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SB 719(Machado) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: district board membership. (C-10/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 728, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/14/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would increase
the membership of the district board to 15 members. In addition to the
existing 8 county members, the bill would require the appointment of
5 city council members by the cities within the territory of the district,
based on region and population. The bill would require 2 public members
to be appointed to the district board by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The bill would require each member to be
appointed in accordance with certain requirements, and would prohibit
a member from designating an alternate for any purpose or otherwise
being represented by another person in his or her capacity as a member
of the district board. The bill would require all members to be residents
of the district. Because of the additional duties this bill would require
of the district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:42 N:32 A:5) 08/22/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:0) 06/27/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 05/17/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:26 N:12 A:2) 04/18/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:4 N:0 A:1) Position: Support AB 583(Hancock) Political Reform Act of 1974: California Clean
Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007. (A-06/04/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would enact the
California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007, which would authorize
eligible candidates for Governor and for one unspecified seat in the
Senate and another in the Assembly to obtain public funds according
to specified procedures and requirements, provided that certain thresholds
are attained. The bill would impose primary responsibility for the administration
of the provisions of the bill on the Fair Political Practices Commission.
This bill would create the Clean Money Fund and, from January 1, 2009
until March 31, 2010, would transfer an amount equal to $0.01 per day
times the number of California residents 18 years of age or older from
the General Fund to the Clean Money Fund. It would continuously appropriate
those moneys in the Clean Money Fund to the Fair Political Practices
Commission for the purpose of the public financing provisions of the
act. The bill would make funding for the administrative and enforcement
costs of the act subject to appropriation by the Legislature. It would
repeal its operative provisions on January 1, 2011. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:34 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 1430(Garrick) Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limitations. (C-10/15/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 708, Statutes of 2007. Location: 10/14/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would provide
that certain restrictions and limitations by a local jurisdiction on
payments for a member communication, as defined, would conflict with
these provisions and would be prohibited. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:27 N:9 A:4) 07/10/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:4 N:1 A:0) 05/24/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:0 A:2) 05/01/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) Position: Oppose SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits, salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK Summary: Would instead
allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12
years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms,
except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective
date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served
in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive
years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) Position: Monitor AB 298(Maze) Relative caregivers. (C-10/12/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would specifically
provide that a relative caregiver's preference for legal guardianship
rather than adoption under circumstances that do not include an unwillingness
to accept legal or financial responsibility for the child may not constitute
the sole basis for recommending removal of the child from the relative
caregiver for purposes of adoptive placement. The bill would require
that a relative caregiver be given information regarding the options
of legal guardianship and adoption, including the long-term benefits
and consequences of each option, prior to establishing legal guardianship
or pursuing adoption. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:1) 09/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:39 N:0 A:1) 06/19/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 05/17/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:73 N:0 A:6) 05/09/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 313(Benoit) Child day care facility rating system. (A-05/01/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/01/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Location: 06/01/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would require
the State Department of Social Services, by January 1, 2010 , to develop
and implement a licensed child day care facility rating system for quality
of care and child safety , after implementing an unannounced visitation
system . This bill would require that the department post the ratings
information on the department's Internet Web site, and update the posted
ratings as often as possible to maintain current and accurate information.
It would require each facility to post its rating in a conspicuous place
at the facility. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 04/24/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) Position: Oppose AB 1331(Evans) Foster youth: federal benefits. (C-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 465, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/11/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would require
a county to screen each foster youth in foster care who is at least
16 years and 6 months of age and not older than 17 years and 6 months
of age in order to determine whether the youth is eligible for federal
SSI benefits. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:76 N:0 A:3) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:11 A:0) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. HUMAN S. (Y:4 N:1 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:2 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1578(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: which would be
known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act
of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the
establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2) 07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1) 04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2) Position: Support
Status: 08/30/2007-Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would enact the
Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy
Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including,
but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources
Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources,
and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature
and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas
Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the
integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information.
The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on
or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation
of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and
the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of
the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity
for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include
a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated
energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:3 A:0) 07/02/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:7 N:5 A:0) 06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:14 A:3) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/24/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:5 N:3 A:1) Position: Support AB 1578(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: which would be
known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act
of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the
establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2) 07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1) 04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2) Position: Support SB 890(Scott) Pupils: Early Commitment to College program. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 8/30/2007 hearing) Location: 08/30/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would establish,
until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation
by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A
pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be
allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would
be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school
districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion
of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school
that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent
would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive,
and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a
Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not
designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils
who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in
grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity
to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to
provide college information and college preparation events inclusive
of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:32 N:3 A:5) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 466(Hancock) Pupils: average daily attendance. (V-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/12/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would authorize
service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board to be independent
study and would exempt that pupil from the requirement that the pupil
participate in that activity for 5 or more consecutive schooldays if,
among other things, the pupil is required to complete a report or written
assignment on the subject of the activities engaged in by the pupil
while serving as a member of a precinct board. The bill would require
the teacher of any class from which a pupil is absent to ensure that
the report or written assignment is submitted within a reasonable time
after the activities are completed. This bill contains other existing
laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 466 without my signature. I vetoed substantively similar bills in prior years. This bill would allow schools to receive funding for times when students are volunteering as elections precinct board members through independent study programs. While civic and other volunteer activities can offer many educational opportunities to students, these activities should be in addition to, and not in place of, valuable classroom learning time with a teacher. Independent study programs are intended to help schools address the needs of students who are unable to attend school in a traditional classroom setting for an extended period of time ? not to be used as means to circumvent the fulfillment of criteria for instruction required in order to receive school funding. For this reason, I am unable to sign this measure. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:16 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/11/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:5 N:2 A:2) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:30 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support AB 1537(Mullin) Model civic education staff development program. (A-04/18/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/01/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Location: 06/01/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would establish
the model civic education staff development program, to be administered
by the State Department of Education. School districts and county offices
of education would be authorized to apply to the department for a grant
of funds to offer a staff development program to certificated employees,
including those holding an intern credential, and would be required
to include in the application a plan to implement districtwide in all
grades, including kindergarten, maintained by the school district or
county office of education, the 6 promising approaches to civic education
in the Civic Mission of Schools Report developed by the Carnegie Corporation
of New York and the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning
and Engagement. The bill would require the department to create and
maintain a list of organizations with the proven capacity to deliver
staff development programs, as specified. The bill would require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a statewide advisory
committee that includes specified members. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:6 N:3 A:1) Position: Support SB 219(Steinberg) Pupil achievement: Academic Performance Index: alternative education. (C-10/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 731, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/14/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would require
the advisory committee to recommend to the Superintendent and the state
board certain matters relative to the assignment of the accountability
data on pupils in alternative education programs. The requirements imposed
by the bill would become operative only if local educational agencies
receive a per pupil allocation prior to the 2010-11 fiscal year for
implementation of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data
System.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:59 N:17 A:3) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:28 N:7 A:5) 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:8 N:2 A:0) 06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:30 N:8 A:2) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:12 N:3 A:2) 05/07/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 04/18/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) Position: Support SB 344(Steinberg) Pupils: drop-out prevention and intervention. (A-06/04/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would require
school districts to track and report to the department, for pupils in
grades 6 to 9, inclusive, those pupils who have failed yearlong or 2-semester
courses, have scored below basic or far below basic on the California
Standards Test, or who have more than 10 unexcused school absences per
semester. This requirement would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would authorize a school district to claim supplemental instruction
funds, as defined, to provide specified intervention for those pupils.
The bill would state that the purpose of this information is to identify
pupils at high risk of dropping out of school. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:26 N:13 A:1) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/21/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:5 N:1 A:3) Position: Support SB 406(Steinberg) Pupils: work permits. (V-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/11/2007-S VETOED Summary: Would authorize
certificated employees, who are employed by the applicable school district,
authorized by the superintendent of the school district in which that
employee works, or designated by the principal of the school in which
that employee works if that principal was authorized by the superintendent
of the district to issue work permits, to issue a permit to work to
a minor enrolled in the school, and would authorize a similar procedure
for private schools. The individuals responsible for issuing work permits
to pupils would be required to have a working knowledge of California
labor laws as they relate to minors and of education laws related to
work permits. The county superintendent of schools or his or her designee
would be authorized to issue a work permit to a pupil who does not attend
a school that has a person authorized to issue a work permit to that
pupil, provided that the person issuing the permit complies with the
specified requirements before issuing the permit. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Senate Bill 406 without my signature. Although I understand the author's desire to require uniform statewide criteria for the issuance of work permits, I believe that the determination of such criteria is best left to the discretion of local school boards. School boards are better suited to determine the standards that meet the unique circumstances of their students and their communities. Moreover, given the State's current fiscal condition it would not be prudent to approve a measure that results in significant reimbursable state mandated costs. Establishing voluntary statewide criteria that could be used as guidelines for school districts would provide necessary flexibility, without incurring the associated state costs. For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:28 N:12 A:0) 09/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:0 A:4) 06/27/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) 04/16/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:25 N:11 A:4) 04/11/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:8 N:1 A:0) Position: Support SB 854(Ridley-Thomas) Voter registration: students. (C-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 481, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/11/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would allow students
to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State
in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections
official of the county in which the student resides. This bill would
require every community college and California State University campus
that operates an automated class registration system on or before January
1, 2008, to permit students through an automated program in coordination
with the Secretary of State, during the class registration process,
to elect to receive a voter registration form that is preprinted with
personal information relevant to voter registration by January 1, 2010.
This bill would further allow a community college or California State
University campus that does not operate an automated class registration
system on or before January 1, 2008, 2 years from when it begins operating
an automated class registration system to implement an automated voter
registration program. This bill would state that the University of California
is encouraged to comply with this requirement. The bill also would require
the Secretary of State to annually submit to the Legislature, on or
before January 1 of each year, a report on its student voter registration
efforts, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:12 A:4) 09/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:30 A:4) 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 06/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/07/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 04/18/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support SB 890(Scott) Pupils: Early Commitment to College program. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Hearing postponed by committee. (Refers to 8/30/2007 hearing) Location: 08/30/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would establish,
until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation
by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A
pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be
allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would
be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school
districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion
of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school
that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent
would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive,
and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a
Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not
designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils
who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in
grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity
to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to
provide college information and college preparation events inclusive
of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/12/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:32 N:3 A:5) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1294(Mullin) Ranked voting: local elections. (V-10/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Vetoed by the Governor Location: 10/14/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would authorize
a city or county to conduct a local election using ranked voting if
specified conditions are met. This bill would specify the ranked voting
method as it applies to both a single-candidate election and a multiple-candidate
election.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 1294 without my signature. This bill would allow cities and counties, subject to voter approval, to conduct a local election using a ranked voting system. This represents a drastic change to the way we vote. Although there are some proponents for ranked voting, which allows for so-called "instant runoff" elections, I am concerned that we don't yet know enough about how voters will react to such a dramatic change in the way they vote. For instance, charter cities and counties already have the right to hold ranked voting elections, yet only one city has done so thus far, and that was on a trial basis only. Further, the machines necessary to implement ranked voting are not widely available nor have any been certified by the Secretary of State. As the Secretary of State recently decertified the vast majority of electronic voting machines used for traditional elections, it is premature to even contemplate moving to ranked voting tomorrow until we have resolved any issues with the machines needed for how we vote today. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:30 A:2) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:18 A:0) 08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:8 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:8 N:6 A:3) 07/10/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2) 05/09/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:11 N:5 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 1662(Garcia) State employment: State Bargaining Unit 6. (A-09/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/12/2007-Ordered placed on third reading file. (A 29. N 1. Page 2668.) Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 2668.) Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Page 2669.) Location: 09/12/2007-S APPR. Summary: Dropped because
amended 9-12-07 to cover a different subject.
Vote Events: 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:4 N:0 A:1) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:0 A:3) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:6 N:0 A:1) Position: Drop AB 493(Ruskin) Motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions: incentive
program. (A-06/01/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would require
the state board to create and implement a clean vehicle incentive program
meeting specified requirements, that would provide rebates to, and require
surcharges from, purchasers of new motor vehicles based on the vehicles'
greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate against emissions of greenhouse
gases from motor vehicles. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:35 N:35 A:10) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 03/26/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:6 A:0) Position: Support AB 662(Ruskin) Water conservation. (C-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 531, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/12/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would instead
require that the standards for minimum levels of operating efficiency
be based on those efficiencies that will reduce the energy or water
consumption growth rates, and that do not result in any added total
costs over the designed life of the appliances concerned. This bill
contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:29 A:3) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 07/16/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 07/03/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:6 N:2 A:1) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:9 N:4 A:0) Position: Support AB 1046(Leno) Nuclear fission thermal powerplants. (A-06/07/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/12/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set. Location: 06/12/2007-A U. & C. Summary: Would prohibit
the Public Utilities Commission from allowing an investor-owned utility
to recover specified costs , except certain described costs, incurred
in seeking renewal of certification to operate a nuclear fission thermal
powerplant, unless the Energy Commission has completed its assessment
prior to the investor-owned utility filing an application for license
renewal with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Vote Events: 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:0 A:5) 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1470(Huffman) Solar energy: Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007. (C-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 536, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/12/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would establish
the Solar Water Heating and Efficiency Act of 2007. The bill would make
findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the promotion
of solar water heating systems and other technologies that reduce natural
gas demand. The bill would define several terms for purposes of the
act. The bill would require the commission to evaluate the data available
from a specified pilot program, and, if it makes a specified determination,
to design and implement a program of incentives for the installation
of 200,000 solar water heating systems in homes and businesses throughout
the state by 2017. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:32 A:2) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:16 A:0) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:6 A:2) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/03/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:6 N:2 A:1) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:44 N:34 A:2) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:32 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/23/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:3 A:0) 04/16/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:7 N:4 A:1) Position: Support AB 1613(Blakeslee) Energy: Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. (C-10/15/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 713, Statutes of 2007. Location: 10/14/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would enact the
Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. The bill would state
the intent of the Legislature: (A) to dramatically advance the efficiency
of the state's use of natural gas by capturing unused waste heat, (B)
to reduce wasteful consumption of energy through improved residential,
commercial, institutional, industrial, and manufacturer utilization
of waste heat whenever it is cost effective, technologically feasible,
and environmentally beneficial, particularly when this reduces emissions
of carbon dioxide and other carbon-based greenhouse gases, and (C) to
support and facilitate both customer- and utility-owned combined heat
and power systems. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:0 A:4) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:34 N:3 A:3) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/03/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:8 N:0 A:1) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:0 A:3) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:1 A:0) 04/23/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:12 N:0 A:0) Position: Support SB 375(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-09/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/12/2007-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Corrected October 18.) Location: 09/12/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require
the commission, by July 1, 2008, to adopt guidelines for travel demand
models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain
transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department
of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard,
and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1) 07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support SB 412(Simitian) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: natural gas. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-A APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would enact the
Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy
Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including,
but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources
Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources,
and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature
and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas
Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the
integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information.
The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on
or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation
of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and
the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of
the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity
for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include
a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated
energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:3 A:0) 07/02/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:7 N:5 A:0) 06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:14 A:3) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/24/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:5 N:3 A:1) Position: Support AB 887(De La Torre) Redevelopment: eminent domain: relocation
assistance. (A-07/18/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would require
a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, to comply with
certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of
necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain,
and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating
to redevelopment. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/12/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:3 N:1 A:1) 07/12/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) 07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:2 N:3 A:0) 05/21/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:50 N:13 A:16) 05/07/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:10 N:1 A:1) Position: Support AB 1587(De La Torre) Personal information: pharmacy. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/20/2007-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. Location: 08/20/2007-S RLS. Summary: Dropped because
amended 8-20-07 to cover a different subject.
Vote Events: 07/10/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 07/10/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:2 N:2 A:1) 06/20/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:2 A:3) 05/24/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:70 N:6 A:3) 05/01/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:15 N:0 A:2) Position: Drop ACA 8(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-09/06/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Read third time, refused adoption. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 3270.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member De La Torre. (Page 3271.) Location: 08/30/2007-A THIRD READING Summary: Would require
the public use for which the private property is taken to be stated
in writing, prior to the commencement of eminent domain proceedings.
This bill contains other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:31 A:3) 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 08/22/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 07/12/2007 ASM. RLS. (Y:11 N:0 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support SB 484(Lowenthal) Recall and special elections: City of Lynwood. (C-07/26/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/25/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 126, Statutes of 2007 Location: 07/25/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would state legislative
findings that there exists a need for an experienced, objective, impartial,
and professional entity to conduct any recall or special election that
is held in the City of Lynwood in the County of Los Angeles during calendar
years 2007 and 2008, and would state the intent of the Legislature in
connection with this bill. It would require any recall or special election
held in the City of Lynwood during the 2007 and 2008 calendar years
to be administered by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County
Clerk, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles
County. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
Vote Events: 07/20/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:79 N:0 A:1) 07/20/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 07/20/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 07/20/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:40 N:0 A:0) 07/19/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:79 N:0 A:1) 06/27/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:0) 06/11/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:13 N:0 A:1) 04/26/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:28 N:4 A:8) 03/27/2007 SEN. T. & H. (Y:9 N:1 A:1) Position: Support
Status: 10/13/2007-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2007. Location: 10/13/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would enact the
California Toxic Release Inventory Program Act of 2007 to require the
Department of Toxic Substances Control (department) to develop and implement,
by January 1, 2009, the California Toxic Release Inventory Program to
require a facility to submit a toxic chemical release form to the department,
if the facility is not required to submit a toxic chemical release form
containing that same information pursuant to the existing federal regulations,
as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:50 N:27 A:2) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:18 A:0) 07/02/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:48 N:29 A:3) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/10/2007 ASM. E.S. & T.M. (Y:5 N:0 A:2) Position: Support AB 1(Laird) Health care coverage. (E-09/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/10/2007-Senate amendments concurred in. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 3343.) Held at Desk.(Corrected October 10.) Location: 09/12/2007-A DESK Summary: Would expand eligibility
for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy
Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below
300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would
delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements.
The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by
January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process
for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions
for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program.
The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would
be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would
make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available
to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty
level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify
that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided
under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children
eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible
for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility
for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social
welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would specify the family contribution required for children
enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment,
as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the
family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also
make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy
Families Program, and would require the State Department of Health Care
Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal
matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program.
Because the expansion of and modifications to the Medi-Cal program would
impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of that
program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill
would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State
Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions to improve
and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for the Medi-Cal
program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop a process to
transition the enrollment of children from local children's health initiatives
into those programs. The bill would specify that an entity's use of
the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive eligibility
determinations for WIC applicants would be required only to the extent
that adequate financial assistance is available for that purpose. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:28 A:4) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:7 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/11/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:3 A:1) 06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:25 A:8) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:4 A:1) Position: Support AB 8(Nunez) Health care. (V-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/12/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would require
the agency to encourage fitness, wellness, and health promotion programs
and to establish a program to track and assess the health care reforms
implemented by the bill's provisions. The bill would create an advisory
body, chaired by the secretary of the agency, to guide the assessment
and would require annual reports to the Legislature relating to the
assessment. The bill would also require the agency, in consultation
with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System (PERS) to assume lead agency responsibility for professional
review and development of best practice standards for high-cost chronic
diseases that state health care programs would be required to implement
upon their adoption. The bill would additionally require the agency,
in consultation with PERS and health provider groups, to develop health
care provider performance measurement benchmarks, as specified. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 8 without my signature. While I appreciate the Legislature's efforts to reform our broken health care system and applaud the hard work that has gone into AB 8, I cannot sign this bill. AB 8 would put more pressure on an already broken system. AB 8 does not achieve coverage for all, a critical step needed to reduce health care costs for everyone. Comprehensive reform cannot leave Californians vulnerable to loss or denial of coverage when they need it most. Finally, to be sustainable, comprehensive reform cannot place the majority of the financial burden on any one segment of our economy. Unfortunately, AB 8 falls short on all three accounts. ? California needs a financially sustainable health care reform plan that shares responsibility, covers all Californians and keeps our emergency rooms open and operating. I cannot support reform efforts that fall short of these goals and threaten to weaken our already broken system. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:46 N:31 A:2) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:17 A:1) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/11/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:4 A:0) 06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:32 A:1) 06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2) 06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:32 A:3) 06/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:32 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0) Position: Oppose SB 32(Steinberg) Health care coverage: children. (A-09/07/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bass. Location: 09/11/2007-A INACTIVE FILE Summary: Would expand eligibility
for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy
Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below
300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would
delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements.
The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by
January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process
for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions
for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program.
The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would
be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would
make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available
to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty
level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify
that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided
under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children
eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible
for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility
for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social
welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would specify the family contribution required for children
enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment,
as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the
family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also
make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy
Families Program and would require the State Department of Health Care
Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal
matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program.
Because the expansion of, and modifications to, the Medi-Cal program
would impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of
that program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and
the State Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions
to improve and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for
the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop
a process to transition the enrollment of children from local children's
health initiatives into those programs. The bill would specify that
an entity's use of the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive
eligibility determinations for WIC applicants would be required only
to the extent that adequate financial assistance is available for that
purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
Vote Events: 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:25 N:13 A:2) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/25/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:3 A:1) Position: Support SB 840(Kuehl) Single-payer health care coverage. (A-07/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/10/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/10/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would establish
the California Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created
California Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner
appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate.
The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified
health care benefits under the California Healthcare System, which would,
on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services
provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill
would provide that a resident of the state with a household income,
as specified, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level would be
eligible for the type of benefits provided under the Medi-Cal program.
The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers,
exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal,
state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare
System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and
services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/03/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/14/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/18/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:4 A:1) Position: Support SB 1014(Kuehl) Taxation: single-payer health care coverage tax. (A-04/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was REV. & TAX Location: 05/02/2007-S 2 YEAR Summary: Would require
all revenues received by the Franchise Tax Board from those taxes be
deposited in the Health Insurance Fund, as provided. This bill contains
other related provisions.
Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:4 A:1) Position: Monitor AB 239(DeSaulnier) Recording fees: Contra Costa and San Mateo
Counties. (A-04/30/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would authorize
the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo Board
of Supervisors to additionally charge a flat fee of not more than $25,
as specified for each document that is recorded, if the document is
in excess of one page, for every real estate instrument, as defined,
paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded in Contra
Costa County or San Mateo County. The bill would require the Contra
Costa County Board of Supervisors or the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors,
if it charges this fee, to establish a fund for deposit of the moneys
raised by the increase, which shall be used to assist in the development
of affordable housing for extremely low income households, very low
income households, lower income households, and moderate-income households.
This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 05/29/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:42 N:35 A:3) 05/09/2007 ASM. H. & C.D. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 03/28/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support for Local League Action SB 46(Perata) Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006: Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account. (A-07/16/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/16/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/16/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would establish
the Infill Incentive Grant Program of 2007, to require the Department
of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature
of the funds in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive
Account for certain purposes, to establish and administer a competitive
grant program to allocate those funds to selected qualifying infill
projects, as defined, for capital outlay related to infill housing development
and related infill infrastructure needs. This bill contains other related
provisions.
Vote Events: 07/11/2007 ASM. H. & C.D. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:12 A:4) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:11 N:4 A:2) 05/21/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/17/2007 SEN. T. & H. (Y:7 N:3 A:1) Position: Support
Status: 10/12/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 565, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/12/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would specifically
provide that a relative caregiver's preference for legal guardianship
rather than adoption under circumstances that do not include an unwillingness
to accept legal or financial responsibility for the child may not constitute
the sole basis for recommending removal of the child from the relative
caregiver for purposes of adoptive placement. The bill would require
that a relative caregiver be given information regarding the options
of legal guardianship and adoption, including the long-term benefits
and consequences of each option, prior to establishing legal guardianship
or pursuing adoption. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:1) 09/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:39 N:0 A:1) 06/19/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 05/17/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:73 N:0 A:6) 05/09/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1331(Evans) Foster youth: federal benefits. (C-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 465, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/11/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would require
a county to screen each foster youth in foster care who is at least
16 years and 6 months of age and not older than 17 years and 6 months
of age in order to determine whether the youth is eligible for federal
SSI benefits. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:76 N:0 A:3) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:11 A:0) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. HUMAN S. (Y:4 N:1 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:2 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1578(Leno) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007: California College Pathways Program. (A-08/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: which would be
known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act
of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the
establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 08/27/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2) 07/12/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:9 N:0 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:13 N:4 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:6 N:0 A:1) 04/10/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:0 A:2) Position: Support SB 999(Yee) Crime. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/18/2007-Placed on inactive file on request of Senator Yee. Location: 06/18/2007-S INACTIVE FILE Summary: Would instead
provide that the penalty for a defendant found guilty of murder in the
first degree, if special circumstances have been found to be true, as
specified, who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission
of the crime, shall be confinement in the state prison for 25 years
to life.
Vote Events: 04/17/2007 SEN. PUB. S. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support
AB 887(De La Torre) Redevelopment: eminent domain: relocation
assistance. (A-07/18/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would require
a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, to comply with
certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of
necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain,
and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating
to redevelopment. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/12/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:3 N:1 A:1) 07/12/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) 07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:2 N:3 A:0) 05/21/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:50 N:13 A:16) 05/07/2007 ASM. U. & C. (Y:10 N:1 A:1) Position: Support AB 1457(Huffman) Parks and recreation: state parks: roads. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was W.,P. & W. Location: 05/02/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would prohibit
a state or local agency, as defined, from funding the construction of,
seeking funding to construct, or authorizing or approving the construction
of, a road, as defined, or portion thereof, or making an improvement
or extension to an existing road, that will physically encroach upon,
traverse, bisect, or impair the recreational value of a state park property,
as defined, unless the director determines that specified conditions
are met. The bill would authorize the department to recover the costs
incurred by the department as a result of making those determinations
by imposing a fee for those costs on the proponent of the project for
the road. The bill would authorize a person or class of persons to file
a civil action to enjoin a person or entity, including a state or local
agency, that is alleged to violate the prohibition. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Support for Local League Action ACA 8(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-09/06/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Read third time, refused adoption. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 3270.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member De La Torre. (Page 3271.) Location: 08/30/2007-A THIRD READING Summary: Would require
the public use for which the private property is taken to be stated
in writing, prior to the commencement of eminent domain proceedings.
This bill contains other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:31 A:3) 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 08/22/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 07/12/2007 ASM. RLS. (Y:11 N:0 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support SB 10(Kehoe) Airport land use commissions: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. (C-10/05/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/05/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 287, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/05/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would make the
authority responsible for the preparation, adoption, and amendment of
an airport land use compatibility plan for each airport in San Diego
County and would require the authority to engage in a public collaborative
planning process when preparing and updating an airport land use compatibility
plan. The bill would require the authority to prepare and adopt a regional
aviation strategic plan with the objective of identifying workable strategies
to improve the performance of the San Diego County regional airport
system, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would
require the consolidated agency to prepare and adopt, in a public process
and in consultation with the authority and other specified entities,
an airport multimodal accessibility plan for the San Diego region. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:36 N:2 A:2) 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:1) 08/22/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:0) 06/27/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 05/17/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:30 N:7 A:3) 02/07/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:0 A:2) Position: Support for Local League Action SB 375(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-09/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/12/2007-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Corrected October 18.) Location: 09/12/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require
the commission, by July 1, 2008, to adopt guidelines for travel demand
models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain
transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department
of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard,
and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1) 07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support Status: 06/01/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Location: 06/01/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: The commencing
January 1, 2008, would phase out, as prescribed the exclusion of a child
born into a family receiving aid for the 10 months prior to the child's
birth, for purposes of determining the family's maximum aid payment
, and would repeal this exclusion effective January 1, 2011 . This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 03/27/2007 ASM. HUM. S. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support
AB 1393(Leno) Public records. (V-10/11/2007 html pdf) Summary: Would as of July
1, 2009, require any state agency that publishes an Internet Web site
to include on the homepage of that site specified information that is
not exempt from disclosure under the act about how to contact the agency,
how to request records under the act, and a form for submitting online
requests for records. It would authorize any person to bring an action
to enforce the duty of a state agency to post this information and would
provide for penalties including monetary awards to be paid by the agency,
with specified provisions to become operative on January 1, 2009. This
bill contains other related provisions.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 1393 without my signature. Ensuring access to public information is one of my Administration's top priorities. That is why last year I issued Executive Order S-03-06 (Order), requiring all state agencies to review their guidelines governing access to public information. In addition, the Order required that every agency identify and train staff to be responsible for ensuring compliance with the California Public Records Act. As I noted in my veto of similar legislation last year, I believe the steps that were taken as a result of the Order, combined with the ongoing efforts of agencies to comply with the law, are working to ensure the needs of the public are met. This bill imposes an unnecessary one-size-fits-all mandate on state agencies. In addition, this bill would require the formation of a task force to consider even more statutory standards to govern the disclosure of public records. Such a task force and such additional statutory changes are also unnecessary. My Administration's commitment to the Public Records Act is unwavering and I am confident future Administrations will share this attitude. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:77 N:0 A:2) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:40 N:0 A:0) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:75 N:3 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. JUD. (Y:10 N:0 A:0) 04/18/2007 ASM. G.O. (Y:13 N:0 A:2) Position: Support AB 1648(Leno) Peace officer records. (A-04/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was PUB. S. Location: 05/02/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would provide
that the confidentiality of peace officer records, as specified, does
not apply to specified government bodies that review the investigations,
findings, or employment actions of a department or agency. The bill
would make specified information in certain disciplinary records pertaining
to peace officers available to the public, as specified. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Support SB 964(Romero) Local agencies. (V-10/05/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/05/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/05/2007-S VETOED Summary: Would instead
prohibit a majority of members of a legislative body of a local agency
from using a series of communications of any kind, directly or through
intermediaries, to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of
business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative
body. It also would state the Legislature's declaration that it disapproves
the holding of the court in the case named above to the extent it construes
the prohibition on serial meetings and would state its intention that
the changes made by this bill supersede that holding. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Senate Bill 964 without my signature. It is of the utmost importance to ensure openness and transparency of local government decision making. This bill seeks to solve a perceived defect in the Brown Act addressed in the Wolfe v. Fremont legal decision. In its attempt to solve the issue, this bill imposes an impractical standard for compliance on local officials and could potentially prohibit communication among officials and agency staff outside of a public meeting. I urge the Legislature to consider legislation next year that more judiciously addresses the problem of serial meetings that result in public policy decisions. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 08/30/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:70 N:2 A:8) 07/11/2007 ASM. G.O. (Y:15 N:0 A:0) 06/27/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:6 N:0 A:1) 05/29/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:28 N:6 A:6) 05/09/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:4 N:1 A:0) 05/08/2007 SEN. JUD. (Y:3 N:1 A:1) Position: Support SB 1019(Romero) Peace officer records: confidentiality. (A-06/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/26/2007-Set, first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation. Location: 06/26/2007-A PUB. S. Summary: Would state the
intent of the Legislature to abrogate the California Supreme Court decision
in Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court and to restore public access
to meetings and hearings regarding peace officer discipline that were
open prior to the Copley Press decision. This bill contains other related
provisions.
Vote Events: 06/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:11 A:7) 04/17/2007 SEN. PUB. S. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support Status: 06/08/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Location: 06/08/2007-S 2 YEAR Summary: Would enact the
California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction
and Renovation Bond Act of 2008, for submission to the voters at the
2008 statewide general election. The bill, if approved by the voters,
would authorize the issuance, pursuant to the State General Obligation
Bond Law, of bonds in the amount not to exceed a total of $4,000,000,000
for the purpose of financing library construction and renovation pursuant
to a program administered by the State Librarian.
Vote Events: 05/21/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/26/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:6 N:1 A:2) Position: Support ACA 1(Price) Elections: redistricting. (A-06/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/21/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/21/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would assign the
responsibility for adjusting boundary lines of Senate, Assembly, congressional,
and State Board of Equalization districts to a commission that , subject
to specified conditions, consists of 11 members, including the 9 public
members of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California
State Government Organization and Economy and 2 additional persons appointed
by those 9 members . It would require the Legislature to establish,
by statute, procedures to ensure compliance with specified requirements
for membership on the commission. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 06/12/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:6 N:1 A:0) Position: Monitor ACA 4(Villines) Reapportionment. (A-06/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/21/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/21/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would repeal these
provisions and instead provide for the establishment of the Independent
Citizens' Commission on Redistricting, to be comprised of 11 voters,
registered as specified, who would be required, on or before January
31 of each year ending in the number one, to adjust the boundary lines
of the Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization
districts pursuant to a mapping process in accordance with certain standards,
prioritized in a certain order and applied in a manner consistent with
specified federal law. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 06/12/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:4 N:2 A:1) Position: Monitor SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits, salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK Summary: Would instead
allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12
years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms,
except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective
date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served
in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive
years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) Position: Monitor SCA 10(Lowenthal) Election: redistricting. (I-04/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/07/2007-In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Location: 06/07/2007-A DESK Summary: Would delete these
requirements, and would instead create a procedure for the appointment
of an independent redistricting commission, composed of 11 members,
that would be charged with establishing Senate, Assembly, congressional,
and State Board of Equalization districts in accordance with designated
goals prioritized in a specified order. This bill contains other related
provisions.
Vote Events: 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:34 N:2 A:4) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:15 N:0 A:2) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) Position: Support AB 1511(Leno) Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act. (A-04/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would establish
the Stronger Families for California Program , a continuing information
and public education program, within the department, with the primary
goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases
through a continuing information and public education program that equips
parenting adults, as defined, with the communication skills necessary
to talk with their children abo ut sex, sexual health, and making well-informed
decisions to protect their health and safety, as specified. This bill
contains other existing laws.
AB 1591(Ma) The Corporation Tax Law: allocation and apportionment.
(A-07/18/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2008 and before January 1, 2022, would
allow a taxpayer that is a member of the apportioning trade or business
to elect, by contracting with the Franchise Tax Board, as provided,
to apportion its business income to this state by utilizing one of the
revised apportionment formulas, as specified. This bill contains other
related provisions.
Position: Oppose SB 98(Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Taxation. (A-09/06/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/11/2007-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 3240.) To Senate. Location: 09/11/2007-A SENATE Summary: for calendar
years beginning on and after July 1, 2008, would exempt from those state
taxes the gross receipts derived from the sale in this state of, and
the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, low-sulfur
fuel products for use in a vessel's auxiliary or main engine sold to
a water common carrier for use in California's territorial or internal
waters, as provided. This exemption would continue until June 30, 2013,
with respect to the exemption for products used in a vessel's auxiliary
engine. With respect to exemption for products used in a vessel's main
engine, the exemption would continue until June 30, 2013, or for 6 months
following the publication of a specified finding, whichever occurs first.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:57 N:16 A:6) 07/20/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:51 N:19 A:10) 07/19/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:51 N:19 A:10) 04/19/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:30 N:6 A:4) Position: Oppose SB 740(Calderon) Taxes: credits: qualified motion picture production. (A-07/25/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/25/2007-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Corrected July 30.) Location: 07/25/2007-S REV. & TAX Summary: Would authorize
a credit against those taxes for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2008, in an amount equal to the direct tax revenues, as defined,
attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in California,
or, where the qualified motion picture has relocated to California or
is an independent film, 125% of the direct tax revenues. This bill would
authorize the sale of credits, attributable to an independent film,
to an unrelated party. This bill contains other related provisions.
Position: Oppose SB 1014(Kuehl) Taxation: single-payer health care coverage tax. (A-04/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was REV. & TAX Location: 05/02/2007-S 2 YEAR Summary: Would require
all revenues received by the Franchise Tax Board from those taxes be
deposited in the Health Insurance Fund, as provided. This bill contains
other related provisions.
Vote Events: 04/18/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:6 N:4 A:1) Position: Monitor
SCA 9(Ashburn) Legislative reform: redistricting, term limits,
salary, and contribution reports. (A-05/14/2007 html
pdf)
Summary: Would instead
allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12
years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms,
except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective
date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served
in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive
years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:29 N:5 A:6) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:1 A:6) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 05/16/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) Position: Monitor Status: 09/10/2007-Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2494.) Location: 09/10/2007-S THIRD READING Summary: Would require,
commencing January 1, 2010, that the legislative body of a city or county,
upon any revision of the circulation element of the general plan, modify
the circulation element to accommodate the safe and convenient travel
of users of streets, roads, and highways, defined to include motorists,
pedestrians, bicyclists, children, persons with disabilities, seniors,
movers of commercial goods, and users of public transportation , in
a manner that is suitable to the rural, suburban, or urban context of
the general plan . By requiring new duties of local officials, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/11/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) 06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:48 N:30 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/18/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support SB 10(Kehoe) Airport land use commissions: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. (C-10/05/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/05/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 287, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/05/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would make the
authority responsible for the preparation, adoption, and amendment of
an airport land use compatibility plan for each airport in San Diego
County and would require the authority to engage in a public collaborative
planning process when preparing and updating an airport land use compatibility
plan. The bill would require the authority to prepare and adopt a regional
aviation strategic plan with the objective of identifying workable strategies
to improve the performance of the San Diego County regional airport
system, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would
require the consolidated agency to prepare and adopt, in a public process
and in consultation with the authority and other specified entities,
an airport multimodal accessibility plan for the San Diego region. This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:36 N:2 A:2) 09/10/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:1) 08/22/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:0) 06/27/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:7 N:0 A:0) 05/17/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:30 N:7 A:3) 02/07/2007 SEN. L.GOV. (Y:3 N:0 A:2) Position: Support for Local League Action SB 375(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: sustainable communities strategy: environmental review. (A-09/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 09/12/2007-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Corrected October 18.) Location: 09/12/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require
the commission, by July 1, 2008, to adopt guidelines for travel demand
models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain
transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department
of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard,
and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 ASM. TRANS. (Y:8 N:5 A:1) 07/03/2007 ASM. L. GOV. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 06/07/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:21 N:15 A:4) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/29/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 04/23/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 9(Huff) Voter identification: proof of identity. (A-03/08/2007 html pdf) Status: 03/27/2007-In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. Location: 05/24/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would require
any eligible citizen, in addition, to present proof of his or her identity
to a member of the precinct board before receiving a ballot, and would
specify 6 forms of currently valid identification that may be used for
this purpose. It would permit a voter who is unable to present proof
of identity to cast a provisional ballot , as specified . The bill would
also make a violation or attempted violation of these provisions a felony.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:4 N:0 A:3) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:2 N:5 A:0) Position: Oppose AB 46(Tran) Elections: right to vote. (I-12/04/2006 html pdf) Status: 06/01/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Location: 06/01/2007-A 2 YEAR Summary: Would instead
make the violation of all of these offenses a felony and punishable
by imprisonment for not less than 16 months, 2 years, or 3 years in
the state prison by changing the penalties and for crime. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 04/24/2007 ASM. PUB. S. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 122(Solorio) Voter intimidation: candidate notification. (V-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/11/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would require
an elections official to give an individual a copy of the provisions
of law that prohibit voter intimidation and voter fraud and the penalties
for violating those provisions of law at the time that the individual
is issued his or her declaration of candidacy, nomination papers, or
any other paper evidencing an intention to be a candidate for public
office. This bill also would require the Secretary of State to print
and make available to elections officials, as specified, the provisions
of law that prohibit voter intimidation and voter fraud.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 122 without my signature. This bill requires candidates for elected office to be issued copies of the laws that prohibit voter intimidation and fraud. While this bill was introduced in response to an unacceptable case of attempted voter intimidation, I do not believe the provisions of this bill will have any actual impact on intimidation and fraud. Candidates for office and their subordinates have a responsibility to understand applicable election laws. The recent events in Orange County were in all likelihood a result of willful misconduct rather than ignorance of the law. The appropriate response to those events is the full prosecution of those who broke the law, not passing a law to impose unnecessary requirements on election officials and law-abiding candidates. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/04/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:12 A:5) 06/20/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:1 A:1) 05/03/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:46 N:27 A:6) 04/18/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:11 N:5 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) Position: Support AB 288(Price) Voter intimidation: Voter Intimidation Restitution Fund. (C-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 491, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/11/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would authorize
a court to order any person convicted of violating this prohibition
to also pay a restitution fine, in an amount determined by the court,
to be deposited in the Voter Intimidation Restitution Fund created by
this bill. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocate
the money in this fund to the Secretary of State for purposes of voter
education campaigns that address the specific crime committed by anyone
convicted of violating this prohibition.
Vote Events: 09/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:1) 09/05/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:35 N:0 A:5) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:11 N:0 A:6) 07/10/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:5 N:0 A:0) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:78 N:0 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 03/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:6 N:1 A:0) Position: Support AB 466(Hancock) Pupils: average daily attendance. (V-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Vetoed by Governor Location: 10/12/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would authorize
service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board to be independent
study and would exempt that pupil from the requirement that the pupil
participate in that activity for 5 or more consecutive schooldays if,
among other things, the pupil is required to complete a report or written
assignment on the subject of the activities engaged in by the pupil
while serving as a member of a precinct board. The bill would require
the teacher of any class from which a pupil is absent to ensure that
the report or written assignment is submitted within a reasonable time
after the activities are completed. This bill contains other existing
laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 466 without my signature. I vetoed substantively similar bills in prior years. This bill would allow schools to receive funding for times when students are volunteering as elections precinct board members through independent study programs. While civic and other volunteer activities can offer many educational opportunities to students, these activities should be in addition to, and not in place of, valuable classroom learning time with a teacher. Independent study programs are intended to help schools address the needs of students who are unable to attend school in a traditional classroom setting for an extended period of time ? not to be used as means to circumvent the fulfillment of criteria for instruction required in order to receive school funding. For this reason, I am unable to sign this measure. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:22 N:16 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/11/2007 SEN. ED. (Y:5 N:2 A:2) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:30 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/11/2007 ASM. ED. (Y:7 N:3 A:0) Position: Support AB 614(Eng) Voting rights: language assistance. (V-10/13/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/13/2007-Vetoed by the Governor Location: 10/13/2007-A VETOED Summary: Would revise the
recruitment provisions to apply to precincts where the elections official
is required to post translated facsimile ballots and would require a
county, not later than 120 days before the first statewide election
held in every even-numbered year, beginning with the November 4, 2008,
statewide election to submit a specified report to the Secretary of
State on its compliance with state and federal laws enacted to assist
voters with limited English proficiency. The bill would require the
Secretary of State to post all reports on the Secretary of State's official
Internet Web site 90 days prior to the statewide election and that the
Secretary of State issue guidance for a uniform standard report format
for this purpose that includes, at a minimum, specified information
that sets forth the county's plan for protecting the rights of these
voters. By increasing the duties of local elections officials, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: I am returning Assembly Bill 614 without my signature. Current law requires elected officials to provide language assistance to voters with limited English proficiency. This bill would require local elected officials to report on their compliance with current law on a standard form to be developed by the Secretary of State. Such a report would be of limited value and would place an unnecessary strain on the state's limited resources. For this reason and others, I am returning this bill without my signature. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger Vote Events: 09/11/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:28 A:2) 09/10/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:25 N:15 A:0) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:29 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/17/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:6 N:1 A:0) Position: Support AB 1654(Huffman) Mail ballot elections: statewide and local elections. (I-02/23/2007 html pdf) Status: 04/17/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Location: 04/17/2007-A E. & R. Summary: Would repeal these
provisions and, instead, permit any election in a city, county, or district
to be conducted as an all-mailed ballot election if the governing body
of a city, county, or district, by resolution, authorizes the all-mailed
ballot election and other conditions are met. The bill would not apply
to specified counties that are subject to certain preclearance requirements
of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill would require that
these all-mailed ballot elections be conducted in accordance with specified
provisions that govern absentee voting, except to the extent those provisions
are inconsistent with the bill. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws.
Position: Support SB 173(Harman) Elections: voting identification. (A-03/27/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was E.,R. & C. A. Location: 05/02/2007-S 2 YEAR Summary: Would additionally
require a voter to present proof of his or her identity to a member
of the precinct board before receiving a ballot. It would specify the
documents that may be used for this purpose and would authorize any
other form of identification that the Secretary of State deems appropriate.
It would permit a voter who is unable to present proof of identity to
cast a provisional ballot. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws.
Position: Oppose SB 653(Calderon) False or misleading information: penalties. (I-02/22/2007 html pdf) Status: 05/02/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). Last location was E.,R. & C. A. Location: 05/02/2007-S 2 YEAR Summary: Would also make
it a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months
or 2 or 3 years for every person who acts under color of law and who
knowingly or with reckless disregard for the truth provides, distributes,
produces, disseminates, sponsors, authorizes, or finances the provision,
distribution, or dissemination of any false or misleading information
regarding either the time, place, or manner of any election; or the
qualifications for, or restrictions on, voter eligibility for any election,
as specified. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Position: Support SB 854(Ridley-Thomas) Voter registration: students. (C-10/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/11/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 481, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/11/2007-S CHAPTERED Summary: Would allow students
to submit completed voter registration forms to the Secretary of State
in addition to returning the forms in person or by mail to the elections
official of the county in which the student resides. This bill would
require every community college and California State University campus
that operates an automated class registration system on or before January
1, 2008, to permit students through an automated program in coordination
with the Secretary of State, during the class registration process,
to elect to receive a voter registration form that is preprinted with
personal information relevant to voter registration by January 1, 2010.
This bill would further allow a community college or California State
University campus that does not operate an automated class registration
system on or before January 1, 2008, 2 years from when it begins operating
an automated class registration system to implement an automated voter
registration program. This bill would state that the University of California
is encouraged to comply with this requirement. The bill also would require
the Secretary of State to annually submit to the Legislature, on or
before January 1 of each year, a report on its student voter registration
efforts, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:12 A:4) 09/07/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:30 A:4) 08/30/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 07/03/2007 ASM. HIGHER ED. (Y:5 N:1 A:1) 06/27/2007 ASM. E. & R. (Y:5 N:2 A:0) 06/06/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 05/31/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:6 A:1) 05/07/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 04/18/2007 SEN. E., R. & C.A. (Y:3 N:2 A:0) Position: Support Status: 08/30/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. Location: 08/30/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE FILE Summary: Would enact the
Climate Change and Water Resource Protection Act of 2007. The bill would
require the Department of Water Resources, as part of its statewide
water resource management responsibilities, to include an analysis of
the potential effects of climate change, to the extent applicable, in
reports or plans that the department is required to prepare. The bill
would prohibit the department from approving a request for a specified
grant, submitted after January 1, 2010, unless certain requirements
are met. The department would be required, by July 1, 2008, to identify
available peer-reviewed information, or the best available scientific
information, regarding climate change and water resources for the state
and each of the state's hydrologic regions for specified uses. The bill
, on and after January 1, 2009, would require an urban water supplier
and an agricultural water supplier that is required to prepare a water
management plan to take certain action relating to specified climate
change information. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. E.Q. (Y:4 N:3 A:0) 06/26/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:6 N:1 A:1) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/23/2007 ASM. NAT. RES. (Y:6 N:1 A:2) 04/10/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:7 N:5 A:1) Position: Support AB 662(Ruskin) Water conservation. (C-10/12/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/12/2007-Chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter Number 531, Statutes of 2007 Location: 10/12/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would instead
require that the standards for minimum levels of operating efficiency
be based on those efficiencies that will reduce the energy or water
consumption growth rates, and that do not result in any added total
costs over the designed life of the appliances concerned. This bill
contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:29 A:3) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:15 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 07/16/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 07/03/2007 SEN. E.,U. & C. (Y:6 N:2 A:1) 06/04/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:31 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:9 N:4 A:0) Position: Support AB 1404(Laird) Water measurement information. (C-10/15/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/14/2007-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2007. Location: 10/14/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would require
the Department of Water Resources, the board, and the State Department
of Public Health to coordinate the collection, management, and use of
agricultural and urban water measurement information provided to each
agency. The bill would require the board, in collaboration with the
department, the California Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency,
and the State Department of Public Health, to prepare and submit a report
to the Legislature by January 1, 2009, evaluating the feasibility, estimated
costs, and potential means of financing a coordinated water measurement
database. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:45 N:32 A:2) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:26 N:12 A:2) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:7 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:6 N:2 A:0) 06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:44 N:34 A:2) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/18/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:8 N:5 A:0) Position: Support AB 1420(Laird) Water demand management measures: water management grant or loan funds. (C-10/15/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/13/2007-Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007. Location: 10/13/2007-A CHAPTERED Summary: Would delete that
provision relating to the evaluation of grant or loan applications financed
by those specified bond funds. The bill, instead, would require the
terms of, and eligibility for, any water management grant or loan made
to an urban water supplier and awarded or administered by the department,
the State Water Resources Control Board, or the California Bay-Delta
Authority, with certain exceptions, to be conditioned on the implementation
of the water demand management measures described in the urban water
management plan, as determined by the department. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 09/12/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:47 N:29 A:3) 09/11/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:24 N:13 A:3) 08/30/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:9 N:7 A:1) 08/20/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:16 N:0 A:1) 07/10/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:6 N:2 A:0) 06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:28 A:3) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/24/2007 ASM. W.,P. & W. (Y:9 N:3 A:1) Position: Support SBX2 1(Perata) Water quality, flood control, water storage, and wildlife preservation. (I-09/14/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/09/2007-Re-referred to Com. on APPR. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 7. Page 16.) Art. IV, Sec. 8(b), of Constitution dispensed with. Read second time. To third reading. Location: 10/09/2007-S THIRD READING Summary: with regard to
those bond funds, would appropriate $610,890,000 as follows: of the
funds made available pursuant to the Disaster Preparedness and Flood
Prevention Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the Department of Water
Resources for essential emergency preparedness supplies and projects,
and $150,000,000 to the department for stormwater flood management project
grants; of the funds made available pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water,
Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection
Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the State Department of Public Health
for grants and loans for small community drinking water systems infrastructure
improvements and related actions, $50,400,000 to the State Department
of Public Health for grants for projects to prevent or reduce the contamination
of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water, $40,000,000
to the department for administrative costs, planning grants, and local
groundwater assistance grants, $50,000,000 to the department for projects
to relocate existing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water intake facilities,
$60,000,000 to the department for expenditures to increase the department's
ability to respond to levee breaches and to reduce the potential for
levee failure, $100,000,000 to the department for the acquisition, preservation,
protection, and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands,
$12,000,000 to the department to complete planning and feasibility studies
associated with new surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program,
$15,000,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies to
identify potential options for the reoperation of the state's flood
protection and water supply systems , $10,000,000 to the department
to update the California Water Plan, $10,000,000 to the department for
planning and feasibility studies for projects to reduce ecosystem conflicts
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and $10,000,000 to the State Coastal
Conservancy for projects on the Santa Ana River; and of the funds made
available under the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and
Beach Protection Act of 2002, $3,490,000 to the department for planning
and feasibility studies associated with surface storage under the California
Bay-Delta Program. This bill contains other related provisions and other
existing laws.
Vote Events: 10/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:5 N:1 A:2) Position: Support SBX2 2(Perata) Safe Drinking Water Act of 2008. (A-10/08/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/09/2007-Read second time. Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 15.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Perata. Reconsi Location: 10/09/2007-S APPR. Summary: Would enact the
Safe Drinking Water Act of 2008 which, if approved by the voters, would
authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water supply reliability
and environmental restoration program, the issuance of bonds in the
amount of $6,835,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond
Law. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 10/09/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:36 N:0 A:4) 10/09/2007 SEN. FLOOR (Y:23 N:12 A:5) 10/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:10 N:7 A:0) 10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:5 N:1 A:2) Position: Support SBX2 3(Cogdill) Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008. (I-09/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 10/08/2007-SEN. N.R. & W. Vote - Do pass. Location: 10/04/2007-S APPR. Summary: Would enact the
Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008 which, if approved by the
voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water
supply reliability and environmental restoration program, the issuance
of bonds in the amount of $9,085,000,000 pursuant to the State General
Obligation Bond Law. This bill contains other related provisions.
Vote Events: 10/08/2007 SEN. N.R. & W. (Y:2 N:4 A:2) Position: Oppose Total rows: 84
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