This measure would proclaim April 2018 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in California and call for awareness of the distracted driving problem and support for programs and policies to reduce the incidence of distracted driving.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2018 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24, 2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California and would encourage colleges and universities to visit high schools and take action to help pupils register in dual enrollment courses.
This measure would declare the last week of March every year as Latino Education and Advocacy Week, a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
This measure would designate April 1, 2018, to April 7, 2018, inclusive, as California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week by encouraging and celebrating diversity in the STEM fields and in California's technology and innovation economy.
Existing law establishes the various funds in the State Treasury, including the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. This bill would establish the Budget Deficit Savings Account in the State Treasury and would provide that funds in the reserve shall be available only for specified purposes, for appropriation by the Legislature in fiscal years in which there is a state budget deficit, as provided.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission and provides that the department has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes and authorizes and directs the department to lay out and construct all state highways between the termini designated by law and on the locations as determined by the commission. Existing law, on or before April 1, 2018, requires the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to establish a Transportation Permitting Taskforce consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, and the Chair of the California Transportation Commission, or their designees, and representatives of specified entities. Existing law requires the taskforce to develop a process for early engagement of all parties in the development of transportation projects to reduce permit processing time, establish reasonable deadlines for permit approvals, and provide for greater certainty of permit approval requirements. Existing law requires the Secretary of Transportation, on or before December 1, 2019, to prepare and submit to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature a report of findings based on the efforts of the taskforce, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the California Coastal Commission, upon receipt of a completed request from the Department of Transportation for a permit for a project, to complete its review of the request no later than two years after receipt. If a resource agency does not complete the review of the request for a permit within this timeframe, the bill would provide that the permit is deemed approved for purposes of the project.
