(1) Existing law, the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, 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. Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. This bill would repeal these provisions. (2) Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water supply and protection facilities and programs. This bill would enact the Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014, which, if adopted by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $8,200,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a clean, safe, and reliable drinking water program. This bill would provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election.
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Existing law authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to offer a program under which female inmates who are committed to state prison may be allowed to participate in a voluntary alternative custody program in lieu of confinement in state prison. Existing law defines an alternative custody program to include confinement to a residential home, a residential drug or treatment program, or a transitional care facility that offers appropriate services. Existing law provides that female inmates sentenced to determinate sentences shall be eligible for participation in the program, subject to certain disqualifying criteria. This bill would provide that an existing psychiatric or medical condition that requires ongoing care is not a basis for excluding an inmate from eligibility for the program. The bill would provide more specific timeframes for participation in the alternative custody program. The bill would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or his or her designee to respond to an applicant within two weeks of his or her application to inform the inmate that the application was received, and to notify the inmate of any exclusionary criteria and case-by-case criteria. The bill would require an individualized treatment and rehabilitation plan to be developed during the two weeks following the notice of receipt of the application, in consultation with the inmate, during which time the decision of whether to accept the inmate into the program would be made, and during which time the secretary or his or her designee would provide a written notice to the inmate of acceptance or denial of participation in the program. The bill would require an inmate to be released to the program no later than 5 business days following notice of acceptance into the program. The bill would require a notice of denial to explain the reasons the inmate has been denied participation in the program. The bill would require the secretary or his or her designee to keep a record of the application and notice of denial for participation. The bill would authorize an inmate to, 30 days after the notice of denial, reapply for participation in the program.
This measure would declare that the Legislature joins the County of Riverside in opposing base realignment and closure affecting the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, and March Air Reserve Base.
(1) The existing California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act requires certified recycling centers, when accepting an empty beverage container from a consumer, to pay the refund value. A violation of the act is a crime. This bill would prohibit a certified recycling center from accepting or paying a refund value to a consumer for more than 50 pounds of empty beverage containers submitted by that consumer to the certified recycling center during a single 24-hour period. Since a violation of this requirement would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The act prohibits any person from paying, claiming, or receiving any refund value or other specified payments of fees for imported beverage container material, previously redeemed containers, rejected containers, line breakage, or other ineligible material, or, with intent to defraud, taking specified actions with regard to redeeming ineligible containers. This bill would require the department, when implementing these prohibitions, to consider proximity to the state border when assigning employees to the department's audits of redemption centers. (3) Existing law requires a vehicle entering the state that contains more than 25 pounds of empty beverage container material to pass through the nearest plant quarantine inspection station and obtain proof of inspection from the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The department is authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Food and Agriculture to implement this requirement. Existing law authorizes plant quarantine officers at plant quarantine inspection stations to, among other things, ascertain the origin, quantity, and kinds of meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, eggs, and livestock transported into or out of this state through the station. This bill would require the plant quarantine officers at plant quarantine inspection stations to ascertain the origin and quantity of high volumes of empty beverage containers transported by vehicles entering the state. (4) 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.
Existing law requires that persons released from prison after serving a prison term for a felony, with exceptions, be released into postrelease community supervision for a period not exceeding 3 years. Existing law provides for immediate, structured, and intermediate sanctions to punish violations of an offender's conditions of postrelease supervision. Existing law allows the revocation of postrelease supervision by a revocation hearing officer appointed by the court upon a finding that the person has violated the conditions of postrelease supervision. This bill would allow a person on postrelease supervision who has a revocation petition filed against him or her to file an application for bail or release on his or her own recognizance with the superior court. The bill would provide that bail or own recognizance release pending revocation of postrelease community supervision is a matter within the sole discretion of the court. The bill would require an application for bail or own recognizance release made pursuant to these provisions to be governed by the procedures set forth in existing law for the taking of bail and granting of own recognizance release and would state that its provisions do not prohibit a court from making any order authorized by those provisions.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation in accordance with specified elements, incentive mechanisms, and objectives, except that an electrical corporation that serves less than 500,000 electric retail customers within the state may file with the commission a request for exemption from the requirement to file a procurement plan and the commission is required to grant the exemption upon a showing of good cause. This bill would make a nonsubstantive revision to the act's requirement that the commission review and accept, modify, or reject a procurement plan for each electrical corporation.
(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to form an advisory task force to develop standards for the mastery of the braille code as a child progresses through kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the Superintendent to utilize this advisory task force to develop standards for visually impaired pupils to learn, and achieve mastery of, the braille mathematics code, and requires the task force to report those standards to the State Board of Education by March 1, 2006. This bill would replace the advisory task force with a group of experts on the blind and visually impaired, as described, and would require the Superintendent, upon consultation with the group of experts, to develop standards that are aligned to the common core academic content standards for blind and visually impaired pupils to learn, and achieve the mastery of and literacy in, the braille code and the braille mathematics code. The bill would require the Superintendent to recommend those standards to the state board by May 31, 2016. This bill would additionally require the Superintendent, upon consultation with a group of experts on the Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, to develop standards that are aligned to the common core academic content standards, for Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing pupils to learn, and achieve the mastery of and literacy in, American Sign Language as a pupil progresses through kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The bill would require the Superintendent to recommend these standards to the state board by May 31, 2016. (2) Existing law requires the state board to adopt braille reading and mathematics standards for visually impaired pupils by June 1, 2006. This bill would require the state board to adopt braille reading and mathematics standards for blind and visually impaired pupils that are aligned to the common core academic content standards by June 30, 2016, as specified. The bill would authorize county offices of education, school districts, and special education local plan areas to provide blind and visually impaired pupils opportunities for instruction to master the standards adopted by the state board. The bill would specify that the standards are to be advisory and are not intended to interfere with a pupil's individualized education program. This bill would also require the state board to adopt American Sign Language standards for Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing pupils that are aligned to the common core academic content standards by June 30, 2016, as specified. The bill would authorize county offices of education, school districts, and special education local plan areas to provide Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing pupils opportunities for instruction to master the standards adopted by the state board. The bill would specify that the standards are to be advisory and are not intended to interfere with a pupil's individualized education program.
This measure would call upon all Californians to observe César Chávez's birthday, March 31, as a day of public service, to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to feed all the families in our state, and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by 2020 equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels of 1990. The state board additionally is required to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations. This bill would establish the Fuel Producer Capital Assistance Program to distribute moneys, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to liquid-transportation-fuel producers who wish to locate within the state a large-scale production facility that produces more than 3,000,000 gallons per year, as specified. The bill would establish the Fuel Producers Capital Assistance Fund and would appropriate $100,000,000 from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to implement the program.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, to be achieved by 2020, equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions levels in 1990. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The act requires the scoping plan to be updated at least once every 5 years. This bill would require, for purposes of advising the update of the next scoping plan, the state board to develop specified information by January 1, 2016. The bill would require the state board, on or before January 1, 2016, to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on the specified information. The bill would provide that the specified information is intended to assist in establishing state policy and does not change any statute, regulation, or regulatory decision.