Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, regulates contracting by local agencies, including counties and special districts. The act includes specific provisions for contracting by counties, contracting for county highways and county bridges and subways, and contracting by county waterworks districts. Other existing law regulates contracting by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD) . Those specific provisions include change order authorization for contracts, as prescribed, and impose caps on the extra cost of any change order, varying with the value of the original contract. The act, for a county, imposes a $5,000 cap when the total amount of the original contract does not exceed $50,000. For any original contract that exceeds $50,000, but does not exceed $250,000, the cap is 10% of the amount of the original contract. For contracts whose original cost exceeds $250,000, the cap is $25,000 plus 5% of the amount of the original contract cost in excess of $250,000, and the act prohibits a change or alteration cost from exceeding $210,000. This bill would authorize the County of Los Angeles to add a new change order cap of $400,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $25,000,000 and of $750,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $50,000,000, both of which would be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index. The act, with regard to county highways, imposes similar caps except that, on contracts up to $250,000, it limits a change order to a net total addition of $25,000. This bill, excepting that cap, would authorize the County of Los Angeles to make changes to the county highways change order provisions corresponding to those described above. Existing law, with regard to county bridges or subways, county waterworks districts, and the LACFCD, for contracts whose original cost is $250,000 or more, establishes a change order cap of $25,000, plus 5% of the amount of the cost of the original contract that exceeds $250,000, and prohibits a change or alteration cost from exceeding $210,000. This bill, with regard to county bridges or subways, county waterworks districts, and LACFCD would authorize the County of Los Angeles to add a new change order cap of $400,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $25,000,000 and of $750,000 for contracts whose original cost exceeds $50,000,000. All of these caps would be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index. Existing law permits the board of supervisors to authorize the county engineer, county road commissioner, registered civil engineer, or other county officer to order changes or additions to work being performed under the above contracting provisions. Existing law also permits the board of supervisors and the board of directors of a county water district to authorize the general manager or other district officer to order changes or additions to work being performed under contract under the act. This bill, with regard to those provisions applicable to the County of Los Angeles, would require the board of supervisors and the board of directors of a district, as applicable, at the time the board delegates authority under a contract described above, to implement appropriate measures to prevent fraud and ensure accountability for that delegated authority. The bill would specify that the decision by the county officer whom authority was delegated to shall be binding on the County of Los Angeles, and that all existing protest and grievance procedures regarding that decision remain valid. This bill would require that the provisions relevant to the County of Los Angeles modify no more than 7 contracts and provide a review report to the Assembly Committee on Local Government and the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance no later than July 1, 2026. The bill would repeal those provisions as of January 1, 2027. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
Asm. Lisa Calderon
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Existing law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of their personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds, including the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund, a special fund, that assists homeless children in the state by providing school supplies and health-related products. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to enter into a subvention services agreement with a nonprofit organization to administer the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund, and repeals the fund on January 1, 2022, unless a specified minimum contribution amount is not met. Existing law sets forth general administrative provisions applicable to voluntary contributions, which, among other things, require any new or extended voluntary contribution fund to include the words "voluntary tax contribution" in the name of the fund, to require the administering agency to include specified information about the fund on its internet website, and to continuously appropriate from the fund the contributions made to the administering agency. This bill would extend the provisions of the School Supplies for Homeless Children Fund to January 1, 2029, unless a specified minimum contribution amount is not met, in which case the provisions are repealed, as provided. The bill would additionally authorize the State Department of Social Services to enter into a grant agreement with the nonprofit organization for administration of the fund. The bill would conform with the general administrative provisions required when extending voluntary contribution funds by renaming the fund to the School Supplies for Homeless Children Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, requiring the State Department of Social Services to post an annual report regarding the fund to its internet website, and continuously appropriating the moneys in the fund to the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Social Services, as specified. By continuously appropriating moneys in this special fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
This measure would proclaim June 19, 2021, as Veterans of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Day.
This measure would designate the week of April 5, 2021, through April 9, 2021, inclusive, as Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Week.
This measure would proclaim April 2021 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in California and call upon residents, government agencies, business leaders, hospitals, schools, and public and private institutions within the state to promote awareness of the distracted driving problem and to support programs and policies to reduce the incidence of distracted driving.
This measure would declare May 28, 2021, as CASA Appreciation Day in California.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2021 as California Tourism Month and would urge the citizens of this great state to support tourism and local businesses by traveling in state as an act of civic pride.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2021 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim May 18, 2021, as AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate.
This measure would declare California to be in favor of the United States' ratification of the Basel Convention at the earliest opportunity and would request the Biden Administration to accomplish this ratification as a matter of urgency.