Sen. Bob Archuleta

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery program, under which the participating states may assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law provides that the State of California consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts with regard to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of the responsibilities the Department of Transportation assumed as a participant in the program. Existing law prohibits the department from delegating any of its responsibilities assumed under these federal laws to any political subdivision of the state or its instrumentalities. This bill would authorize the department, upon the request of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to delegate any of its responsibilities assumed under these federal laws to the authority for the purpose of accelerating the project delivery timeline for specified transit projects. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles.

Existing law establishes the California Statewide Housing Plan to serve as a state housing plan for all relevant purposes. Existing law requires that the plan incorporate, among other things, a statement of housing goals, policies, and objectives and that the Department of Housing and Community Development update and provide a revision of the plan to the Legislature every 4 years. This bill would establish the Legislative Task Force on the California Master Plan on Home Ownership, consisting of 11 members, as provided. The bill would require the task force to consider and evaluate current impediments to increasing the rate of home ownership for Californians and, no later than March 31, 2021, to develop a final report that includes specified information and recommendations and submit that report to the Legislature. The bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide technical support and administrative assistance to the task force and collaborate in the preparation of the final report.

Existing law establishes the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, which requires the Public Utilities Commission to implement annual targets for the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources, as defined, for all electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators. Existing law requires local publicly owned electric utilities to adopt and implement renewable energy resources procurement plans to achieve the targets and goals of the program. Existing law states that it is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100% of electricity procured to serve all state agencies by December 31, 2045. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to establish a blue ribbon panel to develop recommendations for an energy strategy to showcase California's clean energy leadership during the 2028 Olympics Games in the City of Los Angeles.

Existing law defines a disabled veteran for purposes of obtaining disabled veteran license plates and corresponding privileges, as specified. For a person to meet the definition of a disabled veteran, they must have sustained an injury or disease while on active service in the United States Armed Forces. Additionally, existing law requires the veteran to have a 100% disability rating from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs due to a diagnosed disease or disorder that substantially impairs or interferes with mobility, be so severely disabled that they are unable to move without an assistant device, have lost, or lost use of, one or more limbs, or suffer permanent blindness. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Existing law authorizes specified peace officers, including, among others, probation officers, in the performance of the officers' duties, to display a steady or flashing blue warning light visible from the front, sides, or rear of their emergency vehicles. Existing law requires probation officers to complete a specified classroom training course regarding the operation of emergency vehicles before operating an emergency vehicle with a blue warning light. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority as the single successor agency to the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. Existing law vests the authority with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning, programming, and operations in the County of Los Angeles. Existing law authorizes the authority to acquire rights-of-way and to construct rail lines, stations, and other facilities for rapid transit service. This bill would require the authority, or another public agency, if it constructs a light rail project within the right-of-way for the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, to include or construct, as applicable, 11 specified stations as part of an initial operating segment.

Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Consumer Affairs to provide for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, licensed educational psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and licensed professional clinical counselors. Existing law authorizes the board to conduct research in, and make studies of problems involved in, the maintaining of professional standards among those engaged in the professions it licenses, as provided. This bill would require the board to post the research and studies on the board's internet website within 30 days of completion.

This measure would recognize March 7, 2020, as California Arbor Day, and would urge California residents to observe the day with appropriate tree-planting activities and programs.

The California Constitution requires that proceeds from the sale of surplus state property be applied to pay the principle and interest on bonds issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act. Existing law requires a state agency to review all proprietary state lands under its jurisdiction, as specified, to determine what land is in excess of its needs, and to report on these lands to the Department of General Services. Existing law prescribes a process for the disposition of surplus state property. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these latter provisions.

Existing law requires the Department of Rehabilitation to administer a program of services for persons with acquired traumatic brain injury. Under that program, service providers develop and utilize an individual service plan to identify the needs of consumers and deliver, either directly or by arrangement, coordinated services designed to meet those needs. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.