Existing law requires the Controller to compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller's internet website reports of the financial transactions and information on annual compensation of each county, city, and special district, as provided. Existing law requires the Controller to annually publish, on the Controller's internet website, reports of the financial transactions of each school district, as provided. Existing law, for purpose of permitting the compilation of the financial transactions of school districts by the Controller, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make available to the Controller data and other matters, as provided. Existing law provides that no school district or county superintendent of schools is required to furnish separate reports to the Controller for these purposes. This bill would require the Controller to additionally annually publish, on the Controller's internet website, reports of the financial transactions of each county office of education and charter school. The bill would require the Superintendent to make data and other matters related to these financial transactions available to the Controller. The bill would require the Controller to annually publish, on the Controller's internet website, information on annual compensation of employees of each school district, county office of education, charter school, and entity managing a charter school, as provided. The bill would instead require each school district, county office of education, charter school, and entity managing a charter school, for purposes of permitting the compilation of the annual compensation information, to furnish reports directly to the Controller that provide information on annual compensation of the employees of these specified entities. By requiring a new duty on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would make additional related changes. 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
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Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections. Existing law charges the board with providing the statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system. Under existing law, the board administers several grant programs, including a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant program, a medication-assisted treatment grant program, and a violence intervention and prevention grant program. This bill would establish two new grant programs: the Homeless and Mental Health Court Grant Program that would, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, be administered by the Judicial Council and provide grants to counties for the purpose of establishing or expanding homeless courts and mental health courts, as specified; and the Transitioning Home Grant Program that would, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, be administered by the board and provide grants to county sheriffs and jail administrators to fund programs aimed at reducing homelessness among inmates released from custody, as specified. The bill would require the board and council to prepare and submit reports to the Legislature, as specified, regarding the impacts of the grant program under their jurisdiction.
The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. The California Constitution requires the board to consist of 7 ex officio members and 18 appointive members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. The California Constitution authorizes the members of the board to appoint either a member of the faculty at a campus of the university or of another institution of higher education, or a person enrolled as a student at a campus of the university, or both, as members of the board serving for no less than one year with all rights of participation. This measure would require, rather than authorize, the members of the board to appoint 2 students enrolled at a campus of the university for each regular academic term during their service as members of the board, as provided.
Existing law gives control of the state park system to the Department of Parks and Recreation, and requires the Director of Parks and Recreation to promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife in the individual units of the system for the enjoyment of future generations. This bill would require a unit of the state park system to follow and enforce the rules relating to open fires, as defined, that are at least as restrictive as the rules adopted by a local fire department or a fire protection district within whose boundaries the unit is located, as provided.
Existing law creates the California Public Broadcasting Commission in state government as an independent commission to encourage the growth and development of public broadcasting services to the people of this state. This bill would create the California Board to Fund Public Interest Media that would operate pursuant to these provisions if it is funded by an appropriation by the Legislature, private donations, or both. The bill would require the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the minority leaders of the Assembly and the Senate, and the Governor to appoint individuals to the 15 member board, as specified. The bill would require the board to do various things, including encouraging independent, local public service news coverage and awarding grants to individuals or organizations. The bill would require the board to provide an opportunity for verbal and written public comment on the grant applications under its consideration. The bill would also authorize the board to accept federal grants, and gifts, donations, bequests, or grants of funds from private sources and public agencies for these purposes, to be deposited into the California Fund for Public Interest Media, which the bill would also create. The bill would require the board to report to the Governor and the Legislature annually on its activities, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2028.
(1) Existing law requires a county elections official to permit any voter to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system. Existing law prescribes standards and procedures for the Secretary of State to certify remote accessible vote by mail systems. Existing law prescribes standards and procedures for an elections official to compare a voter's signature submitted with the voter's vote by mail ballot to a signature in the voter's registration record. This bill would require a county elections official to permit a voter with a qualifying disability, as defined, to use a certified remote accessible vote by mail system that enables the voter to return a completed ballot electronically. The bill would permit the Secretary of State to certify this type of remote accessible vote by mail system and to develop procedures for a voter using the system to submit a signature electronically. (2) Existing law imposes various restrictions on voting systems, generally, including that no part of the voting system shall be connected to the internet at any time. Existing law specifically prohibits a remote accessible vote by mail system from having the capability to use a remote server to mark a voter's selection transmitted to the server from the voter's computer via the internet, to store any voter identifiable selections on any remote server, or to tabulate votes. This bill would exempt the aforementioned remote accessible vote by mail system from these prohibitions only if, and to the extent that, these features are necessary for the operation of the system. By imposing additional duties on county elections officials, this bill 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 the statutory provisions noted above.
The California Constitution declares that defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy are inalienable rights, and that a person may not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or equal protection of the laws. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, declares that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to personal reproductive decisions and prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a person's right to choose or obtain an abortion before viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the person. This measure would amend the California Constitution to prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.
Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, applies to electronic records and electronic signatures of a transaction, and generally prohibits a record or signature from being denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form or a contract being denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. Existing law exempts certain transactions from that act, including insurance application forms. This bill would delete the Medicare supplement policy application forms exception, and would thereby apply the provisions of the act to these application forms. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
(1) Existing law, except as otherwise provided, requires the governing board of a school district to consist of 5 members elected at large by the qualified voters of the school district. Existing law sets the terms of the 5 members at 4 years and staggered so that, as nearly as practicable, 12 of the members are elected in each odd-numbered year. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining one or more high schools to include within its membership one or more pupil members if pupils submit a petition for pupil representation to the governing board, as provided. Existing law requires the pupil member to be chosen by the pupils enrolled in the high school or high schools of the school district in accordance with procedures prescribed by the governing board of the school district. Existing law requires the pupil member to have preferential voting rights. Existing law prohibits a pupil member from being included in determining the vote required to carry any measure before the governing board. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to adopt resolutions to make each preferential voting pupil member a full voting pupil member of the governing board, as provided, and would authorize the governing board to restrict by resolution a full voting pupil member from voting on certain matters, as specified. The bill would only prohibit a preferential voting pupil member from being included in determining a vote and would require a full voting pupil member to be included in determining a vote, unless the full voting member is restricted by resolution from voting on that matter, and the bill would require a governing board of a school district with 6 or 8 members as a result of a full voting pupil member to establish an affirmative vote and quorum at 4 and 5 members, respectively, except as specified. (2) Existing law requires that a pupil member receive all open meeting materials presented to the board members at the same time the materials are presented to the board members, and to receive all materials received by other board members between open meetings, except for materials that pertain to closed session items. Existing law prohibits a preferential vote from being solicited on matters subject to closed session discussion. The bill would instead grant full voting pupil members access to all closed session materials, to attend closed sessions, and to vote on closed session matters, unless restricted by resolution, and would authorize the governing board of the school district to adopt a resolution granting each preferential pupil member the right to receive closed session materials, as well as attend and cast a preferential vote, on closed session matters. (3) Existing law requires a pupil member to be entitled to the mileage allowance to the same extent as regular members, but otherwise provides that a pupil member is not entitled to other compensation received by other board members. This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to provide pupil members with stipends. (4) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to appoint a pupil to serve as an alternate pupil member who would fulfill all duties and have the same rights as a pupil member if the governing board of a school district determines that the pupil member is not fulfilling their duties, and requires a majority vote of all voting board members to approve a motion to eliminate the pupil member position from the governing board of a school district. This bill would instead require a majority vote of all voting board members to approve a motion to remove a sitting pupil member from the governing board of a school district, but would otherwise retain the pupil board member position, thereby eliminating the governing board of a school district's ability to eliminate the position itself. (5) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt a resolution authorizing the pupil member or members to make motions that may be acted upon by the governing board of the school district, except on matters dealing with employer-employee relations. This bill would instead authorize the governing board of a school district to adopt a resolution authorizing the pupil member or members to make and 2nd motions that may be acted upon by the governing board of the school district, and would delete the prohibition against authorizing those motions on matters dealing with employer-employee relations.