Sen. Toni Atkins

The Military Base Reuse Authority Act authorizes a city or county in which a military base is located to establish an authority with specified powers and duties, upon the adoption of appropriate resolutions, to plan for, finance, and manage the transition of the military base from military to civilian use. The act requires the authority to be governed by a board of directors and specifies that a majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum and may act for the authority. This bill would specify that a majority of the voting members of the board constitute a quorum and may act for the authority.

The Corporation Tax Law prescribes the conditions for when a taxpayer is doing business in this state for a taxable year. Under existing law, a corporation holding stock and bonds but engaging in no activities other than receiving dividends, as specified, is not doing business in the state for a taxable year. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Existing law, as amended by Proposition 35, an initiative statute approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, makes it a crime to deprive or violate another person's personal liberty with the intent to obtain forced labor or services. Existing law also makes it a crime to deprive or violate another person's personal liberty for the purpose of prostitution or sexual exploitation. Proposition 35 provides that it may be amended by a statute in furtherance of its objectives by a majority of the membership of each house of the Legislature concurring. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Existing law authorizes a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a human trafficking multidisciplinary personnel team consisting of 2 or more persons who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of human trafficking cases and who are qualified to provide a broad range of services related to human trafficking. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the need for services and supports for victims of human trafficking.

Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and Cal Grant B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law requires that a Cal Grant C award be utilized only for occupational or technical training in a course of not less than 4 months. Existing law also requires that the maximum award amount and the total amount of funding for the Cal Grant C awards be determined each year in the annual Budget Act. Effective commencing with the fall term or semester of the 2020–21 academic year, this bill would require the commission to establish an application deadline of September 2 of an academic year for students to apply for a Cal Grant C award for that academic year.

This measure would name the public street, circle, and plaza at 914 and 915 Capitol Mall in the City of Sacramento as the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Circle and Plaza. The measure would request the Department of General Services to determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signage commemorating this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources, to cover that cost to erect that signage.