Discretionary funds: County of Alameda.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify what happens if these rules are broken.

Discretionary Funds Rules for Alameda County

The bill applies Orange County's rules on awarding district discretionary funds to the County of Alameda, requiring majority votes and performance metrics in contracts.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to get a majority vote before giving money to community organizations, nonprofits, or private entities.
• Contracts for these awards must include performance metrics.
• The board must post information about given funds on their website every quarter.
• Supervisors who are running for election cannot make decisions about spending discretionary funds 90 days before an election.

Who It Names or Affects

• Alameda County Board of Supervisors
• Community organizations, nonprofits, and private entities in Alameda County

Terms To Know

Discretionary Funds

Money that the county can use to support community programs or services.

Performance Metrics

Measurable goals used to track how well a program is working.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if these rules are broken.
• It's unclear when the effective date of this legislation will be set.

Official Summary Text

SB 1193, as amended, Wahab.
District discretionary
Discretionary
funds: County of Alameda.
Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to appropriate and expend county general fund money to establish county programs or fund other programs to meet various social needs of the county population and the needs of physically, mentally, and financially handicapped persons and aged persons. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors to contract with other public agencies, private agencies, or individuals to operate programs that the board of supervisors determines will serve public purposes.
Existing law prohibits an Orange County Board of Supervisors member from awarding district discretionary funds to a community organization or a nonprofit organization unless the board of supervisors approves that award by a majority vote. Existing law requires the Orange County Board of Supervisors to post on its internet website a log
of appropriated district discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, as specified. Existing law prohibits, within
the
90 days preceding an election, an Orange County Board of Supervisors member who is on the ballot as an Orange County Board of Supervisors member candidate and has an opponent on that ballot from taking any action related to spending district discretionary funds, as specified.
This bill would
make the provisions described above relating to district discretionary funds also applicable to the County of Alameda.
prohibit the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, or a member of that board, from awarding discretionary funds to a community organization, nonprofit organization, or private entity, unless the
board of supervisors approves that award by a majority vote and the contract for the award includes, among other things, performance metrics. The bill would require the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to post on its internet website a log of appropriated discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, as specified. The bill would prohibit, within 90 days before an election, an Alameda County Board of Supervisors member who is on the ballot as an Alameda County Board of Supervisors member candidate from taking any action related to spending discretionary funds, as specified. The bill would prohibit discretionary funds from being awarded at a special meeting or on the consent calendar.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Alameda.

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