This measure would designate March 2012 as Irish American Heritage Month in California, and call upon the people of the state to observe Irish American Heritage Month with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.
This measure would proclaim January 26, 2012, as India Republic Day, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India Republic Day.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2011, as Korean-American Day.
This measure would request that the Congress and the President of the United States enact the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 210) .
This measure would declare February 19, 2012, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.
This measure would recognize May 2012 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would declare the Legislature's recognition of the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health and development of all Californians. This measure would also declare July 2012 as "Parks Make Life Better!®" Month.
Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, in calculating each community college district's revenue level for each fiscal year, to subtract, among other things, local property tax revenue specified by law for general operating support, exclusive of bond interest and redemption, from the total revenues owed. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a community college local revenue backfill funding mechanism as specified. This bill would require the Department of Finance, commencing with the Budget Act of 2013 upon enactment of the annual Budget Act, to prominently post on its Internet Web site the total local property tax revenue, as defined, total fee revenue, as defined, and federal oil and mineral resource and donations revenue for community college districts upon which the General Fund appropriation for community college districts in the annual Budget Act is based. The bill would also require the posting of this data for the Budget Act of 2012, as specified. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to certify to the Controller, at specified times, the amount of property tax revenue and fee revenue estimated for the current fiscal year and actual property tax revenue and fee revenue for the prior fiscal year. The bill would require the Controller to transfer funds between the General Fund and Section B of the State School Fund, as applicable, based on whether the amount of property tax revenue and fee revenue received, plus any previous amount transferred to Section B of the State School Fund, is greater or less than the amount certified by the chancellor pursuant to this bill as the basis for the community college appropriations in the annual Budget Act. The bill would thereby make an appropriation. To the extent that the funds appropriated by this bill are allocated to community college districts for purposes of the bill, the funds may be applied toward the minimum funding requirements imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Existing law authorizes school district governing boards to provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school whenever, in the judgment of the governing board, the transportation is advisable and reasons exist therefor. Existing law also authorizes school district governing boards to purchase or rent and provide for the upkeep, care, and operation of vehicles, or contract and pay for the transportation of pupils to and from school by common carrier or municipally owned transit system, or contract with and pay responsible private parties for the transportation. This bill would, commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, prohibit the Legislature from reducing funding for home-to-school transportation below the amount established in the Budget Act of 2011. The bill would also express legislative findings and declarations relating to the provision of home-to-school transportation by school districts, and would express legislative intent to fund home-to-school transportation at the level approved in the Budget Act of 2011.
