Asm. Rudy Salas, Jr.

Existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, vests the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (division) within the Department of Industrial Relations with the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over every employment and place of employment, which is necessary adequately to enforce and administer all laws and lawful standards and orders, or special orders requiring such employment and place of employment to be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, safety, and health of every employee in such employment or place of employment, including to inspect and investigate employments and places of employment, as prescribed. Pursuant to this authority, the division administers the California Voluntary Protection Program, which is designed to recognize employers and their employees who have implemented safety and health programs that effectively prevent and control occupational hazards. Existing law, enforced by the division, defines and regulates mines and tunnels and distinguishes between above ground, or surface mines, and underground mines. Existing law requires that sufficient manpower be maintained to provide for 4 annual inspections of underground mines, one inspection of surface mines or quarries annually, and 6 inspections of tunnels under construction annually. This bill would authorize the division to except a surface mine or quarry that has been accepted into, and is currently in compliance with, the California Voluntary Protection Program from the annual inspection requirement described above.

This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 21, 2022, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

This measure would, among other things, honor the late civil rights pioneer and icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

This measure would proclaim January 27, 2022, as Rose Ann Vuich Recognition Day, in recognition of Senator Rose Ann Vuich as the first woman elected to the California State Senate, to honor Senator Vuich's service to the Senate, and to appropriately reflect the Senator's stature and legacy.

This measure would proclaim the month of February 2022 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and would call upon the people of California to observe the month with programs and activities that raise awareness about the dynamics of teen dating violence and that support youth in learning the skills to have safe and healthy relationships.

Existing law establishes the Golden State Teacher Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission to provide a grant to each student enrolled in an approved teacher credentialing program who commits to working in a high-need field, as defined, at a priority school, as defined, for 4 years after the student receives a preliminary teaching credential. Existing law establishes the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Incentive Program to award grants to teachers who agree to teach for 5 years at a high-priority school, as provided. This bill would establish the Neighborhood Teacher Incentive Grant Program, to be administered by the Student Aid Commission, to provide grants to local educational agencies for awards, in unspecified amounts, to teachers who agree to reside for at least 5 years within the attendance boundaries of the priority school in which the teacher is assigned to teach, as provided. The bill would define a priority school as a school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with 50% or more of its pupils who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would appropriate $50,000,000 for the program, and would make implementation of the program contingent on an appropriation being made in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of the program.

This measure would recognize February 7, 2022, to February 11, 2022, as National School Counseling Week.

This measure would designate the week of January 30, 2022, to February 5, 2022, inclusive, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week.