Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs, among other things, the procedures for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal specific administrative regulations to assess the potential for adverse economic impact on California business enterprises and individuals. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation that is not a major regulation or that is a major regulation proposed prior to November 1, 2013, to prepare an economic impact assessment, as specified, that addresses, among other things, the creation or elimination of jobs within the state. Existing law requires a state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation, on or after November 1, 2013, to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis in the manner prescribed by the Department of Finance that addresses, among other things, the creation or elimination of jobs within the state. This bill, among other things, would delete the requirement that a state agency prepare an economic impact assessment for proposed changes to a major regulation proposed prior to November 1, 2013, and would instead require a state agency to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis for proposed changes to all major regulations. The bill would require that the economic impact assessment and the standardized regulatory impact analysis also include identification of each regulation adopted within 10 years prior to the date of the proposed regulations when the prior adopted regulations are located in the same title or division as the proposed regulations and include a brief summary of any economic impact analysis previously performed with regard to those regulations. Existing law requires each state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal a major regulation on or after November 1, 2013, and that has prepared a standardized regulatory impact analysis to submit the analysis to the Department of Finance upon completion. This bill would require that the state agency also conspicuously post the standardized regulatory impact assessment on its internet website within 24 hours of submitting it to the department. Existing law requires the department, prior to November 1, 2013, in consultation with the Office of Administrative Law and other state agencies, to adopt regulations for conducting a standardized regulatory impact analysis, as specified. This bill would require the department to permanently post a copy of each standardized regulatory impact analysis on its internet website within 10 days of receipt.
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Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. That act requires the establishment of a local workforce development board in each local workforce development area of the state to, among other things, carry out analyses of the economic conditions in the local region. This bill would create the California Labor Injustice Mitigation and Adjustment (CLIMA) Act Initiative for the purpose of providing services to individuals who have historically faced barriers to employment and whose economic security will be challenged by the implementation of environmental mitigation measures, as specified. The bill would create the CLIMA Account within the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Fund, the moneys in which account would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of the initiative, which would be implemented contingent upon the California Workforce Development Board notifying the Department of Finance that a sufficient appropriation has been made. The bill would require the California Workforce Development Board to develop criteria for the selection of grant recipients, including local workforce boards, and would specify the contents of grant applications, mandatory grant elements, and eligible grant activities. The bill would require grantees to provide all necessary information to facilitate grant performance evaluation. The bill would authorize the board to develop policies necessary to ensure that grants awarded from the fund are for activities that are consistent with the intent of the initiative. Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, requires each local workforce development board to develop and submit to the Governor a comprehensive 4-year local plan that contains various strategic planning elements, including, among other things, a description of the workforce development system in the local area that identifies the programs that are included in that system. This bill would require the local board, for the purpose of creating a local plan adopted on or after January 1, 2022, to consider the economic impact of the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and other governmental actions taken to restrict groundwater pumping and to limit surface water supplies, and to identify groups of individuals who have historically faced employment barriers and whose employment could be limited or eliminated due to restrictions on access to water supplies. Because the bill would require local agencies to perform additional duties, 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.
Under existing law, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, if they intentionally distribute an image that was intended to remain private of the intimate body parts of another or of the person depicted engaged in a sex act, as specified. Existing law requires prosecution for this offense to be commenced within one year after commission of the offense. This bill would instead allow prosecution for this offense to commence within one year of the discovery of the commission of the offense.
Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to which the Department of Housing and Community Development provides loans to pay specified costs of housing projects that meet specified criteria. Existing law requires the loans to be provided using a project selection process that, among other things, evaluates projects for funding based on weighted underwriting and evaluative criteria that give consideration to projects that meet certain criteria, including whether the project services households at the lowest income levels, as specified. This bill would include among the evaluative criteria whether the projects allocate 25% of units for individuals with disabilities who receive regional center services or in-home supportive services.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes, among other funds related to telecommunications, the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the CASF to encourage the deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. Existing law requires the commission to approve infrastructure projects supported by expenditures from the fund that provide last-mile broadband access to households that are unserved by an existing facilities-based broadband provider. This bill would establish the Rural Broadband and Emergency Infrastructure Grant Act of 2020 to ensure that all California fairgrounds are equipped with adequate broadband and telecommunications infrastructure to support local, regional, and state emergency and disaster response personnel and systems. The bill would, upon appropriation, require the Department of Technology, Department of Food and Agriculture, Public Utilities Commission, California Broadband Council, and Office of Emergency Services to jointly develop the Rural Broadband and Emergency Infrastructure Grant Program to provide each California fairground with grant moneys to support broadband and telecommunications infrastructure deployment.
Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, establishes the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public higher education in the state. The provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable. The act prohibits campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of a veteran, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand tuition-free and tuition assistance programs for spouses of veterans.
Existing law establishes within the Department of Housing and Community Development the California Housing Finance Agency and provides that the primary purpose of the agency is to meet the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a program for first-time homebuyers.
Existing law establishes the Office of Administrative Law and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the review and approval of regulations proposed for adoption by state agencies. Existing law requires the office to maintain a link on its internet website to the internet website of the Small Business advocate. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
The Personal Income Tax Law, beginning on or after January 1, 2015, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows an earned income tax credit against personal income tax, and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability, to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, as specified. The Personal Income Tax Law allows a refundable young child tax credit against the taxes imposed under that law, for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, in an amount equal to $1,176 multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, not to exceed $1,000 per each qualified taxpayer per taxable year and requires amounts of this credit in excess of the qualified taxpayer's tax liability to be paid to the qualified taxpayer from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill, under the Personal Income Tax Law, would additionally allow a refundable child poverty tax credit against the taxes imposed under that law, for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, in an amount equal to either (1) $2,940 multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for qualified taxpayers, as defined, residing in a "Region 1" county on the last day of the taxable year, not to exceed $2,500 per each qualified taxpayer per taxable year, or (2) $2,353 multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor for qualified taxpayers, as defined, residing in a "Region 2" county on the last day of the taxable year, not to exceed $2,000 per each qualified taxpayer per taxable year, as specified. The bill would require amounts of this credit in excess of the qualified taxpayer's tax liability to be paid to the qualified taxpayer from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would specify that the credit is only operative for taxable years for which resources are authorized in the annual Budget Act for the Franchise Tax Board to oversee and audit returns associated with the earned income tax credit.
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law creates a rebuttable presumption that specified injuries sustained in the course of employment of a specified member of law enforcement or a specified first responder arose out of and in the course of employment. This bill would define "injury," for a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases and musculoskeletal injuries. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would extend these presumptions for specified time periods after the hospital employee's termination of employment. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.