Existing law requires that each member of a county central committee for the Democratic, Republican, and American Independent Parties take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation, as specified. Existing law provides that the oath or affirmation may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. This bill would, instead, provide that the oath or affirmation may be taken before the chairperson of the county central committee, the immediate predecessor of the chairperson, or a designee of the chairperson or his or her immediate predecessor. Existing law entitles a member elected to central committees for the Democratic, Republican, American Independent, and Peace and Freedom Parties to receive a certificate of election. This bill would eliminate the above-described entitlement to receive a certificate of election and make other conforming changes. Existing law provides how members are elected to county central committees. The method by which members are elected varies from county to county depending upon certain factors, such as the number of Assembly districts that exist within the county. This bill would provide that, for the Democratic Party, in the County of Sacramento, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts with 6 members elected from each supervisor district, as specified. This bill would provide that, for the Democratic Party, in the County of Alameda, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and that the committee shall contain at least a certain number of members from each district, as specified. This bill would provide that, for the Democratic and Republican Parties, in the City and County of San Francisco, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts, as specified. This bill would provide that, for the June 5, 2012, statewide primary election for the Democratic Party, in the County of Sacramento, and for the Democratic and Republican Parties, in the City and County of San Francisco, signers of nomination papers for candidates for county central committees shall be limited to voters who disclosed a preference for the respective parties and who are residents of the respective counties. Under existing law, for the Democratic Party, in each county containing less than 5 Assembly districts, the county central committee is required to reapportion itself at least every 10 years, prior to the June primary election of that year, as specified. This bill would eliminate the above-described reapportionment requirement. Existing law requires that each county central committee of the American Independent Party meet in the courthouse at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the elections official of the county and in quarters to be arranged or provided for by the elections official of the county, as specified. This bill would, instead, require the committee to meet at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the chairperson of the county central committee or the immediate predecessor of the chairperson. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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This measure would recognize the month of February 2012 as American Heart Month in California and recognize February 3, 2012, as Wear Red Day in California.
Existing law requires the translation of ballots and ballot materials into languages other than English when specified circumstances exist. This bill would require that, if a jurisdiction provides a translation of the candidates' alphabet-based names into a character-based language, such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, phonetic transliterations of the alphabet-based names of candidates be provided. The bill would also require that if a candidate's name is to appear on the ballot in more than one jurisdiction in an election then all of those jurisdictions must use the same phonetic transliteration or character-based translation of the name. This bill would provide an exception for a candidate who has a character-based name by birth or has verifiably been known by a character-based name for at least 2 years to permit him or her to use that name on the ballot instead of a phonetic transliteration. This bill would require that, if a jurisdiction provides separate ballots containing translations of the candidates' names in different languages, both the alphabet-based names and the translations of the candidates' names appear on the translated ballot. This bill would also require a county to purchase voting equipment that permits compliance with this section as a part of any new purchase of voting equipment. Because the bill would impose additional duties on local elections officials, it would impose 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for, among other things, multifamily housing, emergency housing, farmworker housing, home ownership for very low and low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time homebuyers. This bill would declare the intent of the legislature to enact legislation that would establish a pilot program to provide transititional housing and reentry services to defendants subject to Realignment Legislation regarding public safety.
This measure would designate February 27, 2012, as California Day of Remembrance for the Massacres of Armenians in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku, and would call upon the people of California to use vigilance to promote greater tolerance in Azerbaijan and ensure the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict while protecting the security of the Armenians in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
This resolution would recognize the month of January 2012, and each following January, as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and it would recognize February 1, 2012, and each following February 1, as California's Free From Slavery Day.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the State Board of Education, and the State Department of Education to provide to the State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonally identifiable or aggregate data related to, among other things, pupil assessment and accountability, including, but not limited to, data generated from, or related to, adequate yearly progress, graduation rates, pupils who drop out of school, and demographics of pupils and teachers. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before August 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the state board a report called the Annual Report on Dropouts in California. Existing law requires the report to include specified information and authorizes the report to include relevant data on school climate and pupil engagement from the California Healthy Kids Survey. This bill would establish the California Healthy Kids Survey, which would be intended to collect data on specified pupil perceptions. The bill would require a school district, to the extent that funding is made available, to administer the California Healthy Kids Survey on a biennial basis to pupils in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11, and would require a school district to comply with specified parent and guardian notification and consent provisions prior to administering the survey, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require that the data collected by the California Healthy Kids Survey be confidential and anonymous. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Existing law, as added by Proposition 8, an initiative act known as the Victims' Bill of Rights Act, among other things, defines a serious felony. Existing law, as amended by Proposition 21, another initiative act, further defines a violent felony. Under existing law, a person who is convicted of or who has a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony is subject to additional years of imprisonment in the state prison, as specified. The Legislature may amend either of those initiative acts by a statute passed in each house by a 23 vote, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the voters. This bill would include, within the definition of a violent felony, crimes related to the willful harm or injury to a child, assault resulting in death of a child under 8 years of age, and cruel or inhuman corporal punishment of a child, as specified. The bill would include, within the definition of serious felony, the crimes noted above as well as human trafficking and luring or transporting a minor away from the minor's home without consent. Because this bill would amend those initiative acts described above, it would require a 23 vote. Because the bill would impose additional duties on local prosecutors, it would impose 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.