Existing law provides that funds derived from the sale, or from a lease with an option to purchase, of real property belonging to a community college district shall be used for capital outlay or deferred maintenance. However, the proceeds of real property sold or leased in accordance with certain requirements may be deposited in the general fund of the community college district if, prior to the sale or lease, the governing board of the community college district has determined that the community college district has no anticipated need for additional sites or building construction for the 5-year period following the sale or lease. This bill would authorize the Long Beach Community College District to deposit proceeds derived from the sale of specified real properties into its irrevocable trust fund established for retiree benefit obligations. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Long Beach Community College District.
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Existing law imposes the penalty on a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree of death or imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole, if one or more enumerated special circumstances are found to be true. Existing law includes in these special circumstances, among other things, that the victim was intentionally killed because of his or her race, color, religion, nationality, or country of origin. This bill would additionally include among those special circumstances that the victim was intentionally killed because of his or her sexual orientation or gender, as defined. By increasing the punishment for a crime, this would create 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 requires the Department of General Services to dispose of surplus state real property in a specified manner. Existing law requires the department to offer surplus state real property to a local agency and then to nonprofit affordable housing sponsors, prior to offering the property for sale to private entities or individuals, for use for open space, public parks, affordable housing projects, or development of local government-owned facilities. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA establishes a procedure by which a person may seek judicial review of the decision of the lead agency made pursuant to CEQA. This bill would, until January 1, 2029, authorize the Department of General Services to dispose of surplus state real property located within 2 miles of a campus of the University of California, California State University, or California Community Colleges by first offering the property to a local agency or nonprofit organization for the development of affordable student housing, as defined. The bill would provide that ownership of the property transferred reverts back to the state if the transferee fails to commence the development of affordable student housing on the property within 2 years of the transfer. The bill would, until January 1, 2029, exempt from the requirements of CEQA the transfer of the property. Because a lead agency would be required to determine the applicability of this exemption, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by July 1, 2019, to adopt a rule of court establishing procedures applicable to actions or proceedings seeking judicial review pursuant to CEQA of a lead agency's action, as specified, for those affordable student housing projects. The bill would, until January 1, 2029, prohibit the court, in an action or proceeding brought alleging a violation of CEQA, from staying or enjoining the siting, construction, or operation of those affordable student housing projects, except as provided. 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 proclaim the week of February 26, 2018, to March 4, 2018, inclusive, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Health Care Services within the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law sets forth the department's powers and duties relating to, among other things, public health, licensing and certification of certain health facilities, and the state Medi-Cal program. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a related provision.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education as defined, and private postsecondary educational institutions as defined as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in a provision that, for purposes of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, designates the segments of public postsecondary education as the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California, as specified, and defines independent institutions of higher education for these purposes.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various businesses by cities, counties, or the state pursuant to prescribed provisions of law, and defines various terms for these purposes. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
The Legislative Open Records Act authorizes any person to inspect legislative records, as defined, subject to specified exemptions. This bill would make available under the act complaint, investigation, and settlement records created on or after January 1, 1989, that reasonably relate to allegations of conduct by a Member or employee of the Legislature that violates the sexual harassment policy of the house of the Legislature in which the Member serves or the employee is employed. The bill would require that personally identifying information of victims and witnesses be redacted from the records. The bill would require each house of the Legislature to implement a system to separately identify and track allegations of violations of the sexual harassment policy of the house.