This measure would designate the month of September 2014 as School Attendance Awareness Month, and would encourage public officials, educators, and communities in California to observe the month with appropriate activities and programs.
This measure would declare the week of August 4, 2014, to August 10, 2014, inclusive, as Dropout Recovery Week, and would state that the Legislature intends to encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative assessments, and adequate resources.
This measure would state that the Legislature supports and encourages the development and expansion of a California health care delivery system that identifies patient centered medical homes and is based upon certain principles of coordination of patient care.
This measure would urge the Governor to identify evidence-based solutions to reduce children's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, address the impacts of those experiences, and invest in preventive health care and mental health and wellness interventions.
(1) Existing law requires the Attorney General to maintain records, including among other things, fingerprints, licenses to carry concealed firearms, and information from firearms dealers pertaining to firearms, for purposes of assisting in the investigation of crimes, and specified civil actions. In regard to certain of those records, existing law authorizes specified peace officers to disseminate the name of the subject of the record, the number of firearms listed in the record, the description of any firearm, and other information reported to the Department of Justice, as specified, if the subject of the record has been arraigned, is being prosecuted, or is serving a sentence for domestic violence, or is the subject of specified protective orders. Existing law requires the law enforcement officer to provide a victim of domestic violence to whom information is disseminated with a "Victims of Domestic Violence" card, and authorizes the victim or other person to whom the information is disseminated to disclose that information as he or she deems necessary to protect himself, herself, or another person from bodily harm by the person who is the subject of the record. This bill would require the Attorney General to also maintain information about ammunition transactions, as specified, and ammunition vendor licenses, as specified, for those purposes. This bill would similarly authorize specified peace officers to disseminate the name of a person and the fact of any ammunition purchases by that person, as specified, if the subject of the record has been arraigned, is being prosecuted, or is serving a sentence for domestic violence, or is the subject of specified protective orders. The bill would require the law enforcement officer to provide a victim of domestic violence to whom information is disseminated with a "Victims of Domestic Violence" card, and would authorize the victim or other person to whom the information is disseminated to disclose that information as he or she deems necessary to protect himself, herself, or another person from bodily harm by the person who is the subject of the record. By imposing new duties on local law enforcement officers, this bill would impose a state‑mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Prohibited Armed Persons File, the purpose of which is to cross-reference persons prohibited from possessing firearms with records of firearm transactions to determine if these persons have acquired or attempted to acquire firearms. Under existing law, a person who is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm is prohibited from owning, possessing, or having under his or her custody or control, any ammunition or reloaded ammunition. The bill would also create a similar Prohibited Ammunition Purchaser File for these purposes. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2016, use the Prohibited Armed Persons File to cross-reference those persons with records of ammunition transactions to determine if these persons have acquired or attempted to acquire ammunition. (3) Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires that the delivery or transfer of ownership of handgun ammunition occur only in a face-to-face transaction and makes a violation of this requirement a crime. Existing law provides that the term "vendor" for purposes of ammunition sales is a "handgun ammunition vendor" as defined for those and other purposes. This bill would extend those provisions to any ammunition. The bill would provide that the term "vendor" for purposes of ammunition sales means "ammunition vendor," and, commencing July 1, 2016, who is licensed, as specified, for those and other purposes. The bill would provide that commencing July 1, 2016, only a licensed ammunition vendor may sell ammunition. The bill would create additional exemptions from these requirements for specified events conducted by a nonprofit entity, and for persons who hold a valid hunting license, as specified, and would make additional conforming changes. (4) Existing law prohibits an ammunition vendor from allowing a person the vendor knows or should know is a person who is prohibited from possessing firearms for specified reasons, from handling, selling, or delivering handgun ammunition in the course and scope of their employment. Existing law prohibits an ammunition vendor from selling or otherwise transferring ownership of, offering for sale or otherwise offering to transfer ownership of, or displaying for sale or displaying for transfer of ownership of, any handgun ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. This bill would extend those prohibitions to any ammunition. The bill would provide that a violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (5) Existing law requires ammunition vendors to maintain ammunition transaction records, as specified, on the vendor's premises for a period of 5 years. This bill would repeal the provisions requiring ammunition transaction records be maintained for 5 years by the vendor. (6) Existing law subject to exceptions, requires a handgun ammunition vendor to record specified information at the time of delivery of handgun ammunition to a purchaser, as specified. This bill would extend those provisions to transactions of any ammunition and would, commencing July 1, 2016, require the ammunition vendor to submit that information to the department, as specified. The bill would require the department to retain the information for 5 years in a database to be known as the Ammunition Purchase Records File and would prescribe the authority of the department and other entities to use the file, as specified. (7) The bill would authorize the Department of Justice to accept applications for ammunition vendor licenses, commencing January 1, 2016. The bill would require an ammunition vendor to be licensed, commencing July 1, 2016, in order to sell ammunition. Violation of these provisions would be a misdemeanor. The bill would create an application process for ammunition vendors, as specified. The bill would establish the Ammunition Vendors Special Account, into which vendor license fees would be deposited and made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Justice for purposes of enforcing the ammunition vendor licensing provisions. The bill would require the ammunition vendor to conduct business at the location specified in the license, except in the case of gun shows or events, as specified. The bill would require the Attorney General to prepare and submit to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2017, a report concerning, among other things, recommendations for enhancements that could be made to the background check system, as specified. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (8) The bill would provide that for the provisions discussed above, as specified, "ammunition" does not include blanks. (9) Existing law establishes the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for use by the Department of Justice for specified purposes related to weapons and firearms regulation. This bill would, notwithstanding that continuous appropriation, provide that these funds are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes related to ammunition vendors and ammunition vendor licensing. (10) The bill would make additional nonsubstantive, technical changes. (11) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11106 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 808 that would become operative if this bill and SB 808 are both enacted and this bill is enacted last. (12) 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.
This measure would acknowledge the history of the Chinese in California, recognize the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and apologize for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law defines "curriculum framework" as an outline of the components of a given course of study designed to provide state direction to school districts in the provision of instructional programs. Existing law authorizes the state board to consider the adoption of a revised curriculum framework and evaluation criteria for instructional materials in history-social science. This bill would require the commission, during the next revision of the history-social science curriculum framework, to consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate. The bill would require the state board to adopt, modify, or reject the curriculum framework recommended by the commission.
This measure would declare the 3rd week of September 2014, and the 3rd week of September in each subsequent year, as Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week.
Existing law subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court, except as specified. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss a petition, at any time before the minor reaches 21 years of age, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court. This bill would delete the restriction that the petition be dismissed before the minor reaches 21 years of age and would, instead, authorize a judge of the juvenile court to dismiss a petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss the petition, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the person who is the subject of the petition require that dismissal, or if it finds that he or she is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the person who is the subject of the petition is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court. The bill would also provide that the court is not required to maintain jurisdiction over a person who is the subject of a petition between the time the court's jurisdiction over that person terminates and the point at which his or her petition is dismissed. Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to, among other things, order a minor who is the subject of a petition to declare the minor a ward of the juvenile court, to participate in a program of supervision for up to 6 months with the consent of the minor and the minor's parents or guardian, without adjudging the minor a ward of the court. Upon successful completion of the program of supervision, existing law requires the petition to be dismissed. Existing law authorizes a person who is the subject of a juvenile court record and other specified persons to petition the court for the sealing of the records relating to the person's case at any time after the person reaches 18 years of age, as specified. Existing law permits a court to access a file sealed pursuant to these provisions for the limited purpose of verifying the prior jurisdictional status of a ward who is petitioning the court to resume its jurisdiction. Existing law provides that this access shall not be deemed an unsealing of the record and shall not require notice to any other entity. This bill would additionally require the juvenile court to order the petition of a minor who is subject to the jurisdiction of the court dismissed if the minor satisfactorily completes a term of probation, as specified. The bill would require the court to seal all records in the custody of the juvenile court pertaining to that dismissed petition or a petition dismissed upon satisfactory completion of a program of supervision, as described above, but would authorize a prosecuting attorney and the probation department of any county to have access to those records after they are sealed for the limited purpose of determining whether the minor is eligible for deferred entry of judgment. The bill would authorize a court to access a file sealed pursuant to these provisions for the limited purpose of verifying the prior jurisdictional status of a ward who is petitioning the court to resume its jurisdiction. The bill would provide that this access shall not be deemed an unsealing of the record and shall not require notice to any other entity.
The California Constitution generally requires that assessments, fees, and charges be submitted to property owners for approval or rejection after the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing. The Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 authorizes cities to form property and business improvement districts that may levy assessments within a district for the purpose of making improvements and promoting activities of benefit to the properties and businesses within the district, and defines various terms for purposes of the law. The law requires a management district plan to include, among other things, the name of the proposed district, a description of the boundaries of the district, and the total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements, maintenance and operations, and debt service in each year of operation of the district. This bill would require a management district plan to additionally include, for districts that are property-based, the proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel, to be determined as prescribed, the total amount of all special benefits to be conferred on the properties located within the property-based district, the total amount of any general benefit, and a detailed engineer's report, as specified. This bill would define the term "special benefit" for purposes of that law to mean a particular and distinct benefit over and above general benefits, as defined, conferred on real property located in a district or to the public at large, and would specify that special benefit includes incidental or collateral effects that arise even if those effects benefit property or persons not assessed. The law additionally requires the city council to adopt a resolution of formation containing, among other things, a statement that the improvements and activities to be provided in the district will be funded by the levy of the assessments and a finding that the property or businesses within the area of the district will be benefited by the improvements and activities funded by the assessments proposed to be levied. This bill would require a finding that the property within the district will receive a special benefit and the total amount of all special benefits to be conferred on the properties within the property-based district. The bill would make various conforming changes to specify that the provisions described above apply to maintenance as well as improvements and activities.
