Sen. Isadore Hall

This measure would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to uphold protections of women's equality and to encourage all Americans to participate in the celebration of Women's Equality Day on August 26, 2010, the 90th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.

(1) Existing law provides for the California accidental release prevention (CalARP) program for the prevention of accidental releases of regulated substances, which requires the owner or operator of a stationary source to prepare a risk management plan (RMP) when required under certain federal regulations or if the administering agency determines there is a significant likelihood of a regulated substance accident risk. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services and local administrating agencies to implement CalARP, and certain violations of CalARP are crimes. Existing law creates the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) as the successor agency to the Office of Emergency Services. This bill would require Cal EMA, by January 1, 2013, to adopt regulations to require a public water system or wastewater treatment plant that is a stationary source and is required to prepare and submit an RMP to additionally consider the use of safer technologies by the public water system or wastewater treatment plant in that RMP. Because a violation of CalARP is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. (2) 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 declare April 2010 as Financial Aid and Literacy Month to raise public awareness about the need for increased financial literacy.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of barbering and cosmetology by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Existing law also defines various terms for the purposes of the act. This bill would make a nonsubstantive, technical change to that provision.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that any manufacturer, winegrower, manufacturer's agent, rectifier, distiller, bottler, importer, or wholesaler, or any officer, director, or agent of any of those persons, may furnish, give, lend, or rent specified types of signs, including signs relating to advertising beer, wine, or distilled spirits. This bill would provide that specified licensees under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, may purchase advertising from a nonlicensee that provides Internet-delivered content for show on video display devices located on the premises of on-sale retail licensees, subject to specified restrictions. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that a violation of its provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified. This bill, by including provisions that would be subject to those existing criminal sanctions, would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make findings regarding the need for special legislation. 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 commend the Girl Scouts for 98 years of service and for inspiring millions of girls with the highest ideals of confidence, courage, and character.

This measure would recognize the week of April 18, 2010, through April 24, 2010, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.

This measure would proclaim the month of May to be Women Veterans Recognition Month.

Existing law requires each person between the ages of 6 and 18 years, who is not otherwise exempt, to attend the public full-time day school in the school district in which his or her parent or guardian is a resident. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to accept interdistrict transfers by adopting a resolution to become a school district of choice, as defined, and authorizes the governing board to ensure, by resolution, that pupils accepted for transfer are selected through a random, unbiased process that prohibits an evaluation of whether or not the pupil should be enrolled based upon his or her academic or athletic performance. Existing law authorizes a school district of choice to reject the transfer of a pupil if the transfer of that pupil would require the district to create a new program to serve that pupil, except that a school district of choice is prohibited from rejecting the transfer of a special needs pupil, including an individual with exceptional needs, and an English learner. Existing law requires a school district of choice to give priority for attendance to siblings of children already in attendance in that district and authorizes the district to give priority for attendance to children of military personnel. Existing law authorizes a school district of residence to limit the number of pupils transferring out each year, as specified. This bill would require a school district of choice to give priority to English learners, pupils who are individuals with exceptional needs, and pupils who are eligible for free and reduced price meals. The bill would make a legislative finding and declaration related to the fiscal responsibilities of the county superintendent of schools in implementing the limitation on the transfers out of a school district of residence. The bill would require a school district of choice to ensure that a pupil who transfers into the district is enrolled in a school with a higher Academic Performance Index score than the school in which the pupil was previously enrolled.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission reductions. The act authorizes the state board to adopt by regulation, after a public workshop, a schedule of fees to be paid by the sources of greenhouse gas emissions regulated pursuant to the act. The fee revenues are deposited into the Air Pollution Control Fund and are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of carrying out the act. The state board is authorized to adopt market-based compliance mechanisms, as defined, meeting specified requirements to be used for compliance with those regulations. This bill would prohibit a state agency, city, county, city and county, air pollution control or air quality management district, or another political subdivision of the state from imposing a greenhouse gas emissions fee, whether emissions-based or otherwise, on a source of greenhouse gas emissions that is subject to either a market-based compliance mechanism or a fee regulation adopted by the state board.