This measure would designate the month of May 2023 as National Bike Month in California and would encourage Californians to ride bicycles for commuting and recreation, and California cities and counties to make streets safer for cycling.
This measure designates the month of April 2023 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and recognizes April 26, 2023, as "Denim Day" in California.
This measure would recognize May 14, 2023, as the 116th annual Mother's Day and would urge all Californians to recognize, appreciate, and be grateful for the gifts and good works of mothers on that day.
The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to impose a property tax on any type of tangible personal property, shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, and any interest therein not exempt from taxation pursuant to the California Constitution. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature, by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house, to classify such personal property for differential taxation or for exemption. The California Constitution limits taxation of certain specified personal property to no more than 0.4% of the value of such property, and limits the tax rate on personal property to no more than the tax rate on real property in the same jurisdiction. This measure would authorize the Legislature to impose a tax upon all forms of personal property or wealth, whether tangible or intangible, and would require any tax so imposed to be administered and collected by the Franchise Tax Board and the Department of Justice, as determined by the Legislature in statute. The measure would authorize the Legislature to classify any form of personal property or wealth for differential taxation or for exemption by a majority vote. The California Constitution generally prohibits the total annual appropriations subject to limitation of the state and each local government from exceeding the appropriations limit of the entity of government for the prior fiscal year, adjusted for the change in the cost of living and the change in population, and prescribes procedures for making adjustments to the appropriations limit. This measure would remove the limitation on appropriations of the State and of local governments until such time as specified conditions are satisfied. The measure would provide that, upon satisfaction of these specified conditions, the level of appropriations made to achieve those conditions shall be set as the limitation on appropriations.
Existing law, the State Contract Act, governs contracting between state agencies and private contractors, and sets forth requirements for the bidding, awarding, and overseeing of contracts for projects. This bill would establish the High Road Jobs in Transportation-Related Public Contracts and Grants Pilot Program to support the creation of equitable high-quality transportation and related manufacturing and infrastructure jobs. The bill would require a covered public contract, defined as a public contract awarded by the Department of General Services or the Department of Transportation for the acquisition of zero-emission transit vehicles or electric vehicle supply equipment valued at $10,000,000 or more, except as specified, to incorporate high road job standards, as specified. This bill would require high road job standards, that warrant that the contractor and any subcontractors shall satisfy specified requirements, to be material terms of the final contract between the bidder and the relevant public agency. The bill would require the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Department of Transportation, to develop and publish policies, procedures, and requirements applicable to covered public contracts in the State Contracting Manual for the purpose of implementing these provisions. This bill would require, beginning 12 months after an entity is awarded a covered public contract, that the contractor annually submit information necessary to demonstrate its compliance with the specified requirements to the relevant public agency, and before it receives any final payment on a covered public contract, that it submit a final report that demonstrates its compliance with those requirements for the duration of the covered public contract to the relevant public agency. The bill would authorize a relevant public agency to withhold payments to the contractor of up to $10,000 for each missed report if a contractor fails to comply with the reporting requirements until the contractor takes steps to cure the defect, as specified. The bill would authorize a relevant public agency to permanently deduct $10,000 from the final payment, or the full payment, if the amount due is less than $10,000, if, after a specified time period, the contractor refuses to comply with the reporting requirements. The bill would authorize the Department of General Services to prescribe additional or alternative mechanisms for enforcing the reporting requirements described above for covered public contracts awarded pursuant to a master agreement or a master contact agreement. This bill would declare that the state has an interest in rolling out zero-emission transit vehicles as quickly and expeditiously as possible and would require, to protect that interest from interruption due to a labor dispute, a contractor or subcontractor to enter into a labor peace agreement with an organization representing its employees, as specified, if the organization requests a labor peace agreement. This bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2028. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.
