This measure would designate the week of May 2 to May 8, 2010, as Public Service Recognition Week, and encourage all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary for Education, the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the California State University, the Legislature, the Employment Development Department, teachers, chamber organizations, industry representatives, research centers, parents, school administrators, representatives of regional occupational centers and programs, community-based organizations, labor organizations, and others as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, a report that explores the feasibility of expanding and establishing career multiple pathway programs, as defined, in California. Existing law requires that the report include specified components, including, but not limited to, methods for developing and sharing models of integrated curriculum and instruction, strategies for increasing the course options and instructional time for pupils in high school, and recommendations for supporting regional coalitions in planning and developing the programs. Existing law requires that the Superintendent report to the Legislature as to the status of completing the report, and any preliminary recommendations, by July 1, 2009, and to submit a final report with recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2009. This bill would require the Superintendent to convene an advisory board to review the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's report submitted pursuant to the provision described above and to advise on the implementation of those recommendations.
This measure would designate that January 18, 2010, 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 requires the juvenile court, after finding that a child is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court on the basis of abuse or neglect, to hear evidence on the question of the proper disposition to be made of the child. Before determining the appropriate disposition to be made of the child, the court is required to receive into evidence the social study of the child made by the social worker. Existing law also authorizes the juvenile court, in addition to or in lieu of adjudicating the child a dependent child of the court, to appoint a legal guardian of, or order a legal guardianship for, the child, as specified. Existing law requires the court to read and consider a specified assessment before appointing a legal guardian. Existing law additionally establishes a statewide multipurpose child welfare training program, as specified. This bill would revise the social study and the assessment described above to include information regarding whether the county welfare department has attempted to locate relative and nonrelative, as defined, extended family members of the child and establish permanent familial connections between the child and those persons. The bill would also revise the statewide child welfare training program to include training in making efforts to locate extended family members of dependent children and establish permanent familial connections for those children. By increasing the duties of social workers, 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.
This measure would urge the Congress of the United States and the federal administration to work with the Governor and the Legislature of the State of California to, among other things, provide federal loan guarantees, flexibility with respect to certain programs, and certain funding levels for vital programs, as specified.
Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services for the mentally disordered in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of every county, or the boards of supervisors of counties acting jointly, as prescribed, to establish a community mental health service to cover the entire area of the county or counties. Existing law requires each community mental health service to establish a mental health board, with specified powers and duties. The mental health board may be established as an advisory board or a commission, depending on the preference of the county. This bill would require each mental health board or commission to facilitate the development and implementation of a written memorandum of understanding (MOU) between emergency and nonemergency medical transportation entities, local law enforcement, Medi-Cal managed care mental health plans, general acute care hospitals, and acute psychiatric hospitals, to provide for the delivery of emergency and nonemergency medical transportation services for individuals with mental illness. This bill would require that the MOU be developed and implemented not later than one year after the date that this measure becomes effective. If the mental health board or commission fails to facilitate the development and implementation of the MOU within the specified time, the bill would require the board of supervisors in each county, or the boards of supervisors of counties acting jointly, to develop and implement the MOU. By increasing county duties with respect to community mental health services, 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 these statutory provisions.
Existing law provides for a state park system of which the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Tulare County is a unit. This bill would prohibit a person from developing any of the area within 212 miles of the boundary of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Tulare County in a manner that would be incompatible with the historic or recreational significance of the park. This prohibition would not apply to a development in Tulare County that was approved by the county on or before March 1, 2010. The bill would make legislative findings as to the necessity of a special statute.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities including electrical corporations, as defined. Under existing law, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined, generally has authority over the activities of the utility. Under existing law, various provisions are applicable to both privately owned and publicly owned utilities. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to conduct various assessments and forecasts on energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. This bill would require the PUC, using existing resources and in consultation with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, electrical transmission and distribution owners, users, and consumers, to the extent feasible, to develop electric transmission and distribution efficiency measures applicable to electrical corporations. The bill would require a local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 customers, to the extent feasible, to develop electric distribution efficiency measures. The bill would require the PUC, by January 1, 2012, to develop a prescribed plan to improve electric distribution efficiency within the service territory of an electrical corporation with more than 100,000 customers, and would impose a similar requirement on each local publicly owned electric utility. By placing requirements upon local publicly owned electric utilities, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to administer federal funds pursuant to specified federal programs to eligible entities to reduce fossil fuel emissions, improve energy efficiency, and reduce overall energy use. This bill would require the commission, upon the enactment of the federal Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, in consultation with the United States Department of Energy, to develop programs that are required by, and that complement, the federal act. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with specified entities, to take specified actions to implement the federal Home Star program. This bill would be repealed on January 1, 2012.
This measure would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to uphold protections of women's equality and to encourage all Americans to participate in the celebration of Women's Equality Day on August 26, 2010, the 90th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.
