This measure would proclaim October 13, 2018, as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and requests the citizens of California, on that day, to become informed and aware of this disease.
This measure would designate the month of November 2018 to be California's Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month. This measure would recognize and acknowledge the significant contributions made by Californians of Sikh heritage to our state and seeks to afford all Californians the opportunity to better understand, recognize, and appreciate the rich history and shared principles of Sikh Americans. This measure would condemn all hate crimes and bias incidents against Sikh Americans and encourage all Sikhs to practice their faith freely and fearlessly.
This measure would encourage the Legislature to engage in a coordinated effort to revise existing statutes and introduce new legislation with inclusive language by using gender-neutral pronouns or reusing nouns to avoid the use of gendered pronouns. The measure would also encourage state agencies to engage in similar efforts to use gender-neutral pronouns and avoid the use of gendered pronouns when drafting policies, regulations, and other guidance.
This measure would designate the month of November 2018 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Month and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
Existing law, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, makes unlawful certain unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result, or which results, in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer. Existing law authorizes any consumer who suffers damages as a result of these unlawful practices to bring an action against that person to recover damages, among other things. Existing law prohibits mental health providers, as defined, from performing sexual orientation change efforts, as specified, with a patient under 18 years of age. Existing law requires a violation of this provision to be considered unprofessional conduct and subjects the provider to discipline by the provider's licensing entity. This bill would include, as an unlawful practice prohibited under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, advertising, offering for sale, or selling services constituting sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, to an individual. The bill would also declare the intent of the Legislature in this regard.
(1) The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975–76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. The California Constitution specifies various transfers that are not deemed to be a "purchase" or "change in ownership" of a property for these purposes, including the purchase or transfer of a principal residence from parents to their children, or, under certain circumstances, from grandparents to their grandchildren, and the purchase or transfer of the first $1,000,000 of the full cash value of all other real property transferred from parents or grandparents to their children or grandchildren. This measure would limit the exclusion for the purchase or transfer of a principal residence from parents or grandparents to their children or grandchildren as provided, and would require that the principal residence transferred to a child or grandchild continue as a principal residence of the transferee. The measure would also delete the latter exclusion for the purchase or transfer of the first $1,000,000 of the full cash value of all other real property, thereby requiring these properties to be reassessed upon a purchase or transfer to a child or grandchild. The measure would apply these changes to purchases or transfers that occur on or after January 1, 2021. The measure, commencing January 1, 2022, and each January 1 thereafter, would require the county assessor to adjust the amount of the exclusion, as specified. (2) The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide that a severely disabled person and a person over 55 years of age may transfer the base year value, as defined, of property that is eligible for the homeowner's property tax exemption to a replacement dwelling that is of equal or lesser value located within the same county as the property from which the base year value is transferred, and, if a county ordinance so providing has been adopted, to a replacement dwelling that is located in a different county. This measure, on and after January 1, 2021, would instead require the base year value of property eligible for the homeowner's exemption of any person who is severely disabled or over 55 years of age to be transferred to any replacement dwelling, regardless of the value of the replacement property or whether the replacement property is located within the same county. The measure would also prescribe the method for calculating the base year value of a replacement dwelling that is of lesser or greater value than the original property. (3) The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the transfer of base year value, in the case of property that is substantially damaged or destroyed, as defined, by a disaster, as declared by the Governor, to a comparable property within the same county, as specified. This measure, on and after January 1, 2021, would instead require the transfer of the base year value of a property that is substantially damaged or destroyed to any replacement property, regardless of whether that replacement property is comparable, as specified, or whether the replacement property is located within the same county. The measure would also prescribe the method for calculating the base year value of replacement property that is of lesser or greater value than the original property. (4) The California Constitution requires the Legislature, with respect to a qualified contaminated property, as defined, to provide that either (A) the qualified contaminated property may have its base year value transferred to a replacement property that is of equal or lesser value within the same county or, if a county ordinance so providing has been adopted, in another county, or (B) repairs to a substantially damaged structure, or construction replacing a destroyed structure, as a result of the remediation of environmental problems on the qualified contaminated property, does not constitute "new construction," if it is similar in size, utility, and function to the original structure. With respect to the transfer of the base year value to a replacement property under these provisions, this measure, on and after January 1, 2021, would instead require the transfer of the base year value of qualified contaminated property to any replacement property, regardless of whether the replacement real property is of equal or lesser value than the qualified contaminated property or whether the replacement property is located within the same county. The measure would also prescribe the method for calculating the base year value of replacement property that is of lesser or greater value then the original property.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. The California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, constitute the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by appropriate resolution, to make those provisions applicable. An existing provision of the Donahoe Higher Education Act requires the trustees and the board of governors, and requests the regents, to work with the academic senates of each respective segment to encourage faculty to give consideration to the least costly practices in assigning textbooks, and to work with publishers and college and university bookstores in creating bundles and packages if they are economically sound and deliver cost savings to students, as specified. This bill would add to the Donahoe Higher Education Act a provision authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to adopt policies that allow for the use of innovative pricing techniques and payment options for textbooks and other instructional materials, as specified. The bill would also authorize public postsecondary educational institutions to consult with students, faculty, financial aid officers, counselors, campus bookstores, or other appropriate campus interests with respect to these policies. The bill would require that innovative pricing techniques and payment options adopted pursuant to the bill be adopted only if there is documented evidence that the proposed options, if they are adopted, would actually reduce the cost of the textbooks or other instructional materials for students taking a course. The bill would provide that nothing in its provisions, nor any policy adopted by a public postsecondary educational institution pursuant to this bill, shall violate, or be inconsistent with, the academic freedom of faculty as it relates to the assignment and use of instructional materials. The bill would provide that its provisions shall not be construed to require a student to purchase course materials through an innovative pricing technique or payment option adopted by a public postsecondary educational institution.
This measure would designate August 16, 2018, as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Day in California to enhance public awareness of comprehensive human immunodeficiency virus prevention strategies.
Existing law regulates a person who performs certain home inspections for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise. Under this bill, if a home inspector observes any shade of yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing, as defined, during a home inspection, the home inspector would be required to include that observation and a specified notification in the home inspection report. The bill would require the degree of care of a reasonably prudent home inspector to be used in determining whether a home inspector has complied with that requirement.
