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.
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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.
This measure would proclaim October 6, 2017, as State Coaches Day.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA) , an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA generally divides responsibility for the state licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity among the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Depart of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health and requires those state licensing authorities to begin issuing licenses by January 1, 2108. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions with a 23 vote of both houses to further its purposes and intent. MAUCRSA requires an applicant for a state license under MAUCRSA to provide to the licensing authority specified information, including a statement, signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury, that the information provided is complete, true, and accurate. This bill would require an applicant for a state license under MAUCRSA to provide a statement that the applicant employs, or will employ within one year of receiving a license, an employee who has successfully completed a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10-hour general industry course. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of AUMA. 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.
Existing law prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle unless the person has passed a written and driving test for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that complies with specified federal standards and any other requirements imposed by the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement these provisions, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish performance goals to decrease the wait time to obtain an appointment to take the driving skills test to operate a commercial motor vehicle. The bill would require the department to convene a stakeholder group to make recommendations to the department on meeting these performance goals. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the relevant budget and policy committees of the Legislature detailing the recommendations of the stakeholder group, the recommendations that the department has adopted, the recommendations that were not adopted with an explanation of why they were not adopted, and how the department intends to implement these recommendations. The bill would additionally require the department to submit a subsequent report to these committees describing the department's performance in implementing the recommendations it has adopted and achieving the performance goals.
Existing law requires a department or agency that employs peace officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against those officers. Existing law requires the department or agency to provide written notification to the complaining party of the disposition of a complaint made pursuant to those provisions within 30 days of the disposition. This bill would also require a department or agency to provide written notification to the complaining party of the current procedural status of an ongoing complaint investigation at least every 45 days. The bill would require a department or agency that employs peace officers to make available for public inspection the rules and procedures that have been adopted by that department or agency for imposing discipline and providing for the administrative appeal of an adverse decision by a peace officer. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to annually furnish to the Department of Justice a report of specified incidents when a peace officer is involved in the use of force, including an incident involving the shooting of a civilian by a peace officer. This bill would require each county district attorney's office that conducts an investigation into an incident involving the shooting of a civilian by a peace officer to report the findings of that investigation on a publicly accessible Internet Web site within 30 days of the conclusion of the investigation. The bill would also require each department or agency that employs peace officers to post reports about serious uses of force by peace officers on its Internet Web site within 30 days of completing any investigation or adjudication related to the use of force and to, at least quarterly, post a report on its Internet Web site containing aggregate statistical information on serious uses of force for which any investigation, adjudication, or both have been completed. By imposing additional reporting duties on local law enforcement agencies, 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, 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, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for medical purposes and for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. Under existing law, the Bureau of Cannabis Control is responsible for licensing and regulating retail sales, distribution, and transportation, and the State Department of Public Health is responsible for licensing and regulating manufacturers. Existing law places restrictions on the packaging and labeling of cannabis and cannabis products, including requirements that the packaging be resealable, child resistant, and not made attractive to children. This bill would require a manufacturer, prior to introducing an edible cannabis product into commerce in California, to submit the packaging and labeling to the State Department of Public Health for approval and would require the department to determine whether the packaging and labeling are in compliance with the requirements of prescribed provisions of law, including the requirements that the packaging be child resistant and not attractive to children, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to charge a manufacturer a fee for the determination, in an amount no greater than the amount required to cover the actual and reasonable costs of administering the approval program. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend, by a majority vote, certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further specified purposes and the intent of the act. This bill would declare that its provisions implement specified substantive provisions of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. The bill would also declare that its provisions further specified purposes and the intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.