Asm. Donald Wagner

This measure would proclaim June 2012 as Scleroderma Awareness Month.

The Mobilehome Residency Law governs tenancies in mobilehome parks, and imposes various duties on the owners of mobilehome parks and the agents and representatives authorized to act on behalf of the owners. Existing law permits the management of a mobilehome park to seek specified injunctive relief for the violation of a reasonable rule or regulation. Existing law treats certain actions as limited civil cases. This bill, until January 1, 2016, would permit the management to file a petition for an order to enjoin these violations within the limited jurisdiction of the superior court of the county in which the mobilehome community is located. This bill would also treat the actions for injunctive relief described above as limited civil cases.

Existing law requires the party intending to move for a new trial to file a notice of intention to move for a new trial, as specified, either before the entry of judgment or within 15 days of the date of mailing notice of entry of judgment by the clerk of the court or service upon him or her by any party of written notice of entry of judgment, or within 180 days after the entry of judgment, whichever is earliest. This bill would require that, when filing the motion before the entry of judgment, the filing be done after the decision is rendered. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes. Existing law establishes procedures by which a party to a court action may make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment. Under existing law, a party intending to make such a motion is required to file with the clerk and serve upon the adverse party a notice of his or her intention, designating the grounds upon which the motion will be made and specifying the particulars, as described, either before the entry of judgment or within 15 days of the date of mailing of notice of entry of judgment by the clerk of the court, or service by any party of written notice of entry of judgment, or within 180 days after the entry of judgment, whichever is earliest. This bill would specify that the power of the court to rule on a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment shall expire 60 days from the mailing of notice of entry of judgment by the clerk of the court or 60 days after service upon the moving party by any party of written notice of entry of the judgment, whichever is earlier, or if that notice has not been given, then 60 days after filing of the first notice of intention to move to set aside and vacate the judgment. The bill would also specify that if that motion is not determined with the 60-day period, or within that period, as extended, the effect shall be a denial of the motion without further order of the court. The bill would further specify that a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment is not determined until a order ruling on the motion is either entered in the permanent minutes of the court or signed by the judge and filed with the clerk.

This measure would make various statements regarding the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , would request the President and the United States Congress to repeal PPACA, and would encourage federal, state, and local officials to enact health care reform that, among other things, puts the citizen and his or her family at the center of the health care system, as specified. The measure would also request the United States Congress to, among other things, reform federal tax laws, allow Americans to buy health care coverage across state lines, allow businesses to create association health plans, and lift restrictions on employers so they can offer lower premiums to employees who practice healthy lifestyles, and would request the Legislature to enact reforms consistent with those changes, as specified.

Existing law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail purposes and $950 million for other related rail purposes. Article XVI of the California Constitution authorizes the Legislature, at any time after the approval of a general obligation bond act by the people, to reduce the amount of the indebtedness authorized by the act to an amount not less than the amount contracted at the time of the reduction or to repeal the act if no debt has been contracted. This bill would reduce the amount of general obligation debt authorized for high-speed rail purposes pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century to the amount contracted as of January 1, 2013.

(1) Existing law authorizes a bus operated by a publicly owned transit system on regularly scheduled service to be equipped with illuminated signs that display information directly related to public service and include, among other things, destination signs, route-number signs, run-number signs, public service announcement signs, or a combination of those signs, visible from any direction of the vehicle, that emit any light color, other than the color red emitted from forward-facing signs, pursuant to specified conditions. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2017, a pilot program allowing up to 25 buses operated by the City of Santa Monica's publicly owned transit system for the first 2 years of the pilot program, and up to 30 buses thereafter, to be equipped with illuminated signs that display advertising subject to certain conditions. Existing law also requires the City of Santa Monica to submit a specified report by July 1, 2016, on roadway and pedestrian safety to the Legislature and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. This bill would authorize, until January 1, 2018, the University of California, Irvine (university) to operate a pilot program similar to the one operated by the City of Santa Monica. The bill would require the university to submit a report by July 1, 2017, on the viability of advertisement sales relating to illuminated signs on public buses to the Legislature. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the University of California, Irvine.

This measure would designate November 2012 as California Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month. It would recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions made by Californians of Sikh heritage to the state and afford all Californians the opportunity to understand, recognize, and appreciate the rich history and shared principles of Sikh Americans.

Existing law provides that except to the extent that the Probate Code provides applicable rules, the rules of practice applicable to civil actions, including discovery proceedings and other proceedings, as specified, apply to, and constitute the rules of practice in, proceedings under that code. Existing law provides that all issues of fact joined in probate proceedings shall be tried in conformity with the rules of practice in civil actions. Existing law also requires that an affidavit or verified petition be received as evidence when offered in an uncontested proceeding under the Probate Code. This bill would recast those provisions to provide more specificity for applicable rules for probate proceedings. This bill would also require that an affidavit or verified petition be received as evidence when offered in accordance with specified provisions.

This measure would declare May 2012 to be American Stroke Month in California.