Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes the Fair Political Practices Commission, upon mutual agreement between the Commission and the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Bernardino, to have primary responsibility for the impartial, effective administration, implementation, and enforcement of a local campaign finance reform ordinance of the County of San Bernardino, as specified. This bill would repeal the January 1, 2018, sunset date, thereby extending the operation of these provisions indefinitely. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations concerning the need for special legislation. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
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This measure would proclaim October 15, 2016, as California Firefighters Memorial Day.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to establish rules and regulations governing procedures for the expulsion of pupils including, but not limited to, an expulsion hearing and a right to appeal. Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools in counties that operate community schools, in conjunction with superintendents of the school districts within the county, to develop a plan for providing education services to all expelled pupils in that county. This bill would prohibit a school operated by a county office of education from expelling a pupil accused of certain offenses unless the county board of education contracts with the Office of Administrative Hearings or appoints an impartial administrative panel for purposes of an expulsion hearing, as specified. The bill would require that the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian be provided with notice of the hearing, as specified. The bill would authorize a pupil expelled from a school operated by a county office of education to appeal the hearing officer's or the impartial administrative panel's decision to expel to the county board of education. The bill would require the county superintendent of schools or his or her designee, if the county board of education upholds an expulsion, to provide a written notice of the decision to expel, as specified. The bill would also require the plan for providing education services to all expelled pupils in a county that operates one or more community schools to include pupils expelled by the county board of education. By imposing new duties upon county boards of education, 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, 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 these statutory provisions.
Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014 (the act) , provides for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, or related facilities for veterans and their families. Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (bond act) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014, primary election, authorized $600 million in bonds to provide multifamily housing to low-income veterans and supportive housing for homeless veterans, through the act. This bill would require, for all multifamily housing units acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved on or after January 1, 2017, for the purpose of housing veterans, that a percentage of the bond act funds to be used for purposes of the act be reserved for housing for underserved veterans, as defined. The bill would require the percentage of the bond act funds to be determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the California Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development collectively, as specified.
This measure would recognize the legendary career of Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully.
Existing law, the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995, prohibits a business establishment from discriminating against a person because of the person's gender with respect to the price charged for services of similar or like kind and specifies that this prohibition does not apply to price differences based specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of providing the services. This bill would also prohibit a business establishment from discriminating against a person because of a person's gender with respect to the price charged for goods of a substantially similar or like kind, except for food, as defined, or goods sold by a new motor vehicle dealer, as defined. The bill would specify that these exceptions shall not bar or otherwise impact a claim brought under the Unruh Civil Rights Act. The bill would specify that a price difference based specifically on labor, materials, tariffs, or other gender-neutral reasons for having an increased cost of providing the goods is not included within this prohibition. The bill would also specify that a retail establishment is not prohibited from passing through a price to the consumer that is set by a manufacturer, distributor, or other entity that the retailer cannot control.
Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school. These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or, commencing with the 2012–13 school year and continuing until the end of the 2016–17 school year on July 1, 2017, or until the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, career technical education, as specified. This bill would instead require that the coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or, commencing with the 2012–13 school year and continuing until the end of the 2021–22 school year on July 1, 2022, or until the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, career technical education, as specified.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and to adopt procedures for the submission of instructional materials, and provides that instructional materials may be submitted for adoption in specified subject areas every 8 years. This bill would instead provide that instructional materials may be submitted for adoption at least once but no more than twice every 8 years. The bill would require the State Department of Education, before conducting a follow-up adoption, as defined, in a given subject area to post a notice on the department's Internet Web site and notify all publishers or manufacturers known to produce basic instructional materials in that subject area that each publisher and manufacturer choosing to participate in the follow-up adoption shall be assessed a fee, as specified.
This measure would recognize May 2016 as Better Hearing and Speech Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of February 2016 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and would encourage all Californians to observe Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month with programs and activities that raise awareness about teen dating violence.