Asm. Blanca Pacheco

The California Constitution provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, and federal law permanently enjoins the state from enforcing this constitutional provision. This measure would repeal this unenforceable constitutional provision and would instead provide that the right to marry is a fundamental right, as specified.

This measure would proclaim June 24, 2023, as Play Day and encourage all Californians to go out and play on that day.

This measure would declare the month of June 2023 as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month, recognize Wednesday, June 21, 2023, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2023 as Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim June 13 as Abused Women and Children Awareness Day.

This measure would recognize June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth and would urge the people of California to join in celebrating Juneteenth as a day to honor and reflect on the significant role that African Americans have played in the history of the United States and how they have enriched society through their steadfast commitment to promoting unity and equality.

This measure would declare the month of June 2023 to be Portuguese Heritage Month and would recognize June 10 as the Day of Portugal and May 29 as the Day of the Azores.

This measure would condemn Azerbaijan's blockade of the Republic of Artsakh and urge the United States government to take immediate action to assist the Armenians of Artsakh.

Existing law authorizes the award of attorney's fees in family law cases as a sanction. Existing law authorizes the court to base an award of attorney's fees and costs on the extent to which the conduct of each party or attorney furthers or frustrates the policy of the law to promote settlement of litigation and, where possible, to reduce the cost of litigation by encouraging cooperation between the parties and attorneys. Existing law permits an award of attorney's fees and costs as a sanction to be imposed only after notice to the party against whom the sanction is proposed and opportunity for that party to be heard. This bill would authorize the court to base an award of attorney's fees and costs on the extent to which any conduct of each party or attorney furthers or frustrates the above-described policy of the law. The bill would permit an award of attorney's fees and costs as a sanction pursuant to these provisions only after notice by the requesting party or the court to the party against whom the sanction is proposed and opportunity for that party to be heard is provided by the court.

Existing law, until January 1, 2032, governs the execution, revocation, and effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death (TOD) deed, which is an instrument that makes a donative transfer of real property to a named beneficiary that becomes operative on the transferor's death, but remains revocable until the transferor's death. Under existing law, a separate interest in a stock cooperative is not real property that may be transferred by a revocable TOD deed. This bill would authorize the transfer of real property by revocable TOD deed even if ownership is not typically evidenced or transferred by use of a deed, and would authorize the transfer of an interest in a stock cooperative by revocable TOD deed subject to any limitation on the transferor's interest. If a stock cooperative exercises an option to purchase property transferred by revocable TOD deed on the transferor's death, the bill would specify that the property is transferred to the stock cooperative and the purchase price is paid to the beneficiary. The bill would also make conforming changes. Existing law, until January 1, 2032, specifies that if a revocable TOD deed and another instrument purporting to dispose of the same property conflict, the revocable TOD deed is the operative instrument if the other instrument is not recorded within 120 days after an affidavit recorded for the property. If the other instrument is revocable and recorded within those 120 days, existing law specifies that the later executed instrument is operative, but if the other instrument is irrevocable and recorded within those 120 days, the other instrument is operative. This bill would delete the above-described recording requirements, and would instead specify that, if the other instrument is revocable, the later executed instrument is operative, and that the other instrument is operative if it is irrevocable.