Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, as defined. Existing law exempts certain facilities from the definition of food facility, including a church, private club, or other nonprofit association that gives or sells food to its members and guests, and not to the general public, at an event that occurs not more than 3 days in any 90-day period. This bill would exempt from the definition of food facility a snack bar operated by an organization that runs a youth sports league or team if food sale or distribution is limited to prepackaged, labeled, nonpotentially hazardous food, including, but not limited to, candy, chips, prepackaged cookies, and canned beverages, and to limited food preparation or handling of unpackaged foods, including popcorn, cookies, snowcones, churros, doughnuts, nachos, hot dogs, chili, coffee, or hot chocolate.
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This measure would proclaim the month of January 2016 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, encourage all Californians to become educated about human trafficking and work to eradicate these criminal practices within and beyond our borders, and encourage Members of the Legislature, as well as organizations, businesses, and individuals, to host or sponsor and attend community events in order to bring visibility and support to efforts made by nongovernmental organizations to recognize and combat human trafficking.
Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees in accordance with specified guidelines. Existing law establishes a list of courses that a pupil in a school district is required to complete in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school, including 2 courses in physical education unless exempted. This bill would require, commencing with the 2017–18 academic year, the governing board of a school district, and the governing body of a charter school, offering instruction to pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to provide instruction on performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of a physical education course or another course required for graduation, as provided. The bill would also make conforming changes to a related code section. By imposing additional requirements on school districts and charter schools, 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.
Existing law establishes the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy in state government with a specified membership and independent state oversight duties. This bill would establish, until January 1, 2022, the California Regulatory Reform Council, composed of 13 members appointed by the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly, as specified. This bill would authorize the council, on its own motion, to make reports and recommendations to assist the Legislature and Governor in respect to the holistic impact of all levels of state and local regulations on specific industries operating within the state. This bill would deem the council to be within the executive branch of state government, but prohibit the council from being subject to the control or direction of any officer or employee of the executive branch, except in connection with the appropriation of funds approved by the Legislature. This bill would require the council, on or before January 1, 2017, and at least annually thereafter, to post on its Internet Web site a list of its ongoing activities, specified information regarding meetings, and copies of final reports. This bill would make legislative findings in regards to these provisions.
Existing law authorizes a county to establish a program of grants to public entities and nonprofit organizations for the provision of dispute resolution services and prescribes a variety of eligibility requirements and duties in this regard. Existing law requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to make monthly distributions from superior court filing fees for the support of dispute resolution programs in each county that has acted to establish a program, as specified. This bill would permit a county that has established and is operating a dispute resolution program as described above to contract with the superior court of the county to transfer operation of the program to the court. The court would be required to operate the program in compliance with all requirements, rules, and regulations associated with the program. The bill would provide that a court that contracts to operate a dispute resolution program assumes the relevant rights and responsibilities connected with the program and would require the county to transfer, within a reasonable time, any funds received for administration of the program, with future program funding to be provided directly to the court.
Under existing law, a person may not stop, park, or leave a vehicle standing alongside a curb space authorized for the loading or unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by a sign or red paint on the curb, except that existing law allows local authorities to permit schoolbuses to stop alongside these curb spaces upon agreement between a transit system operating buses as common carriers in local transportation and a public school district or private school. This bill would also allow local authorities to permit shuttle service vehicles, as defined, to stop for the loading or unloading of passengers alongside these curb spaces upon agreement between a transit system operating buses engaged as common carriers in local transportation and a shuttle service provider, as defined. The bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to not replace public transit services.
Existing law requires a precinct board to account for ballots at the closing of the polls. This bill would authorize a county elections official to account for ballots at the central counting place. Existing law prescribes the procedures for a precinct board to follow as soon as the polls close, including removing the voted ballots from the ballot container, sealing the ballots, and delivering the ballots to the receiving centers or central counting places. This bill would authorize a county elections official to direct the precinct board to seal the ballots and to record certain information prior to the closing of the polls. The bill would also authorize the county elections official to direct other elections officials to remove the sealed ballots prior to the closing of the polls and to deliver them to a receiving center or central counting place. The bill would require the county elections official, at least 48 hours before an election, to notify the public of the dates, times, and places to which ballot containers will be delivered. The bill would also require the Secretary of State to adopt regulations addressing the secure delivery and transfer of ballots to a receiving center or central counting place.
Existing law provides for the Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to authorize or permit exclusive or preferential use of highway lanes for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) . Existing law authorizes the development and implementation of a value-pricing program consisting of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes in various corridors under certain circumstances, pursuant to which vehicles that do not meet the vehicle occupancy requirements for use of an HOV lane may use the lane upon payment of a toll. This bill would authorize the San Bernardino County Transportation Commission to conduct, administer, and operate a value-pricing program, that may include HOT lanes or other toll facilities in the Interstate Highway Routes 10 and 15 in the County of San Bernardino and, with the agreement of affected transportation agencies, specified extensions and connections into the Counties of Los Angeles and Riverside. The bill would require the toll revenues to be spent for specified transportation purposes and would authorize the commission to issue revenue bonds payable from toll revenues. The bill would require the commission to report to the Legislative Analyst on specified matters within 3 years of commencement of revenue collection from the value-pricing program. The bill would enact other related provisions. This bill would become operative only if AB 194 is also enacted and becomes operative on or before January 1, 2016.
This measure would proclaim April 12 through April 19, 2015, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.