This measure would declare the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
This measure would recognize April 2010 as County Government Month.
This measure would establish, until January 1, 2014, the California Task Force on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the purpose of promoting the improvement of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology education across the state. The task force would consist of Members of the Legislature and experts appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules. The task force would conduct its business on a volunteer basis, be able to accept private funds, and would submit an annual report on its work to the Legislature.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution prohibit the Legislature from making any gift of public money or thing of value to any person, and this prohibition applies to local government. Existing law specifies the duties of various local officials. This bill would prohibit a local official, subject to specified exceptions, from making available to an immediate family member, as defined, a vehicle or credit card provided by the local agency that the local official represents.
Existing law establishes the California Water Commission in the Department of Water Resources. Under existing law, the commission consists of 9 members who are appointed to 4-year terms by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Existing law requires the terms of the 7 members in office as of January 1, 1958, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1958, 2 members on January 15, 1959, 2 members on January 15, 1960, and 2 members on January 15, 1961. Existing law requires the terms of the 2 members added to the commission after January 1, 1959, to expire as follows: one member on January 15, 1962, and one member on January 15, 1963. Thereafter, the successors to the members of the commission are required to be appointed for terms of 4 years. This bill, with respect to the term of any member of the commission whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate by January 1, 2011, and who is serving a term that is unexpired as of January 1, 2011, would change the expiration date of those terms to May 14, 2014. The bill, commencing on May 14, 2014, would require members succeeding to these terms to be appointed to the unexpired terms as specified by existing law. The bill would also make conforming changes to existing law.
This measure would proclaim May 12, 2010, as California Lab Day.
This measure would designate the 2nd week of October 2010, and annually thereafter, as Disability History Week, and would encourage public and private institutions of higher education, state and local agencies, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and private businesses and corporations to observe Disability History Week by dedicating appropriate classroom instructional time or by coordinating all-inclusive activities to be conducted during that week to afford opportunities for students and the general public to learn more about the disability community and to celebrate and honor its role in contemporary American society.
This measure would declare the Legislature's support for the observance of "Spirit of '45 Day" on the second Sunday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.
This measure would recognize each 2nd week of February hereafter as African American Mental Health Awareness Week.
Existing law designates specified days as having special significance, and specifies how the days of special significance should be observed in public elementary and secondary schools and educational institutions. This bill would repeal and recast these provisions. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to Ronald Reagan. This bill would designate February 6 of each year as Ronald Reagan Day, and would encourage public schools and educational institutions to engage in exercises remembering the life of Ronald Reagan, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event. This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
