Asm. Mariko Yamada

This measure would memorialize the President and Congress of the United States to support immigration reform efforts that do not hurt families by eliminating or negatively impacting the F3 and F4 visa categories, or that end the discrimination against same-sex couples. The measure would memorialize the President and Congress to take a comprehensive, bipartisan, and well-reasoned approach to immigration issues that maintains the fair and appropriate priority for family reunification, including same-sex partners.

This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and to include specified policies and strategies in support of the act.

This measure would urge the United States Congress and the President to establish new entrepreneur and science, technology, engineering, or mathematics-related visa categories for legal immigrants as part of comprehensive federal immigration reform, that would, among other things, create an Entrepreneur's Visa for legal immigrants, provide authorization to adjust the status of not more than 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's degree or a doctorate degree, as specified, to that of aliens conditionally admitted for permanent residence, and eliminate per-country caps for employment-based immigrant visas.

This measure would proclaim the week of August 11 through August 17, 2013, as National Health Center Week.

This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the importance of engaging with young people to influence decisions that affect their quality of life and well-being, and that the Student and Youth Bill of Rights serves as a framework to guide and inform the youth of the state in organizing and advocating policy issues on their own behalf.

This measure would recognize the 25th anniversary of Little Saigon.

Existing law authorizes a person who is the subject of a juvenile court record, or the county probation officer, to petition the court for the sealing of the records relating to the person's case, including records in the custody of the juvenile court and the probation officer and any other agencies, including law enforcement agencies and public officials as the petitioner alleges to have custody of the records. Existing law permits the petition to be filed 5 years or more after the jurisdiction of the juvenile court has terminated or, if no petition was filed, 5 years or more after the person was cited to appear before a probation officer or was taken before a probation officer or law enforcement officer, or, in any case, at any time after the person reaches 18 years of age. This provision does not apply if the person was found by the juvenile court to have committed any one of specified serious or violent offenses and the person was 14 years of age or older when he or she committed the offense. Existing law also does not permit the sealing of a person's juvenile court record for an offense if the person has been convicted of that offense in a criminal court, as specified. This bill would require, on and after January 1, 2015, each court and probation department to ensure that information regarding the eligibility for and the procedures to request the sealing and destruction of records is provided to each person for whom a petition has been filed on or after January 1, 2015, to adjudge the person a ward of the juvenile court and to specified other minors who are taken into temporary custody and brought before a probation officer, as specified. The bill would require the Judicial Council, on or before January 1, 2015, to develop related informational materials and a specified form. The bill would specify when the materials and the form are to be provided. By imposing additional duties on local probation departments, the 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 acknowledge that the State of California made a grievous mistake that injured loyal employees who were dedicated to serving the people of California when it dismissed over 300 Americans of Japanese ancestry as a result of Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 (SCR 15) of 1942 by Senator John Swan. This measure would resolve to issue a public apology to the state civil service employees who were dismissed.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, and pursuant to a demonstration project or waiver of federal law, the department to establish specified pilot projects in up to 8 counties, and requires long-term services and supports, as defined, to be available to beneficiaries residing in Coordinated Care Initiative counties, as specified. In implementing the requirements that beneficiaries residing in Coordinated Care Initiative counties be provided long-term services and supports, existing law requires the department to consult stakeholders. For the purposes of existing law, specified terms are defined. This bill would additionally define the term "stakeholder" to include area agencies on aging and independent living centers. The bill would also make related conforming changes.