Existing law makes it a crime to possess for sale or purchase for purpose of sale, transport, sell, furnish, administer, give away, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare various controlled substances, including, among others, fentanyl, peyote, and various other opiates and narcotics. This bill would require a person who is convicted of, or who pleads guilty or no contest to, the above crimes to receive a written advisory of the danger of manufacturing and distribution of controlled substances and that, if a person dies as a result of that action, the manufacturer or distributor can be charged with murder. The bill would require that the fact the advisory was given be on the record and recorded on the abstract of conviction.
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Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, vests the authority to regulate and control the design and improvement of subdivisions in the legislative body of a local agency, and sets forth procedures governing the local agency's processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval, and filing of tentative, final, and parcel maps, and the modification thereof. The act generally requires a subdivider to file a tentative map or vesting tentative map with the local agency, as specified, and the local agency, in turn, to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map within a specified time period. The act requires an approved tentative map or vesting tentative map to expire 24 months after its approval, or after an additional period of time prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed 12 months. However, the act extends the expiration date of certain approved tentative maps and vesting tentative maps, as specified. This bill would authorize the County of Riverside to extend the expiration date, by up to 24 months, of any approved tentative map or parcel map that meets certain criteria, including that it was approved on or after January 1, 2009, and not later than March 31, 2022, and that it relates to the construction of single or multifamily housing, as specified. The bill would also require any legislative, administrative, or other approval by any state agency that pertains to a development project included in a map that is extended pursuant to these provisions to be extended by 24 months, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Riverside.
(1) Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (CESA) , among other things, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected or likely to be affected thereby if (1) the Governor finds that certain conditions exist and (2) the Governor either is requested to do so by specified local officials or finds that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. Upon the proclamation of a state of emergency, the CESA authorizes the Governor to exercise various, specified powers, including the power to promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations that the Governor deems necessary. The CESA also authorizes the governing body of any city, county, or city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, as provided. During a local emergency, the CESA authorizes the governing body of a political subdivision, or officials designated by the governing body, to promulgate orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property, including orders or regulations imposing a curfew within designated boundaries where necessary to preserve the public order and safety. This bill would enact the Emergency Power Limitation Act. The bill would require an emergency order, as defined, to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling public health or safety purpose and limited in duration, applicability, and scope. The bill would authorize any person to bring an action to invalidate or enjoin enforcement of an emergency order that is allegedly unlawful. The bill would prohibit a state agency from issuing an emergency order that infringes on an express constitutional right, as defined, in a nontrivial manner, and would require that an emergency order issued by the Governor that infringes on an express constitutional right expire within specified time periods. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. (2) Existing law establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) within the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys in the DREOA, subject to certain limitations, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operations costs, as defined, incurred as a result of a proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, as described above. Existing law provides that funds shall be allocated from the DREOA subject to specified conditions and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature. Existing law requires these allocations to be used for activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor, subject to 120-day extensions upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the 120-day period. This bill would remove the authority for allocations under these provisions to be extended beyond the initial 120-day period. Existing law authorizes the Director of Finance to transfer moneys from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to the DREOA in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the claims that exceed the unencumbered balance in the account, if the account requires additional moneys to meet claims against the account. This bill would require the Director of Finance to provide proper notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house upon an above-described transfer to the DREOA.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, if good cause exists for the issuance, and subject to certain other criteria, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. This bill would instead require the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, if good cause exists for the issuance, and subject to certain other criteria, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified. By requiring a sheriff or chief of police to issue that license except in specified circumstances, this bill would create 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law imposes various filing fees upon the formation of a new business in California, including for a corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to collect certain business fees. Under existing law, all fees collected by the Secretary of State's office pursuant to various codes, including, among others, the Business and Professions Code and the Corporations Code, are paid into the Secretary of State's Business Fees Fund. Moneys deposited into that fund are to be used to support the programs from which those fees are collected, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, as prescribed. This bill, beginning January 1, 2023, and until January 1, 2024, would require the Secretary of State to waive the filing fees for the formation of a new business entity in California, as described, on a one-time basis, in order to encourage business growth in California. The bill would repeal these provisions on July 1, 2024.
The Political Reform Act of 1974 comprehensively regulates lobbyists and lobbying, including the lobbying of state agencies to influence administrative actions, as defined. Existing law, the Voters FIRST Act and the Voters FIRST Act for Congress, establishes the Citizens Redistricting Commission to carry out various duties and responsibilities in connection with redistricting Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and congressional districts. This bill would apply the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974 that regulate lobbyists and lobbying to redistricting by the Citizens Redistricting Commission by expanding the definitions of "administrative action" and "state agency" to include redistricting and the Citizens Redistricting Commission, respectively. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of the disclosure requirements under the act, the bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, and therefore 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. 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 of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.