Asm. Autumn R. Burke

Existing law generally regulates the issuance of fire insurance on property within the state. Existing law requires all fire policies to be written on a standard form, as specified. Existing law also requires all insurers providing a policy of residential property insurance to provide specified disclosures to the insured. Existing law prohibits an insurer from canceling or refusing to renew a policy of an insured that has suffered a loss, as specified, within certain time limits. Existing law also creates the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements or FAIR Plan Association to formulate and administer a program that equitably apportions among insurers, basic plans of insurance for property owners who, after diligent effort, are unable to procure such insurance through normal channels from an admitted insurer or a surplus line broker. Existing law requires a broker or agent to provide assistance, as specified, to a person seeking help in obtaining coverage. This bill would require specified insurers who fail to renew or offer renewal of a policy of residential property insurance to make certain notifications to a policyholder regarding other options he or she may have, including information about the FAIR plan.

This measure would designate specified portions of State Highway 183, State Highway 101, and State Highway 218, in the County of Monterey, as the United States Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Edward Balli Memorial Highway, the United States Army Specialist Ricardo Cerros, Jr. Memorial Highway, the United States Army Specialist Vilmar Galarza Hernandez Memorial Highway, the United States Army Sgt. Javier Sanchez Memorial Highway, and the United States Army Private First Class Conrado D. Javier Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the costs of appropriate signs showing each of these special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.

This measure would designate February 21, 2018, and the 3rd Wednesday in February of each year thereafter, as California Ports Day.

Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination, abridgment, or harassment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status. Existing law prohibits, among other things, an employer or employment agency from printing or circulating a publication, or making a nonjob-related inquiry of an employee or applicant, either verbally or on an application form, that expresses any limitation, specification, or limitation based upon, among other things, a person's race, religion, national origin, or gender. This bill would, in addition, prohibit an employer or other covered entity or employment agency from printing or circulating a publication, or making a nonjob-related inquiring of an employee or applicant, that expresses any limitation, specification, or limitation based upon a person's familial status, as defined. The bill would make related findings and declarations. The bill would allow an employer to receive information regarding familial status that is provided by a prospective employee voluntarily and without prompting.