This measure would proclaim the month of June to be June Dairy Month in California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in California, and would encourage all Californians to continue to support the American dairy industry by including dairy products as part of a healthy diet.
This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. The governing board of any community college district is authorized, without approval of the board of governors, to establish and maintain community service classes in civic, vocational, literacy, health, homemaking, technical, and general education, as specified. This bill would establish the California Community Colleges Extension Pilot Program to permit the governing board of a community college district that meets specified requirements to establish and maintain an extension program offering credit courses. The bill would require an extension program to, among other things, be self-supporting, open to the public, and developed and conducted in conformance with specified statutory and regulatory guidelines. The bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to determine whether an extension program meets specified requirements and to annually review extension programs. The bill would require that governing boards not expend any General Fund moneys to establish and maintain the courses except program revenues generated by these provisions. The bill would prohibit districts from allowing extension credit courses to supplant courses funded with state apportionments and from reducing certain state-funded course sections with the intent of reestablishing those course sections as part of an extension program. The bill would also prohibit extension credit courses from being conducted in a manner that supplants the use of district instructional space for courses funded with state apportionments. This bill would allow community college districts to establish fees not to exceed the actual costs of the courses, as defined, and would require administrative costs to be minimized to the greatest extent possible. The bill would also require state and federal financial aid to be available to eligible students participating in the program and would require a district governing board to provide for fee waivers, as specified. Each participating district would be required to collect and keep records relating to the extension program and submit them, and a schedule of course fees, to the chancellor by October 1 of each year. This information would, in turn, be submitted by the chancellor to the Legislative Analyst by November 1 of each year. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst to submit a written report on the pilot program to the Legislature by January 1, 2015, summarizing the information provided by the chancellor, assessing compliance of the program with the Legislature's intent, and suggesting any needed statutory improvements. The bill would make the requirement for a report to the Legislature inoperative on July 1, 2016. This act would remain operative only until July 1, 2016, unless that date is deleted or extended.
This measure declares that Sundays are "Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day," and encourages families, restaurants, and grocers to buy California-grown floriculture, fiber, and foods.
This measure would declare February 19, 2011, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Existing law requires a county that provides services through its appropriate departments, boards, commissions, officers, or employees to any city pursuant to a contract or law, to charge the city all those costs that are incurred in providing those services. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, provide that, unless otherwise stipulated in the contract, if a city that contracts with a county for public safety services through the county notifies the county of its intent to terminate the contract, then the county is authorized to require the city to provide a comprehensive fiscal analysis relating to the ability of the city to provide public safety services, as specified. This bill would also express a legislative finding and declarations that its provisions shall apply to all cities, including charter cities.
This resolution would declare February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day.
This measure would designate the week of April 18 to 24, 2011, as "California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to observe the California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide by participating in the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Project.
This measure would declare the week of April 10, 2011, to April 16, 2011, inclusive, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
