Sen. Richard Roth

Existing law prohibits the state or a regional or local public agency from denying a bona fide transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity for the period of time for which that capacity is available, if fair compensation is paid for that use and other requirements are met. This bill would, notwithstanding that provision, prohibit a transferor of water from using a water conveyance facility that has unused capacity to transfer water from a groundwater basin underlying desert lands, as defined, that is in the vicinity of specified federal lands or state lands to outside of the groundwater basin unless the State Lands Commission, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources, finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal or state lands, as provided. The bill would require a transferor of water to submit an application to the commission before using a water conveyance facility pursuant to these provisions. The bill would require, if the commission finds that the transfer of the water will not adversely affect the natural or cultural resources of those federal and state lands, the transferor of water to annually report to the commission on the condition of the groundwater basin.

(1) The Planning and Zoning Law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for land use development within its boundaries that includes, among other things, a housing element. Existing law requires a planning agency to refer any proposed action to adopt or substantially change a general plan to specified entities, including a branch of the United States Armed Forces if certain conditions are met, including the branch providing a California mailing address and the Department of Defense providing electronic maps of low-level flight paths to the Office of Planning and Research. This bill would delete the provision related to the Department of Defense described above, and instead require a branch of the United States Armed Forces to provide the office with a point of contact before a planning agency is required to refer a proposed action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan. (2) Existing law requires each public agency to provide a development project applicant with a list of information that provides, among other things, whether the proposed project is located within 1,000 feet of a military installation, beneath a low-level flight path, or within special use airspace. Existing law requires a public agency to deliver a copy of each completed project application located within 1,000 feet of a military installation or within special use airspace or beneath a low-level flight path to each branch of the United States Armed Forces that has provided the Office of Planning and Research with a California mailing address within the state for delivery. Existing law provides that these requirements are not operative until the Department of Defense provides electronic maps of low-level flight paths, special use airspace, and military installations, at a scale and in an electronic format that is acceptable to the Office of Planning and Research. This bill would instead require notice to each branch of the United States Armed Forces that has provided the Office of Planning and Research with a point of contact, of a project application located within 1,000 feet of a military installation or within special use airspace or beneath a low-level flight path. The bill would eliminate the requirement that the Department of Defense provide electronic maps of low-level flight paths, special use airspace, and military installations to the Office of Planning and Research in order for these provisions to become operative. This bill would require the office to provide notice to public agencies and maintain on its internet website maps of low-level flight paths, special use airspace, and military installations, the military points of contact designated by each branch of the United States Armed Forces, and the information required in the notice of a completed application, as specified. (3) Existing law defines "special use airspace" as the land area underlying the airspace that is designated for training, research, development, or evaluation for a military service, as established in a specified publication of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency. This bill would instead define "special use airspace" as the area underlying the airspace that is designated for training, research, development, or evaluation for a military service, as established in a specified publication of the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to, as specified, immediately suspend a person's driver's license if the person is administratively found to have been operating a motor vehicle with a specified quantity of alcohol in their blood. Existing law authorizes a person who has had their driver's license suspended by the department to be issued a restricted driver's license if they meet specified criteria, including the installation and maintenance of an ignition interlock device (IID) . Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires a person, upon a criminal conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol with a prior conviction for driving under the influence or for driving under the influence and causing injury, to install and maintain an IID for a specified period of time. Existing law also authorizes a court, upon the first criminal conviction of a person for driving under the influence, to order the person to install and maintain an IID for a specified period of time, or, if the court does not order the installation of such a device, authorizes the person to apply for a restricted license. Existing law requires the department to credit any time that a person maintained a functioning IID during the period of that person's restricted licensure, but prior to the criminal conviction, toward any mandatory term of maintaining such a device, required upon conviction. This bill would require a person, upon the person's first criminal conviction for driving under the influence, to install and maintain an IID for a specified period of time. The bill would delete those provisions authorizing a restricted license in lieu of an IID for first offenders. The bill would require the department to credit any time that a person maintained a functioning IID during the period of that person's restricted licensure, but prior to the criminal conviction, toward any term of maintaining such a device, required by law upon conviction pursuant to the above-described statute. The bill would place certain recordkeeping requirements upon manufacturers of ignition interlock devices. The bill would also extend the operation of the law requiring IIDs until January 1, 2027, and make conforming changes to related reporting requirements.

This measure would urge the United States Congress to act favorably in regard to legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Merrill's Marauders.

This measure would recognize June 6, 2019, as the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day. This measure would express the gratitude and appreciation of the Legislature to the members of the United States Armed Forces who participated in D-Day, and would call upon the people of California to observe the anniversary with appropriate reflections and recognition.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer, improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership, as specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll in community college courses. Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before January 1, 2021, to prepare a summary report that includes, among other things, an evaluation of the CCAP partnerships and recommendations for program improvements on certain topics. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2022. This bill would extend the operation of the CCAP partnership laws until January 1, 2027. The bill would require the chancellor's summary report to include recommendations for program improvements on additional specified topics. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the College and Career Access Pathways Grant Program to be administered by the chancellor to provide grants on a competitive basis with the goal of demonstrating effective models of fully funded CCAP partnerships. The bill would require the chancellor's office, on or before July 1, 2020, to competitively select 3 community colleges, with one located in each of northern, southern, and central California, that have each partnered with at least one school district or charter school, but no more than 5 school districts or charter schools, as provided. The bill would require the chancellor's office to allocate to each selected community college, school district, and charter school a specified grant award for each of the 2020–21 to 2022–23 fiscal years, inclusive, and would impose certain conditions on the receipt of those grant awards.

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to collect unpaid wages and monetary benefits due to an employee. Under existing law, the commissioner acts as trustee and deposits the collected wages and benefits into the Industrial Relations Unpaid Wage Fund. Existing law requires the commissioner to make a diligent search to locate any worker for whom the commissioner has collected unpaid wages or benefits. Existing law requires the commissioner to remit those wages or benefits to the unpaid worker or the worker's representative, or to a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide prescribed benefits. This bill would require the commissioner to establish a database of unpaid wages or benefits collected pursuant to these provisions, indexed by employee name and listing prescribed information. The bill would require the department to make the database available to the public in a searchable format on its internet website.

Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. The program prohibits an applicant from receiving one or a combination of program awards in excess of the amount equivalent to the award level for a total of a 4-year period of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program, except as provided, and specifies that the aggregate amount students may receive in a 4-year period may not be increased as a result of accelerating progress to a degree by attending summer terms, sessions, or quarters. The program provides that Cal Grant A awards and Cal Grant B awards may be renewed for a total of the equivalent of 4 years of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program, except as provided. This bill would make a Cal Grant A or Cal Grant B award recipient enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program who received a Cal Grant award in any term during the academic year immediately preceding a summer term eligible to receive a Cal Grant award for that summer term. The bill would limit eligibility for this award to a total of 2 summer terms. The bill would provide that a Cal Grant award for the summer term shall not count against the 4-year eligibility limitation that applies for purposes of Cal Grant A award and Cal Grant B award renewals.