This measure would call for continued support and recognition of the many benefits provided by Special Olympics.
This measure would declare August 2019 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
This measure would endorse activities in public schools that instruct pupils in upholding and sustaining American democracy, encourage, in the strongest terms, California schools to pursue certain recognized designations that reflect specified ethos and values, and encourage publicly elected officials to conduct themselves in ways that strengthen civic engagement and participation in civil society.
This measure would formally apologize for California's past complicity in enabling and furthering the practice of slavery and would urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to enact House Resolution 40 to study the legacy of slavery and provide recommendations on redress for descendants of enslaved persons.
The California Emergency Services Act creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. Existing law authorizes cities, cities and counties, and counties to create disaster councils, by ordinance, to develop plans for meeting any condition constituting a local emergency or state of emergency, including, but not limited to, earthquakes, natural or manmade disasters specific to that jurisdiction, or state of war emergency. This bill would require a county, or a city and county, to include representatives from the access and functional needs population, as defined, in the next regular update to its emergency plan, as specified. Because this bill would impose new duties on local governments, it 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.
The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote. This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.
(1) The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act requires state agencies to provide for small business preference in the award of contracts for goods, information technology, services, and construction, with a 5% bid preference on applicable bid specifications. This act also authorizes a state agency to award a contract for the acquisition of goods, services, or information technology that has an estimated value of greater than $5,000, but less than $250,000, to a certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) , as long as the agency obtains price quotations from 2 or more certified small businesses, including a microbusiness, or from a DVBE, without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements. This bill, commencing March 1, 2020, and until March 1, 2024, would authorize a state agency to award a contract for services or information technology that has an estimated value of between $5,000 and $500,000 to a certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a DVBE, as long as the agency obtains price quotations from 2 or more certified small businesses or 2 or more DVBEs. The bill would specify that a certified small business or DVBE that utilizes this process as an alternative to the competitive bidding requirements may not also receive the small business preference or the DVBE participation incentive, as specified. (2) Under existing law, the administering agency for the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program is the Department of General Services, except in the case of contracts for professional bond services. Existing law requires the Director of General Services to adopt written policies and guidelines establishing a uniform process for state contracting to provide a DVBE participation incentive to bidders, which all state agencies are required to use when awarding contracts. Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to maintain complete records of its promotional efforts regarding the program and requires the department to perform regular, periodic surveys of newly certified DVBEs. This bill would require the department to establish a method an awarding department shall use to track and report adherence to specified goals and to provide guidance to awarding departments on how to process complaints regarding abuse of the DVBE program. The bill would also require the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate to promote and facilitate efforts to implement the program and to establish a system to track the effectiveness of the program, as specified. The bill would additionally repeal the requirement that the department perform regular, periodic surveys of newly certified DVBEs. (3) Existing law requires a department, after completing an awarded contract for which a commitment to achieve a DVBE goal was made, to require the prime contractor that entered into a subcontract with a DVBE to certify to the awarding department that all payments under the contract have been made to the DVBE. Existing law requires the awarding department to keep that certification on file. This bill would instead require the awarding department to post a list of its state contracts for which certification has been received on its internet website for no less than 3 years. (4) Existing law makes it a crime to fraudulently represent participation of a disabled veteran business enterprise in order to obtain or retain a bid preference or a state contract. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to report certain violations to the Attorney General and requires the Attorney General to consider whether to bring a civil action against a person for the violation. This bill would authorize any public prosecutor to bring a civil action for a violation involving a knowing fraudulent representation that a commercially useful function is being performed by a disabled veteran business enterprise in order to obtain or retain a bid preference for a state contract. The bill would prohibit the public prosecutor, other than the Attorney General, from bringing a civil action for that violation if the Department of General Services has concluded an administrative action for the violation. (5) Existing law requires that a person making a bid or offer to perform a contract shall, in the bid or offer, set forth specified information, including the name and the location of the place of business of each subcontractor certified as a DVBE. This bill would also require the bid or offer to include the DVBE certification number, contact information of the subcontractors certified as DVBEs, and a certification, under penalty of perjury, that the work to be done by each subcontractor serves a commercially useful function, as specified. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (6) Existing law requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and requires the advocate to perform certain duties, including disseminating information on the program and coordinating specified reports. Existing law requires each awarding department to appoint an agency Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Advocate and requires the agency advocate to meet regularly with the state advocate and contract and procurement staff to disseminate information about the program. This bill would instead require the state advocate to support and facilitate the activities of administering agencies, including assisting awarding departments to identify certified DVBEs that can offer services and assisting DVBEs to clearly identify the products and services the DVBE has on offer. The bill would remove the requirement that the agency advocate meet regularly with the state advocate and would require the agency advocate to learn of future contracting opportunities and identify the types of goods, services, and information technology contracts for which the contract and procurement staff may have difficulty in identifying DVBE contractors and subcontractors. (7) 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.
Existing law requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to develop and implement an International Trade and Investment Program that serves specified purposes. Existing law authorizes the Director of GO-Biz to establish and terminate international trade and investment offices outside of the United States if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes GO-Biz to designate a nonprofit entity to operate international trade and investment offices outside of the United States. This bill would require the Director of GO-Biz to establish a process for specified public and nonprofit organizations to submit proposals on the establishment or operation of an international trade and investment office in a foreign country. The bill would require the director to accept a letter of interest that includes specified information. The bill would require the office to review a letter of interest and determine whether it is complete within 30 days of submittal. The bill would also require the director to make a determination, within 90 days of receipt of a complete letter of interest, as to whether to request a full proposal, as specified, for the operation of the office. Existing law authorizes GO-Biz to accept nonstate moneys for the purposes of operating an international trade and investment office. Existing law requires private sector moneys for these purposes to be deposited in the Economic Development and Trade Promotion Account, which is continuously appropriated to the Director of GO-Biz for these purposes. This bill would authorize GO-Biz to accept in-kind services for the purposes of operating an international trade and investment office and additionally authorize those services and the moneys in the account to be used for the support of the operation of an international trade and investment office. By expanding the purposes of a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law defines the crime of burglary to include entering a vehicle when the doors are locked with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or a felony. Existing law makes the burglary of a vehicle punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. This bill would make forcibly entering a vehicle, as defined, with the intent to commit a theft therein a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. By creating a new crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide permanent legal status and a path to citizenship for immigrant youths and individuals with Deferred Enforced Departure and Temporary Protected Status.
