This measure would proclaim the 3rd week of April, each year, as California Native Plant Week and would encourage community groups, schools, and citizens to undertake appropriate activities to promote the conservation, restoration, and appreciation of California's native plants.
Existing property tax law establishes various procedures and requirements with respect to the annual allocation of ad valorem property tax revenues derived from the ad valorem taxation of locally assessed property. These procedures include a reduction in the allocation of ad valorem property taxes to a jurisdiction that imposes a rate in excess of the maximum rate authorized by law in amounts equal to the amount collected pursuant to the excess rate, and requires any amount subtracted from a jurisdiction's allocation to be allocated to elementary, high school, and unified school districts, as provided. This bill would instead require, with respect to the ad valorem property taxes collected in excess of the maximum rate authorized by law in the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 fiscal years for the City of Bell, that the City of Bell pay the County of Los Angeles an amount equal to the amount of ad valorem property taxes collected in excess of the maximum rate, and would require the County of Los Angeles to make refunds to taxpayers, as provided. This bill would require those amounts remaining after making refunds to taxpayers, as specified, to be allocated to elementary, high school, and unified school districts, as provided. This bill would require the City of Bell to reimburse the county auditor for the actual and reasonable costs incurred by the county in administering these refunds and allocations, including specified administrative overhead costs. This bill would also make findings and declarations regarding the necessity of a special statute. By imposing additional duties upon county officials in issuing refunds or reducing the allocation of ad valorem property tax revenues, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law creates the Federal Trust Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of moneys received from the federal government where the expenditure is administered through or under the direction of any state agency. This bill would appropriate $1,201,534,585 from the Federal Trust Fund to the Office of Planning and Research for the 2010–11 fiscal year upon notification to the state of a funding award pursuant to the federal Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. From that amount, the bill would require the Office of Planning and Research to transfer $1,201,406,585 to the State Department of Education for purposes of implementing that federal act and make $128,000 available to the Office of Planning and Research for the purposes of providing oversight of funds allocated to local educational agencies pursuant to the bill. Of the amount transferred to the department, the bill would require that $1,199,906,585 be allocated to local educational agencies, as specified, and would make $1,500,000 available to the department for administrative purposes related to that allocation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would declare the intent of the Legislature to ensure the preservation of home care and personal care services to seniors and people with disabilities through the In-Home Supportive Services program.
This measure would encourage greater protections in federal and state law for domestic workers.
This measure would call upon the Congress and the President of the United States to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.
This measure would request the United States Department of the Interior to complete, as soon as possible, its study of the Two-Gates Fish Protection Demonstration Project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Existing law provides for local health care districts that are authorized to own and operate certain health facilities, including hospitals. Each health care district has specific duties and powers respecting the creation, administration, and maintenance of the districts, including to purchase, receive, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of every kind and description of property within the district. Existing law permits the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, upon the approval of its board of directors, to use a prescribed design-build procedure set forth in a specific code section when assigning contracts for the construction of a building and improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Under existing law, that code section would be repealed on January 1, 2011, unless that date is deleted or extended. This bill would also allow the Corcoran District Hospital, upon approval by its board of directors, to use the above-mentioned design-build procedure described in that code section to award contracts for the construction of an outpatient care facility , but would make these provisions inoperative if the project does not meet specified requirements. Existing law requires that, under the existing design-build procedure, a health care district would be required to pay a fee into the continuously appropriated State Public Works Enforcement Fund, the moneys in which are used by the Department of Industrial relations to enforce applicable prevailing wage and labor requirements. Because this bill would authorize additional fees to be paid into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would constitute an appropriation. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Corcoran District Hospital.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to establish a comprehensive framework, including dedicated funding, for adapting our nation's wildlife, habitats, coasts, watersheds, rivers, and other natural resources and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change.
This measure would proclaim May 9 through 15 as California Nurses Week 2010.
