This measure would recognize May 2018 as Blue Star Mothers of America Month in California, as specified.
This measure would urge lawmakers in Poland to reverse or revise a recent Polish law on speech related to the Holocaust, would call on Congress to join that effort, and would call for a renewed commitment to Holocaust education in California.
This measure would recognize the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children, and particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, face in the foster care system, as specified.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.
Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and other social services to needy families through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program, state, and county funds. Existing law specifies the amounts of cash aid to be paid each month to CalWORKs recipients. Existing law also establishes the CalWORKs Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program, which provides CalWORKs recipients with a one-time education incentive award of $500 for completion of a high school diploma or its equivalent. Existing law establishes the Cal-Learn Program, under which a recipient of CalWORKs aid who is under 19 years of age, who is pregnant or a custodial parent, and who does not have a high school diploma or its equivalent is required to participate in the program as a student attending school on a full-time basis, except as specified. Existing law provides for a supplement to, or a reduction in, a Cal-Learn participant's CalWORKs aid grant based on his or her performance in school. Existing law provides a Cal-Learn participant with a supplement of $500 for successful completion of high school or a California high school equivalency examination. This bill, effective May 1, 2019, would make a person under 19 years of age who attains a high school diploma or its equivalent while receiving CalWORKs aid, and who is ineligible for the payment supplements under the Cal-Learn Program, eligible to receive a one-time education support payment of $500. By increasing the administrative duties of counties administering the CalWORKs program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to implement the bill by all-county letters or similar instructions beginning no later than May 1, 2019, until regulations are adopted on or before May 1, 2021. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for purposes of implementing the bill. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law creates the Trade Corridor Enhancement Account in the State Transportation Fund to receive revenues attributable to 50% of a $0.20 per gallon increase in the diesel fuel excise tax imposed by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 for corridor-based freight projects nominated by local agencies and the state. Existing law makes these funds and certain federal funds apportioned to the state available upon appropriation for allocation by the California Transportation Commission for trade infrastructure improvement projects that meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the commission to allocate specified percentages of available funds to projects nominated by regional transportation agencies and the Department of Transportation. In adopting a program of projects, existing law requires the commission to prioritize projects jointly nominated and jointly funded by the state and local agencies. This bill would create the California Port Efficiency Program to fund projects that improve velocity, throughput, and reliability of port operations, as defined. The program would require the department to select projects proposed by port authorities and regional transportation agencies that most effectively improve velocity, throughput, and reliability of port operations.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes the State Department of Education, under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous duties relating to the financing, governance, and guidance of the public elementary and secondary schools in this state. This bill would establish the California Scientists-to-Teacher Pathway Program for the purpose of recruiting, training, supporting, and retaining qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) scientists as STEM teachers in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, under the administration of the department, as specified. The bill would require the department, commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, to allocate a one-time grant to an institution of higher education, nonprofit public benefit corporation, county office of education, or a partnership among multiple organizations of these types, for the purposes of the program, as specified, and for subsequent fiscal years if specified conditions are met. The bill would require the department to evaluate the impacts of the program and include that information in a specified report. The bill would require its provisions to be implemented only upon the enactment of an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes.
Existing law, except as provided, requires, beginning December 31, 2025, at least 15% of newly purchased vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 19,000 pounds or more purchased by the Department of General Services and other state entities for the state fleet to be zero emission, and beginning December 31, 2030, at least 30% of those vehicles to be zero emission. This bill would additionally require, beginning January 1, 2022, at least 15% of newly purchased vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 19,000 pounds or more purchased by the department and other state entities for the state fleet to be fueled by renewable natural gas that furthers the state's air quality improvement goals, as specified. The bill, if the department finds in a public hearing on or after January 1, 2023, that it cannot meet the needs of the state while meeting this requirement, would require the department to disclose this finding at the hearing and to the Legislature. The bill would require the department, upon disclosure of this finding, to take certain steps to address the issues preventing the department and other state agencies from meeting this state fleet requirement. The bill, after a specified time period and if the department finds in a public hearing that it still cannot meet the needs of the state after taking those steps, would require the department to disclose this finding at the hearing and to the Legislature. The bill would provide that the requirement would be inoperative on the latter date on which the department notifies the Legislature.
