State Legislative Priorities

Overview

State Legislative Priorities

Each year, CWDA solicits input on legislative priorities from the county human services agencies and the association’s committees. The CWDA Board of Directors sets priorities for each legislative session. This section reflects updates on CWDA’s current legislative priorities, as well as outcomes of past priorities. 

Presentation

Vulnerable Populations To Lose Access To Key Housing And Homelessness Programs

The County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA) continues to urge the Legislature to maintain funding for critical county-administered housing and homelessness programs, including Bringing Families Home (BFH), Home Safe, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Housing Support Program (HSP), and the Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP). We understand May Revise presents challenges to either continue funding or to fund augmented levels of these programs.

Post

2025 Sponsored Legislation

Children’s Services

Support AB 896

(ELHAWARY) FOSTER CARE TRANSITION PLANNING: The Legislature has recognized the importance of stability for children in foster care in the past, providing for placement preservation strategies to avoid unnecessary or abrupt foster care placement changes, which can be harmful to a child’s development. This proposed legislation builds on that work to ensure that when a placement change is necessary, it is managed in a way that creates the least disruption for the child and their caregivers.

Legislation

2023 Sponsored Legislation

CWDA is sponsoring or cosponsoring several bills this legislative session. We will update this page as bills are introduced, and add fact sheets and sample support letters in this section.

PLEASE NOTE: For the 2023-24 Session, most legislative committees ask that letters be submitted via the online Advocates portal, rather than via email or fax. The portal can be found at: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/  and you will need to create a profile before submitting letters on behalf of your organization.

Governor’s Letters should be submitted to: leg.unit@gov.ca.gov


Legislation

2022 Sponsored Legislation

CWDA is sponsoring or cosponsoring several bills this legislative session. We will update this page as bills are introduced, and add fact sheets and sample support letters in this section.

PLEASE NOTE: For the 2022-23 Session, most legislative committees ask that letters be submitted via the online Advocates portal, rather than via email or fax. The portal can be found at: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/  and you will need to create a profile before submitting letters on behalf of your organization.

Governor’s Letters should be submitted to: leg.unit@gov.ca.gov


Legislation

2020 Sponsored Legislation

CWDA is sponsoring or cosponsoring several bills this legislative session. We will update this page as bills are introduced, and add fact sheets and sample support letters in this section.

PLEASE NOTE: For the 2019-20 Session, most legislative committees ask that letters be submitted via the online Advocates portal, rather than via email or fax. The portal can be found at: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/  and you will need to create a profile before submitting letters on behalf of your organization.

Governor’s Letters should be submitted to: leg.unit@gov.ca.gov


Legislation

2019 Sponsored Legislation

CWDA is sponsoring or cosponsoring several bills this legislative session. We will update this page as bills are introduced, and add fact sheets and sample support letters in this section.

PLEASE NOTE: Starting in 2019, committees are asking that letters be submitted via the online Advocates portal, rather than via email or fax. The portal can be found at: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/  and you will need to create a profile before submitting letters on behalf of your organization.

Governor’s Letters should be submitted to: leg.unit@gov.ca.gov


Legislation

2018 Sponsored Legislation

CWDA sponsored or cosponsored several bills during the 2018 legislative session. Find information on the bills along with fact sheets and sample support letters in this section.

Legislation

Chaptered and Vetoed Legislation Reports

CWDA has compiled the following reports for legislation it tracked dating back to the 2009-10 legislative session. For each session, there is a chaptered report and a vetoed report, with the exception of the 2013-14 year when none of the legislation CWDA tracked was vetoed.