December 2019 Volume 39 No. 25 By the Way . . . SSC’s 2019 Winter Holiday Schedule Design-Build Projects Subject to New Workforce Requirements November Revenues Fall Short of Estimates President Trump Expected to Sign $1.4 Trillion Spending Plan Assembly Democrats Outline 2020–21 Budget Priorities New Bid Threshold for 2020 Latest UCLA Economic Forecast Modestly Improves Full and Fair Funding Initiative Pulled From 2020 Ballot Consideration
December 2019 Volume 39 No. 24 Public Comment Period Open for Federal Perkins V State Plan Proposition 98 Reserve Projected to Grow Ask SSC . . . What’s up With the Down COLA? October State Revenues Fall Short of Forecast CalPERS Issues Revised Employer Contribution Rate Estimates Ask SSC . . . How Will the New Lactation Accommodation Law Affect LEAs? U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in DACA Case Minimum Wage Increases January 1, 2020 A Season of Giving and Phishing Legislative Analyst Issues Positive But Cautious Outlook Ask SSC . . . Did Classified Probationary Periods Get Changed? Mixed Polling for Education Funding Initiative Can Monetary Policy Keep the Economy Afloat? Special Elections Called for Vacant Senate and Congressional Districts
November 2019 Volume 39 No. 23 Additional New Laws Affecting Community Colleges in 2020 Governor Newsom Signed 75% of Governor Brown’s Vetoed Bills Payroll and Benefit Parameters Set by the IRS for 2020 EPA Advises on How to Reduce Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Megan Dahle Wins Assembly Special Election Election Night Brings Good News for Parcel Taxes Ask SSC . . . Are Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash Putting an AB 5 Referendum on the November 2020 Ballot Fire and Emergency Related Resources Page Available Online Ask SSC . . . Will the State Pay for a Dreamer Resource Liaison on Each Campus? A Reminder . . . The California Community College Wildfire Relief Fund
