Existing law makes it unlawful to produce, process, sell, offer to sell, or possess olive oil that indicates on its label "California Olive Oil," or uses similar words, to suggest that California is the source of the oil, unless 100% of that oil is derived from olives grown in California. This bill would make it unlawful and subject to imprisonment, fine, or both, as specified, to make any false representation in a brand name, label, advertising matter, packaging material, letterhead, invoice, tag, sign, business card, or other oral, written, or printed matter that an olive oil is produced entirely from olives grown within California, including using the terms "California olive oil," "California olives," or substantially similar representations. This bill would apply a similar prohibition on representations that an olive oil was produced from olives from a specific region of California unless at least 85% of the olive oil, by weight, was produced from olives grown in that specific region. This bill would authorize the Department of Food and Agriculture to seize olive oil labeled in violation of these prohibitions and to dispose of the olive oil. By creating a new crime, this bill would 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.
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Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking to petition the court for vacatur relief. Existing law requires the petitioner to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the arrest and conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking. This bill would prohibit a court from refusing to hear the petition on the basis of the petitioner's outstanding fines and fees or the petitioners's failure to meet the conditions of probation. With the exception of restitution, the bill would require that the collection of fines imposed as a result of a nonviolent offense that is the subject of the petition be stayed while the petition is pending.
Existing law allows a person who was arrested or convicted of a nonviolent offense while they were a victim of human trafficking to petition the court for vacatur relief. Existing law requires the petitioner to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the arrest and conviction was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking. Existing law requires that a petition be made and heard within a reasonable time after the person has ceased to be a victim of human trafficking, or within a reasonable time after the petitioner has sought services, whichever is later. Existing law allows a petitioner, or the petitioner's attorney, to be excused from appearing in person at a hearing on the petition only if the court finds a compelling reason why the petitioner cannot attend, in which case existing law allows the petitioner to appear by electronic means. This bill would allow the petitioner to appear at all hearings on the petition by counsel if the petition is unopposed. The bill would allow a petition to be made and heard at any time after the person has ceased to be a victim of human trafficking, or at any time after the petitioner has sought services for being a victim of human trafficking. The bill would specify that the right to petition for relief pursuant to these provisions do not expire with the passage of time.
The California High-Speed Rail Act creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law requires the high-speed rail system to be designed to use electric trains. Existing law authorizes the authority, upon receiving legislative or voter approval, to enter into contracts with private or public entities for the design, construction, and operation of high-speed trains. This bill would prohibit the authority from directly or indirectly using local, state, federal, or any other public or private funding to purchase, lease, operate, or maintain a passenger or freight train powered by a diesel engine or other type of fossil fuel combustion engine, and from enabling such a train to operate on authority-owned rail infrastructure designed for speeds in excess of 125 miles per hour, except as specified.
The California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Services and provides that the office is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services and serves as the State Disaster Council for the purposes of the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement. The act authorizes state agencies to provide mutual aid, including personnel, equipment, and other available resources, to assist political subdivisions during a local emergency or in accordance with mutual aid agreements or at the direction of the Governor. This bill would direct the Office of Emergency Services to establish and administer a grant program entitled the California Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (CA SAFER) , upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature, to augment California's firefighting mutual aid system.
Existing law authorizes a public utility vehicle, or a vehicle of a duly authorized representative of a public utility, that is actually engaged in the construction, removal, maintenance, or inspection of public utility facilities to display flashing amber warning lights when necessarily parked on a highway or when moving at a speed slower than the normal flow of traffic. Existing law requires a person driving a vehicle on a freeway approaching a specified stationary vehicle displaying emergency or warning lights to approach with due caution and either make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the stationary vehicle or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed. Under existing law, a violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $50. This bill would additionally authorize vehicles owned by a local publicly owned electric utility, a community choice aggregator, or an irrigation district to display flashing amber warning lights when necessarily parked on a highway or when moving at a speed slower than the normal flow of traffic. The bill would add utility vehicles, as defined, to the list of stationary vehicles for which a person driving on a freeway must approach with due caution and either make a lane change or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed. Existing law defines an assault as an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury upon another person, and provides that it is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law defines a battery as a willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon another person, and provides that it is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would provide that a person who commits an assault or battery against a utility worker, as defined, be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000, or imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Because the bill would create new crimes, the bill would 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.
Existing law establishes the California Horse Racing Board, and gives that board specified duties, including authorizing a licensed quarter horse racing association that is conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on specified races, including the American Quarter Horse Racing Challenge. This bill would authorize the board to authorize a licensed quarter horse racing association that is conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on a quarter horse stakes race with a purse equal to or greater than $75,000. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and associated property, and sets forth the powers and duties of the department with respect to the operation, maintenance, and improvement of state highways. Existing law requires the department to discontinue further water-intensive freeway landscaping, use drought-resistant landscaping whenever feasible, and eliminate any dependency on imported water for landscaping as soon as practicable. This bill would require the department to eliminate the use of potable groundwater from groundwater basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft for purposes of landscaping and cleaning highways except when a district director determines not doing so would threaten public health or safety.