This measure would designate the month of September 2014 as School Attendance Awareness Month, and would encourage public officials, educators, and communities in California to observe the month with appropriate activities and programs.
This measure would declare the week of August 4, 2014, to August 10, 2014, inclusive, as Dropout Recovery Week, and would state that the Legislature intends to encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative assessments, and adequate resources.
This measure would urge the Governor to identify evidence-based solutions to reduce children's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, address the impacts of those experiences, and invest in preventive health care and mental health and wellness interventions.
This measure would acknowledge the history of the Chinese in California, recognize the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and apologize for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
This measure would declare the 3rd week of September 2014, and the 3rd week of September in each subsequent year, as Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week.
Existing law provides that there is a civic center at every community college within the state, and authorizes the governing board of a community college district to grant the use of college facilities or grounds for specified purposes. Existing law limits the amount a community college may charge an entity to use the college facilities or grounds for those purposes to specified costs. Existing law, for use of college facilities or grounds for other purposes, authorizes the governing board of a community college disrict to charge an amount not to exceed its direct costs or not to exceed fair rental value, as those terms are defined, of college facilities and grounds under its control. This bill, until January 1, 2020, would expand the definition of direct costs to include, among other things, the share of costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment proportional to the entity's use of the college facilities or grounds. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt, regulations to be used by a community college district in determining the proportionate share and the specific allowable costs to be included as direct costs for use of its college facilities or grounds. The bill would make other related changes.
Existing law authorizes a person to manufacture beer or wine for personal or family use without the need for a license or permit, as provided. Existing law authorizes the removal of beer or wine from the premises where made for personal or family use, for specified purposes, including at bona fide competitions or exhibitions. Existing law also authorizes these products to be removed from the premises when donated to a nonprofit organization for sale at a fundraising event, but excludes from this authorization nonprofit organizations that either promote home brewing or home winemaking or that are primarily composed of home brewers or home winemakers, as specified. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of any of its provisions for which another penalty or punishment is not specifically provided is a misdemeanor. This bill would permit the removal and use of home brewed beer or homemade wine in connection with a bona fide competition or judging or a bona fide exhibition or tasting. The bill would also allow nonprofit organizations that promote home brewing to serve beer at fundraising events subject to specified conditions, including requiring an educational component to the event and limiting the nonprofit organization to 2 of these types of events that serve beer pursuant to this authorization per year. The bill would require this beer or wine to be served within a clearly identified area that has a physical barrier with a monitored point of entry and would prohibit commercial manufacturers from selling beer or wine in this area. By expanding the definition of an existing 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 prohibits a person, except a person licensed as a talent agent and other specified persons, from representing or providing specified services to artists who are minors, under 18 years of age, unless he or she submits to the Labor Commissioner an application for a Child Performer Services Permit and receives that permit. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to maintain a list of all persons holding a valid Child Performer Services Permit issued under the above-described provisions and make this list publicly available on its Internet Web site. Existing law provides for penalties for persons who violate these provisions, enforceable by persons injured, and by specified public entities authorized to seek remedies that include misdemeanor criminal penalties. This bill would require any person with a valid Child Performer Services Permit to include the permit number on advertising in print or electronic media, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, or on any other medium of advertising. By imposing new requirements on permit recipients, and thereby changing the definition of 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.
This measure would declare August 2014 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
