Existing law authorizes the Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, to enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, and deems that joint powers agency to be a public agency for this purpose. Existing law also prohibits the joint powers authority from authorizing or issuing bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985, unless the funded public improvements will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more public agency members and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derived from the authority or one or more of its public agency members. This bill would provide that the Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council may enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, and may also enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte, the City of Crescent City, or both, for certain purposes, and, for those purposes, would provide that the Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council is a public agency for purposes of the law relating to joint powers agencies. This bill would also extend the prohibition against issuing bonds for public improvements except under specified circumstances to any authority created pursuant to this bill.
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This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would urge the California delegation in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to vote against any proposed legislation, including HR 2417, that would weaken federal energy efficiency standards or constrain California's long-recognized authority to enact its own standards to promote energy efficiency.
This measure declares that Sundays are "Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day," and encourages families, restaurants, and grocers to buy California-grown floriculture, fiber, and foods.
This measure would declare February 19, 2011, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
This resolution would declare February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day.
The California Constitution conditions the imposition of a special tax by a city, county, or special district upon the approval of 23 of the voters of the city, county, or special district voting on that tax, and prohibits these entities from imposing an ad valorem tax on real property or a transactions or sales tax on the sale of real property. This measure would alternatively condition the imposition, extension, or increase of a parcel tax, as defined, by a school district, community college district, or county office of education upon the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition, if the proposition meets specified requirements. This measure would also make conforming changes to related provisions.
This measure would designate the week of April 18 to 24, 2011, as "California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to observe the California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide by participating in the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Project.
This measure would declare the week of April 10, 2011, to April 16, 2011, inclusive, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.