Existing law establishes the offense of carrying a loaded firearm, as specified, and provides exceptions to those provisions, including an exception permitting the carrying of handguns by persons who are authorized to carry those weapons pursuant to provisions relating to licenses to carry concealed firearms. This bill would revise the exception to permit the carrying of handguns by persons as authorized pursuant to provisions relating to licenses to carry concealed firearms. By narrowing the exception to an offense, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also delete obsolete language pertaining to reports to be filed by the Attorney General. The bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes. Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, subject to certain criteria being met, and where the population of the county is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, to issue a license to carry a handgun "loaded and exposed in that county." This bill would authorize the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, subject to certain criteria being met, and where the population of the county is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, to issue a license to carry a handgun "loaded and exposed in only that county." 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.
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(1) Existing law allows the governing board of a community college district to lease temporary-use buildings. Existing law provides that any lease of a temporary-use building that is for more than a total of three years, or is under a lease-purchase contract, is subject to compliance with existing law providing for the construction of school buildings under the supervision of the Department of General Services pursuant to specified standards. This bill would allow the Los Angeles Community College District to lease a temporary use building that is 50,000 square feet or less for up to a total of 5 years without being subject to compliance with the above provisions of existing law regarding building standards. The bill would provide that this provision would not apply to leases with an effective date or effective renewal date that is after January 1, 2015. This bill would make a legislative declaration regarding the need for a special statute regarding the Los Angeles Community College District. (2) Existing law allows the governing board of a community college district to sell or lease any real property belonging to the district. Existing law requires the district to call for oral bids before accepting any written proposals to sell or lease district property. Existing law requires the board to accept an oral bid if it exceeds the highest written proposal by 5%. This bill would repeal the provisions relating to oral bids.
(1) The Watershed, Clean Beaches, and Water Quality Act authorizes the Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy, to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for projects designed to restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays, and near shore waters, including, among other things, a project to make improvements to, or upgrades or conversions of, existing sewer collection systems and septic systems for the restoration and protection of coastal water quality. This bill would also authorize grants for projects designed to implement or promote low-impact development for new or existing developments that will contribute to the improvement of water quality or reduce stormwater runoff and for projects designed to implement specified stormwater resource plans. (2) Under existing law, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards prescribe waste discharge requirements for the discharge of stormwater in accordance with the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Existing law authorizes a regional water management group, as defined, to adopt an integrated regional water management plan that addresses specified matters. This bill would authorize a city, county, or special district to develop, jointly or individually, stormwater resource plans that meet certain standards. The bill would authorize a regional water management group to coordinate its planning activities to address or incorporate into its plan any stormwater resource planning that is undertaken pursuant to the bill's provisions.
Existing law requires specified information to be included on the admission contract or abbreviated contract of admission when a patient is admitted to a long-term health care facility. This bill would add the requirement that the abbreviated contracts of admission and contracts of admission for a skilled nursing facility have an attachment that discloses the name of the owner and licensee and the name and contact information of a single entity that is responsible for all aspects of patient care and operation at the facility. This bill would require a skilled nursing facility to provide the department with prescribed notice within 30 days of approval of a change of ownership.
Existing law provides that a person is liable for constructive invasion of privacy when the defendant attempts to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, or knowingly trespasses or commits assault with the intent to capture, as specified, any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of the plaintiff engaging in a personal or familial activity under circumstances in which the plaintiff had a reasonable expectation of privacy, through the use of a visual or auditory enhancing device, as specified. The person who commits the act is liable for up to 3 times the amount of general and special damages, and may be liable for punitive damages. However, the sale, transmission, publication, broadcast, or use of any image or recording of the type, or under the circumstances, described does not itself constitute a violation of that provision. This bill would create an exception to the latter provision regarding the first sale, offer for sale, transmission, publication, broadcast, or other use of any visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression, if the person sold, transmitted, published, broadcast, or used any image or recording of the type described in the provision above with actual knowledge, as defined, that the images or recordings were obtained in violation of specified provisions and provided compensation, consideration, or remuneration, monetary or otherwise, for the rights to the unlawfully obtained visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression. The bill would specify that those provisions apply only to a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression that is captured or taken in California after January 1, 2010. The bill would also make technical changes. The bill would provide that a person who violates the provisions described above, or who directs, solicits, actually induces, or actually causes another person to violate any of those provisions would be subject to a civil fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000. The bill would authorize a county counsel or a city attorney to recover those civil fines, as specified. The bill would specify the allocation of the fines collected pursuant to the foregoing provision, including 12 to the prosecuting agency. The bill would also establish the Arts and Entertainment Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of 12 of the fines, for expenditure by the California Arts Council, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified.
This measure would recognize the pioneering work of promotores and community health workers in delivering vital and cost-effective health care services in communities throughout California and declare October 2009 as California Promotores Month.
This measure would make various statements regarding the importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the California economy and would declare the necessity for the Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2009, inclusive, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 25, 2009, and the concurrent California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
This measure would designate the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Italian American Heritage Month. This measure would encourage public schools to highlight and include Italian American achievements and contributions to the culture of California and to take steps to promote the inclusion of the role and contributions of Italian Americans to the culture and history of California and the United States in elementary and secondary social science textbooks during the revision process for those textbooks.