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Consider recommendations regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 143 Backfill Allocation Spending Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 for Criminal Justice Fees Eliminated by AB 1869, as follows:
a) Consider and adopt the report as the Board of Supervisors’ annual report for FY 2023-2024 as required by Government Code Section 29553 subsection (f), documenting the County’s spending of State backfill allocations which provide fiscal relief for revenues lost from fees repealed by Chapter 92, Statutes of 2020 (AB 1869);
b) Authorize the Chair to sign the letter, regarding the submission of the above referenced report, and direct Probation staff to submit the letter and report to the State of California Director of Finance, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee; and
c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because they are government administrative activities that do not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.