Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law requires a program licensed or certified by the department to disclose ownership or control of, or financial interest in, a recovery residence, which is defined for this purpose to include a residential dwelling commonly referred to as a sober living home or sober living environments. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to sober living facilities.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor, which is responsible for, among other things, the state's emergency and disaster response services for specified disasters and emergencies. This bill would authorize the Office of Emergency Services to enter into partnerships with private sector entities to encourage the private sector to provide meaningful incentives for individuals to make donations of human whole blood or human blood components.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to grant or deny a charter petition within 90 days of receipt of the petition unless the petitioner and school district agree to a 30-day extension. Existing law authorizes a petitioner to submit the petition to the county board of education on appeal within 30 days of a governing board's denial of a petition. Under existing law, if either the county board of education or the state board fails to act on the appeal of a charter petition within 180 days of receipt, the decision of the governing board of the school district to deny the charter is subject to judicial review. This bill would additionally authorize a petitioner to submit a charter petition to the county board of education on appeal within 30 days if the governing board of the school district fails to take action on the charter within the prescribed time period. To the extent these provisions would impose additional duties on county boards of education, the 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.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to promulgate regulations for county child welfare departments, including, but not limited to, any case of separation or desertion of a parent from a child that results in foster care assistance payments, payments for a minor child placed in the same home as a minor or nonminor dependent parent, and California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) payments to a caretaker relative of a child who comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Existing law provides for implementation of the California Plan, which is defined to mean the plan being developed by the Colorado River Board of California, the public agencies represented on that board, and the Director of Water Resources to ensure that California can live within the state's apportionment of Colorado River water. This bill would prohibit the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles from achieving a reduction in, or conservation of, Colorado River water consumption required by an agreement with specified entities through increased water deliveries or imports from other regions of California, including the San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The bill would require the Colorado River Board of California, the Department of Water Resources, and the State Water Resources Control Board to use their existing authority to enforce these provisions. The bill would specify that these provisions apply retroactively to January 1, 2023, and apply to any agreement entered into on or after that date.
Existing law requires a city or county, as specified, to allow the installation of manufactured homes certified under federal law on a foundation system, as specified, on lots zoned for residential dwellings. Except with respect to architectural elements, existing law requires a city or county to subject the manufactured home and the lot on which it is placed to the same development standards as to which a conventional single-family residential dwelling on the same lot would be subject, as specified. Existing law prohibits a city or county from imposing requirements for a roof overhang of a manufactured home unless the same size requirements also would be imposed on a conventional single-family residential dwelling constructed on the same lot. Existing law authorizes a city or county to impose a roof overhang requirement on manufactured homes not to exceed 16 inches whenever there are no size requirements for roof overhangs for manufactured homes and conventional single-family dwellings. This bill would additionally prohibit a city or county from imposing requirements for a roof overhang on a nonconventional single-family residential dwelling unless the same size requirements also would be imposed on a conventional single-family residential dwelling constructed on the same lot. The bill would authorize a city or county to impose a roof overhang requirement on manufactured homes not to exceed 16 inches whenever there are no size requirements for roof overhangs for manufactured homes, conventional single-family dwellings, and nonconventional single-family dwellings. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license narcotic treatment programs to use narcotic replacement therapy and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) of addicted persons. Existing law specifies the medications a licensed narcotic treatment program may use for narcotic treatment replacement therapy and MAT by a licensed narcotic treatment program. Existing law prohibits the unlawful denial of full and equal access to the benefits of, or the unlawful discrimination under, any program or activity that is conducted, operated, or administered by the state or by any state agency, that is funded directly by the state, or that receives any financial assistance from the state, for a person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation. This bill would prohibit a state-funded program, as defined, from discriminating against, or denying access to housing or housing services to, individuals because they are currently undergoing MAT or taking authorized medications. This bill would also make legislative findings and declarations.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, working with specified state entities, to prepare a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required to meet the goals of putting at least 5,000,000 zero-emission vehicles in service by 2030 and of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. This bill would require the commission to submit to the Legislature, no later than July 1, 2025, a report assessing the suitability of gasoline stations for conversion into electric vehicle charging stations and identifying potential financial incentives and regulatory barriers for gasoline stations to convert to electric vehicle charging stations.
The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, and specify certain limitations and requirements with respect to the application of credits, including limitations on credits allowed with respect to disregarded entities in excess of the tax imposed on income related to those disregarded entities. This bill would remove the above-described limitation on credits allowed with respect to disregarded entities for credits generated in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, if the credit can be assigned, as provided. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law provides that parents and guardians of children enrolled in public schools have the right, and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as specified to include, among other things, examining the curriculum materials of the class or classes in which their child is enrolled. This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide written notice to a pupil's parent or guardian of their right to examine the curriculum materials of the class or classes in which their child is enrolled, as provided. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would authorize each of those local educational agencies to post information on that right to their internet website if they maintain an internet website. This bill would also delete an obsolete reference. 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.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the California Public Interest Veterinary Debt Relief Program under the administration of the commission to award funds to California-licensed veterinarians, in relief of their educational loan debt, as defined, who enter into a contract with the commission to provide veterinary services in eligible premises settings, as defined, on a full-time basis, as specified. The bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the California Public Interest Veterinary Debt Relief Program Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program and would require the commission to disburse moneys in the fund for purposes of the program, as provided. The bill would require the commission, on or before March 31, 2026, and each year thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature that includes specified information on the program, including the number of applicants and program participants and the amount of funds expended for the program.
