This measure would proclaim February 28, 2017, as Rare Disease Day in California and would provide for the recognition of Rare Disease Day in California in subsequent years, as specified.
The California Constitution prohibits the total annual appropriations subject to limitation of the state and each local government from exceeding the appropriations limit of the entity of the government for the prior year, as adjusted. The California Constitution also requires the calculation, as specified, of a minimum amount of state funding to be provided each fiscal year for allocation to school districts and community college districts. This measure would exclude appropriations of revenues from a fund not yet established, to be known as the Higher Education Assistance Fund, from the appropriations subject to constitutional limitation. The measure would also exclude revenues derived from a tax that has not yet been enacted from being deemed to be General Fund revenues, state revenues, or General Fund proceeds of taxes for purposes of calculating the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts.
This measure would designate March 2017 as Irish American Heritage Month in honor of the multitude of contributions that Irish Americans have made to the country and state.
This measure would declare the week of March 5, 2017, through March 11, 2017, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
This measure would declare February 19, 2017, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the incarceration of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
This measure designates March 8, 2017, as International Women's Day.
