This measure would extend to the people of the Province of Syunik in Armenia an invitation to join with California in a sister state relationship until January 1, 2026.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes continuation education as an alternative high school diploma program for pupils who are 16 years of age or older, have not graduated from high school, are still required to attend school, and who are at risk of not graduating. Existing law also authorizes local educational agencies to provide opportunity education programs to support pupils who are irregular in attendance, display negative behaviors, or are unsuccessful academically. Existing law authorizes county boards of education that have an average daily attendance of less than 8,000 to establish opportunity schools in lieu of complying with otherwise applicable requirements to establish continuation education schools. This bill would delete the provisions relating to opportunity schools established by county boards of education that have an average daily attendance of less than 8,000. The bill would authorize county boards of education and school districts to establish and maintain opportunity schools as a program of guidance, placement, and followup for all pupils within the county or school district, as appropriate, who are subject to compulsory continuation education. The bill would specify the criteria for a school to meet the definition of an opportunity school, and would specify and define categories of pupils who would be eligible to attend an opportunity school that is an alternative school of choice or charter school meeting certain criteria. These categories would include, among others, pupils who have been expelled or suspended, or who are wards or dependents of the court, pregnant or parenting, recovered dropouts, habitual truants, credit-deficient pupils, foster youth, or homeless youth. The bill would specify entities with which an opportunity school could enter into a partnership. The bill would authorize county boards of education and school districts to establish opportunity schools in lieu of meeting statutory requirements to establish continuation education schools. The bill would specify funding arrangements for opportunity schools established under the bill.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to establish rules and to fix the rates and charges for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and requires that the rates and charges of a public utility be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the PUC and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to undertake specified actions to advance the state's clean energy and pollution reduction objectives, including, where feasible, cost effective, and consistent with other state policy objectives, increasing the use of large- and small-scale energy storage with a variety of technologies, including green electrolytic hydrogen, as defined. Existing law requires the PUC, State Air Resources Board, and Energy Commission to consider green electrolytic hydrogen an eligible form of energy storage, and to consider other potential uses of green electrolytic hydrogen. This bill would authorize a gas corporation that serves an area that will host the 2028 Olympics to identify and propose a green hydrogen project, as defined, or multiple projects, in cooperation with the United States Olympic Paralympic Committee, the City of Los Angeles, or the County of Los Angeles to achieve described purposes. If a green hydrogen project is identified and proposed, the bill would authorize the gas corporation to file an application with the PUC for approval to undertake the project or projects. The bill would require the PUC to approve, or modify and approve, a project or projects and associated investments in green hydrogen and hydrogen-related infrastructure, and to authorize recovery of those expenses incurred through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism.
Existing law, the California Tourism and Marketing Act, establishes a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation named the California Travel and Tourism Commission under the direction of a board of commissioners composed of 37 members, including the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. This bill, the California Tourism Recovery Act, would require the commission to, upon a determination by the State Department of Public Health that it is safe to resume travel in California, implement a strategic media and jobs recovery campaign known as the "Calling All Californians" program for the purpose of reversing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry in California, as specified. The bill would require the commission to report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2024, regarding the cost of the program and the impact of the program on the tourism industry in California. The bill would require, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Controller to transfer $45,000,000 to the commission for the purpose of implementing the "Calling All Californians" program.
Existing law, enacted as part of the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board (state board) , to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification, as defined, to achieve specified results. The PUC is required to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism, if they meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the PUC, in cooperation with the Energy Commission, the state board, air quality management districts and air pollution control districts, electrical and gas corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate and implement policies to promote the development of equipment and infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of electric power and natural gas to fuel low-emission vehicles, as provided. Existing law requires the state board to adopt hydrogen fuel regulations that ensure that state funding for the production and use of hydrogen fuel contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, criteria air pollutant emissions, and toxic air contaminant emissions, and, among things, require that, on statewide basis, no less than 33.3% of the hydrogen produced or dispensed in California for motor vehicles be made from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined. This bill would require the PUC to additionally evaluate and implement policies to promote the development of equipment and infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of hydrogen to fuel low-emission vehicles, as provided. The bill would require the PUC, in consultation with the state board and the Energy Commission, to authorize gas corporations to file applications for investments in programs to accelerate zero-emission vehicle transportation, defined to include both transportation electrification and the use of hydrogen when it is used as a transportation fuel in fuel cell electric vehicles, to advance specified environmental objectives. The bill would require the PUC to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in zero-emission vehicle transportation, including hydrogen and hydrogen-related pipelines, hydrogen distribution, and make-ready infrastructure for hydrogen, using a reasonable cost recovery mechanism if they are consistent with the specified environmental objectives, do not unfairly compete with nonutility enterprises, include performance accountability measures, are in the interest of ratepayers, as defined, do not result in cost shifts in customer rates or a net increase in emissions from the energy sector as determined by the state board, and otherwise meet any applicable renewable or emissions standard or requirement of then existing laws and regulations.
Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of contractors by the Contractors State License Board. Existing law exempts from this licensing requirement certain minor work projects when the aggregate contract price does not exceed $500, except when the person performing the work advertises to the public that they are a licensed contractor. Existing law defines a home improvement contract as an agreement, as specified, for the performance of home improvement, as defined, that exceeds $500 in aggregate price, and requires a home improvement contract for the sale, installation, and servicing of a fire alarm in conjunction with an alarm system, except when all costs attributable to making the fire alarm system operable do not exceed $500. Existing law exempts certain service and repair contracts, as defined, from certain home repair contract requirements, and sets forth the requirements for service and repair contract, including that the contract amount totals $750 or less. This bill would increase the maximum aggregate contract price eligible for the minor work exemption to $1,000, and would prohibit a person from using the exemption if they employ any workers to perform services for which a license is required. This bill would require a home improvement contract to exceed $1,000, and would increase eligibility for the home improvement contract exemption for fire alarm systems costing up to $1,000. The bill would authorize the contract amount of a service and repair contract to total $1,500 or less. The bill would also make other conforming or nonsubstantive changes.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2022, a credit for qualified taxpayers in an amount equal to 15% of the qualified value of fresh fruits or vegetables and specified raw agricultural products or processed foods donated to a food bank. In accordance with specified requirements imposed on bills containing new tax expenditures, existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to report to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2019, and each December 1 thereafter until January 1, 2021, regarding the utilization of those tax credits and requires specified data to be included in the report. This bill would extend the authorization for those tax credits to a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2027. The bill would extend the requirement of the reports until January 1, 2026. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law vests the board of supervisors of a county with general supervision, management, and control of county highways. Existing law grants the legislative body of a city certain powers with respect to city streets and roads. This bill would require a person who sells or provides for compensation a trash receptacle or storage container that is longer than 3 feet and taller than 4 feet and that is designed to be placed on a roadway or the curb of a roadway in order to be emptied or picked up to mark the receptacle or container with a reflector on each side. The bill would authorize a civil penalty against a person who violates this prohibition pursuant to an action brought by the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney. The bill would specify how these civil penalty moneys would be deposited depending on which entity brings the civil penalty action, including requiring the deposit of the moneys collected by the Attorney General into the General Fund for the purpose of offsetting the Attorney General's cost of enforcement of this prohibition.
Existing law prescribes powers and duties that are common to cities and counties. In this regard, existing law requires the legislative body of these entities, among others, to furnish the applicable clerk 3 copies of each printed, mimeographed, or processed book, pamphlet, report, bulletin, or other publication issued by them at the expense of the local agency and the clerk is, in turn, required to send copies to specified repositories for reference use in those institutions. This bill would increase the number of each printed, mimeographed, or processed book, pamphlet, report, bulletin, or other publication that is required to be provided to a clerk, as described above, to 5 copies. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill 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, 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 establishes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, vests the board with the power to administer its provisions relating to the licensure and regulation of land surveyors. Existing law defines "land surveying" for purposes of the act to include, among other things, determining the configuration or contour of the earth's surface, or the position of fixed objects above, on, or below the surface of the earth by applying the principles of mathematics or photogrammetry. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to practice land surveying without legal authorization. This bill would expand the definition of land surveying to include applying the principles of radar, sonar, or electromagnetic waves to make the above-described determinations. By expanding the scope of practices subject to the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, a violation of which is a crime, the bill 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.
