Asm. Ed Chau

This measure would declare that the Legislature strongly supports, and would respectfully urge the President of the United States and Members of the United States Congress to continue to protect, net neutrality, open Internet access, the federal Lifeline program's discounted telephone service for qualifying low-income consumers, and the E-rate program's discounted telecommunication and Internet access services for schools and libraries. The measure would declare that the Legislature views these as high priorities for California and the country, and opposes any federal efforts to rescind or block them.

This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to take the opportunity preceding July 4, 2017, to recognize and celebrate July 4, 2017, and the 241st anniversary of the birth of our great nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence that this day represents.

This measure would request the Governor to designate specified departments to accelerate the planning, creation, and completion timelines for a California Nonmotorized Trails Master Plan for urban and rural regions to expand specified opportunities for Californians. The measure would request the Governor to request the President of the United States, Members of Congress, and the Federal Highway Administration to dedicate increased funding to California to accelerate and support the planning and development of the plan and to accelerate the completion of existing nonmotorized recreational trails.

This measure would proclaim June 21, 2017, as Asking Saves Kids Day.

This measure would recognize the month of August 2017 as Opportunity Youth Reengagement Month, and state the intent of the Legislature to encourage the expansion of schools authorized to specifically reengage "opportunity youth" 16 to 24 years of age by developing recommendations for a statewide student reengagement strategy and identifying the cost of the strategy compared to the cost of inaction; authorizing systems for accountability to students, parents, and families through transparency, active engagement, and outreach strategies; and highlighting, promoting, and uplifting evidence-based practices for successful student reengagement efforts that maintain multiple measures for evaluation of student success.

This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to continue to place an emphasis on increasing funding to NASA's budget and encouraging the expansive use of public-private partnerships to propel the industry forward into the next generation of advancement.

This measure would recognize adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) , also known as post-traumatic "street" disorder in communities of color, as having lasting negative outcomes to both physical and mental health with growing implications for our state.

Existing law establishes the Civil Discovery Act, which governs the rules and procedures related to discovery in all civil cases, and specifies, among other things, the time for completion of discovery. The act authorizes a party to resolve certain discovery disputes by filing a noticed motion. This bill, until January 1, 2023, would authorize a court to conduct an informal discovery conference between the parties to a civil action upon request by a party or on the court's own motion to discuss discovery matters in dispute between the parties, as specified. The bill would authorize a court that grants or orders an informal discovery conference to toll the deadline for filing a discovery motion, or make any other appropriate discovery order. If an informal discovery conference is not held within 30 calendar days from the date the court granted the request, the bill would require that the request for an informal discovery conference be deemed denied, and that any tolling period previously ordered by the court would continue to apply. The bill would further provide that the outcome of an informal discovery conference does not bar a party from filing a discovery motion or prejudice the disposition of a discovery motion.

Existing law establishes within the Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Existing law authorizes the Director of Technology and the Department of Technology to exercise various powers in creating and managing the information technology policy of the state, including, among others, reviewing and maintaining the information technology sections of the State Administrative Manual, except for those provisions relating to information technology procurement procedures and information technology fiscal policy. This bill would require the director to also be responsible for periodically reviewing and maintaining procurement procedures related to information technology projects. The bill would also make technical changes in the provision relating to the duties of the director. Existing law requires the director to produce an annual information technology performance report, and to submit that report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by January 15 of every year. This bill would recast the requirements of that report by consolidating therein reports of cost savings and other avoidances that are currently included in another annual report, and would require the director to include any changes in the report when submitting it to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Existing law requires the department to submit an information technology performance management framework to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by May 15, 2009, and to notify the Legislature if the agency modifies that framework. This bill instead would require the department to maintain an information technology performance management framework that includes specified information relating to the state's information technology program. The bill would remove the requirement that the department submit the framework to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and notify the committee of any changes to the framework. Existing law requires the director to review a specified manual and draft a report, based on that manual and other specified factors, to be transmitted to certain legislative committees on or before July 1, 2016, that recommends how a team of senior consulting information technology experts could be developed to serve as support for state agencies and senior project team members in state government. Existing law also requires the director, after transmitting the report, to establish a unit, within the department, of consulting information technology experts to serve as support for state agencies. This bill would repeal that reporting requirement as well as the requirement to establish a unit of consulting information technology experts. Existing law requires each state agency and certain designated state entities, on or before February 1 of every year, to report to the department a summary of its actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs, as specified. Existing law also requires each of these state agencies and entities, on or before January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, to report to the department a summary of its actual and projected information security costs, as specified. This bill would instead require that both of these summaries be submitted to the department on or before February 1 of every year. Existing law authorizes the Department of Technology, until January 1, 2018, and where any of certain conditions exist to utilize a specified negotiation process for the purpose of procuring information technology and telecommunications goods and services on behalf of state departments and information technology projects. This bill would remove the January 1, 2018, date restriction described above and thereby would continue indefinitely the authority of the Department of Technology to utilize that specified negotiation process.