Rep. Katcho Achadjian

This measure would proclaim August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016, inclusive, as Concrete Pipe Week.

This measure would proclaim April 12, 2016, as Equal Pay Day in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.

This measure would encourage teaching sun safety practices to children to enable them to identify the importance of sun safety, practice strategies to protect against the harmful effects of the sun, and understand why and how to stay safe from overexposure to the sun.

Existing law requires the county auditor to either perform an audit, or contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to perform an audit, of the accounts and records of every special district within the county, as specified. Existing law authorizes a special district, by unanimous request of its governing board and unanimous approval by the board of supervisors, to replace the annual audit with an audit over a longer period of time or with a financial review, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize a special district, until January 1, 2027, by unanimous request of its governing board and with unanimous approval of the board of supervisors, to replace the annual audit for not more than 5 consecutive years with an annual financial compilation of the special district to be performed by the county auditor, or with an agreed-upon procedures engagement, in accordance with professional standards, if certain conditions are met.

This measure would recognize the month of June 2016 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, would recognize June 21, 2016, as The Longest Day in California, and would urge all residents to wear purple on this day to help spread global awareness of the Alzheimer's Association's vision of imagining a world without Alzheimer's disease.

This measure would recognize the year of 2016 as the 50th anniversary of California's community-based developmental services system, and would reaffirm the commitment of the Legislature to support this system. This measure would declare the importance of ensuring a sustainable system that protects the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities.

This measure would respectfully urge Congress to appropriate $248 million in funding to complete Phase 2 of the Calexico West Land Port of Entry reconfiguration and expansion project in order to realize the benefits the improvements of this project will have on the nation's economy.

Existing law allows a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is stationed overseas and serving in a conflict or a war and is unable to appear for the licensure and solemnization of the marriage to enter into that marriage by the appearance of an attorney in fact, commissioned and empowered in writing for that purpose through a power of attorney duly signed by the party stationed overseas and acknowledged before a notary or witnessed by 2 officers of the United States Armed Forces. This bill would provide that the completion of the power of attorney is the sole determinant as to whether the county clerk's office or State Registrar will accept the power of attorney.

This measure will proclaim the month of June as California Technology and Innovation Month, a special time for Californians to celebrate this ever-growing industry that is changing the way we view communication, health care, transportation, energy, travel, and business.