Chair, Military and Veterans Affairs
Primary areas of interest are the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and its programs, including the Farm and Home Loan Program, the VHHP, the CVSO Subvention Program and the Veterans Homes; and the California Military Department and its units, operations and programs, including the National Guard, the State Guard, CMD youth programs and the Cyber Network Defense team.
Primary jurisdictions are Financial Institutions, Real Property Finance, Consumer Finance, and Corporate Securities Law.
The Budget Committee’s jurisdiction is the Budget.
Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health
Primary jurisdictions include the budget and fiscal policies affecting Medi-Cal, mental health, substance abuse, and public health, and oversight of the budgets of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, Health Care Services, Managed Care, Public Health, and State Hospitals, Covered California, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
Primary jurisdictions are health care, health insurance, Medi-Cal and other public health care programs, mental health licensing of health and health-related professionals, and long-term health care facilities.
Committee Jurisdiction: Primary jurisdictions are California Energy Commission; California Independent System Operator; California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC); CPUC oversight and reform; Electric generation: biogas, biomass, coal, geothermal, hydroelectric, natural gas, nuclear, renewables, solar, and wind; Electric grid; Energy efficiency, energy conservation, and demand response; Energy service providers; Natural Gas; Power plant siting; Railroads; Supplier diversity related to CPUC regulated energy, water, and railroad; Utility rates: electric, gas, water, and vessels; Water utilities. The Utilities and Energy Committee is located in Room 5136 and the phone number is (916) 319-2083.
Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management
ACR 38 (2011) states that the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management shall be in continuous existence until abolished. Primary jurisdiction includes disaster preparedness, emergency management, and homeland security issues.
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Chair, Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure
California’s Mental Health Crisis
Climate Innovation and Infrastructure