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  1. State's Big 5 grapple w/the 2 largest portions of state budget: education & health/human services - about 70% of the roughly $100B budget.
  2. No IOUs for LTC. DHCS informed CAHF that SNFs & ICF/DDs will receive regular warrants in the July 3 EFT payment for the July 1 checkwrite.
  3. As the State moves closer to “fiscal disaster”, the Democratic budget plan (AB 180) failed passage in the Senate w/ No Republican votes.
  4. Today Democrats will put their revised budget proposal that calls for $1.9 billion in new taxes & major permanent spending cuts up for vote
  5. Governor's latest proposal would suspend the COLA for SNFs effective August 1, 2009, for savings of $67.1 million General Fund.
  6. Budget Conference Committee will meet today (5/26@1:30PM) to hear more fr Dept of Finance on additional spending cuts of over $5.5 billion
  7. Jim Gomez in the Sacramento Business Journal, go to: http://bit.ly/sJWiH
  8. Gov is w/drawing proposal to borrow $5.5B to help bridge the $21B shortfall; instead will be proposing $5.5B in new spending reductions.
  9. Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor Discusses 2009-10 May Revision go to: http://bit.ly/EVyzh
  10. CA Citizens Compensation Commission (Prop 112/1990) voted 5-1 to reduce salaries of state elected officials, including Legislators, by 18%
  11. CA has received permission from the federal govt to cut by $2 per hour the wages of IHHS workers w/o fear of losing fed stimulus dollars.
  12. The defeat of five measures on a special election ballot Tuesday symbolizes the next phase in California’s titanic budget struggles.
  13. Gov says deficit could mean layoffs of 5000 employees; eliminating boards; & sale of state property (LA Coliseum, San Quentin & fairgrounds)
  14. Gov has two May Revision Budgets - No cuts to current LTC rates, but 2nd version expands the QA fee - includes Medicare revenue for $18.3 m.
  15. The May 19 Special Election is one week away. This is a reminder to vote in support of Propositions 1A-1F.
  16. Gov. Schwarzenegger will propose 2 versions of his revised May budget on Thursday — 5 days before the special election — rather than after.
  17. AM Sam Blakeslee (R–San Luis Obispo) was chosen by the 29 Assembly Republicans as their new leader, replacing AM Mike Villines (R–Clovis).
  18. AB 1458 (Davis) was amended to require all RNs to report suspected adverse drug events to MedWatch, rather than having the MD report them.
  19. AB 367 (Galgiani) re: protecting against Medi-Cal payment delays is set for Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 20. Get your letters in
  20. Prospects are diminishing for 5 ballot measures <http://bit.ly/tlfDC > that the Gov and legislators say they need.