This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to maintain the integrity of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to carry out its duties as intended to effectively protect consumers from abusive financial products and practices.
This measure would proclaim June 21, 2018, as Asking Saves Kids Day.
This measure would call on our state Congressional Representatives to voice their concerns on the proposed fiscal cuts to programs created by the federal Housing and Community Development Act. The measure would also call on the President of the United States and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to protect and these programs, to veto any legislation to do so, and to work with the Congress to further protect these programs.
This measure would state that the Legislature strongly and unequivocally supports the existing fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards and California's federal Clean Air Act waivers; will consider any and all appropriate actions to maintain vehicle emissions standards for the protection of public health, California residents, and the economy; and strongly urges the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reject the Safer and Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021–2026.
This measure would affirm the Legislature's support for science-based action to conserve, protect, restore, and effectively manage California's coastal and ocean ecosystems, which the state holds in trust for the people of California, in the face of challenges presented by climate change, ocean acidification, hypoxia, and other changing ocean conditions, and would urge federal and state government entities to take specified actions to preserve the state's ocean and coastal resources as well as protect disadvantaged and low-income communities impacted by these challenges.
This measure would urge President Donald J. Trump to rescind three Executive orders issued on May 25, 2018, providing guidance to federal agencies regarding federal employees' representation, collective bargaining, and due process rights.
This measure would proclaim September 30, 2018, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day in California.
This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to take the opportunity preceding the 4th of July holiday to recognize and celebrate July 4, 2018, and the 242nd anniversary of the birth of our great nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence that this day represents.
(1) Existing law regulates the practice of immigration consultants who provide nonlegal assistance or advice in an immigration matter. Existing law prohibits any person, for compensation, from engaging in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant in this state, unless that person complies with the regulations in state law governing the practice of immigration consultants, is an attorney, or is authorized by federal law to represent persons before the Board of Immigration Appeals or the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Existing law provides that immigration consultants, attorneys, notaries public, and organizations accredited by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals shall be the only individuals authorized to charge clients or prospective clients a fee for providing services associated with filing an application under a federal program referred to as the deferred action program, and prohibits immigration consultants, attorneys, notaries public, and organizations accredited by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals from participating in practices that amount to price gouging, as defined, when a client or prospective client solicits these services. Existing law establishes both criminal and civil penalties for a violation of specified provisions related to immigration consultants. This bill, beginning on January 1, 2020, would make it unlawful for a person, for compensation, other than a person authorized to practice law in this state, or a person authorized to represent others under federal law in an immigration matter, or a paralegal acting under the active supervision of an attorney, to engage in the business or act in the capacity of an immigration consultant in this state. The bill would provide that the provisions described above do not apply to an automated immigration form population service. The bill would require the Secretary of State, in coordination with specified state agencies, to develop an Internet Web site that would include specified information related to immigration services available in California, including information related to persons recognized or accredited as authorized providers of immigration services by the United States Department of Justice. The bill would remove notaries public from the provisions described above relating to the federal deferred action program, and would, instead, authorize a paralegal to charge fees for services related to the deferred action program and subject a paralegal to the price gouging prohibition described above. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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.
