This measure would proclaim California as a Purple Heart State, honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
Existing law authorizes the Director of Education, who is the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to conduct experimental work in education through various media, including radio and television. This bill would additionally authorize the director to conduct experimental work in education through the Internet.
Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice a Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires the commission to adopt and, from time to time, amend rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that must govern the recruitment of peace officers, as specified. Pursuant to this authority, existing law requires the commission to implement a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers in the handling of acts of civil disobedience and adopt guidelines that may be followed by police agencies in responding to acts of civil disobedience. Existing law requires that this course include adequate consideration of reasonable use of force, dispute resolution, nature and extent of civil disobedience, media relations, public and officer safety, documentation, report writing, evidence collection, and crowd control. This bill would require that the course of training for law enforcement officers also include adequate consideration of cultural competency in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
Existing law establishes the Employment Training Panel (ETP) in the Employment Development Department, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the ETP with regard to the development and implementation of specified employment training programs. Existing law requires the ETP to report annually to the Legislature on projects during the previous fiscal year, and requires the annual report to provide separate summaries of specified information on projects. This bill would additionally require the ETP to report that same project information annually to the Governor and would require the ETP to post the report on its Internet Web site for inspection by the public.
Existing law requires individuals who perform work as electricians to become certified. An uncertified person may perform electrical work for which certification is required, however, if the person is registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, has completed or is enrolled in an approved curriculum of classroom instruction, and the person's employer attests that the person is under the direct supervision of a certified electrician who is responsible for supervising no more than one uncertified person. The division is required to establish registration fees, not to exceed $25, necessary to implement this provision. This bill would exempt a veteran, as defined, from the payment of this fee.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) , and requires the board to establish a committee known as the Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC) . Existing law requires the GCJC to perform certain functions and duties, including the development of a strategic initiative, relating to the training and development of a skilled workforce to meet the needs of California's emerging green economy. Existing law requires the CWIB to annually report to the Legislature on the status of GCJC activities, grants awarded, and its development and implementation of a green workforce strategic initiative. This bill would additionally require the CWIB to provide that annual report to the Governor and would require the CWIB to post the report on its Internet Web site for inspection by the public.
Existing law authorizes and encourages the counties to create a county task force on violent crimes against women to develop a countywide policy on violent crimes against women. Under existing law, counties that elect to establish a task force are authorized to evaluate and make recommendations regarding law enforcement issues relating to violence against women, including local government efforts to reduce violent crimes against women. This bill would require the county task force, if one is established, to evaluate and make recommendations on those law enforcement issues and would include the need for services and access to information provided in languages other than English for women who are victims of violent crime.
Existing law requires the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs to submit, by December 1 of each year, a report to the Governor and the Legislature detailing its activities during the preceding 12-month period, an action plan for the following year, and recommendations for improving the delivery of state services to the Asian and Pacific Islander American community. This bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2019, thereby eliminating this annual reporting requirement.
