(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining one or more high schools to appoint to its membership one or more pupil members if pupils submit a petition to the governing board to make those appointments, as provided. Existing law requires a pupil member to be recognized as a full member of the governing board of the school district at meetings, including receiving all materials presented to the board members and participating in the questioning of witnesses and the discussion of issues. This bill would specify that a pupil member shall receive all open meeting materials presented to the board members at the same time the materials are presented to the board members and would additionally require a pupil member to be invited to staff briefings of board members or provided a separate staff briefing within the same timeframe as the staff briefing of board members. To the extent that this requirement would impose additional duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 35012 of the Education Code proposed by AB 261 to be operative only if this bill and AB 261 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (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.
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This measure would proclaim the week of September 25, 2017, to October 1, 2017, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourage California citizens to support organizations that help alleviate diaper need.
Existing law regulates the labor relations of employees and employers of public agencies. Existing law grants specified employees of public agencies the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their choosing and requires public agency employers, among other things, to meet and confer with representatives of recognized employee organizations and exclusive representatives on terms and conditions of employment. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and grants it specified powers in connection with public employee labor relations. Existing law described above grants the board the power to hear specified disputes in relation to these provisions and to make determinations regarding them. This bill would authorize the Public Employment Relations Board to grant expedited status for specified matters and generally codify regulations of the board, in this regard, that are currently in effect. This bill would require the board, upon request of an interested party, to grant expedited status for specified matters before the board if the board determines that they meet certain criteria. The bill would require the board to make this determination, and notify the parties, within 120 hours of the time of the filing of the request. For matters granted expedited status, the bill would require the board to reach a conclusion on the matter by a specified deadline and if a party appeals that conclusion, to render a final decision on or before 90 days after the appeal is filed, as specified.
(1) The California Constitution requires that a county charter provide for a governing body of 5 or more members, elected by district, at large, or at large with a requirement that they reside in a district, and provide for the compensation, terms, and removal of members of the governing body. Existing law also requires a general law county to have a board of supervisors consisting of 5 members, and requires, except as provided, each member of the board of supervisors to be elected by the district which the member represents. This measure would, commencing January 1, 2022, in a county that is found at a decennial United States census, beginning with the 2020 United States census, to have a population of more than 5,000,000, require, and deem any applicable law, including a county charter, to require, a governing body consisting of the greater of either 5 members or a sufficient number of members so as to ensure that each member represents a district containing a population equivalent to no more than 2 districts in the United States House of Representatives. The measure would require that the members of the governing body serve for a term of 4 years and limit election to the governing body to no more than 3 terms. The measure would also provide that, in such a county, the expenditures for the governing body and its staff may not exceed, for any subsequent fiscal year after the release of the census finding that the county has a population of more than 5,000,000, the amount that was allocated for the expenses of the governing body and its staff in the county's adopted budget for the fiscal year in which that same census was conducted, unless adjusted as provided. (2) The California Constitution additionally requires that a county charter provide for an elected sheriff, an elected district attorney, an elected assessor, and other officers. This measure would require a county that is found at a decennial United States census, beginning with the 2020 United States census, to have a population of more than 5,000,000, to have an elected county executive. The measure would provide for the election of the county executive to a term of 6 years at a general election, and would limit election to that office to no more than 2 terms. The measure would require the county executive to appoint, supervise, and dismiss any appointed department head, and to appoint the members of county commissions, subject to confirmation by the governing body of the county. The measure would additionally require the county executive to develop and submit the county budget to the governing body, for approval or amendment by that body, and to approve, with or without line-item vetoes, the budget as transmitted back by the governing body. (3) The California Constitution provides that charter counties are subject to statutes that relate to apportioning population of governing body districts. This measure would recast this provision to provide that charter counties are subject to federal, state, and local laws that relate to apportioning population of governing body districts. (4) This measure would also make other technical, nonsubstantive changes. (5) This measure would declare that its provisions are severable.
(1) Existing law prohibits the use of any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility providing water for human consumption, except as specified. Existing law requires, by July 1, 2018, a public water system to compile an inventory of known lead user service lines in use in its distribution system and identify areas that may have lead user service lines in use in its distribution system. This bill would apply the above-described provisions relating to lead user service lines to a community water system, instead of a public water system, and would require, by July 1, 2020, the community water system to provide a timeline for replacement of known lead user service lines in use in its distribution system to the State Water Resources Control Board. The bill, by July 1, 2020, would require a community water system that has identified areas that may have lead user service lines in use in its distribution system to (a) provide to the state board its determination as to whether there are any lead user service lines in use in those areas of its distribution system and provide a timeline to the state board for replacement of those lead use service lines, and (b) provide findings as to whether there are any areas for which it cannot determine the content of the user service lines and a timeline for the replacement of those user service lines. (2) Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, imposes on the state board various responsibilities and duties relating to providing a dependable, safe supply of drinking water. The act prohibits a person from operating a public water system without a permit and requires any person who owns a public water system to ensure that the system, among other things, provides a reliable and adequate supply of pure, wholesome, healthful, and potable water. Existing law authorizes the state board to issue an order, as specified, whenever the state board determines a person has violated or is violating the act. The act provides that a person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in a report submitted, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with the act or who violates an order issued by the state board pursuant to the act that has a substantial probability of presenting an imminent danger to the health of persons may be punished as a misdemeanor. This bill would specifically authorize the state board to apply and enforce these provisions relating to lead user service lines in community water systems under the California Safe Drinking Water Act and would make a violation of a provision in (1) a violation for purposes of the act. Because a misstatement in the above-described compiled inventory would be a crime, and a violation of an order issued by the state board relating to the use of any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free, as specified, would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of a crime. (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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue special license plates, including environmental license plates and specified special environmental design license plates. Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the DMV to sponsor a special license plate program, and the DMV is required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain requirements. The DMV is required to charge specified fees for certain services related to the issuance of those plates. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to apply to sponsor a reproductive freedom license plate program, and would require the DMV to issue the license plates if the State Department of Health Care Services meets certain requirements. The bill would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services to accept and use donated artwork from California artists for the license plate. The bill would require the revenue generated from the license plates, as specified, to be deposited in the California Reproductive Freedom Fund, created by the bill, and to be used, upon appropriation, for the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment program (Family PACT) .
(1) The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and Cal Grant B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law requires that a Cal Grant C award be utilized only for occupational or technical training in a course of not less than 4 months. Existing law also requires that the maximum award amount and the total amount of funding for the Cal Grant C awards be determined each year in the annual Budget Act. This bill would instead set the maximum amount for annual Cal Grant C awards at $2,462. The bill would also provide that, notwithstanding the maximum amount specified in the bill, the maximum amount of a Cal Grant C award could be adjusted in the annual Budget Act for that award year. The bill would delete provisions specifying the duties of the Student Aid Commission in determining areas of occupational or technical training that meet the criteria of the Cal Grant C award program. The bill would instead require the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to annually provide the Student Aid Commission with eligible occupational and technical training programs that meet specified conditions set forth in the bill. The bill would require private or independent postsecondary educational institutions that meet the definition of a "qualifying institution" set forth in a specified provision relating to the Cal Grant Program to provide, at a minimum, occupational or technical training programs that meet specified conditions in order for their Cal Grant C eligible students to receive a Cal Grant C award. The bill would also require the Student Aid Commission to publish, and maintain on its Internet Web site, a current list of the eligible and prioritized occupational and technical training programs that are in demand in each economic and workforce development region, as specified. (2) Existing law authorizes Cal Grant C awards to be used for purposes such as tuition, living expenses, local transportation, and books, among other things. Existing law authorizes Cal Grant B awards to be used only for tuition, student fees, and access costs, and, for purposes of the Cal Grant Program, defines access costs as living expenses, transportation expenses, supplies, and books. This bill would authorize Cal Grant C awards to be used for technology. The bill would also authorize Cal Grant B awards to be used for technology by expanding the definition of access costs to include technology. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.