The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA establishes administrative procedures for the review and certification of the EIR for a project. This bill would require the lead agency to prepare and certify the EIR for the Concord Base Reuse Project, which the bill would define as any activity related to the approval and adoption of a specific plan for the former Concord Naval Weapons Station in the City of Concord, in a specified manner that includes the concurrent preparation of the record of proceedings. By increasing the duties of the lead agency, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Concord. 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.
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This measure would proclaim the week of May 23 through May 27, inclusive, as Firefighter Mental Health Awareness Week.
This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month and would extend the Legislature's warmest regards and appreciation to the thousands of volunteers, fair directors, staff, business supporters, and sponsors who keep the network of California state fairgrounds strong, vibrant, relevant, and successful.
This measure would proclaim Friday, May 27, 2022, as National Poppy Day.
This measure would declare June 8, 2022, as California Nonprofits Day in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.
This measure would urge the President, the Congress of the United States, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to take all measures to ensure that military veterans can access necessary treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders in a timely manner.
This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2022 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal law, generally defines "gross income" as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income for purposes of computing tax liability. Existing federal law, known as the National and Community Service State Grant Program, gives educational awards to individuals based on the individual's participation in an approved national service position. That law also provides grants to states, subdivisions of states, and other public and private organizations to carry out national service programs, as defined, including grants to the CaliforniaVolunteers program administered by the office of the Governor. CaliforniaVolunteers, through the California For All Education Award program, offers educational awards using funds granted pursuant to the National and Community Service State Grant Program. This bill would exclude from gross income certain educational awards received by a taxpayer pursuant to the federal National and Community Service State Grant Program. These provisions would become operative upon passage of federal legislation that would exclude these educational awards from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and would remain operative for 5 years. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027, would exclude from gross income any amount received as a California For All Education Award, as defined. Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure, defined to include an exclusion from income, to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements. This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law establishes the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency in state government, consisting of, among other entities, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) . Existing law requires HCD to administer various programs intended to promote the development of housing, including the Multifamily Housing Program, pursuant to which HCD provides financial assistance in the form of deferred payment loans to pay for the eligible costs of development for specified activities. Existing law also establishes the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) within HCD with the primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income. Existing law also establishes the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) , composed of specified members, and requires that CTCAC, among other things, allocate specified federal low-income housing tax credits, as provided. Existing law establishes in state government the offices of the Treasurer and Controller. This bill would establish the Coordinated Affordable Housing Finance Committee and would require that the committee be comprised of representatives from HCD, CalHFA, CTCAC, the Treasurer, and the Controller. This bill would require the committee to allocate state-controlled resources for the finance of affordable rental housing, as defined, through a single process and competition. This bill would require the committee to develop an application, threshold requirements, a rating and ranking system, as specified, for applicants seeking these resources. This bill would authorize the committee to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the allocation of state-controlled resources for the finance of affordable rental housing that take effect immediately upon adoption. This bill would provide that the adoption, amendment, or repeal of these rules and regulations is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act but would require the committee to follow specified procedures pursuant to the adoption of the rules and regulations. This bill would also authorize the committee to adopt, amend, or repeal emergency rules and regulations to implement this chapter that are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, as specified.