Asm. Chris Holden

This measure would recognize the contributions of CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson to the people of California and would designate a specified portion of State Route 15 in the County of San Diego as the CAL FIRE Firefighter Cory Iverson Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.

This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 10 in the Counties of Los Angeles and San Bernardino as the Pomona Police Officer Greggory Casillas Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

This measure would recognize June 17, 2018, as Father's Day and would commend fathers and father figures present in their children's lives.

This measure would declare the week of June 1, 2018, to June 7, 2018, inclusive, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week in California, as specified.

This measure would declare Friday, October 5, 2018, as California Manufacturing Day and would recognize the importance of California's manufacturing sector. The measure would also commemorate California's manufacturers as they continue to push the bounds of clean technologies that reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in products and processes.

Existing law, known as the Student Athlete Bill of Rights, requires intercollegiate athletic programs at 4-year private universities or campuses of the University of California or the California State University that receive, as an average, $10,000,000 or more in annual revenue derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics to comply with prescribed requirements relating to student athlete rights. Existing law requires these institutions to rely exclusively on revenue derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics to defray certain costs accrued under the Student Athlete Bill of Rights. Existing law defines "student athlete" for purposes of the Student Athlete Bill of Rights. Existing law provides for a scholarship to be provided by the institution to an injured student athlete for up to 5 academic years. This bill would instead require intercollegiate athletic programs at private postsecondary educational institutions, independent institutions of higher education, or campuses of the University of California or the California State University that provide athletic scholarships for college student athletes to comply with the prescribed requirements. The bill would rename the Student Athlete Bill of Rights as the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights and would redesignate "student athlete" as "college student athlete" for purposes of the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights. The bill would delete the provisions requiring an institution to exclusively use revenue from media rights for intercollegiate athletics to defray certain costs accrued under the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights. The bill would require a scholarship to be provided to an injured college student athlete for one additional academic year beyond the 5-year limit upon showing of cause for need. The bill would require the provision of an equivalent scholarship to an athletic scholarship to a college student athlete who has exhausted his or her athletic eligibility under certain circumstances. The bill would exempt, from certain of these requirements, institutions that receive, as an average over the most recent 3-year period, less than $10,000,000 in annual revenue as reported pursuant to federal law. The bill would require an institution of higher education to provide each of its college student athletes with a copy of their rights established under the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights and designate an individual at the institution to receive complaints from college student athletes for violations of the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights. The bill would establish a process by which a suspected violation of a college student athlete's rights under the College Student Athlete Bill of Rights can be investigated and remedied.

Existing law provides for a system of postsecondary education in this state. This system includes as segments the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education. Existing law further provides a Student Athlete Bill of Rights that applies to campuses of these segments that maintain intercollegiate athletic programs. This bill would add to the Student Athlete Bill of Rights provisions authorizing institutions of higher education to establish a degree completion fund, requiring institutions of higher education to prepare notices containing pertinent data relating to the rights of student athletes, and procedures for filing complaints, under the Student Athlete Bill of Rights, and prohibiting institutions of higher education from intentionally retaliating, as defined, against a student athlete for making a complaint in good faith, or reporting, in good faith, a violation of the student athlete's rights granted under any applicable statute, regulation, or policy.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts certain projects from its requirements. Existing federal law authorizes the governor of a state to nominate a specified number of census tracts that meet certain requirements as a qualified opportunity zone and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to designate those tracts as qualified opportunity zones. Existing federal law provides certain federal tax incentives to a taxpayer who invests in a qualified opportunity fund, which is an investment vehicle organized for the purpose of investing in qualified opportunity zone property, as prescribed. This bill would exempt a project that is financed by a qualified opportunity fund and that meets certain requirements from CEQA. The bill would require the project proponent to make certain certifications regarding the project. The bill would require a lead agency, before making a determination that the project is exempt from CEQA, to hold a noticed public hearing on the project, as specified. The bill would require the lead agency, if it determines that a project is exempt from CEQA under the above exemption and determines to approve or carry out the project, to file a specified notice with the Office of Planning and Research. Because a lead agency would have to determine the applicability of the exemption, to take certain specified action before determining that a project is exempt, and to file a notice with the Office of Planning and Research, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

This measure would mark May 6, 2018, as the 136th anniversary of the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act in order to recognize the harm caused by racially discriminatory immigration measures, and to honor the contributions of all immigrants and refugees who have enriched our communities. The measure would also declare the opposition of the Legislature to executive orders and a presidential proclamation signed by President Trump relating to immigration, call upon the President to revoke those orders and that proclamation, condemn the expansion of deportations being undertaken under the current presidential administration, and reaffirm that the state is open and welcoming to immigrants and refugees who are integral to life in our state.

This measure would declare the intent of the Legislature to further support the housing needs of individuals with developmental disabilities by exploring models that facilitate the private donation of homes in perpetuity and would recognize the work of organizations that have developed a property donation program.