Asm. Travis Allen

This measure would declare the month of May 2016 as Foster Care Month.

This measure would proclaim the month of May 2016 as American Stroke Month in California.

This measure would designate June 22, 2016, as California Nonprofits Day and recognize the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.

This measure would respectfully urge the recognition that the trial and conviction of the 50 African American sailors of the United States Navy for mutiny in connection with their service at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California, during World War II was wrongfully pursued because of racial prejudice and would respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to publicly exonerate those 50 African American sailors of the United States Navy in order to further aid in healing the racial divide that continues to exist in the United States.

This measure would request the Congress of the United States to support and build a central Veterans Affairs Hospital in Orange County.

Existing law requires the court to order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay restitution to the victim or victims for the full amount of economic loss, unless the court finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states them on the record. Existing law specifically requires a defendant subject to the aggravated white collar crime enhancement, and a person convicted of a felony involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, or fraud, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, to be ordered to make full restitution to the victim or to make restitution to the victim based on his or her ability to pay. This bill would require the court to order full restitution and would make technical, nonsubstantive changes. The bill would state the finding of the Legislature that these changes are declaratory of existing law.

This act would declare June 10, 2016, as Portugal Day to celebrate Portuguese national heritage.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements with an agency of the United States, a city, county, district, or other public agency, or any combination thereof, for the care, maintenance, administration, and control by a party to the agreement of lands under the jurisdiction of a party to the agreement, for the purpose of the state park system. Existing law prohibits the department from entering into an operating lease or agreement, or amendment, unless one of 2 conditions are met including if, following enactment of the annual Budget Act, the State Public Works Board determines, among other things, that the proposed lease or agreement, or amendment, could not have been presented to the Legislature for review during the annual budget process, as provided. In those circumstances existing law authorizes the board to review and approve the proposed lease or agreement, or amendment, no earlier than 20 days after it has provided written notification to the chairpersons of certain legislative committees, as provided. This bill would instead authorize the board to review and approve a proposed lease or agreement, or amendment, no earlier than 30 days after it has provided written notification to the chairpersons of those legislative committees, as provided.

This measure would designate the month of May 2016 as Health Care District Month.