Existing law, the Gambling Control Act, establishes the California Gambling Control Commission, which is responsible for licensing and regulating various gambling activities and establishments. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to investigate any violations of, and to enforce, the act. Under the act, a city, county, or city and county may authorize controlled gambling consistent with state law. Existing law, however, prohibits an ordinance that would result in an expansion of gambling in the city, county, or city and county from being valid unless the amendment is approved by a majority of the voters. Existing law requires an amendment to a city or county ordinance relating to a gambling establishment or the act to be submitted to the department for review and comment before the ordinance is adopted by the city or county. Prior law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 1999, except as specified. This bill would reenact that prohibition until January 1, 2043, and would prohibit the commission from issuing a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that is pending before the commission as of January 1, 2024. The bill would also invalidate a gambling license for a gambling establishment that was not licensed to operate on December 31, 2022, and that was issued between December 31, 2022, and January 1, 2024. Prior law, until January 1, 2023, prohibited the governing body or board of electors of a city, county, or city and county that had not authorized legal gambling within its boundaries prior to January 1, 1996, from authorizing legal gambling, and prohibited an ordinance in effect on January 1, 1996, that authorized legal gambling within a city, county, or city and county from being amended to expand gambling in that jurisdiction beyond that permitted on January 1, 1996. This bill would reenact those prohibitions until January 1, 2043. The bill, notwithstanding those provisions, would authorize a city, county, or city and county to amend its ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment that operates fewer than 20 tables, by up to 2 additional tables the first year, and up to 2 additional tables every 4 years thereafter, as provided. The bill would require an ordinance that was approved by a majority of the voters in a city, county, or city and county in an election that occurred after November 1, 2020, that authorized an increase in the number of gambling tables at a gambling establishment, and that became operative on January 1, 2023, as the result of the repealed provisions above, to remain operative on and after January 1, 2024. The bill would invalidate an amendment or adoption of an ordinance that occurred on or after January 1, 2023, by a city, county, or city and county resulting in an expansion of gambling that was not authorized or permitted under the act as of December 31, 2022, or that is not authorized or permitted under these provisions. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.
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This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 20, 2023, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
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Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law prescribes a schedule of application and other fees for different license types and distinguishes between new licenses and duplicate licenses. Existing law authorizes the exchange of specified licenses, subject to the approval of the department, payment of a $100 exchange fee, and compliance with all other relevant provisions of the act. This bill would authorize any person that has a brewpub-restaurant license to exchange that license for a bona fide public eating place license subject to the approval of the department, payment of a $100 exchange fee, compliance with other relevant provisions of the act relating to the issuance of an original license, and the payment of the fee required for a new permanent license for an on-sale general eating place. The bill would specify that these provisions apply only to a person that has held a brewpub-restaurant license since on or before December 31, 2019. The bill would authorize the department to adjust the fee required for the exchange of the license, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to designate a license issued pursuant to these provisions as an on-sale general license for special use, as specified. The bill would prohibit a license issued pursuant to these provisions from being sold or transferred for an amount greater than a specified price.
(1) Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires every licensed contractor, or applicant for licensure, to have on file at all times with the board a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, or to file a certificate of exemption certifying that they have no employees and are not required to obtain or maintain workers' compensation insurance. Under existing law, the failure to file a proper certification constitutes cause for disciplinary action, and the failure of a qualifier for a license, as defined, to ensure compliance with these provisions, as specified, is a crime. Existing law requires a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license to obtain and maintain workers' compensation insurance even if that contractor has no employees, and requires the suspension of any license that is active and has had the C-39 roofing classification removed, if the licensee is found by the registrar of contractors to have employees and to lack a valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance. This bill, until January 1, 2026, would require concrete contractors holding a C-8 license, warm-air heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors holding a C-20 license, asbestos abatement contractors holding a C-22 license, or tree service contractors holding a D-49 license to also obtain and maintain workers' compensation insurance even if that contractor has no employees. After July 1, 2023, and if the registrar finds the licensee has employees and lacks the proper valid certification, the bill would require the suspension of any license that is active and has a C-8, C-20, C-22, or D-49 classification removed. The bill would provide that a joint venture, as specified, that files a certificate of exemption is not required to obtain workers' compensation insurance. As of January 1, 2026, the bill would require all licensed contractors or applicants for licensure, regardless of classification, to obtain and maintain workers' compensation insurance unless they are organized as a joint venture and file a certificate of exemption. (2) Because this bill would expand the provisions for which qualifiers for a license have to ensure compliance, thus expanding the scope of an existing crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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. Existing federal law establishes the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, which is designed to achieve various objectives with respect to institutional and home- and community-based long-term care services provided under state Medicaid programs. Under the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, an eligible individual is required to meet prescribed qualifications, including that they have resided in an inpatient facility for at least 60 consecutive days. Existing law requires the department to provide services consistent with the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration for transitioning eligible individuals out of an inpatient facility who have resided in that setting for fewer than 60 days. Existing law requires the department to cease to enroll beneficiaries under these provisions commencing January 1, 2023, and to cease providing these services commencing January 1, 2024. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025. This bill would instead require the department to cease to enroll beneficiaries commencing January 1, 2026, and to cease providing those services commencing January 1, 2027. The bill would extend the repeal date of those provisions to January 1, 2028.
Existing law prohibits an intermodal marine equipment provider or intermodal marine terminal operator, as defined, from imposing per diem, detention, or demurrage charges on an intermodal motor carrier relative to transactions involving cargo shipped by intermodal transport under certain circumstances, including when an intermodal marine terminal decides to divert equipment without 48 hours' notice. This bill would also prohibit an intermodal marine container provider from imposing those charges, extended dwell charges, or commencing or continuing free time, as defined, on a motor carrier, as defined, beneficial cargo owner, or other intermediary relative to transactions involving cargo shipped by intermodal transport under certain circumstances. The bill would instead specify that those circumstances include when the intermodal marine container provider decides to divert equipment from the original interchange location without notice, as described above, and also include when the motor carrier documents an unsuccessful attempt to make an appointment for either a loaded or empty container transaction, as specified. The bill would also specify that those circumstances include when a return or delivery of an intermodal container is delayed because a booked vessel's receiving date changes, and when the obstacle to the cargo retrieval or return of equipment are within the scope of responsibility of the carrier or their agent and beyond the control of the invoices or contracting party. Existing law also prohibits an intermodal marine equipment provider from terminating, suspending, or restricting equipment interchange rights of a motor carrier for specified reasons and from charging back, deducting, or offsetting per diem charges or certain other charges from the motor carrier's freight bill. This bill would also prohibit an intermodal marine container provider from commencing or continuing free time if cargo is unavailable for retrieval and timely notice of cargo availability has not been provided. Existing law defines "intermodal marine terminal" to mean a marine terminal location or facility that engages in discharging or receiving equipment owned, operated, or controlled by an equipment provider. This bill would define "intermodal marine container provider" to mean the entity authorizing delivery or receipt of physical possession of the container with a motor carrier, beneficial cargo owner, or other intermediary. The bill would also define "satellite facility" to mean an intermodal yard, that is not a marine terminal, within the same local commercial territory that supports operations of an intermodal marine container provider or intermodal marine terminal, and would require any provisions related to acts at intermodal marine terminals to also be applied to acts at satellite facilities. This bill would specify that where these provisions are addressed by future federal law or regulation, and the federal law or regulation permits states to exceed the requirements set forth in the federal law or regulation, the more stringent provision shall govern.