This measure would urge the federal Office of Management and Budget to update its Uniform Guidance in order to improve job creation, quality, and equity.
This measure would recognize the month of January 2024 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
This measure would call on the Biden Administration to urge Azerbaijan to immediately return all Armenian hostages, to impose Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act violations on Azerbaijan, to suspend all United States military and economic assistance to Azerbaijan, and to work with the international community to ensure the protection and preservation of Armenian cultural heritage sites. The measure would also support House Resolution 861, which calls on Azerbaijan to immediately release all prisoners of war and captured civilians.
This measure would designate, in perpetuity, the 4th week of January as Data Privacy Week and the last Sunday of January as Data Privacy Day.
(1) Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, among other things, requires anyone wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal zone, except as specified, in addition to obtaining any other permit required by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission or a local government, as provided. This bill would establish the Major Coastal Resorts Environmental Accountability Act, and would define "major coastal resort" for these purposes. The bill would require the commission, with the assistance of a qualified consultant, to every 2 years prepare an audit of a major coastal resort's compliance with specified provisions, including the coastal development permit, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to provide for the qualified consultant's compensation for the audit, as provided. The bill would require the commission to document the audit's investigation and findings in a public report to be posted on the commission's internet website, as provided. The bill would prohibit the major coastal resort from discriminating or retaliating against any employee or applicant for employment for, among other things, participating in the audit, investigation, or the report. The bill would require any coastal development permit pertaining to a major coastal resort approved after January 1, 2024, to include, in addition to any other permitting requirements, new requirements, including a turf, landscape, and pest management plan, as provided. The bill would require any major coastal resort's coastal development permit, in existence as of January 1, 2024, to be amended to include these new requirements when the permit is renewed or updated. To the extent the bill would create additional duties for local governments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also prohibit the use of any nonorganic pesticide, as defined, or fertilizing material, as defined, at a major coastal resort. (2) Existing law prohibits lodging establishments from providing a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or within bathrooms shared by the public or guests. This bill would prohibit a major coastal resort from providing to guests specified materials, including single-use plastic bottled beverages. The bill would require a major coastal resort to, among other things, provide at least one recycling bin or container in each guest room, as provided. The bill would require the major coastal resort to maintain records related to these requirements for 3 years. The bill would subject a major coastal resort that violates these requirements to a civil penalty of $500 per each day the violation continues. (3) 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.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways. This bill would require the department, beginning in 2025 and ending in 2032, to use cold in-place recycling or partial depth recycling, as defined, on at least 12 projects each year. The bill would require the department, beginning in 2027 and ending in 2032, to use full depth recycling, as defined, on at least 5 projects each year. The bill would require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding these projects. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2034.
Existing law contains various provisions relating to guide dog instruction and requires a guide dog school to annually submit a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits the department from charging a fee for the collection of this data. This bill would require the department, on or before September 10, 2025, to inform places of business, through an educational campaign throughout the state, of the problems faced by qualified service dog users, as provided. The bill would define the term "service dog" for these purposes. The bill would authorize the department to solicit donations from private sources, including service dog schools, to support this campaign.
Existing law establishes the California Business Investment Service Program within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) for the purpose of serving employers, corporate executives, business owners, investors, and site location consultants who are considering California for business investment and expansion. Existing law provides that the program is under the authority of the director, who is required, among other things, to work cooperatively with local, regional, federal, and other state public and private marketing institutions, economic developers, workforce training partners, and trade organizations in attracting, retaining, and helping businesses and investments grow and be successful in California. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the California Historically Significant District Program for the purpose of revitalizing and maintaining historically and culturally significant commercial corridors throughout the state by funding technical assistance, training, and other activities that increase the capacity of revitalization entities to provide business assistance programs and services that meet the unique needs of small businesses that operate within historic commercial districts. The bill would provide that the program be administered by the California Business Investment Service Unit within GO-Biz, in consultation with the Community and Placed-Based Solutions Unit. The bill would require the program to award grants to eligible grantees, as defined, who submit an application meeting certain requirements, including, among other things, documentation that the applicant has the experience and capacity to provide technical assistance, training, and other services that increase the capacity of revitalization entities to use place-based tools to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem to meet the needs of small businesses that operate within historic districts. The bill would require training and education topics and uses of the grant by the grantee to include, but not be limited to, among other things, onsite assessment and training of revitalization entities to develop capacity for implementation of commercial district revitalization plans. The bill would require that grant funds be used by the grantee consistent with certain requirements, including that at least 40% of the total amount of the grant be used by the grantee to provide capacity-building programs and services to eligible historic commercial corridor revitalization entities throughout the state, as specified. The bill would require a grantee, as a condition of receiving the grant, to report on the performance annually. The bill would require that this reporting include, among other things, outcomes from the training and technical assistance provided, including, among other things, the number of training events. The bill would also require a subgrantee to report on program performance quarterly and annually. The bill would require this reporting to include, but not be limited to, quarterly outcomes from the subgrants provided, including, among other things, the number of businesses reached in person. This bill would require a grantee, 6 months following the completion of the grant, to submit a final outcomes report which includes, among other things, a detailed narrative description of how the funds awarded were used to expand the capacity of the statewide network of historic commercial corridor revitalization entities and to help underserved business owners and entrepreneurs within those districts to adapt new, place-based business strategies. This bill would require a grantee and any subgrantee to provide matching funds of at least one dollar for each dollar of state funds received. The bill would authorize up to 50% of the match to be in the form of in-kind services or resources. The bill would require that grant funding be available to the grantee for a 3-year period. The bill would authorize up to 5% of any program appropriation to be used by the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development for administrative costs, including reporting. The bill would authorize up to 5% of a grant to be used by the grantee for administrative costs related to the organization of the training, technical assistance, and program delivery, including travel and technology. The bill would authorize the Director of GO-Biz to assign one or more of the duties or authorities provided by this bill to another unit within the office or another state agency. This bill would also make related findings and declarations.
