(1) Existing law authorizes the State Allocation Board to establish a program under which it would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school that sells real property that was purchased with or modernized with, or on which improvements were constructed that were funded with, any moneys from a state school facilities funding program, to return to the board the moneys the school district, county office of education, or charter school received from the state school facilities funding program for the purchase, modernization, or construction if certain conditions are met. Under this program, moneys received within 10 years before the real property is sold would be required to be returned if the real property is not sold to a charter school, a school district, a county office of education, or an agency that will use the property exclusively for the delivery of child care and development services, in accordance with a statute that requires property first be offered to a charter school before alternate disposition. This bill would specify that, under the authorized program, the moneys would have to be returned if the real property is not sold to a charter school in accordance with that statute, or if the real property is not sold to a school district, a county office of education, or an agency that will use the property exclusively for the delivery of child care and development services if the real property has been deemed to be surplus and a charter school has not accepted an offer to purchase or lease. (2) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, before selling or leasing a schoolsite consisting in whole or in part of land suited or used for outdoor recreation, if a charter school has not accepted an offer to purchase or lease the schoolsite pursuant to a specified statute, to first offer to sell or lease that portion of the schoolsite suited for outdoor recreation, to the extent not retained by the governing board, to one of specified local agencies. This bill would exempt from this requirement land to which this provision would otherwise apply, but which is subject to the provisions described in (1) above because it was purchased with or modernized with, or improvements were constructed on it that were funded with, any moneys from a state school facilities funding program. The bill would authorize the governing board of a school district in this instance, after first offering the schoolsite for sale or lease to a charter school pursuant to a prescribed statute, to offer to sell or lease the property to another school district, a county office of education, or a governmental entity that provides child care and development services before offering to sell or lease the property to one of the local agencies referenced above.
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Existing law provides that there is a civic center at every community college within the state, and authorizes the governing board of a community college district to grant the use of college facilities or grounds for specified purposes. Existing law limits the amount a community college may charge an entity to use the college facilities or grounds for those purposes to specified costs. Existing law, for use of college facilities or grounds for other purposes, authorizes the governing board of a community college disrict to charge an amount not to exceed its direct costs or not to exceed fair rental value, as those terms are defined, of college facilities and grounds under its control. This bill, until January 1, 2020, would expand the definition of direct costs to include, among other things, the share of costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment proportional to the entity's use of the college facilities or grounds. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt, regulations to be used by a community college district in determining the proportionate share and the specific allowable costs to be included as direct costs for use of its college facilities or grounds. The bill would make other related changes.
This measure would declare August 2014 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
This measure would state the Legislature's support for the memorandum of understanding for establishing strategic partnerships between California and Israel.
(1) Existing law, the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. This bill would repeal these provisions. (2) Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water supply and protection facilities and programs. Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, natural resource protection, and park improvements. Existing law, the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1E at the November 7, 2006, general statewide election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,090,000,000 for the purposes of financing disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects. Existing law, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 50 at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election, authorizes, for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, water quality, and water reliability program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $3,440,000,000. Existing law, the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000, approved by the voters as Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $1,970,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, clean water, watershed protection, and flood protection program. Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. Existing law, the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986, approved by the voters as Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, statewide primary election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $150,000,000 for the purposes of financing a water conservation and water quality program. This bill would enact the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $7,120,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement program. This bill, upon voter approval, would reallocate $425,000,000 of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of Propositions 1E, 13, 44, 50, 84, and 204 to finance the purposes of a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement program. This bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would urge the United States Department of Transportation and other relevant federal entities to (1) safeguard communities and environmentally sensitive areas from rail accidents involving transportation of crude oil by expediting rail safety reforms, (2) prioritize safety considerations over cost-effectiveness in deliberations about improving the transport of crude oil by rail, (3) mandate, at a minimum, the best practices explained in a 2014 safety initiative, as specified and (4) partner with the Canadian Transportation Agency to improve safety of the North American railroad tank car fleet by swiftly adopting a stricter design standard, and by retrofitting or phasing out tank cars that do not meet that standard.
This measure would commend the government of El Salvador on its handling of the recent election and would recognize the efforts of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and other institutions in assisting with the election in the spirit of the Chapultepec Peace Accords.
Existing law authorizes specified entities to receive state summary criminal history information from the Department of Justice. Existing law also requires mandated reporters, as defined, to report child abuse and neglect to local law enforcement. Existing law authorizes a community youth athletic program, as defined, to request state and federal level criminal offender record information and subsequent arrest notification for a volunteer coach or hired coach candidate. This bill would require a community youth athletic program to provide written notice to the parent or guardian of a youth participating in the program regarding the program's policies relating to criminal background checks for volunteer and hired coaches in the program, as specified.
This measure would designate July 10, 2014, as Journeyman Linemen Recognition Day to honor and recognize the contribution of the countless journeyman linemen who often place themselves in harm's way to serve their communities.