This measure would proclaim April 2018 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in California and call for awareness of the distracted driving problem and support for programs and policies to reduce the incidence of distracted driving.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2018 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24, 2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California and would encourage colleges and universities to visit high schools and take action to help pupils register in dual enrollment courses.
This measure would declare the last week of March every year as Latino Education and Advocacy Week, a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
This measure would designate April 1, 2018, to April 7, 2018, inclusive, as California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week by encouraging and celebrating diversity in the STEM fields and in California's technology and innovation economy.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of housing for persons of low and moderate income for rent or purchase. This bill would authorize a city or county to designate a high-transit area as a vertical housing zone by adopting a resolution to that effect that contains specified information. The bill would authorize a taxing entity to agree to participate in an existing vertical housing zone by adopting a resolution to that effect. The bill would authorize the developer of a multifamily housing project that meets specified requirements located within that zone to submit an application for a housing zone project designation to the city or county or participating taxing entity. The bill would require the city or county to approve any application for designation so submitted if the project meets certain requirements, including that the project has obtained necessary entitlements and that it is not located within specified areas. The bill would provide that a developer that is granted an application pursuant to these provisions is entitled to receive excess property tax revenues from the city or county that formed the district, as well as from any participating taxing entities, for a period of 30 years following completion of the project, or for a period of 35 years if the project agrees to offer a specified amount of units at an affordable rate, as provided.
Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards are the principal agencies with authority over water quality. Under the act, persons discharging waste are required to file with the appropriate regional board a report of the discharge and the discharge is subject to waste discharge requirements prescribed by that regional board. This bill would authorize a regional board to approve a waste discharge requirement for the use or reuse of produced water from an oil and gas operation for agriculture purposes or for groundwater recharge, only if, after a public hearing, it finds that the California Council on Science and Technology has reviewed the best available independent scientific evidence and has found the use will not pose a significant risk to the public from any contaminants in the produced water, as provided.
