This measure would establish the Joint Committee for the Protection of Lake Tahoe. The joint committee would be composed of 3 Members from each house of the Legislature, appointed as specified. The joint committee would be authorized to act until January 1, 2015, at which time its existence would be terminated.
This resolution would recognize the month of January 2012, and each following January, as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and it would recognize February 1, 2012, and each following February 1, as California's Free From Slavery Day.
Existing law generally provides for the release of inmates from prison on parole. Existing law requires, in the case of any inmate sentenced pursuant to any provision of law other than specified provisions of law providing for determinate sentences, that a panel of 2 or more commissioners or deputy commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings meet with an inmate one year prior to the inmate's minimum eligible parole release date to set a parole release date. Existing law requires the panel, or the board if sitting en banc, to set a release date at the meeting unless it determines that the gravity of the current convicted offense or offenses, or that the timing and gravity of current or past convicted offense or offenses, is such that consideration of the public safety requires a more lengthy period of incarceration, and that a parole date cannot be fixed at the meeting. This bill would instead require the panel or board to deny parole for this class of inmate unless the inmate proves that the gravity of the current convicted offense or offenses, or that the timing and gravity of current or past convicted offense or offenses, is such that consideration of the public safety does not require a more lengthy period of incarceration, and that a parole date can be fixed at the meeting. The bill would also make a related technical, nonsubstantive change. The bill would authorize the board to base its decision to deny parole solely upon the circumstances of the current convicted offense or offenses or the inmate's past criminal history, and would require the board to give greater weight and consideration to those factors than those of institutional behavior or psychiatric evaluations in determining whether the inmate has proven that he or she does not pose an unreasonable risk of danger to society if released from prison. The bill would provide that the facts of the commitment offense or offenses alone may support the ultimate conclusion that the inmate has not proven that he or she does not pose an unreasonable risk to public safety if released on parole. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This bill would urge the United States Patent and Trademark Office to place a satellite office in California.
This measure would designate that January 16, 2012, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law imposes various requirements upon dog owners in rabies areas designated by the State Public Health Officer. Any person who violates these requirements is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. Violation of these requirements also results in impounding of the dog by the local jurisdiction. Among the requirements imposed under existing law is that a dog 4 months of age or older must be vaccinated against rabies. This bill would exempt from the vaccination requirement a dog whose life would be endangered due to disease or other considerations that a veterinarian can verify and document if the dog received the vaccine, as determined by a licensed veterinarian on an annual basis. The bill would also require a dog that is exempt from the vaccination requirement to be confined to the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer and would require, if the dog is off the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer, the dog to be on a leash not to exceed 6 feet in length and to be under the direct physical control of an adult. Existing law authorizes a city, city and county, or county to provide, by ordinance, for the issuance of a license for a dog that has attained the age of 4 months or older and has been vaccinated against rabies. Under existing law, the license period shall not extend beyond the remaining period of validity for the current rabies vaccination. This bill would prohibit, in the event that a dog is exempted from the vaccination requirement, the license period from extending beyond one year. By imposing a higher level of service upon local agencies and by changing the definition of a crime, 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(1) Existing law, the Uniform Parentage Act, among other provisions, provides for the termination of parental rights in adoption proceedings. Existing law requires an inquiry of the mother and any other appropriate person in an effort to identify the natural father of a child, and requires notice of proceedings relating to adoption and the termination of parental rights to be given to an alleged father in accordance with specified provisions of law. This bill would revise and consolidate those provisions. The bill would authorize a court to issue an order of adoption and cause it to apply to an earlier date if it would serve public policy and the best interests of the adoptee, subject to certain requirements. (2) The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, which has been adopted in this state, authorizes and governs the interstate placement of children. This bill would delegate certain authority to a licensed private adoption agency that has provided adoption-related services to a birth parent or prospective adoptive parent, including the authority to determine whether the placement shall be made pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. (3) Existing law requires the written consent of the parent or parents of a child to be filed prior to the time the adoption request is filed, and requires the written consent to be witnessed by certain persons. This bill would allow the written consent to be filed simultaneously with the adoption request and would also authorize a representative of a licensed adoption agency to serve as a witness. (4) Existing law provides for the licensure and certification of family day care homes and foster family agencies that provide foster care services. This bill would provide that a foster care license or certification would not be required for placement, for up to 30 days, of a nondependent child who is relinquished for adoption to a licensed private adoption agency if the child is placed in the care of a prospective adoptive parent who meets specified criteria. (5) Existing law requires an action or proceeding to vacate, set aside, or otherwise nullify an order of adoption based on fraud to be commenced within 3 years after entry of the order. This bill would instead require that the action or proceeding be commenced within 3 years after entry of the order or within 90 days of discovery of the fraud, whichever is earlier, except under certain circumstances. (6) Existing law governs the procedure for adult adoption, and authorizes a prospective parent and the proposed adoptee to file a petition for approval of an adoption agreement with the court in specified counties. This bill would specify the counties in which residents and nonresidents of the state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty. This bill would grant priority enrollment to these members or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, who are residents of California, within 4 years of leaving active duty. Because the bill would impose additional duties on community college districts, the 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 these statutory provisions.
(1) Existing law creates the Sex Offender Management Board, within the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, empowered to address any issues, concerns, and problems related to the community management of adult sex offenders, including the main objective of the board to achieve safer communities by reducing victimization. The board is required, on or before July 1, 2011, to develop and update standards for certification of sex offender management professionals. This bill would give board members immunity from liability for their good faith conduct. The bill would provide that any person who knowingly provides false information in connection with an application for certification as a sex offender management professional would be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,500, in addition to any other remedy available to the board, and would allow any public prosecutor to bring an action for a civil penalty in the name of the people of the State of California. The bill would also immunize certified sex offender management professionals and other specified professionals, as provided, from civil liability for any criminal acts committed by persons on parole, probation, or judicial commitment status who receive supervision or treatment. (2) Existing law requires every person who is required to register as a sex offender to be subject to assessment with the State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) and specifies that the SARATSO for adult males shall be the STATIC-99 risk assessment scale. Existing law establishes the SARATSO Review Committee, and requires the committee, on or before January 1, 2008, to determine whether the STATIC-99 should be supplemented with an actuarial instrument that measures dynamic risk factors or whether the STATIC-99 should be replaced with a different tool. Existing law requires the committee, on or before January 1, 2012, to select an actuarial instrument that measures dynamic risk factors and an actuarial instrument that measures the risk of future sexual violence. This bill would instead require the committee to determine whether the STATIC-99 should be supplemented with an empirically derived instrument, and would require the committee to select an empirically derived instrument that measures dynamic risk factors and an empirically derived instrument that measures risk of future violence. (3) The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend. This bill would exempt the board from the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act for purposes of discussing matters pertaining to the application of a sex offender treatment provider for certification, including review of an applicant's qualifications for certification. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations. (4) This bill would make clarifying and conforming changes.
