Asm. Jim Frazier

This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to enact President Barack Obama's budget proposal to increase funding for preschool and early learning. This measure would also urge the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare a plan for making California competitive for future increases in federal funding to preschool and early learning programs.

This measure would designate December 4, 2013, as Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court Day.

This measure would proclaim October 5, 2013, as California Firefighters Memorial Day.

This measure would recognize September 2013 as Hmong History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of the Hmong people during Hmong History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and contributions that the Hmong people make to their communities.

This measure would formally endorse the invaluable work of California's Africana studies programs, and their faculty, staff, and students. The measure would recognize the leadership provided by the beneficiaries of those programs, and would support the continuation of Africana studies programs in California's institutions of higher education.

This measure would designate September 22, 2013, and September 22, 2014, as "California Business Women's Day" and would encourage all Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate activities.

This measure would recognize the month of October 2013 as Filipino American History Month and the 426th anniversary of the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.

This measure would proclaim May 1 through May 7, 2013, as Cinco de Mayo Week, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Existing law and the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2, effective July 3, 2012, and operative July 1, 2013, assigns and reorganizes the functions of state government among executive officers and agencies by creating the following general agency structure in the executive branch: Business, Consumer Services and Housing; Government Operations; Corrections and Rehabilitation; Labor and Workforce Development; California Health and Human Services; Environmental Protection; Natural Resources; and Transportation. This bill would enact the statutory changes necessary to reflect the changes in law made by the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2, and would also make additional conforming name changes to properly reflect the assignment and reorganization of the functions of state government among the newly established executive officers and agencies. This bill would reallocate certain duties of reorganized and abolished state entities and their officers to established state entities and officers, including, but not limited to, reallocating specified duties of the abolished Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and its secretary to the newly created Transportation Agency and its Secretary of Transportation, and reallocating specified duties to the newly created Department of Business Oversight and its commissioner. This bill would become operative, like the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2, on July 1, 2013, except as specifically provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This measure would proclaim the week of September 8, 2013, through September 14, 2013, as Suicide Prevention Week in California.