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Consider recommendations regarding the Assembly Bill (AB) 199 Backfill Allocation Spending Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 for Criminal Justice Fees Eliminated by AB 177, as follows:
a) Consider and adopt the Board of Supervisors’ Annual Report for FY 2024-2025 as required by Government Code section 29554 subsection (f), documenting the County’s spending of State backfill allocations which provides fiscal relief due to the repeal of the fees specified in Chapter 257, Statutes of 2021 (AB 177);
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.