This measure would proclaim the month of April 2018 as Donate Life/DMV Partnership Month in California and would encourage all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24, 2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California and would encourage colleges and universities to visit high schools and take action to help pupils register in dual enrollment courses.
This measure would declare the last week of March every year as Latino Education and Advocacy Week, a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
This measure would designate April 1, 2018, to April 7, 2018, inclusive, as California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Diversity in STEM and Tech Week by encouraging and celebrating diversity in the STEM fields and in California's technology and innovation economy.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance and the applicant is of good moral character and satisfies certain other criteria. This bill would instead require the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, to issue a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified, if good cause exists for the issuance and the applicant is of good moral character and satisfies certain other criteria. This bill would define "good cause" for these purposes to include self-defense, defending the life of another, or preventing crime in which human life is threatened, and would provide procedural guidelines to the issuing authority on determining the presence or absence of "good cause." This bill would authorize a resident of another state to apply for a license to carry a concealed handgun or to carry a loaded and exposed handgun, as specified, from any sheriff in the state using the same procedure and would authorize that sheriff to issue a license. The bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes. 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.
(1) Existing law establishes the California State Auditor's Office to conduct statutorily mandated performance audits, among other things, and authorizes the office to conduct any audit of a state or local governmental agency requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Existing law requires the office to transmit copies of audit reports as specified, including to the Legislature, to the Governor, and to make the report public. This bill would require the California State Auditor's Office to conduct a statewide audit of all state agencies, as defined, by December 31, 2019, and every 10 years thereafter, to identify state programs that duplicate federal programs and to recommend the elimination of such duplicate programs. The bill would state the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would provide that funding for eliminated programs be allocated to California taxpayers, as specified. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to assist and encourage state agencies, as defined, in establishing standards of performance for evaluating employees. Under existing law, the evaluation of each employee is required to be included in a performance report approved by the department and to be considered in determining salary increases or decreases, the order of layoffs, and the advisability of transfers, demotions, and dismissals. This bill would require each state agency to conduct an agency-wide evaluation of each employee's performance every 10 years, as specified.
