Existing law provides for various programs that prevent disease and promote health. Existing law imposes various taxes, including taxes on the privilege of engaging in certain activities. The Fee Collection Procedures Law provides procedures for the collection of certain fees and surcharges and establishes criminal penalties for specified acts, including making it a misdemeanor to knowingly or willfully file a false return and making it a felony to willfully evade or attempt to evade or defeat the payment of a fee. This bill, subject to specified exemptions, would impose a fee on every distributor, as defined, for the privilege of distributing bottled sugary drinks and concentrate in the state, at a rate of $0.02 per fluid ounce and for the privilege of distributing syrups and powders in this state, either as concentrate or as sweetened beverages derived from that concentrate, at the rate of $0.02 per fluid ounce of sweetened beverage to be produced from concentrate. The bill would require the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer and collect the fee pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law and to register the distributors upon whom the fee is imposed, and would authorize the department to promulgate and enforce regulations related to administration of the fee. The bill would require the fee revenue to be deposited into the California Community Health Fund, created by the bill. The bill would require moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to specified entities to promote health equity, to reduce health disparities, to improve oral health, and to prevent the leading causes of illness, injury, and premature death. The bill would establish the California Community Health Fund Oversight and Accountability Committee to distribute funds locally, monitor the distribution and implementation of local grants, and provide oversight to ensure the local projects are fulfilling their goals and outcomes. The bill would authorize state departments to award competitive grants to specified entities in support of the bill's objectives. Because the bill would expand the application of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, it 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. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
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Existing law requires the Treasurer to invest, or deposit in banks and savings and loan associations, specified state moneys designated as surplus and determined to be available for that purpose by the Pooled Money Investment Board. Existing law prescribes eligible securities for the investment of surplus moneys under these provisions, including bonds, notes, and warrants of this state and bonds or warrants of any county, city, or specified types of districts of this state. This bill would include, as a type of security that is eligible for the investment of surplus state funds, those bonds, notes, warrants, and other securities not in default that are the direct obligations of the government of a foreign country that the International Monetary Fund lists as industrialized and for which the full faith and credit of that country has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest, if specified requirements are met. Existing law, for purposes of a savings and loan association or credit union being eligible to receive deposits of state funds, specifies which securities may be received as security for demand and time deposits, and may be received as security, including, among others, bonds issued by the State of Israel. This bill would repeal the authorization for a security that may be received to be a bond issued by the State of Israel, and would instead include all those bonds, notes, warrants, and other securities not in default that are the direct obligations of the government of a foreign country that the International Monetary Fund lists as industrialized and for which the full faith and credit of that country has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest, if specified requirements are met.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. Existing law requires the state board, on or before July 1, 2020, to adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water, as provided. Existing law requires the Ocean Protection Council, to the extent funds are available, to adopt and implement a Statewide Microplastics Strategy related to microplastic materials that pose an emerging concern for ocean health, as provided. This bill would require the state board to identify the best available control technology for filtering microfibers from an industrial, institutional, or commercial laundry facility on or before an unspecified date, and would require the state board to consult with owners and operators of laundry facilities on the types of filtration systems currently in use and with universities, scientific organizations, and experts on plastic pollution in identifying the best available control technology. The bill would also require, on or before an unspecified date, any entity that operates an industrial, institutional, or commercial laundry facility to adopt the use of the best available control technology to capture microfibers that are shed during washing.
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue a special on-sale general license to a nonprofit theater company, subject to specified requirements. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any on- or off-sale licensee, or agent of that licensee, to sell, give, or deliver to any persons any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. of the same day. This bill would authorize the department to issue a special on-sale general license to a nonprofit cultural film exhibition company. The bill would authorize these nonprofit cultural film exhibition companies, subject to the misdemeanor provision described above, to sell and serve alcoholic beverages, as specified, to ticketholders only during, and 2 hours before and one hour after, a bona fide film exhibition of the company. By expanding the application of an existing crime, 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.
Existing law requires the Director of Parks and Recreation, upon the adoption of a specified resolution by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, to grant to the County of Los Angeles, in trust for the people of California, all of the rights, title, and interest of the State of California in specified state beach property. Existing law prohibits any project for new or expanded noncommercial development on that beach property from exceeding an estimated cost limitation for each project of $250,000, as adjusted. Existing law also requires an authorization for new and expanded noncommercial development on the granted lands to be limited to projects that provide for the safety and convenience of the general public, as provided. Existing law requires those limitations to be specified in each deed. This bill would increase the cost limitation specified above to $750,000. In addition, the bill would require the authorization for new and expanded noncommercial development on the granted lands to be limited to also include projects that include providing for the access of the general public. The bill would require the Director of Parks and Recreation to, on or before June 30, 2021, execute an amendment to the deeds that incorporates the above provisions.
Existing law requires the Director of Parks and Recreation, upon the adoption of a specified resolution by the County of Los Angeles, to grant to the County of Los Angeles, in trust for the people of California, all of the rights, title, and interest of the State of California in specified state beach property. This bill would, upon adoption of a resolution of acceptance by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, require the director to grant to the County of Los Angeles, at no cost to the county, in trust for the people of the State of California, and subject to specified conditions, all of the rights, title, and interest of the state in Will Rogers State Beach and Dockweiler State Beach. The bill would condition that grant upon the express condition that the county use, operate, and maintain the beaches for public access, recreation, and beach purposes in perpetuity. The bill would provide for the power of termination of the grant for a material breach of conditions, as provided. The bill would provide that any operating agreement between the state and the City of Los Angeles pertaining to the beaches, in existence at the time of the grants, shall be terminated by operation of law upon the conveyance of the beaches to the county. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute pertaining to Will Rogers State Beach and Dockweiler State Beach and the County of Los Angeles.
This measure would designate the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city to adopt ordinances regulating zoning within its jurisdiction, as specified. This bill would require a city or county with a population of more than 400,000 people to permit the building of microunit buildings, as defined, in any zone where multifamily residential buildings are permitted. The bill would require that microunit buildings be permitted on the same basis as multifamily dwelling units. The bill would set minimum standards for the construction of microunit buildings, including floor-space ratios and setback requirements. The bill would require that specified percentages of microunit buildings be set aside for affordable housing, as specified. The bill would define terms for the purpose of these provisions. Because this bill would impose additional zoning requirements on local governments, it 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.
Existing law establishes the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program administered by the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency for the purpose of providing jurisdictions, as defined, with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address homelessness challenges, as specified. Existing law provides that upon appropriation, the agency is required to distribute $650,000,000 among cities, counties, and continuum of care, as provided. This bill would enact the Homelessness Plan of Action Act, which requires all local agencies, as defined, to adopt and submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development, by January 1, 2022, a homelessness plan of action that includes specified information, including, among other things, information regarding surplus land that could be used to develop homeless shelters, assisted living units, and affordable housing. The bill would require a local agency to update and submit, to the department, the plan at least once every 4 years thereafter by January 1. The bill would require the department, in consultation with any state agency the department may choose, to review and provide recommendations on improvements to each local agency's homelessness plan of action within 120 days of receiving an action plan, as provided. The bill would require a local agency to respond to the department's recommendations within 120 days of receiving the department's recommendations, as provided. The bill would require, if a local agency indicates that it will not follow a particular recommendation, the local agency to describe how the agency plans to use all funds provided to the agency by the state, and provide, within one year of the local agency's written response, the department a detailed accounting of how the state funds were used. The bill would provide that if a local agency does not provide the detailed accounting pursuant to subdivision (c) within one year, the local agency is ineligible for certain state funding, as the Legislature may appropriate under this chapter or the Budget Act, from the date the detailed accounting is due to the department to the date the local agency provides the detailed accounting to the department. By requiring local agencies to adopt a homelessness plan of action, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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.
This measure would state that the Legislature should stop speaking of climate change and instead speak of the climate crisis.