This measure would recognize the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children, and particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, face in the foster care system, as specified.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.
The Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act governs charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, trustees, commercial fundraisers, fundraising counsel, commercial coventurers, and other legal entities holding or soliciting property for charitable purposes over which the state or the Attorney General has enforcement and supervisory powers. Under the act, any person who violates any of the act's provisions with intent to deceive or defraud any charity or individual is liable for a specified civil penalty. The act also authorizes the Attorney General to impose other specified civil penalties for related acts and omissions. Additionally, the act requires various written reports to be filed with the Attorney General under oath, in accordance with rules and regulations. The act prohibits specified acts and practices in the planning, conduct, or execution of any solicitation or charitable sales promotion including misrepresenting or misleading anyone in any manner to believe that another person sponsors, endorses, or approves a charitable solicitation or charitable sales promotion when that person has not given consent in writing to the use of the person's name for these purposes. The act also prohibits representing that any part of the contributions solicited by a charitable organization will be given or donated to any other charitable organization unless that organization has consented in writing to the use of its name prior to the solicitation. This bill would create an exception from these specific written consent requirements in certain circumstances for a crowdfunding solicitor for charitable purposes, which the bill would define as a person, whether for profit or not, who engages in charitable crowdfunding solicitation and who is not defined as certain other types of fundraisers or persons, as specified. The bill would require a crowdfunding solicitor for charitable purposes to: (1) obtain the written consent of a charitable organization prior to using its name in a solicitation, except as specified, (2) register with the Attorney General's Register of Charitable Trusts, (3) file an annual registration and financial report, (4) pay specified registration or renewal fees, and (5) disclose other information required by the Attorney General, under oath, punishable under penalty of perjury. The bill would make it unlawful for a crowdfunding solicitor to solicit funds in this state for charitable purposes unless that crowdfunding solicitor has complied with the registration or annual renewal and financial reporting requirements established by the bill. The bill would make a failure to comply with these provisions grounds for injunctive and other civil relief. The bill would also establish that a crowdfunding solicitor for charitable purposes is a constructive trustee for charitable purposes and is required to account to the Attorney General for all funds. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires an individual, corporation, or other legal entity who for compensation solicits funds or property for charitable purposes to disclose that the solicitation is being conducted by a commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes and the name of the commercial fundraiser as registered with the Attorney General. This bill would also require disclosure if the solicitation is being conducted for profit by a crowdfunding solicitor, including the name of that crowdfunding solicitor as registered with the Attorney General. 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.
Existing federal law, the Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE Act) , encourages and assists individuals and families to save private funds in a tax-advantaged savings account for the purpose of supporting persons with disabilities to maintain their health, independence, and quality of life by excluding from gross income distributions used for qualified disability expenses by a beneficiary of a qualified ABLE program established and maintained by a state, as specified. Existing law establishes the Qualified ABLE Program, administered by the California ABLE Act Board, in this state for purposes of implementing the federal ABLE Act. Existing law requires that an ABLE account only be established for a designated beneficiary who is a resident of the United States, and that the board market the program to residents of the United States to the extent funds are available. Existing law also provides that moneys in, contributions to, and any distribution for qualified disability expenses from, an ABLE account, not to exceed $100,000, do not count toward determining eligibility for a state or local means-tested program. This bill would repeal the $100,000 limitation on moneys in, contributions to, and distributions for qualified disability expenses from, an ABLE account, for purposes of determining eligibility for a state or local means-tested program.
Existing law requires the Department of Technology, on or before July 1, 2018, to update the Technology Recovery Plan element of the State Administrative Manual to ensure the inclusion of cybersecurity strategy incident response standards for each state agency, as specified. Existing law authorizes a local entity that receives state funds for the purposes of storing, sharing, or transmitting data, or in support of an information technology project with a state entity, to submit a Technology Recovery Plan, upon request of the Department of Technology. This bill would create the Office of Local Cloud Migration and Digital Innovation in the Department of Technology. The bill would require the office to promote the use of technologies including, but not limited to, cloud-based computing and data storage that will assist local agencies in their efforts to further transparency, efficiency, disaster preparedness and response, as well as general accessibility to the public. The bill would require the office to operate in partnership with private industry and the nonprofit community to maximize the assistance provided to local agencies. The bill would create the Local Cloud Migration and Digital Innovation Local Assistance Fund for the purpose of receipt of donations from private industry and the nonprofit community, and funds directly allocated by the Legislature, and would make money in the fund available to the office, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the above-described purposes.
Existing law establishes the Golden State Seal Merit Diploma for the purpose of recognizing pupils who have mastered the high school curriculum. Existing law also establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages in addition to English. This bill would establish a State Seal of STEM to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. The bill would establish criteria for the receipt of the State Seal of STEM, would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare and deliver to participating school districts an appropriate insignia to be affixed to pupil diplomas or transcripts, and would require participating school districts to maintain appropriate records and affix the appropriate insignia to diplomas or transcripts of recipient pupils. The bill would not become operative until both (1) data from the statewide administration of specified state science assessments are available and (2) the State Board of Education, in a public meeting, makes specified declarations. The bill's provisions would be inoperative on July 31, 2026, and repealed on January 1, 2027.
(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 2018, would authorize a city or county to propose the formation of a redevelopment 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 formation to the Strategic Growth Council for a determination as to whether the agency would promote statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals and would require that the council recommend to the Department of Finance whether to approve the resolution. 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 then require that city or county to submit the resolution of formation to the Department of Finance for approval, subject to certain standards, including that the department determine that any passthrough provision included is consistent with certain requirements and a statewide cap on the amount of equity, as defined, received by all local agencies within the state in any fiscal year, and to consider any recommendations of the Strategic Growth Council. The bill would require the department to disapprove the resolution if the department determines that the creation of the agency will result in a state fiscal impact that exceeds a specified amount in any fiscal year. The bill would deem the agency to be in existence as of the date of the department's approval. The bill would provide for a governing board of the agency consisting of one member appointed by the legislative body 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. 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. (2) 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.
(1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue teaching and services credentials, and to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to report to the Legislature and the Governor on the availability of teachers in California, including specified information, by April 15 of each year. This bill would make adjustments in the data required to be reported by the commission for this report. The bill would also require the commission to periodically provide reports and recommendations to the Legislature regarding the state's teacher workforce for purposes of developing and reviewing state policy, identifying workforce trends, and identifying future needs regarding the state's teacher workforce. The bill would require these reports to be made publicly available on the commission's Internet Web site. (2) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish a nonpersonally identifiable educator identification number for each educator to whom it issues a credential, certificate, permit, or other document authorizing that individual to provide a service in the public schools. This bill would authorize the identification number established pursuant to this provision to be used for purposes of sharing data with local educational agencies and the State Department of Education to satisfy specified reporting requirements. The bill would also authorize the identification number to be used to disclose data pursuant to a provision relating to scientific research conducted by the University of California, a nonprofit educational entity, or, in the case of education-related data, another nonprofit entity, provided that the request for information is approved as specified. (3) Existing law requires county superintendents of schools to monitor and review teacher assignments for purposes of ensuring that the rate of teacher misassignment remains low. This provision requires county superintendents of schools to submit annual reports to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and authorizes the commission to establish reasonable sanctions for the misassignment of credential holders. This bill would revise and recast this provision, providing, among other things, more authority and responsibility to the commission in collecting data relating to potential and actual teacher misassignments. The bill would also apply this provision to charter schools. Because applying this provision to charter schools imposes new duties on charter schools and local educational agencies serving as chartering authorities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require potential misassignments that cannot be verified as legally authorized to be corrected by the administrator responsible for the assignment within 30 days of final notification by the commission. The bill would prohibit adverse action from being taken against an affected certificated person who files a notification of misassignment with the county superintendent of schools, or in the case of a charter school, the chartering authority, and, if a misassignment is determined to have taken place, the bill would nullify any performance evaluation of the employee in any subject to which the employee was misassigned. Because this provision would create new duties for a county office of education when a certificated employee files a notification of misassignment, this provision would impose a state-mandated local program. (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, 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.
