Existing law generally provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes, including a cash payment or reimbursement not to exceed a specified amount to a victim for expenses incurred in relocating, if the expenses are determined by law enforcement to be necessary for the personal safety of the victim or by a mental health treatment provider to be necessary for the emotional well-being of the victim. Existing law requires the board to be named as the recipient of funds upon expiration of the victim's rental agreement if a security deposit is required for relocation. This bill would authorize "expenses incurred in relocating" as described above to include a pet deposit and additional rent required if the victim has a pet. The bill would also require the board to be named as the recipient of funds upon expiration of the victim's rental agreement if a pet deposit is required for relocation. By expanding the authorization for use of continuously appropriated funds, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 13957 of the Government Code proposed by AB 900, AB 1865, and AB 1939 to be operative only if this bill and any or all of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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(1) Existing law requires the governing board of each school district and each county board of education to adopt a local control and accountability plan using a template adopted by the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the local control and accountability plan to include a description of the annual goals to be achieved for each of certain state priorities, which include the implementation of the academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board, as specified, and the specific actions that will be taken to achieve the annual goals. This bill would add to the enumerated state priorities family engagement, as specified. By imposing additional duties on school districts and county boards of education, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 52060 of the Education Code proposed by SB 874, AB 1840, and AB 3188, to be operative only if this bill and one or more of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 52066 of the Education Code proposed by SB 874 and AB 1840, to be operative only if this bill and one or both of SB 874 and AB 1840 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (3) 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 provides for creation of the North County Transit District, with various powers and duties relative to the planning and operation of a transit system in north San Diego County. Existing law authorizes the district to make contracts and to do all acts necessary and convenient for the full exercise of the district's powers in that regard. The Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act authorizes a public agency, upon the election of its governing board, by resolution, to become subject to uniform construction cost accounting procedures. The act authorizes public projects of $45,000 or less to be performed by the employees of a public agency, authorizes public projects of $175,000 or less to be let to contract by informal procedures, and requires public projects of more than $175,000 to be let to contract by formal bidding procedures. This bill would authorize the district to opt in to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act. This bill would revise and recast the district's authority to enter into other contracts, which, under existing law, generally requires contracts for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and material that exceed $50,000 to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The bill would require the board to maintain acquisition and contracting guidelines and to comply with those guidelines in the procurement of all goods and services. The bill would, among other things, generally require contracts for the acquisition or lease of materials, supplies, or equipment with an expected cost that exceeds $100,000, as authorized by the board, to be made or entered into with the lowest responsible bidder, and would require the board to use a district-approved competitive procurement process in other circumstances. The bill would enact other provisions governing contracts for the acquisition of certain services. The bill would authorize negotiated procurements in certain cases. This bill would authorize the board to purchase supplies, equipment, or materials in the open market, in certain circumstances, and would authorize the executive director of the board to make expenditures of certain moneys to avert or alleviate damage to, or to repair or restore the damaged or destroyed property of, the district that are necessary to ensure that the district's facilities are available to serve the transportation needs of the general public or to comply with any state or federal regulation with respect to the operation of public transportation services. The bill would also specify procedures for single source procurement. This bill would authorize a person who submits, or who plans to submit, a proposal in response to a procurement solicitation to protest acquisitions conducted pursuant to some of the processes described above. Because this bill would impose new duties on local public officials, the bill would create 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.
(1) Existing law provides that the application by a service member for, or receipt by a service member of, a stay, postponement, or suspension in the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability of that person does not itself, without regard to other considerations, provide the basis for, among other things, a determination by any lender or other person that the service member is unable to pay any civil obligation or liability or the denial or revocation of credit by the creditor. This bill would additionally provide that an application or receipt under these provisions does not provide a basis for an annotation in a service member's record by a creditor or a person engaged in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information identifying the service member as a member of the active militia, or an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces. The bill would prohibit a person, in connection with the collection of any obligation, from falsely claiming to be a member or civilian employee of, among other things, the Armed Forces or of a component of the active militia or identifying himself or herself through the use of any military rank, rating, or title. The bill would additionally prohibit a person, in connection with the collection of any obligation from a member of the active militia or a member of the active or reserve components of the Armed Forces, from contacting the member's military unit or chain of command without the written consent of the member given after the obligation becomes due and payable. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Under existing law, in any action or proceeding commenced in any court, if there is a default of any appearance by the defendant, the plaintiff, before entering judgment, is required to file in the court a declaration under penalty of perjury setting forth facts showing that the defendant is not in the military service. Under existing law, if the defendant is in the military service, a court may not make an order until after the court appoints an attorney to represent the defendant and protect his or her interests, and the court is required to make that appointment on application. This bill, among other things, would, if an attorney appointed under this section to represent a service member cannot locate the service member, prohibit actions by the attorney in the case from waiving any defense of the service member or otherwise binding the service member. Existing law provides that, at any stage in any action or proceeding in which a service member is involved, during the period of military service or 60 days thereafter, the court may, in its discretion, and is required to, on application by the service member, stay an action or proceeding unless, in the opinion of the court, the ability of the plaintiff to prosecute the action or the defendant to conduct his defense is not materially affected by reason of his or her military service. This bill would extend these protections to 120 days after the period of military service. The bill would additionally authorize a service member who is granted a stay of a civil action or proceeding under these provisions to apply for an additional stay based on continuing material effect of military duty on the service member's ability to appear, and require the court, if it refuses to grant an additional stay of proceedings, to appoint counsel to represent the service member in the action or proceeding. (3) Existing law prohibits an obligation or liability bearing interest at a rate in excess of 6% per year incurred by a service member before that person's entry into service from bearing interest at a rate in excess of 6% per year during any part of the period of military service. Under existing law, for an obligation or liability consisting of a mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage, this prohibition extends to one year after the period of military service. This bill would extend this prohibition, for an obligation or liability consisting of a student loan, to one year after the period of military service. This bill would extend this prohibition, for an obligation that does not consist of a student loan, mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage, to 120 days after the period of military service. Existing law authorizes a member of the United States Military Reserve or the National Guard who is called to active duty, as specified, to defer payments on specified obligations, including credit cards and vehicle loans, while serving on active duty. This bill would include student loans under these provisions. (4) Existing law authorizes a person to terminate a lease covering premises occupied for dwelling, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purposes in any case in which the lease was executed by or on the behalf of the person who, after the execution of that lease, entered military service, as specified. This bill would recast those provisions, and extend them to additionally authorize a person to terminate a lease of a motor vehicle, as specified. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (5) This bill would additionally require any person who receives a good faith request from a service member for relief pursuant to any of the provisions described above and who believes the request is incomplete or otherwise not legally sufficient or that the service member is not entitled to the relief requested, to, within 30 days of the request, provide the service member with a written response acknowledging the request, as specified. The bill would provide that if the person fails to make such a response in the timeframe above, the person waives any objection to the request, and the service member shall be entitled to the relief requested. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 800 of the Military and Veterans Code proposed by AB 2521 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2521 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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.
(1) Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2022, the County of Orange (county) to establish a specified neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community in that county the purpose of which is to further the community's vision of creating a sustainable development that reduces gasoline demand and vehicle emissions by offering a cleaner, more economical means of local transportation within the plan area. Existing law authorizes the county by ordinance or resolution to adopt the plan and requires that the plan have received a prior review and the comments of the transportation planning agency and any agency having traffic law enforcement responsibilities in the county. Existing law provides that the plan may include the use of a state highway, or any crossing of the highway, subject to the approval of the Department of Transportation. Existing law requires the county, if it adopts an NEV plan, to establish (A) minimum general design criteria for the development, planning, and construction of separated NEV lanes, including, but not limited to, the design speed of the facility, the space requirements of the NEV, and roadway design criteria, and (B) , in cooperation with the department, uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices to control NEV traffic, to warn of dangerous conditions, obstacles, or hazards, to designate the right-of-way as between NEVs, other vehicles, and bicycles, to state the nature and destination of the NEV lane, and to warn pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists of the presence of NEV traffic. Existing law also requires the county, if it adopts the NEV plan, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before November 1, 2020, in consultation with the department, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement agencies. This bill would, until January 1, 2029, authorize the County of San Diego or any city in the county to establish a similar NEV transportation plan, as specified. The bill would require, if the county or any city in the county adopts an NEV plan, the entity to consult with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and any agency having traffic law enforcement responsibilities in an entity included in the plan area. The bill would require the County of San Diego or a city in the county that has adopted an NEV transportation plan to consult with SANDAG, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and any applicable local law enforcement agency in preparing a specified report to the Legislature. The bill would require the report to be submitted to the Legislature within 2 years of the date the NEV transportation plan is adopted. The bill would require, among other things, as part of the plan, restrictions limiting the operation of NEVs to NEV routes identified in the NEV transportation plan and allowing only those NEVs that meet the safety equipment requirements specified in the plan to be operated on those routes. The bill would provide that a person who operates an NEV in violation of these restrictions is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $100. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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.
This measure would urge the Congress and the President of the United States to support the retention of, and investment in, the Amtrak National Network of passenger trains, specifically the California Zephyr, the Coast Starlight, the Southwest Chief, and the Sunset Limited, as vital components of the state's rail program and would also urge Congress to reject President Trump's proposed Fiscal Year 2019 federal budget cuts to Amtrak and restore full funding for the Amtrak National Network through the appropriations process.
This measure would urge the federal government and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take immediate action to adequately address cross-border pollution in the Tijuana River Valley.
This measure would express the support of the Legislature for the 23 Asilomar AI Principles as guiding values for the development of artificial intelligence and of related public policy.
This measure would proclaim the week of September 9, 2018, through September 15, 2018, as Suicide Prevention Week in California.
This measure would proclaim November 2018 as Epilepsy Awareness Month and call for a recommitment to increasing awareness and understanding of those living with epilepsy.