Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

This measure would affirm the California Legislature's commitment to President Biden's vision for a safe AI and the principles outlined in the "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights" and would express the Legislature's commitment to examining and implementing those principles in its legislation and policies related to the use and deployment of automated systems.

This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the importance of creating pathways to success for California's opportunity youth and the need to develop a statewide comprehensive plan that will reduce persistent economic inequities endured by California's opportunity youth.

This measure would declare that the Legislature supports a reduction to the threshold for tax-exempt bond financing and joins the Treasurer in urging the passage of the federal Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023.

Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, authorizes a licensed beer manufacturer that produces more than 60,000 barrels of beer a year to manufacture cider or perry at the licensed production premises and to sell cider or perry to any licensee authorized to sell wine. This bill would remove the barrel production requirement that a licensed beer manufacturer must meet in order to exercise the manufacturing and sales privileges described above.

Existing law creates the California Rice Commission with a prescribed membership and authorizes the commission, among other things, to promote the sale of rice, educate and instruct the wholesale and retail trade with respect to proper methods of handling and selling rice, and conduct scientific research. This bill would, before the beginning of each marketing season, authorize the commission to review drought conditions in the state and evaluate the impact of these conditions on the production and handling of rice. If the commission determines that the drought conditions had a detrimental impact upon the production and handling of rice, the bill would authorize the commission to issue a declaration that would require certain requirements pertaining to board membership, including expanded eligibility to serve on the commission, to be operative for the following marketing season, as specified. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to conduct a referendum every 5 years among handlers and producers to determine whether to continue the operations of the commission. This bill would provide that, if the commission issues the drought declaration, a person who is eligible to serve on the commission as a handler member or a producer member under the expanded eligibility requirements is also eligible to vote in this referendum. This bill would also make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This measure would express the Legislature's support for the creation of policies to decrease the rising number of deaths of Americans as a result of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) . The measure would declare the importance of enhanced public awareness of comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs to allow for earlier identification of patients at risk of cardiovascular events. The measure would also declare the importance of collaboration on statewide cardiovascular planning to accelerate quality improvements in care rendered to these patients.

This measure would designate the month of June 2023 as Immigrant Heritage Month.

This measure would condemn the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as genocide and would urge the United States Congress to formally recognize and condemn the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as genocide.