byrnes at (415) 693-1323 or michele@johnburtonfoundation.org.
Jessica Gunderson, Office of Majority Leader Karen Bass
Week of June 29, 2007—Friday, June 29, the Budget Conference Committee re-opened the THP-Plus augmentation to fulfill the Legislature’s and Administrations commitment to this issue. The committee approved $10.5 million for the current year budget (06–07) and $35 million in the budget year (07–08)— for a total of $45.7 million!! The Members who supported the proposal include:
Assembly Member John Laird (D, 27th A.D)
Assembly Member Mark Leno (D, 13th A.D)
Assembly Member Roger Niello (R, 5th A.D)
Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D, 40th S.D)
Senator Tom Torlakson (D, 7th S.D)
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