This measure would urge policymakers in both federal and state government to explore ways to promote the development and use of new technologies to reduce bias and discrimination in hiring and help reduce discrimination in employment in California, as provided.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2020, as Korean American Day.
This measure would honor the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
(1) Existing law requires, when requested by the Attorney General, that every person or agency dealing with crimes or criminals maintain the records necessary to report statistical data, and report statistical data to the Department of Justice and the Attorney General. Existing law requires the Attorney General, subject to the availability of adequate funding, to direct local law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice information related to hate crimes, and to update the OpenJustice Web portal with the information obtained from local law enforcement agencies. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish and maintain the California Electronic Violent Death Reporting System (CEVDRS) , to collect data on violent deaths, as defined. This bill would require the Attorney General to direct local law enforcement agencies to report quarterly, by January 1, 2021, to the Department of Justice data, on the sexual orientation and gender identity of a victim of a violent death. The bill would require the Attorney General to convene, by July 1, 2020, a stakeholder workgroup, including staff who administer the CEVDRS, local law enforcement agencies, and advocates for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, to develop specified standards, such as data reporting requirements and forms, and would authorize the Department of Justice to use established policies and practices on reports on hate crimes. The bill would require the Department of Justice to update annually, by July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter, the OpenJustice Web portal with the information obtained from local law enforcement agencies, to collaborate with the State Department of Public Health to collect and maintain the quarterly reported data in the CEVDRS, and to analyze the data and quarterly reports with the State Department of Public Health. By imposing additional reporting duties on local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would make findings and declarations regarding the importance of improving the collection of statewide data on violent deaths of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. (3) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and requires the department to administer various housing programs throughout the state, including programs that address the needs of homeless individuals and families, and reviewing local ordinances for the design, development, and operation of homeless shelters in cities and counties that have declared a shelter crisis. Existing law also requires a state agency or department that funds, implements, or administers a state program that provides housing or housing-related services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness to revise or adopt guidelines and regulations to incorporate the core components of Housing First, an evidence-based model that uses housing as a tool, rather than a reward, for recovery. This bill would declare that it is the policy of the state that every child and family has the right to safe, decent, and affordable housing, and would require the policy to consider homelessness prevention, emergency accommodations, and permanent housing, as specified. The bill would, among other things, require all relevant state agencies and departments, including, but not limited to, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Department of Social Services, and the Office of Emergency Services, and local jurisdictions to consider that state policy when revising, adopting, or establishing policies, regulations, and grant criteria when those policies, regulations, and criteria are pertinent to advancing the guidelines listed as core components of Housing First. By imposing new duties on local governments, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires that an election for congressional and state elective offices be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. Existing law requires a presidential general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in any year that is evenly divisible by the number 4. Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which community colleges and public schools are required to close. Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, to be given time off with pay for specified holidays. Existing law designates optional bank holidays. This bill would add the day on which a statewide general election is held, which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any even-numbered year, to these lists of holidays. The bill would require community colleges and public schools to close on any day on which a statewide general election is held. The bill would require that state employees, with specified exceptions, be given time off with pay for days on which a statewide general election is held. By increasing the duties of local officials, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires each state agency and certain designated state entities, on or before February 1 of each year, to submit to the Department of Technology a summary of their actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs and a summary of their actual and projected information security costs, as specified. This bill would, instead, require each state agency to comply with those provisions and would define state agency for these purposes to mean every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, except for the California State University. (2) Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology, headed by the Chief of the Office of Information Security. Existing law requires the chief to establish an information security program and requires that program to include specified responsibilities, including coordinating the activities of state agency information security officers for purposes of integrating statewide security initiatives and ensuring compliance with information security and privacy policies and standards. Existing law requires specified state entities to implement and comply with the policies and procedures issued by the office. This bill would require each state agency to comply with the policies and procedures issued by the Office of Information Security, and would define state agency for these purposes to mean every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, except for the California State University.
Existing law makes the Department of Justice, through its DNA Laboratory, responsible for the management and administration of the state's DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Program. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency that has investigated a case involving the collection of sexual assault kit evidence, within 120 days of collection, to create an information profile for the kit on the Department of Justice's Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Tracking (SAFE-T) database and report specified information, including if biological samples from the kit were submitted to a DNA laboratory for analysis. This bill would require a law enforcement agency that has investigated a case involving the collection of sexual assault kit evidence to create an information profile for the kit only if one does not currently exist. The bill would require each city, county, city and county, or state laboratory that participates in the California Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) , upon notification by the department that a CODIS hit has occurred for forensic evidence collected from a sexual assault kit, to enter into the CODIS Hit Outcome Project (CHOP) database the information required by the department and to report to the department, as required by the department, the status and outcome of those investigative leads. By expanding the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to annually report to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing data on sexual assault kits. The bill would additionally require the department to create a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system that, among other things, allows victims of sexual assault to track or receive updates regarding the status and location of their sexual assault kits. The bill would require the department to submit, on or before July 1, 2021, a report on the current status and plan for launching the system to the Legislature. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 imposes various limitations on contributions that may be made to, or accepted by, candidates for elective office, statewide elective office, and Governor. The act generally prohibits a person from making to any committee, and a committee from accepting, any contribution totaling more than $5,000 per calendar year for the purpose of making contributions to candidates for elective state office. A violation of the act's provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor and subject to specified penalties. This bill would prohibit a business entity from making, and a candidate for elective state office from receiving, a contribution to a candidate for elective state office. By expanding the scope of existing crimes with regard to contribution limitations, 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. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
