October 2021 Department of Finance Releases October Finance Bulletin 2021 Legislative Year Wrap-Up President Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Extension Ask SSC . . . Do We Have to Pay Employees Who Are Quarantined? Newsom Vetoes Part-Time Faculty Instructional Hours and Cal Grant Reform Bills CalPERS Employers on the Hook for Disallowed Compensation Beginning in 2022 Governor Newsom Signs AB 367 and AB 438 Modified Classified Layoff Procedures Fourth Quarter Lottery Apportionment for 2020–21 Governor Newsom Signs ADT, Common Course Numbering, and Baccalaureate Degree Bills Government Shutdown Averted UCLA Economists Suggest Struggles Persist for the Poor
September 2021 Governor Signs the Postsecondary Education Budget Cleanup Trailer Bill Department of Finance Releases September Finance Bulletin Putting Square Pegs into Round Holes—An Editorial on AB 438 Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order Delaying AB 361 BOG Approves 2022–23 Budget and Legislative Request Urgency Bill Allowing Virtual Meetings Signed by Governor Newsom Reforming the Recall Process BOG to Consider 2022–23 Budget and Legislative Request Next Week Legislature Wraps up the First Year of the 2021–22 Legislative Session Re-Adoption of Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations Extension to Form I-9 Compliance Flexibility Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program Top Legislative Issues for 2021—September 3, 2021
August 2021 Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees Take Up Suspense Files Annual Gann Limit Calculation Department of Finance Releases August Finance Bulletin Newsom Selects Five BOG Members 180-Day Sit-Out Period Suspended Ask SSC . . . What Questions Are on the Gubernatorial Recall Election Ballot? Legislature Returns From Recess for Final Four-Week Stretch of 2021 California Supreme Court Upholds Governor’s Emergency Powers State Requires School Staff Vaccinations Ask SSC . . . What Were Reserves for 2019–20? Ask SSC . . . What’s Happening With Federal Funding? Changes to Post-Retirement Employment for CalPERS Employees