This measure would proclaim April 12 through April 18, 2010, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
This measure would designate September 2010 as Plasma Protein Therapies Month and would encourage the people of the State of California to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities.
Existing law authorizes the transfer or exchange of certain water or water rights upon approval by the State Water Resources Control Board of a petition to transfer the water or water rights. Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources administers water supply contracts pursuant to which water suppliers (contractors) are supplied water from the State Water Resources Development System (State Water Project) , in accordance with the California Water Resources Development Bond Act and other provisions of law. This bill would prohibit the department, with respect to a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, and the state board, with respect to any other transfer of water or water rights, from approving the transfer of surface water or water rights, or a portion of a contractual entitlement to water from the State Water Project, from agricultural use to municipal use for a period of 20 years or more, unless the water user provides to the department or the state board, as applicable, a written evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental effects of the transfer upon the service area from which the water is to be transferred. The bill would prohibit a water user from replacing specified surface water that is transferred from agricultural use to municipal use with groundwater, unless the groundwater basin of the service area from which the water is to be transferred is monitored and managed in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require the department and the state board to charge specified fees to a water user that is subject to these provisions.
This measure would recognize and support the importance of gift planning by declaring October 1, 2010, as California Plan Your Giving Day.
Existing law establishes a delta levee maintenance program pursuant to which a local agency may request reimbursement for costs incurred in connection with the maintenance or improvement of project or nonproject levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Existing law declares legislative intent to reimburse eligible local agencies under this program, until July 1, 2010, in an amount not to exceed 75% of those costs that are incurred in excess of $1,000 per mile of levee, and on and after that date, in an amount not to exceed 50% of those described costs. This bill, instead, would declare legislative intent to reimburse up to 75% of those described costs until July 1, 2013, and on and after that date, to reimburse up to 50% of those described costs. Existing law, until July 1, 2010, authorizes the board to provide funds to an eligible local agency under this program in the form of an advance in an amount that does not exceed 75% of the estimated state share. This bill would extend the operation of that authorization to July 1, 2013. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would designate Friday, May 7, 2010, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and would urge all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2010, as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, to increase public awareness of neurofibromatosis and bring hope to patients and their families.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2010 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
This measure would declare May 2010 as "Senior Volunteer Month" to honor the contributions of California's senior volunteers.
