This measure would proclaim the month of April 2022 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize April 24, 2022, through April 30, 2022, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
This measure would acknowledge April 2022 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and encourage Californians to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
This measure would recognize the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots on April 29, 2022, as a time of building and reflection for the citizens of Los Angeles and the citizens of California.
This measure would declare April 28, 2022, as Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and would recognize the goals of introducing our daughters and sons to the workplace and commend all participants of Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day.
This measure would designate the week of May 1, 2022, through May 7, 2022, as Compost Awareness Week.
Existing law establishes, within the Government Operations Agency, the Department of General Services and provides that the department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of General Services. Existing law authorizes the department to dispose of surplus state real property, as defined, by sale, lease, exchange, a sale combined with an exchange, or other manner of disposition of property, as authorized by the Legislature, upon any terms and conditions and subject to any reservations and exceptions the department deems to be in the best interests of the state. Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, to lease real property located within the grounds of the Fairview State Hospital, which is also known as the Fairview Developmental Center, for specified purposes and subject to certain conditions. Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services, which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. This bill would require the Director of General Services to sell, lease, or transfer 10 acres of property from the Fairview Developmental Center Project, as specified, to the Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of constructing an emergency management center.
Existing law, the Use Fuel Tax Law (UFTL) , imposes a state excise tax on the use of fuel, as defined, at specified rates. This bill would establish in the state treasury the Carbon Neutrality Fund, and would require, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, and before January 1, 2029, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to pay annually from the fund an incentive payment to a qualified taxpayer on a first-come-first-served basis, as prescribed. The bill would, among other things, require the incentive payment for a taxable year to be an amount equal to the applicable amount, as determined based on the carbon intensity of a transportation fuel, multiplied by the number of diesel gallons equivalent or gasoline gallons equivalent of qualified liquid or gaseous transportation fuel sold by the qualified taxpayer during a taxable year, reported as prescribed. The bill would prohibit the incentive payment in a taxable year from exceeding the amount of tax paid by the qualified taxpayer pursuant to the UFTL in that taxable year and would prohibit the aggregate amount of incentive payments in a taxable year from exceeding $500,000,000.
Existing makes it a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and unlawfully dispense or furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device, as defined, or to knowingly own, manage, or operate a business that dispenses or furnishes a dangerous drug or dangerous device without a license. Existing law establishes various licensure and regulatory schemes that authorize the holder of a license to furnish or dispense prescription drugs in accordance with prescribed statutory or regulatory schemes. Existing law also regulates various businesses, including health care facilities licensed by the State Department of Public Health, that provide medical services, such as furnishing and dispensing prescription drugs. This bill would state that it is unlawful to operate a business where an employee dispenses or furnishes a prescription drug without both the business and the employee having a valid license authorizing the business and employee to dispense or furnish the prescription drug, or for a business to advertise or act as if they have a license to dispense or furnish a prescription drug without having a license to do so. The bill would specify that these provisions may be enforced in accordance with the licensing scheme under which the person or business is licensed, such as revoking the license of the business or person. The bill would authorize a person who receives services in violation of these provisions, among others, to bring a civil action for an injunction or other appropriate order and to recover reasonable attorney's fees.
Existing law establishes the Climate Ready Program in the State Coastal Conservancy to address the impacts and potential impacts of climate change on resources within the conservancy's jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the conservancy to undertake projects within its jurisdiction, including projects related to beach and bluff erosion and other coastal hazards that threaten coastal communities, infrastructure, and natural resources. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, the California Geological Survey, the University of California, the United States Geological Survey, the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, and other stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California through a public-private partnership, which is required to include, among other things, the installation of field sensors. Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The University of California comprises 10 institutions of higher education, which are located at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. Existing law, upon appropriation by the Legislature, requires the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides and erosion in the County of San Diego, as specified, and to report to the Legislature recommendations for developing a coastal cliff landslide and erosion early warning system based on available research. This bill would, upon appropriation of necessary funds by the Legislature, require the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, to conduct research on coastal cliff landslides, flooding, and erosion in the County of Orange, as provided. The bill would require the research to be completed by January 1, 2027. The bill would require, by no later than March 15, 2027, the institution to provide a report to the Legislature with recommendations for establishing advanced coastal cliff landslide, erosion, and inundation flood warning systems based on available research. The bill would exempt the Regents of the University of California and its employees, acting in good faith, from civil liability for any harm resulting from measurements, predictions, or warnings regarding bluff failure, cliff landslides, or erosion contained in the report or from the research or related to the recommendations, unless those damages are the result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
