Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to establish a list of textbooks and other instructional materials that highlight the contributions of minorities in the development of California and the United States. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the state board. This bill would require the Instructional Quality Commission to develop, and the state board to adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in ethnic studies, and would encourage each school district and charter school that maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that does not otherwise offer a standards-based ethnic studies curriculum to offer a course of study in ethnic studies based on the model curriculum.
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Existing property tax law requires the county assessor to consider, when valuing real property for property taxation purposes, the effect of any enforceable restrictions to which the use of the land may be subjected. Under existing law these restrictions include, but are not limited to, zoning, recorded contracts with governmental agencies, and various other restrictions imposed by governments. This bill would require contracts with governmental agencies that restrict the use of the property to owner-occupied housing available at affordable housing cost to be recorded. The bill would provide that this requirement would not prevent the assessor from considering a contract that restricts the use of the property to owner-occupied housing available at affordable housing cost, including under any locally adopted inclusionary housing program, for purposes of assessing real property, as provided. The California Constitution exempts from property taxation property that is owned by the state or, with certain exceptions, by local governments. Existing property tax law establishes a procedure by which a public entity may cancel property taxes on property that it acquires. Under existing law, if a public entity proposes to acquire property for public use that will make the property exempt from taxation, the public entity is required to give notice to the county tax collector and to other public entities whose taxes are not collected by the county tax collector, as provided. This bill would additionally require the public entity to give notice to the county assessor. By adding to the duties of local government 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 these statutory provisions.
This measure would designate the interchange at Interstate 10 and Interstate 710 in the County of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Pohlman Memorial Interchange. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
Under existing law, the board of supervisors of a county is required to comply with specified requirements prior to either approving an increase in an existing county fee or charge or initially imposing a new fee or charge. Under existing property tax law, a tax collector is authorized, with the approval of the board of supervisors, to accept partial payments of delinquent taxes on tax-defaulted property. This bill would, upon authorization by ordinance by the board of supervisors, authorize the county tax collector to charge a fee to recover the reasonable costs of instituting and maintaining a partial payment arrangement and would require the fee to be subject to those existing requirements applicable to increasing or initially imposing a new fee or charge. This bill would also require the ordinance authorizing the tax collector to charge a fee to require the fee to be paid prior to the application of any partial payments to penalties, interest, costs, and taxes due.
This measure would recognize the week of October 16, 2016, to October 22, 2016, inclusive, as Digital Citizenship Week.
This measure would proclaim September 28, 2016, as Parent Advocacy Day.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 29, 2016, inclusive, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would proclaim the month of September 2016 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and state the commitment of the Legislature to support efforts to find cures for, and achieve prevention of, childhood cancer.
This measure would recognize the month of September 2016 as Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month.
This measure would remember and honor the millions of victims of the man-made Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933, known as "Holodomor," and their descendants who are living throughout California. The measure would also designate November 26, 2016, as Holodomor Remembrance Day.