Sen. Jerry Hill

Existing law grants the authority to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities to the State Department of Health Care Services. Under existing law, no person or entity may operate such a facility without licensure by the department. This bill would require the department to adopt specified standards for these facilities as minimum requirements for licensure. The bill would authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific this requirement by means of plan or provider bulletins or similar instructions until regulations are adopted and would require the department to adopt the regulations by January 1, 2023.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including common carriers. The Public Utilities Act, with certain exceptions, requires that a passenger stage corporation, as defined, obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commission to operate on any public highway in the state. The act authorizes the executive director of the commission to make application to the superior court for an order enjoining certain acts or practices violating the requirements of the act or any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement issued pursuant to those requirements, or for an order directing compliance. The act authorizes the superior court to grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, including an order allowing vehicles used for subsequent operations subject to the order to be impounded at the passenger stage corporation's expense and subject to release only by subsequent court order following a petition to the court by the defendant or owner of the vehicle. This bill would authorize the commission to contract with the Department of the California Highway Patrol or a sheriff to assist in enforcement of an order to impound a vehicle of a passenger stage corporation and would prohibit any costs incurred by the commission for that assistance from being assigned to the carrier as an expense of impound. (2) Charter-party carriers of passengers, as defined, are subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission under the Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act. The act requires a charter-party carrier of passengers to obtain from the commission a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the operation, or a permit issued by the commission, to operate within the state on a prearranged basis, as defined, prohibits operation unless there is displayed on the vehicle a distinctive identifying symbol prescribed by the commission showing the classification to which the carrier belongs, and complying with accident liability protection requirements. The act authorizes the executive director to make application to the superior court for an order enjoining certain acts or practices violating the requirements of the act or any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement issued pursuant to those requirements, or for an order directing compliance. The act authorizes the superior court to grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, including an order allowing vehicles used for subsequent operations subject to the order to be impounded at the charter-party carrier's expense and subject to release only by subsequent court order following a petition to the court by the defendant or owner of the vehicle. This bill would authorize the commission to contract with the Department of the California Highway Patrol or a sheriff to assist in enforcement of an order to impound a vehicle of a charter-party carrier of passengers and would prohibit any costs incurred by the commission for that assistance from being assigned to the carrier as an expense of impound.

The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act defines a transportation network company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles. The act also defines a participating driver or driver as any person who uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers. A violation of the act or a rule of the Public Utilities Commission with regard to charter-party carriers is generally a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 3 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Existing rules of the Public Utilities Commission require a transportation network company to allow passengers to indicate whether they require a wheelchair-accessible vehicle or a vehicle otherwise accessible to individuals with disabilities and requires the transportation network company to submit a specified report to the Public Utilities Commission detailing the number and percentage of their customers who requested accessible vehicles and how often the transportation network company was able to comply with requests for accessible vehicles. This bill would require the commission, as part of its regulation of transportation network companies (TNCs) , to establish a program in a new or existing proceeding relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities, including wheelchair users who need a wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) . As part of the program, the bill would require the commission, by January 1, 2019, to begin conducting workshops with stakeholders in order to determine community WAV demand and WAV supply and to develop and provide recommendations regarding specified topics for programs for on-demand services and partnerships. The bill would require each TNC, by July 1, 2019, to pay on a quarterly basis to the commission an amount equivalent to, at a minimum, $0.05 for each TNC trip completed using the TNC's online-enabled application or platform that originates in one of the geographic areas selected by the commission for inclusion in the program and would authorize the commission to adjust that fee in each geographic area to different levels based on the cost of providing adequate WAV service within the geographic area. The bill would exempt a TNC from payment of the fee in a geographic area if the TNC meets the level of WAV service designated by the commission for that geographic area, as specified, and would require the commission to reduce the amount of money a TNC is required to pay if it meets certain requirements. The bill would require moneys collected by the commission to be deposited in the TNC Access for All Fund, which the bill would create, and would continuously appropriate moneys deposited in the fund to the commission for purposes of the program. The bill would require the commission to distribute funds from the TNC Access for All Fund on a competitive basis to access providers that establish on-demand transportation programs or partnerships to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in the geographic areas selected by the commission. The bill would require the commission to authorize no more than 2% of existing funds collected from TNCs and deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account to be distributed to accessibility advocates who provide a substantial contribution to the proceeding, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the commission to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2024, on the compliance with these provisions and on the effectiveness of the on-demand transportation programs or partnerships funded pursuant to these provisions. The bill would authorize the commission to hire an independent entity to administer the program and to complete the report to the Legislature. This bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2026. Because a violation of the rules adopted by the commission would be a crime, this 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.

(1) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law prescribes the annual fees to be charged for each type of license. Existing law requires the department to collect an annual surcharge of $5 in addition to these fees, for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, to be used for the Department of the California Highway Patrol's Designated Driver Program upon appropriation. This bill would increase this surcharge to $10 and would require the Department of California Highway Patrol to prioritize the expenditure of funds received from the imposition of the surcharge for the California Highway Patrol's Designated Driver Program's outreach and education activities in, and adjacent to, individual events or venues, as specified. (2) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, prohibits a licensee from giving a premium, gift, or free goods in connection with the sale and distribution of any alcoholic beverage, except as provided. Existing law authorizes a beer manufacturer, as defined, to provide consumers free or discounted rides, as specified, for the purpose of furthering public safety, but prohibits the beer manufacturer from conditioning a free or discounted ride upon the purchase of an alcoholic beverage. Existing law prohibits a beer and wine wholesaler from directly or indirectly underwriting, sharing in, or contributing to, the costs of free or discounted rides or from serving as an agent of a beer manufacturer to provide free or discounted rides to consumers. Unless otherwise specified, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would also authorize a distilled spirits manufacturer, as defined, to provide consumers free or discounted rides, as specified, for the purpose of furthering public safety, and would prohibit the distilled spirits manufacturer from conditioning a free or discounted ride upon the purchase of an alcoholic beverage. The bill would prohibit a distilled spirits importer general, as described, from directly or indirectly underwriting, sharing in, or contributing to, the costs of free or discounted rides or from serving as an agent of a distilled spirits manufacturer to provide free or discounted rides to consumers. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 25600 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 3264 to be operative only if this bill and AB 3264 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exempt from taxation, in whole or in part, property that is used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes, and is owned or held in trust by a nonprofit entity. Pursuant to this constitutional authority, existing law partially exempts from property taxation property used exclusively for rental housing and related facilities, if specified criteria are met, including, except in the case of a limited partnership in which the managing general partner is a nonprofit corporation eligible for the exemption, that 90% or more of the occupants of the property are lower income households whose rents do not exceed the rent limits prescribed by a specified law. Existing law limits the total exemption amount allowed to a taxpayer, with respect to a single property or multiple properties for any fiscal year on the sole basis of the application of this criterion, to $10,000,000 of tax. This bill would increase the total exemption amount allowed from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 in assessed value with respect to lien dates occurring on and after January 1, 2019. The bill would require any outstanding qualified ad valorem property tax in excess of the $10,000,000 limitation, and related interest or penalty, which was levied or imposed on and after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2019, with respect to qualified property for which a qualified claim was filed, to be canceled to the extent that the amount canceled does not result in a total assessed value exemption amount in excess of $20,000,000 being allowed to a qualified taxpayer with respect to a single property or multiple properties for any fiscal year. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2019, prohibit an escape assessment from being levied on qualified property if that amount would be subject to cancellation pursuant to this bill. By adding to the duties of local tax officials, this 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 requires the state to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding those provisions, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill.

(1) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law establishes specified types of alcoholic beverage licenses and prescribes the rights and duties of the respective licensees. Existing law prohibits a person without the appropriate license from exercising a privilege or performing any act for which the license is required, and a violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a craft distiller's license that authorizes the manufacture of distilled spirits, subject to specified conditions, including that the licensee manufacture no more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per fiscal year, excluding brandy the craft distiller manufactures or has manufactured for it. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing a craft distiller's license to any person that manufactures or has manufactured for them more than 100,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, or to any officer, director, employee, or agent of that person, or to any person who is affiliated with that person. A craft distiller is also authorized to sell up to 2.25 liters of prepackaged containers of the licensee's spirits per day per consumer to a person attending these tastings. This bill would increase the maximum amount of distilled spirits that a craft distiller is permitted to manufacture to 150,000 gallons. The bill would prohibit the department from issuing a craft distiller's license to any person that manufactures or has manufactured for it more than 150,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year, as described above. The bill would also eliminate the requirement that the prepackaged containers of the licensee's spirits described above, be sold only to a person attending these tastings. The bill would make a conforming change in connection with tastings. (2) Existing law makes it a crime for various alcoholic beverage licensees to deliver undenatured ethyl alcohol or other distilled spirits in packages of more than one gallon for use in the trades, professions, or industries, unless the package is plainly labeled, as specified. This bill would apply these provisions to craft distillers. (3) Existing law authorizes various alcoholic beverage licensees, including distilled spirits manufacturers, to serve and provide food, beverages, and entertainment at conventions and trade shows of bona fide trade associations and to advertise in regular publications of specified trade associations, among other things. Existing law authorizes various alcoholic beverage licensees, including distilled spirits manufacturers, to provide instruction and to conduct courses on their respective beverages for licensees and to provide beverages in this context. Existing law provides a similar authorization to provide instructional tasting events to consumers and prescribes a variety of limits and conditions in this regard, including restrictions on the number and size of tastings, who may serve them, and how often they may be conducted. This bill would extend the authorizations described above to craft distillers. (4) Existing law provides that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act does not prohibit various alcoholic beverage licensees, including distilled spirits manufacturers, from giving or selling beverages, as specified, to certain charities and prescribes conditions in this regard. This bill would apply these provisions to craft distillers. This bill would also make technical and conforming changes. (5) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 25503.56 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2452 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2452 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 25503.9 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 1986 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1986 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (6) By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (7) 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, until January 1, 2019, establishes the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the bureau to license and regulate professional fiduciaries. Existing law prescribes specified qualifications, including education and work experience, for licensure as a professional fiduciary. Existing law requires the licensee to initially, and annually thereafter, file with the bureau a statement under penalty of perjury as to whether, among other things, he or she has been removed for cause as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative. Existing law requires the bureau to maintain specified information in the licensee's file, including whether the licensee has ever been removed for cause or resigned as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative and requires the bureau to make this information available to a court for any purpose. Existing law requires the bureau to investigate the actions of a professional fiduciary upon receipt of a complaint from any person. This bill would extend the operation of the bureau to January 1, 2023. The bill would expand the work experience requirements to qualify for licensure as a professional fiduciary and would require a licensee to additionally include in his or her statement, filed under penalty of perjury, whether he or she has been removed for cause as an agent under a durable power of attorney for health care or as an agent under a durable power of attorney for finances. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would also require the bureau to maintain in the licensee's file, among other things, the licensee's current principals under a durable power of attorney for healthcare or finances and whether the licensee has ever been removed for cause or resigned, as provided, as an agent under a durable power of attorney for health care or as an agent under a durable power of attorney for finances. The bill would prohibit a licensee, as specified, from billing a client, or imposing a fee on the estate or trust of a client, for responding to a complaint filed with the bureau against the licensee. 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 provides for state cooperation with the federal government in the construction of specified flood control projects, and prescribes requirements to be met prior to state authorization of flood management projects that receive state financial aid. This bill would authorize the state to provide subvention funds, as prescribed, to the Santa Clara Valley Water District for the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project for flood control in areas along the south San Francisco Bay in the County of Santa Clara, as described, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature upon the recommendation and advice of the Department of Water Resources and upon a determination by the department that the project meets specified financial aid requirements. The bill would provide that the state assumes no liability for damages that may result from the project by authorizing the provision of subvention funds, or by the appropriation of those subvention funds, as specified.

(1) Existing law provides that no person shall use a vessel to take, possess, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes using Dungeness crab traps without a Dungeness crab vessel permit. Existing law sets forth the qualifications for initial issuance of a permit, including a person's history of participating in the Dungeness crab fishery before the establishment of the permit program, provides that one category of permit issued pursuant to those provisions shall become null and void upon the death of the permittee, and provides a penalty for submitting false information in connection with initial issuance of the permit. Existing law provides for renewal of a permit. Existing law requires the owner of a permitted vessel to transfer the permit upon sale to the person purchasing the vessel. Existing law authorizes the owner of a permitted vessel to transfer the permit to a replacement vessel of equivalent capacity and authorizes a one-time transfer of the permit to a larger vessel that is 5 feet, 10 feet, or up to 20 feet longer, as provided, in length overall than the originally permitted vessel. This bill would delete the provisions relating to the initial issuance of a permit, except for the provision that makes one category of permit null and void upon the death of the permittee. The bill would prohibit issuance of a new, original Dungeness crab vessel permit and provide that a permit may only be issued pursuant to renewal or transfer of an existing permit. The bill would define the length overall of a vessel as the horizontal distance between the forward-most and after-most points on the hull, without including attachments fixed to the stern and bow. The bill would prohibit the transfer of a permit upon sale if the vessel is more than 5 feet longer in length overall than the baseline length on the permit, as specified. For transfer of a permit to a larger vessel, the bill would provide for the greater length overall to be determined in relation to the baseline length on the permit instead of the length overall of the originally permitted vessel. Under the bill, the baseline length on the permit would be either the length overall of the originally permitted vessel, as originally documented on the permit, or the current length overall of the current vessel, if the permitholder submits to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, on or before March 31, 2020, a survey reflecting a greater current length overall than the originally documented length. (2) Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council and requires the council to, among other things, coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations. Existing law requires the council to make a grant, upon appropriation of funding by the Legislature, for the development and administration of a Dungeness crab task force. Existing law requires the task force, among other things, to review and evaluate Dungeness crab management measures, with the objective of making initial recommendations by January 15, 2015, and final recommendations by January 15, 2017, related to the Dungeness crab fishery to the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Fish and Game Commission. Existing law requires the Director of Fish and Wildlife to adopt a program for Dungeness crab trap limits for all California permits and establishes a procedure for initial implementation of the program after submission of the proposed program to, and review by, the Dungeness crab task force. Existing law requires the director to make specified allocations of crab trap tags under the program. Existing law establishes procedures for a Dungeness crab permitholder to submit, by March 31, 2014, an appeal to increase a trap tag allocation and to apply for waiver of appeal fees. Existing law also establishes appeal procedures to reduce, instead of increase, a trap tag allocation. Existing law requires participants in the program to pay a $5 crab trap tag fee and a $1,000 crab trap limit fee, as provided. Existing law creates the Dungeness Crab Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, and requires the fees collected to be deposited in that account, to be used by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for administering and enforcing the program. This bill would require the task force to make recommendations related to the Dungeness crab fishery by January 15, 2022, and by January 15 of every third year thereafter through 2028. The bill would delete the provisions establishing procedures for initial implementation of the program, for applying for waiver of appeal fees, and for submission of an appeal to reduce a trap tag allocation. The bill would require that, in each fiscal year through the 2029 fiscal year, after allocation of funding to the department from the Dungeness Crab Account, $150,000, if available, of the amount remaining in the account be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Ocean Protection Council to support the administration and facilitation of the Dungeness crab task force. (3) Under existing law, the Dungeness crab task force is comprised of 27 members, including 10 nonelected voting and nonvoting members representing the Department of Fish and Wildlife, University of California Sea Grant, sport fishing interests, crab processing interests, commercial passenger fishing vessel interests, and nongovernmental organization interests, as specified, and 17 voting members elected in specified ports to represent commercial fishery interests in those ports at specified production levels. This bill would provide for the representatives of the department and University of California Sea Grant to be appointed by the department and University of California Sea Grant, respectively, and for the remaining nonelected members to be appointed by the Ocean Protection Council following a public solicitation for nominations. The bill would make one of the 2 members representing sport fishing interests a nonvoting member. The bill would revise the number of elected members representing commercial fishery interests in each port and would specify the number of elected members representing upper production levels or lower production levels, or both, in each port based on the total number of elected members representing the port. The bill would provide for elections to be held every 3 years in each port, on a staggered basis across ports, in coordination with the department or council and with support from an administrative team of the task force. The bill would provide for the appointment of alternates and would specify procedures in case a member's position becomes vacant. (4) Existing law prohibits a person from taking, possessing onboard, or landing Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from a vessel in specified waters, including, respectively, ocean waters in certain California fish and game districts, ocean waters south of the border between Oregon and California, ocean waters north of the border between Oregon and California, or ocean waters off Washington, Oregon, or California, for 30 days after the opening of the Dungeness crab fishing season in those waters if the opening of Dungeness crab season has been delayed in those waters and the same vessel was used to take, possess, or land Dungeness crab in specified waters outside of those respective waters. Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to revoke the Dungeness crab vessel permit of any person who violates these provisions. This bill would instead prohibit a person from taking, possessing onboard, or landing Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from a vessel in any ocean waters, regardless of the location of those waters, until 30 days after the opening of those waters for the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season, if the opening of those waters for the season has been delayed and the same vessel was used to take, possess, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from ocean waters outside of the delayed waters. The bill would specify the circumstances in which a delay has occurred for the purposes of this provision. (5) Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to order a delay in the opening of the Dungeness crab fishery after December 1 in Fish and Game Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 in any year, through a date no later than January 15, pending the outcome of quality tests. Existing law prohibits these quality tests from being conducted after January 1. This bill would instead authorize quality tests to be conducted through January 15. (6) Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to order the closure of any waters or otherwise restrict the taking under a fishing license in state waters of any species of fish if the Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, in consultation with the State Public Health Officer, determines that the species or subspecies of fish is likely to pose a human health risk from high levels of toxic substances. Existing law provides for the Director of Fish and Wildlife, upon receiving notification from the Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment that a human health risk no longer exists and a request to reopen those waters, to reopen those waters in a manner that promotes a fair and orderly fishery. Existing law authorizes crab traps to be set and baited 64 hours before the opening date of the commercial Dungeness crab season in Fish and Game Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9, and 18 hours before the opening date of commercial Dungeness crab season in other fish and game districts. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation with the Dungeness crab task force, to develop regulations as necessary to provide for the retrieval of lost or abandoned commercial crab traps, and to establish a retrieval permit program as part of those regulations. This bill would authorize the Director of Fish and Wildlife, if there is a delay in the opening of any waters for Dungeness crab season pursuant to these provisions, to further delay opening those waters in order to provide 72-hours notice before a gear setting period. The bill would provide that if, with 72-hours notice, the gear setting period would begin on a federal holiday, a state holiday, the day before Thanksgiving Day, December 24, or December 31, the director may delay opening those waters for the additional time that is necessary to begin the gear setting period on the next day that is not one of those days. The bill would clarify that it is unlawful to take any fish from any waters closed pursuant to these provisions or to otherwise violate any restriction on take imposed pursuant to these provisions. This bill would require all Dungeness crab traps to be removed from state waters by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the applicable commercial Dungeness crab season. (7) Existing law requires the Director of Fish and Wildlife to convene a Dungeness crab review panel for the purpose of reviewing Dungeness crab vessel permit applications and permit transfer applications. This bill would repeal those provisions. (8) Existing law provides that the above-described provisions, and certain other related provisions, except for the provisions in paragraph (6) relating to fishery closure and initial gear setting, shall become inoperative on April 1, 2019, and, as of January 1, 2020, are repealed. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions, except for the provisions relating to a Dungeness crab review panel and retrieval of lost or abandoned commercial crab traps. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on April 1, 2029, and repeal them as of January 1, 2030. (9) Under existing law, except as expressly provided otherwise, any violation of the Fish and Game Code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under the code, is a misdemeanor. Because this bill would extend the operation of the Dungeness crab vessel permit program and thereby the crimes imposed for a violation of those provisions, and impose additional requirements the violation of which may be crimes, the bill would create a state-mandated local program by creating new crimes. (10) 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. (11) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency, within the Department of Housing and Community Development, with a primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income. Existing law, among other officers within the agency, provides for a director of enterprise risk management and compliance with specified duties related to the development of new programs or changes to existing law or regulations that may result in new or increased risk to the agency. Existing law requires that the board of directors of the agency establish the compensation of key exempt management positions in the agency's annual budget, as provided. This bill, with respect to the compensation of those key exempt management positions, would include the director of enterprise risk management and compliance and the risk manager among those positions, and would delete obsolete references.