This measure would proclaim September 29, 2019, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day.
(1) Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to annually furnish specified information to the Department of Justice regarding the use of force by a peace officer. Existing law requires the Department of Justice, once per year, to update a summary of information contained in the reports received on its internet website. Existing law requires a department or agency that employs peace officers or custodial officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against those officers. This bill would, by no later than January 1, 2021, require each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy that provides guidelines on the use of force, utilizing deescalation techniques and other alternatives to force when feasible, specific guidelines for the application of deadly force, and factors for evaluating and reviewing all use of force incidents, among other things. The bill would require each agency to make their use of force policy accessible to the public. By imposing additional duties on local agencies, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the Department of Justice and requires the commission to adopt rules establishing minimum standards regarding the recruitment of peace officers. Existing law requires the commission to develop guidelines and implement courses of instruction regarding racial profiling, domestic violence, hate crimes, vehicle pursuits, and human trafficking, among others. This bill would require the commission to implement a course or courses of instruction for the regular and periodic training of law enforcement officers in the use of force. The bill would require the commission to develop uniform, minimum guidelines for adoption and promulgation by California law enforcement agencies for the use of force, as specified. The bill would require law enforcement agencies to adopt and promulgate a use of force policy and would state the intent of the Legislature that each law enforcement agency adopt, promulgate, and require regular and periodic training consistent with the agency's policy that complies with the guidelines developed under this bill. This bill would make findings and declarations regarding the intent of the bill, as it pertains to law enforcement agencies' use of force polices, including that those policies may be introduced in legal proceedings and may be considered as a factor in determining the reasonableness of an officer's actions, but do not impose a legal duty on an officer to act in accordance with the policy. (3) 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. (4) This bill would also make its provisions operative contingent on the enactment of Assembly Bill 392 of the 2019–20 Regular Session.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as 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 Bureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel and authorizes any person aggrieved by specified decisions of a licensing authority related to disciplining any license to appeal the licensing authority's written decision to the panel. Existing law regulates the disclosure of personal information by government agencies related to, among others, social security numbers, business records, drivers license numbers, medical information, and credit reporting information. This bill, on and after January 1, 2022, would require the licensing authorities either to post on their internet websites or through the California Cannabis Portal, or to make available at least weekly via LISTSERV in a comma-separated values (.csv) format, as specified, certain information regarding an applicant or a licensee, including specified disciplinary actions taken by a licensing authority or a regulator of another state or jurisdiction. The bill, on and after January 1, 2022, would authorize the licensing authorities to disclose this information by linking to original documents. The bill would prohibit its provisions from being construed as requiring the disclosure of any information that is prohibited from disclosure under any state or federal law. The bill would make related findings and declarations. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
This measure would urge the Congress and the President of the United States to work together to enact the robust bipartisan federal infrastructure legislation necessary to restore California's and other states' crumbling road and freight infrastructure, respond to growing traffic congestion, and increase investment in public transportation, most particularly, by expanding paratransit services for the elderly and those with special needs. The measure would additionally urge the Congress and the President of the United States to address the shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund by restoring the lost purchasing power of the federal fuel tax, in order to provide the long-term funding stability necessary for California and other states.
(1) Existing law provides for licensure and regulation of various financial institutions by the Commissioner of Business Oversight. Existing law, the California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law, provides for the licensure and regulation by the Commissioner of Business Oversight of persons engaged in the business of making or arranging deferred deposit transactions, also known as payday loans, which are transactions whereby a person defers depositing a customer's personal check until a specific date pursuant to a written agreement for a fee or other charge. Existing law, the California Financing Law (CFL) , provides for the licensure and regulation of finance lenders and brokers by the Commissioner of Business Oversight. The act authorizes several exemptions from its provisions. The act also requires specified licensees to make an annual report to the commissioner, as specified. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2020, prohibit a person from engaging in business as a provider, defined as a person engaged in the business of providing wage-based, work-based, or income-based advances without first obtaining a license from the commissioner and would require a provider to comply with certain disclosure requirements. The bill would require a provider to, among other things, deliver funds to a consumer in a manner mutually agreed upon and prohibit the provider from charging certain fees. The bill would require an applicant for a provider license to file with its application financial statements, as specified, that indicate a net worth of at least $250,000. The bill would require a provider to make an annual report to the commissioner containing specified information, including the total number of waged-based, work-based, and income-based advances made and the total number of workers and consumers served. The bill would exempt wage-based, work-based, and income-based advances from specified provisions under state law, including the California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law. This bill would make a person who willfully violates these provisions subject to a fine of not more than $10,000, imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both, as specified. The bill would additionally make a provider subject to a civil suit, as specified. By creating a new crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2023. (2) The CFL prohibits a licensee from placing an advertisement disseminated primarily in this state unless the licensee discloses the license, in the printed or oral text of the advertisement, under which the advertised loan or assessment contract, as applicable, would be made. This bill would authorize the commissioner to exempt, by rule or order, an advertisement from those requirements if the advertising medium limits the characters of an advertisement or otherwise renders compliance with those requirements impracticable. The bill would also make conforming changes to those provisions. (3) The CFL authorizes the commissioner to order a person engaged in business regulated by the CFL without a license to desist and to refrain from engaging in the business and further continuing that violation. This bill would authorize the commissioner to include a claim for ancillary relief, as specified, in an order to desist or refrain. (4) This bill would provide that the provisions of the CFL are severable until January 1, 2023. (5) 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.
The California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, authorizes a city or county to contract with a landowner to limit the use of agricultural land located in an agricultural preserve designated by the city or county. Existing law requires the board of supervisors or city council, as applicable, to adopt rules governing the administration of agricultural preserves, including rules related to compatible uses consistent with specified principles of compatibility. Existing law defines "agricultural preserve" for these purposes to include an area devoted to agricultural use, which is further defined as a use of land for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity for commercial purposes. This bill would provide that industrial hemp, cultivated in accordance with specified law, is an agricultural commodity for these purposes. This bill would authorize these rules to provide that commercial cultivation of cannabis pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act may constitute a compatible use on contracted or noncontracted lands within an agricultural preserve. The bill would state these provisions are declaratory of existing law.
Existing law establishes in each county a county department of agriculture under the control of a county agricultural commissioner. Existing law requires a county agricultural commissioner to compile, and to transmit to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, reports of the condition, acreage, production, and value of the agricultural products in the county. This bill would authorize a county agricultural commissioner to report to the secretary on the condition, acreage, production, and value of cannabis produced in the commissioner's county under a cultivation license issued pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act in a similar manner as required for agricultural products pursuant to the above-described provision. The bill would provide that this data may be organized by categories including, but not limited to, state cultivator license type and other specified categories. The bill would prohibit a county agricultural commissioner from seeking reimbursement from certain funding sources for expenses incurred pursuant to this authority.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law requires each electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, and electrical cooperative to construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment. Existing law requires each electrical corporation to annually prepare a wildfire mitigation plan and to submit its plan to the commission for review and approval, as specified. Existing law requires that an electrical corporation's wildfire mitigation plan include plans for vegetation management. Existing law requires the commission and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to enter into a memorandum of understanding to cooperatively develop consistent approaches and share data related to fire prevention, safety, vegetation management, and energy distribution system. This bill would require the commission to submit a report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature on or before January 6, 2020, that contains specified information relating to high hazard zone fuel.
