This measure would declare that the Legislature supports a reduction to the threshold for tax-exempt bond financing and joins the Treasurer in urging the passage of the federal Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023.
This measure would recognize the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health, wellness, development, inspiration, and safety of all Californians and would declare the month of July 2023 as "Parks Make Life Better!®" Month.
Existing law requires a special education local plan area submitting a local plan to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ensure that it has in effect policies, procedures, and programs that are consistent with state laws, regulations, and policies governing, among other things, compliance assurances, including general compliance with Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. That federal law prohibits an otherwise qualified individual with a disability, solely by reason of their disability, from being excluded from the participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law authorizes the parent, guardian, or local educational agency of those pupils to audio record the proceedings of individualized education program team meetings. This bill would similarly authorize a parent, guardian, or local educational agency to audio record meetings and any team meetings for pupils held pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as provided.
This measure would express the Legislature's support for the creation of policies to decrease the rising number of deaths of Americans as a result of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) . The measure would declare the importance of enhanced public awareness of comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs to allow for earlier identification of patients at risk of cardiovascular events. The measure would also declare the importance of collaboration on statewide cardiovascular planning to accelerate quality improvements in care rendered to these patients.
This measure would designate the month of June 2023 as Immigrant Heritage Month.
This measure would designate the Ayala Drive overcrossing at postmile marker 17.437 on State Route 210 in the County of San Bernardino as the Scott "Buckshot" Schwingel Memorial Overcrossing. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
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.
