Existing law requires each fair to annually report to the Department of Food and Agriculture the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair. This bill would repeal this requirement.
This measure would designate the month of April 2016 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and would recognize April 27, 2016, as Denim Day California.
This bill would proclaim the week of April 3, 2016, to April 9, 2016, inclusive, as Adult Education Week, and would honor the teachers, administrators, classified staff, and students of adult education programs statewide for their efforts, persistence, and accomplishments.
This measure would designate the month of April 2016 as Autism Awareness Month and would encourage residents to show support for autism awareness by lighting their homes, businesses, schools, and places of worship with blue light bulbs.
This measure would commemorate March 30, 2016, as the 85th anniversary of the historic ruling in the case of Roberto Alvarez v. Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, which invalidated that district's attempt to restrict its pupils of Mexican heritage to an inferior, segregated educational experience.
Existing law establishes the State 911 Advisory Board, which is composed of 11 members who meet quarterly in public sessions and are appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. This bill would increase the membership to 13 members, as specified. This bill would also prohibit a representative from the California Emergency Medical Services or with a background in the telecommunications industry from being a member of the board if, during the 2 years prior to appointment on the board, he or she received a substantial portion of his or her income from a listed professional category or industry. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, generally prohibits a public official at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she knows, or has reason to know, he or she has a financial interest. This bill would prohibit a member of the advisory board from personally and substantially participating, as specified, in a claim, contract, controversy, determination, plan, study, or other matter in which the advisory board is a party or has an interest, if the member of the advisory board has knowledge that he or she, his or her spouse, minor child, or partner, or an organization, as specified, for which the member of the advisory board currently serves as an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee or has served in this position within the 2 year period prior to his or her appointment to the advisory board has a direct or indirect financial interest in the matter. This bill would prohibit a member of the advisory board from acting as an agent, attorney, or employee for any party other than the state when the advisory board is a party to or has a direct, substantial interest in a judicial or other proceeding, hearing, application, request for a ruling, or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, study, plan, or other particular matter. This bill would also prohibit a representative from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority or with a background in the telecommunications industry from being employed within a listed professional category or industry within 2 years after he or she ceases to be a member of the board.
This measure would proclaim February 29, 2016, as Rare Disease Day in California and would provide for the recognition of Rare Disease Day in California in subsequent years, as specified.
This measure would recognize and honor the men and women of California agriculture for their dedication and productivity by observing March 15, 2016, as National Agriculture Day, and designating March 16, 2016, as California Agriculture Day.
