Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, as specified. Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including community treatment facilities (CTFs) by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to adopt certain regulations for CTFs, including, among others, that only seriously emotionally disturbed children, as defined, either (1) for whom other less restrictive mental health interventions have been tried, as specified, or (2) who are currently placed in an acute psychiatric hospital or state hospital or in a facility outside the state for mental health treatment, and who may require periods of containment to participate in, and benefit from, mental health treatment, shall be placed in a CTF. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to include specified information in any literature that it produces relating to breast cancer, including, but not limited to, information on internet websites of relevant organizations, government agencies, and research institutions where information on mammography alternatives may be obtained. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency, as defined, and requires, except as provided, a local agency disposing of surplus land to comply with certain notice requirements before disposing of the land or participating in negotiations to dispose of the land with a prospective transferee, particularly that the local agency send a written notice of availability for open-space purposes to specified entities. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provisions regarding written notice of availability for open-space purposes.
This measure would call on the Biden Administration to urge Azerbaijan to immediately return all Armenian hostages, to impose Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act violations on Azerbaijan, to suspend all United States military and economic assistance to Azerbaijan, and to work with the international community to ensure the protection and preservation of Armenian cultural heritage sites. The measure would also support House Resolution 861, which calls on Azerbaijan to immediately release all prisoners of war and captured civilians.
Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment, including material that in good faith is about to be applied to the repair or improvement of a residence, as specified. This bill would clarify that this exemption would apply to the judgment debtor's principal place of residence or domicile.
Existing law provides that a contract is extinguished by its rescission and sets forth methods for the rescission of a contract, including the rescission of a home solicitation contract. Existing law defines "home solicitation contract" for this purpose. This bill would exclude from the definition of "home solicitation contract" any contract for services where the buyer is an existing customer of the seller and the contract allows the buyer to cancel at any time with a pro rata refund of any services paid for but not received.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA requires the lead agency to consult with a public agency that is a responsible agency or a trustee agency during the environmental review process. Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to impose and collect filing fees in specified amounts to defray the costs of managing and protecting fish and wildlife trust resources, including, but not limited to, consulting with other public agencies, reviewing environmental documents, recommending mitigation measures, developing monitoring requirements for purposes of CEQA, and other activities protecting those trust resources identified in a review pursuant to CEQA. This bill would require the department to separately track and account for all revenues collected under the above filing fee provision and all costs incurred in its role as a responsible agency or trustee agency under CEQA.
Under existing law, a state agency for which an appropriation is made is generally required to submit to the Department of Finance for approval a complete and detailed budget setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. Existing law authorizes the department to require certain state agencies to produce financial and statistical reports, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Finance, on or before January 1, 2026, to compile a list of all state agencies and to split the list into 15 sections with each section equally distributing state agencies across the legislative budget subcommittees, as specified. The bill would require the department, on January 1, 2027, to publish on its internet website the full list of state agencies, as described above. The bill would require the department, on January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to publish a list of which section of state agencies is required to develop its budget using a zero-based budgeting method, as defined. The bill, commencing January 1, 2027, would require each state agency, as specified, to develop its budget based on a zero-based budgeting method for review during the budget process, as prescribed. In developing its budget based on a zero-based budgeting method, the bill would require, among other things, representatives from each state agency to work with the department to submit a report, as specified, to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law requires the lessor of a building intended for human occupation to repair dilapidations, as specified, that render it untenantable. Existing law, with certain exceptions, does not impose this duty upon the landlord if the tenant is in substantial violation of specified affirmative obligations, or with regard to dilapidations relating to the presence of mold, as specified. This bill would prohibit a landlord from being liable for dilapidations rendering the premises untenantable, unless the landlord receives written or oral notice of the dilapidations and the landlord is given a reasonable time to repair the dilapidations. The bill would specify that if a landlord acts to repair the dilapidations within 30 days following the notice, it is presumed they acted within a reasonable time.
Existing law requires the department to disseminate specified information pertaining to an applicant's convictions, arrests, sex offender registration status, and sentencing information whenever the department, as a result of an application, furnishes state or federal criminal history information for employment, licensing, or certification purposes. This bill would also require the department to provide this disseminated information to the governing board of a school district. When requesting a criminal record summary for a temporary, substitute, or probationary certificated employee, existing law requires the governing board of a school district to submit 2 fingerprint cards together with a personal description and fee to the Department of Justice. For an employee having direct contact with minors, this bill would require a governing board of a school district to submit to the department fingerprint images and related information, as specified. By requiring additional duties of local school boards, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The department is responsible for regulating areas including, but not limited to, health facility licensing and certification, communicable disease control, and health information and strategic planning. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a provision relating to the establishment of the department.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides for the issuance of various categories of alcoholic beverage licenses, including the imposition of fees, conditions, and restrictions in connection with the issuance of those licenses. The act provides that an on-sale license issued pursuant to the act that authorizes the sale of wine also authorizes the sale of soju and shochu, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
