This measure would proclaim September 25, 2022, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day in California.
This measure would declare and recognize that the state is currently suffering a supply chain crisis. The measure would urge the state's public agencies, departments, and local governments to provide all due and proper assistance to carriers, cargo owners, public seaports, terminals, workers, and facilities to facilitate the essential service of delivering goods to Californians.
This measure would recognize August 15, 2022, as India's Independence Day and urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.
This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 fiscal year. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
The California Hazardous Substances Act prohibits the manufacture, production, preparation, compounding, packing, selling, offering for sale, or keeping for sale within the State of California, or the introduction into this state, of any package of a misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance. Under existing law, when a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance is detained or quarantined, as provided, the State Department of Public Health is required to commence proceedings against the article in the superior court of the county or city and county in which the article is detained or quarantined, as provided. Existing law requires the clerk of the court to fix a time and place for the hearing, and cause notices to be prepared notifying all persons who may claim an interest in the article of the time and place of the hearing. Existing law requires a copy of the petition and notice to be posted for 14 days in at least 3 public places in the city or city and county where the court is held, and in a conspicuous place where the article is detained or quarantined. This bill would instead require a copy of the petition and notice to be posted, for 21 days, at the department's internet website, the internet website of the superior court in which the hearing will occur, at least 3 public places in the city or city and county where the court is held, and a conspicuous place where the article is detained or quarantined.
This measure would declare August 2022 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
This measure would declare the month of September 2022 as California Emergency Preparedness Month.
Existing law, the Housing Accountability Act, prohibits a local agency from disapproving a housing development project, as described, unless it makes certain written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act defines "disapprove the housing development project" as including any instance in which a local agency either votes and disapproves a proposed housing development project application, including any required land use approvals or entitlements necessary for the issuance of a building permit, or fails to comply with specified time periods. Existing law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that the lead agency proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if the lead agency finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would define "disapprove the housing development project" as also including any instance in which a local agency fails to issue a project an exemption from CEQA for which it is eligible, as described, or fails to adopt a negative declaration or addendum for the project, to certify an environmental impact report for the project, or to approve another comparable environmental document, if certain conditions are satisfied. Among other conditions, the bill would require a housing development project subject to these provisions to be located within an urbanized area, as defined, and meet or exceed 15 dwelling units per acre. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires a petition to enforce the Housing Accountability Act to be brought pursuant to a specified procedure and be filed no later than 90 days from the effective date of a decision of the local agency imposing conditions on, disapproving of, or any other final action taken on a housing development project. This bill would provide that a local agency's failure to make a determination that the project is exempt from CEQA or failure to adopt, approve, or certify a negative declaration, addendum, environmental impact report, or comparable environmental review document, is deemed a final disapproval of the housing project for purposes of filing a petition to enforce the provisions of the act if the applicant gives timely written notice to the local agency, as specified, and the agency does not issue the exemption or adopt, approve, or certify a negative declaration, addendum, environmental impact report, or comparable environmental review document within 90 days of the applicant's notice. 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.
