This measure would dedicate the month of May 2018 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2018 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as Blue Star Mothers of America Month in California, as specified.
Under existing law, except as otherwise exempted, a person completing a term of imprisonment in the state prison shall be released for a period of supervised parole. Existing law specifies the length of parole for various classifications of inmates. Under existing law, an inmate is released to the county of his or her residence before incarceration or, when the interest of public safety is best served, to another location specified by the Board of Parole Hearings. Existing law authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings to establish and enforce rules and regulations governing parole. Existing regulations prohibit a parolee from traveling more than 50 miles from his or her residence without the approval of a parole agent. This bill would create a program under which the length of a parolee's period of parole would be reduced through the successful completion of specified education, training, or treatment programs, or by participating in volunteer service, while adhering to the conditions of parole. The bill would make this program inapplicable to a person who is required to register as a sex offender. The bill would also increase the 50-mile travel restriction for a parolee who successfully participates in the program, subject to certain restrictions. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Board of Parole Hearings to adopt regulations to carry out the program.
This measure would urge lawmakers in Poland to reverse or revise a recent Polish law on speech related to the Holocaust, would call on Congress to join that effort, and would call for a renewed commitment to Holocaust education in California.
This measure would recognize the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children, and particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, face in the foster care system, as specified.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as National Mental Health Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of mental illness.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that all eligible inmates released from state prisons have valid identification cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law defines "eligible inmate" for those purposes. This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that all eligible inmates, as defined, have the privilege to operate a motor vehicle upon release from state prison. The bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an eligible inmate with a specified form to renew his or her driver's license by mail, upon request. The bill would provide that if a person has a suspended driver's license as a result of delinquent court-ordered debt that would otherwise be required to be paid before issuance of a driver's license, the Department of Motor Vehicles is required to issue a restricted driver's license only allowing, among other things, necessary travel to and from work, to attend school, or to comply with conditions of release. The bill would require the person to make payments to eliminate or reduce any delinquent court-ordered debt during the time that his or her driver's license is restricted and would provide that the restriction would be lifted once the person has paid the amount due for delinquent court-ordered debt. The bill would prohibit a penalty fee from being assessed to obtain a restricted driver's license pursuant to these provisions.
