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SB 719(Machado) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: district board membership. (A-04/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/28/2007-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 06/28/2007-A APPR. 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: 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) Status: 06/14/2007-Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. Location: 06/14/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. 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. (A-05/08/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-Read second time. To third reading. Location: 07/12/2007-S THIRD READING Calendar: 07/26/07 162 SEN THIRD READING FILE 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: 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: Status: 07/05/2007-Read second time. To third reading. Location: 07/05/2007-S THIRD READING Calendar: 07/26/07 106 SEN THIRD READING FILE 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 guardianship and adoption, including the long-term benefits and consequences
of each option, prior to establishing guardianship or pursuing adoption.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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. (A-06/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/11/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . Location: 07/11/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would require
a county to screen each foster youth in its care when that youth reaches
161/2 years of age, or as otherwise specified in the bill, 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: 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 Competitive Grant Program. (A-04/26/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . Location: 07/12/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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 service and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Status: 07/18/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/18/2007-A APPR. 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
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 Competitive Grant Program. (A-04/26/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . Location: 07/12/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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 service and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-A APPR. 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 parent or legal guardian, or the appropriate person in the
case of foster youth, 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 parent or legal guardian, and all foster youth
and the appropriate adult responsible for that foster youth, 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. (I-02/20/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . Location: 07/12/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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.
Vote Events: 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 854(Ridley-Thomas) Voter registration: students. (A-07/11/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/11/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/11/2007-A APPR. 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 Secret ary 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. 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: 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-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-A APPR. 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 parent or legal guardian, or the appropriate person in the
case of foster youth, 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 parent or legal guardian, and all foster youth
and the appropriate adult responsible for that foster youth, 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. (A-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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.
Vote Events: 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(Cook) Absentees: overseas voting. (A-07/03/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/11/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . Location: 07/11/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would require
local elections officials to prepare a special runoff ballot for each
primary, special, or general election to allow the votes of special
absentee voters, including military personnel who are temporarily living
outside of the United States, to be counted if there is a runoff election
for any of the offices in that election. By increasing the duties of
local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws.
Vote Events: 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: Support AB 493(Ruskin) Motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions: incentive program. (A-06/01/2007 html pdf) Status: 06/08/2007-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(8). Last location was UNFINISHED BUSINESS Location: 06/08/2007-A 2 YEAR 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. (A-03/29/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/16/2007-From APPR.: To APPR. SUSPENSE Location: 07/16/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE 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 .
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. (A-07/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/10/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/10/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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 to incentivize 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: 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. (A-07/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/10/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/10/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would enact the
Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act. The bill would provide
that it is the policy of the state that the conversion of waste heat
to electricity or other useful energy applications be the preferred
generation measure immediately following renewables for purposes of
the loading order. 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-owned
and utility-owned combined heat and power systems. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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: preferred growth scenarios: environmental review. (A-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require
the commission, by April 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-07/18/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/18/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/18/2007-A APPR. 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
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.
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) Recall elections: City of Lynwood. (A-07/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/19/2007-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. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Location: 07/19/2007-S E.,R. & C. A. 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, subject
to approval by the Board of Supervisors. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws.
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: Support ACA 8(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-07/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 12). Location: 07/12/2007-A L. GOV. Calendar: 08/22/07 1:30 p.m. - Room 447 ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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: 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: 07/26/2007-Signed by the Governor Location: 07/26/2007-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: 07/03/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . Location: 07/03/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would enact the
California Toxic Release Inventory Program Act of 2007 to require Cal-EPA
to establish the California Toxic Release Inventory Program if the Secretary
of Cal-EPA determines there has been a specified change made to EPCRA,
or the existing regulations that are in effect on January 1, 2006, adopted
pursuant to EPCRA, so as to increase the threshold quantity for a toxic
chemical or eliminate a toxic chemical subject to the federal act .
The bill would prohibit the secretary from making the determination
if there are legal challenges to the changes to EPCRA or the existing
federal regulations that result in a stay or injunction of the changes.
The bill would require the secretary to make the determination within
90 calendar days from the date of adoption of the changes to EPCRA or
the existing federal regulations, or from the date on which the stay
or injunction on the changes is dissolved, whichever is later. The bill
would require that program to require a facility to submit a toxic chemical
release form to Cal-EPA, if the facility is not required to submit a
toxic chemical release form containing that same information pursuant
to the revised federal regulations . This bill contains other related
provisions.
Vote Events: 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. (A-07/02/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) . Location: 07/12/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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 accept the applicant's signature on the application for
the Healthy Families Program as verification of the value or amount
of income for purposes of establishing eligibility for the 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
the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in
program. 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. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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 coverage: employers and employees. (A-07/18/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/18/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/18/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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.
Vote Events: 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: Monitor SB 32(Steinberg) Health care coverage: children. (A-06/27/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/05/2007-From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/05/2007-A APPR. 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 accept the applicant's signature on the application for
the Healthy Families Program as verification of the value or amount
of income for purposes of establishing eligibility for the 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
the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in
program. 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. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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) Status: 06/27/2007-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Location: 06/07/2007-S L. GOV. 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 LL Action AB 1053(Nunez) Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account: programs. (A-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would require
the sum of $100,000,000 to be transferred, upon appropriation, from
the account to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority
for the authority's California Recycle Underutilized Sites (CALReUSE)
program established under specified state regulations, to be expended
for brownfield cleanup that promotes infill housing development, and
for other, related development, consistent with regional and local plans.
It would require the authority to report annually to the Legislature
on projects funded pursuant to these provisions. This bill contains
other related provisions.
Vote Events: 07/10/2007 SEN. T. & H. (Y:7 N:3 A:1) 06/06/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:49 N:26 A:5) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/25/2007 ASM. H. & C.D. (Y:5 N:0 A:2) Position: Support 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: Status: 07/05/2007-Read second time. To third reading. Location: 07/05/2007-S THIRD READING Calendar: 07/26/07 106 SEN THIRD READING FILE 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 guardianship and adoption, including the long-term benefits and consequences
of each option, prior to establishing guardianship or pursuing adoption.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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. (A-06/19/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/11/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . Location: 07/11/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS Summary: Would require
a county to screen each foster youth in its care when that youth reaches
161/2 years of age, or as otherwise specified in the bill, 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: 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 Competitive Grant Program. (A-04/26/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . Location: 07/12/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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 service and financial support necessary
to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws.
Vote Events: 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) Status: 07/18/2007-Read second time, amended, and to third reading. Location: 07/18/2007-S THIRD READING Calendar: 07/26/07 235 SEN THIRD READING FILE 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 LL Action ACA 8(De La Torre) Eminent domain. (A-07/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/12/2007-From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 12). Location: 07/12/2007-A L. GOV. Calendar: 08/22/07 1:30 p.m. - Room 447 ASM LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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: 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. (A-07/02/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/18/2007-Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Location: 07/02/2007-A APPR. 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: 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 LL Action SB 375(Steinberg) Transportation planning: travel demand models: preferred growth scenarios: environmental review. (A-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-A APPR. Summary: Would require
the commission, by April 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: 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. (A-07/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/17/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/17/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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.
Vote Events: 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. (A-05/10/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/16/2007-Read second time. To third reading. Location: 07/16/2007-A THIRD READING 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.
Vote Events: 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) 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.
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: Monitor AB 1511(Leno) Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act. (A-04/17/2007 html pdf) Status: 07/09/2007-From APPR.: To APPR. SUSPENSE Location: 07/09/2007-S APPR. SUSPENSE 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.
Vote Events: 07/09/2007 SEN. APPR. (Y:17 N:0 A:0) 06/27/2007 SEN. HEALTH (Y:7 N:4 A:0) 06/05/2007 ASM. FLOOR (Y:48 N:31 A:1) 05/31/2007 ASM. APPR. (Y:12 N:5 A:0) 04/10/2007 ASM. HEALTH (Y:12 N:5 A:0) Position: Support 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: Status: 07/18/2007-Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Location: 07/18/2007-S APPR. Calendar: 08/20/07 10 a.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) SEN APPROPRIATIONS 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: 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: | |||||