This measure would extend an invitation to the people of the region of Lviv, Ukraine, to join with California in a sister state relationship.
This measure would designate the portion of State Route 14 from the Avenue 0-8 bridge at Postmile R62.151 to the Avenue M overcrossing at Postmile R64.678, in the County of Los Angeles, as the CHP Officer Andy Ornelas Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs, which shall include the star of the California Highway Patrol, showing these special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would designate the portion of Interstate 5 between Roth Road, at postmile R19.584, and French Camp Road, at postmile R22.508, in the City of Stockton as the Master Sergeant Richard Pittman Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources to cover that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law governs the apportionment of state funds to fairs within the network of California fairs, which includes, in general, the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural association fairs, county fairs, and citrus fruit fairs. For purposes of these provisions, existing law requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to prescribe regulations for judging exhibits and the maximum amount of premiums paid for exhibits. This bill would also require the department, for these purposes, to prescribe regulations for the entry of junior exhibits. The bill would require those regulations to include a requirement that all junior exhibit entries be received only with the approval of a parent or guardian and to authorize those entries to be withdrawn at the request of the parent or guardian, as specified. The bill would also require those regulations to include a provision that, in the case of a junior livestock exhibit, any bidder may elect for live animal pickup, regardless of any characterization as a terminal sale, as specified.
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 rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations. Existing law requires the state board to provide guidance on credits generated pursuant to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations adopted pursuant to the act from the methane reduction protocols described in the comprehensive strategy for short-lived climate pollutants. This bill would prohibit the state board from including avoided methane emissions in the calculation of carbon intensity for purposes of the state board's evaluation or reevaluation of a fuel pathway, as provided. The bill would define "avoided methane emissions" to mean any captured methane from livestock manure management. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations authorize a fuel pathway that uses biomethane from dairy cattle or swine manure digestion to be certified with a carbon intensity that reflects the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions achieved by the voluntary capture of methane, subject to meeting specified requirements. The regulations also require the carbon intensities that reflect avoided methane emissions from dairy and swine manure projects to meet certain requirements in order to be eligible for credit generation. This bill would provide that the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations described above are null and void as applied to fuels derived from livestock manure.
