This week, Speaker of the Assembly Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Senate pro Tempore Kevin De León (D-Los Angeles) announced the members who will serve on the special session committees. Each special extraordinary session consists of three committees and will address the policy and fiscal components of the bills that will be heard. The Extraordinary Sessions - one on Transportation and Infrastructure (First Extraordinary Session) and one on Health Care Financing (Second Extraordinary Session) - were called by the Governor as part of the Budget negotiation process and will address components of the Budget that do not need to be passed by the July 1 fiscal deadline.
The Special Session on Transportation provides the Legislature an additional avenue to reach an agreement over new transportation revenues to fix our crumbling state highways and local streets and roads. Recent estimates project an annual $6 billion State and $8 billion local transportation maintenance backlog due to the ongoing gap in transportation funding. Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), Chair of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee reintroduced Senate Bill 16 as Senate Bill 1X in the special session, which would provide between $3 - $5 billion in funding to address the state and local transportation maintenance backlog. The RCRC Board of Directors recently adopted a support position on both of these measures providing RCRC staff the ability to work with state and local transportation stakeholders to advance the measure during the special session.
The Health Care Financing Session will cover a redraft of the managed care organization (MCO) tax, defraying the ongoing costs of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and possibly increasing reimbursement rates for Medi-Cal providers which RCRC strongly supports.
1st Extraordinary Session on Transportation and Infrastructure
Senate
Rules & Appropriations Committees – same membership as regular session.
Transportation and Infrastructure Development Committee:
Jim Beall (D-San Jose), Chair
Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), Vice Chair
Benjamin Allen (D-Santa Monica)
Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel)
Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte)
Ted Gaines (R-Roseville)
Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys)
Connie Leyva (D-Chino)
Carol Liu (D-La Cañada/Flintridge)
Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg)
Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia)
Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills)
Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont)
Assembly
Rules Committee – same membership as regular session.
Finance Committee:
Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), Chair
Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals), Vice Chair
Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica)
Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-Los Angeles)
Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento)
Melissa A. Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore)
Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake)
Philip Y. Ting (D-San Francisco)
Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego)
Transportation and Infrastructure Development Committee:
Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), Chair
Katcho Achadjian (R-San Luis Obispo), Vice Chair
Luis A. Alejo (D-Watsonville)
Autumn R. Burke (D-Inglewood)
David Chiu (D-San Francisco)
Bill Dodd (D-Napa)
Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton)
Mike Gatto (D-Glendale)
David Hadley (R-Manhattan Beach)
Young O. Kim (R-Fullerton)
Eric Linder (R-Corona)
Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks)
Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach)
2nd Extraordinary Session on Health Care Financing
Senate
Rules & Appropriations Committees – same membership as regular session.
Public Health and Developmental Services Committee:
Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), Chair
Mike Morrell (R-Rancho Cucamonga), Vice Chair
Joel Anderson (R-Alpine)
Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
Isadore Hall, III (D-South Bay)
Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)
Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg)
Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
John Moorlach (R-Irvine)
Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber)
Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Lois Wolk (D-Davis)
Assembly
Rules Committee – same membership as regular session.
Finance Committee:
Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), Chair
Melissa A. Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), Vice Chair
Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals)
Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica)
Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-Los Angeles)
Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles)
Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento)
Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake)
Philip Y. Ting (D-San Francisco)
Public Health and Developmental Services Committee:
Rob Bonta (D-Alameda), Chair
Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego), Vice Chair
Catharine B. Baker (R-Dublin)
Susan A. Bonilla (D-Concord)
Nora Campos (D-San Jose)
Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella)
Marc Levine (D-San Rafael)
Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley)
Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles)
Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley)
Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond)
Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg)