Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires the office of the State Chief Information Officer to review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems in each even-numbered year, after consultation with specified entities and individuals. The bill would require the review and update of technical and operational standards for public agency systems to include standards for recruitment and training of public safety dispatchers. Existing law also requires the State 911 Advisory Board to advise the office on specified subjects, including training standards for county coordinators and public safety answering point managers. The bill would add one representative from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and one representative from the Office of the State Fire Marshal to the State 911 Advisory Board. The bill would also modify the requirement that the State 911 Advisory Board advise the office on training standards for county coordinators and public safety answering point managers to also require the State 911 Advisory Board to advise the office on training standards for public safety dispatchers, and to advise the office concerning specified issues. This bill would also make technical changes to conform to the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of the 2009–10 Regular Session.
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Existing law authorizes a person who is the subject of a juvenile court record, or the county probation officer, to petition the court for the sealing of the records relating to the person's case, including records in the custody of the juvenile court and the probation officer and any other agencies, including law enforcement agencies and public officials as the petitioner alleges to have custody of the records. The petition may be filed 5 years or more after the jurisdiction of the juvenile court has terminated or, if no petition was filed, 5 years or more after the person was cited to appear before a probation officer or was taken before a probation officer or law enforcement officer, or, in any case, at any time after the person reaches 18 years of age. This provision does not apply if the person was found by the juvenile court to have committed any one of specified serious or violent offenses and the person was 14 years of age or older when he or she committed the offense. Existing law also does not permit the sealing of a record for an offense if the person has been convicted of that offense in criminal court, as specified. This bill would require, on and after January 1, 2011, each court and probation department to ensure that information regarding the eligibility for and the procedures to request the sealing and destruction of records is provided to each person for whom a petition has been filed, on or after January 1, 2011, to adjudge the person a ward of the juvenile court and to specified other minors who are taken into temporary custody and brought before a probation officer, as specified. The bill would require the Judicial Council on or before January 1, 2011, to develop related informational materials and a specified form. The bill would specify when the materials and the form are to be provided. By imposing additional duties on local probation departments, 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, 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 these statutory provisions.
(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Under this system, local educational agencies, which include school districts and county offices of education, have numerous responsibilities relating to the operation of schools and the instruction of pupils. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the funding of county offices of education. (2) Existing law requires the State Board of Education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to local educational agencies. This bill instead would require the state board to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts, and would include county offices of education and other agencies within the definition of school district, as specified, for purposes of these provisions. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Under existing law, the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, which is in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, is responsible for identifying and evaluating gang and youth violence programs and strategies, along with funding for those efforts. The Director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy is responsible for monitoring, assessing, and coordinating the state's gang and youth violence programs, as specified. This bill would require the director, subject to statutory limits and directives, to make recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal toward giving priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based practices. It would require the director to create a working group consisting of representatives of state offices and representatives of other specified stakeholders to assist in this effort, with the director serving as the chairperson. The bill would require the working group to advise the office on the task of streamlining grant programs that address gang and youth violence, in accordance with certain procedures. The working group would be responsible for making recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence grant programs, including recommending procedures and requirements for state agencies and departments administering grant programs to provide incentives for grant recipients to implement evidence-based practices. The bill would require the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy to report the findings of the working group to the Legislature and the Governor by June 1, 2010.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including long-term health care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Violation of these provisions constitutes a misdemeanor. Existing law also requires long-term health care facilities to implement a theft and loss program, as specified, including a written patient personal property inventory. This bill would require, as part of the written patient personal property inventory in long-term health care facilities, a listing, by a unique identification number, of all patient-owned mobility, hearing, or breathing equipment, including, but not limited to, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, hearing aids, and oxygen equipment. Because the bill would create 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.
Existing law prohibits a pawnbroker from charging or receiving compensation at a rate exceeding 2.5% per month on that portion of the unpaid principal balance of any loan up to, including, but not in excess of $225. For other loan amounts, existing law prohibits a pawnbroker from charging or receiving compensation at a rate exceeding specified amounts based upon the unpaid principal balance of the loan. A knowing violation of the laws regulating pawnbrokers is a crime. This bill would revise these limits on pawnbroker compensation and would instead prohibit a pawnbroker from charging or receiving compensation at a rate exceeding 2.5% per month on the unpaid principal balance of any loan. Because a knowing violation of this bill's provisions would be 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.
(1) Existing law prescribes the minimum length of time for the instructional school year and the minimum number of instructional minutes per schoolday. Existing law imposes fiscal penalties on school districts and county offices of education that fail to maintain those minimum instructional times per school year or schoolday. This bill would deem the Chino Valley Unified School District to have offered the minimum number of days of instruction in the 2008–09 school year if the district meets specified conditions, including offering 10 additional schooldays between June 15, 2009, and July 1, 2011. (2) The California Constitution provides that a special statute is invalid in any case if a general statute can be made applicable. This bill would declare that, due to unique circumstances applicable only to the Chino Valley Unified School District, a general statute cannot be made applicable and a special statute is necessary. (3) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are based on wages paid in a base period that is calculated according to the month within which the benefit year begins. This bill would, for new claims filed on or after January 1, 2010, for which a valid claim or benefit year cannot be established under the currently defined base periods, establish alternative base periods, as provided. This bill would also require a claimant to submit specified information regarding wages to the Employment Development Department via an affidavit, under specified conditions. Because this measure would increase the amount of unemployment compensation paid, it would make an additional amount payable from the Unemployment Fund, a continuously appropriated special fund, and thereby would make an appropriation. Because this measure would require specified information to be submitted to the Employment Development Department on an affidavit, the submission of which, if false, is a misdemeanor under existing law, it would impose a state-mandated 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. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 19, 2008. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on December 19, 2008, pursuant to the California Constitution.
The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. Under existing law, a common interest development is managed by an association pursuant to the provisions of the governing documents of the development. Existing law requires an association to provide specified disclosure documents to its members. Existing law allows the required disclosure documents to be delivered electronically. This bill would provide that a document that uses an electronic record to provide or make available the document satisfies the writing requirement, as provided. This bill would also require an association to distribute annually to its members a Disclosure Documents Index, as specified. Existing law requires an association to distribute to its members a pro forma operating budget for each fiscal year, as specified. Existing law also requires an association to distribute, with the pro forma operating budget, an Assessment and Reserve Funding Disclosure Summary containing specified information regarding the association's assessments and reserves. This bill would require that Assessment and Reserve Funding Disclosure Summary to include a specified statement regarding the interest rate earned on reserve funds and the assumed inflation rate applied to major component repair and replacement costs.
Existing law establishes various grounds for the issuance of a search warrant. This bill would additionally authorize issuance of a search warrant when the property or things to be seized include a firearm that is owned by, or in the possession of, or in the custody or control of, a person who is subject to specified prohibitions regarding firearms pursuant to protective orders, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1524 of the Penal Code proposed by A.B. 532, to become operative if this bill is enacted after A.B. 532.