Asm. Brian Maienschein

Maddy summaryThis bill designates November 2024 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month and the second Saturday of that month as Lung Cancer Screening Day in California. It aims to raise public awareness about the importance of early detection and encourage eligible individuals to discuss screening options with their healthcare providers. The resolution also calls for increased education regarding lung cancer risk factors, health disparities, and available screening methods to improve survival rates.

Existing law authorizes the establishment of county and local school attendance review boards that may promote the use of alternatives to the juvenile court system if available public and private services are insufficient or inappropriate to correct school attendance or school behavioral problems, as provided. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to coordinate and administer a state school attendance review board, as provided. This bill would require the State Department of Education, by the beginning of the 2026–27 school year, to post information on its internet website about methods of reducing chronic absenteeism, including through the formation of schoolsite absence intervention teams composed of specified members, as provided.

Maddy summaryThis legislative resolution commemorates the 100th anniversary of the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans born within the country's borders. The measure specifically highlights the historical significance of the 1924 Piper v. Big Pine School District case, where a California court ruled in favor of a Paiute student's right to attend public school based on her new citizenship status. By formally recognizing this centennial, the bill honors the progress made in Native American education and integration while acknowledging the state's ongoing efforts toward truth and healing.

This measure would proclaim the Legislature's support for California State Parks Week, observed the days of June 12, 2024, to June 16, 2024, inclusive, and provide that the Legislature encourages all Californians and visitors to the state to cherish, protect, enjoy, and find inspiration in the diverse holdings within the state park system.

This measure would recognize June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth and would urge the people of California to join in celebrating Juneteenth as a day to honor and reflect on the significant role that African Americans have played in the history of the United States and how they have enriched society through their steadfast commitment to promoting unity and equality.

This measure would request the Congress of the United States to pass, and the President of the United States to sign, the Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act and the Upward Mobility Enhancement Act.

(1) Existing law provides a framework for the arbitration and conciliation of international commercial disputes. Existing law requires an arbitration agreement subject to this framework to be in writing, specifying that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams, or other means of telecommunication that provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claim and defense in which the existence of an agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by another. This bill would further specify that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in an exchange of electronic mail or in an electronic communication if the information contained therein is accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference. (2) Existing law provides that an arbitral tribunal may, at the request of a party, order a party to take an interim measure of protection with respect to the subject matter of the dispute, but does not explicitly define "interim measure of protection." Existing law allows any party to an arbitration to request that the superior court enforce an award of an arbitral tribunal to take any interim measure of protection. This bill would define "interim measure of protection" to mean any temporary measure by which, at any time prior to the issuance of the award by which the dispute is finally decided, an arbitral tribunal orders a party to: (1) maintain or restore the status quo pending determination of the dispute; (2) take action that would prevent, or refrain from taking action that is likely to cause, harm or prejudice to the arbitral process; (3) provide a means of preserving assets out of which a subsequent award may be satisfied; or (4) preserve evidence that may be relevant and material to the resolution of the dispute. The bill would require that in most instances, a party requesting an interim measure of protection must satisfy to the arbitral tribunal that it would be irreparably harmed if the measure is not granted, that the harm substantially outweighs the harm likely to result to the party against whom the measure is directed if the measure is granted, and that there is a reasonable possibility that the requesting party will succeed on the merits. The bill would allow a party to, without notice, request an interim measure of protection along with a preliminary order directing a party not to frustrate the purpose of the interim measure requested. The bill would also allow a party against whom a preliminary order is directed to object to the preliminary order before the arbitral tribunal. The bill would provide that a party requesting an interim measure or preliminary order is liable for any costs and damages caused by the measure or order to any party if the arbitral tribunal later determines that the measure or order should not have been granted. This bill would provide that an interim measure issued by an arbitral tribunal must be recognized as final and binding, and may be enforced upon application to the superior court. The bill would provide that a superior court may refuse to recognize or enforce an interim measure only under specified circumstances.

Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, specifies remedies and procedures for self-service storage facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges, including through enforcement of a lien by the sale of the stored property. Existing law requires that, where personal property remains on the premises after a tenancy has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant, the landlord give written notice to the tenant or any other person the landlord reasonably believes is the owner of the property, as specified. Existing law requires the property to be sold at public sale by competitive bidding if the property is not released to the former tenant. Existing law makes these provisions generally applicable to self-storage units. This bill would enact similar provisions specifically applicable to personal property that remains at a self-service storage facility after the rental agreement has ended. Specifically, the bill would require the owner of the facility to give written notice to the occupant prior to the termination or non-renewal of the rental agreement, as specified. If personal property remains at the self-service storage facility after the rental agreement has ended, the bill would also require the owner to give written notice to the former occupant, and would set forth a notice form that would be in compliance with the requirement to notify the former occupant of abandoned property. The bill would require the owner to release the personal property to the former occupant under specified circumstances and subject to certain charges, as specified. The bill would require that the property be sold at public sale by competitive bidding if the property is not released to the former occupant. The bill would also specify that the above-described existing law shall apply to self-storage units only to the extent that it is not in conflict with this bill. Existing law authorizes a landlord to, upon giving notice in writing to the tenant in a prescribed manner, change the terms of a week to week lease, a month to month lease, or other lease with a period less than a month, as specified. Existing law provides that the notice, when served upon the tenant, shall in and of itself create and establish the terms, rents, and conditions specified in the notice as a part of the lease, if the tenant shall continue to hold the premises after the notice takes effect. This bill would, similarly, authorize the owner of a self-service storage facility to upon giving notice in writing to the occupant in prescribed manner, change the terms of a self-service storage facility rental agreement. The bill would provide that the notice, upon the expiration of a period of at least 30 days from the date of service, shall in and of itself create and establish the terms, rents, and conditions specified in the notice as a part of the rental agreement, if the occupant continues to store personal property at the self-service storage facility after the notice takes effect.

Existing law prohibits a person from operating a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has been submitted to and approved by the State Water Resources Control Board. This bill would authorize and encourage a public water system, when updating an emergency notification plan, to provide notification to water users by means of other communications technology, including, but not limited to, text messages, email, or social media.

This measure would designate November 8, 2024, as "California's First-Generation College Celebration Day." The measure would urge all higher education institutions in the state to celebrate California's First-Generation College Celebration Day, recognize the significant role of first-generation college students in developing the state's future workforce, celebrate the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, and support first-generation college students with opportunities and equity in completing their desired degree programs.