This measure would honor the Native Sons of the Golden West as integral to the successful preservation of California's history.
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 recognize August 15, 2017, as India's Independence Day and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.
Existing law provides for the county-administered In-Home Supportive Services program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes. This bill would require each county to accept applications for benefits under the program by telephone, through facsimile, or in person, or, if the county is capable of accepting online applications or applications via email for benefits under the program, by email or other electronic means. By creating additional duties for counties, this 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
The California Constitution and existing property tax law generally provide for the equalization of valuations of a county assessor by a county board of equalization or an assessment appeals board. The California Constitution additionally authorizes counties to establish a joint assessment appeals board, and requires the Legislature to provide a procedure for 2 or more county boards of supervisors to jointly create one or more assessment appeals boards. This bill would authorize the boards of supervisors of 2 or more counties to establish a multijurisdictional assessment appeals board to equalize the valuation of taxable property within each participating county by enactment of an ordinance in each participating county, as defined, for a period of not less than 4 years. The bill would require the board to comply with rules and regulations as may be adopted by the participating counties or the State Board of Equalization, and with existing statutory provisions governing equalization proceedings before a multijurisdictional board. The bill would require that the board include a minimum of 3 members, comprised of at least one appointed representative from each participating county, to serve for a term to be determined by the participating counties, as provided. The bill would require members of the board to meet specified eligibility and training requirements. The bill would also provide for the admission of new participating counties and the withdrawal of existing participating counties. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2028.
The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. This bill, notwithstanding the law relating to the joint exercise of powers, would authorize a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of El Dorado to enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency. The bill would prohibit nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in the agreement from reducing or eliminating any emergency services following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing, as provided. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of El Dorado.
(1) Existing law establishes the governing body of the California Tahoe Conservancy, composed of 7 voting members and one ex officio nonvoting member. Existing law requires that the governing body include, among other members, one member appointed by the City Council of the City of South Lake Tahoe, one member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Placer, and one member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado. This bill would revise the qualifications for membership, and would also authorize specified members to also serve as representatives to any nonstate body created pursuant to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact to the extent that such service does not involve a conflict of interest. (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
