Existing law, upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, requires the State Air Resources Board to allocate funds on a competitive basis for projects that are shown to achieve the greatest emission reductions from each emission source identified, as specified, from activities related to the movement of freight along California's trade corridors, commencing at the state's airports, seaports, and land ports of entry. This bill would, until January 1, 2032, enact the Lower Emissions Equipment at Seaports and Intermodal Yards Program. The program would be administered by the state board and would require the state board to approve as covered equipment applicable cargo handling equipment that will reduce cumulative emissions at seaports and intermodal yards in the state. The bill would require a covered equipment application to be approved by the state board if the applicant demonstrates that the total surplus emissions from covered equipment are lower cumulative emissions than the emissions resulting from compliance with the current applicable cargo handling equipment statute, regulation, or rule, as determined by the state board pursuant to the methodology established by the bill, or that the covered equipment meets the standards and definitions for zero emissions set forth under a specified European Union regulation. The bill would require the state board to establish and certify the useful lifespan of each item of covered equipment, and to certify cargo handling equipment as covered equipment if the applicant seller, reseller, distributor, or manufacturer of the cargo handling equipment demonstrates to the state board that the equipment satisfies specified criteria. The bill would require the state board to establish an application fee, as specified, and would require the application fees to be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund and made available to the state board upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would require a covered equipment application to be provided to the state board for approval before December 31, 2025. The bill would require the state board, by January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2031, to evaluate the impact of the program on state and local clean air efforts to meet state and local clean air goals and to hold at least one public workshop before completing the evaluation.
Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, which includes the State Department of Health Care Services, among other state departments charged with the administration of health, social, and other human services. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, which includes community health worker services. Existing law defines "community health worker" as a liaison, link, or intermediary between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and to improve the access and cultural competence of service delivery and who is a frontline health worker either trusted by, or who has a close understanding of, the community served. Existing law includes in the definition of community health worker Promotores, Promotores de Salud, Community Health Representatives, navigators, and other nonlicensed health workers with specified qualifications. This bill would require the department, by no later than January 1, 2025, and until December 31, 2026, to convene the Promotores and Promotoras Advisory and Oversight Workgroup to provide perspective and guidance to changes in the health and human services delivery system, including, but not limited to, the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the secretary to appoint no fewer than 9 individuals to the workgroup who have at least ten years experience working in California as, or with, Promotores or Promotoras. The bill would require the workgroup to be comprised of no less than 51% Promotores or Promotoras, as specified, and require the appointees to be from geographically diverse areas of the state. The bill would require the workgroup to advise the departments under the agency to ensure that services provided by Promotores or Promotoras are available and accessible to all eligible populations. The bill would also require the workgroup to advise the agency to ensure that Promotores and Promotoras training and outreach materials are culturally and linguistically appropriate, to make recommendations on outreach efforts, as specified, and to provide input on issues that should be informed by community representatives who have lived experience with using and navigating Promotores or Promotoras services and the Medi-Cal program. The bill would also make findings and declarations related to the inclusion of Promotoras.
Existing law requires the Fair Political Practices Commission to bring an administrative action alleging violations of the Political Reform Act of 1974 within five years after the date on which the violation occurred. For violations that occurred on or after January 1, 2025, this bill would instead require the Fair Political Practices Commission to bring such an administrative action within the lesser of five years after the date on which the violation occurred or two years after specified events triggering an investigation. Existing law contains various statutes of limitations for civil prosecutions of violations of the Political Reform Act of 1974. Notwithstanding any other law, for violations that occurred on or after January 1, 2025, this bill would require the Fair Political Practices Commission to bring civil actions within two years of specified events triggering an investigation. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Existing law defines certain acts as disorderly conduct, punishable as a misdemeanor, including soliciting, agreeing to engage in, or engaging in any act of prostitution with another person, as specified, in exchange for the individual providing compensation, money, or anything of value to the other person. This bill would make a 2nd or subsequent violation of this type of disorderly conduct punishable as either a misdemeanor, as specified, or a felony and would make a conforming change. By increasing the penalty of a crime, 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.
The California Urban Forestry Act of 1978 has a purpose of, among other things, promoting the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities. The act requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement a program in urban forestry to encourage better tree management and planting in urban areas to increase integrated, multiple-benefit projects by assisting urban areas with innovative solutions to problems, as provided. The act authorizes the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to make grants to provide assistance of 25% to 90% of costs for projects, as provided. This bill would require funds appropriated or allocated to the department for the bill's purposes to be administered to support school greening, as defined, by providing grants to eligible local educational agencies, as defined, nonprofit organizations, cities, counties, and districts, including special districts, through a competitive grant process that the bill would require the department to develop, including guidelines and selection criteria, as specified, on or before July 1, 2025. The bill would require the department, before developing the grant process, to hold at least 2 public hearings to gather public input on the grant process development. The bill would, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, require funding for these purposes to be transferred to the School Greening and Resiliency Fund, which the bill would establish in the State Treasury.
The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts, and establishes the Judicial Council to, among other things, adopt rules of court and perform functions prescribed by statute. This bill would require each county to develop a court reminder program that allows a superior court, county defense agency or contractor, pretrial services provider, or a community-based organization to send a text message to notify defendants of scheduled court appearances, as specified. The bill would require the arresting law enforcement agency to request a cellular telephone number of a person accused of a criminal offense upon citation or booking for the purpose of receiving court notifications and to transmit that number to the relevant agency managing the court reminder program in their jurisdiction. The bill would require the arresting law enforcement agency to dispose of the cellular telephone number after transmission to the relevant agency if there is no other legally mandated requirement to retain it. The bill would prohibit law enforcement agencies and the courts from using contact information collected solely through this program for any purpose other than for court date reminders. By imposing a new duty on local law enforcement agencies, the 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 creates the California Environmental Protection Agency, consisting of various boards, offices, and departments, including the State Air Resources Board. Existing law, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would establish the Green Assistance Program within the California Environmental Protection Agency to, among other things, assist small businesses and small nonprofit organizations in applying for moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The bill would authorize the Secretary for Environmental Protection to apply for and accept grants or contributions of funds from any public or private source for the program.
Existing law governs the seizure, rescue, adopting out, and euthanasia of abandoned and surrendered animals by animal control officers, law enforcement officers, animal shelters, and rescue organizations. Existing law requires the governing body of each city, city and county, or county to maintain or provide for the maintenance of an animal shelter system and a rabies control program. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to collect certain rabies control program data from each city, city and county, or county, as outlined. The bill would authorize the department to contract out this requirement to a California accredited veterinary school. By increasing the data collected from each city, city and county, and county, this bill would create 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 provides for various programs and services to support parents, children, and families, including the Home Visiting Program under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, which provides case management and evidence-based home visiting for the purpose of family support, and family preservation services, which are services for children and families designed to help families at risk or in crisis. This bill would, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, require the State Department of Social Services to contract with a nonprofit organization to operate and maintain the California Parent Youth Helpline to provide emotional support through calls, live chats, and texts 7 days a week and weekly online groups for parents, children, and youth to strengthen their families. The bill would require the nonprofit organization to meet specified qualifications and would specify the responsibilities of the nonprofit organization to also include, among other things, providing statewide marketing and outreach to parents, children, and youth and distributing parenting, child development, and resiliency program materials. The bill would make findings and declarations related to these provisions.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to administer the act, and requires the department to be under the supervision and control of a director. Existing law requires every sale or transport of cannabis or cannabis products from one licensee to another licensee to be recorded on a sales invoice or receipt and prescribes the information included on those receipts, including the cost to the purchaser. Existing law provides grounds for disciplinary action under MAUCRSA, including failure to comply with the provisions of MAUCRSA or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to MAUCRSA. This bill would, except as specified, require a licensee to pay for goods and services sold or transferred by another licensee no later than 15 days following the final date set forth in the invoice. The bill would require a licensee who sold or transferred goods to another licensee and who has not received payment in full 15 days after the final date set forth in the invoice to report the unpaid invoice to the department, as specified. The bill would require the department to notify a licensee of this report, and would require the department to issue a notice of warning, or, in its discretion, issue a citation or take disciplinary action against the licensee if the licensee fails to pay the outstanding invoice in full by 30 days after this notification, as specified. The bill would prohibit the licensee from purchasing goods and services from another licensee on credit until the licensee pays the outstanding invoice in full.
Existing law requires instruction to be given in the elementary and secondary schools by appropriately trained instructors on drug education and the effects of the use of tobacco, alcohol, narcotics, dangerous drugs, as defined, and other dangerous substances. Existing law authorizes a public or private elementary or secondary school to determine whether or not to make emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist and trained personnel available at its school, and to designate one or more volunteers to receive related training to address an opioid overdose, as specified. Commencing with the 2023–24 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, existing law appropriates $3,500,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for allocation to county offices of education for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining a sufficient stock of emergency opioid antagonists for school districts and charter schools within their jurisdiction to maintain a minimum of two units at each middle school, junior high school, high school, and adult school schoolsite, as provided. This bill would require school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools that voluntarily determine to make naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist available on campus to ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist is placed in an appropriate location that is widely known and easily accessible, during school hours and after school hours. The bill would require the naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to be located on campus in at least one of several specified locations. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to develop an opioid overdose training program and program toolkit, as defined, to be made available to public high schools for public high school pupils to be trained on how to identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including by administering a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, as provided. The bill would require the department, by July 1, 2026, to notify public high schools of the availability of the program toolkit. The bill would require the department to provide the program toolkit upon request to those public high schools that opt to host the program on their campuses, and to collaborate with local, state, and national organizations, as provided, to provide pupils with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention, opioid and drug safety, and stigma reduction.
Existing law establishes various commissions within state government. This bill would establish the California Commission on the United States Semiquincentennial in the state government, with membership as prescribed, to plan and coordinate commemorations and observances and encourage celebrations throughout the state related to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This bill would require the commission to be solely supported by private or federal funds made available for the purpose of supporting the commission. Under the bill, these funds would be deposited in the Semiquincentennial Fund, which the bill would create in the State Treasury. Those funds would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support the activities of the commission in accordance with the bill. The bill would require the records, files, and other memoranda of the commission, other than any private possessions, to be deposited and filed with the State Archives before January 1, 2029, and would require the State Archives to receive those materials. The provisions of the bill would become operative only if the Treasurer determines that sufficient private or federal funds have been made available. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2029.
