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. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state. Existing law requires that the total amount of leave of absence for illness or injury to which an academic employee of a community college district is entitled shall be transferred with him or her to another district if, within the school year succeeding the school year in which his or her employment is terminated, the employee signifies acceptance of his or her election or employment in an academic position in that other district. This bill would provide that an employee's entitlement to transferred leave of absence upon reemployment in a different district applies if the employee signifies acceptance of his or her election or employment with another district within 3 school years succeeding the school year in which the employment with the first district is terminated, or within any greater period during which the employee's reemployment rights are protected under a local bargaining agreement then in effect in the first district.
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Existing law regulates the sale, offer for sale, or advertisement for sale, at retail to the general public of petroleum products, including liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, as specified. This bill would require compressed natural gas sold at retail to the public for use as a motor vehicle fuel to be sold in a gasoline gallon equivalent that is equal to 126.67 cubic feet, or 5.66 pounds, of compressed natural gas, measured at the standard pressure and temperature, as specified, and would require liquefied natural gas to be sold in a diesel gallon equivalent that is equal to 6.06 pounds of liquefied natural gas. This bill would prohibit a person from selling at retail any compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas for use as motor fuel from any place of business in this state unless there is displayed and labeled on the dispensing apparatus in a conspicuous place "Gasoline gallon equivalent" or "Diesel gallon equivalent," respectively. The Use Fuel Tax Law imposes an excise tax upon natural gas at the rate of $0.07 for each 100 cubic feet, or 5.66 pounds, of compressed natural gas used, measured at standard pressure and temperature, and at a rate of $0.06 for each gallon of liquid natural gas used, as provided. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2015, instead of using only a cubic foot measurement, impose an excise upon natural gas at the rate of $0.0887 for each 126.67 cubic feet, or 5.66 pounds, of compressed natural gas used, measured at standard pressure and temperature, and instead of using a gallon measurement, at a rate of $0.1017 for each 6.06 pounds of liquid natural gas used.
Existing law provides that every person who possesses for sale or purchases for purposes of sale cocaine base is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 3, 4, or 5 years. This bill instead would provide that every person who possesses for sale or purchases for purposes of sale cocaine base is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years. Existing law generally provides that the interest of any registered owner of a boat, airplane, or any vehicle, except as specified, that has been used to facilitate the manufacture of, or possession for sale or sale of, 14.25 grams or more of cocaine base or 28.5 grams or more of cocaine is subject to forfeiture, as specified. This bill would revise that provision to instead make property that has been used to facilitate the manufacture of, or possession for sale or sale of, 28.5 grams or more of cocaine base or cocaine subject to forfeiture. Existing law, except in unusual cases, prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing for sale a substance containing 57 grams or more of a substance containing cocaine, 14.25 grams or more of cocaine base, or 57 grams or more of a substance containing at least 5 grams of cocaine base, and transporting or importing for sale, selling, or offering to sell cocaine base. This bill would delete those provisions and would instead prohibit, except in unusual cases, granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of possessing for sale or selling a substance containing 28.5 grams or more of cocaine base or 57 grams or more of a substance containing at least 5 grams of cocaine or cocaine base. By making additional persons eligible for probation, the 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 Water Replenishment District Act, provides for the formation of water replenishment districts and grants authority to a water replenishment district relating to the replenishment, protection, and preservation of groundwater supplies within that district. The act requires the governing board of each district to follow specified procedural processes when determining whether to assess, and the amount of, a replenishment assessment. This bill would require that a judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a resolution or motion made on or after January 1, 2015, levying a replenishment assessment pursuant to those provisions be commenced within 180 days of the adoption of the resolution or motion. The bill would also require that an action brought on or after January 1, 2015, regarding the replenishment assessment be brought pursuant to specified provisions regarding civil proceedings.
(1) Existing law defines a nuisance and includes within this definition anything which is injurious to health, including the illegal sale of controlled substances. Existing law provides that a tenant who permits a nuisance to be maintained on leased property is guilty of unlawful detainer and may be evicted. Until January 1, 2014, the law authorized a city prosecutor or city attorney to file, in the name of the people, an action for unlawful detainer to abate the nuisance caused by illegal conduct involving unlawful weapons or ammunition on real property, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2019, reenact provisions authorizing a city prosecutor or city attorney in specified counties to file an action for unlawful detainer to abate a nuisance caused by illegal conduct involving unlawful weapons or ammunition described above. The bill would require the action to be based on an arrest or warrant, as specified. The bill would require, prior to filing an action, specified notice to be provided to the owner of the property, requiring the removal of the person who is violating specified law, and would require notices to be served on both tenant and owner. The bill would authorize proof of giving the notice to be made by a declaration signed under penalty of perjury by an employee of the public entity giving the notice. The bill would require the owner to provide, within 30 calendar days of the mailing of the notice, all relevant information pertaining to the unlawful detainer case, or provide a written explanation regarding safety-related reasons for noncompliance, and an assignment of the right to bring an unlawful detainer action against the tenant. The bill would require the assignment to be on a form provided by the city prosecutor or city attorney and authorize it to contain a provision for costs of investigation, discovery, and reasonable attorney's fees, not to exceed $600. The bill would permit joinder of the owner if the owner fails to respond, as specified, would give the case priority over similar proceedings, and would authorize an award of specified costs and fees. The bill would require a court to dismiss, without prejudice, an unlawful detainer action if the grounds for an eviction have not been established and allow the court the discretion to dismiss the unlawful detainer action if the tenant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the immediate eviction would pose an extreme hardship to the tenant and that the hardship outweighs the health, safety, or welfare of the neighbors or surrounding community, as specified. Among other things, the bill would permit a court to order a partial eviction, as specified, and would define "unlawful weapons or ammunition purpose" for these purposes. The bill would impose reporting requirements regarding the implementation of these programs upon the city attorney and city prosecutor of the participating jurisdictions and would require the California Research Bureau to create a template for these local officials to submit information to the bureau, and the bureau in turn, would submit a report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary, as specified, summarizing the information collected and evaluating the merits of the programs established. The bill would allow a defendant to raise as an affirmative defense, the failure of these jurisdictions to make a good faith effort to comply with the reporting requirements in order to bring unlawful detainer actions pursuant to these provisions. The bill would apply to the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. By imposing new reporting requirements on local officials, and by expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Alameda, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. (3) 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law establishes the criteria for determining when a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer, including conduct involving illegally selling a controlled substance, or the commission of an offense involving the unlawful possession or use of illegal weapons or ammunition or the use of the premises to further that purpose. Any of those acts may be deemed to constitute committing a nuisance on the premises. Existing law authorizes, for real property situated in the City of Los Angeles only, a city prosecutor or city attorney to file an action for unlawful detainer in the name of the people against any person who is in violation of the nuisance or the illegal purpose provisions of the unlawful detainer provision described above, with respect to controlled substances. This bill would, until January 1, 2019, extend the unlawful detainer provisions above regarding illegally selling controlled substances, applicable only to real property situated in the City of Los Angeles, to also include real property situated in the County of Sacramento and the City of Oakland. The bill would require a court hearing an unlawful detainer action pursuant to these provisions to enter a specified order depending on whether grounds for an eviction or a partial eviction have been established. The court would have discretion to dismiss the action or stay the execution of an order of eviction for a reasonable time if the tenant can show, by clear and convincing evidence, that immediate eviction would pose extreme hardship that outweighs the benefit to the community. The bill would also, until January 1, 2019, require the County of Sacramento and the City of Oakland to comply with specified reporting requirements to the California Research Bureau, on or before January 20 annually, regarding prosecutions and evictions carried out under these provisions. The bill would require these jurisdictions to make a good faith effort to comply with the reporting requirements in order to bring unlawful detainer actions pursuant to these provisions. By establishing new reporting requirements for local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Sacramento and the City of Oakland. 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 these statutory provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would urge the National Football League (NFL) to join with the Legislature and numerous organizations in calling for a name change for the Washington, D.C. NFL team, and calls upon the owners of NFL teams based in California to urge the owner of the Washington, D.C. NFL team and the NFL Commissioner to change the team mascot.
This measure would recognize the month of October 2014 as Filipino American History Month and the 427th anniversary of the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2014, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would request that the President of the United States encourage, and that the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services adopt, policies that repeal the current donor suitability policies of the federal Food and Drug Administration regarding the donation of blood by men who have had sex with another man.