The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act prescribes labeling requirements for containers of alcoholic beverages sold within this state, including those imposed on wines labeled with an American Viticultural Area, as established pursuant to federal law, that is located entirely within specified counties. The act generally provides that a violation of its provisions is a misdemeanor if not otherwise specified. This bill would require any wine bottled on or after January 1, 2023, labeled with an American Viticultural Area that is located entirely within the County of Mendocino to bear the designation "Mendocino County" on the label in specified type sizes that are determined in relation to the size of the container, except as specified. The bill would authorize the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to suspend or revoke the license of a person who violates these provisions, but would otherwise exempt a violation of these provisions from civil or criminal penalties. The bill would also prescribe exceptions to these provisions.
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Existing law authorizes a court to sentence a person convicted of an infraction to perform community service in lieu of the total fine, as defined, that would otherwise be imposed, upon a showing that payment of the total fine would pose a hardship on the defendant or the person's family. This bill would additionally authorize the court to allow a person to participate in educational programs to satisfy community service hours.
Existing law requires a school district to classify a pupil subject to compulsory full-time education who is absent or tardy from school without a valid excuse on a specified number of occasions as a truant and requires the school district to report the pupil to the attendance supervisor or the superintendent of the school district. This bill would require the State Department of Education to establish a grant program to provide key resources to school districts to help them enhance programs to reduce chronic absenteeism of pupils in the state.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes. Various provisions of existing law specifically provide for the acquisition, transfer, and use of property owned by the department. This bill would authorize the department, upon terms, standards, and conditions approved by the California Transportation Commission, to transfer the Blues Beach property located in the unincorporated community of Westport in the County of Mendocino to a qualified nonprofit corporation, which the bill would define as a nonprofit corporation that is organized by one or more California Native American tribes for the purpose of environmental protection. The bill would authorize the department to enter into a cooperative agreement with a qualified nonprofit corporation that is transferred the Blues Beach property to provide funding for future maintenance of the property. The bill would require a nonprofit corporation that is transferred the Blues Beach property to be responsible for the future maintenance of the property, would require the property to only be used for natural habitat purposes, and would require the property to revert to the department if the property is not maintained.
Existing law requires a county probation agency to prepare a case plan for minor wards placed in foster care, and requires a county social worker to create a case plan for foster youth. Existing law requires the case plan to include prescribed components, including, among other things, a description of the type of home or institution in which the minor or child is to be placed, and the reasons for that placement decision. If a short-term residential therapeutic program placement is selected for a minor or child, existing law requires the case plan to indicate the needs of the minor or child that necessitate this placement, the plan for transitioning the minor or child to a less restrictive environment, and the projected timeline by which the minor or child will be transitioned to a less restrictive environment. This bill would, prior to discharge from a short-term residential therapeutic program, require the case plan to include a postdischarge plan for the provision of services and supports for the minor and their placement family for at least 6 months after discharge that considers and identifies resources for the minor's mental health needs, wraparound services, and peer supports, among other things. The bill would require the probation agency or county social worker to develop the plan in consultation with the child and family team and the clinical staff of the short-term residential therapeutic program, and would prohibit extension of the placement at a short-term residential therapeutic program if the sole reason for the extension is the development of the postdischarge plan. By imposing additional duties on county officials, 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.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. 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 the wildfire mitigation plan to include, among other things, protocols for disabling reclosers and deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety. This bill would require an electrical corporation to notify the commission, the Office of Emergency Services, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection of a potential public safety power shutoff, as defined. The bill would also require an electrical corporation, on or before July 1, 2021, to identify and report to the commission at least 15% of its transmission and distribution infrastructure that is most likely to cause a public safety power shutoff and to need grid hardening. The bill would require at least 50% of that infrastructure to be hardened to the extent that a public safety power shutoff is not necessary except in extraordinary circumstances by July 1, 2023, at least 75% of that infrastructure to be hardened to that extent by July 1, 2024, and all of that infrastructure to be hardened to that extent by July 1, 2025. The bill would prohibit an electrical corporation from charging ratepayers for electricity service not provided during a public safety power shutoff. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act, or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission, is a crime. Because the provisions of the bill would be included in the act and would require action by the commission, a violation of which 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.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to establish a procedure to use a nuisance abatement lien or a special assessment to collect abatement costs and related administrative costs, including specified penalties. This bill would, until January 1, 2027, limit any fines or penalties related to nuisance abatement that are collected pursuant to these provisions to violations that apply to vegetation management, weed abatement, or defensible space maintenance. The bill would expressly authorize the legislative body to collect fines for specified violations related to the nuisance abatement using a nuisance abatement lien or a special assessment, and would require the funds collected to be used for specified purposes relating to supporting local enforcement of state and local building and fire code standards. The bill would require the city or county to create a process for granting a hardship waiver to reduce the amount of the fine, upon a specified showing by the responsible person. The bill would require the enforcing entity to provide a reasonable amount of time, as specified, to a person responsible for a continuing violation to correct or remedy the violation prior to the imposition of fines or penalties, except where the violation creates an immediate danger to health or safety.
(1) Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for school districts and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law requires funding pursuant to the local control funding formula to include, in addition to a base grant, supplemental and concentration grant add-ons that are based on the percentage of pupils who are English learners, foster youth, or eligible for free or reduced-price meals, as specified, served by the school district or charter school. Existing law authorizes schools participating in certain federal school meals programs to establish a base year for purposes of calculating the number of pupils at the school who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals by determining each pupil's eligibility status in that base year and using that number to report eligibility for up to each of the following 3 school years. This bill would additionally allow schools participating in those federal school meals programs to establish a base year by carrying over the number of pupils at the school who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals from the school year in which the school applied to use a federal universal school meal provision. (2) Existing law requires a school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide a needy pupil with one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday, and authorizes the school district or county superintendent of schools to use funds available from any federal or state school meals program to comply with that requirement. Existing law sets the reimbursement rates a school receives for free or reduced-price meals sold or served to pupils in elementary, middle, or high schools in the annual Budget Act in prescribed amounts. Existing law generally requires a school district or a county superintendent of schools to provide breakfast and lunch free of charge to all pupils at a very high poverty school, as defined. This bill would provide that, on and after July 1, 2021, a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school that participates in a specified school meal service provision under federal law at a high poverty school, as defined, in its jurisdiction qualifies for supplemental state reimbursement, calculated as prescribed. The bill would require the supplemental state reimbursement to be provided, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in addition to existing state reimbursement for school meals.
This measure would call on the board of directors of both the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation to resign their positions to make way for a board of directors that will support the reformation of the practices and culture of the utility. The measure would also call on the shareholders of the Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation to select a board of directors that will prioritize the utility's duty to provide safe and affordable electricity over its requirement to enrich its shareholders.
The Military Base Reuse Authority Act authorizes a city or county in which a military base is located to establish an authority with specified powers and duties, upon the adoption of appropriate resolutions, to plan for, finance, and manage the transition of, the military base from military to civilian use. The act requires the authority to be governed by a board of directors and authorizes the board to appoint or remove ex officio nonvoting members at its pleasure. This bill would specify that the board is authorized to appoint or remove ex officio nonvoting members at its pleasure, including, but not limited to, representatives from state agencies or campuses of the University of California or the California State University.