This measure would proclaim August 6, 2013, as National Night Out in California and would urge the people of California to observe and participate in National Night Out.
This measure would proclaim September 23, 2013, as Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease Awareness Day in California.
This measure would designate October 20, 2013, and each 20th day of October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration Day in recognition of the significance of the Leyte landing in liberating the Philippines from Japanese occupation, helping to establish the independence of the Philippines, and fostering closer ties between the Philippines and the United States.
This measure would designate the portion of Interstate 80 between Midway Road and the State Route 12 East interchange in the County of Solano as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway to honor the Tuskegee Airmen and the contributions they made during World War II. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law creates within state government the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, consisting of 17 members, including 7 public members appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate. This bill would require one of the 7 public members appointed by the Governor to be a veteran or a member of the military.
Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University. Statutory provisions that were repealed on January 1, 2010, authorized the trustees to establish an African American Political and Economic Institute at California State University, Dominguez Hills. This bill would require California State University, Dominguez Hills, to rename the African American Political and Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political and Economic Institute.
Existing law requires the installation of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular as a fixture or improvement to real property to comply with specified provisions. Existing law requires an enforcement agency to record with the county recorder of the county where real property is situated, on the same day that the certificate of occupancy for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is issued by the appropriate enforcement agency, that the real property has been installed upon, a document naming the owner of the real property, describing the real property with certainty, and stating that a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular has been affixed to the real property by installation on a foundation system, as specified. This bill would instead require that recordation to occur within 5 business days of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. Existing law provides that once installed on a foundation system in compliance with these provisions, a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular shall be deemed a fixture and a real property improvement to the real property to which it is affixed and physical removal of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular shall thereafter be prohibited without the consent of all persons or entities who, at the time of removal, have title to any estate or interest in the real property to which it is affixed. The bill would also make other technical, nonsubstantive, and clarifying changes.
Existing law authorizes a judicial officer in a civil proceeding relating to domestic violence to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of domestic violence, abuse, or abduction of a child, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Existing law also authorizes a court in a criminal proceeding to issue an emergency protective order if there is an immediate and present danger of stalking, as specified. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer, as defined, for purposes of court proceedings relating to domestic violence, or a peace officer, in criminal proceedings relating to stalking, who requests an emergency protective order, to carry copies of the order while on duty. Existing law also requires the Department of Justice to maintain a computer database system for protective and restraining orders and injunctions and make that information available to court clerks and law enforcement personnel. This bill would delete the requirement that a law enforcement officer or a peace officer, as described above, who requests an emergency protective order carry copies of the order while on duty. The bill would instead require the law enforcement agency to have that order entered into the computer database system for protective and restraining orders maintained by the Department of Justice. By imposing additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, 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 imposes a fee of $500 on every person who is granted probation for a crime of domestic violence. Two-thirds of the fee is deposited in the county's domestic violence programs special fund to be expended in support of domestic violence shelter programs, as specified. Existing law authorizes fines to be reduced, as specified, for time served. This bill would clarify that the $500 payment is a fee, not a fine, and that the fee is not subject to reduction for time served. The bill would also authorize 8% of the moneys deposited in the county domestic violence programs special fund to be used for administrative costs and would authorize the collection of the fee by the collecting agency or the agency's designee after the termination of the period of probation, whether probation is terminated by revocation or by completion of the term. The bill would provide that a county board of supervisors may request, on not more than a quarterly basis, an accounting of the special fund, as specified. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.
Existing law authorizes certain persons to use a signature stamp to affix a signature to various elections documents. Existing law prohibits a voter from using a signature stamp until the signature stamp is used by the voter to sign an affidavit of registration in the presence of a county elections official. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State to develop a process and infrastructure to allow the electronic copy of a person's signature and other information to be transferred to the Secretary of State for the purpose of allowing a person to register to vote electronically on the Secretary of State's Internet Web site. This bill would additionally authorize certain registered voters to use a signature stamp if the voter submits an affidavit of registration electronically utilizing a signature stamp that has been approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles and transmitted to the Secretary of State.
