This measure would recognize the month of February 2011 as American Heart Month in California, would recognize February 4, 2011, as Wear Red Day in California, and would urge public support for Go Red for Women events.
This measure would declare February 22, 2011, to be Spay Day USA 2011 in California, and would request that Californians observe that day by having their dogs and cats spayed or neutered and by contributing to organizations that provide spay and neuter services.
This measure would recognize February 2011 as Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and contributions that African Americans make to their communities.
This measure would designate that January 17, 2011, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law, the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law, authorizes the establishment of mosquito abatement and vector control districts governed by a board of trustees. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to certify government agency employees and pest abatement district employees who handle, apply, or supervise the use of pesticides as vector control technicians. It also requires the department to establish minimum standards for continuing education for any government agency employee so certified. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into a cooperative agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects, rodents, or other vectors and pests of public health importance, in areas and under terms, conditions, and specifications as the State Public Health Officer may prescribe. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, requires any state or local agency responding to an outbreak of West Nile virus or other mosquito-borne disease with an abatement and surveillance program to contract with a local mosquito and vector control agency that is party to the cooperative agreement or to consult directly with the department to ensure that the outbreak response is supervised appropriately and conducted by licensed personnel using sound integrated mosquito management techniques. Existing law requires each state agency to annually make a review of all proprietary state lands, except as specified, over which it has jurisdiction to determine what, if any, land is in excess of its foreseeable needs and report thereon in writing to the Department of General Services. It also requires jurisdiction of all land reported as excess to be transferred to the Department of General Services, when requested by the director of the reporting agency, for sale or disposition. This bill would require, with respect to any land that is acquired by the state on and after January 1, 2011, that the acquiring state agency take specified actions with regard to mosquito control on state properties, as described in the June 2008 Best Management Practices for Mosquito Control on California State Properties prepared by the State Department of Public Health.
Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their own homes. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, the California State Association of Counties, the County Welfare Directors Association, and stakeholders representing consumers and providers, to convene a workgroup to develop and issue a report evaluating the implementation of quality assurance and fraud prevention and detection activities enacted from 2004 to the present. Existing law requires the department to provide this report on or before December 31, 2010. This bill would, in addition, require the department to continue to provide this report after December 31, 2010, on an annual basis. This bill would also require the department, in consultation with the above-mentioned entities, to identify stable ongoing funding sources for IHSS services, solicit recommendations for improving the delivery of long-term care services, as described, and solicit recommendations regarding the role the IHSS program would have in accomplishing those improvements. It would require the department to report these findings and recommendations gathered as a result of these efforts to the Legislature on or before May 1, 2011.
This measure would designate the week of May 2 to May 8, 2010, as Public Service Recognition Week, and encourage all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
This measure would designate that January 18, 2010, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or governing bodies, to agree to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. This bill would authorize the Dixon Regional Watershed Authority, a joint powers agency, to accomplish the purposes and projects necessary to improve and maintain drainage and stormwater management, and to exercise the authority to acquire, maintain, and sell property in the same manner as a reclamation district may acquire, maintain, and sell property. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Dixon Regional Watershed Authority.
Existing federal law provides for the declaration of a federal state of emergency, upon the request made by the Governor of an affected state, for the purpose of receiving federal emergency assistance. Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which, either through employment by the recipient, by or through contract by the county, by the creation of a public authority, or pursuant to a contract with a nonprofit consortium, qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their own homes. The duties of a public authority or nonprofit consortium that provides services under the IHSS Program include the provision of assistance to recipients in finding in-home supportive services personnel through the establishment of a provider registry. This bill would authorize a county department of social services to make IHSS provider registries available during a federally declared state of emergency. The bill would require a person designated by the county as representative of the county department of social services to, upon the request of an emergency shelter operator, assess the operator's emergency shelter, as defined, to determine the assistance needs of seniors and persons with disabilities at the shelter site. The bill would authorize the county department of social services to direct the public authority, or other entity responsible for providing in-home supportive services in the county, to contact in-home supportive services providers who are willing and available to provide assistance to seniors and persons with disabilities at the emergency shelter. By imposing new duties or local officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that an in-home supportive services provider who provides assistance to seniors and persons with disabilities at an emergency shelter shall not be liable for harm caused by an act or omission of the provider if the provider was acting within the scope of his or her responsibilities as an in-home supportive services provider at the time of the act or omission and the harm was not caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed by the provider. 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.
