This measure would declare February 4, 2022, as Wear Read Day in California and would declare February 2022 as American Heart Month.
This measure would proclaim the week of March 7, 2022, to March 13, 2022, inclusive, as Women in Construction Week.
This measure would proclaim March 3, 2022, as Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day and the month of March 2022 as Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries. Existing law requires the general plan to include, among other mandatory elements, a housing element, and requires the housing element to include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development. Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with each council of governments, to determine each region's existing and projected housing need, and requires each council of governments, or the department for cities and counties without a council of governments, to adopt a final regional housing need plan that allocates a share of the regional housing need to each city and county, as provided. If the inventory of sites included in a housing element does not identify adequate sites to accommodate the need for groups of all household income levels pursuant to the allocation of regional housing need, existing law requires that the local government rezone sites within specified deadlines. Existing law also requires the department to notify a city or county, and authorizes the department to notify the Attorney General, that the city or county is in violation of state law if the department finds that the housing element or an amendment to that element, or any specified action or failure to act, does not substantially comply with the law as it pertains to housing elements or that any local government has taken an action in violation of other specified housing laws. This bill would authorize the department, after notifying the city or county of the violation of the housing element provision and before notifying the Attorney General, either to complete the rezoning to accommodate 100% of the allocated need for housing for very low and lower income households on behalf of a local government within the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Ventura that failed to complete that rezoning by the required deadline, or to impose administrative civil penalties upon the local government of up to $10,000 per day until the local government is no longer in violation of state law or the department decides to refer the violation to the Attorney General. The bill would require the department to either rezone or impose those administrative penalties if the local government's failure to rezone persists across more than one cycle of the regional housing needs assessment. The bill would require the department, if it rezones on behalf of the local government, to consider rezoning input from the local government. The bill would require a local government for which the department completes a rezoning under the bill's provisions to amend its housing element and zoning ordinances as necessary to accommodate that rezoning. Existing law, in any action or special proceeding brought by the Attorney General relating to housing element compliance pursuant to a notice or referral by the department described above, authorizes the Attorney General to request that the court issue an order or judgment directing the jurisdiction to bring its housing element into substantial compliance, as specified. Existing law requires the court to conduct a status conference if the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or judgment after 12 months, and requires the court to impose fines on the jurisdiction in an amount between $10,000 and $100,000 per month. If the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or judgment after 3 months following the imposition of the fine, existing law authorizes the court to multiply the fine by a factor of 3, as specified. If the jurisdiction has not complied with the order or judgment after 6 months following the imposition of the initial fine, existing law authorizes the court to multiply the fine by a factor of 6, as specified, and order the appointment of an agent of the court to bring the jurisdiction's housing element into substantial compliance, as provided. This bill would authorize the court to order the appointment of an agent of the court to bring the jurisdiction's housing element into substantial compliance, as provided, if the jurisdiction has not brought its housing element into substantial compliance after 3 months following the imposition of the initial fine. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. This bill would include findings that changes proposed by the bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. By adding to the duties of local planning officials, 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, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency, and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments. Existing law establishes an Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program, administered by the department, to provide information to consumers and their families on available long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs and to assist older adults, caregivers, and persons with disabilities in accessing LTSS programs at the local level. Existing law requires the ADRC program to provide services within the geographic area served and provide information to the public about the services provided by the program. Existing law makes the operation of these provisions contingent upon the appropriation of funds for that purpose. This bill would require the department, upon appropriation, in conjunction with an unspecified board operating under the auspices of the State Treasurer, to establish and administer a Long-Term Services and Supports Benefits Program with the purpose of providing supportive care to aging Californians and those with physical disabilities. The bill would establish the Long-Term Services and Supports Benefit Program Fund and would require the department and the board to administer the program using proceeds from the fund. The bill would require an individual to have paid into the fund for an unspecified number of years to be eligible to receive benefits pursuant to the program. The bill would authorize the maximum amount of benefit available to an eligible individual to exceed the amount the individual contributed into the fund. The bill would authorize eligible individuals to use the benefits pursuant to the program for specified services, including in-home support services support for an individual in need of assistance for at least 2 activities of daily living. The bill would require the department to ensure that all vendors and providers of services pursuant to the program have not taken any actions to actively discourage their employees' membership in labor organizations or collective bargaining. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 21, 2022, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
