Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, community college districts throughout the state have established campuses where they provide instruction to students. Existing law establishes a system through which state funds are apportioned to community college districts based on specified formulas and identifies certain noncredit community college courses and classes that are eligible for that state apportionment funding. Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to establish a preapprenticeship program for the purpose of establishing eligibility for any state apprenticeship programs, and to establish standards and procedures for the approval of a preapprenticeship program, such as requiring the program to include specified elements. This bill would provide that courses associated with these preapprenticeship programs are eligible for state apportionment funding.
Existing law allows a search warrant to be issued upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person to be searched or searched for, and particularly describing the property, thing, or things and the place to be searched. Existing law also specifies the grounds upon which a search warrant may be issued, including, among other grounds, when the property or things to be seized constitute evidence showing that a felony has been committed. This bill would authorize a search warrant to be issued on the grounds that the property or things to be seized consists of evidence that tends to show that certain misdemeanor hate crimes, as defined, have occurred or are occurring.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, as defined, and private postsecondary educational institutions, as defined, as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law establishes the College of the Law, San Francisco, under the governance of the Board of Directors of the College of the Law, San Francisco, within the University of California. This bill would, commencing with the 2029–30 academic year, prohibit the California Community Colleges, the California State University, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions from increasing their tuition by an amount greater than the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the College of the Law, San Francisco and the University of California, the bill would impose that same prohibition, but as a condition for receiving state funds for student financial assistance.
Existing law makes it a felony for a person to, among other things, manufacture, convert, or produce a controlled substance, and to possess specified chemicals with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance, as specified. Existing law imposes a sentencing enhancement for a conviction of these crimes if they involve methamphetamine or phencyclidine and the commission of the crime occurs in a structure where a child under 16 years of age is present or causes a child under 16 years of age to suffer great bodily injury, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize this sentencing enhancement to be applied for a conviction of these crimes if they involve concentrated cannabis and the commission of the crime occurs in a structure where a child under 16 years of age is present or causes a child under 16 years of age to suffer great bodily injury, as specified. By creating a new sentencing enhancement, 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 authorizes a court to order a ward who is 14 years of age or older to be committed to a secure youth treatment facility, operated by the county of commitment, for a period of confinement if the ward is adjudicated and found to be a ward based on the commitment of a specified serious offense committed when the juvenile was 14 years or older, that adjudication is the most recent offense for which the ward has been adjudicated, and the court has made a finding on the record that a less restrictive, alternative disposition for the ward is unsuitable. If the ward has been committed to a facility based on adjudication for an offense for which they would face an aggregate sentence of 7 or more years if convicted in an adult criminal court, existing law prohibits a ward from being held in secure confinement beyond 25 years of age or 2 years from the date of commitment, whichever occurs later. This bill would prohibit a ward from being held in secure confinement beyond 25 years of age under those provisions. The bill would require, if a ward is committed to a secure youth treatment facility and will attain 25 years of age prior to the completion of the commitment, upon attaining 25 years of age, the ward to serve the remainder of their custodial commitment, not to exceed 2 years from the date of commitment, in the county jail. The bill would require a ward who is 25 years of age or older at the time of commitment to a custodial facility, as specified, to serve no more than two years from the date of commitment in the county jail.
Existing law provides that when a battery is committed against the person of an operator, driver, or passenger on a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, as specified, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of their duties, the penalty is imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that if the victim is injured, the offense would be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison for 16 months, 2, or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would expand this crime to apply to an employee or contractor of a public transportation provider. By expanding the scope of an existing 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.
Existing law prohibits operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as specified. Under existing law, if a person is convicted of driving under the influence and is granted probation, the period of probation shall be for no less than 3 years and no more than 5 years, unless the maximum prison sentence for the offense is greater than 5 years, in which case the period of probation may be longer. Existing law prohibits the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice aforethought, while driving under the influence. A violation of this prohibition is punishable either as a misdemeanor or as a felony. Under existing law, if a person is convicted of the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice aforethought, while driving under the influence, and is granted probation, the period of probation shall be no more than one year if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor and two years if the person in convicted of a felony. This bill would increase the period of probation for a person who is convicted of the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice aforethought, while driving under the influence to be the same as the period of probation for a person who is convicted of driving under the influence. By increasing the period of probation, 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 prohibits a person from owning, possessing, keeping, or training a bird or other animal with the intent that it be used or engaged by themself, their vendee, or by any other person in an exhibition of fighting. Existing law authorizes a court, after a violation of that crime, to order all birds owned, possessed, kept, or trained in violation of that crime by the defendant to be forfeited and humanely disposed of. This bill would make the possession of a specified number of roosters, as defined, prima facie evidence of a violation of that crime, subject to specified exceptions. By expanding the scope of a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited loitering in a public place with the intent to commit prostitution, as defined, and made that crime a misdemeanor. This bill would make it a misdemeanor to loiter in a public place within 1,000 feet of a school, park, playground, amusement park, or state highway with the intent to commit prostitution, as defined, and make other conforming changes. By creating a new 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 Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the establishment, operation, and governance of charter schools. Existing law authorizes a charter school to receive funding for nonclassroom-based instruction only if a determination for funding is made by the State Board of Education, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency, including a charter school, to offer independent study to meet the educational needs of pupils in accordance with certain requirements, as provided. This bill would require the state board to convene a workgroup composed of specified representatives to discuss nonclassroom-based instruction at charter schools and propose recommended updates and revisions to the state board on the determination of funding process and the requirements for educational opportunities offered by a local educational agency through independent study. The bill would require the workgroup, on or before June 30, 2025, to submit to the state board recommendations for any statutory or regulatory changes the workgroup deems advisable, and would require the state board, on or before September 30, 2025, to consider the recommendations of the workgroup and initiate the rulemaking process for any regulatory revisions the state board finds necessary.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information that is collected or sold by a business, including the right to request that a business delete personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer, as specified. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA and establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and vests the agency with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to enforce the CCPA. Existing law defines and requires the CPPA to regulate data brokers. Existing law, by January 1, 2026, requires the CPPA to establish an accessible deletion mechanism that meets certain requirements, including that it support the ability of a consumer's authorized agents to aid in the deletion request. This bill would impose additional requirements on the accessible deletion mechanism regarding authorized agents. In this regard, the bill would, among other things, require an authorized agent aiding in a deletion request to be registered with, and certified by, the CPPA, and would prohibit the authorized agent from charging the consumer a fee, as specified. The bill would also require the accessible deletion mechanism to include certain information for a data broker to directly contact the consumer requesting the deletion, and procedures to authenticate the identity of the consumer, as specified. Existing law requires a data broker, when denying a consumer's deletion request because the request cannot be verified, to process the request as an opt out of the sale or sharing of the consumer's personal information, as specified, and to direct all service providers or contractors associated with the data broker to process the request in the same way. This bill would recast that provision to instead authorize a data broker that denies a consumer request to delete because the request cannot be verified to ask if the consumer wants the data broker to process the request as an opt out, as specified. The bill would also authorize the data broker to deny the request if the data broker has a good faith, reasonable, and documented belief that the request is fraudulent, as specified, or if the request was submitted through an authorized agent who has not provided the consumer's signed permission demonstrating the agent's authority to act on the consumer's behalf. Existing law authorizes the CPPA to adopt regulations to implement and administer this title, as specified. This bill would instead require the CPPA to adopt those regulations on or before August 1, 2025. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes and intent of the CPRA for specified reasons.
For purposes of the Public Contract Code, existing law defines an emergency as a sudden unexpected occurrence that poses a clear and imminent danger, requiring immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property, or essential public services. This bill would additionally define an emergency as an immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property, or essential public services caused by the impacts of homelessness. Existing law authorizes certain public agencies, in the case of an emergency and pursuant to a 45 vote of its governing body, to take specific actions relating to the repair or replacement of a public facility without giving notice for bids to let contracts, if the governing body makes a finding, as prescribed, that the emergency will not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation for bids and that the action is necessary to respond to the emergency. Existing law establishes additional related procedures for the delegation of and review of, any action taken pursuant to, that authority. This bill would authorize a county board of supervisors, in cases of significant emergency, as defined, to take any directly related and immediate action required by an emergency without giving notice for bids to let contracts. The bill would require any action taken under these provisions to first be authorized by a majority vote of the members of the county board of supervisors and would require the county board of supervisors to find that the emergency work is necessary for the stated reasons in cases of significant emergency.
