This measure would designate, in perpetuity, the 4th week of January as Data Privacy Week and the last Sunday of January as Data Privacy Day.
The California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) , on and after January 1, 2013, requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes certain new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan. PEPRA provides, for purposes of determining a retirement benefit paid to a person who first becomes a member of a public retirement system on or after January 1, 2013, that final compensation means the highest average annual pensionable compensation earned during a period of at least 36 consecutive months, or at least 3 consecutive school years. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Under existing law, the California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate in administering a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law authorizes an individual 21 years of age or older to possess not more than 28.5 grams of cannabis, not more than 8 grams of concentrated cannabis, and not more than 6 living cannabis plants plus the cannabis produced by those plants. Existing law provides for the licensure of commercial cannabis activity by the Department of Cannabis Control. This bill would prohibit the California FAIR Plan Association from refusing to issue, canceling, or refusing to renew coverage because the applicant or policyholder possesses or has previously possessed a legal amount of cannabis, concentrated cannabis, or living cannabis plants, or the applicant or policyholder is or has been a commercial cannabis licensee.
Under existing law, the segments of public postsecondary education in the state are the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. This bill would require the Student Aid Commission to convene a working group until July 1, 2026, consisting of representatives from the State Department of Education, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and faculty, staff, and students from the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to research and develop recommendations for the creation of a pilot program, as specified, that would cover the cost of postsecondary education in the state by replacing the system of charging students tuition and fees, and addressing additional expenses associated with attendance at a public postsecondary institution. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on the pilot program, including information identified by the working group such as the public postsecondary institutions that would participate in the pilot program, the length of the pilot program, and available funding sources for the duration of the pilot program. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to supply to the federal government with criminal statistics data, as specified. Existing law requires local law enforcement agencies, as specified, to provide the Department of Justice with criminal statistics, as requested. Existing law required the Department of Justice to report to the Legislature on the progress on reporting of crime statistics data to the federal government in compliance with the federal National Incident-Based Reporting System. This bill would require the Department of Justice to complete the transition of all reporting of crime data to the National Incident-Based Reporting System by January 1, 2025, and would require local law enforcement agencies to provide the necessary data to complete this transition. By requiring local agencies to provide updated statistical data, this 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, 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain the Violent Crime Information Center to assist in the identification and the apprehension of persons responsible for specific violent crimes and for the disappearance and exploitation of persons, particularly children and at-risk adults. Existing law requires that specific entities report to the Attorney General when a missing person has been found. Existing law then requires the Attorney General report to the National Crime Information Center that the person has been found. Existing law also indicates what information should be included in the report, the timing of the report, and how specifying conditions may affect the contents and timing of a report to the center. This bill would make a technical and nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
(1) Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable. This bill, the Justice for Josiah Lawson Act, would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University, and request the President of the University of California, to (A) develop survey questions on campus climate, as defined, related to hate crimes to be submitted to the United States Secretary of Education for review and approval to be incorporated into a specified online survey tool for campus safety, and (B) require campuses that already have formulated and implemented a campus climate survey before January 1, 2024, to meet on or before December 31, 2024, and at least once every 5 years thereafter, to review and update the survey with student participation and include hate crime-specific questions in the survey with student participation in the development of survey questions. The bill would require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and request the University of California, to submit a report on the results of the surveys to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education beginning one year after the date on which the online survey is made available by the United States Secretary of Education and every 2 years thereafter. The bill would require the California Community Colleges's and the California State University's reports to be posted on the internet website of each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University and on the internet website maintained by the California College Guidance Initiative and the California State University's internet website, as provided, and would request the University of California's report to be posted on the internet website of each campus of the University of California and on the University of California's internet website. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires the Legislature to provide for an elected county sheriff and provides for the duties of the sheriff. Existing law requires the board of supervisors to supervise all county officers, except as provided. Existing law provides for the removal of public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Existing law provides that an accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city for willful or corrupt misconduct in office may be presented by the grand jury of the county for, or in, which the officer accused is elected or appointed. Existing law requires that the court pronounce judgment that the officer be removed from office upon a conviction and at the time appointed by the court. This bill would authorize the board of supervisors to remove a sheriff from office for cause, as defined, by a 45 vote, after the sheriff is served with a written statement of the alleged grounds for removal and the sheriff is provided a reasonable opportunity to be heard regarding an explanation or defense at a removal proceeding. The bill would authorize the board of supervisors to establish procedures for a removal proceeding. The bill would require that these provisions not be applied in a manner that interferes with the constitutional functions of a sheriff.
