Asm. Richard Bloom

This measure would recognize the contributions of CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson to the people of California and would designate a specified portion of State Route 15 in the County of San Diego as the CAL FIRE Firefighter Cory Iverson 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 the cost, to erect those signs.

This measure would recognize June 17, 2018, as Father's Day and would commend fathers and father figures present in their children's lives.

This measure would declare the week of June 1, 2018, to June 7, 2018, inclusive, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week in California, as specified.

This measure would declare Friday, October 5, 2018, as California Manufacturing Day and would recognize the importance of California's manufacturing sector. The measure would also commemorate California's manufacturers as they continue to push the bounds of clean technologies that reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in products and processes.

Existing law establishes various programs, including, among others, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program, to provide assistance to homeless persons. Existing law also establishes the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to, among other things, create a statewide data system or warehouse that collects local data through homeless management information systems, with the ultimate goal of matching data on homelessness programs to programs impacting homeless recipients of state programs, as specified. This bill would direct the Department of Housing and Community Development to create a state homeless integrated data warehouse, in coordination with the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council, to develop a composite portrayal of the homeless population in the state and the services provided to this population or to those at risk of becoming homeless. The bill would require that the information compiled for the database include the data necessary to make certain findings, including, among other things, the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, their access to benefits, and the stated reasons for their homelessness. The bill would require the department to coordinate with other state agencies to draft and carry out a strategy to integrate information to provide longitudinal, cost-based studies with relevant data, as specified. The bill would require the database to comply with all relevant state and federal laws regarding privacy and personally identifying information and encourage local agencies that provide services to homeless persons and use homeless management information systems to collaborate with the department, as specified.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, the board of governors appoints a chief executive officer, known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to serve as the chief executive officer of the segment. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state that provide instruction at the campuses they operate. This bill, contingent upon the enactment of an appropriation from the General Fund in the annual Budget Act or in another statute, would require the chancellor to allocate to Antelope Valley College, for support of the Aerospace Institute, up to $500,000 in matching state funds, if the chancellor determines that: (1) an Aerospace Institute has been formally established by, to be located at, Antelope Valley College; and (2) Antelope Valley College has received private contributions for support of the Aerospace Institute in an amount that, when combined with state matching funds, is sufficient to fund the operation of the Aerospace Institute for at least one academic year.

Existing law establishes the Strategic Growth Council, prescribes the membership of the council, and requires the council to, among other things, recommend policies and investment strategies and priorities, as specified, to encourage the development of sustainable communities. This bill would, until January 1, 2024, establish the Health in All Policies (HiAP) Program, to be administered by the council, for the purposes of incorporating health, equity, and sustainability considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas, as specified. The bill would require the council, by October 1, 2019, to develop a report of recommendations for programs, policies, and practices that state agencies can undertake to advance health, equity, and specified goals of the HiAP Program, as provided.

(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to implement and administer a residential lead-based paint hazard reduction program, as specified, including adopting regulations regarding accreditation of providers of health and safety training to employees who engage in or supervise lead-related construction work, as defined, and certification of employees who have successfully completed that training. Existing law requires specified persons engaged in lead construction work to have a certificate issued by the department. This bill would require the department, by February 1, 2019, to request permission from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to modify its Lead Related Construction Program agreement to expand its authority and authorize a county to implement and administer the certification program for persons engaged in lead construction work described above. The bill would authorize the department, if it receives this permission from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, to authorize, upon request of the county, a county health department to implement and administer the certification program. The bill would require specified persons engaged in lead construction work to have a certificate issued either by the department or by a county health department, if applicable. (2) Existing regulations promulgated by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health require an employer to ensure that an employee is not exposed to lead at concentrations greater than 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an 8-hour period. This bill would require the division to complete rulemaking to establish a revised permissible exposure limit for lead in the regulations described above by July 1, 2019. The bill would authorize the division to promulgate emergency regulations as necessary to implement these provisions.

This measure would mark May 6, 2018, as the 136th 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 executive orders and a presidential proclamation signed by President Trump relating to immigration, call upon the President to revoke those orders and that proclamation, 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.

This measure would declare the intent of the Legislature to further support the housing needs of individuals with developmental disabilities by exploring models that facilitate the private donation of homes in perpetuity and would recognize the work of organizations that have developed a property donation program.