Asm. Phillip Chen

This measure would proclaim the month of April 2022 as Black April Memorial Month.

This measure would acknowledge the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and express the Legislature's respect to Muslims across California and throughout the world on this occasion.

This measure would recognize the value of all women's contributions to agriculture and resolve to help realize their success as leaders on the land.

This bill would proclaim the week of March 27, 2022, to April 2, 2022, inclusive, as Adult Education Week, and would honor the teachers, administrators, classified staff, and students of adult education programs statewide for their efforts, persistence, and accomplishments.

This measure would designate April 2, 2022, as World Autism Awareness Day and encourage residents of the state to show support for autism awareness.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies opioids as Schedule II controlled substances and imposes various restrictions on the prescription of those drugs. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award grant funding for naloxone, or another approved opioid antagonist, to local health departments, local government agencies, or other specified entities, in order to reduce the rate of fatal overdose from opioid drugs, including heroin and prescription opioids. This bill would establish the California Opioid Settlement Fund in the State Treasury and would require the total amount of the state's share of funds received pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement, defined to mean the National Opioid Settlement agreement announced on February 25, 2022, by the Attorney General of the State of California between California and other states and the leading United States opioid product manufacturers, to be deposited in the fund. The bill would require distribution of funds from the fund to be made by annual appropriation of the Legislature consistent with the requirements of this bill, to the extent permissible under the terms of the Master Settlement Agreement, including a requirement that at least 60% of the funds appropriated be used to provide addiction-related services for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and priority shall be given to certain activities, including, among others, creating new, or expanding existing, substance use disorder treatment facilities.

Existing law defines the terms "serious felony" and "violent felony" for various purposes, including, among others, enhancing the punishment for felonies pursuant to existing sentencing provisions commonly known as the Three Strikes Law. This bill would include human trafficking within the definition of a violent felony and the definition of a serious felony for all purposes, including for purposes of the Three Strikes Law. By expanding the scope of an enhancement, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.