This measure would recognize May 10, 2018, as the 30th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would designate May 22, 2018, as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in California, in conjunction with National Trauma-Informed Awareness Day, to highlight the impact of trauma and the importance of prevention and community resilience through trauma-informed care.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2018, and each May thereafter, as California Zinfandel Month.
This measure would declare the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2018 as Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19, 2018, as Hepatitis Testing Day.
Existing law establishes the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, administered by the State Department of Education, with the purpose of encouraging and maintaining the delivery of career technical education programs during implementation of the school district and charter school local control funding formula. Existing law appropriates specified amounts for the program from the General Fund for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 fiscal years, and provides minimum eligibility standards for grant applicants. This bill would instead specify that the purpose of the program is to encourage and maintain the delivery of high-quality career technical education programs. The bill would specify that, upon appropriation by the Legislature, $500,000,000 shall be made available for the program to the department each year for the 2018–19 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, and would require a grant applicant to demonstrate a proportional dollar-for-dollar match for a grant award for those fiscal years. The bill would, among other things, add to the minimum eligibility standards that a grant applicant demonstrate that it provides opportunities for pupils to participate in leadership development opportunities and career and technical education student organizations, and provides opportunities for pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs to participate in all of the grant applicant's programs. The bill would revise reporting requirements for program participants, and would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to evaluate and deem successful a grant recipient's program as a condition of receiving a renewal grant. Existing law requires the department and the State Board of Education to give positive consideration for specified characteristics when determining grant recipients, including that the applicant did not operate a career technical education program during the 2014–15 fiscal year. This bill would eliminate the requirement that the department and state board give positive consideration to an applicant that did not operate a career technical education program during the 2014–15 fiscal year. The bill would require, instead of authorize, the Superintendent to take certain actions for purposes of administering the program, including that the Superintendent also determine, in collaboration with the executive director of the state board, the allocation formula, the purposes for which grant funds may be used, and allowable and nonallowable expenditures. The bill would provide that, commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, $12,000,000 would be made available, upon appropriation, to the department to provide regional career technical education coordinators for the provision of technical assistance and support to local educational agencies in implementing career technical education courses, programs, and pathways. The bill would specify certain duties of the regional career technical education coordinators. The bill would further provide that the Superintendent would determine the distribution of funding for the provision of these regional career technical education coordinators on the basis of average daily attendance of the K–12 public schools in a county. The bill would require the Superintendent to evaluate the progress of the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program in achieving the goals of the program, and identify appropriate changes to the program no later than June 30, 2021, and no later than June 30 every 3 years thereafter. The bill would require the Superintendent to submit the progress report to the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the Governor, as specified.
Existing law authorizes a person who suffers a loss or harm to person or property from the unlawful act or omission of another to recover from the person at fault money damages. This bill would allow the injured party, in any action to recover damages for injury to person or property caused by lead-based paint, to establish a prima facie case that a particular lead paint pigment manufacturer is the cause of the injury if the injured party proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the lead paint pigment manufacturer sold, distributed, or promoted in California either the type of lead paint pigment that caused the injury or a product containing the type of lead paint pigment that caused the injury, and would shift the burden of proof to the lead paint pigment manufacturer to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it did not sell, distribute, or promote the lead paint pigment that caused the injury or a product containing the type of lead paint pigment that caused the injury during the relevant time period or in the geographical market in which the injury occurred. The bill would make each lead paint pigment manufacturer jointly and severally liable if more than one lead paint pigment manufacturer is found liable for an injury to person or property caused by lead-based paint. The bill would expressly make these provisions retroactive. The bill would also state various findings and declarations of the Legislature related to these provisions. The bill would provide that its provisions are severable.
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to arrest a person based on probable cause that the person has committed a public offense in the officer's presence or that the person has committed a felony, though not in the officer's presence. Existing law requires a person operating a vehicle upon a highway to comply with the lawful orders of a peace officer. Existing law also requires a vehicle to yield and stop if pursued by a marked law enforcement vehicle displaying a lighted red lamp and sounding a siren, as reasonably necessary. Existing law requires peace officers to receive training to recognize and eliminate criminal profiling based on race or identity. This bill would define the term "motorcycle profiling" as the illegal consideration of the fact that a person is riding a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle or motorcycle club-related clothing as a factor in enforcement decisions, and would prohibit peace officers from engaging in motorcycle profiling. This bill would also provide a private right of action for persons who are subjected to motorcycle profiling in violation of the provisions of this bill.
