Existing law establishes the Department of Parks and Recreation and vests the department with the control of the state park system. Existing law authorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation to negotiate or renegotiate a concession contract within state parks if specified conditions exist, including, among others, whenever the concession has been severely and adversely impacted through no fault of the concessionaire by an unanticipated calamity, park closure, major construction, or other harmful event or action. This bill would add drought, restricted access, and fires to that list of events or actions. Existing law requires the Department to prepare an invitation to bid for a contract authorizing occupancy by the concessionaire of any portion of the state park system for a period of more than 2 years, as provided. This bill would instead require the department to prepare an invitation to bid for a contract authorizing occupancy by the concessionaire for a period of more than 3 years, as provided.
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Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. The act may be amended by the Legislature by a 23 vote of both houses and only so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. The Legislature may clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires all meetings of a state body to be open and public and requires that all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body, except as otherwise specified. For purposes of the act, "state body" includes, among other entities, every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is created by statute or required by law to conduct official meetings and every commission created by executive order. As a state commission created by statute, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is a state body for purposes of the act. This bill, notwithstanding the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Bagley-Keene Act) or any other law, would authorize the commission to conduct a factfinding tour of a facility or location that either is not open to the public, or for which opening the facility or location to the public would compromise or impede the safety or security of the facility or location, including, but not limited to, locked mental health facilities, prisons, jails, schools, or other facilities in furtherance of the commission's duties, for the purpose of supporting those duties. The bill would require the commission to comply with specified notice provisions required by the Bagley-Keene Act prior to the factfinding tour. The bill would require the commission to provide specified notice to members of the media of the proposed site tour and allow at least one member of the media to attend the site tour, as specified. The bill would prohibit the commission from taking any action, as described, during the site tour and from discussing among themselves any business of a specific nature that does not fall within the scope or purpose of the tour. The bill would require the commission to post a summary of the factfinding tour on its Internet Web site within 10 days after its completion. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. This bill would declare that it clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act.
This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to take the opportunity preceding July 4, 2017, to recognize and celebrate July 4, 2017, and the 241st anniversary of the birth of our great nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence that this day represents.
This measure would proclaim June 21, 2017, as Asking Saves Kids Day.
This measure would urge the Congress of the United States to support S. 349, the Access to Counsel Act, which would ensure that those persons held or detained while attempting to enter the United States, whether at a border crossing or a port of entry, would be guaranteed access to legal counsel.
This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to continue to place an emphasis on increasing funding to NASA's budget and encouraging the expansive use of public-private partnerships to propel the industry forward into the next generation of advancement.
This measure would recognize adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) , also known as post-traumatic "street" disorder in communities of color, as having lasting negative outcomes to both physical and mental health with growing implications for our state.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Whenever a person has been adjudged to be a dependent child of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of for the care of dependent children of the juvenile court, existing law authorizes the court to order that the dependent child be detained in a suitable place designated as the court deems fit until the execution of the order of commitment or of other disposition. In any case in which a child is detained for more than 15 days pending the execution of the order of commitment or of any other disposition, existing law requires the court to periodically review the case to determine whether the delay is reasonable. Existing law requires these periodic reviews to be held at least every 15 days, as specified, and, during the course of each review, requires the court to inquire regarding the action taken by the social worker to carry out its order, the reasons for the delay, and the effect of the delay upon the child. This bill would require, in any case in which a dependent child or nonminor dependent is detained or placed for more than 5 consecutive calendar days in emergency shelter care, a temporary shelter care facility, or a transitional shelter care facility, as defined, or is inappropriately residing in a place that is not a licensed or approved shelter, home, or facility, the court to periodically review the action taken by the social worker to locate a placement consistent with the case plan for the dependent child or nonminor dependent. The bill would require these periodic reviews to be conducted at least every 3 days and to include review of efforts made by the social worker to identify and locate adult relatives of the child or nonminor dependent, as specified. The bill would further set forth the circumstances in which a periodic review hearing would not be required, except as specified.
(1) Existing law authorizes the creation by the University of California of the California Cannabis Research Program, the purpose of which is to develop and conduct studies intended to ascertain the general medical safety and efficacy of cannabis and, if found valuable, to develop medical guidelines for the appropriate administration and use of cannabis. Existing law authorizes the program to conduct focused controlled clinical trials on the usefulness of cannabis in patients diagnosed with specified conditions, including cancer and glaucoma. This bill would expand the purview of the program to include the study of naturally occurring constituents of cannabis and synthetic compounds that have effects similar to naturally occurring cannabinoids. The bill would authorize the program to cultivate cannabis to be used exclusively for research purposes and to contract with a private entity to provide expertise in cultivating medical cannabis. The bill would also authorize the controlled clinical trials to focus on examining testing methods for detecting harmful contaminants in cannabis, including mold and bacteria. (2) Existing law requires the President of the University of California, if the program is implemented, to appoint a multidisciplinary Scientific Advisory Council, not to exceed 15 members, to provide policy guidance in the creation and implementation of the program. This bill would require the president to appoint the advisory council on the advice of the director of the program. The bill would also require the program, by July 1, 2018, to report to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General on the progress of the cannabis studies and to report every year thereafter to the Legislature detailing the progress of the studies. (3) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative statute approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election as Proposition 64, among other things, establishes the California Marijuana Tax Fund as a continuously appropriated fund consisting of specified taxes, interest, penalties, and other amounts imposed by AUMA. AUMA requires, after other specified disbursements are made from the fund, the Controller to disburse the sum of $10,000,000 annually to a public university or universities in California, beginning with the 2018–19 fiscal year until the 2028–29 fiscal year, to research and evaluate the implementation and effect of AUMA and, if appropriate, make recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor regarding possible amendments to AUMA. Existing law requires the Bureau of Marijuana Control to select the universities to be funded. This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature that the state commission objective scientific research by the University of California under the California Cannabis Research Program to study the implementation and effect of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The bill would also amend the provisions of AUMA to require the Bureau of Marijuana Control to consider selecting the University of California and the California Cannabis Research Program when selecting a public university or public universities to be funded to research and evaluate the implementation and effect of AUMA. This bill would also make conforming changes to a related provision of law. (4) AUMA authorizes legislative amendment of its provisions with a 23 vote of both houses of the Legislature, without submission to the voters, to further its purposes and intent. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.