Asm. Miguel Santiago

This measure would declare the week of May 13 to May 19, 2018, inclusive, as Food Allergy Awareness Week, and encourage Californians to increase their understanding and awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis.

This measure would designate the month of May 2018 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month and would extend the Legislature's warmest regards and appreciation to the thousands of volunteers, fair directors, staff, business supporters, and sponsors who keep the network of California state fairgrounds strong, vibrant, relevant, and successful.

This measure would declare the week of May 20, 2018, to May 26, 2018, inclusive, to be Emergency Medical Services Week in California.

This measure would recognize May 2018 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.

This measure would designate May 22, 2018, as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in California, in conjunction with National Trauma-Informed Awareness Day, to highlight the impact of trauma and the importance of prevention and community resilience through trauma-informed care.

This measure would declare the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including motion picture credits for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, to be allocated by the California Film Commission on or after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2020, subject to a computation and ranking of applicants based on a jobs ratio. Existing law allows the credit for the taxable year in which the commission issues a credit certificate for the qualified motion picture for the applicable percentage of all qualified expenditures, as defined, paid or incurred by the qualified taxpayer in all taxable years for that qualified motion picture. Existing law limits the aggregate amount of these credits allocated in each fiscal year to $330 million, through and including the 2019–20 fiscal year, except as provided. Existing law requires an applicant for the credit to file an application that contains certain information. This bill would establish similar credits under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, to be allocated by the California Film Commission on or after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2025, except as provided. This bill would allow a credit in an amount equal to 20% or 25% for the production of a qualified motion picture in this state, with additional credit amounts allowed, including for amounts equal to specified qualified expenditures and qualified wages relating to original photography outside the Los Angeles zone, as specified. This bill would limit the aggregate amount of these new credits to be allocated in each fiscal year to $330 million plus additional specified amounts. The bill, subject to a computation and ranking of applicants based on the jobs ratio, as defined, would require the California Film Commission to allocate credit amounts subject to specified categories of qualified motion pictures in 2 or more allocation periods per fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2020, and issue credit certificates. The bill would additionally require an applicant for the credit to include in the application the applicant's written policy against unlawful harassment, as specified. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, in lieu of the credits authorized under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for qualified motion pictures described above, also allows application of the credit amount against qualified state sales and use taxes, as provided. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, in lieu of the credits authorized under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for qualified motion pictures described above, would allow application of the credit amount against qualified state sales and use taxes, as provided. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Existing law designates holidays on which all public schools and educational institutions shall close. Existing law designates the Monday or Friday of the week in which February 12 occurs as "Lincoln Day" and requires all public schools and educational institutions throughout the state to hold exercises in memory of Abraham Lincoln on the day that school is in session prior to the day on which schools are closed for that purpose. Existing law designates the third Monday in February as "Washington Day" and requires all public schools and educational institutions throughout the state to hold exercises in memory of George Washington on the Friday preceding. This bill would authorize a school district, county office of education, or charter school, instead of observing "Washington Day" and "Lincoln Day" as separate school holidays, to designate the 3rd Monday in February as a single school holiday to be known as "Presidents' Day," if the school district, county office of education, or charter school designates May 1 as "International Workers' Day" and closes its school, or schools, as applicable, on the Monday or Friday of the week in which May 1 occurs to observe "International Workers' Day." The bill would require schools that elect to observe "Presidents' Day" and "International Workers' Day," pursuant to the bill's provisions, to hold exercises in memory of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and to commemorate and direct attention to the history of labor movements in the United States. Existing law provides that all probationary or permanent employees that are a part of the classified service of a school district or county office of education shall be entitled to specified paid holidays if they are in a paid status during any portion of the working day immediately preceding or succeeding the holiday. This bill would deem "President's Day" and "International Workers' Day" as paid holidays, and would remove "Lincoln Day" and "Washington Day" from being paid holidays, for these probationary or permanent employees of a school district or county office of education that elects to observe "President's Day" and "International Workers' Day" pursuant to the bill's provisions.