This measure would designate April 24, 2009, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
This measure would designate the month of May 2009 as Public Service Recognition Month, and encourage all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
This measure would request the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act of 2009, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
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 designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 15 in Temecula as the Deputy Kent Hintergardt 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 those costs, to erect those signs.
Existing law prohibits insurance institutions, agents, or insurance-support organizations from disclosing personal or privileged information collected in connection with an insurance transaction unless a specified exception applies. This bill would authorize the disclosure of information from an accident report, supplemental report, or investigative report to an insured's lawyer if the insured is otherwise entitled to obtain the report, as specified.
Under existing law, the general manager of a municipal utility district is required to adopt a civil service system for the selection, examination, employment, classification, advancement, suspension, and discharge of employees. Existing law allows the board of directors of a municipal utility district with 600 or more employees to appoint up to 15 employees to positions requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications who are exempt from the district civil service system. Additionally, the board of a district which has owned and operated an electric distribution system for at least 8 years and has a population of 250,000 or more may determine that additional positions be exempt from district civil service, so long as the total number of these exempt positions does not exceed 2% of the total civil service positions of the district. This bill would raise the maximum percentage of exempt employees the board of a district meeting the necessary requirements may appoint from 2% of the total civil service positions of the district to 5%.
This measure would proclaim May 2009 as California Water Awareness Month, and encourage all Californians to participate in a statewide campaign that focuses on educating Californians about the value of water in everyday life.
This measure would declare the week of June 29 through July 5, 2009, Yellow Ribbon Week to show support for military families and for troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This measure would acknowledge the history of the Chinese in California, recognize the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and express regret for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions which resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
