Asm. Ash Kalra

This measure would request the Congress of the United States to pass legislation and the President of the United States to sign into law a statute providing for, and the United States Department of Transportation and all federal agencies implementing any federal statute or regulation providing federal funding for ports or multimodal freight transportation to provide, a fair allocation of federal transportation funding for freight projects in California, specifically, and on the Pacific Coast of the United States, generally, based on the volume of containerized freight moved.

This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 23, 2022, and the annual California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.

Existing law imposes obligations on a contract for personal services. Specifically, existing law, except as specified, prohibits enforcement of a personal service contract beyond 7 years from the commencement of service under the contract and imposes additional requirements on an employee who is a party to a contract to render personal services in the production of specified phonorecords. This bill, except under prescribed circumstances, would prohibit a contract for the personal or professional services of an employee as an actor, as specified, from prohibiting the employee from working for multiple employers. This bill would provide that it applies to such an employment contract amended or entered into on or after January 1, 2023. The bill, except as specified, would provide that it voids any provision in a contract amended or entered into on or after January 1, 2023, that would deprive an employee of the bill's protections.

Existing law provides that all relevant evidence is admissible in an action before the court, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declaring, subject to specified exceptions. Existing law also provides that, in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death, evidence of a person's immigration status is not admissible and discovery of a person's immigration status is not permitted. Prior law, which was repealed on January 1, 2022, prohibited, in civil actions other than those specified above, the disclosure of a person's immigration status in open court by a party unless that party requested an in camera hearing and the presiding judge determined that the evidence was admissible. Prior law, which was repealed on January 1, 2022, applied that prohibition to criminal actions. This bill would reenact those repealed provisions. The California Constitution provides for the Right to Truth-in-Evidence, which requires a 2 /3 vote of the Legislature to exclude any relevant evidence from any criminal proceeding, as specified. Because this bill may exclude from a criminal action information about a person's immigration status that would otherwise be admissible, it requires a 2 /3 vote of the Legislature. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This measure would urge the federal government to provide school lunches free of charge to all elementary, middle school, and high school students in the United States.