Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. The AUMA prohibits any advertising or marketing placed in broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications from being displayed unless at least 71.6% of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older. This bill would prohibit an operator, as defined, of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application from marketing or advertising any marijuana, marijuana product, or marijuana business to a person who is under 21 years of age if the operator has actual knowledge that a person under 21 years of age is using its Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application, and if the marketing or advertising is specifically directed to that person based upon information specific to that person, including, but not limited to, the person's profile, activity, address, or location. The bill would prohibit an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application from knowingly using, disclosing, compiling, or allowing a third party to use, disclose, or compile, the personal information of a person under 21 years of age with the actual knowledge that the use, disclosure, or compilation is for the purpose of marketing or advertising marijuana, marijuana products, or marijuana businesses to that person under 21 years of age. Existing law prohibits an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors from marketing or advertising certain products or services, including any instrument or paraphernalia that is designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco or any controlled substance. This bill would additionally prohibit an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors, from marketing or advertising any marijuana, marijuana product, marijuana business, or marijuana-related instrument or paraphernalia on its Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature, except as provided. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of AUMA.
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Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by an initiative statute at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older, including edible cannabis products. Existing law places requirements on edible cannabis products, including that the cannabis product be marked with a universal symbol, as determined by the State Department of Public Health. This bill would amend the act by requiring the universal symbol required to be on edible cannabis product not sold as a liquid, loose bulk good, or powder to meet specified requirements, including that the symbol be placed directly on at least one side of each serving so as to be distinguishable and easily recognizable as well as size and placement requirements. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a 23 vote, certain provisions of the act, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further the purposes and intent of the act. This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and the intent of the act.
(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a 5-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential, a 5-year preliminary single subject teaching credential, or a 5-year preliminary education specialist credential to a teacher prepared in a country other than the United States who meets specified requirements. Existing law provides that coursework, programs, or degrees completed at an institution of higher education outside of the United States are acceptable toward certification when the commission or an evaluating agency approved by the commission has determined that the institution's coursework, programs, or degrees are equivalent to those offered by a regionally accredited institution in the United States. This bill would authorize the commission to determine that the national standards for coursework, programs, or degrees in a country other than the United States are equivalent to those offered by a regionally accredited institution in the United States. The bill would provide that, if the commission determines that the other country's national standards are equivalent, an individual who holds or is eligible for a credential in that country is presumed to have satisfied specified requirements for obtaining a credential. The bill would authorize the commission to enter into an agreement with an evaluating agency as necessary to make a determination regarding another country's national standards. The bill would also require the commission to adopt regulations necessary to implement these provisions. The bill would require the commission to annually report to the Legislature specified information relating to these provisions. The bill would require a school district, county office of education, and charter school to annually report to the State Department of Education the number of visa applications for certain nonimmigrant aliens the school district, county office of education, or charter school applies for on behalf of potential employees, and the number of those visa applications that are granted. The bill would require the department to annually report that information to the Legislature. (2) Existing law authorizes a county board of education or city and county board of education to issue temporary certificates to certified employees whose credentials are being processed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Under existing law, a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, or a school district, before issuing a temporary certificate of clearance, is required to obtain a certificate of clearance from the commission. This bill instead would require a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, or a school district, before issuing a temporary certificate of clearance, to obtain proof that the applicant has obtained a credential, certificate, or permit authorizing the performance of services in the public schools from the commission. (3) Existing law authorizes certain school districts, at their discretion, to provide for the registration of a valid certification or other document authorizing the holder to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications as an employee of the school district. Existing law prohibits a school district from exercising that authority until the school district has obtained a certificate of clearance from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. This bill instead would require a school district, before providing for the registration of a valid certification or other document authorizing the holder to serve in a position requiring certification qualifications as an employee of the school district, to obtain proof that the holder has obtained a credential, certificate, or permit authorizing the performance of services in the public schools from the commission. (4) Existing law authorizes a county board of education or city and county board of education to issue temporary certificates to certified employees of nonpublic, nonsectarian schools, including individuals certified in another state, whose credentials are being processed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Existing law requires a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, to obtain a certificate of clearance from the commission. This bill instead would require a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, to obtain proof that the applicant has obtained a credential, certificate, or permit authorizing the performance of services in the public schools from the commission.
Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for medical purposes and for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under existing law, the Bureau of Cannabis Control is responsible for licensing and regulating retail sales, distribution, and transportation, and the State Department of Public Health is responsible for licensing and regulating manufacturers. Existing law places restrictions on the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products, including requirements that the packaging be resealable, child resistant, and not made attractive to children. This bill would require a manufacturer, prior to introducing an edible cannabis product into commerce in California, to submit the packaging and labeling to the State Department of Public Health for approval and would require the department to determine whether the packaging and labeling are in compliance with the requirements of prescribed provisions of law, including the requirements that the packaging be child resistant and not attractive to children, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to charge a manufacturer a fee for the determination, in an amount no greater than the amount required to cover the actual and reasonable costs of administering the approval program. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a majority vote, certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further specified purposes and the intent of the act. This bill would declare that its provisions implement specified substantive provisions of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The bill would also declare that its provisions further specified purposes and the intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 680 in the City of San Ramon in the County of Contra Costa as the Detective Sergeant Thomas A. Smith, Jr. Memorial Highway. The measure would also request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
This measure would urge the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States by the popular vote of all eligible citizens of the United States.
This measure would mark May 6, 2017, as the 135th anniversary of the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act in order to recognize the harm caused by racially discriminatory immigration measures, and to honor the contributions of all immigrants and refugees who have enriched our communities. The measure would also declare the opposition of the Legislature to recent executive orders signed by President Trump relating to immigration, call upon the President to revoke those orders, condemn the expansion of deportations being undertaken under the current presidential administration, and reaffirm that the state is open and welcoming to immigrants and refugees who are integral to life in our state.