This measure would declare California to be in favor of the United States' ratification of the Basel Convention at the earliest opportunity and would request the Biden Administration to accomplish this ratification as a matter of urgency.
This measure would declare the week of May 10, 2021, to May 14, 2021, inclusive, as Student Mental Health Week.
This measure would proclaim June 19, 2021, as Veterans of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Day.
This measure would proclaim Saturday, June 12, 2021, as Loving Day.
This measure would proclaim June 8, 2021, as USS Liberty Remembrance Day.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to enact, and the President to sign, legislation that would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
This measure would declare the month of June 2021, as Portuguese Heritage Month, in recognition of June 10 as the Day of Portugal, and June 1 as the Day of the Azores.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The segment comprises 73 community college districts and a total of 116 campuses throughout the state. This bill would, commencing with the 2022–23 academic year, require each community college district to offer courses in ethnic studies at each of its campuses. The bill would require that the units earned by students for successful completion of these courses would be eligible for transfer and, if applicable, would meet the ethnic studies general education graduation requirements at the California State University. The bill would also, commencing with the 2024–25 academic year, require each community college district to require the completion of at least one course in ethnic studies of at least 3 units as a requirement for a student to obtain an associate degree. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop and adopt appropriate regulations for the implementation of these provisions, and to develop and implement a plan to streamline the course and curriculum approval process, including an expedited state approval process and a process that enables ethnic studies courses to be portable among community college districts. This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct a study on the number of ethnic studies courses the California State University accepted from the community college districts to satisfy the ethnic studies graduation requirements established in existing law. The bill would require the California State University to provide specified information to the Legislative Analyst's Office on or before January 1, 2023, and would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report to the education and fiscal policy committees of the Legislature with findings and recommendations on or before April 30, 2023. Because this bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and sets forth its powers and duties, including job creation activities, computation of benefits, and determination of contribution rates and collection of contributions for benefits. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to eligible persons who are unemployed through no fault of their own through a federal-state unemployment insurance program administered by the department. Unemployment compensation benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, and the expenses for administering these provisions are paid from the Unemployment Administration Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Under existing law, workers are required to pay contributions to the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, and those funds are continuously appropriated for the purpose of providing disability benefits and making payment of administrative expenses. Existing law requires all standard information employee pamphlets provided by the department concerning unemployment and disability insurance programs to be printed in English and the 7 other most commonly used languages among participants in each program. Existing law also requires the department to make the pages on its internet website that provide information regarding applying for, and receiving, unemployment insurance benefits available in the 7 languages, other than English, most commonly used by unemployment insurance applicants and claimants. This bill would require all standard information employee pamphlets provided by the department concerning unemployment and disability insurance programs to be printed in English and any written language that is or becomes a Medi-Cal threshold language in any county, as provided. The bill would additionally require the department, commencing July 1, 2022, to provide translation by qualified human translators between English and the languages described above, in accordance with certain procedures, for all benefits programs administered by the department, vital documents and notices, and any other communications to a claimant. The bill would require the department, if the claimant's written language is not within these languages, to provide the claimant, upon request, with a translated document in their written language within 2 business days of the request and on an ad hoc basis, or to read the document aloud and orally explain the document to the claimant in their preferred language, as prescribed. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2022, to undertake development of a community review process for translation of the department's online application interface, forms, and other documents and communications, to ensure, among other goals, plain language, readability, and cultural appropriateness. The bill would require the community review process to be fully implemented commencing July 1, 2024, and to include user testing and input from members of the public, local government, and community-based organizations. This bill would require the department to identify a claimant's language needs at the earliest point of contact and make efforts to, among other things, ensure that each written application for unemployment insurance, disability insurance, paid family leave, or other benefits contains a section asking claimants for their preferred written and spoken language. The bill would require written materials sent by the department to the claimant to be provided in the language indicated by the claimant. This bill, with respect to the online portals provided via the department's website, would require the department to develop a mechanism to allow for the selection of spoken language options to be expanded on the portal by a claimant, with the option to indicate a language not provided on the portal's list and would require materials sent to the claimant to be provided in the claimant's indicated language. This bill would require the department to make the pages on its internet website that provide information regarding applying for, and receiving, unemployment insurance benefits, available in all of specified languages. The bill would also require the department to annually publish the total number of applications and claimants for each of the benefit programs administered with specified information, including preferred language. The bill would define related terms, and would include related legislative findings. Because this bill would authorize the expenditure of funds from the Unemployment Administration Fund, and the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund, for new purposes, the bill would make an appropriation.
This measure would declare the week of May 10 to May 16, 2021, inclusive, as Food Allergy Awareness Week and request that the Governor issue a proclamation to observe the week with appropriate understanding and awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis.
