Asm. Fiona Ma

This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to increase the funding of child development centers and preschools in future years, as resources become available, in order to provide staff with adequate salaries and benefits, provide adequate resources to support program quality for children, and keep programs open to serve parents and children.

(1) Existing law creates the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. This bill would rename the bond act as the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, and would make conforming changes. (2) The bond act, among other things, would continuously appropriate $3,000,000,000 to the California Water Commission for specified water projects, including surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Program Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, except as specified. Funds allocated for this purpose are authorized by the bond act to be provided to local joint powers authorities formed by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments located within the applicable hydrologic region to design, acquire, and construct those projects. The bond act would also authorize the joint powers authorities to include in their membership governmental and nongovernmental partners that are not located within their respective hydrologic regions in financing the surface storage projects, including, as appropriate, cost share participation or equity participation. This bill would delete the authorization for joint powers authorities to include nongovernmental partners in their membership. The bill would prohibit the joint powers authorities from including in their membership any for-profit corporation, or mutual water company whose shareholders and members include a for-profit corporation or any other private entity. (3) Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 2, 2010, statewide general election. This bill would instead provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, and would require the Secretary of State to include the changes made by this bill when submitting the bond act to the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This measure would proclaim May 12, 2010, as California Lab Day.

This measure would designate the 2nd week of October 2010, and annually thereafter, as Disability History Week, and would encourage public and private institutions of higher education, state and local agencies, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and private businesses and corporations to observe Disability History Week by dedicating appropriate classroom instructional time or by coordinating all-inclusive activities to be conducted during that week to afford opportunities for students and the general public to learn more about the disability community and to celebrate and honor its role in contemporary American society.

This measure would declare the Legislature's support for the observance of "Spirit of '45 Day" on the second Sunday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.

This measure would recognize each 2nd week of February hereafter as African American Mental Health Awareness Week.

Existing law provides that a marriage may be solemnized by authorized persons of any religious denomination, by specified legislators, constitutional officers, and California Members of Congress, while those persons are currently holding that office, and by specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and retired. This bill would authorize an elected mayor of a chartered city, while that person holds that office, to solemnize a marriage ceremony.

Existing workers' compensation law generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation, including medical treatment, for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of, or in the course of, employment. Existing law generally provides that whenever certain public employees, who are employed on a regular, full-time basis, are disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, by injury or illness arising out of, and in the course of, their duties, they are required to become entitled, regardless of their period of service with the public employer, to a leave of absence while so disabled without loss of salary in lieu of temporary disability payments or maintenance allowance payments, if any, that would be payable for the period of disability, but not exceeding one year, or until that earlier date as the employee is retired on permanent disability pension, and is actually receiving disability pension payment, or certain advanced disability pension payment. Existing law specifies certain public employees to whom the above-described provisions shall not apply, including certain employees of the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would provide that the above-described provisions shall apply to certain employees of the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law, effective January 1, 2011, requires an outrider to be licensed by the California Horse Racing Board pursuant to certain provisions of law relating to stewards and racing officials. This bill would delete the requirement that outriders be licensed under those provisions. Existing law requires certain persons who participate in, or have anything to do with, the racing of horses to be licensed by the board pursuant to rules and regulations that the board may adopt, and upon the payment of a license fee fixed and determined by the board. This bill would require the licensure of outriders pursuant to those provisions. By requiring outriders to be licensed, the violation of which would be a crime pursuant to other provisions of existing law, this bill would create new crimes and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize the board to adopt regulations to require outrider license applicants to pass both a written and an oral examination and to authorize outriders to exercise certain duties and powers of the board as are delegated by the board. Existing law generally authorizes the board to allocate race dates, as specified. This bill would provide that notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing July 1, 2010, if a racetrack located in the central zone is not available for use by a thoroughbred association that was licensed by the board to conduct a live race meet at that racetrack in 2009, the board shall be authorized to allocate racing dates to that association to be operated at a racetrack in the central zone or the southern zone for racing in 2010, or thereafter, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board. Existing law authorizes advance deposit wagering to be conducted, with the approval of the board. Existing law requires amounts distributed under certain provisions of law relating to advance deposit wagering to be proportionally reduced by an amount equal to 0.00295 multiplied by the amount handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for each racing meeting, not to exceed $2,000,000. This bill would exempt from that calculation amounts handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for harness racing meetings. Existing law requires the amount deducted, as per the above calculation, to be distributed as specified, with 50% of the money to the board to establish and to administer jointly with a certain jockey organization, a defined contribution retirement plan for California-licensed jockeys who retired from racing on or after January 1, 2009, and who, as of the date of retirement, had ridden in a minimum of 1,250 parimutuel races conducted in California. This bill would delete that requirement relating to a minimum number of races ridden. This bill would require amounts distributed under certain provisions of law relating to advance deposit wagering to be proportionally reduced by an amount equal to 0.00295 multiplied by the amount handled on advance deposit wagers originating in California for each harness racing meeting, not to exceed $500,000. The bill would require the amount deducted to be distributed to a certain welfare fund established for the benefit of horsemen and backstretch personnel, as provided, and the amount remaining, if any, for the benefit of the horsemen, as specified. By imposing new requirements on licensees under the Horse Racing Law, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would create new crimes and would thereby 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. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This measure would call upon the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to develop common core state standards in the core academic disciplines of English-language arts, mathematics, history-social science, and science, request that they replicate the process used to develop English-language arts and mathematics common core state standards to now develop common core state standards for social studies and science, and examine the viability of developing common standards in foreign language, visual and performing arts, physical education, career technical education, and other subject areas.