This measure would recognize the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24, 2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California and would encourage colleges and universities to visit high schools and take action to help pupils register in dual enrollment courses.
This measure would designate April 1, 2018, to April 7, 2018, inclusive, as California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week by encouraging and celebrating diversity in the STEM fields and in California's technology and innovation economy.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution establish the Budget Stabilization Account in the General Fund and require the Controller, on or before October 1 of the 2015–16 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, to transfer from the General Fund to the Budget Stabilization Account amounts that include a sum equal to 1.5% of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year. This measure would amend the California Constitution to create the California Infrastructure Investment Fund in the State Treasury. The measure would require the Controller, beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year, to transfer from the General Fund to the California Infrastructure Investment Fund in each fiscal year an amount equal to up to 2.5% of the estimated General Fund revenues for that fiscal year, as provided. The measure would require, for the 2019–20 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts in the fund to be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for specified infrastructure investments, including the funding of deferred maintenance projects.
The California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) provides that an at-large method of election, as defined, may not be imposed or applied in a manner that results in the dilution or abridgment of the right of registered voters who are members of a protected class, as defined, by impairing their ability to elect candidates of their choice or to influence the outcome of an election. The CVRA requires the court to implement appropriate remedies for a violation, including the imposition of district-based elections, that are tailored to remedy the violation. This bill would prohibit the court from imposing district-based elections unless the plaintiff has established that district-based elections would remedy the dilution or abridgment of voting rights and that alternatives to district-based elections would not achieve greater voting rights and other benefits.
This measure would proclaim the week of March 4, 2018, through March 10, 2018, inclusive, as Women in Construction Week.
Existing law establishes rules of the road governing stopping and right-of-way. Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection that has official traffic control signals that are inoperative to stop at the intersection before proceeding with caution when it is safe to do so. This bill would authorize the driver of a vehicle facing a traffic-actuated signal that displays a steady circular red indication or steady red arrow indication, and that subsequently fails to display a green indication within a reasonable period of time because of a signal malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the presence of the driver or vehicle, to proceed with caution when it is safe to do so, after having stopped at the intersection, as specified.
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential property insurance, and provides for the powers and duties of the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law limits the basis under which an insurer may cancel or fail to renew policies of insurance relating to loss of, or damage to, real property that is used predominantly for residential purposes. This bill would establish an appeal process for an insured or applicant for insurance who disagrees with a determination made by an insurer using a wildfire risk model, as defined. The bill would require an insurer to provide notice to the insured or applicant giving the specific reasons for the decision if an appeal results in an adverse underwriting decision, and would require the notice to include the contact information of the unit within the Department of Insurance that performs review of those decisions. The bill would require the Insurance Commissioner to issue a bulletin to insurers with that contact information and issue updated information as necessary.
