Existing law establishes the Government Code and prescribes general provisions for purposes of its interpretation. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision naming the Government Code.
The Planning and Zoning Law requires that the housing element of a city's or county's general plan consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. The law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law, generally, defines various deadly weapons and regulates the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, and carrying of these weapons, including firearms. Existing law prohibits carrying a deadly weapon with the intent to assault. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law declares that it is policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electrical resource acquisition programs recognize and include a value for the resource diversity provided by renewable resources. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that declaration.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, specialty mental health services include federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services provided to eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries under 21 years of age. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand access to behavioral mental health services to children receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and requires the department to administer various housing programs, including programs intended to fund the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to increase the amount of available affordable housing in rural areas.
Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, states the intent of the Legislature to provide for the sustainable management of groundwater basins and to provide local groundwater agencies with the authority and the technical and financial assistance necessary to sustainably manage groundwater, among other purposes of the act. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to improve groundwater basin management.
The Planning and Zoning Law makes various legislative findings and declarations, including that the state has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of a long-term, general plan for the physical development of each of the state's urban areas and that the planning activities of counties and cities can be strengthened and more effectively performed when conducted in relation to studies and planning of an urban regional character. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
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 certain processes, such as the preparation of a master EIR or a focused EIR, to streamline the environmental review of projects. CEQA states the intentions of the Legislature in enacting those streamlined environmental review processes. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those statements of intent.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to implement a single statewide Child Welfare Services Case Management System to administer and evaluate the state's child welfare services and foster care programs. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature for the department to enhance the statewide child welfare information system to include information concerning the level of care required, educational accomplishments, and health history of children placed in foster care. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission, on or before November 15 of each year, to submit a higher education report to the Legislature and the Governor that provides information to the citizens of the state on the significant indicators of performance of the public colleges and universities, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
