This measure would designate Sunday, June 3, 2018, as California Cancer Survivors Day, to coincide with National Cancer Survivors Day.
This measure would recognize the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health and development of all Californians and would declare the month of July 2018 as "Parks Make Life Better!" Month.
This measure would recognize June 21, 2018, as the 2018 International Day of Yoga in California.
This measure would recognize the contributions of CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson to the people of California and would designate a specified portion of State Route 15 in the County of San Diego as the CAL FIRE Firefighter Cory Iverson Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would recognize June 17, 2018, as Father's Day and would commend fathers and father figures present in their children's lives.
This measure would declare the week of June 1, 2018, to June 7, 2018, inclusive, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week in California, as specified.
This measure would declare Friday, October 5, 2018, as California Manufacturing Day and would recognize the importance of California's manufacturing sector. The measure would also commemorate California's manufacturers as they continue to push the bounds of clean technologies that reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in products and processes.
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program to eligible states. Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. As part of the CalWORKs program, participants, unless specifically exempted, are required to participate in welfare-to-work activities. Existing law provides a one-time exemption from the welfare-to-work requirements to a parent or other relative who has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 6 months of age or under, as specified. Under existing law, an individual receiving that exemption is exempt for a period of 12 weeks, upon the birth or adoption of any subsequent children, which may be extended on a case-by-case basis to 6 months, based on criteria developed by the county. Existing law also provide a one-time exemption to a parent or other relative who has primary responsibility for personally providing care to one child from birth to 23 months, inclusive. This bill would replace the above-described exemptions with an exemption that is offered to a parent or other relative who has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 24 months of age or under, without limiting the exemption to one child or one instance. Existing law provides an exemption to a woman who is pregnant and for whom it has been medically verified that the pregnancy impairs her ability to be regularly employed or participate in welfare-to-work activities or the county has determined that, at that time, participation will not readily lead to employment or that a training activity is not appropriate. This bill would also provide an exemption to a pregnant woman who is the sole member of her assistance unit. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions. By expanding the scope of the exemptions to include the above-described individuals, the bill would increase the duties of county employees, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the county human services agency, upon a determination that an individual is exempt from welfare-to-work activities, to provide that individual with a notice informing him or her of the exemption and that he or she has the right to volunteer to participate in welfare-to-work activities of his or her choice. The bill would require that the notice be accompanied by a form for the written welfare-to-work plan, with specified requirements on the county human services agency to assist the individual in participating in the activities and to approve the plan within 30 days of the individual indicating his or her wish to volunteer. By increasing the duties of county employees, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Under existing law, a parent or caretaker relative is not eligible for CalWORKs aid when he or she has received aid for a cumulative total of 48 months. Existing law further provides that any month in which specified conditions exist is not counted toward that 48-month time limit, including when a recipient is exempt from participation in welfare-to-work activities because he or she has primary responsibility for personally providing care to a child 24 months of age or younger. This bill would make conforming changes to that condition and would limit application of the condition to an eligible individual for a cumulative total of 24 months. The bill would authorize the State Department of Social Services to implement these provisions through an all-county letter or similar instruction, to be issued no later than April 1, 2019. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing the bill. 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, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, provides for the issuance of emergency protective orders and other protective orders for the prevention of domestic violence. Existing law also requires a family court to determine child custody in proceedings for dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, and legal separation of the parties, petitions for exclusive custody of a child, and proceedings under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Existing law requires an official reporter or official reporter pro tempore of the superior court to take down in shorthand all testimony and other information in proceedings before the court in civil cases on order of the court and at the request of a party or counsel. This bill would require the court to provide a court reporter at every hearing at which testimony is received in either a proceeding that relates to child custody or a proceeding under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, establishes a system of child care and development services for children up to 13 years of age, and requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement a plan establishing assigned reimbursement rates, per unit of average daily enrollment, to be paid by the state to provider agencies for the provision of those services. Existing law also provides for an adjustment factor to be applied to units of average daily enrollment if a provider agency serves children who meet specified criteria. Existing law provides adjustment factors for infants who are 0 to 18 months of age, and toddlers who are 18 to 36 months of age, and are served in a child day care center, and for infants and toddlers who are 0 to 36 months of age and are served in a family child care home. This bill would increase the adjustment factor for infants who are 0 to 18 months of age and toddlers who are 18 to 36 months of age, would provide that these adjustment factors apply without regard to the kind of facility that the infant or toddler is served by, and would make conforming changes. The bill would establish the Early Education Expansion Program for the purpose of increasing access to inclusive early care and education programs and increasing early learning infrastructure capacity in high-need communities. The bill would require the State Department of Education to award grants on a competitive basis, and would require a grant to be used for one-time infrastructure costs only. The bill would require an applicant to include specified information in its application. The bill would also establish the Early Education Expansion Program for Local Educational Agencies. The bill would require the department to award grants on a competitive basis, and would require the department's Special Education Division and Early Education and Support Division to provide guidance to local educational agencies on serving young children with exceptional needs in the least restrictive environment. The bill would require a grant to be used for one-time infrastructure costs only. The bill would require an applicant to include specified information in its application. The act establishes the California Child Care Initiative Project and provides that the objective of the project is to increase the availability of quality child care programs in the state. This bill would establish in the department the Family Child Care Recruitment and Training Program of 2018, to be administered by the Superintendent, to support the recruitment and training of a new generation of licensed family child care providers. The bill would require the program to provide resources pursuant to the California Child Care Initiative Project as well as startup costs and resources to new family child care providers, among other things, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
