Existing law establishes the crime of battery against, among other persons, any one of several specified public safety officers, or a physician or nurse rendering emergency medical care, when the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is such a person. The crime is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment when an injury is not inflicted on the victim. This bill would add security officers and custody assistants to those lists of persons against whom the commission of a battery that does not result in an injury to the victim will be punishable by the penalties described above. The bill would define a security officer and a custody assistant for purposes of these provisions, as specified. Because the bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 243 of the Penal Code made by AB 109, which has been chaptered but is not yet operative. The bill would also incorporate additional changes proposed by SB 390 to become operative only if this bill and SB 390 are chaptered and this bill is chaptered last. 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.
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Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the procedures for incorporations and changes of organizations of cities, including procedures for disincorporation. This bill would provide that every city with a population of less than 150 people as of January 1, 2010, would be disincorporated into that city's respective county as of 91 days after the effective date of the bill, unless a county board of supervisors determines, by majority vote within the 90-day period following enactment of these provisions, that continuing such a city within that county's boundaries would serve a public purpose if the board of supervisors determines that the city is in an isolated rural location that makes it impractical for the residents of the community to organize in another form of local governance. The bill would also require the local agency formation commission within the county to oversee the terms and conditions of the disincorporation of the city, as specified. The bill would become operative only if AB 781 of the 2011–12 Regular Session is enacted.
Existing law requires a county welfare department to request a consumer disclosure, pursuant to federal law, on behalf of a youth in a foster care placement in the county when the youth reaches his or her 16th birthday, in order to ascertain whether the youth has been the victim of identity theft. If the consumer disclosure reveals any negative items or evidence that identity theft has occurred, existing law requires the county welfare department to refer the youth to an approved organization that provides services to victims of identity theft. Existing law requires the department to develop a list of approved organizations for this purpose, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association and others. This bill would revise these provisions to require the county welfare department or the State Department of Social Services to ascertain whether identity theft may have occurred under the described circumstances. The bill would authorize the county welfare department and the State Department of Social Services to refer the matter to a governmental agency or nonprofit organization that provides information and assistance to victims of identity theft. The bill would authorize the governmental agency or nonprofit organization to take remedial actions to clear the youth's credit record and to report the results to the county welfare department or the State Department of Social Services. The bill would require the Office of Privacy Protection, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and other specified entities, to develop a list of governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations to which these matters may be referred for assistance in responding to an instance of suspected identity theft.
This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to pursue every means necessary to ensure that the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (CAL-SCHLS) remains viable and would urge the state to pursue federal funding, grants, or other sources to ensure that school districts receive the necessary funding to support the CAL-SCHLS.
Existing law authorizes a state body to conduct teleconference meetings. This bill would authorize a state body, to the extent practicable, to conduct teleconference meetings. This bill would require, upon the request of a member of a state body, a state body to hold an open or closed meeting by teleconference, unless the chair of that state body determines that it would be more costly to hold the meeting by teleconference than it would be to hold it in person. This bill would prohibit a member of a state body from requesting a meeting by teleconference solely because it would be more convenient than holding a meeting in person. This bill would require a state body that operates an Internet Web site to provide a supplemental live audio or video broadcast on the Internet Web site of its board meetings that are open to the public, and would specify that a technical failure to provide a live broadcast would not prohibit the body from meeting and taking actions.
The California Community Care Facilities Act provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, a violation of which is a misdemeanor. This bill would include with the definition of a community care facility an emergency youth shelter facility, as defined, for specified youth at least 12 years of age and under 18 years of age, except as specified, who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations for these facilities by January 1, 2013, as specified. Until the adoption of the regulations, the bill would require the department to grant facilities that satisfy the definition of an emergency youth shelter a waiver for existing licensing standards, under certain circumstances. This bill would allow an emergency youth shelter that is operating under a group home license to apply for an immediate transfer to an emergency youth shelter license, upon adoption of the regulations required under the bill. By expanding the definition of a community care facility, this bill would change the definition of an existing crime, thus creating 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.
(1) Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder, following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, to mail a notice of recordation to the party or parties executing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust within 30 days of the recording of one of those documents. This bill, until January 1, 2015, would modify that authorization to additionally include notice of default or notice of sale, provided by mail by the recorder or a designee of the board, to a party or parties subject to a notice of default or notice of sale of a property, including the occupants of that property, within 5 days, but in any event no more than 20 days, of recordation. If the board of supervisors adopts an authorizing resolution, as specified, the bill would require the County of Los Angeles to submit a report with prescribed information to certain committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2014. (2) Existing law also authorizes the Los Angeles County Recorder to collect a fee for mailing notice of recordation from any party filing a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust, unless that party is a government entity. Existing law prohibits this fee from exceeding the cost of mailing the notice of recordation, not to exceed $7. This bill, until January 1, 2015, would additionally authorize the recorder to collect a fee for notice of recordation from any party other than a government entity that files a notice of default or notice of sale. The bill would also authorize the recorder to use a portion of the collected fee to pay the actual cost of providing information, counseling, and assistance to a person who receives the notice. The bill would authorize administrative costs incurred by the recorder to be included as a portion of the actual costs that comprise the fee, as specified. (3) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.
Existing law requires the Commission on State Mandates to adopt parameters and guidelines for reimbursement of claims by local agencies and school districts for state mandates pursuant to statute. Existing law authorizes a local agency, school district, or the state to file a claim asking the commission to amend, modify, or supplement the parameters or guidelines. Existing law authorizes the request to amend parameters and guidelines to be filed to make specified changes to parameters and guidelines, including amending the boilerplate language, as defined. This bill would provide that any amendment of the boilerplate language that does not increase or decrease the reimbursable costs would be restricted to limiting the eligible filing period commencing with the fiscal year in which the amended parameters and guidelines were adopted. Existing law requires the Commission on State Mandates to submit adopted parameters and guidelines to the Controller. Existing law requires the Controller, within 60 days after receiving the adopted parameters and guidelines from the commission, to issue claiming instructions for each mandate that requires state reimbursement, and within 60 days after receiving amended parameters and guidelines, to prepare and issue revised claiming instructions for state mandates that require state reimbursement that have been established by the commission. This bill would increase the amount of time to within 90 days after receiving the adopted parameters and guidelines or amended parameters and guidelines that the Controller is required to issue claim instructions for each state mandate that requires reimbursement, and to prepare and issue revised claiming instructions for state mandates.
This measure would memorialize the Legislature's support of the proposed federal Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act.
This measure would memorialize the President and the Congress of the United States to renew the commitment to accessible higher education and the support of research in the interest of the nation.