Existing law, the Irrigation District Law, provides for the formation of irrigation districts with prescribed powers. The law authorizes an irrigation district to control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recapture, and salvage any water, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to give information so far as it may be practicable to persons contemplating the formation of districts. This bill would require the department to respond to a request to enter into a long-term maintenance agreement, as defined, with an irrigation district within 120 days and to prioritize responding to long-term maintenance agreement requests for waterways that already have existing regular-term maintenance agreements, as defined.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems, authorizes each county to develop an EMS program and designate a local EMS agency, and requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to receive plans for the implementation of EMS systems from local EMS agencies, as specified. Existing law requires a county to enter into a written agreement with a city or fire district that contracted for or provided prehospital EMS as of June 1, 1980. Existing law requires, until that written agreement is reached, prehospital EMS to be continued at not less than the existing level and the administration of prehospital EMS by cities and fire districts contracting for or providing those services as of June 1, 1980, to be retained by those cities and fire districts, as specified. This bill would authorize a county board of supervisors or a local EMS agency to provide or support the provision of EMS to persons located within the county, as specified. The bill would require a county board of supervisors or a local EMS agency to adopt a written policy setting forth specified requirements for an emergency ambulance services provider in order to enter into a contract with a provider for emergency ambulance services, as specified. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the Independent System Operator, to establish resource adequacy requirements for all electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators. Existing law requires electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to maintain physical generating capacity and electrical demand response adequate to meet their load requirements, as specified. This bill would require the PUC, in coordination with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator, to take specified actions in relation to virtual power plants, as defined. The bill would require the PUC, on or before March 1, 2026, to begin a proceeding to determine targets for each electrical corporation to procure generation from cost-effective virtual power plants, and would require the PUC, on or before October 1, 2026, to finalize its proceeding and issue a decision adopting virtual power plant procurement targets to be achieved by each electrical corporation on or before December 31, 2028, and on or before December 31, 2033. The bill would, upon the PUC adopting virtual power plant procurement targets, require each electrical corporation, beginning January 30, 2028, and each year thereafter, to file a report with the PUC on its progress toward complying with the virtual power plant procurement targets. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime. Because the above-described provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a PUC action implementing this bill's requirements would be 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, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires a health insurance issuer to comply with minimum medical loss ratios (MLRs) and to provide an annual rebate to each insured if the MLR of the amount of the revenue expended by the issuer on costs to the total amount of premium revenue is less than a certain percentage, as specified. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers that issue, sell, renew, or offer a contract or policy, excluding specialized dental and vision contracts and policies, to comply with a minimum MLR of 85% and provide specified rebates. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer that issues, sells, renews, or offers a contract or policy covering dental services to annually report MLR information to the appropriate department. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer that issues, sells, renews, or offers a specialized dental health care service plan contract or specialized dental health insurance policy to comply with a minimum MLR of 85% and to provide a specified rebate to an enrollee or insured. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be 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.
(1) Existing law, known as the Cartwright Act, makes every trust unlawful, against public policy, and void, subject to specified exemptions. A "trust" is defined for these purposes as a combination of capital, skill, or acts by 2 or more persons for certain designated purposes. A violation of the act is punishable as a crime. This bill would expand the definition of "trust" under the act to specifically include the capital, skill, or acts of all affiliated persons, as defined. For purposes of the act, the bill would define an "affiliated person" to include, among others, a natural person related within the 3rd degree of consanguinity or affinity to any other person, together with other specified persons with certain ownership interests. The bill would expand the purposes for a trust under the act to include creating or carrying out restrictions in residential housing, preventing or limiting competition in development or redevelopment, construction, leasing, rental, or purchase of residential housing, among other specified acts. The bill would also define the terms "control," "geographic market," "residential housing," and "undue concentration" for purposes of the act. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to lease or make a sale or contract for the sale of goods, merchandise, machinery, supplies, commodities for use within the state, or to fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser shall not use or deal in the goods, merchandise, machinery, supplies, commodities, or services of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of trade or commerce in any section of the state. This bill would make it unlawful for a person to sell or lease, rent, or make a sale or contract for the lease, rental, or sale of goods, machinery, supplies, commodities, or rental housing located within this state. The bill would further make it unlawful to engage in specified related actions concerning price fixing in residential housing and would make other related changes to this provision. Because the bill would expand the scope of activities prohibited by the Cartwright Act, the violation of which is punishable as a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law, the Unfair Practices Act, makes certain business practices unlawful and regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising. These unlawful acts include selling an article or product in this state at less than the cost for the purpose of injuring competitors or destroying competition. A violation of the act is punishable as a crime. Existing law defines "sell," for purposes of the act, to include selling, offering for sale, or advertising for sale. This bill would expand the above-described definition to instead refer to "sell or lease," and would define it to include selling, offering for sale, rental, or lease, or advertising for sale, rental, or lease. The bill would also incorporate by reference the above-described definitions from the Cartwright Act. Because the bill would expand the scope of activities that are a crime under the act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include related legislative findings. 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, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among others, that the development proponent has committed to record, prior to the issuance of the first building permit, a land use restriction or covenant providing that any lower or moderate-income housing units required remain available at affordable housing costs or rent to persons and families of lower or moderate income, as specified. This bill would deem a tribal housing development that is located on a site owned in fee simple by the tribe an allowable use if it satisfies specified requirements, including that it is located on an infill lot and it is not located on an environmentally sensitive site, as specified. The bill would define "allowable use" for purposes of these provisions to mean that the development project is a permitted use regardless of zoning designation, as specified. The bill would authorize a tribal housing development subject to these provisions to be eligible for the streamlined, ministerial approval process described above, as specified, and would prohibit a local government from imposing a maximum density requirement on a development subject to these provisions. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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 Planning and Zoning Law requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical development, and the development of certain lands outside its boundaries, that includes, among other mandatory elements, a housing element. Existing law deems a housing development project located on any real property owned by a local educational agency an allowable use if the project meets specified criteria, including, among other things, that the development consists of at least 10 housing units and all of the units are rented by local educational agency employees, local public employees, and general members of the public pursuant to specified procedures. Existing law requires a housing development subject to these provisions to have a recorded deed restriction that ensures, for a period of at least 55 years, that the majority of the units of the housing development are set at an affordable rent to lower income or moderate-income households, provided that at least 30% of the units are affordable to lower income households. This bill would instead require all of the units of a housing development subject to these provisions that are rented to general members of the public to be affordable to lower income households. The bill would require the housing development to have a recorded deed restriction that ensures, for a period of at least 55 years, that any unit that is rented to general members of the public is set at an affordable rent to lower income households. This bill would deem the units of a housing development subject to these provisions that are rented to specified public employees to satisfy any affordability requirement of any local inclusionary housing ordinance. By adding to the duties of local planning officials with respect to approving certain development projects, 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 the use of a motorized bicycle on a bicycle path or trail, bikeway, bicycle lane, equestrian trial, or hiking or recreational trail, as specified, unless the governing body of a local public agency, which has jurisdiction over the path or trail, permits the operation. Existing law authorizes a governing body of a local public agency, which has jurisdiction over the path or trail, to prohibit the use of an electric bicycle on an equestrian trial, or hiking or recreational trail. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime and a person convicted of an infraction for a violation of either the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the code is subject to a specified fine schedule, except as otherwise provided. This bill would clarify that a recreational trail for these purposes includes a boardwalk, as defined, regardless of whether the facility also provides bicycle access. Notwithstanding specified law, the bill would impose a fine, not to exceed $35, against a person convicted of an infraction for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting or regulating electric bicycles on recreational trails. By expanding the scope 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.
Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, creates the Department of Human Resources and grants to the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system in accordance with Article VII of the California Constitution, the Government Code, the merit principle, and applicable rules duly adopted by the State Personnel Board. Existing law requires the State Personnel Board to prescribe rules consistent with a merit-based civil service system to govern classifications, examinations, probationary periods, disciplinary actions, appointments, and other matters related to the board's authority under the California Constitution. This bill would require the department, until July 1, 2032, to administer and oversee the Career Development Apprenticeship Program, which would provide an alternative to the traditional civil service examination and appointment process, as specified. The bill would require the department or its designee to conduct competitive examinations in the form of career development apprenticeship evaluations to determine the qualifications and readiness of career development apprentices for permanent state employment. The bill would require apprenticeship appointments to be made on a provisional basis, and would specify candidates serving in an apprenticeship appointment shall not acquire permanent civil service status for the duration of the term of the apprentice evaluation period. The bill would require the department or its designee to develop job-related evaluation standards that are appropriate tests of fitness for the job classification, as specified, and to provide a final evaluation to each apprentice at the end of the evaluation period that contains a determination as to whether the apprentice meets the minimum qualifications and a certification as to whether the apprentice successfully passed the evaluation period and should be transitioned to a permanent civil service appointment. The bill would also require the department, on June 30, 2026, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Legislature and publicly post on its internet website a report for the prior program and fiscal year that summarizes and details substantive qualitative and quantitative outcomes, as specified. Existing law establishes the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations and charges it with various duties related to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. Existing law requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, or their duly authorized representative, to administer these provisions. Under existing law, the chief is required to issue rules and regulations that establish standards for minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for apprentice agreements. This bill would require rules and regulations issued pursuant to those provisions to be consistent with the provisions governing the Career Development Apprenticeship Program, as described above, and the rules of the State Personnel Board. Existing law authorizes an apprenticeship program to be administered by a joint apprenticeship committee, unilateral management or labor apprenticeship committee, or an individual employer. This bill would require apprenticeship programs for classifications determined to be eligible for recruitment under the Career Development Apprenticeship Program to be administered by the Department of Human Resources with the advice of a joint apprenticeship committee. The bill would further require apprenticeship programs under the Career Development Apprenticeship Program to also be governed by standards for apprenticeship programs set forth in the Labor Code, as specified. In this connection, the bill would authorize the chief to issue rules and regulations that govern apprenticeship programs under the Career Development Apprenticeship Program, including the approval and denial of programs, registration of agreements, and other related matters, as prescribed. Among other provisions, the bill would provide that the function of a joint apprenticeship committee, for programs under the Career Development Apprenticeship Program, is to advise the Department of Human Resources in establishing work processes, conditions, and related duties. The bill would establish procedures for disputes, wage rates, apprenticeship terms, probationary periods, and related matters pursuant to these provisions.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. Existing law requires a housing element to include an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. That law also requires that the housing element adopted by the legislative body of the city, county, or city and county and any amendments made to that element be delivered to all public agencies or private entities that provide water or sewer services, as described, within the territory of the legislative body. Existing law requires each public agency or private entity providing water or sewer services to grant a priority for the provision of these services to proposed developments that include housing units affordable to lower income households. Existing law also requires a public agency or private entity providing water or sewer services to adopt written policies and procedures not later than July 1, 2006, and at least once every 5 years thereafter, with specific objective standards for provision of services, as described. This bill would instead require each public agency or private entity providing water or sewer services to grant a priority for the provision of these services to proposed housing developments, which the bill would define for these purposes to include both housing developments that include units sold or rented to lower income households, as provided in existing law as described above, and housing developments constructed pursuant to specified laws providing for ministerial approval of certain housing developments or subdivision maps. The bill would also update the compliance date to adopt written policies and procedures to July 1, 2025, and continue to require the adoption of those written policies and procedures at least once every 5 years thereafter. (2) The Urban Water Management Planning Act requires urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt urban water management plans that, among other things, identify and quantify the existing and planned sources of water available to the water supplier's service area based on specified factors. That act requires the water use projections required by these provisions to include the projected water use for single‑family and multifamily residential housing for lower income households as identified in the housing element of any city, county, or city and county in the service area of the supplier. This bill would instead require the water use projections to include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing for proposed housing developments, defined as described above, as identified in the housing element of any city, county, or city and county in the service area of the supplier. (3) This bill would make conforming changes. (4) By imposing additional duties on local 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires talent agencies to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to talent agencies. Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California. This bill would exempt an attorney licensed under the State Bar Act from the requirement to be licensed as a talent agency.
(1) Existing law provides for unemployment compensation benefits for eligible individuals in the state who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Existing law excludes from the definition of "wages," for purposes of the unemployment insurance law, remuneration in excess of $7,000 paid to an individual by an employer during any calendar year, with respect to employment. This bill would change the amount of remuneration that is excluded from the definition of "wages," to $____ on and after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2027, and to $____ on and after January 1, 2027. The bill would require an annual cost of living increase to the $____ amount on and after January 1, 2028, and each January 1 thereafter. (2) Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefit award computations are based on wages paid in the base period. Existing law defines "base period" for these purposes (main base period) , and also establishes an alternative base period that is applicable to new claims that are filed on or after a specified date, but no later than April 2, 2012, and for which a valid claim or benefit year cannot be established under the main base period. This bill would make the alternative base period the main base period for all claims. (3) Existing law provides that an individual who is unemployed in any week and is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits shall be paid an unemployment compensation benefit with respect to that week in an amount equal to their weekly benefit amount, reduced by the smaller of $25 or the amount of wages in excess of 25% of the wages payable to the individual for services rendered during that week. This bill would instead require the payment of an unemployment compensation benefit with respect to that week in an amount equal to their weekly benefit amount, reduced by the amount of wages in excess of 50% of the wages payable to the individual for services rendered during that week. (4) Under existing law, for new unemployment insurance claims filed with an effective date beginning on or after January 1, 2003, the weekly benefit amount for individuals whose highest wages in the quarter of their base period exceeds $1,832.99 is 50% of those wages divided by 13. On or after January 1, 2005, that law prohibits the weekly benefit amount from exceeding $450. This bill would instead, for new claims filed with an effective date beginning on or after January 1, 2025, set the individual's weekly benefit amount at 121 of the wages paid to the individual for employment by employers during the quarter of their base period in which their wages were highest, or $170, whichever is greater. The bill would set an increased maximum weekly benefit amount of $700. The bill would require an annual cost of living adjustment to the minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts, commencing on January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter. (5) Existing law establishes the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund (disability fund) , a special fund, and authorizes the Controller to use the moneys in the disability fund for loans to the General Fund, as prescribed. Existing law, however, requires interest to be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund from the disability fund. This bill would impose additional requirements on loans made from the disability fund when the loan is made to pay interest due to the federal government for payments made to the state pursuant to specified federal law, or for any other reason related to the insolvency of the Unemployment Fund. (6) Existing law provides that employer contributions to the Unemployment Fund shall accrue and become payable by every employer, except as specified, for each calendar year with respect to wages paid for employment. Existing law requires, in addition to other contributions, every employer, except as specified, to pay into the Employment Training Fund contributions at the rate of 0.1% of wages, as defined, and sets forth the manner of collection. This bill would create in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Excluded Workers Fund. The bill would require every employer, except as specified, to pay into the Excluded Workers Fund contributions at the rate of 0.5% of wages, as defined. The bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, specified costs to be reimbursed from the fund and would otherwise limit the use of moneys in the fund for the support of excluded worker programs to provide income assistance to excluded workers who are ineligible for the state or federal unemployment insurance benefits administered by the Employment Development Department and who are unemployed. (7) Because the bill would increase the amount of unemployment compensation paid and make an additional amount payable from the Unemployment Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, as well as would increase the amount of the unemployment insurance contribution required to be paid by employers and thereby increase the amounts of benefits deposited in the fund, the bill would make an appropriation. (8) This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
