Asm. Jim Silva

Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is authorized to contract with regional centers to provide support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires a regional center to include specified information on its Internet Web site for the purpose of promoting transparency and access to public information that includes specified information. This bill would add prescribed information to this requirement.

Existing law regulates the form and content of the ballot pamphlet submitted to voters prior to each statewide election, and requires the Legislative Analyst to prepare for the ballot pamphlet an analysis of each statewide measure, including a fiscal analysis of each measure showing the amount of any increase or decrease in revenue or cost to state or local government. Existing law requires the title and summary of a measure that appears on the ballot to be amended to contain a summary of the Legislative Analyst's estimate of the net state and local government fiscal impact. This bill would, for state bond measures that are submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, require the summary of the Legislative Analyst's estimate of the net state and local government fiscal impact to include an explanatory table of the information in the summary. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 9086 of the Elections Code and Section 88002 of the Government Code, proposed by SB 334, to be operative only if SB 334 and this bill are both enacted, both bills become effective on or before January 1, 2012, and this bill is enacted last. This bill would also incorporate additional changes to Section 9087 of the Elections Code and Section 88003 of the Government Code, proposed by AB 1021, to be operative only if AB 1021 and this bill are both enacted, both bills become effective on or before January 1, 2012, and this bill is enacted last.

(1) Existing law provides for the formation and operations of nonprofit corporations. Existing law provides for establishing a quorum of a board of directors to take action at a meeting and allows the articles of incorporation or bylaws to require the presence of specified directors in order to constitute a quorum. Existing law provides that the death of a director excuses requiring the presence of that director to establish a quorum. Existing law authorizes a board of directors to take action by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting without the consent of an interested director, as defined. This bill would instead provide that death or nonexistence of a director excuses requiring the presence of a specified director to establish a quorum. The bill would also revise the definition of an "interested director," as specified. (2) Existing law excludes interested directors, as defined, from the directors required to consent in order to take action without a meeting. This bill would also, under specified circumstances, exclude common directors, as defined, from the directors required to consent in order to take action without a meeting. (3) Existing law provides that a director has only one vote on any action at a meeting and prohibits a director from voting by proxy at a meeting. This bill would apply those provisions to a unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting. (4) Existing law requires all public benefit corporations to obtain a waiver from the Attorney General's office in order to file dissolution documents with the Secretary of State and requires those corporations to obtain the consent of the Attorney General to a proposed merger, except as specified. This bill would exempt from these requirements specified public benefit corporations that are not otherwise subject to the supervisory authority of the Attorney General. (5) Existing law requires certain charitable corporations and unincorporated associations holding property for charitable and certain other purposes to file specified reports with the Attorney General. Existing law requires a corporation to furnish an annual report to its members regarding transactions with interested persons. This bill would allow a corporation to furnish to its members a copy of a report filed with the Attorney General in lieu of the above annual report when the report to the Attorney General includes the information required in the annual report. (6) The bill would make other nonsubstantive and conforming changes. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1113 of the Corporations Code proposed by SB 201, to be operative only if SB 201 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2012, and this bill is chaptered last.

This measure would recognize October 2011 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and urge all Californians to take a stand against domestic violence.

This measure would encourage the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and other state entities to partner with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stakeholders to improve education regarding COPD in the course of implementing the statewide strategic plan. This measure would also designate November 2011, as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month in California. This measure would also encourage public officials and the citizens of California to increase awareness of the symptoms of, and the methods of preventing, COPD.

This measure would urge the United States government to consider the California jobs and economic stimulus provided by the California floriculture industry when advancing free trade agreements, specifically with Colombia.

This measure would proclaim February 28, 2011, as Rare Disease Day.

This measure would honor and recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the Armed Forces and their families on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on May 21, 2011.

This measure would express the Legislature's apology, on behalf of the people of the state, for violations of the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Filipino Americans caused by antimiscegenation laws that precluded marriage between Filipinos and Caucasians, and its regret, on behalf of the people of the state, for the suffering and hardship endured by Filipino Americans as a result of governmental actions taken because of various policies and laws it enacted.

This resolution would recognize the contributions of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities to California, and would also recognize the importance of preserving Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities and their traditions.