This measure would proclaim the month of May, each year, as Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in California, and would request the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders to work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local levels, to facilitate increased awareness and education about perinatal depression, clinically referred to as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, to explore and encourage the use of prenatal screening tools, and to improve the availability of effective treatment and community support services.
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This measure would designate April 24, 2010, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
This measure would encourage public education institutions to designate each campus as a "Discrimination-Free Zone" to provide a safe haven from intolerance or discrimination, to enact appropriate procedures that meaningfully address acts of discrimination that occur on campus, to notify parents and the campus community of existing policies and procedures that encourage tolerance of others, and to use existing resources to identify themselves as "Discrimination-Free Zones" to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity and supports the tolerance of others.
This measure would endorse efforts to raise awareness of global climate change and energy efficiency and would declare the hour of 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday of March to be "Earth Hour" throughout the state. The measure would encourage city, county, and state employees, and businesses to turn off nonessential lights in government buildings, public schools, public landmarks, and other buildings for that hour on March 27, 2010.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, in modified conformity to federal income tax laws, allow a charitable contribution deduction in computing tax liability. This bill would, for a cash contribution made after January 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, for the relief of victims in areas affected by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, authorize taxpayers to treat that contribution as if it were made on December 31, 2009, and not in 2010. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
(1) Upon a breach of the obligation of a mortgage or transfer of an interest in property, existing law requires the trustee, mortgagee, or beneficiary to record in the office of the county recorder wherein the mortgaged or trust property is situated, a notice of default, and to mail the notice of default to the borrower named on the mortgage instrument. Existing law requires the notice to contain specified statements, including, but not limited to, those related to the borrower's legal rights, as specified. This bill would establish the Monitored Mortgage Workout (MMW) Program that would be offered to all borrowers to provide them with an opportunity to explore options to avoid foreclosure. This bill would require that any notice of default of a residential real property, as defined, sent to a borrower include a notice of the borrower's right to participate in the MMW Program as well as the documents that authorize the borrower to elect to participate in the MMW Program. This bill would provide for the appointment, by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, of an administrator to implement the MMW Program. This bill would require the administrator of the MMW Program to provide quarterly reports to the Legislature with specified information regarding the performance of the MMW Program. This bill would provide that, if a borrower elects to participate in the MMW Program, no further action to foreclose upon the property may be instituted until the completion of the borrower's participation in the MMW Program. (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2010, as Korean-American Day.
The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from the taxes imposed by that law. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to exempt from those taxes the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of, manufacturing equipment used in the manufacturing process, as specified.
Existing law provides for the licensure of long-term health care facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, the department may assess penalties for violation of prescribed state and federal requirements. Moneys collected as a result of the penalties imposed pursuant to these provisions are required to be deposited into either the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account or the Federal Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account, and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the protection of health or property of residents of long-term health care facilities, including reimbursing residents for personal funds lost and costs associated with informational meetings. Existing law establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the California Department of Aging. Under existing law, the office is responsible for, among other things, investigating and resolving complaints and concerns communicated by or on behalf of patients, residents, or clients of long-term care facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the California Department of Aging to allocate all federal and state funds for local ombudsman programs according to a specified distribution schedule. This bill would require at least 12 of the funds in the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account and the Federal Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account be used to fund local ombudsman programs pursuant to the aforementioned distribution schedule.
(1) Existing law generally prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless the telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving. A violation of the Vehicle Code generally is an infraction. This bill would prohibit a person from using a wireless telephone or other communication device, as the bill would define that term, during a vehicle stop made by a law enforcement officer for a violation of the Vehicle Code, thereby creating a new infraction. If a law enforcement officer makes a vehicle stop for a violation of the Vehicle Code, the bill would also make it an infraction for a person in the vehicle that is stopped to fail to comply with the officer's direction to stop using a wireless telephone or other communication device. The bill would exempt from its provisions a person using a wireless telephone or other communication device for emergency purposes or to record, tape, or otherwise film anything that occurs during a traffic stop. By creating new infractions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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.