Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law establishes a state policy that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 90% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, 95% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2040, 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2045, and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2035, as provided. Existing law requires the PUC, State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , and State Air Resources Board to issue a joint report to the Legislature by January 1, 2021, and every 4 years thereafter, that includes specified information relating to the implementation of that state policy. This bill would require the PUC, Energy Commission, and state board, in consultation with all California balancing authorities and as part of a public process, on or before January 1, 2026, and subsequently as part of the above-described joint report, to issue a report to the Legislature that contains a clean energy infrastructure plan setting out the infrastructure and processes necessary for the state to accomplish the above-described state policy, as provided.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law requires the department to collect various forms of data, statistics, and research regarding labor within the state. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development and the Director of Housing and Community Development, to develop a certification program for employers that pay a living wage, which the bill would define as the lowest wage that allows full-time and part-time wage earners to afford a decent standard of living, as specified. In order to determine a decent standard of living, the bill would require the department to examine housing costs by county, by region, and in the state and create a formula to ascertain the living wage for each county, each region, and the state. The bill, commencing in 2025, would also require the department to report to the Legislature by December 15 of each year the living wage in each county, each region, and the state and develop a method to annually adjust figures to account for housing cost inflation and inflation broadly.
Existing law governs the recall of elective officers of the state and of all counties, cities, other specified local public entities, and judges of courts of appeal and trial courts. Existing law requires proponents of the recall to serve, file, and publish a copy of the notice of intention, as specified. Existing law requires the notice of intention to contain, among other things, the printed name, signature, and residence address, including street and number, city, and ZIP Code, of each of the proponents of the recall. Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires a state or local public agency to make public records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee, unless the records are exempt from disclosure. This bill would require the published copy of the notice of intention to omit, among other things, the proponents' signatures and street numbers and street names of their residence addresses, as specified. The bill would require the county elections official or Secretary of State, as applicable, to redact the proponents' signatures and street numbers and street names of their residence addresses before making the notice of intention available to the public. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate health facilities, defined to include, among other types of health facilities, an acute psychiatric hospital. Existing law generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate various types of care facilities, including, among others, a community crisis home. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, and by conferring with specified stakeholders, to develop a solution to collect, aggregate, and display information about beds in specified types of facilities, including licensed community care facilities and licensed residential alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, to identify the availability of inpatient and residential mental health or substance use disorder treatment. The bill would require the solution to be operational by January 1, 2026, or the date the State Department of Health Care Services communicates to the Department of Finance in writing that the solution has been implemented to meet these provisions, whichever date is later. The bill would require the facilities subject to these provisions to submit accurate and timely data to the solution that includes, among other information, the facility's license type, whether a bed is available, and the target population served at the facility. The bill would require the solution and information contained in the solution to be maintained in compliance with state and federal confidentiality laws. The bill would also prohibit the solution and information contained in the solution from being publically available. The bill would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services to impose a plan of correction against a facility that failed to comply with the requirements of the solution, and if a facility fails to complete a plan of correction, would further authorize the department to impose civil penalties, subject to an appeal and hearing process. The bill would create the Available Care for Inpatient and Residential Mental Health or Substance Use Disorder Treatment Solution Maintenance and Oversight Fund for the receipt of any penalties. Because the bill would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the State Department of Health Care Services for the administrative costs of implementing these provisions, it would create an appropriation. The bill would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts or amend existing contracts for the purposes of administering or implementing the solution. The bill would exempt contracts entered into or amended or changes to existing information technology systems made pursuant to these provisions from the requirements of the California State Contracts Register, specified requirements for personal services contracts, the State Contract Act, the Statewide Information Management Manual, and the State Administrative Manual. The bill would further exempt these contracts and changes from review or approval by the Department of General Services. The bill would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of information notices, provider bulletins, or other similar instructions notwithstanding specific regulatory actions.
(1) Existing law, the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 (the "act") , requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce various laws pertaining to the structural, fire safety, plumbing, heat-producing, or electrical systems and installations or equipment of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or special purpose commercial coach. The act defines "manufactured home" and "mobilehome" to mean a structure that meets specified requirements, including that the structure is transportable in one or more sections and is 8 body feet or more in width, or 40 body feet or more in length, in the traveling mode, or, when erected onsite, is 320 or more square feet, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained within the structure. The act specifies that it does not prohibit the replacement of water heaters or appliances for comfort heating in manufactured homes or mobilehomes with fuel-gas-burning water heaters or fuel-gas appliances for comfort heating that are not specifically listed for use in a manufactured home or mobilehome, as specified. This bill would extend those provisions to also apply to electric water heaters and electric appliances for comfort heating that are not specifically listed for use in a manufactured home or mobilehome. This bill would provide that the act, including any regulation, rule, or bulletin adopted pursuant thereto, does not prohibit the installation of plumbing, heating, or air-conditioning systems for manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or multifamily manufactured homes from being located outside of the home if necessary to replace an existing fuel-gas-burning water heater. (2) The act requires replacement fuel-gas-burning water heaters to be listed for residential use and installed within the specifications of that listing to include tiedown or bracing to prevent overturning. This bill would also require replacement electric water heaters to be listed for residential use and installed within the specifications of that listing to include tiedown or bracing to prevent overturning. The act requires fuel-gas-burning water heater appliances in new manufactured homes or new multifamily manufactured homes to be seismically braced, anchored, or strapped, as specified. This bill would also require electric water heater appliances in new manufactured homes or new multifamily manufactured homes to be seismically braced, anchored, or strapped, as specified. The act required the Department of Housing and Community Development, on or before July 1, 2009, to promulgate rules and regulations that include standards for water heater seismic bracing, anchoring, or strapping. This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2026, to promulgate rules and regulations that include standards for electric water heater seismic bracing, anchoring, or strapping, as specified. This bill would also require the department, if necessary, by July 1, 2026, to update rules and regulations that facilitate the use of electricity-powered space and water heating technologies for manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and multifamily manufactured homes when necessary to replace fuel-burning appliances with electric appliances. The act provides that any person who knowingly violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to the act is guilty of a misdemeanor. By establishing new standards applicable to the installation and replacement of electric water heaters, the bill would expand the above-mentioned crime and thus impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The act provides that it does not prohibit the replacement in manufactured homes or mobilehomes of ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers with fuel-gas-burning ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers that are not specifically listed for use in a manufactured home or mobilehome. This bill would authorize the replacement in manufactured homes or mobilehomes of ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers with electric ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers that are not specifically listed for use in a manufactured home or mobilehome. The act requires replacement gas-fuel-burning ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers to be listed for residential use and installed in accordance with the specifications of that listing to include tiedown and bracing to prevent displacement. This bill would require replacement electric ovens, ranges, or clothes dryers to be listed for residential use and installed in accordance with the specifications of that listing to include tiedown and bracing to prevent displacement. (4) Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation. The State Housing Law requires local ordinances or regulations that govern the alteration and repair of existing buildings to permit the replacement, retention, and extension of original materials and the use of original methods of constructions, provided that the portion of the building and structure complies with applicable building code provisions and the building does not become or continue to be a substandard building, as specified. This bill would provide that the above provision regarding the use of original materials and methods of construction does not prevail over any state or local law that prohibits the use or installation of fuel-gas-burning appliances or that requires the use or installation of electric appliances. (5) The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law makes void and unenforceable any provision of the governing documents or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies that prohibits use of low water-using plants, or prohibits or restricts compliance with water-efficient landscape ordinances or regulations on the use of water, as specified. This bill would make void and unenforceable any provision of the governing documents or architectural guidelines or policies to the extent that the provision prevents the replacement of a fuel-gas-burning appliance with an electric appliance. (6) This bill would state that specified provisions of the bill are declaratory of existing law. (7) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
The California Constitution entitles the victim of a crime to restitution. Existing law requires the court to order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay restitution to the victim or victims for the full amount of economic loss. Existing law also requires that order to include noneconomic losses, including, but not limited to, psychological harm, for felony violations of specified crimes relating to child sexual abuse. This bill would expand those provisions to also include noneconomic losses from felony violations of the crime of human trafficking, as specified.
Existing law governing the taxation of insurers, the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including a credit, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2028, equal to 50% of a contribution to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as provided. Existing law provides that moneys in the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be allocated first to the General Fund, then, upon appropriation, to specified agencies for administrative costs related to this credit, and lastly continuously appropriated to the commission for awarding postsecondary costs, as defined, of qualifying community college student transfers to certain Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) . Existing law requires those HBCUs to be "partnered" HBCUs, defined as regionally accredited HBCUs that satisfy certain cohort default rate and graduation rate requirements and that have associate degree for transfer memoranda of understanding on file with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. This bill would additionally authorize the use of the College Access Tax Credit Fund moneys continuously appropriated to the commission for awards for qualifying community college student transfers to partnered nonprofit colleges and universities in California that were listed as "Black-serving" in a specified report and that offer 4-year baccalaureate degree programs that are primarily focused on health sciences education. The bill would make an appropriation by expanding the purposes for which moneys are used in a continuously appropriated fund. The bill would limit "postsecondary costs" for purposes of these awards to undergraduate education costs.
Existing law authorizes the State Board of Education to approve proposals for the reorganization of school districts if the state board has determined, with respect to the proposal and the resulting school districts, that specified conditions, including, among others, that the reorganized school districts will be adequate in terms of number of pupils enrolled and that the school districts are each organized on the basis of a substantial community identity, are substantially met, except as otherwise provided for exceptional situations. This bill would require the state board to make its decision regarding a proposal for a reorganization pursuant to these provisions within 24 months of receiving the application.
Existing law governs the bidding and awarding of public contracts by public entities, as defined, and imposes additional requirements on state agencies when awarding contracts. This bill would require a state agency, as defined, to include, when awarding a contract for grant administration services, as defined, in the terms of the contract a provision that sets forth standards for resolving actual or perceived conflicts of interest for the contractor.
Existing law regulates certain consumer products and services for the purposes of public health and environmental protection. Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board (state board) to exercise the adjudicatory and regulatory functions of the state in the field of water resources. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2026, prohibit the sale, distribution, installation, or arrangement of the installation of an overwater structure, excluding a floating home, that contains expanded polystyrene, as defined, or other plastic foam that is not fully enclosed and contained in a shell made of aluminum, concrete, steel or plastic with a minimum thickness of 0.15 inches. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2026, prohibit the sale, distribution, installation, or arrangement of the installation of a block or float that contains, or is comprised of, expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam that is not fully enclosed and contained in a shell made of aluminum, concrete, steel or plastic with a minimum thickness of 0.15 inches. The bill would authorize the state board to adopt rules to implement, administer, and enforce these provisions and to maintain and revise a list of materials that are approved to fully enclose and contain expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam used in an overwater structure, block, or float, as specified. The bill would authorize the state board to revise or disqualify a material if the state board determines the material is not sufficient to prevent the release of expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam into the environment. The bill would also authorize the state board to approve a new material for use if the state board determines that the material is sufficient to prevent the release of expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam into the environment and is safe for use in the aquatic environment. The bill would require that, beginning January 1, 2026, an overwater structure that contains, or a block or float that contains or is comprised of, expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam, sold or installed before January 1, 2026, and that is repaired or maintained on or after that date, be fitted with a shell made of aluminum, concrete, steel or plastic with a minimum thickness of 0.15 inches, or other material as the state board may approve, that fully encloses and contains all expanded polystyrene or other plastic foam. The bill would make a violation of its provisions subject to a civil penalty for each violation in an amount not to exceed $10,000.
The California Community Care Facilities Act provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities by the State Department of Social Services, including various adult residential facilities, as described. The act includes legislative findings and declarations that there is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive statewide service of quality community care for persons with a mental illness, persons with developmental and physical disabilities, and children and adults who require care or services. A person who violates the California Community Care Facilities Act is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, by the department and expresses the intent of the Legislature to require that those facilities be licensed as a separate category within the existing licensing structure of the department. Existing law requires the department to collect information and send a report to each county's department of mental health or behavioral health, beginning May 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, of all licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly, as described, that accept a specified federal rate and accept residents with a serious mental disorder, as defined, and the number of licensed beds at each facility. This bill would require the department, beginning May 1, 2026, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2029, to collect information and send a report to each county's department of mental health or behavioral health of all licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly, as described, that accept the above-described specified federal rate and accept residents with a serious mental disorder, as defined, and the number of licensed beds at each facility. The bill would also require the department to collect additional information, including the total number of residents occupying beds at licensed adult residential facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly who are a public benefits recipient, as defined, or a person diagnosed with a serious mental illness, as defined, who is currently receiving regional center funding or who has a previous history of homelessness, incarceration, or institutionalization. The bill would require the department to post the report on its internet website. Because a violation of the California Community Care Facilities Act is crime, the bill would create new crimes, thereby imposing 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law makes it unlawful to produce, process, sell, offer for sale, give away, or possess olive oil that indicates on its label "California Olive Oil," or uses similar words to indicate that California is the source of the oil, unless 100% of that oil is derived from olives grown in California. This bill would similarly make it unlawful to produce, process, sell, offer for sale, give away, or possess a mushroom in California, that indicates on the label "California Mushroom," "California Grown," or words of similar import that indicate that California is the source of the mushroom, unless 100% of that mushroom is grown in California, and would require the Department of Food and Agriculture to assess a civil penalty against any person violating that prohibition, as specified.
