This measure would declare March 2012 to be Campus Safety Month, and would encourage citizens to visit the Internet Web site of the national nonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc., to view public safety information about public and private colleges and universities.
This measure would recognize the month of February 2012 as American Heart Month in California and recognize February 3, 2012, as Wear Red Day in California.
Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the public segments of postsecondary education. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make these provisions applicable. A provision of the act expresses legislative intent with respect to the determination of standards and criteria for admission to the University of California and the California State University. This bill would authorize the University of California and the California State University to consider race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin, along with other relevant factors, in undergraduate and graduate admissions, to the maximum extent permitted by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 31 of Article I of the California Constitution, and relevant case law. The bill would require the trustees, and request the regents, to report in writing to the Legislature and the Governor by November 1, 2013, on the implementation of the bill. The bill would require these reports to include information relative to the number of students admitted, disaggregated by race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, geographic origin, and household income, and compared to the prior 2 years of admissions.
Existing law sets forth the required officers for each general law city, including a city council of at least 5 members, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a chief of police, a fire chief, and any subordinate officers or employees provided by law. This bill would require the city council of each city, on or before January 1, 2013, to adopt minimal educational and certification standards for city clerks, city managers, and city treasurers, whether elected or appointed, and to post those standards on the city's Internet Web site, thereby imposing 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.
Existing law, until July 1, 2011, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make prescribed computations each fiscal year to determine an adjusted entitlement to be apportioned to each special education local plan area for each incidence of disability. This bill would instead provide that these provisions would remain in effect indefinitely by deleting the repeal date. This bill would require the Superintendent, on or before January 31, 2012, to update the incidence multiplier used to determine the adjusted entitlement of each special education local plan area using data collected in or after 2008. The bill would require the Superintendent to allocate funds increasingly based upon calculations made using the updated incidence multiplier for the 2011–12 to 2015–16 fiscal years, inclusive, as specified. The bill would provide that this funding is contingent upon an appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or an appropriation contained in another measure.
Existing law prohibits the legislative body of a city or county from imposing, extending, or increasing any general tax unless that city or county has submitted the proposed imposition, extension, or increase to the electorate and the electorate approves the imposition, extension, or increase by majority vote. This bill would require the City of Bell to return all funds attributable to unlawful increases in business license taxes charged during the calendar years 2000 to 2010, inclusive, to those licensees affected by those unlawful increases. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Bell.
Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor's office. Existing law creates the California Small Business Board for the purpose of, among other things, advising the Governor and the Small Business Advocate regarding issues and programs affecting this state's small business community. This bill would require the Office of Small Business Advocate to establish a program that supports entrepreneurship as a form of economic development and job creation in communities throughout this state. This bill would require the program to accomplish certain objectives related to encouraging entrepreneurship and small business development, as specified.
Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to seek voter approval for assessments to cover the cost of certain improvements, including sanitation and sewer projects. This bill would require the Sanitation and Sewerage System District in the City of Bell to return all funds attributable to unlawful increases in assessment rates approved and charged for the 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10 fiscal years to those property owners affected by those unlawful increases. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Bell.
Existing law establishes local workforce investment boards in designated local workforce investment areas in the state to assist in planning, oversight, and evaluation of local workforce investment. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
