Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, among other things, prohibits a state agency from issuing, utilizing, enforcing, or attempting to enforce any guideline, standard of general application, or other rule, among other things, that is a regulation, as defined, unless it has been adopted as a regulation and filed with the Secretary of State. The act requires every agency subject to the act to submit to the Office of Administrative Law a notice of proposed action and make available to the public a copy of an initial statement of reasons, among other things. The act requires each state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation on or after November 1, 2013, to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis, as described, as part of the initial statement of reasons. Existing law requires each state agency that has prepared that analysis to submit the analysis to the Department of Finance. Existing law authorizes the state agency to update its analysis to reflect any comments received from the department. This bill would, instead, require the state agency to update its analysis to reflect any comments received from the department, as described above. The bill would also require, if the proposed major regulation is updated following the department's comments, the state agency to take public comment for 30 additional days each time the regulation is updated and the state agency to update its analysis and submit the analysis to the department for comment, as described. The act requires the notice of proposed action to include, among other things, a statement of the results of an economic impact assessment or the analysis, as applicable, a summary of any of the department's comments, and the agency's response to those comments. This bill would require the department to adopt, by November 1, 2024, and in consultation with the office and other state agencies, regulations for communicating the results of the standardized regulatory impact analysis in a standardized format, as described.
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Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to acquire, study, design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery in the County of Orange at one of 2 possible sites, as specified. Existing law requires the department to, after completing acquisition studies on both sites, consult with the Department of General Services to determine which site to pursue based on the economic feasibility, benefits to veterans and City of Irvine residents, and availability of each location. Existing law makes honorably discharged veterans, their spouses, and dependent children eligible for interment in the cemetery, as specified. This bill would delete those site selection requirements and would instead require the department to acquire, study, design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery in the County of Orange. The bill would require a site selected for these purposes to have been studied by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services. The bill would additionally create the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Study Donation Fund, and would authorize any local governmental entity or private organization in the County of Orange to donate to the fund. The bill would require the department, upon receipt of sufficient donations, to conduct a study of the feasibility of the Gypsum Canyon site in Anaheim for the purpose of establishing a Southern California Veterans Cemetery, as specified. The bill would continuously appropriate moneys in the fund to the department for these purposes.
This measure would proclaim the week of August 1, 2022, to August 7, 2022, inclusive, as California HPV Vaccine Week in order to increase awareness of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a cancer prevention tool and to promote the vaccination of all adolescents who are 9 to 13 years of age, inclusive, throughout California. The measure would urge all health providers and community members to get California adolescents caught up on all routine vaccinations, especially the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine.
This measure would designate the month of October 2022 as California Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month. The measure would also recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions made by Californians of Hindu heritage to the state and seek to increase awareness and understanding of the Hindu American community.
This measure would recognize September 20, 2022, and every year on that date thereafter, as California Surfing Day to celebrate the California surfing lifestyle, would commend all those who honor the history, culture, and future of surfing, as well as the sport of surfing and the protection of our beach and ocean environments, would express support for future surfers and encourage potential surfing Olympians to work diligently, and would encourage all Californians to enjoy California Surfing Day.
This measure would designate the month of October 2022 as Women's Small Business Month and encourage all citizens to recognize the economic importance of women's small businesses in California.
This bill would acknowledge the month of October as California Women Business Owners Month.