This measure would proclaim the month of January 2018 as National Mentoring Month.
This measure would declare the week of January 7 to January 13, 2018, as California Fitness Week and would encourage Californians to enrich their lives through proper nutrition and exercise.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2018, as Korean American Day.
This measure would honor the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
This measure would designate the month of January 2018 as Gang Awareness and Prevention Month in the State of California and would encourage cities and constituents across the state to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to prevent future gang activity and honor those who lost their lives due to gang activity.
Existing law generally protects employees who disclose illegal or improper workplace activities by prohibiting interference with, and retaliation for, making such disclosures. Existing law provides procedures for a person to file a complaint alleging violations of legislative ethics. Existing law also authorizes each house of the Legislature to adopt rules for its proceedings and to select committees necessary for the conduct of its business. This bill would impose criminal and civil liability on a Member of the Legislature or legislative employee, as defined, who interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, which is defined as a good faith allegation made by a legislative employee to specified entities that a Member of the Legislature or a legislative employee has engaged in, or will engage in, activity that may constitute a violation of law, including sexual harassment, or a violation of a legislative standard of conduct. The bill would also impose civil liability on an entity that interferes with, or retaliates against, a legislative employee's exercise of the right to make a protected disclosure, as specified. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution provide that the legislative power of the State is vested in the California Legislature, as specified. Existing law provides for the organization and administration of the Legislature. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to establish the Legislative Modernization Working Group, which would be comprised of experts within the technology industry and Members of the Legislature. The working group would make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the modernization of legislative processes and operations.
Existing law establishes in state government the California Arts Council and imposes various duties on the council to foster arts development and to award grants and prizes to individuals and organizations in the arts, as provided. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes to the Government Code, relating to the California Arts Council.
Existing law provides for the organization and powers of community services districts, including the continuation of any community services district, improvement district of a community services district, or zone of a community services district, that was in existence on January 1, 2006. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law establishes the Office of AIDS in the State Department of Public Health and designates the office as the lead agency within the state responsible for coordinating state programs, services, and activities relating to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) , and AIDS-related conditions (ARC) . Existing law requires the office to coordinate provisions relating to, among other things, funding clinical research, needs assessments, studies, and program evaluations, AIDS research and workshop grants, the confidentiality of research records relating to HIV or AIDS, early intervention projects, and HIV treatment. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
