The Planning and Zoning Law provides that if a state or local agency requires a person to transfer to that agency an interest in real property to mitigate the environmental impact of a project or facility, that agency may authorize specified entities, including a community foundation, to hold title to, and manage that interest in, real property, as well as any endowment. Existing law defines a community foundation for this purpose as, among other things, meeting the requirements of a community trust, being exempt from taxation, being qualified to do business in this state, comply with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations, and being registered with the Registry of Charitable Trusts maintained by the Attorney General, as specified. This bill would further define a community foundation for this purpose of providing each of its board members and officers training on performance of their fiduciary duties within a specified time period after the commencement of their tenure with the foundation, and periodically thereafter. The bill would also require a community foundation to post information about its fulfillment of this requirement, and the compliance of each board member and officer, on its internet website.
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(1) Under existing law, the guardian or conservator of a minor has specified powers over the care, custody, and control of the minor. Existing law authorizes a caregiver, who properly completes and signs a caregiver's authorization affidavit, to provide specified care to a minor, including, among other care, enrolling the minor in school and consenting to school-related medical care on behalf of the minor. This bill would authorize a custodial parent or a person who has been awarded custody or guardianship of a minor child to designate a person to serve as a standby guardian of the person, the estate, or both, by completing a Standby Guardian's Authorization Affidavit. The bill would require the designation of a standby guardian to take effect, absent an objection of a noncustodial parent, under specified circumstances that include if the custodial parent or guardian has died or is detained by law enforcement, incarcerated, or deported. The bill would prescribe the requirements for the designation of a standby guardian, including a statutory form for the Standby Guardian's Authorization Affidavit that would be signed and witnessed under penalty of perjury. By expanding the definition of the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, establishes a procedure for classification of certain aliens as special immigrants who have been declared dependent by a juvenile court and authorizes those aliens to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Existing state law provides that the juvenile, probate, and family divisions of the superior court have jurisdiction to make judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act. This bill would provide that the existence of a standby guardian and evidence that a contingency has occurred that makes the authority of the standby guardian operative is affirmative evidence that the covered juvenile has been abandoned and cannot be reunified with one or both parents for the purposes of making judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act. (3) Existing law provides that a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district when, among other things, the pupil resides with a caregiver or caregiving adult who is located within the boundaries of that school district. Under existing law, it is a sufficient basis for a determination of residency if the caregiver has submitted an affidavit, as specified, under penalty of perjury, unless the school district determines from actual facts that the pupil is not living in the home of the caregiver. This bill would make execution of the standby guardian affidavit a sufficient basis for a determination of residency of a minor child under these provisions, unless the school district determines from actual facts that the pupil is not living in the home of the standby guardian. (4) 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.
(1) The California Constitution, with respect to any taxes levied on taxable property in a redevelopment project established under the Community Redevelopment Law, as it then read or may be amended, authorizes the Legislature to provide for the division of those taxes under a redevelopment plan between the taxing agencies and the redevelopment agency, as provided. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and designates successor agencies to act as successor entities to the dissolved redevelopment agencies. This bill, the Community Redevelopment Law of 2019, would authorize a city or county, or two or more cities acting jointly, to propose the formation of an affordable housing and infrastructure agency by adoption of a resolution of intention that meets specified requirements, including that the resolution of intention include a passthrough provision and an override passthrough provision, as defined. The bill would require the city or county to submit that resolution to each affected taxing entity and would authorize an entity that receives that resolution to elect to not receive a passthrough payment, as provided. The bill would require the city or county that adopted that resolution to hold a public hearing on the proposal to consider all written and oral objections to the formation, as well as any recommendations of the affected taxing entities, and would authorize that city or county to adopt a resolution of formation at the conclusion of that hearing. The bill would then require that city or county to submit the resolution of intention to the Strategic Growth Council for a determination as to whether the agency would promote statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals. The bill would require the council to approve formation of the agency if it determines that formation of the agency both (1) would not result in a state fiscal impact, determined as specified by the Controller, that exceeds a specified amount and (2) would promote statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals. The bill would deem an agency to be in existence as of the date of the council's approval. The bill would require the council to establish a program to provide technical assistance to a city or county desiring to form an agency pursuant to these provisions. The bill would provide for a governing board of the agency consisting of one member appointed by the legislative body or the legislative bodies, as applicable, that adopted the resolution of intention, one member appointed by each affected taxing entity, and 2 public members. The bill would authorize an agency formed pursuant to these provisions to finance specified infrastructure and housing projects, and to carry out related powers, such as the power to purchase and lease property within the redevelopment project area, that are similar to the powers previously granted to redevelopment agencies. The bill would require an agency to adopt an annual budget and to maintain detailed records of every action taken by that agency for a specified period of time, and would provide that any person who violates this requirement be subject to a fine of $10,000 per violation. The bill would require the agency to submit an annual report containing specified information, and a final report of any audit undertaken by any other local, state, or federal government entity, to its governing body within specified time periods. The bill would also require the agency to submit a copy of the annual report with the Controller and a copy of any audit report with the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would establish procedures under which the Controller would identify major audit violations and the Attorney General would bring an action to compel compliance. The bill would require the governing board of an agency to designate an appropriate official to prepare a proposed redevelopment project plan, in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would require the agency to hold a public hearing on the proposed redevelopment project plan, and would authorize the governing board to either adopt the redevelopment project plan or abandon proceedings, in which case the agency would cease to exist. The bill would authorize the redevelopment project plan to provide for the division of taxes levied upon taxable property, if any, between an affected taxing entity and the agency, as provided. The bill would declare that this authorization fulfills the intent of constitutional redevelopment provisions. The bill would also require that not less than 30% of all taxes allocated to the agency from an affected taxing entity be deposited into a separate fund, established by the agency, and used for the purposes of increasing, improving, and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at an affordable housing cost, as provided. The bill would authorize the agency to issue bonds to finance redevelopment housing or infrastructure projects, in accordance with specified requirements and procedures, including that the resolution proposing the bonds include a description of the facilities or developments to be financed and the estimated cost of those facilities or developments, and that the resolution adopting the bonds provide for specified matters such as the principal amount of bonds. The bill would also authorize a city, county, or special district that contains territory within the boundaries of an agency to loan moneys to the agency to fund activities described in the redevelopment project plan. The bill would require the agency to contract for an independent financial and performance audit every 2 years after the issuance of debt. (2) Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution sets forth a formula for computing the minimum amount of revenues that the state is required to appropriate for the support of school districts and community college districts for each fiscal year. This bill would require the Director of Finance to adjust the percentage of General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts and community college districts for these purposes in a manner that ensures that the division of taxes authorized by the Community Redevelopment Law of 2019 have no net fiscal impact upon the total amount of the General Fund revenue and local property tax revenue allocated to school districts and community college districts pursuant to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as specified. (3) By imposing additional duties on the county auditor with respect to the allocation of tax increment revenues, and the review of information submitted to the county auditor by an agency pursuant to these provisions, 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.
Title 38 of the United States Code provides educational awards for eligible active duty members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Existing law requires an institution headquartered or operating in California desiring to enroll students eligible for federal Title 38 awards in accredited institutions and programs to apply for approval of these courses to the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education, commonly known as CSAAVE, and authorizes CSAAVE to approve the application of the school when the school and its accredited courses satisfy specified criteria and any additional reasonable criteria established by CSAAVE. The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act provides that certain violations of its provisions are criminal infractions. The act prohibits a person from opening, conducting, or doing business as a private postsecondary educational institution in this state without obtaining approval to operate from the bureau, as specified, unless exempted. The act requires the bureau to adopt by regulation the process and procedures whereby an institution seeking approval may apply for and obtain approval to operate, and the process and procedures whereby an institution that has been granted approval may make a substantial change to, or obtain a renewal of, its approval to operate. This bill would prohibit the bureau from granting, renewing, or making a substantive change to an approval to operate an institution that is seeking to enroll a recipient of a Title 38 award, if CSAAVE determines that the institution is not eligible to receive Title 38 awards. The bill would require the bureau to take disciplinary action, as specified, against an institution if the institution enrolls, or seeks to enroll, a recipient of a Title 38 award and CSAAVE determines that the institution is not eligible to receive Title 38 awards. By creating additional criminal infractions under the act, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires each state agency and certain designated state entities, on or before February 1 of each year, to submit to the Department of Technology a summary of their actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs and a summary of their actual and projected information security costs, as specified. This bill would, instead, require each state agency to comply with those provisions and would define state agency for these purposes to mean every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, except for the California State University. (2) Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology, headed by the Chief of the Office of Information Security. Existing law requires the chief to establish an information security program and requires that program to include specified responsibilities, including coordinating the activities of state agency information security officers for purposes of integrating statewide security initiatives and ensuring compliance with information security and privacy policies and standards. Existing law requires specified state entities to implement and comply with the policies and procedures issued by the office. This bill would require each state agency to comply with the policies and procedures issued by the Office of Information Security, and would define state agency for these purposes to mean every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, except for the California State University.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories and clinical laboratory personnel and health professionals by the State Department of Public Health and makes a violation of these provisions a crime. Existing law authorizes an unlicensed person employed by a licensed clinical laboratory to perform venipuncture or skin puncture for the purpose of withdrawing blood or for clinical laboratory test purposes upon specific authorization from a licensed physician and surgeon, if that unlicensed person meets certain requirements. Existing law requires an unlicensed person performing these duties to possess a valid and current certification as a certified phlebotomy technician issued by the department. This bill would authorize a certified phlebotomy technician to perform a blood draw by means other than venipuncture or skin puncture under specified conditions, including that the blood draw is performed under the general supervision of a physician and surgeon and the blood draw is performed using a device or devices approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Existing law establishes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to perform various functions and duties with respect to health facilities, health professions development, and health policy and planning. Existing law requires OSHPD to consult with the Insurance Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care, and others to adopt a California uniform billing form format for professional health care services and a California uniform billing form format for institutional provider services. Existing law requires OSHPD to adopt the California uniform billing form formats to be used in all health care payment programs it administers, including Medi-Cal. This bill would require OSHPD, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner, to establish a medical billing task force on or before April 1, 2020. The bill would require the task force to, among other things, engage interested parties in the development of a system to improve the readability of medical bills and create a standard medical billing form. The bill would require OSHPD, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on the task force's efforts.
Existing law establishes various agencies within the state government, including the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law provides that the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency is under the supervision of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing. Under existing law, the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency is comprised of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Real Estate, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Business Oversight, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, the California Horse Racing Board, and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission. This bill would enact the State of California Housing Agency Act and, as of July 1, 2021, would separate the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency into the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the Housing Agency. The bill would provide that the Business and Consumer Services Agency consists of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Department of Business Oversight, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, the California Horse Racing Board, and the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission. The bill would rename the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing as the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services. The bill would provide that the Housing Agency consists of the Department of Real Estate, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the California Housing Finance Agency. Under the bill, the Housing Agency would be under the supervision of the Secretary of Housing and the bill would require the secretary to be appointed by the Governor, as provided. The bill would make various conforming changes to that effect. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.
This measure would name the public street, circle, and plaza at 914 and 915 Capitol Mall in the City of Sacramento as the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Circle and Plaza. The measure would request the Department of General Services to determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signage commemorating this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources, to cover that cost to erect that signage.