This measure would proclaim June 11, 2014, and June 11 of each subsequent year, California LGBT Veterans Day, to be celebrated statewide.
This bill would call a special election to be consolidated with the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. The bill would require the Secretary of State to submit to the voters at the November 4, 2014, consolidated election an advisory question asking whether the Congress of the United States should propose, and the California Legislature should ratify, an amendment or amendments to the United States Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) 558 U.S. 310, and other applicable judicial precedents, as specified. The bill would require the Secretary of State to communicate the results of this election to the Congress of the United States. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an act calling an election.
(1) Existing law, the California Educational Facilities Authority Act, establishes the California Educational Facilities Authority for purposes of, among other things, providing private institutions of higher education within the state an additional means by which to expand, enlarge, and establish certain educational facilities, finance those facilities, and refinance existing facilities. Under the act, existing law defines "bond" to mean bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities of the authority issued pursuant to the act. This bill would instead define "bond" to mean bonds, notes, debentures, securities, or other evidences of indebtedness of the authority issued pursuant to the act. (2) Existing law provides that the authority has the power to, among other things, receive and accept, from any federal or other public agency or governmental entity, grants or loans for or in aid of the acquisition or construction of any project, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any other source, of either money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which the grants, loans, and contributions may be made. This bill would instead provide that the authority has the power to, among other things, receive and accept from any source, loans, contributions, or grants for, or in aid of, the acquisition, construction, financing, or refinancing of a project, or any portion of a project, in money, property, labor, or other things of value. (3) Existing law authorizes the authority, from time to time, to, among other things, issue its negotiable notes and negotiable bonds for any corporate purpose. Existing law also authorizes the authority to issue negotiable bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the sale of the negotiable bonds. This bill would instead authorize the authority, from time to time, to, among other things, issue notes and bonds for any corporate purpose. The bill would authorize the authority to issue bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the sale of the bonds. (4) Existing law, in the discretion of the authority, authorizes any bonds issued under the act to be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee or trustees, as specified. Existing law authorizes the trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds to contain any provisions the authority deems reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders, including any provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper. This bill would provide that any provision the authority may include in a trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under the act may also be included in a bond and the provision shall have the same effect. (5) Existing law requires a bond issued under the provisions of the act to contain on its face a statement to the effect that, among other things, neither the state nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the bond or the interest on the bond except from the revenues of the project, or the portion of the project, for which the bond is issued. This bill would require the statement described above to be included on the bond, but not necessarily on its face. (6) Existing law requires all moneys received pursuant to the authority of the act to be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in the act, whether as proceeds from the sale or bonds or as revenues. This bill would instead require all moneys received pursuant to the authority of the act to be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided for in the act, whether as proceeds from selling or incurring bonds or as revenues. The bill would also make numerous nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. (7) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law generally prohibits a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages and a winegrower from paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer for advertising or paying or giving anything of value for the privilege of placing a sign or advertisement with a retail licensee. It authorizes, as an exception, the holder of a winegrower's license, a beer manufacturer, a distilled spirits manufacturer, or a distilled spirits manufacturer's agent, to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, under certain conditions, if the on-sale retail licensee is the owner, manager, agent of the owner, assignee of the owner's advertising rights, or major tenant of specified facilities. Existing law specifies that any coercion or other illegal means to induce the purchase of advertising, permitted under this section by a specified licensee, is a crime. This bill would expand the exceptions to existing law to allow beer manufacturers, winegrowers, distilled spirits rectifiers, distilled spirits manufacturers, or distilled spirits manufacturer's agents to purchase advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, on-sale retail licensees at specified facilities located in the City of Santa Clara, as provided. This bill would expand the scope of an existing crime thus imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Santa Clara. 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.
The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds, including, among others, the California Firefighters' Memorial Fund and the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Fund. Existing law provides for the repeal of the contribution provisions for these funds on January 1, 2016. This bill would instead repeal those provisions on January 1, 2021.
Existing law permits a county elections official to deputize as registrars of voters qualified citizens, and permits a deputy registrar to register persons to vote. Existing law requires the last two full weeks in April and in September to be known as "high school voter weeks," during which time deputy registrars of voters are allowed to register to vote students and school personnel on high school campuses in areas designated by the school administration. This bill would instead designate the last two full weeks in April and in September to be "high school voter education weeks," during which time persons authorized by the county elections official are allowed to register to vote students and school personnel on high school campuses in areas designated by the administrator of the high school, or his or her designee. Under existing law, a person may not be registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. A person is entitled to register to vote if he or she is a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election. Existing law requires a properly executed affidavit of registration to be deemed effective upon receipt of the affidavit by the county elections official, if received on or before the 15th day prior to an election, or as otherwise specified. Existing law, operative when the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database that complies with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, authorizes a person who is at least 17 years of age and otherwise meets all voter eligibility requirements to submit his or her affidavit of registration. The affidavit of registration is deemed effective as of the date the affiant will be 18 years of age. This bill would permit the administrator of a high school, or his or her designee, to appoint one or more pupils who are enrolled at that high school to be voter outreach coordinators. This bill would permit a voter outreach coordinator to coordinate voter registration activities on the high school campus that would encourage eligible persons to apply to register to vote by submitting an affidavit of registration. This bill would permit the voter outreach coordinator, with the approval of the administrator or his or her designee, to coordinate other election-related activities on his or her high school campus, as specified.
This measure would designate July 10, 2014, as Journeyman Linemen Recognition Day to honor and recognize the contribution of the countless journeyman linemen who often place themselves in harm's way to serve their communities.
This measure would proclaim June 12, 2014, as Women Veterans' Day and urge all citizens to join in celebrating the many contributions of women to our military forces.
This measure would call on the United States Congress to amend a specified federal law to allow states and their municipalities to determine the best use of public, educational, and government channel support.
