(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board (state board) as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. This bill would require the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , to prepare an evaluation posted to the state board's internet website by June 1, 2024, that includes specified information relative to the deployment, development, and use of hydrogen. The bill would require the state board, in making this evaluation, to consult with the California Workforce Development Board and labor and workforce organizations. (2) Existing law requires the Energy Commission, beginning November 1, 2003, and every 2 years thereafter, to adopt an integrated energy policy report that includes an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state. This bill would require the Energy Commission, as part of the 2023 and 2025 editions of the integrated energy policy report, to study and model potential growth for hydrogen and its role in decarbonizing, as defined, the electrical and transportation sectors of the economy, and helping to achieve specified goals. (3) Existing law requires the PUC, state board, and Energy Commission to consider green electrolytic hydrogen an eligible form of energy storage, and to consider other potential uses of green electrolytic hydrogen. This bill would require the PUC, state board, and Energy Commission to consider other potential uses of green electrolytic hydrogen specifically in all of their decarbonization strategies, as defined.
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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit no later than December 31, 2030. This bill would require the state board, by July 1, 2025, to develop, in consultation with specified stakeholders, a framework for measuring and then reducing the average carbon intensity of the materials used in the construction of new buildings, including those for residential uses. The bill would require the framework to include a comprehensive strategy for the state's building sector to achieve a 40% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of building materials, as determined from a baseline calculated using a certain 2026 report, if that report is adequate, or as specified. The bill would require the strategy to achieve this target as soon as possible, but no later than December 31, 2035, with an interim target of 20% net reduction by December 31, 2030. The bill would authorize the state board to adjust the interim target, as provided, and would require the established targets to begin no sooner than January 1, 2027. The bill would require the state board to form and maintain a technical advisory committee, as provided, to, among other things, review information that is required to be submitted by entities that are unable to meet the targets. The bill also would require the state board to research and prioritize actions and provisions that leverage state and federal incentives, as provided, and evaluate measures to support market demand and financial incentives to encourage the production and use of materials used in construction-related projects with low greenhouse gas intensity, as specified.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to approve a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020 and to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. This bill, the California Climate Crisis Act, would declare the policy of the state both to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, but no later than 2045, and achieve and maintain net negative greenhouse gas emissions thereafter, and to ensure that by 2045, statewide anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 85% below the 1990 levels. The bill would require the state board to work with relevant state agencies to ensure that updates to the scoping plan identify and recommend measures to achieve these policy goals and to identify and implement a variety of policies and strategies that enable carbon dioxide removal solutions and carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies in California, as specified. The bill would require the state board to submit an annual report, as specified. This bill would make its operation contingent on the enactment of SB 905 of the 2021–22 Regular Session, as provided.
Existing law authorizes a peace officer to take a minor into temporary custody when that officer has reasonable cause to believe that the minor has committed a crime or violated an order of the juvenile court. In these circumstances, existing law requires the peace officer to advise the minor that anything the minor says can be used against the minor, that the minor has the right to remain silent, that the minor has the right to have counsel present during any interrogation, and that the minor has the right to have counsel appointed if the minor is unable to afford counsel. Existing law requires that a youth 17 years of age or younger consult with legal counsel in person, by telephone, or by video conference prior to a custodial interrogation and before waiving any of the above-specified rights. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2024, prohibit law enforcement officers from employing threats, physical harm, deception, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics, as specified, during a custodial interrogation of a person 17 years of age or younger. Upon a minor initially being detained, existing law requires an officer to take immediate steps to notify a minor's parent, guardian, or a responsible relative that the minor is in custody and the place where the minor is being held. This bill would require a probation officer, no later than 2 hours after a minor has been taken into custody, to immediately notify the public defender or if there is no public defender, the indigent defense provider for the county, that the minor has been taken into custody. By imposing additional duties on local probation departments, this 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of state concern. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer various programs and allocates moneys for various public transportation purposes. Upon the appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, this bill would create the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program, administered by the department, for purposes of awarding grants to transit agencies for the costs of creating, designing, developing, advertising, distributing, and implementing free youth transit passes to persons attending certain educational institutions, providing free transit service to holders of those passes, and administering and participating in the program, as specified. The bill would authorize a transit agency to submit a grant application in partnership with one or more educational institutions and would also authorize grant funds to be used to maintain, subsidize, or expand an existing fare free program, as provided. The bill would authorize a transit agency with an existing fare free program that enables a person 18 years of age or younger to use a transit agency's bus and rail services without paying any additional fare or charge to submit an application without an educational institution partner, as provided. The bill would require the department to submit a report to specified committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, on, among other things, the outcomes of the program and the funding conditions associated with offering free youth transit passes, the status of transit pass programs statewide, and whether these provisions led to reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases and vehicle miles traveled, as provided. The bill would repeal its provisions as of January 1, 2028.
The California Constitution establishes the State Personnel Board (board) and requires the board to, among other things, enforce the civil service statutes, prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. The Constitution also requires the executive officer of the board to administer the civil service statutes under the rules of the board. Under existing law, the board is authorized to conduct audits and investigations of the personnel practices of the Department of Human Resources and appointing authorities to ensure compliance with civil service policies, procedures, and statutes. Existing law exempts regulations of the board from the Administrative Procedure Act, except as specified. Existing law establishes the Department of Human Resources and provides that, subject to the requirements of the California Constitution, it succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the board as its designee with respect to the board's administrative and ministerial functions. This bill, among other things, would require the board to post notices of proposed changes to regulations for public comment. The bill would require the Department of Human Resources and the board to enter into a memorandum of understanding to determine areas of compliance for nonmerit-related audits and to train board staff on the areas of compliance. Existing law requires that lists of eligible applicants for civil service positions be established as a result of free competitive examinations. Existing law, with regard to the requirements governing examinations for establishing employment lists, authorizes the Department of Human Resources to designate an appointing power to design, announce, or administer examinations and requires the board to establish minimum qualifications for determining the fitness and qualifications of employees for each class of position. This bill would require instead that the Department of Human Resources establish best practices for each aspect of the design, announcement, and administration of the examinations for the purpose of increasing diversity of applicant pools on employment lists and develop standards for statements of qualifications used as the examination method in determining the fitness and qualifications of applicants for each class of position, when applicable. The bill would also require the announcement for an examination to include the core competencies, as defined, and the type of exam method, including the standard statement of qualifications, if applicable. Existing law requires all appointing authorities of state government to establish an effective program of upward mobility for employees in low-paying occupational groups. Existing law requires each upward mobility program to include annual goals for upward mobility and a timetable for when progress will occur, and requires the department to approve the goals and timetables. Existing law authorizes an appointing authority that determines that it will be unable to achieve the goals to ask the department for a reduction in the goals, as specified. This bill would, no later than July 1 of each year, require each department to provide a report to the Department of Human Resources that demonstrates the department's progress made toward meeting its upward mobility goals. The bill would repeal the authorization for an appointing authority to ask the Department of Human Resources for a reduction in their annual upward mobility goals, and would instead require the appointing authority to include in the progress report an explanation for the failure to achieve the goals and what requirements are necessary to facilitate achieving the goals, as specified. The bill would, on or before July 1, 2024, require the Department of Human Resources to post each department's upward mobility goals on its internet website. The bill would, on or before January 1 of the following year after each department provides these reports, require the Department of Human Resources to provide a copy of the upward mobility goals and these progress reports to the Legislature.
(1) Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the business of a proprietary private security officer or a proprietary private security employer, as defined, unless the person is registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant seeking registration as a proprietary private security employer to apply to the department on forms provided by the department, and to maintain accurate records of specified information relating to proprietary private security officers in their employment. Existing law requires a person registered as a proprietary private security officer to carry on their person while on duty a valid and current proprietary private security officer's registration card. This bill would require an application for registration as a proprietary private security employer to include a designated responsible person. The bill would require a proprietary private security employer to make the records they are required to maintain available to the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services upon demand, and would require a proprietary private security officer to show their proprietary private security officer registration card to any peace officer or bureau representative upon demand. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to suspend or revoke a proprietary private security officer's registration if the registrant has committed any act or crime constituting grounds for suspension or revocation, as specified. This bill would delete those provisions and would instead provide that the registration of a proprietary private security officer shall be automatically suspended if they are convicted of any crime that is substantially related to the functions, duties, and responsibilities of a proprietary private security officer, in accordance with specified notice and hearing requirements. Existing law authorizes the director to issue a citation, including, among other things, an order to pay an administrative fine, for a violation of the Proprietary Security Services Act, and requires those fines collected to be deposited in the Private Security Services Fund, which is available upon appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would require a person registered as a proprietary private security employer to deliver a written report to the director describing the circumstances surrounding any physical altercation with a member of the public by a registered proprietary private security officer while on duty and while acting within the course and scope of their employment within 7 business days after the qualifying incident, as specified. The bill would impose a $2,500 fine for failing to deliver that report. The bill would make the commission of specified acts by a proprietary private security employer subject to specified fines, including failing to properly maintain current records of training required of each proprietary private security officer. The bill would make the commission of specified acts by a person required to be registered as a proprietary private security officer subject to specified fines, including carrying a firearm or other deadly weapon. The bill would authorize the director to deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under the act if they determine the proprietary private security employer, responsible person of the proprietary private security employer, or registered proprietary private security officer has engaged in specified acts, including making any false statement or giving any false information in connection with an application for a license. (2) Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, a violation of which is a misdemeanor, provides for the licensure and regulation of private patrol operators and the registration of security guards by the Director of Consumer Affairs. The act requires a licensed private patrol operator, a qualified manager of a licensed private patrol operator, or a registered security guard who, during the course and scope of licensed activity, carries or uses a baton in the performance of their duties to possess a valid baton permit issued by a certified baton training facility in accordance with specified requirements. The act makes this provision inapplicable to peace officers and federal qualified law enforcement officers who have successfully completed a course of study in the use of batons. The act prohibits a licensed private patrol operator from permitting an employee to carry a baton before ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the use of the weapon, evidence of which includes a baton permit. The act establishes an initial baton permit fee of at least $60, but not to exceed $66, to be deposited in the Private Security Services Fund. This bill, commencing January 1, 2024, would revise and recast the requirements for obtaining a baton permit and carrying a baton under the act. The bill would require the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services to issue baton permits to applicants who meet specified conditions, including that a certified baton training instructor has attested under penalty of perjury that the applicant has successfully completed a baton training course. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit a licensee, a qualified manager of a licensee, or a security guard from carrying a baton in the course of their employment unless they are wearing a uniform, are carrying a valid baton permit issued by the bureau, and are carrying a valid license, qualified manager certificate, or security guard registration card. The bill would make those provisions inapplicable to a qualified law enforcement officer, as defined, who meets specified conditions. The bill would provide for the expiration of a baton permit 2 years from the date of issuance, and would specify requirements for renewing a baton permit, including payment of a renewal fee in the amount of at least $40 but not to exceed $44. Existing law requires a peace officer exempt from obtaining a firearm qualification card who applies for registration as a security guard to submit to the bureau with their application a letter of approval from their primary employer authorizing the peace officer to carry a firearm while working as a security guard or security officer. Existing law requires peace officers who work off duty as security guards or security officers to pay only specified fees otherwise applicable to registration as a security guard or security officer. This bill would require a peace officer exempt from obtaining a baton permit who applies for registration as a security guard to submit a letter of approval from their primary employer authorizing the peace officer to carry a baton while working as a security guard or security officer. The bill would add baton permit fees to the list of fees required to be paid by off-duty peace officers working as security guards or security officers. The bill would make conforming and other changes relating to baton permits and baton permitholders, including requiring disciplinary review committees to perform specified functions relating to baton permitholders. Because the bill would revise the scope of a crime under the act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires a licensed private patrol operator to report to the director the circumstances surrounding the discharge of any firearm or any physical altercation with a member of the public while on duty by a licensee or any officer, partner, or employee of a licensee while acting within the course and scope of their employment, as specified. This bill would specify that a report is not required when proprietary private security officers or security officers are requested by hospital staff to assist in restraining a patient for medical or mental health reasons. Existing law, Chapter 697 of the Statutes of 2021, enacted various changes to the Proprietary Security Services Act, the Private Security Services Act, and the Alarm Company Act requiring specified licensees, registrants, permittees, certificate holders, employees, and holders of firearms qualification cards under those acts to complete training in the appropriate use of force, and enacted conforming and other changes relating to training in the appropriate use of force. Existing law makes those provisions operative on January 1, 2023. This bill would delay the operation of those provisions until July 1, 2023. Existing law requires security guards to carry a security guard registration card while on duty and carry a firearms permit while carrying a firearm on duty, except as specified. Existing law requires a security guard, who in the course of business or employment carries a firearm, to take a course in the power to arrest and, on and after January 1, 2023, a course in the appropriate use of force. Existing law requires a security guard registration application to include the expiration date of the license or certification of the course provider for those courses. This bill would repeal the requirement that the expiration date of the license or certification of the course provider be included in the security guard registration application. Existing law requires the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services to make available a guidebook as a standard for teaching the course in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force. Existing law requires the course of training in the carrying and usage of firearms to be in a format prescribed by the Department of Consumer Affairs as delineated in the bureau's Firearms Training Manual. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, in part, establishes requirements for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. This bill, on and after July 1, 2023, would specify the guidebook for teaching the course in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force may be referred to as the "Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Manual," and would exempt the bureau's development, adoption, or amendment of the Firearms Training Manual and the Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Manual from the Administrative Procedure Act. 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 proclaim the month of September 2022 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 44, near Oak Run in the County of Shasta, as the Stan Statham Memorial Highway. This 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 designate the East End Complex-Block 171 in Sacramento as the Mario Obledo Building, and would request the Department of General Services to determine the cost of erecting appropriate plaques and markers showing the designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources, to cover that cost to erect signage.