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Proposition 93 in the February 2008 Presidential Primary would have changed the limits on legislators' terms in office by allowing legislators to be termed out of office in 2008 to run for reelection. The proposition was defeated by the voters.
State Senate
In 2008, the Democratic leadership remained the same as in 2007: Don Perata, President Pro Tem; Leland Yee, Assistant President Pro Tem; Gloria Romero, Majority Leader; Carole Migden, Caucus Chair; Alex Padilla, Majority Whip and Senate Rules Committee member; Gilbert Cedillo, Senate Rules Committee; Denise Moreno Ducheny, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee; and Tom Torlakson as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Early in the session, the Democrats chose Darrell Steinberg to take over as President Pro Tem after Don Perata's term ends. This action was formally approved by the whole Senate with the adoption of SR 34 (Perata) on August 21, 2008.
While the Democratic leadership remained the same, the Senate Republicans changed their leadership. Republican Whip Dave Cogdill was chosen to replace Dick Ackerman as Minority Leader in April; George Runner remained as the Caucus Chair; Tom Harman was chosen to be the Minority Whip; replacing Dennis Hollingsworth, Mark Wyland became Assistant Minority Leader and Jim Battin replaced Ray Ashburn as Vice Chair of the Senate Rules Committee; Robert Dutton remained as a member of the Senate Rules Committee and became Vice Chair of the Senate Budget Committee; and Dave Cox became Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The following Senators are being termed out in 2008:
Name#Years of Senate Service#Years of Assembly Service
Dick Ackerman#8#5
James Battin#8#6
Sheila Kuehl#8#6
Michael Machado#8#6
Robert Margett#8#5-2/3
Tom McClintock#8#14
Don Perata#9#3
Jack Scott#8#6
Tom Torlakson#8#4
Edward Vincent#8#4
Senator Carole Migden lost her Senate seat in the 2008 Primary Election to Assemblymember Mark Leno and Senator Tom Torlakson ran successfully for State Assembly in the Primary. Tom McClintock ran successfully for the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress. Jeff Denham, who was subject to a recall election, successfully defeated the recall attempt.
State Assembly
In March 2008, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez stepped down as Speaker and Majority Leader Karen Bass was elected to replace Speaker Nunez, becoming the first African American woman to serve as Speaker from any state. Speaker Bass appointed Lori Saldana as Assistant Speaker Pro Tem, filling a vacancy that was left open since the resignation of Assemblymember Laura Richardson, who was elected to Congress; Alberto Torrico as the Majority Leader; and Ted Lieu as Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee, replacing Hector De La Torre. The following members retained their leadership positions: Sally Lieber, Speaker Pro Tempore; Kevin De Leon, Assistant Majority Floor Leader; Fiona Ma, Majority Whip; Noreen Evans, Caucus Chair; John Laird, Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee; and Mark Leno, Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
The Republicans retained their 2007 leadership team: Michael Villines, Minority Leader; Bob Huff, Caucus Chair; Bill Emmerson, Assistant Republican Leader; Rick Keene, Assistant Republican Leader; Van Tran, Assistant Republican Leader; John Benoit, Chief Republican Whip; Doug La Malfa, Chief Republican Whip; Todd Spitzer, Chief Republican Whip; Anthony Adams, Republican Whip; Jean Fuller, Republican Whip; Chuck DeVore, Republican Whip; and Ted Gaines, Republican Whip; Roger Niello, Vice Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee; Mimi Walters, Vice Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee; and Sam Blakeslee as Vice Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee.
The following Assemblymembers are either being termed out or running for higher office:
Greg Aghazarian - Termed out and unsuccessful candidate for State Senate losing to Assemblymember Lois Wolk
John Benoit - Termed out and candidate for State Senate
Patty Berg - Termed out
Mark DeSaulnier - Successful candidate for State Senate
Mervyn M. Dymally - Termed out and unsuccessful candidate for State Senate losing to former member Rod Wright
Bonnie Garcia - Termed out
Shirley Horton - Termed out
Guy Houston - Termed out and unsuccessful candidate for Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
Bob Huff - Unsuccessful candidate for State Senate
Betty Karnette - Termed out
Rick Keene - Termed out
Doug La Malfa - Termed out
John Laird - Termed out
Mark Leno - Termed out and successful candidate for State Senate defeating State Senator Carole Migden
Lloyd Levine - Termed out and unsuccessful candidate for State Senate losing to former Assemblymember Fran Pavley
Bill Maze - Termed out
Gene Mullin - Termed out
Alan Nakanishi - Termed out
Nicole Parra - Termed out
George Plescia - Termed out
Sharon Runner - Termed out
Nell Soto - Termed out
Mimi Walters - Successful candidate for State Senate
Lois Wolk - Termed out and successful candidate for State Senate defeating Assemblymember Greg Aghazarian
Legislative Elections
On April 22, 2007, Congressmember Juanita Millender-McDonald passed away. A special election was held on June 26, 2007, and Assemblymember Laura Richardson defeated Senator Jenny Oropeza in that election and went on to win the runoff in August 2007, leaving a vacancy in the State Assembly. On December 11, 2007, a special election was held to fill the vacancy in the Assembly left by Congressmember Richardson. Warren Furutani received 47% of the vote and went on to win the runoff in the February 5, 2008 Presidential Primary Election.
In the June 2008 primary election for State Senate, Senator Carole Migden and former Assemblymember Joe Nation were defeated by Assemblymember Mark Leno; former Assemblymember Wilma Chan was defeated by Assemblymember Loni Hancock; former Assemblymember Fran Pavley defeated Assemblymember Lloyd Levine for the State Senate; former Assemblymember Rod Wright defeated Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally for State Senate; former Assemblymember Dennis Mountjoy was defeated by Assemblymember Robert Huff; and former Assemblymember Russ Bogh was defeated by Assemblymember John Benoit for State Senate. Former Assemblymembers Hannah-Beth Jackson and Tony Strickland won their State Senate primaries and will face each other in the General Election. Former State Senators James Nielsen and Wes Chesbro won their Assembly primary elections and Senator Tom Torlakson won his Assembly primary race.
On February 11, 2008, Congressmember Tom Lantos passed away from cancer. On April 2, 2008, in a special election, former State Senator/Assemblymember Jackie Speier was elected to fill the vacancy left by Congressmember Lantos' vacant seat in the U.S. Congress.
State Senate
The following individuals won State Senate seats in the 2008 General Election and will be new to the Senate when they are sworn-in on December 1, 2008.
Senate District
3#Mark Leno - coming from the Assembly
5#Lois Wolk - coming from the Assembly, defeated Assemblymember Greg Aghazarian in the General Election.
7#Mark DeSaulnier - coming from the Assembly
9#Loni Hancock - coming from the Assembly
21#Carol Liu - former Assemblymember
23#Fran Pavley - former Assemblymember
25#Rodrick "Rod" Wright - coming from the Assembly
29#Robert "Bob" Huff - coming from the Assembly
33#Mimi Walters - coming from the Assembly
37#John J. Benoit - coming from the Assembly
At the time of this writing, Senate District 19 was still too close to call between former Assemblymembers Hannah-Beth Jackson and Tony Strickland; with Mark Ridley-Thomas being successful in his bid for Los Angeles County Supervisor. There will be a special election called in 2009 for the Senate seat.
The following individuals won State Assembly seats in the 2008 General Election and will be new to the Assembly when sworn-in on December 1, 2008.
Assembly District
1#Wesley Chesbro - former State Senator
2#Jim Nielsen - former State Senator
3#Dan Logue
8#Mariko Yamada
10#Jack Sieglock
11#Tom Torlakson
13#Tom Ammiano
14#Nancy Skinner
15#Joan Buchanan
19#Jerry Hill
22#Paul Fong
26#Bill Berryhill
27#Bill Monning
30#Danny D. Gilmore
34#Connie Conway
36#Steve Knight
40#Bob Blumenfield
46#John A. Perez
52#Isadore Hall
54#Bonnie Lowenthal
60#Curt Hagman
61#Norma Torres
64#Brian Nestande
71#Jeff Miller
73#Diane L. Harkey
75#Nathan Fletcher
78#Marty Block
80#Manuel Perez
SCA 7 (Wyland-R) Legislative sessions
Requires the Legislature to pass a two-year Budget Bill by May 1 of each even-numbered year, following specified procedures. The Budget Bill would be introduced in the Legislature in January of the preceding, odd-numbered year. Beginning 7/1/12, if no Budget Bill is passed by July 1 of an even-numbered year, the amount in each item of appropriation in the Budget Act for the preceding two-year period would, with specified exceptions, be deemed to be appropriated for the current two-year period. Beginning 7/1/12, if the Budget Bill is not passed by July 1 of an even-numbered year, Members of the Legislature would forfeit entitlement to salary and per diem payment from July 1 to the date a Budge Bill is passed and sent to the Governor. Provides that if the Governor issues a special session and declaring a fiscal emergency, the Legislature, 2/3 of each house concurring, may also convene in auxiliary session to legislate on any subject.
(Died in Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
A similar constitutional amendment was SCA 27 (Wyland - R) which died in Senate Rules Committee.
SCA 9 (Ashburn-R) Legislative reform
Creates an independent citizens commission to draw legislative and Board of Equalization districts, modify term limits, revise campaign contributions, prohibit the Legislature from being paid if the Budget Bill is not passed by July 1, and provide for greater oversight of the Legislature by the public.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCA 14 (Denham-R) Governor's salary
Requires the budget submitted by the Governor of each year to be a "balanced budget." If the budget is not balanced, as determined by the Legislative Analyst, then the Governor shall forfeit his/her salary from January 11 until the date he submits a balanced budget to the Legislature.
(Failed passage Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 16 (Denham-R) Legislature: compensation: budget process
Specifies that in any year in which the Budget Bill is not passed by midnight on June 15, each member of the Legislature shall forfeit his/her salary for the period from June 16 until the date the Budget Bill is passed. Prohibits forfeited salary to be paid retroactively. The "Budget Bill" is defined as a bill that makes appropriations for the support of the government of the state for the entire ensuing fiscal year.
(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)
SCA 23 (Maldonado-R) State officer salary increases: operating deficit
Prohibits the California Citizens Compensation Commission from adopting in a fiscal year a resolution that would increase the salary of Members of the Legislature or other state officers if the Legislative Analyst has determined, based on the General Fund revenues and expenditures, that there exists an operating deficit in that fiscal year.
(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 68 (Denham-R) Conference Report: Budget Bill
Adds a provision to the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session to require that any conference committee on the Budget Bills be comprised of 10 members. Requires the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly to appoint three members each, and the minority party caucuses in each house to appoint two members each.
(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 69 (Denham-R) Legislature: Budget Bill votes
Adds a provision to the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session to require that a vote by a committee or subcommittee in either house of the Legislature to take action on the Budget Bill, or a vote by a conference committee to take action on the Budget Bill, be a two-thirds vote.
(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 103 (Cogdill-R) Senator Chuck Poochigian Highway
Designates a 46-mile segment of State Highway Route 180 in Fresno County as the Senator Chuck Poochigian Highway.
Resolution Chapter 87, Statutes of 2008
SCR 1X (Perata-D) 2007-08 First Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1, as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2007-08 First Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 2X (Perata-D) Final adjournment
Provides that the 2007-08 1st Extraordinary Session of the Legislator is to stand adjourned sine die at midnight on the date that this measure has been adopted by both houses of the Legislature.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2007-08, 1st Extraordinary Session
SCR 1XX (Perata-D) 2007-08 Second Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session, as set forth in SCR 1, as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2007-08 Second Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 1XXX (Perata-D) 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session, as set forth in Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1, as the Joint Rules, except as specified, for the 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 2XXX (Perata-D) Final adjournment: 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session
Provides that the 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session of the Legislature shall stand adjourned sine die at midnight on the date that this measure has been adopted by both houses of the Legislature.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
SR 16 (Perata-D) Senate Standing Committees
Amends Senate Rule 12 relating to the standing committees of the Senate, by increasing the membership of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee from eight to nine.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 22 (Perata-D) Senate Standing Committees
Increases the membership of the Senate Transportation Committee from 11 to 13 members and the Senate Governmental Organization Committee from 9 to 10.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 25 (Perata-D) Senate Standing Committee
Decreases the size of the Senate Appropriations Committee from 17 to 15 members and reinstates jurisdictional language of the Senate Health Committee that was inadvertently chaptered out by another resolution.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 27 (Perata-D) Senate Rules Committee: members
Replaces Senator Roy Ashburn with Senator James Battin on the Senate Rules Committee.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 28 (Florez-D) Governor: Highs School Exit Exam
Requests the Governor demonstrate his command of the acceptable minimum level of knowledge and basic skills for earning a California high school diploma, as shown by high school graduates throughout the state each year. Requests the Governor take, as many times as necessary, and pass California's high school exit examination, in the language of the Governor's choice, within one year of the effective date of this resolution, or resign the office to allow the Lieutenant Governor to serve as Governor until passing the examination or the natural expiration of the current term of office.
(Died in Senate with being unassigned to a committee)
SR 34 (Perata-D) President pro Tempore of the Senate
Elects Senator Darrell Steinberg as President pro Tempore of the Senate, to take office on November 30, 2008.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 721 (Maze-R) Public records: legislative request
Requires that state agencies respond to public records requests from members of the Legislature immediately, and under no circumstance shall the response take more than three business days.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2840 (Berg-D) Humboldt County: South Spit
Designates a portion of South Spit in Humboldt County as the Mike Thompson (former State Senator) Wildlife Area, upon his retirement from legislative service.
Chapter 140, Statutes of 2008
ACA 1 (Nunez-D) Legislative reform
Changes term limits for legislators, prohibits a member of the Legislature or Governor from accepting a campaign contribution from any lobbyist employer from May 15 until the date of enactment of a budget bill for the ensuing fiscal year, and creates an independent redistricting commission.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACA 7 (Keene-R) Legislative Sessions
Requires the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but requires, commencing on 12/2/08, that the sessions held in odd-numbered years be known as budget sessions, and sessions held in even-numbered years be known as general sessions. Prohibits the Legislature, during a budget session, from considering legislation other than the Budget Bill and budget-related bills except in connection with a declared state of emergency. Provides that at general sessions the Legislature may consider any legislation other than the Budget Bill. Imposes a limitation on the number of bills, constitutional amendments, or resolutions that may be introduced by an Assemblymember, Senator, budget committee, or other committee in a general session. Requires, in each odd-numbered calendar year, commending in 2009, that the Governor submit to the Legislature a budget for the two-year period commencing July 1, and that the Budget Bill passed by the Legislature be for a two-year period. Makes various conforming changes, including providing for the calculation to the state school funding obligation on a two-year basis.
(Died in Assembly Budget Committee)
ACA 17 (Jeffries-R) Meetings of the Legislature
Requires a house or committee of the Legislature, at least 72 hours before a regularly scheduled meeting, to post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item to be considered, including items to be considered in closed session, as specified.
(Died in the Assembly with being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 61 (Lieber-D) Joint Committee on Homelessness in California
Establishes the Joint Committee on Homelessness in California, to study and investigate issues relating to homelessness. The Committee shall consist of five Assembly Members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and five Senators appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Prescribes the duties and powers of the Committee, and authorizes the Committee to act until 11/30/08.
(Died being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 87 (Hayashi-D) Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy.
Resolution Chapter 153, Statutes of 2008
ACR 112 (Dymally-D) Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia in collaboration.
Resolution Chapter 154, Statutes of 2008
ACR 122 (Blakeslee-R) Nimmo Memorial Highway
Designates a segment of State Route 41 as the Robert and Pat Nimmo Memorial Highway. Robert Nimmo was a state legislator at one time.
Resolution Chapter 94, Statutes of 2008
ACR 126 (Dymally-D) Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins
Commends and recognizes the late Honorable Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins for his accomplishments and contributions to this state and our country as both a former Member of the California State Assembly and Representative in the United States Congress, and declares that the second Monday of September of each year shall be Gus Hawkins Day in California
Resolution Chapter 156, Statutes of 2008
ACR 134 (DeSaulnier-D) Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment (Task Force) to study ways to provide summer enrichment and wellness programs to low-income children.
Resolution Chapter 157, Statutes of 2008
HR 19 (Dymally-D) Augustus (Gus) Hawkins
Commends and recognizes the Honorable Augustus (Gus) Freeman Hawkins, in his 100th year of life, for his accomplishments and contributions to this state and our county as both a former Member of the California State Assembly and Representative in the United States Congress.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 28 (Nunez-D) Arthur Ohnimus Collection.
Commends the Bernice Ohnimus Crutcher Estate for allowing former Assembly Chief Clerk Arthur Ohnimus's historical collection to be donated to the Assembly Office of the Chief Clerks.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 34 (Aghazarian-R) Nonpartisan legislative elections
Places the Assembly on record supporting a study of adopting a system of nonpartisan legislative elections.
(Died in Assembly without being assigned to a committee)
Alcoholic Beverage Control
SB 157 (Wiggins-D) Alcoholic beverages: winegrower's license
Enacts the "Nonprofit Organization Equal Participation Act" for the purpose of providing continuity and equal participation for non-profit organizations in sanctioned wine related events and to provide orderly direction for wine producers.
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2008
SB 169 (Negrete McLeod-D) Alcoholic beverages
Establishes within the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act a framework to determine fair market value to be paid to an existing beer wholesaler by a successor beer wholesaler when distribution rights to a brand are canceled and that right is granted to a successor beer wholesaler.
(Died in Assembly Government and Organization Committee)
SB 297 (Romero-D) Alcoholic beverages: taxation
Provides an exception to a prohibition under the Alcoholic Beverage Tax Law by authorizing the board of supervisors of a county, subject to certain conditions that include voter approval, to levy on a countywide basis, for revenue purposes only, a tax on the privilege of consuming beer, wine, and distilled spirits, as defined, purchased in a retail sale for consumption on the premises of the seller, at a rate of at least 1/8 of 1%, but not to exceed 5%, of the sale price, as provided. Requires the board of supervisors of a county either to notify the Board of Equalization that the county will administer its tax on its own behalf or that it will contract with the Board of Equalization to administer the tax, as provided. Also specifies that a tax imposed under those provisions shall conform to certain tax laws and not prohibit the concurrent application or administration of other taxes.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 351 (Negrete McLeod-D) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Extends a tied-house exception to allow a licensed beer manufacturer, winemaker, or distilled spirits manufacturer to purchase advertising from an on-sale licensee in order to promote "safe ride home" programs at specified stadiums and arenas.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 450 (Oropeza-D) Alcoholic beverages: licensees: local government review
Modifies an existing provision of law that authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to extend the current 30-day waiting period affecting the issuance or transfer of a liquor license, for a period not to exceed 20 days upon written request of "any law enforcement agency," to instead enable "any entity or official" to make a formal request for the 20-day extension for review of a license. Adds a new provision to the ABC Act that requires a licensee to prominently display signage providing contact information for local law enforcement and the ABC's district office for the purpose of reporting possible violations by the licensee.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 607* (Wiggins-D) Winegrowers
Authorizes a person to manufacture wine for personal or family use in an amount not to exceed 100 or 200 gallons per household per calendar year without the need for a license or permit. Also allows a person to offer their wine for tastings, or judgings at exhibitions or competitions, as specified.
Chapter 28, Statutes of 2008
SB 696 (Yee-D) Alcoholic beverages: lodging establishments
Allows certain lodging establishments to expand the manner in which they sell beer and wine to their guests for consumption on the premises.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 995 (Maldonado-R) Alcoholic beverages: instructions: tastings
Permits winegrowers, distilled spirits manufacturers, distilled spirits rectifiers general, or distilled spirits importers general, out-of-state distilled spirits shippers, and authorized agents of any of the above to instruct consumers on the premises of an off-sale licensee regarding wine and distilled spirits. Allows the instruction to include the furnishing of tastings under specified conditions. Limits the amount of instructions that include tastings per year, and requires the winegrowers, distilled spirits manufacturers, distilled spirits rectifiers general, or distilled spirits importers general, out-of-state distilled spirits shippers, and authorized agents to notify the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control when instructions with tastings will occur.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1159* (Cox-R) Alcoholic beverages: possession: Truckee River
Prohibits the consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages, whether open or closed, on vessels along the Truckee River (from the Highway 89 Bridge in Tahoe City to the Alpine Meadows Bridge) during "summer holiday periods."
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2008
SB 1211* (Harman-R) Alcoholic beverage control: caterer's permits
Expands an existing provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to authorize the issuance of a "caterer's permit" to any licensee under an "on-sale beer and wine license."
Chapter 348, Statutes of 2008
SB 1246 (Negrete McLeod-D) Alcoholic beverages: beer wholesalers: exterior signs
Adds a new provision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act pertaining to the cost basis of exterior signs sold or rented to a retailer by a beer distributor.
Chapter 395, Statutes of 2008
SB 1560* (Yee-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Modifies an existing tied-house provision that currently permits the issuance or transfer of an "on-sale" retail license to a restaurant, even though a wholesaler licensed to sell alcoholic beverages outside California has an interest in the premises or the license.
Chapter 412, Statutes of 2008
SJR 22 (Wiggins-D) California's wine industry
Requests the United States Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to withdraw the Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Number 77, relating to a Proposed Establishment of the Calistoga Viticultural Area, and Number 78, relating to a Proposed Revision of the American Viticultural Area Regulations, because they pose a threat to the state and national wine industry's ability to fairly trade domestically and internationally.
Resolution Chapter 9, Statutes of 2008
AB 23* (Ma-D) Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters
Modifies an existing provision of law to allow a licensee operating a cabaret theater, as specified, to admit persons under the age of 21 years to any theater performance, instead of only matinee performances on Sundays, provided alcoholic beverages are not sold, served, or consumed on the premises during those performances.
Chapter 18, Statutes of 2008
AB 345 (Saldana-D) Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking prevention
Provides that for calendar years beginning on or after 1/1/08, the Board of Equalization shall calculate the total amount of all surtaxes, interest, and penalties that will be collected as a result of a reclassification of any alcoholic beverage from beer to a distilled spirit.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 346 (Beall-D) Alcoholic beverages: labels
Requires the container of any beer or alcoholic beverage that derives 0.5% or more of its alcoholic content by volume from flavors or other ingredients containing distilled alcohol and that is sold by a manufacturer or importer to a wholesaler or retailer within this state to bear a label or firmly affixed sticker that includes specified information regarding its alcohol content and its status as an alcoholic beverage. Makes legislative findings and declarations with regard to the need for these labeling requirements.
Chapter 624, Statutes of 2008
AB 413 (Ruskin-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Changes the mailing method an applicant for a retail license to sell alcoholic beverages may use to notify residents and owners of real property within a 500-foot radius.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 523* (De La Torre-D) Alcoholic beverage licenses: self-service checkouts
Prohibits off-sale licensees from selling distilled spirits using a self-service checkout system. Makes findings and declarations regarding the effects of allowing alcoholic beverages to be sold using self-service checkouts.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 892 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverages: California wine
Provides that a wine is entitled to the appellation of origin "California," or a geographical subdivision thereof, if the wine meets specified criteria, including the requirement that 100% of the wine's volume is derived as specified and described.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 960 (Hancock-D) Alcoholic beverages: licensing restrictions
Authorizes a county or city to provide for a reasonable amortization period and termination of, or imposition of conditions on legal nonconforming uses pursuant to, a validly enacted zoning ordinance. Applies to premises that have been used in the exercise of rights and privileges conferred by the retail license at a time prior to the effective date of the zoning ordinance that are located in areas of undue concentration, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 982 (Price-D) Alcoholic beverages: licensees: advertising
Permits a distilled spirits wholesaler to purchase the advertising space and time from, or on behalf of, an on-sale retail licensee, subject to existing and defined conditions (a current tied-house exemption for designated locations and/or facilities).
(Died at Assembly Desk)
AB 1245 (Torrico-D) Alcoholic beverages
Modifies an existing provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to allow beer manufacturers to give adult consumers promotional advertising items valued at $3 per unit original cost to the beer manufacturer who purchased it.
Chapter 629, Statutes of 2008
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: ABC fees
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, increases annual alcohol license fees charged by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control by 11.78%. This increase represents the full growth in the Consumer Price Index since the fees were last adjusted in 2005.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1445 (Plescia-R) Alcoholic beverages: off-sale: tied-house restrictions
Expands the permitted services relating to the rotating, restocking, and rearranging of alcoholic beverages within the licensed premises of the off-sale retail licensee. Excludes specified actions from the permitted services.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1596 (Price-D) Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: enforcement
Requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, by 6/30/08, relative to enforcement staffing levels for district offices, including recommendations on the level of funding necessary to support appropriate enforcement.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1657 (Sharon Runner-R) Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking
Creates an alternate misdemeanor-felony for any person to furnish alcohol to a minor who thereafter causes death or great bodily injury, as specified.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1759* (DeVore-R) Alcoholic beverages: lodging establishments
Amends an existing provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to enable restricted service lodging establishments to expand the manner in which they may sell beer and wine to their guests.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1878 (Ma-D) Alcoholic beverages: sales of wine
Expands an existing provision of law to allow a non-licensed person owning bottled wine, purchased at retail, to sell that wine to specified licensees authorized to sell that wine. Requires the purchasing licensees to maintain specified records of these transactions.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1964 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations
Allows a nonprofit organization to store donated wine on their premises while they are waiting for a license to sell the wine at a later event, and increases the number of times that a special temporary on-sale and off-sale license can be issued from once per year to three times per year.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2008
AB 2004 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses
Authorizes the consumption of wine on a winery's licensed premises in order to accommodate visitors interested in pairing wine with food in a picnic setting.
Chapter 127, Statutes of 2008
AB 2080 (La Malfa-R) Alcoholic beverages: licensees
Makes changes to existing provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act relating to licensees and the operation of destroyed premises as well as the transfer of a license back to the location of the destroyed premises.
Chapter 93, Statutes of 2008
AB 2090 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Creates a new special temporary on-sale wine license to enable certain nonprofit organizations in the fields of enology or viticulture to pour wine for the trade and the general public as part of their educational and instructional offerings.
Chapter 441, Statutes of 2008
AB 2151 (Jones-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Adds provisions to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for the stated purpose of assisting local governments in their effort to control the issuance and transfer of liquor licenses.
Vetoed
AB 2266 (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Adds a new section to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act which authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue a maximum of 15 new original on-sale general licenses, over a three-year period, for bona fide public eating places in the County of Napa.
Chapter 130, Statutes of 2008
AB 2293 (De Leon-D) Alcoholic beverage licensees
Adds a new provision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that permits distilled spirits manufacturers and winegrowers to provide their product offering directly to consumers (free of charge) during invitation-only events on premises for which a caterer's permit authorization has been issued. Sunsets on 1/1/14.
Chapter 638, Statutes of 2008
AB 2294 (Plescia-R) Alcoholic beverages: tied house restrictions: interior signs
Provides that any person who is not a licensee under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act may furnish, give, lend, or rent video display devices to on-sale retail licensees, provided they meet certain specifications.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2397 (Aghazarian-R) Alcoholic beverages: labels
Requires all wines produced or bottled within the current Lodi appellation to be labeled with the designation Lodi.
Chapter 75, Statutes of 2008
AB 2426 (Cook-R) Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: brewpub
Creates an exemption to the tied-house rules in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to authorize a person who operates both a winery and a distillery in another state to obtain a license to operate a brewpub restaurant in California.
Chapter 461, Statutes of 2008
AB 2613 (Plescia-R) Alcoholic beverages: instructions: tastings
Authorizes winegrowers, distilled spirits manufacturers, as well as rectifiers, importers and shippers of these beverages to offer tastings of wine or distilled spirits at off-sale retail licensed premises (grocery stores and liquor stores) in a segregated area. Requires verification of age at entrance to the segregated area. Limits tastings to one-quarter ounce of distilled spirits and one ounce of wine, and limits tastings to three per person each day.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2713 (Krekorian-D) Alcoholic beverages: illegal imports
Increases the fine for the illegal import of distilled spirits into the state to $5,000.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2820 (Huffman-D) Alcoholic beverage containers: retail sales
Clarifies that a retail package off-sale licensee is not required to place alcoholic beverages in a bag or other packaging material or container upon purchase by the consumer.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 2893 (Hancock-D) Alcoholic beverages: license transfers: conditions
Grants the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control the authority to impose restrictions on retail license transfers in instances where the license transferor has been cited for multiple violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act during his/her ownership of the license.
Chapter 254, Statutes of 2008
AB 3071 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Alcoholic beverages
Makes various clarifying and conforming changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act intended to address various types of tied-house law exceptions.
Chapter 508, Statutes of 2008
Tribal Gaming
SB 62 (Florez-D) Tribal gaming
Provides a mechanism to ensure that payments from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for distribution to those Indian Tribes eligible to receive these funds will receive them by taking moneys from payments made by Indian Tribes to the General Fund, made pursuant to any amended tribal-state compact, and transferring specified payments to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund covering any deficiency.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 996 (Florez-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Requires each Tribal-State Gaming Compact entered into between the State of California and a federally recognized Indian Tribe to be ratified by the Legislature individually in separate statutes.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SB 1201 (Battin-R) Tribal gaming: gaming device licenses
Provides that the aggregate limit of gaming device licenses available for issuance pursuant to the 1999 Tribal-State Gaming Compacts shall be 122,000, and further provides that certain gaming device licenses available for issuance under subsequent compact amendments shall not be counted in determining whether that aggregate limit has been reached. Requires that, upon application by a tribe with a tribal-state gaming compact ratified, as described, the Gambling Control Commission allocate gaming device licenses to the tribe in accordance with the tribe's gaming compact, but prohibits the number of licenses allocated to a tribe from exceeding the maximum number of gaming device licenses allowed under the gaming compact.
(Failed passage in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1570 (Vincent-D) Tribal gaming: satellite wagering
Provides that, when negotiating with a tribal government for a tribal-state gaming compact pursuant to provisions of the California Constitution, the Governor shall use his/her best efforts to ensure that satellite wagering on horse racing is one of the forms of gaming offered at any gaming facility authorized under the compact. Requires any payments to the state for receiving the audio-visual signal on horse racing to be deposited in the Maddy Vincent Fund for Horse Racing, as established by the bill, and requires certain amounts in that fund to be used for specified purposes. Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the Maddy Vincent Fund for Horse Racing as part of the annual Budget Act in order to support the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) for the benefit of the fair racing associations, racing associations, and the horsemen and horsewomen involved in horse racing, as specified. Also requires the CHRB to (1) establish the Golden State Triple Crown series of races with a purse of at least $2,000,000 and a bonus for a horse who wins all three races in the series; (2) establish the Golden State Quarter Horse Race with a purse of at least $500,000; (3) establish the Golden State Harness Race with a purse of at least $500,000; and (4) determine the eligibility for those races, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 1695 (Florez-D) Tribal gaming: casino location
Prohibits the Governor from negotiating a tribal-state gaming compact with a tribe that does not have land held in trust on which the gaming is to occur and that is not federally recognized.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SCA 20 (Vincent-D) Tribal gaming: roulette and craps
Authorizes the conduct of roulette and craps by federally recognized Indian tribes on Indian lands in California pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact negotiated and ratified in accordance with existing state and federal law.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
A similar resolution was ACA 9 (Laird-D), which died on the Assembly Floor.
AB 91 (Garcia-R) Tribal-state gaming compacts: revenue sharing
Increases, beginning with the 2008-09 fiscal year, the quarterly amount required to be transferred from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund to an amount sufficient for each eligible tribe to receive $500,000. Increases the total fiscal year amount that each eligible tribe may receive under these provisions to $2 million.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 132 (Garcia-R) Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund: grants
Enacts several recommendations proposed by the California State Auditor relative to the allocation and uses of proceeds from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund, and appropriates $30 million from the Fund to augment grants provided to local government agencies in the 2007-08 Budget Act.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 158* (Torrico-D) Tribal gaming: local agencies
Makes changes and appropriates funds for the purpose of mitigating the local impacts of tribal gaming operations as follows: (1) Enacts several recommendations proposed by the State Auditor relative to the allocation and uses of proceeds from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (IGSDF) for local projects to mitigate the impacts of tribal gaming, (2) appropriates $30 million from the IGSDF to be allocated by the California Gambling Control Commission for local projects that mitigate the impacts of tribal gaming, and (3) extends the sunset of the program to provide funding from the IGSDF to local jurisdictions for local projects that mitigate the impacts of tribal gaming to 1/1/10.
Chapter 754, Statutes of 2008
AB 1265 (Cook-R) Tribal gaming: grants: Department of Transportation
Allows an Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee to select grants from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to the Department of Transportation, for specified purposes, to offset the impact of tribal gaming.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1697 (Richardson-D) Tribal gaming: revenue sharing
Requires that, if there are insufficient funds in the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to fully fund payments to eligible recipient tribes from the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund in accordance with current law, monies from payments made by tribes to the General Fund pursuant to any tribal-state gaming compact be transferred to the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund in an amount equal to the deficiency.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1740 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Tribal gaming
Clarifies references in the Government Code related to "eligible recipient Indian tribes" as it relates to the distribution of monies within the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2155 (Garcia-R) Indian gaming facilities: trespass
Makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000, to enter upon any gaming facility owned and operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe, after receiving specified notice or signing a specified request. Provides that before the person may be served with a notice forbidding trespass, he or she must have interfered with lawful business or occupation carried on by the owner or agent of the gaming facility by obstructing or intimidating those therein.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2353 (Garcia-R) Tribal gaming: local governments
Appropriates $30 million from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to provide grants to local government agencies impacted by tribal casinos.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 3072* (Price-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the first amendment to a tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, executed on 6/30/08. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited into the General Fund, except as specified, and provides that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 334, Statutes of 2008
Horse Racing
SB 436 (Vincent-D) Horse racing: harness or quarter horses
Increases, from two races to five races, the number of races a harness or quarter horse racing association may add for each race that is not imported from out-of-state or out-of-country, to the number of races allowable under the maximum authorization on another night of racing.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 560 (Wiggins-D) Horses: sale, purchase, or transfer
Requires any sale, purchase, or transfer of an equine to be accompanied by a written bill of sale or acknowledgment of purchase, and a security agreement setting forth the purchase price, and signed by both the purchaser and seller or their duly authorized agents, as specified. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to act as a dual agent unless certain conditions are met, and makes it unlawful for a person acting as an agent to receive in excess of $500 in compensation or in other items of value, related to that transaction, other than from the agent's principal, unless certain conditions are met. Allows any person injured by a violation of these provisions to recover treble damages, plus other expenses. Provides that the California Horse Racing Board may suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates its provisions.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 561* (Margett-R) Horse racing: racing days
Allows an association licensed to conduct Thoroughbred racing in the northern zone up to 35 weeks of racing. Expands the maximum period for racing allocated to a fair, to four weeks each year and removes the prohibition on racing outside of the period in which general fair activities are conducted, and authorizes combined fair horse racing meetings during the month of June, and deletes the limitation on the total combined number of dates for combined fair horse racing meetings.
Chapter 380, Statutes of 2008
SB 616 (Margett-R) Waste discharge requirements: horse racing facilities
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to prescribe general waste discharge requirements for horse racing facilities. These requirements shall apply to the discharge of waste at horse racing facilities that are subject to the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit program. Requires the Board to prescribe requirements that include specified components, to the extent permitted by federal law.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 792 (Florez-D) Vincent-Maddy California Thoroughbred Race Cup
Establishes the Vincent-Maddy California Thoroughbred Race Cup series to consist of four races per year at specified tracks. Provides for the diversion of any state sales and use tax imposed under current law on the sale of thoroughbred horses into the Vincent-Maddy California Thoroughbred Race Cup Fund, which this bill creates, to be used for supplementing purses in this race series.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 873 (Florez-D) Horseracing
Redirects a portion of the funds derived from new tribal-state compacts into the Special Trust Fund for the Economic Stabilization of Fairs and Horse Racing in order to stimulate the horseracing industry.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1570 (Vincent-D) Tribal gaming: satellite wagering
Provides that, when negotiating with a tribal government for a tribal-state gaming compact pursuant to provisions of the California Constitution, the Governor shall use his/her best efforts to ensure that satellite wagering on horse racing is one of the forms of gaming offered at any gaming facility authorized under the compact. Requires any payments to the state for receiving the audio-visual signal on horse racing to be deposited in the Maddy Vincent Fund for Horse Racing, as established by the bill, and requires certain amounts in that fund to be used for specified purposes. Provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the Maddy Vincent Fund for Horse Racing as part of the annual Budget Act in order to support the California Horse Racing Board for the benefit of the fair racing associations, racing associations, and the horsemen and horsewomen involved in horse racing, as specified. Also requires the Board to (1) establish the Golden State Triple Crown series of races with a purse of at least $2,000,000 and a bonus for a horse who wins all three races in the series; (2) establish the Golden State Quarter Horse Race with a purse of at least $500,000; (3) establish the Golden State Harness Race with a purse of at least $500,000; and (4) determine the eligibility for those races, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 1635 (Negrete McLeod-D) Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races
Eliminates the ceiling on the total number of out-of-state thoroughbred races that may be imported in a given year and increases the number of races that may be imported daily from 23 to 40.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SR 14 (Yee-D) California Horse Racing Board
Urges the Chairman of the California Horse Racing Board to tender his resignation from the Board as soon as possible, to allow the Board to move forward with new leadership and direction.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 813* (Portantino-D) Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services
Provides a harness racing association with an exemption from the requirement to have a qualified and licensed physician on duty at all times during live racing if there is a hospital situated no more than 2.5 miles from the racetrack and the harness racing association has an agreement with the hospital to provide emergency medical services to injured drivers. Provides that, with respect to harness meetings, if there are funds unexpended in the horseracing promotion account managed by the Southern California Off-Track Wagering, Inc., those funds may be expended for other purposes with the consent of the horsemen and the racing association to benefit the horsemen, or the racing association, or both, pursuant to their agreement.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2008
AB 1289 (Price-D) Advance deposit wagering: out-of-state providers
Makes clarifying changes to existing law governing the distribution of proceeds relating to the overlap of racing dates between the Humboldt County Fair and the San Mateo County Fair. Makes other clarifying changes concerning the satellite wagering distribution and these fairs. Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, on a program to allow a harness racing association to deduct an additional 1% of the total amount handled in exotic pari-mutuel pools to defray the costs of paying for workers' compensation insurance.
Chapter 430, Statutes of 2008
AB 1345 (Plescia-R) Horse racing
Creates the Special Trust Fund for the Economic Stabilization of Horse Racing, which shall receive a portion of the funds generated from gaming activities authorized, pursuant to all new tribal-state compacts that are ratified or existing compacts that are amended, on or after 1/1/07. Specifies how the monies deposited in the fund will be disbursed annually.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1690 (Villines-R) Horse racing: San Mateo County
Provides that if the horse racing venue in San Mateo County, at which thoroughbred race meetings were conducted in 2005, ceases to operate as a venue for thoroughbred race meetings in any subsequent year, the California Horse Racing Board shall license thoroughbred racing associations in the northern zone so as to minimize or eliminate simultaneous live racing during fair racing meetings in the northern zone conducted in the same calendar period.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2048 (Silva-R) Horse racing
Increases the amount of races a harness and quarter horse racing association may import in live racing days from six to eight races. Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, on a program to allow a quarter horse racing association to deduct an additional 0.5% of the total amount handled in exotic pari-mutuel pools to defray the costs of paying for workers' compensation insurance. Mandates the California Horse Racing Board to review its regulations governing the operations to satellite wagering facilities in an attempt to reduce their operating costs.
Chapter 439, Statutes of 2008
AB 2103 (Plescia-R) Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation.
Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, on a deduction from parimutuel wagering on thoroughbred horse racing in order to defray the costs of pay or workers' compensation insurance.
Chapter 443, Statutes of 2008
AB 2205 (Garrick-R) Horse racing: racing weeks: allocations
Authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to allocate the dates formerly allocated to a venue to other associations or racing fairs that conduct licensed race meetings in 2008 in the southern or central zone in accordance with specified requirements, as specified.
Chapter 448, Statutes of 2008
AB 2258* (Evans-D) Horse racing: license fees: shortfalls: pro rata assessment
Clarifies language in current horse racing law relating to the amount of licensee fees that must be paid to the state by racing associations and fairs in any calendar year.
Chapter 453, Statutes of 2008
AB 2665 (Garrick-R) Horse racing: licenses
Requires licenses granted under the Horse Racing Law to contain such conditions as are deemed necessary or desirable by the board for the best interests of horse racing and the purposes of the Horse Racing Law, and makes other technical changes.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 3073 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Horse racing
Allows California-sired horses to be included within the special races designated for California-bred horses, as specified. Adds trainers to the list of person who may not influence, induce or conspire to affect the result of a race. Makes a technical change with regards to the approval of "vitamins and supplemental feeds" and makes minor and technical changes to horse racing law.
Chapter 509, Statutes of 2008
AB 3074 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Horse racing
Authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to permit a California harness racing association to accept wagers on the full card of races conducted by another racing association on the date of the Kentucky Futurity. Eliminates the ceiling on the total number of out-of-state thoroughbred races that may be imported in a given year. Increases, from 23 to 32, the limitation on the total number of out-of-state thoroughbred races that may be imported per day by a thoroughbred association or fair that is conducting a live race meet.
Chapter 510, Statutes of 2008
Other Gaming Legislation
SB 393 (Margett-R) Lottery Act: allocation for education
Provides proceeds from the California State Lottery Education Fund allocated to schools will not be used for salaries or employee benefits. Makes other minor changes.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 440 (Florez-D) California State Lottery
Authorizes the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with one or more firms or individuals, chosen in accordance with specified selection procedures, to serve as the state's advisor or advisors in examining alternatives, such as a license, lease, concession, or other financial alternative, for maximizing the value of the California State Lottery for the benefit of education and other appropriate causes. Allows such an agreement to provide for the conduct of an auction or other process to establish the basis and financial parameters for the participation of one or more private entities in the operation of the lottery on behalf of the state. Provides that the auction or other process may, but is not required to, take place before the enactment of appropriate legislation authorizing private participation in the operation of the lottery on behalf of the state, but prohibits an agreement for that private participation from taking effect until the authorizing legislation is enacted. Also authorizes the Director to enter into an agreement with counsel other than the Attorney General for legal services in this regard. Provides that theses provisions do not permit any change that enables the California State Lottery to be owned by a person or entity other than the State of California.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 864 (Battin-R) Gaming: charitable bingo: penalties
Defines "bingo" to permit games in which players use paper bingo cards that can combine the use of an electronic aid that notifies the player of a winning card. Prohibits the use of electronic systems that store bingo cards on computers in lieu of paper cards.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1626 (Steinberg-D) which died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.
SB 1369 (Cedillo-D) Remote caller bingo
Authorizes remote caller bingo as a game in which specific tax-exempt organizations, as defined, may use audio or video technology to link designated in-state facilities for playing bingo pursuant to a local ordinance and state regulation and oversight. Defines "bingo" as a game of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols that are marked or covered by the player on a tangible card in the player's possession and conforms to numbers or symbols, selected at random and announced by a live caller, as specified. The companion bill was AB 334 (Levine-D).
Chapter 748, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 1328 (Cedillo-D) which died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.
SB 1400 (Simitian-D) Sweepstakes
Recasts California's sweepstakes law by requiring additional disclosures and consumer protections.
Chapter 749, Statutes of 2008
SB 1616 (Florez-D) Problem gambling: therapist training and treatment programs
Requires the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to establish a training program for therapists to treat problem/pathological gamblers.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1626 (Steinberg-D) Bingo: electronic cards
Changes the definition of bingo to allow it to be played, in addition, on an electronic replica of a bingo card. Prohibits an electronic replica of a bingo card from being used under these provisions if that use would constitute a slot machine, as defined.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1664 (Yee-D) Gambling: regulation
Changes the current definition of what constitutes a banked card game to instead only require that all seated players are afforded the opportunity to act as the player-dealer, and makes other technical changes to the Gambling Control Act's licensing and regulatory requirements.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1679* (Florez-D) California State Lottery: CA Higher Education Endowment Act
Requires that not less than 87% of the total annual revenues from the sale of state lottery tickets or shares, plus the unclaimed prize money and interest earnings, to be used for prizes and to benefit education, and no more than 13% be used for lottery expenses. Requires that not less than 50% of the total annual lottery revenues be returned to the public in the form of prizes. Deletes the requirement that 34% of those revenues be used to benefit education, and provides, instead, that the percentage of the total annual revenues to be allocated for public education shall be established by the California Lottery Commission (Commission), subject to the requirement that this percentage be set at a level designed to maximize the total allocation for public education and to ensure that the total allocation for public education during any fiscal year is not less than $1,300,000,000, as adjusted annually by the change in the California Consumer Price Index. Requires $1,300,000,000, as adjusted, of that total allocation for public education to be allocated in accordance with the specified distribution schedule, and requires any amount of that total allocation for public education that is in excess of $1,300,000,000, as adjusted, to be transferred from the State Lottery Fund to the California Higher Education Endowment Fund, as described. Provides that, to the extent that expenses of the lottery are less than 13% of the total annual revenues, any surplus funds may be carried over from year to year upon a determination by the Commission that the carryover furthers the purpose of the act. Provides that the aggregate amount of revenues allocated for expenses shall not exceed 16% of the total annual revenues for that operating year. Requires the Commission, each fiscal year, to commit at least $1,000,000 to the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling within the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for problem gambling awareness and treatment programs, and requires the director of that office to report to the Commission on the effectiveness of problem gambling awareness and treatment efforts. Adds to the Donahoe Higher Education Act provisions establishing the California Higher Education Endowment, with a mission of increasing the number of Californians who attend colleges or universities and receive degrees. Requires that the endowment be governed by a six-member board, consisting of four gubernatorial appointees, and one member each appointed by the Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University. Requires the endowment board to develop guidelines and criteria for the awarding of grants for promising and innovative approaches for the improvement of access to California's public colleges and universities. Requires funding from the endowment to supplement, and not replace, General Fund investment in public higher education. Authorizes the endowment to accept donations from corporations, individuals, or foundations, or to receive grants from private sources and public agencies, for any of the endowment's purposes. Requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to evaluate the effectiveness and success of the endowment, and to present its recommendations for any appropriate changes in the operations of the endowment, on or before 1/1/14, and every five years thereafter.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1697 (Florez-D) Gambling licenses
Establishes a new provision in the Gambling Control Act authorizing inactive licenses, as specified and allows the California Gambling Control Commission to consider applications to activate expired gambling licenses, as described.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SCA 12 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) California State Lottery: 2008 Budget Trailer Bill
Permits securitization of future lottery revenues, and adds "other public purposes" for which lottery revenues can be used.
Resolution Chapter 143, Statutes of 2008
SCA 25 (Florez-D) California State Lottery
Allows the Legislature, by statute enacted without regard to the current lottery law, to adjust annually, or to authorize the commission to adjust annually, the percentage of total annual lottery revenues that are allocated for prizes, public education, lottery expenses, and problem gambling awareness and treatment programs. Specifies that the annual allocation for public education shall not be less than a specified amount of those revenues. Authorizes the Legislature to establish and fund from lottery revenues allocated for public education an endowment fund for four-year public universities, as specified. Allows the Legislature to authorize for play, games in which the prize amounts are determined on a parimutuel basis or are fixed in advance of the draw, regardless of whether the total number of prizes is fixed in advance of the draw. Prohibits the Legislature from authorizing the use of slot machines or video lottery terminals in connection with the California State Lottery.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 163 (Mendoza-D) Gambling: local ordinances
Adds a new section to the Gambling Control Act to authorize a local government to amend its gambling ordinance to increase the number of tables that may be operated by small card clubs.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2008
AB 334 (Levine-D) Gaming: remote caller bingo
Appropriates up to $500,000, as determined by order of the Director of the Department of Finance, to the California Gambling Control Commission for use in the 2008-09 fiscal year for purposes relating to the regulation of remote caller bingo, as specified. This bill is a companion bill to SB 1369 (Cedillo-D and Battin-R).
Chapter 734, Statutes of 2008
AB 560 (Richardson-D) Gambling: licenses
Makes changes to existing law prohibiting the California Gambling Control Commission from issuing a gambling license to operate on 12/31/99 by providing that these provisions do not preclude the sale or transfer of an interest in a card club that was in good standing to operate on 12/31/99, provided that the card club remains in the same local jurisdiction and within boundaries that have been pre-approved by that local jurisdiction. Provides that these provisions do not preclude a change in the location of a gambling establishment within the same local jurisdiction and within boundaries that have been pre-approved by that local jurisdiction.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 723 (DeVore-R) Gambling establishments
Requires each gambling enterprise owner, who is licensed by the California Gambling Commission, to ensure that signs are posted in conspicuous locations on the gambling premises indicating the toll-free telephone number for immediate crisis management maintained by the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 733 (Charles Calderon-D) Gambling
Transfers responsibility for maintaining and providing information on the list of people that are excluded or ejected from various gambling establishments to the Department of Justice from the California Gambling Control Commission
Vetoed
AB 1251 (Tran-R) California State Lottery: multi-state lottery
Gives a player up to one year to claim prize money for a jackpot or grand prize won in a multi-state lottery game.
Chapter 8, Statutes of 2008
AB 1314 (Strickland-R) Bingo
Clarifies the current definition of "bingo" to provide that the card may be either paper or electronic.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1336 (Bass-D) Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse programs
Requires the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling, within the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, to develop a grant program to provide problem gambling training reimbursement grants to substance abuse prevention and treatment facilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1654* (Huffman-D) 2008-09 Budget Trailer Bill: lottery
Makes the necessary statutory changes in the California State Lottery in order to enact the 2008-09 Budget authorizing the lottery to modernize its operation to improve financial performance, establishes the Lottery Assets Fund and the Debt Retirement Fund, reallocates revenues of the lottery, requiring at least 50% of total annual revenues to be returned to the public as prizes instead of capping payouts at 50%, starting in 2009-10, each fiscal year thereafter, discontinues lottery funding for K-12 and higher education system and makes General Fund appropriation, and enabling future modernization measures aimed at furthering the purpose of the Act to be approved by a two-thirds vote of both houses of the legislature. (NOTE: One of three bills relating to the use of lottery. The other two bills are SCA 12 (Perata -D) and AB 1741 (Assembly Budget Committee).
Chapter 764, Statutes of 2008
AB 1741* (Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee) 2008-09 State Lottery Budget Trailer Bill
Makes the necessary statutory changes in the lottery along with SCA 12 (Perata-D) and AB 1654 (Assembly Budget Committee), in order to enact the State Budget, including authorizing the securitization of lottery revenues and enables the state to obtain outside advice in sizing and marketing lottery revenues securities.
Chapter 765, Statutes of 2008
AB 1852 (Jeffries-R) Sports betting pools
Provides that participation in a non-commercial betting pool is an infraction, punishable by a maximum fine of $250 plus penalty assessments.
Vetoed
AB 1924 (Jeffries-R) Charitable bingo: overhead
Increases, with respect to bingo games conducted by the Lake Elsinore Elks Lodge only, the amount of bingo proceeds that may be used for rental and overhead, to 20% of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes, or $3,000 per month, whichever is less, as specified. Requires that the amount of proceeds otherwise permitted under current law be used only for the purpose of financing the rebuilding of the facility and replacing equipment that was destroyed by fire in 2007. Provides that these provisions shall remain in effect only until the cost of rebuilding the facility is repaid, or 1/1/19, whichever occurs first.
Chapter 216, Statutes of 2008
AB 2017 (Garrick-R) Tax refunds and lottery winnings: offsets
Requires the State Controller to offset, from an amount owed by a state agency, as currently provided for under current law, any amount that is overdue and unpaid for a family support obligation due or payable to the state, which includes lottery winnings.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2462 (Davis-D) California State Lottery Education Fund
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually post and maintain on its Internet website a detailed report on the amount of lottery funds that were expended by each school district and county office of education in the previous fiscal year and the purpose for which those funds were expended.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2524 (Benoit-R) California Gambling Control Commission: employees
Adds a section to the Government Code to authorize the California Gambling Control Commission to require fingerprint images and associated information from a prospective employee if the employee's duties include, or would include, access to specified information or accountable items.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2008
AB 2627 (Mendoza-D) Gambling regulation
Makes numerous changes to the Gambling Control Act as it relates to cardrooms and restructures the licensing requirements for partnerships and other entities, and allows limited liability companies to secure gambling licenses subject to specified requirements.
Vetoed
Public Employees
SB 392 (Ducheny-D) County employees' retirement: cost-of-living adjustments
Allows the board of retirement in Imperial County, if approved by the county board of supervisors, to provide cost-of-living adjustments, on a prefunded basis, to certain of the monthly allowances paid by the system to, or on account of, members of the system.
Chapter 202, Statutes of 2008
SB 461 (Ashburn-R) Public Employees' Retirement System
Prohibits the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from investing public employee retirement funds in companies with business operations in a "foreign terrorist state" (as defined), requires the boards of these retirement systems to sell or transfer any investments with these companies, and report to the Legislature regarding these investments, as specified.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 579* (Wiggins-D) County Employees Retirement Law of 1937
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution allowing firefighters who retired after 4/1/07, to reinstate from retirement and work beyond the mandatory retirement age.
Chapter 21, Statutes of 2008
SB 600 (Scott-D) State excluded employees: employee organizations
Deletes the provisions in existing law that permit specified supervisory employees to hold office in an employee organization that represents excluded employees.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 608 (Wiggins-D) Judges' retirement
Makes several changes to the provisions governing the ability of a member of the Judges' Retirement System I to elect an optional settlement prior to retirement.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2008
SB 689 (Correa-D) Public employee health benefits: vision care: annuitants
Requires the state to fund one-half of the costs for the Vision Care Program for State Annuitants, as specified, subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 695 (Wiggins-D) Public employee health benefits: retirees
Allows a Public Employees' Retirement System annuitant, who reinstates to active employment and subsequently retires again, to continue receiving retiree health benefits from the employer from which he/she first retired.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 755 (Alquist-D) Public employees' retirement: postretirement death benefits
Increases the amount of the death benefit payment for school members from $2,000 to $5,000 with respect to those state members who retired on or before 7/1/08.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 760 (Migden-D) State employees: deferred compensation
Requires, subject to appropriation in the annual budget bill, the state to match, up to a maximum of 5% of an employee's salary, any contributions made by excluded employees to a deferred compensation plan or tax-sheltered annuity, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1032 (McClintock-R) Disability retirement: medical examinations
Provides that if a recipient of a disability retirement allowance, who is over the minimum age for voluntary retirement for service applicable to members of his/her class and who has been receiving a retirement allowance for less than 36 months, refuses to submit to a medical examination, the pension portions of his/her allowance may be discontinued until the withdrawal of the refusal.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
Similar bills were AB 219 (Jeffries-R) which died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee, and AB 2024 (Houston-R) which died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security Committee.
SB 1123 (Wiggins-D) Public employee benefits
Revises sunshine provisions in California pension law and creates the California Actuarial Advisory Panel to provide impartial and independent information on pensions, other post employment benefits, and best practices to public agencies.
Chapter 371, Statutes of 2008
SB 1267* (Yee-D) Whistleblower protection
Extends the California Whistleblower Protection Act to specified former employees, eliminates its "notice of findings" process, limits the State Personnel Board's administrative hearing process in these cases to 10 hearing days, and provides complainants ("whistleblowers") with an immediate right-to-sue letter option, permitting them to forego exhausting their administrative remedies before the State Personnel Board and go straight to court.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1296 (Corbett-D) Public Employment Relations Board
Makes declarations and findings relating to the scope of jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Board, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, to bolster the procedural rights of firefighters and their representatives in public employment relations. It also clarifies the scope of the Public Employment Relations Board's exclusive jurisdiction as it relates to locally enacted, voter approved measures. Provides that the superior courts of California retain exclusive jurisdiction over actions involving interest arbitration, as specified.
Chapter 712, Statutes of 2008
SB 1353 (Negrete McLeod-D) State employees: military benefits
Authorizes the Governor to issue an Executive Order to extend existing benefits from 730 days (two years) to 1,460 days (four years) for state employee-members of the United States Military Reserves called to active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Chapter 592, Statutes of 2008
SB 1472 (Ashburn-R) Public employment
Allows, until 1/1/13, prior state employees who have had permanent civil service status, and former legislative or nonelected exempt employees with at least two years of consecutive service, to apply for and compete in "Career Executive Assignment" examinations.
Chapter 353, Statutes of 2008
SB 1496 (Ashburn-R) Public Employees' Retirement System: member classifications
Clarifies existing law to identify those exempt and excluded employees who may be classified in the Public Employees' Retirement System as peace officers and firefighters for retirement purposes.
Chapter 408, Statutes of 2008
SB 1514 (Margett-R) Public employee postretirement benefits
Includes other postretirement benefits within the subject matter of the actuary's statement that is provided before the Legislature or a local legislative body authorizes an increase in benefits. Requires the future annual costs of other postemployment benefits to be made public at a public meeting at least two weeks prior to adoption.
(Died in Senate Public Employees and Retirement Committee)
SB 1542 (Negrete McLeod-D) CalPERS: Board of Administration
Specifies that the membership of the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall include an official of a domestic or foreign life insurer.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 1586 (Negrete McLeod-D) San Bernardino County health benefits
Authorizes the San Bernardino County Board of Retirement to establish a post-employment health benefits fund for the investment of assets held in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing health benefits to the retirees of that county, and those of any participating local agency.
Vetoed
SB 1601 (Negrete McLeod-D) Public employees
Allows state retirees, at their own expense, to participate in the state's group legal services plan for state employees, provides that the Vision Care Program for State Annuitants Fund is a continuously appropriated fund versus requiring a yearly appropriation as is currently the case, allows the state's vision services provider to directly bill an annuitant whose monthly Public Employees' Retirement System retirement benefit check is not enough to cover the premium cost, and allows former legislators who have served six or more years, to participate in the Vision Care Program at their own expense.
Vetoed
SB 1611 (Negrete McLeod-D) Public employees' retirement: service credit
Allows California State University academic employees to purchase service credit in the Public Employees' Retirement System for time spent on reduced pay leaves, and requires the employer to contribute the amount that would have been contributed if the member was not on reduced pay leave. The provision will be subject to collective bargaining.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1718 (Perata-D) Public employment: State Bargaining Unit 2
Requires the Department of Personnel Administration to annually conduct a survey of specified public entities relative to salary, compensation, and benefits paid to their legal professionals in order to provide the state with an accurate assessment of the relevant labor market.
Vetoed
SB 1758 (Yee-D) State employees: memorandum of understanding
Ratifies the provisions of a memorandum of understanding between the state and state bargaining unit 10, Professional Scientific, represented exclusively by the California Association of Professional Scientists.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 18X (Cogdill-R) Employee health benefits: health savings accounts
Requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to offer a high deductible health plan, as defined in the federal tax law, and a health savings account option to public employees and annuitants. Establishes the Public Employees' Health Savings Fund, a continuously appropriated trust fund within the State Treasury, for payment of qualified medical expenses of eligible employees and annuitants who elect to enroll in the high deductible health plan and participate in the health savings account option, and requires those employees and annuitants, and their employers, to make specified contributions to that fund.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SCR 96 (Steinberg-D) The 2008 State Scientist Day
Proclaims Wednesday, 5/21/08, as the 20th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 58, Statutes of 2008
SCR 130 (Ridley-Thomas-D) California Firefighters Memorial Day
Proclaims Saturday, 10/18/08, as California Firefighters Memorial Day, and urges all Californians to remember those firefighters who have given their lives in the line of duty and to express appreciation to those who every day continue to protect our families, hopes, and dreams.
Resolution Chapter 123, Statutes of 2008
AB 36 (Niello-R) Public employees' retirement: fraud
Enacts new criminal "fraud" provisions in the statutes pertaining to the Public Employees' Retirement Law, the State Teachers' Retirement Law, and the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, as specified.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 130* (Nakanishi-R) Excluded employees: salaries and benefits
Requires that all excluded employees who supervise or manage state employees, as specified, receive salary increases that are the same as the salary increases granted to the employees they supervise or manage, and receive a benefit package that is equivalent to, or better than, that of the employees he/she supervises or manages.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 219 (Jeffries-R) Disability retirement: medical examinations
Provides that if a recipient of a disability retirement allowance, who is over the minimum age for voluntary retirement for service applicable to members of his/her class and who has been receiving a retirement allowance for less than 36 months, refuses to submit to a medical examination, the pension portions of his/her allowance may be discontinued until the withdrawal of the refusal.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
Similar bills were SB 1032 (McClintock-R) which died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee, and AB 2024 (Houston-R) which died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee.
AB 275 (Soto-D) Public employees: retirement: industrial disability
Provides a different method for calculating the disability retirement allowance of specified local safety members. Provides that those local safety members whose membership commenced after 1/1/80, shall receive a disability retirement allowance that is the greater of (1) 50% of the member's final compensation, plus an annuity purchased with accumulated contributions, if any, (2) a service retirement allowance, if the member is qualified for service retirement, or (3) 3% or 2.4%, for specified members, of the member's final compensation, multiplied by the difference of one minus 0.01 for each quarter year that the member's service age is less than 50 years, multiplied by the number of years of local safety service, as specified, if the member is not qualified for service retirement.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 376 (Nava-D) Public employees' retirement: airport police officers
Allows local contracting agencies of the Public Employees' Retirement System to reclassify specified airport law enforcement officers as local safety members.
Vetoed
AB 419 (Lieber-D) Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence
Deletes the restriction that limits disability compensation for injuries received on the job to full time safety employees who are members of the Public Employees' Retirement System, the Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System, or subject to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
Vetoed
AB 489 (Charles Calderon-D) Public employment: State Bargaining Unit 19: salaries
Requires the state to pay members of State Bargaining Unit 19 (health and social services professionals) the estimated average total compensation for each corresponding class of employees in other private and/or federal entities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 503 (Swanson-D) Public agencies: overtime: notice
Requires a study be conducted on the issues related to requiring state and local agencies to provide eight-hours' prior written notice when requiring an employee to work overtime.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 524 (Hancock-D) Public employees: local agencies
Makes the statutory changes needed to implement a negotiated collective bargaining agreement between the West County Waste Water District in Contra Costa County and its employees.
Vetoed
AB 526 (Evans-D) Excluded employees: meet and confer rights: mediation
Extends the meet and confer rights currently provided to state excluded employees to state managerial employees, and provides mediation as a fifth step in the excluded state employees' grievance procedure.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 552 (Hernandez-D) County employees: health insurance
Provides that if a member of a county retirement system retires and receives a retirement benefit based upon years of service and that member participates in an employer group health plan for at least 10 years, the member may elect health care plan coverage at a rate that does not exceed 102% of the active employee rate for that health care plan coverage. Permits a county board of supervisors, by resolution adopted by majority vote, to provide that health care plan coverage to a member of a county retirement system who participates in an employer group health plan for less than 10 years, as specified. Provides that these provisions do not preclude a member who retires based upon years of service from participating in, or preclude an employer from providing, alternate or supplemental Medicare coverage, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 596 (Dymally-D) County employees' retirement: safety members: physicians
Requires, as of 1/1/08, physicians working in a county jail or county mental health facility in Alameda County or Los Angeles County to be classified as safety members, without a board of supervisors resolution, but allows those members to elect not to become safety members. Provides for the calculation of the retirement allowance of a member with credit for time during which he/she was not a safety member, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 696 (Hernandez-D) State employees: military benefits
Provides retroactive payments to specified state employees who were members of the California National Guard or a United States military reserve organization and were called to active duty after 9/11/01.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 953 (Krekorian-D) Public employees' health benefits
Requires the Department of Personnel Administration, when entering into any contract for vision care for state employees, to extend that coverage to a parent or sibling of an employee.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 991 (Charles Calderon-D) Deferred Retirement Option Program
Establishes the Deferred Retirement Option Program as a voluntary program in the Public Employees' Retirement System for specified state employees.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1377 (Nakanishi-R) Employee health benefits: health savings accounts
Requires, on or after 7/1/09, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to offer a high deductible health plan, as defined in the federal tax law, and a health savings account option to public employees and annuitants, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: public employees
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, makes the necessary changes relative to public employees as follows: (1) Eliminates the Rural Health Care Equity Program supplemental payments to state annuitants, which results in General Fund savings of $5.5 million. This program provides payments to state employees living in rural areas, who may incur higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs because their area is not served by a board-approved health maintenance organization. This change does not affect the core healthcare benefit. (2) Authorizes the Department of Personnel Administration to assess the appropriate funds in the amount necessary, not to exceed the amounts authorized in the annual Budget Act, to implement the Human Resources Modernization Project.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1523* (Soto-D) State employees: compensation
Provides that state employees will continue to be paid even if a budget is not enacted by the beginning of the new fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1624 (Niello-R) Public employees: workers' compensation
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System Board of Administration to convert a retired patrol member's disability retirement allowance to a service retirement allowance if, after becoming eligible for the maximum service retirement benefit, the patrol member retires on or after 1/1/08, due to an industrial disability, and subsequently engages in gainful occupation as a peace officer, as specified. Provides that if a recipient of a disability retirement allowance who has reached the minimum age for voluntary retirement for service applicable to members of his or her class, and who has been receiving a retirement allowance for less than 60 months, refuses to submit to a medical examination, the pension portions of his or her allowance may be discontinued until the withdrawal of the refusal. Provides an additional exception for medical information relating to an official workers' compensation insurance fraud investigation requested by workers' compensation investigators employed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for the purpose of investigating workers' compensation fraud involving an employee of the CHP. Requires that this information be governed by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Reporting Act, remain confidential, and be used only for specified purposes. Adds investigations of workers' compensation insurance fraud performed by the CHP and conducted by certain specified peace officers to the investigations exempted from the provisions regarding the disclosure of records.
(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)
AB 1626 (Galgiani-D) County employees' retirement: conformance with federal law
Provides conformity with changes in the federal Internal Revenue Code which affected the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937.
Chapter 212, Statutes of 2008
AB 1844 (Hernandez-D) Public employee benefits
Implements recommendations made by the Governor's Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission to reduce fraud in public retirement benefits and to increase transparency of other post-employment benefits.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2008
AB 1858 (Jeffries-R) Public employees: retirement benefits forfeiture
Requires the forfeiture of public retirement benefits by a public employee, first hired on or after 1/1/09, that is convicted of a felony, as specified, arising out of his/her official duties.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1917 (Dymally-D) County employees' retirement: physicians and dentists
Allows, upon approval by the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, the surviving spouse of a physician or a dentist working in a county jail or a locked county mental health facility, who dies as the result of an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated by an inmate, to receive a specified monthly death benefit allowance.
Vetoed
AB 1936 (Emmerson-R) PERS: nonprofit mutual water companies
Permits a nonprofit mutual water company to contract with the Public Employees' Retirement System to provide retirement and health care coverage for its employees.
Chapter 191, Statutes of 2008
AB 1963 (Carter-D) Public employees' retirement: service credit
Establishes, in the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (37 Act), a prohibition on receiving credit for the same service in two retirement systems, similar to the one contained in the Public Employees' Retirement System law, and specifies that this prohibition does not preclude concurrent participation in a supplemental defined contribution plan or supplemental defined benefit plan governed by the '37 Act, as specified. Permits a deferred bonus compensation plan, said to be an employee retention tool, permitting a county-optional plan for deferring a portion of bonus compensation. Some or all of bonus income could be deferred into a retirement account.
Chapter 219, Statutes of 2008
AB 1967 (Torrico-D) Public employee retirement: investments
Prohibits the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from making new, additional, and/or renewed investments in private equity companies owned in whole or in part by sovereign wealth funds, or in private equity funds managed directly or indirectly by a private equity company owned in whole or in part by a sovereign wealth fund, affiliated with countries that have not signed or become a party to at least five or six specified treaties covering basic human rights.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1997 (Hayashi-D) Public employee health benefits: vision care
Establishes a self-funded vision care program for retired local, school, and University of California members of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and requires PERS to administer the program.
Vetoed
AB 2023 (Houston-R) Public employee disability benefits
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System, the State Teachers Retirement System and the 20 counties participating in the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937, when determining eligibility for a disability retirement benefit, to only consider competent medical documentation and prohibits personnel, disciplinary, or other non-medical issues from being considered.
Chapter 370, Statutes of 2008
AB 2024 (Houston-R) Disability retirement: medical examinations
Provides that if a recipient of a disability retirement allowance who is over the minimum age for voluntary retirement for service applicable to members of his/her class, and who has been receiving a disability retirement allowance for less than 36 months, refuses to submit to a medical examination, the pension portions of his/her allowance may be discontinued until the withdrawal of the refusal.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
Similar bills were SB 1032 (McClintock-R) which died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee, and AB 219 (Jeffries-R) which died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee.
AB 2036 (De La Torre-D) Public employment: local agencies: unfair labor practices
Requires an unfair labor practice charge filed in Los Angeles County pursuant to provisions of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act to be calendared for hearing within 90 days of the charge being filed.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2041 (Fuentes-D) County employees' retirement: noncontributory plans
Requires, upon the death of active or former members of the noncontributory retirement plans in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties who have not yet retired, the accumulated contributions made by the member, with interest, be paid to the member's beneficiaries.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2008
AB 2102 (Walters-R) State employment: eligibility verification
Requires every state agency and persons who contract with state agencies to verify the employment eligibility of every employee using the E-Verify system operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2148 (Jeffries-R) Firefighters
Modifies the statutes governing the certification of and exemptions afforded to volunteer fire companies in unincorporated areas.
Chapter 65, Statutes of 2008
AB 2156 (Hernandez-D) Public employee benefits
Extends the Public Employees' Retirement System special death benefit to the surviving spouse of a police officer or firefighter whose death occurs from a single event injury that occurs in the lien of duty and renders the officer into a persistent vegetative state from the time of injury until the time of death. These provisions apply only to members that retired and died on or after 7/3/06.
Chapter 74, Statutes of 2008
AB 2184 (De Leon-D) Firefighters: protective clothing and equipment
Requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to review and adopt revised state regulations that are at minimum in conformance with the nationally recognized firefighting personal protective equipment consensus standards of the National Fire Protection Association, on or before 12/31/09. States that if the Division fails to review and adopt revised state regulations by that date then the most recent editions of the national firefighting personal protective equipment standards contained in federal regulations would become the standards applicable in California.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2191 (Mullin-D) Public employees: annuities
Eliminates the authority of the State Controller's Office to purchase annuity contracts for specified state employees and allows these employees to participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System annuity program.
Chapter 230, Statutes of 2008
AB 2202 (Caballero-D) Public Employees' Retirement System
Requires every employer participating in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to provide specified information to PERS concerning the employment of retired annuitants and other employees not currently mandated into PERS coverage, such as part-time, seasonal, temporary employees, and allows PERS to enter into an agreement with a contracting agency to terminate inactive member groups, as specified.
Chapter 261, Statutes of 2008
AB 2250 (Sharon Runner-R) Public employment: outside compensation
Allows state officers and employees of district agricultural associations to receive compensation from nonprofit corporations, as specified.
Chapter 452, Statutes of 2008
AB 2287 (Evans-D) Firefighters: benefits
Conforms the definition of "surviving spouse" as it relates to the current program administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) that provides continuing health benefit coverage to survivors of fallen firefighters or peace officers killed in the line of duty, or who died as a result of a disease contracted as a result of employment, with other existing law definitions of "surviving spouse" related survivors of fallen peace officers or firefighters. Expands the timeframe, from 10 days to 10 business days, in which a death of an employee must be reported to PERS when there are survivors who might be eligible for the health benefits coverage.
Chapter 455, Statutes of 2008
AB 2308 (Karnette-D) Public employment: disabled persons
Allows the State Personnel Board to waive, as a reasonable accommodation, the requirement that candidates for state civil service positions have a high school diploma. This waiver only applies to eligible persons with disabilities who are otherwise qualified for the position, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2346 (Swanson-D) State employees: child care
Makes changes to an existing provision of the Government Code relating to child care facilities for state employees to allow the Director of the Department of General Services to offer a full rent subsidy or charge nothing for the use of such facilities.
Vetoed
AB 2350 (Garrick-R) Employee benefits: prefunding
Requires, by 1/1/13, each employer participating in the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System to participate in a prefunding plan for retiree health care benefits and other post-employment benefits.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 2526 (Berryhill-R) County employee retirement: boards
Makes various changes to the process for filling vacancies on boards of retirement and boards of investment in counties operating retirement systems under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 2626 (Jeffries-R) Volunteer firefighters: health benefits
Extends health benefit coverage to the surviving spouse of eligible family member of a volunteer firefighter of a regularly organized fire department, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 2635 (Beall-D) State employment: individuals with severe disabilities
Revises the provisions governing the hiring of disabled persons into state employment to specifically include providing opportunities for disabled individuals who are able to work with support provided by a supported employment program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2666 (Plescia-R) County employees' retirement: board of retirement employees
Makes various changes to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 as it relates to the status of the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2673 (Feuer-D) County employees' retirement: death benefits
Conforms provisions of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 to be consistent with the provisions of the California Domestic Partnership Act of 2003.
Chapter 197, Statutes of 2008
AB 2677 (Krekorian-D) Genocide: investments: profiting from genocide
Requires the State Treasurer's Office to annually publish a report listing businesses that are profiting from genocide.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2699 (Furutani-D) Public employees: collective bargaining
Allows peace officers, in school districts employing 20 or more full-time police officers, to join or participate in employee organizations composed solely of those peace officers.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 2753 (Solorio-D) State employees: social workers
Prohibits, on or after 1/1/09, any state civil service classification as a "social worker" except for an individual who possesses a bachelor's master's or doctorate degree from an accredited school of social work, and provides that any incumbent state employee hired before 1/1/09, shall not be terminated because they do not possess one of these degrees.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2754 (Bass-D) Public safety personnel: MRSA skin infections
Adds methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infection as an additional condition that is presumed to be work-related for safety members employed by counties providing retirement under the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937 ('37 Act), making them eligible for work-related disability retirement benefits, and removes the existing five years of service eligibility for industrial disability retirement currently required in the '37 Act for injuries caused by blood-borne pathogens.
Chapter 684, Statutes of 2008
AB 2801 (Carter-D) Conflict of interest: settlements
Adds to the "remote interest" exception to the general rule prohibiting public officials or officers from having a financial interest in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. Provides that the "remote interest" exception includes a settlement agreement involving litigation in which the official or officer is a party and involving the body or board of which the official is a member if (1) the board or body is represented by legal counsel, (2) the agreement is approved by a court after a review of the merits and a finding that the settlement serves the public interest, and (3) the interested member recused himself/herself from all participation, direct or indirect, in making the agreement.
Chapter 163, Statutes of 2008
AB 2838 (Duvall-R) State employment: serious illness
Allows a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System who was on an uncompensated leave of absence due to serious illness, to purchase service credit for that period of absence, as specified, upon his/her return to employment.
Chapter 470, Statutes of 2008
AB 2852 (Villines-R) Government practices
Makes various changes to the California Whistleblower Protection Act and establishes a clearinghouse to receive, analyze and forward submissions from the general public recommending improvements in California government operations.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2940 (De Leon-D) Retirement: California Employee Savings Program
Creates the California Employee Savings Program which requires the Public Employees' Retirement System to offer individual retirement accounts or defined benefit plans to employees of private-sector or nonprofit employers that do not otherwise provide access to retirement savings plans.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 3041 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) Public Employees' Retirement Law
Makes several minor or technical amendments to various sections of the Government Code administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System that are necessary for the continued efficient administration of the system.
Vetoed
AB 3042 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) Civil service
Allows notices for various personnel actions to be served on state civil service employees by a means other than the United States mail, as specified, repeals civil service statutes that were held unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court, and makes other technical clarifying changes.
Chapter 150, Statutes of 2008
AB 3043* (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) Public employees
Approves addenda to memoranda of understandings entered into by the state and Bargaining Units (BUs) 2, 4, 16, 17, 19, and 20, as specified. Specifies the approved provisions will not take effect unless funds are specifically approved by the Legislature or already exist within available appropriations, and specifies if the Legislature does not approve the funds, either party may reopen negotiations on the addenda.
Chapter 43, Statutes of 2008
AB 3044 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) County employees' retirement
Provides clarification to various sections of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 ('37 Act), as requested by the '37 Act county retirement systems.
Chapter 164, Statutes of 2008
AB 3065 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) Public employment: veterans
Permits a person retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty, to be eligible to apply for promotional civil service examinations, including examinations for career executive assignments, for which they meet the minimum qualifications as prescribed by the class specification.
Chapter 590, Statutes of 2008
ACR 104 (Davis-D) Public Service Recognition Week
Designates the week of 5/5/08 to 5/11/08 as California Public Service Recognition Week.
Resolution Chapter 33, Statutes of 2008
ACR 149 (Keene-R) Firefighters
Recognizes and commends the bravery and selflessness of the firefighters of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Resolution Chapter 138, Statutes of 2008
Other State Government
SB 26 (Simitian-D) State agencies: data: ancestry or ethnic origin
Requires state agencies, boards, and commissions that collect demographic data to allow respondents, by 1/1/17, the option of selecting more than one racial designation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 30 (Simitian-D) Identity Information Protection Act of 2007
Enacts the Identity Information Protection Act of 2007, until 12/21/12, which requires, with certain exceptions, that specified privacy protection measures be implemented into new state and local government-issued identification document systems that incorporate radio frequency identification technology. Requires the California Research Bureau to issue a report to the Legislature, by 6/30/08, on security and privacy for government-issued, remotely readable identification documents, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 140 (Kehoe-D) State property: City of San Diego
Eliminates cost limits in existing law authorizing the Department of General Services to sell, lease, or exchange a specified state-owned property in the City of San Diego, and acquire replacement property in the City, as specified.
Chapter 513, Statutes of 2008
SB 159 (Wyland-R) California Prompt Payment Act
Expands the definition of "small businesses" in the California Prompt Payment Act to include disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE). This expansion allows DVBEs, regardless of size, to be paid the higher level of penalty payment if the state fails to pay them any required payments in a timely manner.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 242* (Torlakson-D) Claims against the state
Appropriates $783,730.76 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for payment of specified claims against the state and requires that appropriated funds in excess of the amount required to pay these claims revert to the General Fund on 6/30/08.
Chapter 59, Statutes of 2008
SB 270 (McClintock-R) Unclaimed property
Increases the period of time, from three to seven years, that a holder of unclaimed property, such as a bank, financial institution, insurance company, or other businesses that issue payments, may hold the property before the unclaimed property must be transferred to the custody of the state under the Unclaimed Property Law.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 274 (Dutton-R) Governmental reorganization: tax functions
Transfers all of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Franchise Tax Board and the tax administrative functions of the Employment Development Department and Department of Insurance to the Board of Equalization.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 344* (Machado-D) State and local governments: public finance
Provides that the purchase of other acquisition of bonds by or on behalf of the state or a local government that issued the bonds does not cancel, extinguish, or otherwise affect the bonds.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2008
SB 374 (Harman-R) Military service: benefits
Requires every board, bureau, and commission within the Department of Consumer Affairs to waive the initial license fee and the renewal fee for any license, certificate, or registration issued to a qualified member, or spouse of a qualified member, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 398* (Denham-R) Emergency interim appropriations
Appropriates unspecified amounts from the General Fund and other funds and sources to the State Controller for allocation by the Director of the Department of Finance to pay the current, urgent expenses of the state government, excluding salaries and per diem of Members of the Legislature, at a level of services that does not exceed the level for the preceding fiscal year, if the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1. States the Legislature's intent to provide emergency funding while the Legislature enacts a budget.
(Died in Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
SB 441 (Torlakson-D) State property: vending machines
Requires each vendor that operates or maintains vending machines on state property, until a specified date, to offer food and beverages in the vending machine that meets accepted nutritional guidelines, as defined, in accordance with certain percentages.
Chapter 597, Statutes of 2008
SB 461 (Ashburn-R) Public retirement systems: investments: terrorism
Prohibits the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System from investing public employee retirement funds in companies with business operations in a "foreign terrorist state," as defined, and requires the boards of these retirement systems to sell or transfer any investments with these companies and report to the Legislature regarding these investments, as specified.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 462* (Torlakson-D) State claims
Appropriates $552,483.73 from various funds to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the board. Requires the State Controller, upon the request of the board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in this bill to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2008, as specified. Appropriates $234,000 from the General Fund to the board to pay a claim resulting from county election costs under these provisions. Appropriates to the board $31,700 to pay a specified claim accepted by the board and $17,279.52 to pay specified victim compensation claims.
Chapter 338, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 1138 (Torlakson-D) which died at the Assembly Desk.
SB 521 (Wyland-R) State Audits and Evaluations
Transfers all the audit and evaluation duties currently performed by the Department of Finance through its Office of State Audits and Evaluations and its Performance Review Unit to the Bureau of State Audits, and renames the bureau as the Bureau of State Audits and Evaluations. The bureau will also be responsible for auditing the performance of state programs and managers, and for recommending actions to correct any inefficiencies or ineffectiveness that may exist.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 552 (Cedillo-D) Reparations fund
Establishes within the State Treasury the 1930s Reparations Fund, to make reparations for the unconstitutional deportation of Americans during the 1930s. Provides for a nine member board of directors appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Legislature, to administer the fund and make payments, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to eligible individuals, as specified. Specifies the duties and responsibilities of the board, and requires a report on its activities to the Governor and the Legislature.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 553 (Aanestad-R) State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to lease, sell, or exchange a parcel of state property in the City of Redding (Shasta County).
Vetoed
SB 617 (Alquist-D) Information technology: task force
Establishes the California Information Technology State Procurement Practices Task Force consisting of 12 members appointed by the Governor, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Speaker of the Assembly. The task force shall be responsible for reviewing the state's practices relating to information technology procurement. Requires the task force, by 1/1/09, to report with recommendations for any change to executive policies or legislation consistent with establishing standards for procurement and use of information technology in state government. Sunsets the task force on January 2010.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 618 (Alquist-D) State agencies: electronic records
Requires each state agency, no later than 1/1/10, to maintain all records in an electronic format. Applies to any document or writing containing information relating to the conduct of the people's business that is prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state agency that is not already in an electronic format.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 619 (Migden-D) Public contracts: retention proceeds
Prohibits state and local government agencies from withholding from an original contractor, or an original contractor from a subcontractor, more than 5% of a payment on a public works contract.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 721 (Ashburn-R) State agencies: succession plans
Requires every state agency, by 1/1/10, to establish and implement a plan for succession of key management and supervisor positions, and to report to the Legislature, by 1/1/12, on the status of those plans.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 784 (Torlakson-D) State General Obligation Bond Law
Adds additional reporting provisions to existing law for the State Treasurer's Office, the State Controller's Office, and other state agencies and departments that have general obligation bond funded programs and projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 786 (Oropeza-D) Contract for services: State Budget
Requires the Governor to submit with the annual Budget Act a report that contains specified information regarding current and proposed contracts for services in the amount of $5,001 or more.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
An identical bill was SB 1331 (Oropeza-D) which died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.
SB 919 (Machado-D) Unclaimed property
Makes major revisions to the Unclaimed Property Law to facilitate the return of abandoned property taken by the government.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 963 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Department of Consumer Affairs: regulatory boards
Extends the sunset date until 1/1/11, the following regulartary boards: Board of Psychology, Acupuncture Board, Board of Behavioral Sciences, Contractors State License Board, Board for Geologists and Geophysicists, Court Reporters Board, State Athletic Commission. Establishes a sunset date of 1/1/13, for the Bureau of Private and Postsecondary Education.
Chapter 963, Statutes of 2008
SB 968 (Simitian-D) Contracts
Makes void, as contrary to public policy, any provisions of a contract that provides for a penalty, including, but not limited to, a fee, an increased interest rate, or an accelerated payment schedule, based on behavior not directly related to the performance of the contract, including a default with a person or entity that is not a party to the contract.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 971 (McClintock-R) Government reorganization
Enacts the Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Act of 2008. Establishes the Bureaucracy Realignment and Closure Commission in state government with a specified membership. Beginning on 1/1/08, the State Controller, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst, the Legislative Counsel, the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, and the State Auditor will be required to develop recommendations for the closure or realignment of state bureaucracies for consideration by the Commission.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1060 (Ridley-Thomas-D) California Science Center: Exposition Park Authority
Abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission and reorganizes the administrative and management structure for Exposition Park in Los Angeles by creating an Exposition Park Authority Board (Board) that will be responsible for managing and operating all state-owned properties located in Exposition Park. Also, requires the Board to sell the parcel that the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupies. Requires the California Science Center to be governed by a separate nine-member board of directors appointed by the Governor, with the Governor appointing the chairperson. Specifies the Science Center's board only have jurisdiction over matters directly pertaining to the management and operation of the Science Center and requires the Science Center to coordinate museum events and activities with the Park Manager. Makes other related changes.
(Died in Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee)
SB 1133 (Denham-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Requires the sale of the parcel of land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy, including the state's share of the Sports Arena structure, and abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission upon completion of that sale.
(Failed passage on the Senate Floor)
A similar bill was AB 1849 (DeVore-R) which failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee.
SB 1134 (Oropeza-D) Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
Establishes a state-recognized Indian reservation for the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, a nonfederally recognized Indian tribe, effective immediately upon the certification of specified facts by the city or cities which the reservation is located. Requires the tribe to purchase and contribute to the state the real property to be designated as the reservation. Provides that title to the reservation shall be held by the State of California in trust for the benefit of the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe. Makes related legislative findings and declarations.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 1217 (Yee-D) Board of Pilot Commissioners: pilots: fitness for duty
Requires the Board of Pilot Commissioners by 2/15/10, to submit an annual report to the Legislature that provides information on each pilot, inland pilot, trainee, vessel movements, and investigations of reported incidents. Contingent upon enactment of SB 1627 (Wiggins).
Chapter 568, Statutes of 2008
SB 1314 (Wyland-R) State Auditor: duties
Requires the State Auditor, on or before 1/1/10, and every two years thereafter, to conduct a performance evaluation of every state government program and expenditure, and submit a report on the results of the evaluation to the Legislature. Also requires the State Auditor to make the report easily available to the public, and the Legislature to appropriate funds to the State Auditor sufficient to fulfill these duties.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1319 (Machado-D) Unclaimed property: escheat
Amends existing law that governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of specified property to the state.
Vetoed
SB 1331 (Oropeza-D) Governor's Budget: services contracts
Requires the Governor to submit with the budget a report that contains specified information regarding current and proposed contracts for services in the amount of $5,001 or more.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
An identical bill was SB 786 (Oropeza-D) which died in Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 1408 (Harman-R) State property: City of Laguna Beach
Requires any sale of certain state property located in City of Laguna Beach to be at a price based on its highest and best use. Prohibits the City of Laguna Beach, if the state transfers its ownership of the property, from revising the zoning ordinances otherwise applicable to the area that includes that property for an unspecified number of years from the date of the transfer, to designate a use for the property that is different from the use for the adjacent non-state parcels.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1426 (Calderon-D) Recycled material
Requires the Department of General Services to post on its Internet web site guidance to assist businesses in determining if their products, materials, goods, or supplies offered or sold to the state meet specified recycled content requirements.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1494 (McClintock-R) State agency web sites: information
Requires each state department and agency to develop and operate a web site accessible by the public that includes specified information relating to expenditures of state funds, defined to include, grants, contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and tax refunds, rebates, and credits. Requires state entities to include information for 2007-08 no later than 1/1/09, and thereafter, the web site shall include information for the most recently completed fiscal year by June 30 each year.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1505 (Yee-D) Whistleblower protection
Extends the protections of the California Whistleblower Protection Act to former state employees, and adds reasonable attorneys' fees to the relief one may recover under the Act.
Vetoed
SB 1527* (Yee-D) State property: sale
Directs the Department of General Services to enter into negotiations, prior to 1/1/09, to sell at fair market value, with certain restrictions, a parcel of state property located in the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco, known as the Cow Palace.
Vetoed
SB 1530 (Hollingsworth-R) Office of the Governor: succession
Adds the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Chair of the Board of Equalization to the list of state officers that succeed to the office of the Governor under certain circumstances.
Chapter 180, Statutes of 2008
SB 1557 (Wiggins-D) State Environmental Goals and Policy Report
Declares that an additional purpose for the state's planning priorities is to help in meeting the state's greenhouse gas emissions limits. Also adds the reduction of vehicle miles traveled to the list of factors that encourage efficient development patterns within the state planning priorities. Requires the Department of Finance to update chapters of the State Administrative Manual, regarding statewide planning and capitalized assets, to include the state planning priorities in the State Environmental Goals and Policy report.
Vetoed
SB 1615 (Florez-D) Attorney General: designations
Provides that the Attorney General may designate any employee in his/her office to act as a deputy to represent the Attorney General on boards or commissions.
Chapter 182, Statutes of 2008
SB 1627 (Wiggins-D) Board of Pilot Commissioners
Requires the independent audits for the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisan.
Chapter 567, Statutes of 2008
SB 1659 (Maldonado-R) State property
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to sell, exchange, or lease, for fair market value, two parcels of land located in Monterey County.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1673* (Dutton-R) State property
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to sell, exchange, or lease for fair market value upon those terms and conditions determined by the Director, nine specified parcels of state property. Provides that the net proceeds of eight of the conveyances be paid into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount. Provides that the net proceeds from one parcel will be subject to the reimbursement of federal equity financing. Requires reimbursement to the department for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the property from the proceeds of the disposition. Provides that the surplus authorization for seven specified parcels be rescinded.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1681 (Battin-R) Surplus state real property
Repeals an extensive body of law governing the disposition of surplus land by the Department of General Services to local agencies and private entities, including timeliness for execution of sales and preferences for sales of property to be used for low and moderate income housing, parks, open spaces, and schools.
Chapter 532, Statutes of 2008
SB 1687 (Negrete McLeod-D) State contracts: participation goals
Requires, until 6/30/12, that each state agency awarding contracts take specified actions to encourage the participation of persons with developmental disabilities business enterprises to participate in all contracts awarded by a state department for goods and services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1696 (Yee-D) California Public Records Act: disclosure
Prohibits a state or local agency from allowing another party to control the disclosure of information that is otherwise subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act. Specifies that regardless of any contract term to the contrary, a contract for the purpose of conducting a review, audit, or report between a private entity and a state or local agency, including the University of California, is subject to the same disclosure requirements and exceptions as other public records act under the California Public Records Act, as specified.
Chapter 62, Statutes of 2008
SCA 6 (McClintock-R) General obligation bonds: proceeds of sale
Requires that the proceeds from the sale of any general obligation bond that, on or after 1/1/09, is approved by the voters for issuance pursuant to these provisions be expended only for the costs of construction or acquisition of tangible physical property that has an expected useful life at least equal to the length of time in which the bonds that are sold to finance that construction or acquisition will reach maturity.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SCA 11 (McClintock-R) State contracts
Authorizes the Governor to require any state agency contract-out the performance of state activities or tasks to the private sector that otherwise may be performed by persons selected through the state civil service, if the Governor determines that terms more favorable to the state may be so obtained.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SCA 14 (Denham-R) Governor: state budget
Requires the budget submitted by the Governor to be a balanced budget, as defined, pursuant to a determination to be made by the Legislative Analyst. Provides that if, by January 10, the Governor fails to submit a balanced budget, as determined by the Legislative Analyst, the Governor shall forfeit any salary from January 11 until the date a balanced budget is submitted.
(Failed passage in Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
SCA 23 (Maldonado-R) State officer salary increases: operating deficit
Prohibits the California Citizens Compensation Commission from adopting in a fiscal year a resolution that would increase the salary of Members of the Legislature or other state officers if the Legislative Analyst has determined, based on General Fund revenues and expenditures, that there exists an operating deficit in that fiscal year. Specifies that the Commission may adjust the salaries and benefits of these officials by increasing, decreasing, or maintaining them for a particular fiscal year.
(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 60 (Aanestad-R) Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building
Designates the Department of Transportation District 3 office building in Marysville as the Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building.
Resolution Chapter 16, Statutes of 2008
SCR 63 (Alquist-D) Ramadan
Recognizes the contributions of Muslim leaders, organizations, and residents throughout the state during the month of Ramadan.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 67 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Honors the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates the observance of his birthday, 1/1/08, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 70 (Scott-D) California Arts Council: Arts Day
Recognizes the California Arts Council's more than 30 years of service to the state's residents and visitors, and also proclaims 10/3/08 as Arts Day.
Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 2008
SCR 72 (Negrete McLeod-D) California Girls and Women in Sports Day: February 6, 2008
Commemorates the accomplishment of female athletes, coaches, officials, and sports administrators for their important contribution in promoting the value of sports participation in the achievement of full human potential, and proclaims 2/6/08 as California Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Resolution Chapter 45, Statutes of 2008
SCR 74 (Alquist-D) Prefecture of Athens: sister state relationship
Extends, on behalf of the people of the state, an invitation to the people of the Prefecture of Athens, Greece, to join in a sister state relationship.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 76 (Torlakson-D) California Fitness Month
Proclaims the month of May 2008 as California Fitness Month, and encourages all Californians to enrich their lives through proper diet and exercise.
Resolution Chapter 22, Statutes of 2008
SCR 83 (Battin-R) Native Americans: California Indian Heritage Month
Proclaims November 2008 as California Indian Heritage Month, encourages its observance with activities that celebrate the uniqueness of Americans, and commends California Indian nations for their outstanding contributions to this state.
Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2008
SCR 92 (Perata-D) Associated Chaplains in California State Service
Commends the 41 years of professional service by the Associated Chaplains in California State Service in assisting chaplains in implementing religious programming and training within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2008
SCR 93 (Cogdill-R) William Saroyan Year
Designates the year 2008 as the William Saroyan Year for enriching the cultural diversity of the state, and in particular, for celebrating over 100 years of the cultural contribution of Armenian Americans to the people of the state.
Resolution Chapter 57, Statutes of 2008
SCR 100 (Florez-D) California Letter Carriers Food Drive
Recognizes 5/10/08 as the day of the California Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is part of the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
Resolution Chapter 41, Statutes of 2008
SCR 108 (Harman-R) California Building Safety Week
Declares 5/4/08 through 5/10/08 as California Building Safety Week and urges all Californians to participate in California Building Safety Week activities to help promote building safety, to create awareness of the importance of construction and building codes, and to spotlight the role of dedicated code officials in administering those codes.
Resolution Chapter 48, Statutes of 2008
SCR 110 (Correa-D) Black April Memorial Week
Proclaims 4/23/08 through 4/30/08 as Black April Memorial Week, a special time for Californians to remember the countless lives lost during the Vietnam War era and to hope for a more humane and just life for the people of Vietnam.
Resolution Chapter 49, Statutes of 2008
SCR 117 (Aanestad-R) Beale Air Force Base
Proclaims the Legislature's support for Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County to be the best and only choice to host the United States Air Force Cyber Command Operations.
Resolution Chapter 67, Statutes of 2008
SCR 123 (Battin-R) California Hispanic Heritage Month
Proclaims 9/15/08 to 10/15/08, inclusive, as California Hispanic Heritage Month and encourages all Californians to observe this event in communities throughout the state.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SCR 128 (Negrete McLeod-D) California Native American Day
Recognizes the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on 9/26/08, and the concurrent California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
Resolution Chapter 121, Statutes of 2008
SJR 10 (Migden-D) National Guard: overextension
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation which prevents the overextension of the National Guard overseas in order to protect the citizens of California.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SR 21 (Alquist-D) Greek Independence Day
Recognizes March 25, 2008, as Greek Independence Day.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 28 (Florez-D) Relative to the Governor
Requests the Governor demonstrate his command of the acceptable minimum level of knowledge and basic skills for earning a California high school diploma, as shown by high school graduates throughout the state each year. Requests the Governor take, as many times as necessary, and pass California's high school exit examination, in the language of the Governor's choice, within one year of the effective date of this resolution, or resign the office to allow the Lieutenant Governor to serve as Governor until passing the examination, or the natural expiration of the current term of office, whichever is sooner.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 38 (Nava-D) State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency
Merges the Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security to create the California Emergency Management Agency responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and homeland security activities. Double-joints with SB 1056 (Migden-D), SB 1145 (Machado-D), AB 2327 (Caballero-D) and AB 2810 (Brownley-D).
Chapter 372, Statutes of 2008
AB 59 (Soto-D) California State Military Museum and Resource Center
Increases the annual statutory General Fund appropriation, from $100,000 to $225,000, for operation by a nonprofit foundation of the California State Military Museum and Resource Center, and makes it a continuous appropriation. Changes the date for when the museum foundation is to submit its annual business plan from January 10 to May 15.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 88* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: general government
Enacts the 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill which, among other provisions, increases funding by $1.5 million General Fund for the Governor's Mentoring Partnership program, the California Volunteer Matching Network, and census efforts, and reinstates the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) project - this action affects, among others, the Department of Personnel Administration, the State Treasurer, the State Personnel Board, and the State Controller's Office.
Chapter 269, Statutes of 2008 -- Item Veto
AB 103* (Soto-D) State military reservists: service awards
Establishes a program to provide a lifetime bonus of $100 per month to persons who have served in the State Military Reserve for 10 years, and appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the Military Department for the bonuses and for its administration of the program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 107 (Smyth-R) Public contracts: unauthorized aliens
Requires a prospective bidder for a state contract for public works, goods, or services to certify, under penalty of perjury, that it does not employ "unauthorized aliens," as defined under federal law (i.e., an individual who is neither a citizen nor national of the United States and who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or does not possess work authorization from the United States Attorney General).
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 165 (Jeffries-R) State government: Office of Community Initiatives
Establishes the Office of Community Initiatives (OCI) within the Governor's Office, to be managed by the executive assistant appointed by the Governor. Requires the OCI to (1) serve as an information clearinghouse, (2) encourage nonprofit organizations providing charitable services to seek public funding, (3) act as a liaison between state agencies and these organizations, (4) advise the Legislature and the Governor on barriers to collaboration between organizations and government agencies, and (5) ensure that the OCI's activities are in compliance with the federal and state constitutions and civil rights laws.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 229 (Strickland-R) Ethics in government
Provides that a special motion to strike, pursuant to California's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) law, shall not apply to a cause of action brought to enjoin violations of, or to compel compliance with specified provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 240 (Eng-D) State surplus personal property: centralized sale
Requires the Department of General Services to establish a program to centralize the sale of state surplus personal property using the best available technology, including, but not limited to, the Internet.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 309 (Tran-R) State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension
Suspends the salaries of members of the State Personnel Board, the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the California Medical Assistance Commission, the Air Resources Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Public Employment Relations Board, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, and the Integrated Waste Management Board for 2007-08 through 2009-10 fiscal years.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 396 (Hernandez-D) Bid preferences: employee health care expenditures
Requires a public entity awarding a public works contract to provide a 2.5% bid preference to a bidder whose employee health care expenditures, and those of its subcontractors, are at least 6.5% of the aggregate Social Security wages paid to its employees in California. Requires a bidder and its subcontractors to submit statements, under penalty of perjury, certifying that they qualify for the bid preference.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 455 (Cook-R) Contractors State License Board
Requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the members currently serving on the Contractors State License Board in order to take an action or make a decision.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 461 (Cook-R) Recovery audits
Requires the State Controller to contract with consultants to provide semiannual audits of state agencies with expenditures exceeding $50,000,000 in a fiscal year, unless accepted by regulations. Authorizes reasonable payment to consultants from recovered overpayments, upon appropriation, including as a percentage of recovery. Requires contracts let under its provisions to apply the same confidentiality provisions to consultants as are applicable to the State Controller, state agency, or employees of the State Controller or state agency. Requires the State Controller to provide copies of the consultants' audit reports to the Department of Finance and the State Auditor, and requires annual reports by the State Controller to the Legislature summarizing these audits.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 479 (DeVore-R) Intellectual property: study
Directs the Little Hoover Commission to study whether further review and study by a third party is necessary to ensure the proper assignment of intellectual property rights in connection with state-funded research conducted by universities, private companies, and other entities.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 498 (Hernandez-D) State contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan
Prohibits a scrutinized company, as defined, that is involved in specified activities in Sudan, from entering into a contract with a state agency for goods or services. Also requires a prospective bidder for those state contracts that currently or within the previous three years has had business activities or other operations outside of the United States, to certify that the company is not a scrutinized company and imposes civil penalties, as specified, for a company that provides a false certification. Allows the Director of the Department of General Services, under specified conditions, to permit a scrutinized company to enter into state contracts for goods and services.
Chapter 272, Statutes of 2008
AB 581 (Salas-D) Military personnel: Combat Stress Support Team Program
Requires the Military Department to create a Combat Stress Support Team Program for state military personnel and their families, and requires notification to all veterans regarding the availability of uranium screening tests.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 655 (Swanson-D) Public contracts
Allows small businesses, microbusinesses, and other businesses that subcontract using small businesses to receive a 5% preference on their bid for projects funded by the Infrastructure Bond Act of 2006 if they commit to hiring at least 20% of their employee workforce from California residents.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 705 (Huffman-D) State Board of Equalization: conflict of interest
Extends the requirement of disclosure and the prohibition on making, participating in making, or attempting to sue an official position to influence, the decision in an adjudicatory proceeding of the Board of Equalization, to instances in which the board member knows, or has reason to know, that his/her immediate family member or a member of his or her personnel staff received a contribution subject to these provisions.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 727 (Maze-R) Property acquisition
Removes the Department of Water Resources and the Wildlife Conservation Board's ability to acquire real property on their own without working through the State Public Works Board.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 730 (De Leon-D) Protections against default: public contracts
Requires any bidder on a contract for information technology goods or services with a public entity to disclose any specified ongoing litigation within the United States, and any specified litigation in which it had been named as a party to the lawsuit within the previous five years within the United States. Requires any contract for information technology goods or services entered into between a public entity and vendor who has been found liable for breach of contract to contain taxpayer protections against default or failure to fulfill the obligations of the contract, as specified.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
AB 820 (Karnette-D) State facilities: recycling polystyrene
Prohibits a state facility, as defined, from selling, possessing, or distributing an expanded polystyrene food container.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 832 (Bass-D) California Film Commission: financial assistance
Establishes, until 1/1/18, a grant program to be administered by the California Film Commission to encourage the filming of motion pictures in the state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 865 (Davis-D) State agencies: live customer service agents
Enacts the State Agency Live Customer Service Act that requires each state agency to answer an incoming call with a live customer service agent or automated telephone answering equipment with an automated prompt that allows a caller to select the option to speak with a live customer service agent.
Vetoed
AB 887* (De La Torre-D) State surplus property: Lynwood Armory
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to lease the Lynwood Armory to the City of Lynwood at fair market value. Specifies a five-year term for the lease and authorizes renewal of the lease or other lease agreements of the Lynwood Armory for a total term not to exceed 25 additional years.
Chapter 651, Statutes of 2008
AB 944* (Anderson-R) National Guard: income tax exemption
Exempts the first $10,000 of qualified income of a member of the California National Guard who is on active duty status from personal income tax.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 983 (Ma-D) Services contracts: plans and specifications
Requires, except in design-build projects, a local public entity, before entering into any contract for a project, to provide full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost, giving such direction as would enable a bidding builder or contractor to carry them out. Provides that, for purposes of a breach of warranty action based upon incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading plans and specifications, nothing in these provisions shall be construed to require a contractor to prove an affirmative or intentional misrepresentation or active concealment on the part of the local public entity that provides the plans and specifications nor construed to public entity, charter city, or charter county from raising any affirmative defensive available to it under law. Also provides that nothing in these provisions expands, restricts, or otherwise change the liability or potential liability of a design professional as set forth under current law.
Vetoed
AB 1089 (Hernandez-D) Public contracts: Sudan
Requires the Department of General Services to identify a list of companies that have substantial business operations with the government of Sudan or are associated with the "Darfur genocide," and prohibits state entities from entering into contracts exceeding $100,000 with such companies.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1170 (Krekorian-D) State mandates
Limits the timeframe by which the Commission on State Mandates and the State Controller must act with respect to claims for state reimbursement filed between 1/1/09 and 1/1/13.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1233 (Galgiani-D) State Library: homework assistance
Requires the State Librarian to enter into a contract with an entity to establish and maintain a program of online homework assistance that is free of charge through public libraries in the state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1365 (Karnette-D) California Arts Council: sales tax revenue
Requires 20% of state sales and use tax revenues derived from the sales of art dealers, art auctioneers, and certain other business entities be deposited in the State Treasury for allocation to the California Arts Council.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1387 (Sharon Runner-R) National Guard benefits
Provides California National Guard members with a 50% discount on a one-year fishing or hunting license issued by the Department of Fish and Game. Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to create a California National Guard state parks pass that allows the pass holder free parking at any parking facility located within any unit of the state park system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill making necessary statutory changes to implement the budget as follows: (1) Makes various changes to allow specified payment deferrals and cash flow loans, all within a fiscal year, reduce the need for external cash-flow borrowing. (2) Creates the Central Service Cost Recovery Fund to add transparency to those central service agency budgets that are primarily budgeted with General Fund, but then recover a portion of costs from special funds through the pro rata process. (3) Suspends for two years $2.5 million of the annual $5 million appropriations for the Cesar Chavez Day of Service Learning Program. (4) Requires the Department of General Services to report on progress towards implementing energy efficiency measures in state facilities and obstacles preventing further implementation. (5) Authorizes the issuance of bonds for the Financial Information System for California. (6) Authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance, in consultation with agency secretaries and other cabinet members, to make mid-year reductions in General Fund (GF) items of appropriation for state operations if the Director determines either of the following: GF total available resources for the fiscal year will decline substantially below the estimate of total GF resources available assumed in the Budget Act, or GF expenditures will increase substantially above the estimate of GF total resources available.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1419 (Anderson-R) Bureau of State Audits: transfer to the Controller
Transfers the Bureau of State Audits from under the direction of the "Little Hoover" Commission to the State Controller.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1479 (Mendoza-D) State bodies: governance
Authorizes the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee to adopt regulations pursuant to emergency procedures specified in the Administrative Procedures Act, and authorizes specified entities to delegate functions to their executive officers, as specified.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2008
AB 1498 (DeVore-R) State-funded programs
Provides that provisions of law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, or disability by organizations receiving state funding shall not apply to any activities (including the internal organization or membership composition of an organization, including a religious or faith-based organization) that do not directly pertain to the conduct, operation, and administration of the state funded program or activity.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1517 (Jones-D) Surplus state property: 58th Street Armory
Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the consent of the California National Guard, to lease approximately six acres of property known as the 58th Street Armory in the City of Sacramento to the Sacramento Diocese/Saint Francis High School for a period of up to 50 years.
Vetoed
Became part of AB 2026 (Villines-R), Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008.
AB 1579 (Lieber-D) Information technology goods and services: proposals
Requires the Department of General Services to consult with the Chief Information Officer for the purpose of determining the appropriate provisions of information technology procurement requests for proposals.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1615 (Sharon Runner-R) State contracts: unauthorized aliens
Prohibits a state agency from awarding a state contract to a bidder or contractor that knowingly hires, for employment in the United States, an "unauthorized alien," as defined in federal law.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1656 (Jones-D) Personal information: security breaches
Prohibits specified entities that sell goods or services from storing or failing to limit access to payment related information unless a specified exception applies.
Vetoed
A similar bill was AB 1779 (Jones-D) which died in Senate Judiciary Committee.
AB 1668 (Leno-D) Information technology
Requires the Director of the Department of Technology Services, in conjunction with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other specified state entities, to implement a project examining the use of an open file format with no more than three state agencies or departments. Requires the CIO, in conjunction with other specified state entities, to report on the results of the project no later than 1/10/09. Requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the CIO, to consider specific modifications to the standards used for the state to acquire information technology and to report its findings to the Legislature no later than 10/1/08.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1813 (Jeffries-R) State holidays: Lincoln Day: consolidation
Deletes February 12, Lincoln Day, as a separate state holiday and consolidates it with the state holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February, formally naming that holiday as "Presidents' Day." Specifies that its provisions shall not be construed to supersede any memorandum of understanding entered into by a state employer and a representative employee organizations.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1838 (Huff-R) State department budgets: zero-based budget pilot project
Requires the Department of Finance to develop and implement a pilot project under which at least four state departments shall submit a zero-based budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Requires the department to evaluate the zero-based budget pilot program and report to the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, on or before 12/31/11, regarding whether a zero-based budget for the participating state departments resulted in an increased cost-effective delivery of public services.
(Failed passage in Assembly Budget Committee)
AB 1843 (Garrick-R) State government: Department of Finance
Requires the Department of Finance to create, operate, and maintain a searchable database, integrated within a statewide fiscal information system, which provides the public with information on how the state spends tax revenues.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1849 (DeVore-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Requires the sale of the state owned real property under the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena to the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1850 (DeVore-R) Office of Public-Private Partnerships
Creates, until 1/1/19, the Office of Public-Private Partnerships within the Office of the Governor and a process for the Office of Public-Private Partnerships to develop formal public-private partnership agreements to facilitate the construction and maintenance of the state's infrastructure. Requires the Director of the Office of Public-Private Partnerships to provide the Legislature with 90 days' notice before committing the state to participate in any partnership agreement.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1869 (Anderson-R) State boards and commissions: reorganization
Abolishes or consolidates state boards and commissions, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1941 (Carter-D) Surplus land: disposal
Requires the state or local agency to offer to sell or lease the surplus land for any purpose to all governmental entities in whose jurisdiction the land is located. Allows a local agency, housing authority, or a redevelopment agency to re-convey property that it has purchased to a for-profit developer for a development that is consistent with the redevelopment plan and general plan of the jurisdiction where the property is located.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1942 (Ruskin-D) Public contracts
Increases and conforms penalties for persons who engage in fraudulent activities relating to the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act, including small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.
Vetoed
AB 1967 (Torrico-D) Public employee retirement: investments
Prohibits the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System from making new, additional, and/or renewed investments in private equity companies owned in whole or in part by sovereign wealth funds, or in private equity funds managed directly or indirectly by a private equity company owned in whole or in part by a sovereign wealth fund, affiliated with countries that have not signed or become a party to at least five or six specified treaties covering basic human rights.
(Died in Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1974 (Nava-D) State property: sale or exchange
Authorizes the City of Ventura upon approval by the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to exchange with a private party a portion of the parcel conveyed to the City of Ventura pursuant to a previously authorized surplus property transaction for all adjacent parcel of equal or greater fair market value. Also terminates the public recreational use condition and the state's right of reentry with respect to the property conveyed to the private party and applies that condition and right of reentry to the property conveyed to the City of Ventura.
Chapter 662, Statutes of 2008
AB 1978 (Solorio-D) Public records: computer mapping systems
Provides that, for the purpose of the California Public Records Act, computer mapping systems include assembled model data, metadata, and listing of metadata, regardless of medium, and tools by which computer mapping system records are created, stored, and retrieved.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2026* (Villines-R) 2008-09 Budget Trailer Bill: surplus property
Makes changes related to the handling of state property by the Department of General Services necessary to implement the 2008-09 State Budge. Contains provisions that are similar to the following measures from the 2007-2008 legislative session: SB 455 (Denham) Salinas Valley State Prison Wastewater Treatment Plant, SB 1673 (Dutton), Omnibus Bill, AB 54 (Negrete McLeod) Omnibus Bill (2006), AB 1517 (Jones), 58th Street Armory in Sacramento, AB 2265 (Jones), Old Sacramento Historic Park.
Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was AB 21XXX (Villines-R) which died in the Assembly being unassigned to a committee.
AB 2043 (Spitzer-R) State Capitol Park: crime victims' memorial
Authorizes the California Crime Victims' Memorial Foundation, upon its establishment, in consultation with the Department of General Services and a specifically created committee, to construct and maintain a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region to honor California residents who are victims of crime. Requires that the planning, construction, and maintenance of the memorial be funded with private donations through a nonprofit foundation to be established. Also prohibits construction of the memorial until the master plan of the State Capitol Park is approved and adopted by the Joint Committee on Rules and the Department of Finance has determined that sufficient private funding is available to construct and maintain the memorial.
Chapter 584, Statutes of 2008
AB 2084 (Ma-D) Theatrical and technical services: state property
Requires the preparation of a report related to for-profit shows and theatrical events on state property.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2089 (DeVore-R) State contracts: unauthorized aliens
Prohibits state agencies from awarding any contract for the construction of a public works project, acquisition of goods and services, or information technology goods and services to a bidder or contractor that hires an unauthorized alien, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2118 (Villines-R) State agencies: administrative regulations
Prohibits state agencies from adopting regulations requiring the use of a specific technology unless it has been operational and proven effective for more than two years, or places an undue burden on business on an annual basis and result in a significant loss of jobs.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2133 (Hancock-D) State contracts: agency projects: habitat and wetlands
Allows the Department of General Services (DGS) to authorize a board, commission, or conservancy within the Resources Agency to carry out a project, without the services of DGS, as long as the estimated project cost does not exceed $500,000. Allows the State Coastal Conservancy, with the approval of DGS, to directly carry out a public works project involving habitat or wetlands restoration and certain improvements other than buildings and non access related structures, on specified state-owned lands.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2008
AB 2144 (Smyth-R) California Green Building Program
Requires the California Building Standards Commission to develop the California Green Building Program as a model for use by local jurisdictions interested in promoting voluntary green building standards for commercial buildings.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2171 (Cook-R) State Capitol: Purple Heart Memorial
Authorizes the construction and maintenance of a Purple Heart memorial in the Capitol Historic Region.
Chapter 585, Statutes of 2008
AB 2179 (Furutani-D) State vehicles: air quality
Requires diesel fuel vehicles owned or leased by the state to use renewable diesel fuel by specified dates.
Vetoed
AB 2201 (Plescia-R) Public contracts
Requires a public entity, after hiring an employee, to verify electronically the employment eligibility of that employee by using the E-Verify system, or any successor to that system. Also requires a person that contracts with a public entity to verify electronically the employment eligibility of its employees in this state by using the E-Verify system, or any successor to that system.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2221 (Wolk-D) Unclaimed property: escheat: notice
Increases the dormancy period for contents of safe-deposit boxes from three to five years before the contents escheat to the state, and increase notification requirements for holders of unclaimed property.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2265* (Jones-D) State property: Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Grants authority for an exchange of state-owned property and property owned by the City of Sacramento located in Old Sacramento, for the purpose of consolidating the state's holdings and also grants authority for an operating agreement between the state and a nonprofit entity for construction and operation of a children's museum in Old Sacramento.
Vetoed
This bill's language was put into AB 20 (Villines-R), Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008.
AB 2314 (Fuentes-D) Census
Requires the Governor to appoint a task force to make recommendations on how to maximize the number of Californians counted in the 2010 census and to implement a census outreach program.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2360 (Levine-D) State contracts: healthy lifestyle benefits
Requires prospective bidders on state contracts to certify that they provide fitness and wellness benefits to their employees.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2362 (Keene-R) State records: personal information: security breaches
Requires state agencies, when collecting personal information from California residents, to provide notification that the residents' personal information is being handled in a secure manner, in order to guard against unauthorized disclosure, and that in the event of a security breach, the resident will be notified in a timely and appropriate manner.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 2452 (Davis-D) Notaries public
Revises the identifying documents that notaries public may accept when acknowledging an instrument to also include an employee identification card issued by an agency or branch of the State of California, or by an agency or office of a city, county, or city and county in this state. Revises the standard that notaries public must follow when establishing the identity of a subscribing witness, by only permitting a subscribing witness' identity to be established through the oath of a credible witness who also provides the notary with a qualified identifying document, as specified. Requires where two witnesses swear or affirm to the identity of a person making an acknowledgment that notaries public record in their sequential journal of official acts the documents identifying the witness, the identifying numbers on the documents identifying the witness, and the dates of issuance or expiration of the documents identifying the witness.
Chapter 67, Statutes of 2008
AB 2471 (Karnette-D) Digital Arts Studio Partnership and Workforce Program Act
Establishes, until 1/1/13, the Digital Arts Studio Partnership and Workforce Program to train youth in digital technology skills. Requires the program to be administered by the Governor's Office according to specified criteria and subject to the availability of funding for that purpose. Requires the Governor's Office, as the host agency for the program, to contract with a nonprofit corporation meeting prescribed criteria to implement the program. Requires the Governor's Office to establish an interagency agreement among various entities and requires representatives from those entities to meet at least twice annually and to perform various duties with regard to the program. Requires the Governor's Office to report to the Legislature annually on the program beginning 3/1/10. Creates the Digital Arts Studio Partnership Demonstration Program Fund in the State Treasury for the receipt of private monies, to be administered by the host agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Vetoed
AB 2490 (Jeffries-R) Governmental reorganization
Creates, on 1/1/12, the California Public Safety Agency, supervised by the Secretary of the California Public Safety Agency. Provides, on 1/1/12, that the California Public Safety Agency shall consist of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, excluding personnel involved in resource management and forestry services related to timber, Emergency Medical Services Authority, Office of Emergency Services, Office of Homeland Security, Office of the State Fire Marshal, and Office of Traffic Safety. Requires, by 1/1/11, the director, commissioners, or head of a department or personnel of each of these departments, personnel, offices, and authorities, or his or her designated representative, to meet with the secretary and develop proposed internal organizational structures, as specified. Makes related legislative findings and declarations.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2508 (Carter-D) California State Military Museum and Resource Center
Requires the annual audit report and business plan prepared by the Board of Directors of the California State Military Foundation, which operates the California State Military Museum and Resource Center, to be submitted by May 15 of each year. Makes several similar changes which are meant to update language in the Military and Veterans Code to reflect the change in the name of the Museum to the California State Military Museum.
Vetoed
AB 2529 (Wolk-D) Building standards: access
Requires the State Architect, within the Department of General Services, to publish a fee schedule on its web site for individuals seeking certification as a certified access specialist.
Vetoed
AB 2539 (Strickland-R) State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension
Eliminates the salary of any member of a state board or commission that received a salary in excess of $100,000 in 2007, if a state law or regulation requires the board to meet two or less times per month.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2567 (Leno-D) Harvey Milk Day: official designation
Requires the Governor to proclaim May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day, and designates that date as having special significance in public school and educational institutions and encourages those entities to conduct suitable commemorative exercises on that date.
Vetoed
AB 2589 (Solorio-D) Public agencies: health care coverage
Requires a health care service plan or health insurer to annually disclose, to the governing board of a public agency that is a group subscriber or group policyholder, the name and address of, and amount paid to, any agent, broker, or individual to whom the health plan or health insurer paid fees or commission. Requires health and service plans to include the name, address, and amounts paid to specific agents, brokers, or individuals involved in transactions with the public agency.
Chapter 331, Statutes of 2008
AB 2595 (Laird-D) Public records: unlawful possession
Establishes a process by which the Secretary of State may seek the return of public records belonging to the state or a local agency from a person, organization, or institution not authorized by law to possess those records, or require that person to respond in writing and declare why the records do not belong to the state or local agency. Authorizes the Secretary of State, if the public records were not returned or the person or entity with possession did not timely respond or demonstrate why the records do not belong to the local agency or the state, to ask the Attorney General to petition the superior court for an order requiring the return of the records.
Vetoed
AB 2597* (Leno-D) State claims
Appropriates $2,051,987.99 for claims against the state as follows: (1) $555,508.17 from the Budget Act of 2008 to the Victims Compensation and Government Claims Board (VCGCB) to pay Hearn Construction Company of Vacaville for a claim arising from the renovation of the Lincoln Theater in Yountville, (2) $878,000 from the General Fund to the VCGCB to pay claims resulting from county special election costs, and (3) $618,479.42 from various funds to the VCGCB for the payment of specified claims against the state.
Chapter 37, Statutes of 2008
AB 2600 (Niello-R) State government: infrastructure
Authorizes state agencies to enter into "public-private partnership" contracts for purposes of constructing and operating state infrastructure projects.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2603 (Eng-D) Public contracts: information technology: reports
Requires each state agency to prepare an annual report regarding information technology personal services and consulting services contracts entered into by the agency. The reports would be provided to the State Chief Information Officer who shall provide those reports to the Department of Finance. Requires contractors to provide information to assist the state agency in the preparation of the report and make contractors who fail to provide this information ineligible for any future information technology personal services contracts until that information is provided.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2634 (Torrico-D) Public holidays: election day
Makes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year, in which a statewide or national election is held, a state holiday.
(Failed passage in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2642 (Niello-R) Unclaimed property
Provides that when an owner of an account or other intangible property has not received a tax report or regular statement of the account or intangible property for a period of three years, the account or other intangible property is inactive and would escheat to the state. Creates a presumption that a tax report or regular statement of an account or other intangible property that was mailed first class to the owner of the account or intangible property by the holder of the property and that was not returned was received by the owner of the property.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 2677 (Krekorian-D) Genocide: investments: profiting from genocide
Requires the State Treasurer's Office to annually publish a report listing businesses that are profiting from genocide.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2709 (Walters-R) Department of Finance: state budget: Internet database
Requires the Department of Finance, no later than 90 days after the Budget Act for each fiscal year is enacted, to make available on the department's Internet Web site, a searchable database containing budget information for each state agency for that fiscal year. Requires that the database itemize the amount of funds available for each significant expenditure in each state agency including, at a minimum, an itemization of each expenditure of more than $250,000. Requires that the database be easily accessible at no cost to any member of the public, allow key word searches, and be updated in the event of midyear budget item reductions.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2728 (Karnette-D) Arts Council: funding
Requires 20 percent of General Fund sales and use taxes derived from art dealer sales and certain other retailers be allocated to the California Arts Council.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2773 (Price-D) Small Business Procurement and Contract Act
Increases the maximum amount of a contract for goods, services, or information technology that may be awarded to a certified small business, including a micro business and a disabled veteran business enterprise without complying with specified competitive bidding requirements, from $100,000 to $250,000. Requires the contractor to report the actual percentage of small business or disabled veteran business enterprise participation that was achieved. Increases the minimum threshold for projects covered under the State Contract Act from $100,000 to $250,000.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2778 (Mendoza-D) Public contracts
Modifies the definition of manufacturer under the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act by deleting references to the outdated Standard Industrial Classification Manual and replacing them with references to the newly devised "North American Industry Classification System" codes.
Chapter 102, Statutes of 2008
AB 2780 (Lieu-D) Damages: lost profits entities
Provides that a public entity is not liable for damages for lost profits if the breach of contract is due to the enactment of a valid initiative. Specifies that its provisions are fully retroactive and apply to contracts entered into before, on, or after its effective date, and to causes of action that accrued prior to its effective date.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
AB 2796 (Nava-D) Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry
Adds two new sections to the California Emergency Services Act to authorize the Office of Emergency Services to establish a statewide registry of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in making donations, at no cost to the state, to prepare the state for emergencies and disasters, and imposes certain duties on these entities in this regard. Relieves a private business or nonprofit organization included on the statewide registry from criminal or civil liability for a death, injury, illness, or other damage to a person or property caused by its donation, except for liability caused by its grossly negligent act or omission, or willful or wanton misconduct.
Chapter 363, Statutes of 2008
AB 2797 (De La Torre-D) State contracting: small business preference
Increases the maximum percentage of the bidding preference afforded by the directors of the Department of General Services and other state agencies to small businesses and microbusinesses, or non-small businesses that provide for small business and microbusiness subcontractor participation from 5% to 10%.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2801 (Carter-D) Conflict of interest: settlements
Expands the definition of "remote interest" in existing conflict of interest provisions so as to permit certain settlement agreements in which a public official has an interest.
Chapter 163, Statutes of 2008
AB 2812 (Silva-R) Emergencies: border security
Adds "border security" to the list of conditions that are named in the California Emergency Services Act that may be cited to support the proclamation of a state or local emergency.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2871 (Tran-R) Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Creates, until 1/1/16, an 11-member California Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial and American Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to plan and implement activities to be carried out in the state in observance of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth (in 2009) and the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Double-joints with SB 1608 (Corbett).
Vetoed
AB 2908 (Furutani-D) State contracts: bids
Requires the bidders for contracts for public works to provide security in an amount equal to at least $100,000 instead of 10% of the amount of the bid.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2916 (Nunez-D) State buildings: energy efficiency measures
Requires, by 1/1/15, that the total amount of energy consumed in buildings owned by the state shall decrease by 20% of the total used during 2008. Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Department of General Services (DGS), before 7/1/09, to develop guidelines to ensure that buildings owned or leased by the state are operated in an energy and resource efficient manner. Requires that proposals to fund infrastructure under the Governor's five-year infrastructure plan contain a description of the way a proposal is consistent with the CEC's guidelines. Requires DGS to assess each building owned or leased by the state and submit the assessments to the Legislature. Expands information that DGS is required to include in the multiyear plan it proposes and requires DGS develop and coordinate a plan to achieve the energy efficiency goals for state owned buildings.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 3020 (Salas-D) State Contract Act: definition: department
Adds the Military Department to the list of state departments authorized to enter into contracts for public works projects pursuant to the State Contract Act.
Chapter 106, Statutes of 2008
AB 3024 (Duvall-R) Payment bonds: public works
Increases, from $5,000 to $25,000, the contract cost limit over which contractors on state public works projects must obtain a payment bond.
Chapter 79, Statutes of 2008
AB 3037 (Eng-D) Boards and commissions
Requires the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection to consider whether the functions of a board or commission under its jurisdiction would be accomplished more effectively if the board or commission were replaced by a single executive officer.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 3XXX* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2007 Budget Act: state government reductions
Amends the 2007 Budget to implement or preserve General Fund budget savings of $771.6 million in various sate agencies. Specifically reduces General Fund expenditure by a total of $363 million and shifts $409 million in Public Transportation Account expenditures from prior-year debt service to current year Home-to-Schools program to avoid a loss in the General Fund reserve of $409 million.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
AB 8XXX* (Assembly Budget Committee) State mandates: 2007-08 Budget
Implements cash deferrals totaling $659 million and budget reductions totaling $76 million to the 2007-08 State Budget by (1) discontinuing payment of estimated mandated claims, (2) deferring the State Teachers' Retirement System payment, and (3) delaying new judgeships for a year.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
A similar bill was SB 6XXX (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) which died on the Assembly Floor.
ACA 8 (De La Torre-D) Eminent domain
Proposes to place before the voters a constitutional amendment that prohibits or limits the use of eminent domain under certain circumstances.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
ACR 65 (Arambula-D) Red Ribbon Week
Proclaims 10/23 through 10/31/08 as Red Ribbon Week, and encourages all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
Resolution Chapter 134, Statutes of 2008
ACR 77 (Coto-D) 60th anniversary of Mendez v. Westminster
Recognizes and observe Hispanic Heritage Month from 9/15 to 10/15/07, inclusive, by honoring the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking precedent set by Mendez v. Westminster. Recognizes the national commemoration of Mendez v. Westminster in the issuance of a United States postage stamp, which marks the 60th anniversary of the ruling.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
ACR 81 (Price-D) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Honors the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and commemorates the observance of his birthday, 1/1/08, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2008
ACR 83 (Ruskin-D) California Holocaust Memorial Week
Proclaims 4/28/08 through 5/4/08 as California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
Resolution Chapter 28, Statutes of 2008
ACR 84 (Eng-D) Lunar New Year 4706 Celebration
Recognizes the Lunar New Year 4706 celebration.
Resolution Chapter 8, Statutes of 2008
ACR 85 (Jones-D) Arts Month
Proclaims the month of February 2008 as Arts Month.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
ACR 86 (Hayashi-D) Korean-American Day
Proclaims 1/13/08 as Korean-American Day.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2008
ACR 89 (Arambula-D) Cesar Chavez Day
Recognizes 3/31/08 as the anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez, and calls upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember Cesar Chavez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons.
Resolution Chapter 18, Statutes of 2008
ACR 94 (Bass-D) Black History Month
Recognizes February 2008 as Black History Month, urges all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourages the people of California to recognize the many talents, achievements, and contributions that African Americans make to their communities.
Resolution Chapter 10, Statutes of 2008
ACR 95 (Nakanishi-R) Day of Remembrance
Declares 2/19/08 as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War Il.
Resolution Chapter 7, Statutes of 2008
ACR 97 (Parra-D) Allensworth: centennial celebration
Memorializes the historic legacy and significant cultural contributions of the town of Allensworth, in Tulare County, in honor of its centennial celebration.
Resolution Chapter 11, Statutes of 2008
ACR 100 (Villines-R) California Museum Month
Proclaims May 2008 as California Museum Month.
Resolution Chapter 23, Statutes of 2008
ACR 104 (Davis-D) Public Service Recognition Week
Designates the week of 5/5/08 to 5/11/08, inclusive, as Public Service Recognition Week, and encourages all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
Resolution Chapter 33, Statutes of 2008
ACR 109 (Mendoza-D) Read Across America Day
Recognizes 3/3/08 as Read Across America Day.
Resolution Chapter 13, Statutes of 2008
ACR 113 (Niello-R) Financial literacy education
Declares the month of April 2008 as Financial Literacy Month, in order to raise public awareness about the need for increased financial literacy.
Resolution Chapter 32, Statutes of 2008
ACR 123 (Fuentes-D) Decennial census
Urges the Governor to act immediately to commence planning for outreach efforts for the 2010 decennial census so as to achieve a complete count of all Californians.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACR 130 (Coto-D) Cinco de Mayo Week
Proclaims 5/5/08 through 5/9/08 as Cinco de Mayo Week, and urges all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
Resolution Chapter 37, Statutes of 2008
ACR 135 (Tran-R) Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Recognizes May 2008 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
Resolution Chapter 51, Statutes of 2008
ACR 143 (Garcia-R) California Hispanic Heritage Month
Proclaims 9/15/08 to 10/15/08, inclusive, as California Hispanic Heritage Month and encourages all Californians to observe this event in communities throughout the state.
Resolution Chapter 132, Statutes of 2008
ACR 146 (Solorio-D) California-Mexico Project
Encourages faculty and student exchange between California's and Mexico's institutions of higher education through the California-Mexico Project. Requests the California Research Bureau to research and report on the programmatic and funding elements of an effective international student and faculty exchange program and requests the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges system to consult with the bureau, and provide the bureau with data on international exchange programs involving students and faculty, funding of those programs, and other pertinent information.
Resolution Chapter 160, Statutes of 2008
ACR 154 (Laird-D) Archival institutions: archival month
Recognizes the importance of archival institutions to the state and proclaims the month of October as Archives Month in the state, and encourages all Californians to discover the rich treasures contained in local archival repositories.
Resolution Chapter 140, Statutes of 2008
ACR 158 (Smyth-R) State Volunteer Month
Proclaims the month of January 2009 as State Volunteer Month and encourages all Californians to volunteer during the month of January in order to help communities throughout the state.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
HR 23 (Garrick-R) Ronald Reagan Day
Proclaims 2/6/08 as Ronald Reagan Day in California, and encourages all the citizens of California to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 25 (Aghazarian-R) Greek Independence Day
Recognizes 3/25/08 as Greek Independence Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 29 (DeVore-R) Anniversary of the United States Army Reserve
Honors and congratulates the Army Reserve on its 100th anniversary, which shall be celebrated on 4/23/08, recognizes the vital contributions of all former and current members of the Army Reserve who have served honorably in every conflict since World War I, and supports the continued and steadfast efforts of current reservists in the defense of the United States.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 31 (Villines-R) Relative to the 4th of July
Recognizes and celebrates the 4th of July, and the 232nd anniversary of the birth of our nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and calls upon all Californians and Americans to obtain a greater knowledge and understanding of the facts, circumstances, and principles that lead to the Declaration of Independence.
Adopted by the Assembly
Local Government
SB 6 (Oropeza-D) Land use planning: flood control
Requires that the land use element, the conservation element, the safety element, and the open space element of city and county general plans identify areas which are subject to flooding, based on existing climate predictions regarding ocean levels. Requires cities and counties to deny subdivisions in risky areas. Requires state or local public entities that map and identify flood risk to consider existing climate predictions regarding ocean levels.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 49 (Migden-D) Local government: financial assistance: sports franchises
Prohibits a city, county, city and county, or redevelopment agency from providing any financial assistance, as defined, to a sports stadium project, as specified.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 51 (Ducheny-D) San Diego Health Care Connection Demonstration Project
Establishes a demonstration project to expand and subsidize employer-based health insurance in San Diego County. Establishes the San Diego Health Care Connection Demonstration Project to assist employers in providing health care benefits to employees and to test one element (subsidized private employer insurance) of health care reform.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 61 (Runner-R) Castaic Lake Water Agency
Changes, in the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law, the initial term of office for the director elected as a successor to the director who was appointed by a private water purveyor, which has now been acquired by the agency, from two years to four years, and removes obsolete provisions of law.
Chapter 688, Statutes of 2008
SB 76 (Florez-D) Local agencies: ethics training
Adds school districts to the definition of a local agency whose officials must receive ethics training. Requires school district officials to receive their ethics training by 1/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 140 (Kehoe-D) State property: City of San Diego
Eliminates cost limits in existing law authorizing the Department of General Services to sell, lease, or exchange a specified state-owned property in the City of San Diego, and acquire replacement property in the City, as specified.
Chapter 513, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 687 (Kehoe-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 149* (Hollingsworth-R) Local government: freeze relief
Authorizes a tax credit in connection with the qualified taxpayer's purchase and receipt of qualified freeze relief products, as defined, from 1/11/07 to 1/19/07.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 167 (Negrete McLeod-D) General plans
Appropriates $1 million in bond funds authorized by "The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006" (Proposition 84) to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research for the establishment of specified planning grant and loan programs.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 188 (Negrete McLeod-D) Public finance
Declares that a joint powers authority (JPA) formed by an existing JPA with more than 450 members and any public agency in another state has the same powers as a JPA under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, which includes the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act. Declares that any provisions of the Joint Exercise of Powers Act that limit the location of projects, financing, or other activities to California do not apply to this type of JPA.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 217 (Cogdill-R) Political Reform Act of 1974: conflict-of-interest code
Transfers the responsibility for reviewing the conflict-of-interest codes of non-county local agencies that are related to education from county boards of supervisors to other government entities, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 227 (Harman-R) Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts
Exempts from the Outdoor Advertising Act, one advertising structure or sign located in the City of Huntington Beach that is used to support the automobile dealerships located at auto malls in the City of Huntington Beach if specified conditions are satisfied.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 229 (Margett-R) Vehicles: large or heavy loads
Requires a local authority to use certain specified criteria in determining whether extra insurance or other financial security is required by a vehicle that is unusually large or heavy load that poses a substantial risk to public facilities.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 231 (Runner-R) Resident contractors
Increases, from $5,000 to $50,000, the threshold amount at which cities are required to utilize competitive bidding procedures for contracts for a public project.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 240 (Florez-D) San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Allows the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to increase, from $6 to $36, the annual fee imposed on a motor vehicle registered within the District's jurisdiction to support programs designed to reduce motor vehicle emissions and to achieve and maintain state and federal air quality standards in the district.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 277 (Cogdill-R) Local government financing
Appropriates up to $200,000 from the General Fund to the State Controller for allocation to counties without cities (Alpine, Mariposa, and Trinity) in recognition of the municipal services they provide.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 300 (Corbett-D) Recycling: beverage containers: San Francisco Bay area
Appropriates $30 million annually from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund to State Water Resources Control Board to administer grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies to reduce beverage containers and litter entering the San Francisco Bay through wind or stormwater drains.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
SB 301 (Romero-D) Local government finance
Eliminates the deadline by which communities must incorporate and eliminates the sunset for cities annexation in order to receive additional Vehicle License Fee funding.
Chapter 375, Statutes of 2008
SB 303 (Ducheny-D) Local government: land use planning
Requires the housing element of the general plan to identify land to accommodate a 10-year supply of housing, requires local governments to zone for five years of housing within one year of adopting the housing element, changes requirements related to the conservation and open-space elements of the general plan, and specifies that all other general plan elements be updated every 10 years.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 324 (Migden-D) Hetch Hetchy Water and Power solar generation
Authorizes a private energy producer to generate electricity not generated from conventional sources for a community choice aggregator. Authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to elect to designate specific solar electricity generation facilities, pursuant to the above-described authorization, and provides that the authorization does not limit the right of Hetch Hetchy Water and Power to sell electricity from a solar generation facility owned by the City and County of San Francisco when otherwise authorized by law.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
SB 344* (Machado-D) State and local governments: public finance
Provides state and local governments with statutory assurance that they can temporarily repurchase their outstanding bonds without causing the bonds to be extinguished. The statutory assurance would not override contractual terms between issuers and bond holders established in bond acts or bond issuing documents.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2008
SB 348 (Simitian-D) Local government: vehicle fee: congestion/stormwater mgmt
Extends, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/13, the authority of the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to assess an up-to $4 annual fee on vehicles registered within San Mateo County for programs to manage traffic congestion and stormwater pollution.
Chapter 377, Statutes of 2008
SB 360 (Negrete McLeod-D) Redevelopment agencies: payments to taxing entities
Transfers, from redevelopment agencies to county auditors, responsibility for making and reporting pass-through payments of property tax increment revenues.
Vetoed
SB 392 (Ducheny-D) County employees' retirement: cost-of-living adjustments
Allows the board of retirement in Imperial County, if approved by the county board of supervisors, to provide cost-of-living adjustments, on a prefunded basis, to certain of the monthly allowances paid by the system to, or on account of, members of the system, as specified.
Chapter 202, Statutes of 2008
SB 404 (Kehoe-D) Parks: conveyances
Specifies that the panel containing the former Department of Transportation District 11 headquarters in San Diego be used in perpetuity for park purposes.
Vetoed
SB 429 (Ducheny-D) Land use controls
Requires the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the State Water Resources Control Board, each California regional water quality control board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and specified local agencies, to notify the building, planning, or engineering department in the affected city or county if it takes certain actions with regard to approving a remedial action, removal action, closure, corrective action, or any other type of environmental cleanup action, finds that the property subject to the action is not suitable for unrestricted use, and requires that the property be subject to a land use control, or if it enters into, or imposes, a specified instrument or agreement restricting land uses.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 442 (Ackerman-R) Orange County: public contracts
Authorizes the Orange County Transit District, a subdivision of the Orange County Transportation Authority, to enter into a design-build contract for the construction of a high-occupancy vehicle lane and connector ramps.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 450 (Oropeza-D) Local government review: signs: alcoholic beverage licensees
Modifies an existing provision of law that authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to extend the current 30-day waiting period affecting the issuance or transfer of a liquor license for a period not to exceed 20 days upon written request of "any law enforcement agency," to instead enable "any entity or official" to make a formal request for the 20-day extension for review of a license. Adds a new provision to the ABC Act that requires a licensee to prominently display signage providing contact information for local law enforcement and the ABC's district office for the purpose of reporting possible violations by the licensee.
(Failed passage in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 459 (Florez-D) Public cemetery districts: interment rights: use and control
Creates a statutory scheme for succession to interment rights to plots, niches, or mausoleums in public cemetery districts when the owner has died, leaving no written instruction or designation of the person to whom the right would transfer.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 464 (Kuehl-D) Rental property: public entity restrictions
Limits the ability of a rental property owner to exercise its Ellis Act rights (allowing a property owner to get out of the rental business and in the process evict all tenants from the rental property, notwithstanding any local rent control laws) to cases where the owner has owned the property for at least three years and who acquired ownership of the property on or after 3/27/07. Extends, from 120 days to one year, the time period given to a tenant to vacate a rental property being "Ellised" (i.e., taken out of the rental business) when the property owner's date of withdrawal from the rental market has already been extended to one year by reason of a qualified elderly or disabled tenant exercising his/her right to the extended date of withdrawal.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 465 (Lowenthal-D) Housing: grant and loan programs
Provides that a city, county, public housing authority, or redevelopment agency with jurisdiction over a qualifying infill area may apply jointly with a Business Improvement District that includes a qualifying infill area for funds under the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account. Requires, prior to receiving funds, but after a grant award, joint applicants to submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development documentation that the actual number of permitted housing units is equal or greater than the number of units in the grant application.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 495* (Denham-R) Rural crime: Agricultural Crime Prevention Program
Authorizes the counties identified in the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program and the Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program to participate in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program. Provides that funds appropriated to counties that were authorized to participate in the former Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program shall be equal to those provided under that program and shall be distributed according to a specified schedule. Specifies that funding for participation of the counties that were authorized to participate in the former Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program shall include, but is not limited to, appropriations from local government and private contributions and shall be equal to that provided to each of the counties under that program. Specifies that funding for participation in the California Agricultural Crime Prevention Program for the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Napa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sonoma, Ventura, and Yolo shall be provided as it becomes available.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 522 (Dutton-R) Infill housing: incentives
Authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a program to provide grants to cities and counties with allocated bond funds for the construction or acquisition of capital assets, as defined, to qualifying cities, counties, and cities and counties, and sets forth specific criteria upon which the Department shall give preference for a awarding a grant under this program.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 524 (Cogdill-R) Local government finance
Appropriates $147,000 from the General Fund to the State Controller for allocation to counties that do not contain incorporated cities, according to the proportion of the population of all the qualifying counties that the population of each of these counties represents, in order to equalize funding to those counties without affecting revenue allocations to cities as it relates to funds allocated under the Vehicle License Fee Law, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, the Use Fuel Tax Law, and the Diesel Fuel Tax Law.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 547 (Correa-D) Property tax revenue allocations
Increases property tax allocations to a "qualified county" at the expense of the county's Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF), beginning in 2008-09. A "qualified county" is a county for which both of the following apply: (1) the percentage of countywide property tax revenues received by a county in 2002-03 was less than the average percentage received by counties statewide, and (2) the countywide property tax revenues grew at a faster rate than the statewide average growth rate in each county in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Limits the statewide impact to $20 million in any fiscal year, and gives priority to qualified counties that received the lowest percentage of property tax revenues in 2002-03. States legislative intent that the revenues a county receives would be dedicated to the construction, operations, and maintenance of new or existing adult or juvenile criminal justice facilities.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 553 (Aanestad-R) State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to lease, sell, or exchange a parcel of state property in the City of Redding (Shasta County), currently used by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as its Shasta-Trinity Unit Headquarters.
Vetoed
SB 567 (Aanestad-R) Counties: consolidation of offices: watermaster districts
Clarifies who may serve on the Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District and the Shasta-Tehama Watermaster District boards, and consolidates the office of Auditor-Controller and Treasurer-Tax Collector into one in Trinity County.
Chapter 703, Statutes of 2008
SB 584 (Corbett-D) San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program
Requires the State Coastal Conservancy to establish a program to restore the salt ponds in the south San Francisco Bay and create trails and visitor facilities for public use in that area.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 605 (Alquist-D) Santa Clara County: domestic violence
Authorizes the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to increase fees, up to a maximum increase of $4, for certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death records to fund government oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with domestic violence in that county.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 640 (Simitian-D) Government tort claims: childhood sexual abuse
Exempts claims for childhood sexual abuse against a local public entity, arising out of conduct occurring on or after 1/1/09, from the Government Tort Claims Act.
Chapter 383, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 1339 (Simitian-D) which died in Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 682 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Neighborhood councils: open meetings
Exempts a subcommittee of a standing committee of a certified neighborhood council in the City of Los Angeles from being required to post an agenda at least 72 hours before a regular meeting. This exemption sunsets on 1/1/10.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 728 (Kehoe-D) Federal Fire Management Assistant Grant Program
Provides that a local agency may be reimbursed from the Disaster Assistance Fund for 100% of the nonfederal share of local agency costs for fires occurring in local responsibility areas. Reimbursement of local agency costs shall be in accordance with the California Fire Assistance Agreement for costs incurred by the local agency, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 732 (Steinberg-D) Environment
Establishes the Strategic Growth Council, requires the Council to take certain actions with regard to coordinating specified programs of member state agencies, and requires the Council to manage and award grants and loans to support the planning and development of sustainable communities. Requires the Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Fish and Game, and the San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy, when implementing the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water, Water Conservancy, when implementing the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), among other things, to develop and adopt guidelines and regulations, consult with other entities, conduct studies, and follow certain procedures for establishing a project, grant, loan or other financial assistance program implementing the initiative.
Chapter 729, Statutes of 2008
SB 791 (Corbett-D) State Highway Route 84
Allows for separate local alternative transportation improvement programs for surplus properties owned by the Department of Transportation in the State Route 238 and 84 corridors, respectively.
Chapter 705, Statutes of 2008
SB 806 (Hollingsworth-R) San Diego: fire protection districts
Provides for the consolidation of districts into the fire protection consolidated fire agency or entity in San Diego County, to be funded commencing 7/1/08 by an allocation by the auditor of the County of San Diego of an amount equal to 1% of the countywide ad valorem property tax revenue.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 821 (Kuehl-D) Land use: water supplies
Requires the California Research Bureau to study water use by new residential developments and large-scale development projects under current law.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 856 (Runner-R) Los Angeles County: county-designed street name signs
Requires the Department of Transportation to post and maintain, or authorize the county to post and maintain, county-designated street name signs on state highways in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County if the posting of the sign is not in violation of mandatory design standards.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 857 (Correa-D) Air pollution districts
Allows the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District to prepare a study and report to the Legislature, as specified, on the dollar amount that would be appropriate to authorize a tax credit for the purchase or replacement of qualified property, as defined, that is placed into service for the purpose of reducing air pollution.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 863 (Yee-D) Parks: funding: Half Moon Bay
Appropriates $10 million to the State Coastal Conservancy from the Housing Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account for grants to the City of Half Moon Bay for acquisition and associated park and trail development of property known as the "Beachwood Property" and costs and repayment of debts associated with the acquisition and associated park and trail development of the Pilarcitos Creek Park property. The funds would be required to be expended as prescribed, including, but not limited to, the preparation of an independent appraisal to establish fair market value of the Beachwood property.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 872 (Ackerman-R) State-Local Partnership Program
Creates the State-Local Partnership Program for financing specified transportation improvement projects, and states legislative intent to appropriate $200 million annually, beginning in 2010-11.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 881 (Runner-R) Airports: Santa Paula Airport
Requires the Department of Transportation to provide the matching funds for acquisition of the development rights for the Santa Paula Airport, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, pursuant to the pilot program established by the Secretary.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 887 (Calderon-D) Local public water agencies
Requires each local public water agency to establish a low-income ratepayer assistance program.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 902 (Padilla-D) County health care: funding
Requires revenues from the traffic violator school or traffic safety program fees, in an amount equal to $2 for every $10 that would have been collected by a county that imposes that additional penalty to be deposited into the county's Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund, commencing 1/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 914 (Hollingsworth-R) Community care facilities
Allows local jurisdictions to require community care facilities housing an adult or juvenile sex offender to obtain a business license.
(Failed passage in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 915 (Hollingsworth-R) Group homes: zoning
Allows a city, county, or city and county to adopt a local ordinance to zone as an adult-oriented business any community care facility that houses a parolee for whom registration as a sex offender is required.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 934 (Lowenthal-D) Housing and infrastructure zones
Allows for the creation of up to 100 "housing and infrastructure zones" that will divert property tax increment revenues from cities and schools for road, water, sewer, and community amenities to support new residential development, as well as housing directly.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 938 (Oropeza-D) Local sales and use taxes
Makes clarifying changes in the administration of the sales and use taxes of a local agency that levies such tax by the Board of Equalization.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SB 974 (Lowenthal-D) Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation
Imposes a fee on container cargo imported and exported through the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland in an amount not to exceed $30 per 20-foot equivalent unit. Requires that 50% of fee revenues be used to develop infrastructure projects that reduce congestion and 50% of revenues be used to mitigate the air quality impacts associated with the movement of freight in and out of the three ports. Also, specifies the processes for determining which congestion relief and mitigation projects shall be funded with fee revenue.
Vetoed
SB 978 (Harman-R) Taxation: disclosure of information
Requires cities that assess a business tax or require a city business license to report specified information to the Franchise Tax Board.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1060 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission
Abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission and reorganizes the administrative and management structure for Exposition Park in Los Angeles by creating an Exposition Park Authority Board (Board) that will be responsible for managing and operating all state-owned properties located in Exposition Park. Also, requires the Board to sell the parcel that the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupies.
(Failed passage in Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media Committee)
SB 1061* (Senate Local Government Committee) First Validating Act of 2008
Enacts the First Validating Act of 2008, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 10, Statutes of 2008
SB 1062* (Senate Local Government Committee) Second Validating Act of 2008
Enacts the Second Validating Act of 2008, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 614, Statutes of 2008
SB 1063 (Senate Local Government Committee) Third Validating Act of 2008
Enacts the Third Validating Act of 2008, which validates the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state, counties, cities, special districts, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and other public agencies.
Chapter 7, Statutes of 2008
SB 1064* (Hollingsworth-R) Disaster relief
Provides additions to disaster provisions in the Personal Income Tax Law, Corporation Tax Law, and property tax for El Dorado, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties and taxpayers in those counties affected by the 2007 Southern California wildfires, and for Riverside County, and taxpayers in Riverside County affected by severe wind conditions in October 2007.
Chapter 386, Statutes of 2008
SB 1093 (Wiggins-D) SF Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Clarifies the planning, management, and operations responsibilities of the water transportation services vested in San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority.
Chapter 387, Statutes of 2008
SB 1106 (Cedillo-D) Local planning
Corrects cross-references in housing element law that resulted from the provision of SB 2 (Cedillo), Chapter 633, Statutes of 2007.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 1117 (Cox-R) Hot Spring Valley Water District
Transforms the Hot Spring Valley Irrigation District in Modoc County into the Hot Spring Valley Water District under the California Water District law, thereby, implementing a stipulated judgment that settled two lawsuits filed by a landowner against the existing district. The main impact of this transformation is that future members of the district's board will need to be landowners.
Chapter 615, Statutes of 2008
SB 1118 (Negrete McLeod-D) Airports: airport land use commissions
Repeals several exemptions from the general statewide requirement that each county form an airport land use commission.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1124 (Senate Local Government Committee) Local Government Omnibus Act of 2008
Enacts the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2008 and proposes 15 relatively minor, non-controversial changes to the law affecting local agencies' powers and duties.
Chapter 709, Statutes of 2008
SB 1131 (Cox-R) Local Agency Formation Commission: Calaveras County
Expands the membership of the Calaveras Local Agency Formation Commission from seven members to nine members by adding another special district representative and another public member.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1133 (Denham-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Requires the sale of the parcel of land that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena occupy, including the states share of the Sports Arena structure, and abolishes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission upon completion of that sale.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
SB 1146 (Cedillo-D) Tax administration: disclosure of information
Requires cities that assess a business license tax or require a city business license to annually furnish specified information to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), upon request of the FTB, unless a city enters into a reciprocal agreement to exchange specified tax data with FTB. If a city enters into such an agreement, each party would absorb its own costs for providing the data in lieu of reimbursement, and cities would forego claims for state-mandated costs. Extends the sunset date from 12/31/11, to 1/1/14, allowing FTB to share tax information with cities.
Chapter 345, Statutes of 2008
SB 1183 (Wiggins-D) Developmental disabilities: health services
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to provide medical outpatient services at the Sonoma Developmental Center to consumers residing in the local community and served by the North Bay Regional Center.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1185* (Lowenthal-D) Land use: subdivision maps
Extends the expiration date by 12 months for specified subdivision maps that will expire before 1/1/11, and for any legislative, administrative or other approval by a state agency relating to a development project in the subdivision, and increases the time for local discretionary extensions for tentative subdivision maps from five years to six years.
Chapter 124, Statutes of 2008
Similar bills were SB 1587 (Maldonado-R) which died in Senate Local Government Committee, AB 1777 (Houston-R) which died in Senate Local Government Committee, and AB 2520 (Walters-R) which died in Assembly Local Government Committee.
SB 1191 (Alquist-D) Local government: community service districts
Authorizes a community services district to construct, own, improve, maintain, and operate broadband facilities and provide broadband services, if a private person or entity is unable or unwilling to deploy broadband services. A community service district must transfer its ownership and operation when a private person or entity is ready, willing, and able to take over the facility at a fair market value, or lease the operation of those broadband facilities at a fair market value to the private person or entity.
Chapter 70, Statutes of 2008
SB 1194* (Battin-R) Clean Technology Commerce Zone
Beginning 1/1/08 and sunsetting on 12/1/14, creates the Clean Technology Commerce Zone within the Coachella Valley. For businesses in the Clean Technology Commerce Zone that in any manner advance California's goals of renewable energy usage qualify for tax incentives.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 1196 (Runner-R) Local government: coroners
Provides that coroners do not have to inquire into, and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of, all deaths where the deceased has been attended by a physician or a registered nurse who is a member of a hospice care interdisciplinary team in the 20 days preceding death. Additionally specifies procedures for privately requested autopsies.
Chapter 45, Statutes of 2008
SB 1227 (Hollingsworth-R) Disaster assistance: emergencies
Extends from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, the sunset date for the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties and provides that no funds in the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account shall be expended for conditions in the state's prisons, medical facilities, or youth correctional facilities resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in administering these facilities.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 148 (Hollingsworth-R) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 1236 (Padilla-D) Fines and forfeitures
Extends the sunset date from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, for provisions of law allowing a county board of supervisors to levy additional penalties on criminal offenses, and to allocate 15% of the funds collected pursuant to that penalty.
Chapter 60, Statutes of 2008
SB 1237 (Cox-R) Subdivision Map Act: lot line adjustments
Makes changes to the Subdivision Map Act dealing with remainder parcels, dedications, and lot line adjustments deadlines.
Vetoed
SB 1258 (Lowenthal-D) Building standards: graywater
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, at the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after 1/1/09, to adopt and submit to the California Building Standards Commission, for approval, building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of graywater systems for indoor and outdoor use.
Chapter 172, Statutes of 2008
SB 1263 (Ashburn-R) Intercity rail services: feeder buses
Authorizes bus services connecting with Amtrak trains to carry passengers not traveling by trains to scheduled destinations, if there is no intercity bus carrier providing service to the same destination.
Chapter 173, Statutes of 2008
SB 1276 (Ashburn-R) Vandalia Water District
Transforms the Vandalia Irrigation District into the Vandalia Valley Water District under the California Water District Law, and assigns all the powers, duties, obligations, and liabilities from the old irrigation district to the new water district. The main impact of this transformation is that future members of the district's board of directors will need to be landowners, but not necessarily registered voters, within the District.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2008
SB 1287 (Hollingsworth-R) Local government: records: Riverside County
Authorizes the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution which permits the County Recorder of Riverside County to notify a party of the execution of an instrument affecting their interest in real property, within 30 days of the resolution, and in a specified form.
Chapter 117, Statutes of 2008
SB 1293 (Negrete McLeod-D) Joint exercise of powers: reporting and disclosures
Adds a new chapter to the Government Code, and makes other statutory changes, to impose additional transparency and accountability requirements on conduit financing providers in California.
Vetoed
SB 1304 (Simitian-D) Child care: County of San Mateo child care subsidy plan
Extends the sunset date for San Mateo County's child care pilot program to 1/1/14.
Chapter 61, Statutes of 2008
SB 1308* (Cox-R) Disaster assistance
Includes the Angora Fire which occurred in the Lake Tahoe Basin commencing 6/24/07, to the list of disasters eligible for full state reimbursement of local agency costs under the California Disaster Assistance Act. Provides that the requirement to adopt a local hazard mitigation plan in order to qualify for the specified exception does not apply to the Lake Tahoe Basin wildfire event, and makes this bill contingent upon enactment of SB 1764 (Kehoe).
Chapter 400, Statutes of 2008
SB 1316 (Correa-D) Transportation facilities: tolls: Orange/Riverside Counties
Allows the Orange County Transportation Authority to eliminate or assign its rights to State Highway Route 91 in Riverside County, as currently authorized by a franchise agreement between it and the Department of Transportation. Extends the term of the franchise agreement from 2030 to 2065. Authorizes the Riverside County Transportation Commission to impose and collect tolls on State Route 91 in Riverside County and to issue bonds and other forms of indebtedness for specified purposes.
Chapter 714, Statutes of 2008
SB 1325 (Kuehl-D) Vehicles: automated speed enforcement
Authorizes the City of Beverly Hills, until 1/1/14, to utilize an automated speed enforcement system according to specified conditions and procedures.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 1326 (Ducheny-D) Vector control
Requires a mosquito abatement and vector control district board of trustees to adopt a formal written response to an irregularity or accounting issue identified in a regular audit. Requires the board to provide its response to each trustee's appointing authority, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1335 (Negrete McLeod-D) Infrastructure financing districts: City of Colton
Removes the voter approval requirement for the formation of an infrastructure financing district in the City of Colton.
Vetoed
SB 1339 (Simitian-D) Government tort claims: childhood sexual abuse
Exempts childhood sexual abuse claims against local public entities from the government Tort Claims Act, which generally requires claims for damages to be reported to the local entity within six months of when the injury occurred.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1350 (Cedillo-D) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Sets forth provisions governing either a design-build or public-private partnership contract for completion of the Interstate 710 freeway gap closure project.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1351 (Corbett-D) Hospital districts: transfer of assets
Requires a health care district to secure voter approval in the district before transferring or leasing any health care facility to a private corporation, as specified, and before relinquishing any health care district membership positions on the board of a corporation to which the health care district has transferred or leased a health care facility, and authorizes the Attorney General to review any transfer of health care district assets to private corporations, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1366 (Negrete McLeod-D) State highway routes: relinquishments
Provides for the relinquishment of a portion of State Highway Route 66 to the City of Rialto, and portions of State Highway Routes 1, 34 and 232 to the City of Oxnard.
Chapter 717, Statutes of 2008
SB 1381 (Ashburn-R) Local government: county sheriffs: funding
Adds Tulare County to the list of counties receiving an annual grant of $500,000 under the Rural and Small County Law Enforcement Assistance Program
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1396 (Cox-R) Local government: recording fees
Increases, from $2 to $3, the maximum additional recording fee that counties can impose on real estate instruments for payment into the Real Estate Fraud Protection Trust Fund. Adds three documents to the list of real estate instruments that are subject to an additional fee: a substitution of trustee, a notice of trustee sale, and a notice of rescission of declaration of default. Also, makes revisions to the annual legislative report that a district attorney must file with the county board of supervisors and the Legislative Analyst's Office.
Chapter 405, Statutes of 2008
SB 1408 (Harman-R) State property: City of Laguna Beach
Requires any sale of certain state property located in the City of Laguna Beach to be at a price based on its highest and best use. Also prohibits the City of Laguna Beach, if the state transfers its ownership of the property, from revising the zoning of ordinances otherwise applicable to the area that includes that property for an unspecified number of years from the date of the transfer, to designate a use for the property that is different from the use for the adjacent nonstate parcels.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1419 (Yee-D) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones
Designates portions of State Highway Routes 1 and 101 in San Francisco as double fine zones and requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study that assesses potential criteria relating to pedestrian safety that may be used to designate future double fine zones. Sunsets on 1/1/14.
Chapter 121, Statutes of 2008
SB 1422 (Ridley-Thomas-D) High-occupancy toll lanes
Authorizes, until 1/15/13, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to operate a value-pricing and transit development demonstration program involving high-occupancy toll lanes.
Chapter 547, Statutes of 2008
SB 1428 (Kehoe-D) San Diego River Conservancy
Extends the sunset date on the San Diego River Conservancy until 1/1/20, and authorizes the Mayor of San Diego to appoint a designee to sit in his/her absence.
Chapter 406, Statutes of 2008
SB 1429 (Perata-D) Bay Area state-owned toll bridges
Clarifies reporting requirements for sponsors of Regional Measure 2 projects to specify that they must identify and report to the Bay Area Toll Authority information identifying the source of state matching funds for each project. Allows the Authority to include this information in its Annual Report to the San Francisco Bay Area State Legislative Delegation.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1433 (Wyland-R) Land use planning: housing element: mobilehome parks
Prohibits a city, county, or city and county from meeting any of its existing share of the regional housing need for very low income, lower income, or moderate income households, as defined, by including mobilehome parks that are restricted in any form by an adopted ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure that establishes a maximum amount that may be charged to a tenant for rent, unless the owner of the mobilehome park and the city, county, or city and county have entered into an agreement that authorizes the use of the mobilehome park for the purposes of meeting regional housing need.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 1439 (Ashburn-R) Tulare Lake Basin: pilot program
Requires the state board, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to contract with Tulare County to develop and implement an integrated water quality and wastewater treatment pilot program in the Tulare Lake Basin. The pilot program requires Tulare County to undertake a feasibility study and engage in the planning, design, engineering, and construction of integrated regional drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 1445 (Harman-R) Pupil attendance: City of La Palma
Allows a parent or guardian who lives within the city limits of the City of La Palma, in Orange County, to enroll their child or children in any school district that serves the City regardless of school district attendance boundaries.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1453 (Maldonado-R) Public cemetery districts: boards of trustees
Authorizes a member of the board of supervisors of the principal county to propose a resolution to increase or decrease the number of members of the board of trustees of a public cemetery district, as specified, and makes conforming changes.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1458 (Senate Local Government Committee) Local government: County Service Area Law
Repeals the existing County Service Area Law and enacts a new County Service Area Law with eight detailed articles: (1) general provisions, including legislative declarations and definitions, (2) formation procedures, with local agency formation commission approval, (3) general powers, covering basic governance topics, (4) services and facilities, listing 26 examples, (5) finance, covering budgets, audits, and borrowing, (6) revenues, including special taxes, benefit assessments, and fees, (7) capital financing, covering three types of bonds, and (8) zones, allowing for localized financing and special services.
Chapter 158, Statutes of 2008
SB 1468 (Oropeza-D) Local planning: schoolsites: freeways
Prohibits a school district from approving the acquisition of a school site that is located within 500 feet of a freeway lane or a busy traffic corridor, unless it is determined, by an environmental health and safety agency of the district, that the health and safety risks posed by the air quality of the site are less than significant.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1473 (Calderon-D) Building standards
Requires cities and counties to collect a fee on building permit applicants, in the amount of $4 per every $100,000 in valuation. Cities and counties will be authorized to retain 10% of the fees collected for administrative costs and code enforcement education, while the remainder will be available to the Building Standards Commission, upon appropriation, for the purpose of funding the development of building standards, with emphasis on the development, adoption, publication, updating, and educational efforts associated with green building standards.
Chapter 719, Statutes of 2008
SB 1482 (Correa-D) Local government: forfeiture of office
Requires an elected officer of a city, county, or district in California to forfeit office upon the conviction of a crime that involves a false claim or receipt of any military decoration or medal pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
Chapter 118, Statutes of 2008
SB 1483 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Neighborhood councils: open meetings
Exempts neighborhood councils from the Brown Act. Requires a neighborhood council to post an agenda at an appropriate publicly-accessible location 72 hours before its meetings with specified information.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1486 (Ducheny-D) Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act
Allows for the construction and operation of State Highway Route 11 and a new federal Otay Mesa East Port of Entry by authorizing the San Diego Association of Governments to acquire property, consult with local, state, federal, and international agencies, charge tolls on the proposed State Highway Route 11, and issue bonds secured by those toll revenues to finance the cost of acquiring or operating transportation facilities, international ports of entry, international border crossing facilities and other necessary and related facilities.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2008
SB 1510 (Kehoe-D) San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Makes 11 changes to the powers and duties of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority dealing with the board of directors and the Authority's powers regarding civil penalties, unclaimed property, Directors' benefits and stipends, Subregional, Mayor's and Governor's appointees, the Authority's executive and audit committees, rental car fees, and disaster relief.
Chapter 620, Statutes of 2008
SB 1519 (Yee-D) Local governments: taxicabs
Authorizes the local agency responsible for regulating cab service to disconnect the telephone service of a taxicab operator that is operating in violation of its rules if other enforcement remedies have failed.
Chapter 721, Statutes of 2008
SB 1520 (Kehoe-D) Water quality: regional boards
Requires regional water quality control boards to submit annual budgets to the legislative budget committees, and requires the State Water Resources Control Board, if the board finds the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (San Diego Board) has failed to take certain actions regarding sediment contamination along the eastern shore of San Diego Bay by 1/30/10, to assume jurisdiction and control over the San Diego Board staff and other resources necessary to carry out these actions.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1527* (Yee-D) State property: sale
Directs the Department of General Services to enter into negotiations, prior to 1/1/09, to sell at fair market value, with certain restrictions, a parcel of state property located in the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco, known as the Cow Palace.
Vetoed
SB 1537 (Kehoe-D) Disaster assistance: 2007 southern California wildfires
Adds the wildfires that occurred in southern California, commencing on or about 10/20/07, to the list of disasters eligible for full state reimbursement of local agency costs under the California Disaster Assistance Act.
Chapter 355, Statutes of 2008
SB 1561 (Steinberg-D) Transit districts: prohibition orders
Authorizes the Sacramento Regional Transit District and the Fresno Area Express, until 1/1/12, to issue prohibition orders denying passengers committing certain illegal behaviors entry onto transit vehicles and facilities. Describes the kinds of behaviors, according to their potential severity, and prescribes the progressive penalties based upon the severity and frequency of violations.
Chapter 528, Statutes of 2008
SB 1577 (Florez-D) Airports: security checkpoint donation programs
Requires airports to establish a toiletry donation program, upon request of a nonprofit organization that serves the economically disadvantaged, homeless, or otherwise needy.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1586 (Negrete McLeod-D) County employees: San Bernardino County health benefits
Authorizes the San Bernardino County Board of Retirement to establish a post-employment health benefits fund for the investment of assets held in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing health benefits to the retirees of that county, and those of any participating local agency.
Vetoed
SB 1587 (Maldonado-R) Subdivisions: maps: extension
Provides that, notwithstanding the authority of a city council or board of supervisors to extend a tentative map's initial life by up to one year, the expiration date of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be extended by a local agency for a second or third time if certain conditions occur.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1642 (Yee-D) Public contracts: claims
Revises the process, for contracts entered into on or after 1/1/09, for resolution of construction claims for over $50,000 between a contractor and local public entity, if the public works contract does not include an alternative dispute process.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1659 (Maldonado-R) State property
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to sell, exchange, or lease, for fair market value, two parcels of land located in Monterey County.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1681 (Battin-R) Surplus state real property
Repeals an extensive body of law governing the disposition of surplus land by the Department of General Services to local agencies and private entities, including timelines for execution of sales and preferences for sales of property to be used for low and moderate income housing, parks, open spaces, and schools.
Chapter 532, Statutes of 2008
SB 1685 (Kehoe-D) Regional comprehensive plan: San Diego County
Expands the purposes for which revenues from a countywide, voter-approved retail transaction and use tax (local sales tax) in San Diego County may be used.
Chapter 83, Statutes of 2008
SB 1689 (Lowenthal-D) Local agencies: redevelopment
Requires redevelopment agencies to tell their city councils (or county boards of supervisors) of any major violations based on an audit or an investigation by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Requires the department to forward its redevelopment audits or investigations to the Attorney General and the State Controller.
Vetoed
SB 1699 (Wiggins-D) Public contracts: health care districts: design-build
Authorizes the Sonoma Valley Health Care District to use design-build contracting for the construction of buildings and improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building, which shall be reviewed and inspected according to the standards and requirements of the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983.
Chapter 415, Statutes of 2008
SB 1722 (Oropeza-D) Metro Green Line Construction Authority
Establishes the Metro Green Line Construction Authority to manage final design and construction of an extension of the Green Line light rail system to Los Angeles International Airport.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1731 (Yee-D) Vehicles: fees: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Allows a $1 vehicle registration fee surcharge in the Bay Area to fund congestion mitigation activities.
Vetoed
SB 1732 (Romero-D) Local agencies
Prohibits a majority of the members of a legislative body 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 required by the Ralph M. Brown Act to be conducted in public.
Chapter 63, Statutes of 2008
SB 1764 (Kehoe-D) Disaster assistance: certification
Requires a local agency, on or after 1/1/10, to obtain an annual certification by the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to be eligible to receive a percentage for a state share in excess of 75%. Also requires the department to specify the possible percentage a local agency may receive in excess of the 75% based upon certain criteria and regulations to be promulgated by the department on or before 7/1/09.
Vetoed
SB 1771 (Romero-D) Redevelopment indebtedness
Allows the City of Industry and its Industry Urban-Development Agency to amend their redevelopment plans to extend the time limits on the plans' effectiveness by 10 years. Allows Industry officials to amend their redevelopment plans to extend the time limits on the payment of indebtedness and the receipt of property tax increment revenues by 10 years.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1XXX* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Budget Act of 2007: support of counties
Revises the Budget Act of 2007 to exclude counties with a population of less than 40,000 from the deferral of certain payments in the area of social services programs and the Highway Users Tax Account.
Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
SCA 1 (McClintock-R) Eminent domain: condemnation proceedings
Amends the state Constitution to provide that property may only be taken by eminent domain for a "stated public use," and thereafter only used for that stated use.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SCA 5 (McClintock-R) State and local government finance: taxes: voter approval
Provides a constitutional definition for a tax and changes any statutory definition of a tax by redefining a tax as any monetary exaction imposed by a governmental entity, which is defined as the state or a local government.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 19 (DeVore-R) Water quality: Santa Ana Region
Establishes the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Project and the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Board, comprised of specified members, for the purposes of carrying out the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. Authorizes a city or county to allow a discharger within its jurisdiction, upon the request of the discharger, to become subject to regulation by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Board in lieu of the regional board for purposes of the Act. Establishes the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Fund, and authorizes the developer of a development project, if the developer has become subject to regulation by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Improvement Board, to agree to pay a fee to the appropriate city or county, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Environmental, Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 27 (Parra-D) California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
Codifies the establishment and operation of an up to 64-member California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley for the purpose of improving the economic, social, and environmental conditions of the San Joaquin Valley.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 29 (Hancock-D) Infill development: incentive grants
Creates the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Grant Program using funds made available under Proposition 1C.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 41 (La Malfa-R) Temperance Flat Surface Water Storage: water resources
Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act the construction of the Temperance Flat Surface Water Storage Project and the Sites Reservoir.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 82 (Evans-D) Napa County: regional housing needs
Requires the council of governments, when allocating the housing with Napa County, to allot one unit to the county for the unincorporated area for every nine units allocated to the cities within the county for the incorporated areas, and authorizes Napa County to transfer all or part of its housing assignment to a city within the county, with the consent of that city, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 83 (Lieber-D) Property tax administration: PARE program
Establishes the State-County Property Assessment and Revenue for Education Funding Program to provide revenue to counties for property tax administration purposes for fiscal years 2008-09 through 2013-14, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 117 (Beall-D) Transportation authorities and districts: contracts
Revises the procurement requirements for the purchase of supplies, equipment, and materials by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the San Mateo County Transit District, and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
Vetoed
AB 152 (Beall-D) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to provide for the repair and maintenance of facilities for which it already has the authority to acquire and construct.
Vetoed
AB 158* (Torrico-D) Local agencies: tribal gaming
Enacts several recommendations proposed by the State Auditor relative to the allowable allocation and uses of grants to local government agencies to mitigate the impact of tribal gaming in local jurisdictions.
Chapter 754, Statutes of 2008
AB 163 (Mendoza-D) Local ordinances: gambling
Adds a new section to the Gambling Control Act to authorize a local government to amend its gambling ordinance to increase the number of tables that may be operated by small card clubs.
Chapter 647, Statutes of 2008
AB 186* (Maze-R) Rural crime prevention
Extends, until 7/1/12, the 7/1/09 sunset date of the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program, which provides funding for the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare to develop and implement rural crime prevention programs under the aegis of the district attorney's office under a joint powers agreement with the sheriff's office.
Chapter 755, Statutes of 2008
AB 212* (Fuentes-D) General plan: zoning change application
Requires the City of Los Angeles to consider an application to amend the zoning ordinance to conform to the general plan based on the general plan as of the application date. Applies when the general plan designates the property for residential use and that designation has applied to the property for at least 15 years.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 242 (Blakeslee-R) Land use: annexation: housing
Requires that a city and county submit their agreed upon regional housing needs assessment transfer or their request for a revised regional housing needs assessment determination within 90 days of the date of an incorporation or annexation, unless a waiver is granted. Requires a city or county that receives a regional housing needs assessment transfer to update their housing element and identify sites to accommodate the new transfers as specified.
Chapter 11, Statutes of 2008
AB 283 (Jeffries-R) Fire companies: certificate of organization
Repeals the authority for fire companies in unincorporated areas to organize their departments by filing a certificate with the local county recorder's office. Allows fire companies to organize by filing a certificate of organization with the Office of Emergency Services (OES). Requires OES to develop an interactive form for the certificates and ensure that the form is accessible on the OES web site. Requires fire companies that file organizing certificates to renew them annually and to notify OES upon termination of the company.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 291 (Jeffries-R) Lake Elsinore: State Highway Route 74: relinquishment
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a portion of State Highway Route 74 to the City of Lake Elsinore.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 363* (Berg-D) Rural health programs
Authorizes Federally Qualified Health Centers to request Medi-Cal reimbursement for specialty services provided to current patients when the services are delivered off-site and under specified conditions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 405 (Duvall-R) Redevelopment: tax increment revenues
Requires tax increment revenues to be directed to the county upon expiration of a redevelopment agency if the county is a low-wealth county.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 406 (Galgiani-D) Merced County: homicide trial costs
Requires the state to reimburse the County of Merced for its full costs related to a capital murder trial (People v. Cuitlahuac Tahua Rivera) from the 2007 Budget Act.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 444 (Hancock-D) Congestion management: motor vehicle registration fees
Allows vehicle registration fees, up to $10 per vehicle, to be imposed for congestion management programs in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, Solano, and Santa Cruz Counties.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 451 (Garcia-R) Global Positioning System Pilot Program
Requires the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority, in collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation, to establish a Global Position System Pilot Program to enhance the ability of search and rescue personnel to locate and rescue persons who are lost in the Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness by offering, for rental, personal locator beacons or equivalent devices to visitors of the wilderness.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 533 (Galgiani-D) Local publicly owned electric utilities: cost responsibility
Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from imposing a cost responsibility surcharge, as defined, on a customer of a local publicly owned electric utility if the customer's service location has not previously received service from an electrical corporation and if the customer's service location is within the service territory of an irrigation district meeting certain requirements.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AB 559 (Ruskin-D) Public water systems: investigation: drinking water
Asks the University of California to direct the University of California Center for Water Resources to study the potential adverse effects on human health of compounds used to disinfect drinking water and byproducts resulting from disinfection, with emphasis on chloramine use by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and to report the Center's findings to the Legislature by 7/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 564 (Brownley-D) Los Angeles County Flood Control District: fees and charges
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to impose a fee or charge in compliance with Proposition 218, to pay the costs and expenses incurred by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District while carrying out its duties.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 568 (Karnette-D) Port Community Advisory Committee
Requires the governing authorities of five specified ports to determine whether to set up a port community advisory committee within 90 days of receiving a petition from a community organization.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 576 (Carter-D) Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: animal feeding
Prohibits an animal feeding operation or concentrated animal feeding operation within 2.5 miles of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Tulare County.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 579 (Swanson-D) Military base recovery areas
Makes changes to the operation of the Local Agency Military Base Recovery Area (LAMBRA) program. Removes the condition that a business located in a LAMBRA must provide a net increase in jobs within the LAMBRA within the first two years of the business' operation in order to claim the sales and use tax credits, requires the governing body of each LAMBRA to update its economic development plan on or before 1/1/10, and outlines specific minimal requirements that must be included in each economic development plan.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 601 (Arambula-D) Sex offenders
Requires the Governor to create a Rural Communities Public Safety Task Force to develop ordinances to help rural communities respond to the sex offender housing restrictions in place as a result of the 2006 passage of Proposition 83 (Jessica's Law) and to develop local ordinances. The Task Force sunsets on 7/1/10.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 602 (DeVore-R) Local government: parking violations
Requires any contract between a local government and a private entity for the processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations be based on either a fixed monthly rate or on the number of notices processed.
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2008
AB 640 (De La Torre-D) Water replenishment districts
Requires, by 1/1/10, the Department of Water Resources to conduct a study to determine the specific charges, including underflow in the Central Coast Basin and West Coast Basin within the Water Replenishment District.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 642 (Wolk-D) Local agencies: design-build contracts
Authorizes all cities in California to employ design-build contracting for the construction of buildings; authorizes cities, counties, and special districts to employ design-build contracting for the construction of no more than 20 regional and local wastewater facilities, solid waste management facilities, or water recycling facilities; and requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to report to the Legislature on the use of the design-build method for such projects.
Chapter 314, Statutes of 2008
AB 653 (Maze-R) Tulare County: land use
Allows Tulare County, and any city within the county, to establish a local agricultural and open-space conservation plan.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 654 (Maze-R) Counties: contracting
Increases the amount limit, from $6,500 to $16,500, by which work can be done in counties of over 500,000 without a contract.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 669 (Parra-D) City of Huron: State Highway Route 269
Facilitates the building of a new bridge on State Route 269 near the City of Huron.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 681 (Carter-D) San Bernardino County: health department
Requires the San Bernardino County Health Department, and allows any other county and city with a local health department, to establish a five-year pilot program to develop a process for the preparation of a local health assessment.
Vetoed
AB 697 (Hancock-D) Local government: relocation of retailers
Prohibits a local agency, on or after 10/1/08, from entering into any form of agreement with a retailer that would involve the shifting of any amount of Bradley-Burns local tax proceeds if the agreement results in a reduction in the amount of revenue that is received by another local agency from the same retailer if it is located within that other local agency, and continues to maintain a physical presence and location there.
Vetoed
AB 700 (Lieu-D) Santa Monica Airport
Requires the City of Santa Monica to establish a technical advisory committee to evaluate all available studies and data regarding the airport, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 704 (Eng-D) Public contracts: metropolitan water districts: design-build
Authorizes the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to use the design-build contracting process that applies to counties for the design, construction, fabrication, and installation of a solar energy system and any associated improvements directly related to the project, in excess of $3,000,000.
(Failed passage in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 746 (Krekorian-D) Energy conservation: local government
Reinstates an expedited six month permitting process, that expired at the end of 2006, for powerplants fueled with renewable energy and for repowering of existing powerplants. The process sunsets on 1/1/12.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 793* (Strickland-R) Property taxation: affordable housing
Requires county assessors to exclude the fiscal impact of affordable housing agreements from the assessed value of real property.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 811* (Levine-D) Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements
Authorizes all cities and counties in California to designate areas within which city officials and willing property owners may enter into contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources and energy efficiency improvements.
Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008
AB 823 (Solorio-D) Orange County: road funds
Requires Orange County to report annually regarding its revenues and expenditures of fuel excise tax and gasoline sales tax funds, and to identify the surplus funds from each of those sources that remains unspent at the end of each fiscal year.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 842 (Jones-D) Regional plans: traffic reduction
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, when ranking applications for funding under the Infill Incentive Grant Program and the Transit Oriented Development Implementation Program, to award preference or priority to projects located in areas where the local or regional entity has adopted a general plan, transportation plan, or regional blueprint that will reduce the growth of vehicle miles traveled by at least 10%, and the project is consistent with that planning document.
Vetoed
AB 847 (Berg-D) Joint powers agreements: Yurok Tribe
Allows the Yurok Tribal Council to enter into a joint powers agreement with public agencies for the purpose of the preservation and restoration of fish stocks on the Klamath River Basin and related projects and activities.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 860 (Salas-D) Vehicles: additional registration fees
Extends, until 2018, the $1 surcharge on vehicle registrations that funds vehicle theft programs.
Vetoed
AB 863 (Davis-D) Los Angeles County: court employees
Requires the Los Angeles County Supreme Court to pay each employee in specified employee organizations an amount equal to the additional amount the employee would have received if the reclassification raise the employee received on 10/1/05 had been retroactive to 8/1/05.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 885 (Charles Calderon-D) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Authorizes a member public agency to appoint a proxy for its representative that is appointed or selected to serve on the Metropolitan Water District's board of directors.
Vetoed
AB 887* (De La Torre-D) State surplus property: Lynwood Armory
Authorizes the Department of General Services, with approval of the Adjutant General, to lease state-owned property known as the Lynwood Armory (located at 11398 Bullis Road, Lynwood, Los Angeles County), to the City of Lynwood at fair market value for a period not to exceed five years with an option to execute an additional five consecutive five-year leases.
Chapter 651, Statutes of 2008
AB 901 (Nunez-D) Los Angeles County: high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes
Authorizes a value-pricing and transit development demonstration program involving high-occupancy toll lanes to be conducted, administered, developed, and operated on State Highway Route 110 and Interstate 10 in Los Angeles county by the Los Angeles County Transportation Authority.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 931 (Ruskin-D) San Mateo County: corrections
Appropriates $149,000 to the Robert Presley Center of Crime and Justice Studies, located at the University of California, Riverside, for a study into correction alternatives in San Mateo County.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 960 (Hancock-D) Licensing restrictions: alcoholic beverages
Authorizes a county or city to provide for a reasonable amortization period and termination of, or imposition of conditions on legal nonconforming uses pursuant to, a validly enacted zoning ordinance. These provisions apply to premises that had been used in the exercise of rights and privileges conferred by the retail license at a time prior to the effective date of the zoning ordinance that are located in areas of undue concentration, as defined.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 963 (Adams-R) Golf carts
Allows, until 1/1/16, the City of La Verne to designate a highway or portion thereof for use by both golf carts and motor vehicles under specified conditions.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2008
AB 971 (Portantino-D) Housing: Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program
Establishes the Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program to assist cities, counties, and school districts to recruit and retain public employees by making affordable housing available to those employees.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 981 (Leno-D) Treasure Island Transportation Management Act
Creates the Treasure Island Transportation Management Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to impose varying tolls on motor vehicles existing and entering Treasure Island from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to fund, along with other local charges, a transportation management program for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay.
Chapter 317, Statutes of 2008
AB 983 (Ma-D) Public contracts: plans and specifications
Requires, except in design-build projects, a local public entity, before entering into any contract for a project, to provide full, complete, and accurate plans and specifications and estimates of cost, giving such direction as would enable a bidding builder or contractor to carry them out. Provides that, for purposes of a breach of warranty action based upon incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading plans and specifications, nothing in its provisions shall be construed to require a contractor to prove an affirmative or intentional misrepresentation or active concealment on the part of the local public entity that provides the plans and specifications nor construed to public entity, charter city, or charter county from raising any affirmative defensive available to it under law. Also provides that nothing in these provisions expands, restricts, or otherwise change the liability or potential liability of a design professional as set forth under current law.
Vetoed
AB 990 (Berg-D) Bodega Bay: Spud Point Marina
Modifies statutes pertaining to Sonoma (County) Spud Point Marina state loan, and codifies changes to the County's authority to operate the Marina, reflective of a settlement agreement between the County and the Department of Boating and Waterways.
Chapter 298, Statutes of 2008
AB 1003 (Jeffries-R) Caltrans: engineering and consulting services
Authorizes transportation agencies and cities within self-help counties to contract with the Department of Transportation for purposes of expediting environmental and design approvals on projects within their jurisdiction. (Self-help counties are those counties that have in place a voter-approved transportation sales tax program.)
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1004 (Parra-D) McFarland Recreation and Park District
Makes changes to the property tax revenue allocation reduction required for the McFarland Recreation and Park District related to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1036 (Keene-R) Design-build: sanitation districts and levee districts
Authorizes all levee districts, and a sanitation district in Nevada County, to enter into design-build contracts for projects in excess of $500,000, and exempts them from the labor protections common to all design-build statutes.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1037 (Feuer-D) Transit-oriented developments: zoning variances
Authorizes cities and counties that have one or more transit-oriented developments to adopt an ordinance or resolution granting certain enhancements for those developments. Authorizes a development project that includes affordable housing to transfer all or any portion of the maximum floor area ratio from that housing to a transit-oriented development.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1054 (Mullin-D) Autopsies: notification and consent
Requires coroners to make reasonable efforts, as defined, to provide specified information to persons currently authorized in statute to make anatomical gifts of all or part of a decedent's body.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1057 (Beall-D) Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program
Revises the Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program in Santa Clara County to allow the program to provide health care coverage products to the spouses, domestic partners, and eligible children of program enrollees.
Vetoed
AB 1066 (Laird-D) San Francisco Bay: development
Authorizes the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to develop regional strategies for addressing and adapting to sea level rise.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1114 (Eng-D) San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority
Creates the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund into which money, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the California Environmental Protection Agency, is deposited for allocation to the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority to fund projects that address groundwater contamination in the basin.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1117* (Benoit-R) Local government: county services areas
Extends to Riverside County the authorization for a county services area to provide open-space and habitat conservation services.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1127 (Carter-D) City of Rialto: perchlorate: drinking water standards
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to make a loan or grant to the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to assess and treat drinking water for perchlorate contamination around the City of Rialto.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1131 (Jeffries-R) Joint powers agreements: joint powers agencies: powers
Requires the agreement for a joint powers agency that is authorized to levy a general or special tax, exercise eminent domain, or make a change to or enact a regulation restricting land uses to require that at least one member of the joint powers agency directly represents any affected landowner, prior to any of these actions taking place.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1169 (DeVore-R) Redevelopment plans: approval
Requires redevelopment agencies and the legislative bodies to hold a joint public hearing to allow local residents and affected governments an opportunity to comment on specified redevelopment issues and requires that, if the agency or the legislative body and any affected government are not able to reach agreement after an initial 90-day negotiation period regarding the impact of the proposed redevelopment plan on any issue presented at the hearing, the parties select a mutually acceptable 3rd-party consultant to provide a fiscal analysis within the next 30-days. If no agreement is reached at the end of this 30-day fiscal analysis period, the parties submit to a 30-day mediation period with a mutually selected mediator, and then to binding arbitration, as specified, if no agreement is reached.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1198 (Benoit-R) Vehicles: driving under the influence: penalties
Adds a new criminal fine of $350 to any penalties imposed pursuant to state or local laws or regulations on persons convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1213 (Price-D) Local governments: housing elements
Requires the housing element of a local government's general plan, at the next update, to include floating homes in the identification of adequate sites for housing.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1221 (Ma-D) Transit village developments: infrastructure financing
Allows local officials to divert property tax increment revenues to pay for public facilities and amenities within transit village development districts.
Vetoed
AB 1228 (Solorio-D) Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act
Changes, from Los Angeles to Anaheim, the southern terminus of the initial segment of the high-speed train system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1231 (Garcia-R) Infill development: incentive grants.
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to use funds allocated from the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account to make infrastructure grants for construction or acquisition of capital assets to qualifying cities and counties. Requires grants to be used for facilitating the development of identified infill housing projects.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1240 (Benoit-R) Riverside County Transportation Commission
Authorizes Riverside County Transportation Commission, until 1/1/11, to enter into design-build contracts to construct commuter rail lines.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1254 (Caballero-D) Property tax revenue allocations
Reallocates property taxes from school districts to cities or counties to compensate them for property tax losses resulting from new tax-exempt affordable housing.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1256 (Caballero-D) Density bonus: exemption: local inclusionary ordinance
Exempts cities and counties from complying with the current density bonus requirement and the incentive and concession requirement if the local government has in effect a local inclusionary ordinance, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1257 (Caballero-D) Rural CUPA reimbursement
Expands eligibility for specified rural Certified Unified Program Agency funds to include specified counties, and clarifies allocation of such funds.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1258 (Caballero-D) Transit: smoking and passenger misconduct
Makes it an infraction punishable by a fine up to $250 to engage in passenger misconduct, including smoking, on the transportation facilities or vehicles of the Monterey Salinas Transit Joint Powers Agency.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1261 (Caballero-D) Infrastructure financing
Makes technical and clarifying changes to the statutory authorization for local governmental agencies to utilize private sector financing or contributions, public financing, and any combination thereof, to study, plan, design, construct, develop, finance, maintain, rebuild, improve, repair, or operate, or any combination thereof, fee-producing infrastructure facilities.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1263 (Caballero-D) Local agency formation commissions: statement
Clarifies the process by which local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs) may use fees or service charges to recover their costs, and allows LAFCOs and cities to use the existing expedited annexation procedures on additional specified county islands.
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2008
AB 1272 (Arambula-D) General obligation bonds: administration and oversight
Establishes a local assistance program within the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to assist small and rural communities obtain bond financing for infrastructure projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1275 (DeSaulnier-D) Domestic violence: certified copies of vital records: fees
Authorizes any county board of supervisors to increase the fees for marriage certificates, birth certificates and death records to fund domestic violence coordination efforts.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1290 (Mendoza-D) County clerks: fictitious business
Allows a county clerk, in the event that the notice of pending expiration of a fictitious business license is returned to the clerk by United States Postal Service as undeliverable, to dispose of the returned notice without delay.
Vetoed
AB 1295 (Spitzer-R) Orange and Riverside Counties: tolls
Establishes a structure for developing toll facilities, primarily toll lanes, along the Highway 91 (Riverside Freeway) and Interstate 15 (Corona Freeway) transportation corridors in Riverside County.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1303 (Smyth-R) Urban greening
Establishes a competitive grant program at the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide financial assistance to local or regional agencies for urban greening projects, using the $90 million earmark of bonds authorized by Proposition 84.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1349 (Galgiani-D) San Joaquin: corrections
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to consult with San Joaquin County regarding any proposed conversion of a facility under the Division of Adult Institutions that is used or most recently has been used for female inmates, or the transfer of any facility currently under the Division of Juvenile Facilities to the Division of Adult Institutions, for any facility or property in the possession of the department that is located within San Joaquin County.
(Died in Senate Inactive File)
AB 1358 (Leno-D) Planning: circulation element: transportation
Enacts the Complete Streets Act of 2008. Beginning 1/1/09, and no later than 1/1/14, requires the Office of Planning and Research to amend its "General Plan Guidelines" for the circulation element to specify how local officials can accommodate safe and convenient travel. Also requires, beginning 1/1/11, cities and counties, upon any substantive revision, to modify their circulation elements to plan for a balanced multimodal transportation network that meets the needs of all users of streets, roads, and highways, as defined.
Chapter 657, Statutes of 2008
AB 1366 (Portantino-D) Local planning: housing element
Makes housing element compliance and submission of the housing element progress report a threshold requirement for various housing and infrastructure grant programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Vetoed
AB 1373 (Emmerson-R) San Bernardino County: highway construction
Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments to use a design-build procurement method for highway improvements that provide access to health facilities that offer emergency medical services within San Bernardino County.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: local government
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions: (1) Establishes a process to improve the compliance of redevelopment agencies with existing law, which requires them to pass through to school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts (K-14 education agencies) a portion of their tax increment revenues from post-1993 project areas and expansions and that requires a portion of those pass-through payments to be reported by K-14 education agencies as property tax revenues for apportionment and Proposition 98 purposes. This process will identify and recover pass-through payments that redevelopment agencies failed to make to K-14 education agencies for the 2003-04 through 2007-08 fiscal years and ensure proper payments in 2008-09. The process also will ensure that the required percentage of those pass-through payments are identified as K-14 property tax revenues and offset state education costs for an estimated General Fund savings of $98 million in 2008-09. An audit by the State Controller's Office found substantial noncompliance with these requirements. (2) Produces annual open-space (Williamson Act and Farmland Security Zones) subventions to counties and cities by 10%, starting in 2008-09, resulting in an annual General Fund savings of $3.9 million. (3) Increases, for one year, the pass-throughs from redevelopment agencies to education for 2008-09 General Fund savings of $350 million.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1403 (Arambula-D) Local educational agencies: administration
Establishes the Central Valley District Improvement Program for the purpose of authorizing the county superintendents of Fresno and Tulare to assume greater responsibility for the operation, oversight, and monitoring of academic progress of school districts identified for program improvement or corrective action under provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1449 (Saldana-D) Density bonus
Revises the eligibility requirements for construction of moderate-income housing units to conform to the requirements in existing law for low- and very low income housing units, and makes changes in related provisions of existing law.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1493 (Saldana-D) Local housing program
Allocates funds from the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to make matching grants, under the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program, to cities and counties and nonprofit organizations that have local housing trusts created after 1/1/03, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1496 (Leno-D) Redevelopment: Treasure Island Development Authority
Specifies that the Treasure Island Development Authority does not need to create a project area committee for the redevelopment projects on the former Naval Station Treasure Island if specified requirements are met.
Chapter 318, Statutes of 2008
AB 1497 (Niello-R) Local government: housing elements
Requires each council of governments or delegate subregion, as applicable, to analyze the inventory of land suitable for residential development and identify the number of housing sites that are contingent upon the rezoning of agricultural lands currently subject to a Williamson Act contract, as specified, and make reductions to the housing allocations based upon the number of sites subject to a Williamson Act contract.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1510 (Plescia-R) Subdivision Map Act: exemptions
Exempts specified solar and biogas projects from the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act.
Chapter 658, Statutes of 2008
AB 1517 (Jones-D) Surplus state property: 58th Street Armory
Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the consent of the California National Guard, to lease approximately six acres of property known as the 58th Street Armory in the City of Sacramento to the Sacramento Diocese/Saint Francis High School for a period of up to 50 years.
Vetoed
Became part of AB 2026 (Villines-R), Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008.
AB 1536 (Smyth-R) Local housing: parks
Designates the Department of Parks and Recreation as the primary agency authorized to administer the housing-related park grants approved in Proposition 1C.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 1576 (Silva-R) State mandates: reimbursement procedures
Enacts recommendations of the Legislative Analyst's Office for expediting the mandate reimbursement process.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1590 (Leno-D) San Francisco: voter-approved local assessment
Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to place a measure on the ballot to impose a voter-approved local assessment, a supplemental charge to the vehicle license fee, on vehicles registered in San Francisco.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1597 (Solorio-D) Orange County Sheriff: coastline protection
Provides that the Orange County Sheriff is the sole and exclusive authority to provide security and safety for the coastlines, harbors, and inland waterways in that county.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1603 (Caballero-D) Local government: emergency services
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any prior statement of intent to not provide ambulance transportation service, any city, district, or other local government agency that currently provides paramedic service may elect to provide ambulance transportation service within its geographic jurisdiction, provided that this service complies with guidelines established by the emergency services agency for the county in which that city, district, or other local government agency is located.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1611 (Leno-D) San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation
Establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority with specified powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the authority to, among other things, coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the Bay Area region.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 1634 (Levine-D) Dogs and cats: nonspayed or unneutered: civil penalties
Enacts the California Responsible Pet Ownership Act which specifies that a person who owns a dog or cat that is not licensed (or is improperly licensed) and that has not been spayed or neutered may be cited and, if cited, must pay civil penalties. It also increases existing fines for nonspayed or unneutered dogs and cats. Requires microchipping of the animal for a second occurrence for which the owner will have to pay the cost of the microchip procedure, as specified.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1646 (DeSaulnier-D) Transactions and use taxes: counties: public health
Authorizes counties to impose a transaction and use tax at a rate of 0.25 percent, or multiple thereof, not to exceed a maximum of 1 percent if the ordinance proposing the tax is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors and a two-thirds vote of the qualified voters of the county.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1667 (La Malfa-R) County fairs: carnivals
Defines carnival workers as employees of a carnival, and defines a carnival as a company of transportable amusement rides, food and beverage units, and games that may have one or more owners and travels from place to place, in a group or separately, providing entertainment and recreation to the public.
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2008
AB 1674 (Jones-D) Counties: pilot project: in-home supportive services
Authorizes five county pilot projects to offer severely impaired recipients of in-home supportive services a choice of having services provided by a contracting agency or a public authority.
Chapter 319, Statutes of 2008
AB 1709 (Hancock-D) Local government: community facilities districts
Adds the acquisition, installation, and improvement of energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements that are permanently fixed to the types of facilities that a community facilities district may finance, or refinance, regardless of whether the buildings or property are privately or public owned.
Vetoed
AB 1724 (Jones-D) Vehicles: impoundment: illegal dumping
Authorizes local entities to enact ordinances authorizing the impoundment of a vehicle used to dump commercial quantities of waste (involving at least a cubic yard of waste) if the person whose vehicle is impounded has a prior conviction for illegal dumping, and requires that any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this bill include specified innocent owner and community property owner protections
Vetoed
AB 1753 (Hayashi-D) Antiterrorism: thermal imaging equipment
Appropriates $2.2 million from the state Antiterrorism Fund to the Office of Emergency Services to fund the thermal imaging equipment program established under existing law.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1756 (Caballero-D) Local infrastructure development: public-private partnership
Requires the Secretary of the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to create an Office of Local Public-Private Partnerships to inform local agencies and other stakeholders of the role that public-private partnerships can play in financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or managing fee-producing local infrastructure projects.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
A similar bill was AB 2278 (Caballero-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 1764 (Blakeslee-R) Land use: agricultural use
Clarifies that "agricultural commodities" produced in this state for biofuels are allowable under the Williamson Act. Expands the Williams Act's definition of "open space" to include an area enrolled in the United State Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program or Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
Chapter 136, Statutes of 2008
AB 1777* (Houston-R) Land use: subdivision maps
Extends for 24 months the expiration of previously approved subdivision maps.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1820 (Galgiani-D) Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement
Specifies that the current formula for reimbursement to a county for homicide trial costs applies only to trials for offenses committed on or after 1/1/05, and that costs for trials for offenses committed before that date shall be reimbursed according to the formula in place prior to 1/1/05.
Chapter 213, Statutes of 2008
AB 1823 (Beall-D) Local juvenile justice coordinating councils
Includes as one of the enumerated members of local juvenile justice coordinating councils the county alcohol and drug program administrator, unless the county alcohol and drug program administrator is already a member of the council by virtue of being represented by another office.
Vetoed
AB 1827 (Beall-D) Tax Equity Allocation formula: County of Santa Clara
Deletes the requirement that the auditor of Santa Clara County reduce the amount of property tax revenues allocated to the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos Hills, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga by the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund reimbursement amount, and commensurately increase the amount of property tax revenues allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1832 (Saldana-D) City of San Diego: tidelands and submerged lands
Repeals several statutes freeing former tidelands granted to the City of San Diego from public trust restrictions. Also repeals local agency authorization to grant tidelands and submerged lands to the United States.
Vetoed
AB 1833 (Anderson-R) Housing: rehabilitated, foreclosed, and distressed housing
Authorizes a redevelopment agency to expend money from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund to purchase homes that are in foreclosure and are owned by persons of low or moderate income residing within its jurisdiction. Requires that funds be expended in a manner that preserves the exemption from federal and state income taxes of interest on the bonds or notes issued by the agency under the Community Redevelopment Law.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1836 (Feuer-D) Infrastructure financing districts
Deletes, for an infrastructure financing district that finances public transit facilities, the requirement for 2/3-voter approval before local officials can form an infrastructure financing district and issue tax allocation bonds for an infrastructure financing district. Extends, for all infrastructure financing districts, the time that an infrastructure financing district can receive property tax increment revenues from 30 years to 40 years.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1849 (DeVore-R) State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Requires the sale of the state owned real property under the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena to the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1856* (Jeffries-R) Elsinore Water District
Allows the Elsinore Water District's Board of Directors to conduct its meetings at the District office, or at any publicly owned location that is within, or not more than one mile outside of, the District's boundaries.
Chapter 20, Statutes of 2008
AB 1884 (Maze-R) Joint powers agreement: Tule River Tribal Council
Permits the Tule River Tribal Council to enter into a joint powers agreement with the City of Porterville.
Vetoed
AB 1898 (Evans-D) Flood control subvention funds: Napa River
Authorizes state funding of a federally authorized flood control project in the City of St. Helena.
Chapter 632, Statutes of 2008
AB 1900 (Nava-D) Santa Barbara County Trauma Center
Extends the sunset date until 1/1/11, on provisions of law that provides funds through criminal penalty assessments for emergency medical services in Santa Barbara County.
Chapter 323, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was AB 1933 (Nava-D) which died in Assembly Local Government Committee.
AB 1903* (Hernandez-D) Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities
Reenacts and extends a sunset date for recently expired immunity provisions related to certain flood control and water conservation activities.
Chapter 633, Statutes of 2008
AB 1909* (Hayashi-D) City of Hayward: thermal powerplant
Requires the California Energy Commission to obtain approval from the local governing body if the proposed site for a powerplant is in the City of Hayward and that city has a pre-certified powerplant.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AB 1915 (Jeffries-R) State Highway Routes 49 and 74: relinquishment
Authorizes the relinquishment of a segment of State Route 74 in the cities of Perris and Lake Elsinore and State Route 49 in the City of Auburn.
Chapter 635, Statutes of 2008
AB 1923 (Anderson-R) Local correctional facilities: contraband
Prohibits any person housed in a local correctional facility from possessing any device designed or intended to open or unlatch a handcuff who is not authorized to possess that item. Provides that a violation of this offense would be a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to six months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both.
Chapter 190, Statutes of 2008
AB 1924 (Jeffries-R) Lake Elsinore Elks Lodge: charitable bingo
Provides that for the purposes of bingo games conducted by the Lake Elsinore Elks Lodge, a portion of the proceeds, not to exceed 20% of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes, or $3,000 per month, whichever is less, may be used for the rental of property and for overhead, including the purchase of bingo equipment, administrative expenses, security equipment, and security personnel.
Chapter 216, Statutes of 2008
AB 1932 (Smyth-R) Simi Valley: public cemeteries
Authorizes the City of Simi Valley to survey, lay out, dedicate, own and operate for burial purposes, or to purchase, or receive by gift or donation, five acres or more of public lands to be used as a public cemetery.
Chapter 126, Statutes of 2008
AB 1941 (Carter-D) Surplus land: disposal
Requires the state or local agency to offer to sell or lease surplus land for any purpose to all governmental entities in whose jurisdiction the land is located. Allows a local agency, housing authority, or a redevelopment agency to re-convey property that it has purchased to a for-profit developer for a development that is consistent with the redevelopment plan and general plan of the jurisdiction where the property is located.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1954 (Jeffries-R) Riverside County: high-occupancy toll lanes
Authorizes a value pricing and transit program involving high-occupancy toll lanes on State Route 15 in Riverside County.
Chapter 421, Statutes of 2008
AB 1959* (Jeffries-R) Property taxation: replicated tax payments: return
Creates a mechanism for a county tax collector to refund a replicated property tax payment to a person who is not the property owner but who has paid the property tax on the current assessment of that property.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1974 (Nava-D) City of Ventura: state property: sale or exchange
Authorizes the City of Ventura, upon approval by the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to exchange with a private party a portion of the parcel conveyed to the City of Ventura pursuant to a previously authorized surplus property transaction for all adjacent parcel of equal or greater fair market value. Also terminates the public recreational use condition and the state's right of reentry with respect to the property conveyed to the private party and applies that condition and right of reentry to the property conveyed to the City of Ventura.
Chapter 662, Statutes of 2008
AB 1981 (Huff-R) Surplus property: Chino Valley Unified School District
Authorizes the Chino Valley Unified School District to transfer specified surplus property previously acquired from the state, to the City of Chino Hills, in the County of San Bernardino, subject to certain conditions, for development of a park.
Chapter 663, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was SB 789 (Margett-R) which was vetoed.
AB 1985 (Strickland-R) Sidewalks: repairs
Repeals current laws regarding sidewalk repairs, and instead holds liable the owner of the property on which the sidewalk is located for all repairs and maintenance of the sidewalk.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1991 (Mullin-D) Subdivisions: tentative maps
Adds a new section to the Subdivision Map Act for the Beachwood and Glencree properties in the City of Half Moon Bay.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1998 (Silva-R) Local agency formation commissions
Amends the Political Reform Act to make contribution and expenditure reporting requirements related to a petition filed to support or oppose a local agency formation commission (LAFCO) proposal subject to enforcement under the Political Reform Act and requires committees formed to support or oppose a LAFCO proposal to submit monthly, rather than quarterly campaign statements until the measure is placed on the ballot.
Chapter 192, Statutes of 2008
AB 2000 (Mendoza-D) General plan: housing element
Permits a local government that exceeds its regional housing need allocation share during a planning period to count the excess units towards meeting its share in the subsequent planning period.
Vetoed
AB 2001 (Swanson-D) Local government: whistleblower hotlines
Authorizes a city, county, or city and county auditor or controller to maintain a whistleblower hotline. Requires a city county, or city and county auditor and controller who is appointed by a legislative body or government agency that is governed by the city, county, or city and county to obtain the approval of that legislative body or government agency prior to establishing the whistleblower hotline.
Chapter 325, Statutes of 2008
AB 2005 (Jeffries-R) State parks: transfer: local governments
Requires the Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR) to respond within 30 days to a request from a city, county, district, or other public agency to enter into negotiations regarding operation of a state park that is scheduled for closure due to budget constraints. Also requires DPR to provide any information requested by the city, county, district or other agency within 30 days of the request.
(Failed passage in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 2008 (Swanson-D) Oakland Unified School District: approval of charter school
Prohibits a chartering authority from approving a petition to establish a charter school within the geographic boundaries of the Oakland Unified School District, while the State Administrator continues to exercise any powers or the district has an outstanding balance on the emergency apportionment.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2011 (Cook-R) Local government: bonds
Prohibits an investment firm, or any of its employees or agents, from agreeing to have an interest in, or a financial relationship with, the outcome of the campaign for passage of a bond or from contributing to the campaign prior to the local agency entering into the financial advisory relationship.
(Failed passage in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2018 (Fuentes-D) Northeast San Fernando Valley transportation study
Requires the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and local transportation agencies to conduct a comprehensive study and survey, and cost benefit analysis, that analyzes the potential for additional transit services in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in the context of changing land use and demographic trends.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 2019 (Fuentes-D) Assisted housing developments
Gives tenants the ability to enforce the provisions of law requiring owners of assisted housing developments to give affordable housing developers and others the right to make an offer to purchase the development in order to preserve its affordability when the owner fails to renew participation in a subsidy program.
Vetoed
AB 2026* (Villines-R) 2008-09 Budget Trailer Bill: State property
Makes the changes related to the handling of state property by the Department of General Services necessary to implement the 2008-09 State Budge. Contains provisions that are similar to the following measures from the 2007-2008 legislative session: SB 455 (Denham) Salinas Valley State Prison Wastewater Treatment Plant, SB 1673 (Dutton), Omnibus Bill, AB 54 (Negrete McLeod) Omnibus Bill (2006), AB 1517 (Jones), 58th Street Armory in Sacramento, AB 2265 (Jones), Old Sacramento Historic Park.
Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was AB 21XXX (Villines-R) which died in the Assembly being unassigned to a committee.
AB 2041 (Fuentes-D) County employees' retirement: noncontributory plans
Requires, upon the death of active or former members of the noncontributory retirement plans in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties who have not yet retired, the accumulated contributions made by the member, with interest, be paid to the member's beneficiaries.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2008
AB 2069 (Jones-D) Local planning: residential development
Clarifies the definition of "lower residential density" under the no-net-loss zoning law.
Chapter 491, Statutes of 2008
AB 2093 (Jones-D) General plan: mandatory elements: climate change
Requires city and county general plans to consider climate policies to achieve the greenhouse gas emission reductions of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 2094 (DeSaulnier-D) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Adds the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to the joint policy committee coordinating the development and drafting of major planning documents for the San Francisco Bay region.
Chapter 442, Statutes of 2008
AB 2097 (Coto-D) Santa Clara County: housing
Allows a redevelopment agency in the County of Santa Clara to use tax increment funds from the Low- and Moderate-Income Fund to pay for supportive services for new permanent units occupied by persons and families with extremely low income.
Vetoed
AB 2125* (Price-D) Supplemental local law enforcement funding
Requires juvenile justice plans to also assess job training and employment in the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, as specified.
Chapter 326, Statutes of 2008
AB 2140 (Furutani-D) Los Angeles County Health Initiative: advisory committee
Renames and expands the responsibilities of the advisory committee of the Los Angeles County board of supervisors' commission to operate a local initiative for healthcare to include the provision of technology to the governing body of the commission.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2142 (Swanson-D) Oakland Airport: vehicle rental agreements
Authorizes the temporary collection of a customer facility charge on airport car rental customers at the Oakland International Airport.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2008
AB 2144 (Smyth-R) California Green Building Program
Requires the California Building Standards Commission to develop the California Green Building Program as a model program for use by local jurisdictions interested in promoting voluntary green building standards for commercial buildings that are more stringent than those adopted by the Commission.
(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 2164 (Nakanishi-R) County law libraries
Directs the commission on civil court fees, established by the Judicial Council, to review the level of funding needed to support law libraries and, by 3/1/10, requires the Judicial Council to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding funding needs, potential sources of funding and service mission and delivery models for the law libraries, as well as long-term facility needs in light of the transfer of court facilities from counties to the courts.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2165* (Karnette-D) Long Beach: tidelands/submerged land: oil reserves
Authorizes the State Lands Commission to negotiate and execute a contract with the City of Long Beach and an oil operating contractor that permits the exploration and development of additional oil reserves beneath tidelands and submerged lands of the Wilmington oil field.
Chapter 446, Statutes of 2008
AB 2169 (Cook-R) Business licenses: ice cream truck operation
Prohibits a city or county from issuing a license to operate an ice cream truck to any person required to register as a sex offender due to a conviction for a crime against a person under age 16. Requires the Sex Offender Management Board, within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to assess whether the state needs to preempt local control with respect to prohibiting licensure of persons required to register as sex offenders, and to report its findings to the Legislature and the governor by 1/1/10.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2211* (Karnette-D) State Highway Route 110
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the City of Los Angeles a segment of Interstate 110 from State Route 47 (Terminal Island Freeway) to 9th Street in the San Pedro district in the City of Los Angeles.
Chapter 669, Statutes of 2008
AB 2212 (Ruskin-D) Santa Clara Valley Water District
Changes the composition and representation of the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board effective 1/8/13.
(Died on the Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2215* (Berryhill-R) Peace officers: county custodial officers
Adds Lake, Mariposa, Calaveras, and San Benito to the list of specified counties within which deputy sheriffs assigned to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to specified custodial assignments are defined as "peace officers whose authority extends to any place in California while engaged in the performance of his/her employment."
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2008
AB 2218 (Gaines-R) Local government assessment and fee ballots
Revises the requirements for levying benefit assessments and property-related fees (Proposition 218 elections).
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2219 (Parra-D) Land use: subdivisions: water supply
Requires that the water supply assessments mandated by SB 221 (Kuehl) Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001, and SB 610 (Costa) Chapter 643, Statutes of 2001, be based on the anticipated water demand for the project, given current statutory and regulatory requirements, reduced by the water savings attributable to proposed voluntary demand management measures.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2225 (Emmerson-R) Public officers: district attorneys and city attorneys
Authorizes district attorneys and city attorneys to issue official identification to non-peace officer employees who perform legal, investigative, or prosecutorial services.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2231 (Hayashi-D) Vital records: fees
Extends the sunset date for specified counties to authorize an increase in marriage license fees from 1/1/10 to 1/1/15, and requires participating counties to submit a report to the Legislature by 7/1/14.
Vetoed
AB 2239 (Caballero-D) Fort Ord Reuse Plan
Requires all parcels within the area of Fort Ord not designated as open space in the Fort Ord Reuse Plan to be considered to have been previously developed for urban use.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 2254 (Arambula-D) Local educational agencies: administration
Provides, upon the existence of a fiscal emergency, for alternative calculations of funding for low-performing school districts, and for the authority in those districts to flexibly redirect both unrestricted and restricted fiscal resources in a discretionary manner under a broad exemption from program requirements, with specified exceptions.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 2265* (Jones-D) Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Authorizes the sale, lease, or exchange of state owned property, and property owned by the City of Sacramento, that is located in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an operating agreement with a nonprofit organization for the construction and operation of a children's museum in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park.
Vetoed
This bill's language was placed into AB 2026 (Villines-R), Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008.
AB 2269 (Fuentes-D) Local publicly owned electric utilities
Exempts the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from the requirements in the California Solar Initiative that require the monetary incentives to be allocated directly to customers who install solar energy systems on their own property to primarily serve their own demand.
Vetoed
AB 2277 (Eng-D) Property tax revenues
Backfills a current-year shortfall in property tax revenue to the California Community Colleges with state General Fund monies.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2278 (Caballero-D) Local infrastructure development: public-private partnership
Requires the Office of Planning and Research to advise and educate local agencies and other interested stakeholders about the role that public-private partnerships can play in planning, designing, constructing, and managing infrastructure projects.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was AB 1756 (Caballero-D) which failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee.
AB 2280 (Saldana-D) Density bonus
Makes a number of changes to density bonus law, as specified, to assist in resolving conflicts and differing interpretations of the law.
Chapter 454, Statutes of 2008
AB 2321 (Feuer-D) County of Los Angeles: transportation funding
Amends the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority existing authority to adopt a .5% transactions and use tax (sales tax) in Los Angeles County by eliminating outdated deadlines for specific projects and programs and extending the period in which the tax can be collected from six and one-half years to 30 years, subject to a two-thirds approval of local voters.
Chapter 302, Statutes of 2008
AB 2322 (Portantino-D) Land use planning: housing element: foster youth placement
Allows a city to reduce its regional housing need allocation by 10% if it adopts a program to actively promote and assist in the placement of foster youth in existing family-based households.
(Failed passage in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 2324 (DeSaulnier-D) City of Pittsburg: tidelands and submerged lands
Modifies the terms of a state grant of tidelands and submerged lands (trust lands) to the City of Pittsburg (Contra Costa County) provided by AB 2324 (Canciamilla), Chapter 275, Statutes of 2006.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
AB 2326 (Lieu-D) City of Torrance: State Highway Routes 1 and 107
Authorizes the relinquishment of portions of State Routes 1 and 107 to the City of Torrance.
Chapter 639, Statutes of 2008
AB 2335 (Nakanishi-R) Local Government: building permits
Combines three separate statutory provisions concerning forms, declarations, and notice to the property owner relating to the issuance of building permits into a single provision that combines and modifies the existing forms, declarations, and notice to the property owner and expands the acknowledgments property owners are required to make by requiring them to explicitly acknowledge that they understand or verify specified information.
Chapter 66, Statutes of 2008
AB 2342 (Parra-D) California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
Creates, until 1/1/20, the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley. Specifies that the purpose of the Partnership would be to coordinate and improve state and federal efforts in conjunction with local efforts to increase the living standards and economic performance of the San Joaquin Valley.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2367 (Leno-D) Infrastructure financing districts: San Francisco
Revises the special statute that controls how local officials can form, finance, and operate an infrastructure financing district along the San Francisco waterfront on land that is under the jurisdiction of the Port of San Francisco.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2405 (Arambula-D) Corrections: domestic violence: additional fee
Allows counties to authorize an additional fee of not more than $250 upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for specified crimes involving domestic violence. Directs the funds to domestic violence prevention programs that focus on assisting immigrants, refugees, and persons residing in rural communities. Allows the court to waive the assessment upon finding of inability to pay.
Chapter 241, Statutes of 2008
AB 2411 (Caballero-D) Property tax: refunds
Amends the statute of limitations for filing a claim for refund of property taxes in the case of a taxpayer who applies for a reduction in, or equalization for, an assessment and revises the method for determining the amount of interest calculated on property tax refunds resulting from a property tax roll correction.
Chapter 329, Statutes of 2008
AB 2413 (Hayashi-D) City of Hayward: State Route 238: excess real property sales
Requires the Department of Transportation to offer for sale, at fair market value, a specific parcel of land in the State Route 238 bypass corridor to the City of Hayward or a nonprofit entity for use by meal service programs.
Vetoed
AB 2427 (Eng-D) Local government: healing arts licensees
Restricts local government's ability to prohibit a healing arts licensee from engaging in any act or performing any procedure that falls within the professionally recognized scope of practice of that licensee, and would prohibit construing this provision to prohibit the enforcement of a local ordinance effective prior to 1/1/09, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2430 (Strickland-R) Local agencies: whistleblower protection
Requires a city or county auditor to investigate the report of an improper governmental activity by a local agency or local agency employee. Prohibits a local agency employee from using his/her official authority or influence to intimidate, threaten, coerce or command a person for the purpose of interfering with the investigation.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2437 (Ruskin-D) Regional water systems
Extends state oversight over San Francisco capital improvements of its Hetch Hetchy water system. Extends the sunset for the Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act from 12/31/10 to 1/1/15. Requires the City and County of San Francisco, in its annual report required by the Act, to identify any project that is behind schedule, and describe its plan and timeline for either making up the delay or adopting a revised schedule.
Chapter 99, Statutes of 2008
AB 2447 (Jones-D) Subdivision maps: denial of approval
Requires a county board of supervisors to deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, if the proposed map is in a state responsibility area or a very high fire hazard severity zone, unless they make specified findings by substantial evidence. The supervisors may approve a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, under specified conditions.
Vetoed
AB 2460 (Davis-D) Redevelopment agencies: affordable housing
Authorizes any redevelopment agency in Los Angeles County to make assistance available from its low- and moderate-income housing fund directly to a home buyer and separately defines affordable housing cost for these purposes.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 2466 (Laird-D) Local government: energy
Authorizes a local government entity to receive a credit on their electric bill for power generated from a renewable energy facility that generates more energy than is needed to serve the electrical load of governmental entity owned or controlled site where the facility is located.
Chapter 552, Statutes of 2008
AB 2472 (Laird-D) Conveyances: DeLaveaga Park
Revises the terms of a previously authorized exchange of DeLaveaga Park parcels, currently owned by the State of California and the City of Santa Cruz respectively, in accordance with the current needs of the state and city.
Vetoed
AB 2481 (Mendoza-D) LAUSD Employment Recovery Act
Establishes the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Employee Recovery Act which requires LAUSD to reimburse certificated and classified employees for any additional income taxes payable because of an overpayment error made by LAUSD, and authorizes the district to withhold an amount from salaries or expenses of the superintendent and assistant superintendents of LAUSD if the error rate of the total payroll is greater than 1%.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2484 (Caballero-D) Local government: special districts
Establishes a clear procedure and criteria for a special district to initiate, by resolution, a proposal to a local agency formation commission to increase, modify, decrease or divest itself of specified services or functions within its district service area.
Chapter 196, Statutes of 2008
AB 2510 (La Malfa-R) Local government: special districts: audits
Authorizes the use of a financial review in accordance with specified procedures if a special districts revenues and expenditures are transacted through the county's financial system and the special district's annual revenues do not exceed $150,000.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2008
AB 2512 (Adams-R) Environment: CA Environmental Quality Act
Requires the Department of Public Health to convene a working group of interested parties, as described, to advance public knowledge about pharmaceuticals in public drinking water supplies, as specified. Requires the department to post on its Internet web site links to other web sites that have relevant educational information on the proper methods of handling and disposing of pharmaceuticals.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2513 (Caballero-D) Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006
Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, when awarding grants or loans from the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006, to give additional consideration to projects within jurisdictions that met at least 75% of their share of the regional housing need in the previous planning period, as demonstrated by housing units permitted.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2514 (Eng-D) Local government: coroner
Establishes new procedures and notification requirements that must be followed prior to the reinterment of specified non-Native American human remains discovered as s result of an excavation or construction project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2520 (Walters-R) Land use: subdivision maps
Extends, by 24 months, the expiration date of any tentative subdivision map or parcel map for which a tentative map has been approved that has not expired as of the date this act becomes effective.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2554 (Mullin-D) Housing: local enforcement: relinquishment
Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall reassume responsibility for enforcing the Employee Housing Act, the Mobilehome Parks Act, and the Special Occupancy Parks Act within 90 days of receiving notice that a city or county is canceling its local enforcement, and clarifies which already-collected fees a local government must remit to the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Chapter 138, Statutes of 2008
AB 2558 (Feuer-D) Regional transportation agencies: climate protection
Authorizes a regional transportation agency, as defined, to impose, subject to voter approval within the jurisdiction of the regional transportation agency, a climate protection and system preservation fee on either motor vehicle fuel or motor vehicle registration within their jurisdictions.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2564 (Garcia-R) Irrigation districts
Prohibits certain irrigation districts from discriminating, as defined, against electrical ratepayers residing outside the district boundaries and prohibits certain irrigation districts from discriminating, as defined, against electrical ratepayers in favor of water ratepayers
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2574 (Emmerson-R) Jails: inmate welfare funds
Adds the counties of Kern, San Bernardino and Santa Clara to the eight counties currently authorized, as part of a pilot program, to permit inmate welfare fund monies to be spent assisting inmates with reentry services within 14 days of the inmate's release from jail.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2008
AB 2583 (Coto-D) Santa Clara Valley Water District
Authorize the Santa Clara Valley Water District to implement the use of annual contracts for repetitive work at unit prices, in accordance with specified provisions of public contract law, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2585 (Jeffries-R) Local government: general plan: amendments
Increases the number of times that the legislative body of a local government may amend a mandatory element of an adopted general plan to six times during any calendar year.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2588 (Charles Calderon-D) Commercial vehicle vending: local restrictions
Clarifies that the California Retail Food Code does not prohibit a local governing body from adopting requirements for the public safety regulating the type of vending and the time, place, and manner of vending from vehicles upon a street.
Chapter 139, Statutes of 2008
AB 2594 (Mullin-D) Redevelopment: affordable housing
Allows a redevelopment agency, until 1/1/13, to use non-Low and Moderate Income Housing funds to acquire, assume, or refinance loans to eligible homeowners with sub-prime or nontraditional mortgages in default or at risk of default.
Vetoed
AB 2598 (Leno-D) Residential care facilities: rent control
Authorizes local government entities to impose rent controls upon residential care facilities for the elderly.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
AB 2601 (Benoit-R) Local government finance: vehicle license fee
Prohibits the State Controller from allocating vehicle license fee revenues to any city that is declared to be a sanctuary city.
(Failed passage in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2604 (Torrico-D) Local agencies: developer fees: collection
Allows local agencies to defer the collection of developer fees up to the close of escrow, with the exception of school impact fees.
Chapter 246, Statutes of 2008
AB 2607 (Davis-D) Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filing
Establishes a pilot project which permits Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, and Stanislaus counties to permit electronic filing of a statement of economic interest in accordance with regulations adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission.
Chapter 498, Statutes of 2008
AB 2610 (Davis-D) Counties: unattended collection boxes
Provides that a local jurisdiction may implement a permitting process for unattended collection boxes, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2615* (Houston-R) City of Berkeley: U.S. Marine Corps
Withholds local streets and roads bond dollars from the City of Berkeley until the State Controller determines that the City Council has revoked and withdrawn its notice to the United States Marine Corps that it is unwelcome in the City and until the City rescinds its order granting a parking space in front of the Marine recruiting office to the group "Code Pink."
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 2646 (Leno-D) Infrastructure financing districts: San Francisco
Authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to create an infrastructure financing district that includes specified waterfront property to modify the procedures to adopt an infrastructure financing plan, and to not include projected increases in ad valorem property taxes to specified annual apportionments and allocations of these taxes.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 2654 (Laird-D) Discrimination
Conforms miscellaneous code provisions prohibiting discrimination in specific government and business operations to those characteristics already covered by the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Fair Employment and Housing Act and Government Code Section 11135, which are non-discrimination laws of general application to government operations and business establishments.
Chapter 682, Statutes of 2008
AB 2674 (Emmerson-R) Joint powers agreements: investor-owned water utilities
Authorizes an investor-owned water utility to enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2676 (Charles Calderon-D) Transient occupancy tax
Prohibits a city or county that imposes a transient occupancy tax from retroactively imposing that tax.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2679 (Ruskin-D) Solid waste: enforcement: local agencies
Makes numerous changes to strengthen and streamline enforcement provisions of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.
Chapter 500, Statutes of 2008
AB 2680 (Adams-R) Counties: water bond loans
Authorizes the State Controller to discharge the Department of Water Resources from accountability for collection of the loan issued to the Arrowhead Manor Water Company in 1980 under the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976, but only if San Bernardino County or its county service area acquires the water system financed by the loan issued to the Arrowhead Manor Water Company and pays the amount of $910,520 in complete satisfaction of that loan, on or before 1/30/09.
Chapter 643, Statutes of 2008
AB 2686 (Nava-D) Santa Ynez Valley Water District
Creates the Santa Ynez Valley Water District and spells out the new agency's boundaries, governance, powers, and procedures.
Vetoed
AB 2693 (Karnette-D) Local transportation officers
Authorizes designated local transportation officers to present an affidavit to a magistrate for the immediate seizure and removal of a passenger vehicle for hire operated in violation of local licensing requirements.
Chapter 26, Statutes of 2008
AB 2702 (Nunez-D) Los Angeles County Medical Services
Allows physicians providing services in a standby emergency department that was in existence on 1/1/07, in a hospital in Los Angeles County, to receive reimbursement from Proposition 99 (Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988) and Maddy Emergency Medical Services funds if the emergency department treats at least 18,000 patients per year and meets general, staffing, and equipment requirements of a basic emergency department.
Chapter 288, Statutes of 2008
AB 2705 (Jones-D) Local government: Mello-Roos Community Facilities Districts
Authorizes the use of Mello-Roos Community Facilities Districts to finance public transit facilities and public transit services, including, but not limited to, operational expenses and maintenance of public transit equipment.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 2723 (De La Torre-D) Local Government: water: dual piping
Allows the Department of Water Resources to spend a portion of the $90 million of Proposition 84 bond proceeds earmarked for the development of sustainable regional and local land use plans to provide grants to local agencies and special districts for the planning and development of dual water piping systems that allow delivery of recycled water for nonpotable uses at commercial, industrial and residential buildings built starting 1/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2780 (Lieu-D) Damages: lost profits
Provides that a public entity is not liable for damages for lost profits if the breach of contract is due to the enactment of a valid initiative. Specifies that its provisions are fully retroactive and apply to contracts entered into before, on, or after its effective date, and to causes of action that accrued prior to its effective date.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
AB 2789 (Blakeslee-R) Small wind energy systems
Requires cities and counties to administratively approve applications to install small wind energy systems by issuing building permits or similar nondiscretionary permits.
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 2803 (Horton-R) Payments to public agencies: court-ordered restitution
Authorizes public agencies to accept a credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer for payment of any court-ordered victim restitution.
Chapter 104, Statutes of 2008
AB 2823 (Eng-D) San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority
Amends the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act by establishing the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund in the State Treasury for the purposes of addressing groundwater contamination by means of remediation that may include treatment, if other requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2840 (Berg-D) Humboldt County: South Spit
Designates a portion of South Spit in Humboldt County as the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area, upon his retirement from legislative service.
Chapter 140, Statutes of 2008
AB 2860 (Mendoza-D) Agricultural lands: cancellation of Williamson Act
Provides that a Williamson Act contract may be cancelled if the contracted land is acquired under a federal trust, on behalf of a federally recognized tribe.
(Died in Assembly Agriculture Committee)
AB 2868 (Davis-D) Redevelopment agencies: affordable housing
Authorizes, until 1/1/13, the community redevelopment agency in Los Angeles County to expend moneys from its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund to assist home buyers with a gross income up to, and including, 150% of the area median income.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
AB 2870 (DeSaulnier-D) Land use: environmental quality
Creates the California Blueprint Implementation Council which consists of 11 members who serve three-year terms. Assigns the Council the duty of advising state regional agencies and local agencies.
(Failed passage in Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 2872 (Houston-R) Local government finance
Shifts, over a 20-year period, property taxes from schools and community college districts to county governments that currently receive less than the average share of property taxes collected within the county's boundaries.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2873 (Solorio-D) Counties: sheriffs' duties: coastlines/harbors/waterways
Provides that the Orange County Board of Supervisors may grant authorization to another law enforcement agency within the county to contract security and safety services along the county's coastlines and inland waterways so long as the same minimum standards of training as those applying to peace officers under a specific provision of the Penal Code, employed by the previous law enforcement entity on 1/1/08, are maintained.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2898 (Mullin-D) Coroners
Requires coroners or other specified individuals to make reasonable efforts to notify next of kin that parts of the body may be retained for a forensic death investigation, in accordance with specified provisions.
Vetoed
AB 2921 (Laird-D) Local government: agricultural land
Expands and clarifies statutory procedures for the Department of Conservation to identify and respond to material breaches of Williamson Act contracts, and makes adjustments to provisions of the Williamson Act dealing with contract rescissions and open space and agricultural easements.
Chapter 503, Statutes of 2008
AB 2939 (Hancock-D) Building standards: green buildings: local variances
Provides that nothing in the State Building Standards Law limits the authority of a local government to impose more restrictive building standards than the California Green Building Standards, and requires a local government, prior to imposing such standards, to make a finding that the standards are reasonably necessary to mitigate or address environmental conditions and will not unreasonably affect housing affordability.
Vetoed
AB 2948 (Leno-D) Sales at the Cow Palace: firearms
Prohibits firearms or ammunition sales on the state property known as the Cow Palace.
(Died on Senate Floor)
AB 2954 (Lieber-D) San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority
Establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority as a regional entity to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline.
Chapter 690, Statutes of 2008
AB 2963 (Gaines-R) Neighborhood electric vehicles
Extends, until 2012, a pilot project in the cities of Lincoln and Rocklin under which these cities may adopt neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plans.
Chapter 199, Statutes of 2008
AB 2992 (La Malfa-R) Resource conservation districts: CA Prompt Payment Act
Makes resource conservation districts eligible for specified late payment penalties, pursuant to the state's Prompt Payment Act, when state agencies are delinquent in making contract payments to resource conservation districts.
Vetoed
AB 2993 (Plescia-R) Metropolitan water districts: design-build
Authorizes a Metropolitan Water District, with the approval of its board of directors, to enter into design-build contracts, as defined, for the design, construction, fabrication, and installation of renewable energy projects, in accordance with specified provisions.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 3005 (Jones-D) Local Government: community development
Requires cities and counties to set lower traffic impact mitigation fees for specified transit-oriented housing developments unless the city or county makes a specified finding.
Chapter 692, Statutes of 2008
AB 3030 (Brownley-D) Local publicly owned water utility: rate cases
Authorizes an agency providing water, sewer, or refuse collection service to adopt a schedule of fees or charges for a property-related service for a period not to exceed five years.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2008
AB 3044 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) County employees' retirement
Codifies the existing practice of making payment to the ex-spouse's estate in the absence of a designated beneficiary. Clarifies that the boards of retirement in Orange and San Bernardino counties are able to pay staff attorneys and investment personnel from system assets as is permitted to other '37 Act systems. Allows a board of supervisors to require that the retirement allowance of safety members covered under both Social Security and the '37 Act "3 percent at age 50" retirement formula be computed based on a member's eligibility for federal old age and survivor's insurance coverage, as specified.
Chapter 164, Statutes of 2008
AB 3047 (Assembly Local Government Committee) Local agency formation commissions: notice requirements
Makes several minor, non-controversial changes to the laws affecting local agency formation commissions and local governments' boundaries.
Chapter 68, Statutes of 2008
AB 3048 (Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee) Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities
Makes minor technical changes to clarify code to provide conformity in the Public Utilities Code. Defines "utility," "electric service provider," "eligible renewable energy resources," "renewables portfolio standard," and "solar energy systems." Eliminates references to the Public Utilities Holding Companies Act, which was repealed by the federal Energy Act of 2005. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to publish a specific report on the costs included in rates on its web site. Includes a provision that allows a worker, either an employee of the utility or a contractor for that utility, to be exempt from certification.
Chapter 558, Statutes of 2008
AB 3076* (Huffman-D) Local emergency service programs
Requires, commencing 1/1/09, an amount equal to the sum of $2 for every $10, which would have been collected from traffic-violator school or traffic safety program fees under 2006 legislation to fund emergency medical services through an additional penalty assessment, to be deposited in the Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund (Maddy EMS Fund). Prohibits a county from being held liable for depositing such amounts into the county Maddy EMS Fund before 1/1/09.
Chapter 511, Statutes of 2008
ACA 2 (Walters-R) Eminent domain
Proposes to place before the voters of California a constitutional amendment that prohibits the use of eminent domain for purposes of economic development, increasing tax revenue, or private use. Makes other changes relative to offers of just compensation and a property owner's right to repurchase.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACA 3 (Gaines-R) Expenditure limits
Makes changes to Article XIII B of the California Constitution established by Proposition 4 (1979), as amended by Proposition 111 (1990), which provides for a constitutional limit on governmental expenditures.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
ACA 8 (De La Torre-D) Eminent domain
Proposes to place before the voters a constitutional amendment that prohibits or limits the use of eminent domain under certain circumstances.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
ACA 10 (Feuer-D) Bonded indebtedness: transportation infrastructure
Creates an additional exception to the 1% limit on ad valorem tax on real property for a city, county, or city and county to pay for bonded indebtedness, incurred to fund specified transportation infrastructure, that is approved by 55% of the voters of the city, county, or city and county, as appropriate. Also lowers from 2/3 vote to 55% the voter approval threshold to impose, extend, or increase any special tax for the purpose of paying the principal, interest, and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness incurred to fund specified transportation infrastructure.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AJR 29 (Eng-D) Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Memorializes the Legislature's support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, and urges the Congress of the United States, including all members of the California delegation, to vote in favor of passage of, and the President of the United States to sign into law, legislation that strengthens the ability of federal, state, and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2008
AJR 37 (Lieu-D) Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Memorializes the Federal Aviation Administration to engage in a collaborative process to review the safety of flight operations at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.
Resolution Chapter 127, Statutes of 2008
AJR 70 (Brownley-D) Los Angeles River
Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to support a special case review by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the determination of the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued on 6/4/08, finding sections of the Los Angeles River are traditional navigable waters, and supports any efforts of Congress to seek a review of this determination.
Resolution Chapter 152, Statutes of 2008
HR 35 (Furutani-D) Relative to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital
Urges the University of California to expedite negotiations with the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County and the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science to discuss the future management of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in the Watts/Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles County.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
Immigration Issues
SB 3 (Harman-R) Trespass: illegal immigrants
Makes it unlawful for any person who is a citizen of any country other than the United States to enter or occupy any public or private land in this state if, at the time of the commission of the offense, the person is in violation of federal law for illegally entering the United States.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 60 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver's licenses that are compliant with the federal Real ID Act within a specified timeframe.
Vetoed
SB 160 (Cedillo-D) California Dream Act
Enacts the California Dream Act by expanding eligibility for state postsecondary financial and community college fee waiver programs to include students who are exempted from paying nonresident tuition due to specified provisions of law.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1094 (Cedillo-D) Office of Immigrant Affairs
Establishes an office on immigrant affairs within the Department of Community Services and Development to support the integration and civic participation new citizens.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1301 (Cedillo-D) Student financial aid: financial aid eligibility
Requires the California State University and the California Community Colleges and requests the University of California to provide institutional financial aid to students who are exempt from nonresident tuition due to specified provisions in law, as established by AB 540 (Firebaugh), Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001.
Vetoed
SB 1566 (Ashburn-R) Criminal procedure: pleas: aliens: advisement
Requires a defendant to bring a motion to vacate judgment of a crime by aliens within 5 years of the date of the pleas and specifies findings that a court would be required to make in order to grant the motion to vacate the judgment and permit a change of plea.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 39 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to annually bill the federal government, in writing, for the full cost of incarcerating any undocumented criminal alien incarcerated in California's correctional system. Requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect data on the total number of, and percentage of undocumented inmates in all state and local correctional institutions in the state, and to publish this data on DOJ's Internet web site, on or before 7/1/09. Further requires that the data be updated and published annually on or before July 1 of each year.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 107 (Smyth-R) Unauthorized aliens: public contracts
Requires a prospective bidder for a state contract for public works, goods, or services to certify, under penalty of perjury, that it does not employ "unauthorized aliens," as defined under federal law (i.e., an individual who is neither a citizen nor national of the United States and who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or does not possess work authorization from the United States Attorney General).
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 458 (Cook-R) Undocumented criminal aliens
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, by 1/1/09, to demand in writing that the United States Attorney General take federal custody of any undocumented criminal alien incarcerated in California's correctional system, and if the federal government does not comply with the demand, then the Secretary shall annually bill the federal government for the costs of incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1081 (Garrick-R) Illegal immigration: Corrections
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to train and authorize certain DCR personnel to perform functions relating to the investigation and processing of inmates who are illegally within the United States.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1615 (Sharon Runner-R) Unauthorized aliens: state contracts
Prohibits a state agency from awarding a state contract to a bidder or contractor that knowingly hires, for employment in the United States, an "unauthorized alien," as defined in federal law.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1882 (Garrick-R) Illegal aliens: vehicles: DUI
Requires an arresting agency to notify the appropriate federal agency if the arresting agency has reason to believe a person arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is an illegal alien.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2089 (DeVore-R) Unauthorized aliens: state contracts
Prohibits state agencies from awarding any contract for the construction of a public works project, acquisition of goods and services, or information technology goods and services to a bidder or contractor that hires an unauthorized alien, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2141 (Tran-R) Foreign inmates
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to verify the immigration status of any new prisoner under the department's custody. Requires correctional officers to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the verification and any deportation process for these prisoners, and provides that correctional officers shall be trained, in cooperation with ICE, to conform with laws and regulations pertaining to immigration and customs.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2199 (Plescia-R) Aliens: Attorney General: memorandum of understanding
Directs the state Attorney General to negotiate an agreement with the federal government by which state officers and employees would be effectively deputized and loaned to the federal government to serve as federal immigration officers at state expense.
(Failed passage in the Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 2201 (Plescia-R) Unauthorized aliens: public contracts: hiring
Requires a public entity, after hiring an employee, to verify electronically the employment eligibility of that employee by using the E-Verify system, or any successor to that system. Requires a person that contracts with a public entity to verify electronically the employment eligibility of its employees in this state by using the E-Verify system, or any successor to that system.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2419 (Huff-R) Noncitizens: arrests notification requirements
Requires the arresting agency to notify the appropriate agency of the United States having change of deportation matters whenever a peace officer has reason to believe that any person arrested for a specified driving under the influence offense, may not be a citizen of the United States.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2420 (Huff-R) Immigration: arrests: policy
Provides that no law enforcement entity or any local governing body may adopt an ordinance or rule, or otherwise implement a policy, that prohibits a law enforcement officers from initiating action to discover a person's alien status or that prohibits a law enforcement officer from arresting or booking a person for entering the United States illegally.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2421 (Huff-R) Unauthorized aliens: employment
Requires the state Attorney General, county counsel, or district attorney of a county in which the board of supervisors has not appointed a county counsel, to investigate a complaint alleging that an employer has intentionally employed an unauthorized alien. If the complaint is determined to not be false, then the state Attorney General or the county counsel or district attorney of a county, as applicable, is required to notify specified local and federal entities of the unauthorized alien. Establishes as a misdemeanor the intentional filing of a false complaint that alleges an employer has intentionally employed an unauthorized alien.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 2422 (Huff-R) Undocumented felons: corrections
Requires the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement and maintain procedures to identify inmates serving terms in state prison or wards of the Division of Juvenile Facilities who are undocumented felons subject to deportation.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 2812 (Silva-R) Border security: emergencies
Adds "border security" to the list of conditions that are named in the California Emergency Services Act that may be cited to support the proclamation of a state or local emergency.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2826 (Mendoza-D) Immigration: advisory election
Calls an election for the purpose of placing before the voters of the state an advisory question asking whether the President and the Congress of the United States shall create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have worked in this country for at least 5 years, have no felony convictions, have learned to speak English, and have paid all taxes for which they are responsible.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
ACA 14 (Strickland-R) State-funded benefits
Requires, to the extent not prohibited by federal law, as a condition of eligibility, an individual 18 years of age or older to provide evidence of his/her United States citizenship or right to lawfully reside in the United States when applying for a non-emergency state-funded public benefit.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AJR 25 (Gaines-R) Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
Opposes the adoption of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that would grant illegal aliens amnesty, calls on the federal government to demonstrate their commitment to securing the borders of the United States by enforcing current laws and completing a border fence, and also calls on the federal government to adopt an immigration policy that is based on the principles of increased enforcement of labor and immigration laws.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 44 (Huff-R) Illegal immigration
Urges passage of a federal resolution proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who own permanent allegiance to the United States.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 61 (Nunez-D) Immigration
Urges the President and Vice President of the United States and the United States Congress to investigate the practices of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California, renew a commitment to immigration reform, and direct the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out its mission while upholding the dignity of the United States Constitution.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
Federal Issues
SCR 110 (Correa-D) Black April Memorial Week
Proclaims 4/23/08 through 4/30/08, as Black April Memorial Week, a special time for Californians to remember the countless lives lost during the Vietnam War era and to hope for a more humane and just life for the people of Vietnam.
Resolution Chapter 49, Statutes of 2008
SJR 1 (Migden-D) War in Iraq
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States not to escalate United States involvement in Iraq or increase troop levels, urges the President to obtain explicit approval from Congress to send more American troops to Iraq, and urges Congress to enact legislation prohibiting the President from spending taxpayer dollars on an escalation in Iraq, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SJR 4 (Wiggins-D) Klamath River salmon: Congressional relief
Expresses support for the effort in the United States Congress to provide assistance to fishing communities, businesses, and individuals to mitigate the economic losses caused by declining Klamath River fall chinook salmon.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
SJR 10 (Migden-D) National Guard: overextension
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation which prevents the overextension of the National Guard overseas in order to protect the citizens of California.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SJR 11 (Correa-D) National Children's Study
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ensure the continuation of funding for the National Children's Study, which is a longitudinal study focusing on a long-term observation of children's health as impacted by genetics and environmental conditions.
Resolution Chapter 4, Statutes of 2008
SJR 12 (Simitian-D) Elder abuse awareness stamp
Requests the President and Congress of the United States to afford the public a convenient way to contribute towards the funding of elder abuse prevention and awareness programs by authorizing the United States Postmaster General to establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail, and to issue a special postage stamp regarding elder abuse prevention and awareness.
Resolution Chapter 5, Statutes of 2008
SJR 14 (Wyland-R) Food safety: labeling
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to require labels on ingestible food products delineating the country from which the food originated.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SJR 15 (Florez-D) Telecommunications: caller identification spoofing
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007, with amendments to authorize states to enact and enforce identical or more strict legislation to protect persons from caller identification spoofing, which is the transmission of false identifying information, so that a false telephone number or identifying information is displayed to the person receiving the call.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
SJR 16 (Wyland-R) Veterans' hospitals: prescriptions
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to require the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to consider the establishment of a specified emergency prescription program, for use in United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, that is similar to the program currently used by hospitals administered by the United States Department of Defense.
Resolution Chapter 68, Statutes of 2008
SJR 17 (Alquist-D) Republic of Turkey: Ecumenical Patriarchate
Respectfully requests the Republic of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights, to cease discrimination against Ecumenical Patriarchate, to grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate appropriate ecumenical recognition, ecclesiastic succession, and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and to respect the property rights, human rights, and religious right of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2008
SJR 18 (Wyland-R) Citizenship and voting.
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to require all election and ballot information to be printed only in the English language. Also memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to amend existing federal law to prohibit a citizen of another country from becoming a citizen of the United States citizen unless he or she renounces his or her citizenship from that other country.
(Died in Senate Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments Committee)
SJR 19 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Health professionals: torture
Requests all relevant California agencies to notify California-licensed health professionals about their professional obligations under international law relating to torture and the treatment of detainees, as specified, and to also notify those professionals that those who participate in coercive or enhanced interrogation, torture, or other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment may be subject to prosecution. Requests that those health professionals report abusive interrogation practices to the appropriate authorities, as specified. Requests the United States Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency to remove all California-licensed health professionals from participating in prisoner and detainee interrogations, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 114, Statutes of 2008
SJR 20 (Migden-D) Medical marijuana
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to take specified actions relating to the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SJR 21 (Machado-D) Mortgage loans: conforming loan limit
Respectfully memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would increase the federal conforming loan limit, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
SJR 22 (Wiggins-D) California's wine industry
Requests the United States Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to withdraw the Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Number 77, relating to a Proposed Establishment of the Calistoga Viticultural Area, and Number 78, relating to a Proposed Revision of the American Viticultural Area Regulations, because they pose a threat to the state and national wine industry's ability to fairly trade domestically and internationally.
Resolution Chapter 9, Statutes of 2008
SJR 23 (Aanestad-R) Federal Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination
Urges the 110th Congress to reauthorize and fund the federal Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Resolution Chapter 61, Statutes of 2008
SJR 24 (Simitian-D) Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance
Designates April 24, 2008, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923." Also memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
Resolution Chapter 25, Statutes of 2008
SJR 25 (Negrete McLeod-D) Fibromyalgia
Urges the Congress of the United States to accelerate the federal investment in fibromyalgia research at the National Institutes of Health, to ensure adequate Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and coverage of fibromyalgia therapies, and to launch a multifaceted public awareness campaign on fibromyalgia.
Resolution Chapter 117, Statutes of 2008
SJR 27 (Kehoe-D) Federal tax credits: renewable energy technologies
Encourages the President and the Congress of the United States to provide a long-term extension of the investment and production tax credits for all renewable energy technologies.
Resolution Chapter 118, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was AJR 50 (Fuentes-D) which died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee
SJR 28 (Calderon-D) Nutrition: sodium consumption
Urges the federal Food and Drug Administration to respond to the issue of sodium consumption by reclassifying sodium as an additive and also urges the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the issue of sodium consumption by setting new food guidelines addressing the amount of sodium in foods.
Resolution Chapter 107, Statutes of 2008
SJR 29 (Ackerman-R) U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
Expresses the Legislature's recognition of and support for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
(Failed passage in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SJR 30 (Correa-D) World No Tobacco Day
Declares date 5/31/08, as World No Tobacco Day.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SJR 31 (Wiggins-D) Commercial fishing health care coverage
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Commercial Fishing Health Care Coverage Act to provide health care coverage for commercial fishing men and women.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SJR 32 (Padilla-D) Air carriers: consumer protection
Calls upon the United States Congress to approve the federal Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007 and the federal FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007, in order to secure airline passenger rights.
Resolution Chapter 69, Statutes of 2008
SJR 33 (Dutton-R) National Institute of Corrections
Memorializes the United States Congress to restore funding for the National Institute of Corrections.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SJR 34 (Scott-D) Educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to amend Title 38 of the United States Code to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces that provides education benefits similar to those provided in the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SJR 35 (Padilla-D) Broadband Internet access
Declares that the state endorses national policies to promote affordable, high-speed broadband Internet access for all, and urges Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation that will promote public programs to stimulate the build out of high-speed Internet networks, establish a national goal for universal access to high-speed Internet networks, upgrade the current definition of "high-speed" as technological capabilities and consumer adoption and demand advance, and improve data collection on high-speed broadband Internet.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SJR 1X (Battin-R) Federal health care mandate reimbursement
Memorializes the Congress and President of the United States to enact legislation that provides full reimbursement for the costs of providing federally mandated health care services to anyone, regardless of immigration status.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 119 (Blakeslee-R) Tibet
Designates March 10 as "Tibet Day," condemns the recent activities taken by the People's Republic of China against Tibet, and urges the People's Republic of China to conform with the principles of the Olympic Charter, calling for the games of the Olympics to promote a peaceful society.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 3 (Dymally-D) Low-income home energy assistance
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to increase the federal budget authorization for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to $7 billion for the 2007-08 fiscal year, and appropriate that entire amount for distribution to the states.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AJR 6 (Nava-D) Severe freezing conditions of January 2007
Memorializes the President of the United States to expeditiously declare as a federal major disaster area the portions of this state affected by severe freezing conditions and consequent frost damage that occurred in January 2007 to allow critical relief to this state's small-business owners, farmers, and workers.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 8 (Leno-D) War in Iraq
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States not to escalate United States involvement in Iraq or increase troop levels, urges the President to obtain explicit approval from Congress to send more American troops to Iraq, and urges Congress to enact legislation prohibiting the President from spending taxpayer dollars on an escalation in Iraq, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AJR 9 (Tran-R) Taiwan
Commends Taiwan on its contributions to the global community, and declares the Legislature's support of a free trade agreement with the United States that is mutually beneficial to California, the United States, and Taiwan.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 12 (Bass-D) Ethiopia
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to demand that the Ethiopian government immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and journalists and fulfill its obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and urges the California delegation in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate to support and cosponsor "The Ethiopian Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2006" in the 110th Congress.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 21 (Portantino-D) Public housing agencies
Urges each public housing agency in the state that provides housing vouchers or certificates under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include shared housing as an option for all Section 8 recipients, especially extremely low income special needs households, such as foster youth, recipients who receive assistance under the federal Supplemental Security Income program, and the elderly, in the next plan the agency submits to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Also memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation reducing the tenant's portion of the rent to 20% of monthly income for extremely low income special needs Section 8 recipients who utilize shared housing.
Resolution Chapter 126, Statutes of 2008
AJR 22 (Lieber-D) Disaster relief: Gulf Coast Civic Works Project
Memorializes each U.S. Senator and Representative from this state in the United States Congress and the President to enact legislation based on the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, a national effort to create 100,000 jobs for Gulf Coast residents to rebuild their communities.
Resolution Chapter 15, Statutes of 2008
AJR 23 (Hancock-D) No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: reauthorization
Urges the Congress of the United States to amend the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to provide states more flexibility in the implementation of the law and in the identification of schools in need of improvement in order to strategically target resources and interventions toward those schools and school districts that are most in need, to permit adequate yearly progress to accommodate a range of accountability models, and to respect parental choice. Also urges the President and the Congress of the United States to fully fund the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for the life of the Act.
Resolution Chapter 125, Statutes of 2008
AJR 24 (Evans-D) Speech
Urges the Congress of the United States to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
Resolution Chapter 119, Statutes of 2008
AJR 26 (Bass-D) United States Census: Foster Child Category
Expresses the Legislature's opposition to the decision of the United States Census Bureau to remove the foster child relationship category from the 2010 United States Census and the American Community Survey, and calls on the federal government to recognize the importance of collecting census information relating to foster children.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AJR 27 (Solorio-D) United States Postal Service
Urges the United States Postal Service to discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.
Resolution Chapter 150, Statutes of 2008
AJR 28 (Leno-D) Union representation
Requests the President of the United States and the United States Congress to enact the Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act, S. 969 and H.R. 1644, to reverse a decision by the National Labor Relations Board that effectively limits the rights of millions of workers to join unions merely because they sometimes assign tasks to coworkers.
Resolution Chapter 151, Statutes of 2008
AJR 29 (Eng-D) Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Memorializes the Legislature's support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, and urges the Congress of the United States, including all members of the California delegation, to vote in favor of passage of, and the President of the United States to sign into law, legislation that strengthens the ability of federal, state, and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2008
AJR 30 (Berg-D) Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education Research Act
Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to enact H.R. 741, the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007, which provides funding for additional prevention, education, treatment, and research efforts relating to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Resolution Chapter 6, Statutes of 2008
AJR 31 (Jones-D) Medicare Part D
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to amend the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 to require that the federal government negotiate for the lowest available prices for prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D program, eliminate a specified gap in Medicare Part D coverage, and reduce the "lifetime penalty" for late enrollment in the program. Also urges the Congress and the President of the United States to ensure that California is fully reimbursed for the costs of remedying problems with the implementation and operation of the Medicare Part D program, and to also grant California greater regulatory jurisdiction over Medicare Part D plans.
Resolution Chapter 96, Statutes of 2008
AJR 33 (Eng-D) Commemorative postage stamp: Nisei (Japanese American)
Urges the Legislature of California to encourage the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service to approve a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Nisei (Japanese American) veterans who served in the United States Army during World War II.
Resolution Chapter 3, Statutes of 2008
AJR 35 (Hayashi-D) Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to support S. 420, authored by Senator Diane Feinstein, which provides for Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats, widow of Marlin Coats who was posthumously granted the Carnegie Medal by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for bravery while attempting to save two drowning children, to obtain permanent resident status.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AJR 36 (Jones-D) Human rights: Hmong population in Laos and Thailand
Calls upon the President and the Congress of the United States to take appropriate measures to ensure that the Hmong living in Laos, Thailand, and other countries are treated and respected as human beings.
Resolution Chapter 145, Statutes of 2008
AJR 37 (Lieu-D) Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Memorializes the Federal Aviation Administration to engage in a collaborative process to review the safety of flight operations at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport, and examine the role that the airport plays in the regional aviation transportation system.
Resolution Chapter 127, Statutes of 2008
AJR 38 (Levine-D) Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007
Urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would provide competitive grants for training court reporters and closed captioners.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AJR 39 (Huffman-D) Winnemem Wintu Tribe: federal reaffirmation
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States, and the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in the United States Department of the Interior, to reaffirm that the Winnemem Wintu Tribe possesses full federal recognition and all the rights and privileges that arise from that status, excluding Indian gaming.
Resolution Chapter 128, Statutes of 2008
AJR 40 (De Leon-D) South Coast Air Basin: ozone and fine particulate matter
Memorializes the President of the United States to urge that immediate steps be taken to rectify the existing conditions related to particulate matter 2.5 exposure in the South Coast Air Basin.
Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 2008
AJR 41 (Lieu-D) Endangered species
Memorializes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt a final rule to extend the federal Endangered Species Act protections to advance certain penguin species to the next stage in the federal Endangered Species Act listing process, if that agency determines that the decision is scientifically justified, with a formal proposal to list them as threatened or endangered.
Resolution Chapter 97, Statutes of 2008
AJR 42 (Garcia-R) Domestic violence
Urges Congress to protect funding and maintain programs, laws, regulations, and policies that assist victims of domestic violence, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 129, Statutes of 2008
AJR 43 (Hayashi-D) Mental disability: voting rights
Calls on the Congress and the President of the United States to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that eligible citizens of the United States who wish to vote may only be denied the right to vote if they cannot indicate, with or without help, a specific desire to participate in the voting process.
Resolution Chapter 91, Statutes of 2008
AJR 45 (Coto-D) Mortgage loans: federal conforming/FHA mortgage loan limits
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to permanently increase the federal conforming mortgage loan limit and the FHA loan limit to the levels to which these limits were increased in the federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 81, Statutes of 2008
AJR 46 (Benoit-R) Right to keep and bear arms
Memorializes the California State Legislature's declaration of support for the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution relating to the right to keep and bear arms.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AJR 47 (Fuentes-D) Cesar E. Chavez
Urges the United States Congress and the President to establish an official federal holiday to commemorate Cesar E. Chavez on his birthday, March 31, and all Californians to celebrate Cesar E. Chavez by engaging in service, events, and actions representative of his legacy on his birthday and throughout the year.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AJR 48 (Price-D) Postsecondary education: student financial aid
Memorializes Congress and the President of the United States to ensure that low-income students continue to have the opportunity to attend institutions of higher education, to work with states to establish new student financial aid programs and to support existing programs, and to ensure that financial aid programs, including private loan programs, contain reasonable terms and conditions and do not discriminate against low-income students.
Resolution Chapter 101, Statutes of 2008
AJR 49 (Nava-D) California gray whales: assessment: protected status
Requests the United States Congress and the President of the United States to call upon the National Marine Fisheries Service to undertake an immediate and comprehensive assessment of the California gray whale, and requests the National Marine Fisheries Service to change the status of the gray whale to endangered, if the results of the comprehensive assessment or the body of scientific evidence warrants it.
Resolution Chapter 98, Statutes of 2008
AJR 50 (Fuentes-D) Federal renewable energy tax credits
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact a multi-year extension of the investment and production tax credits for renewable energy as soon as possible.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AJR 51 (Nava-D) Oil and gas: offshore drilling: leases: moratorium
Requests that the Congress of the United States continue the federal offshore oil and gas leasing moratorium for the 2009 fiscal year and beyond, and expresses opposition to certain provisions of proposed federal energy policies and legislation.
Resolution Chapter 146, Statutes of 2008
AJR 52 (Karnette-D) Commercial motor vehicles
Reaffirms California's opposition to removing the federal freeze on increases in the size or weight of commercial motor vehicles because of the impact that these increases would have on highway infrastructure, especially bridges.
Resolution Chapter 99, Statutes of 2008
AJR 53 (Huffman-D) Air resources: greenhouse gas emissions
Encourages the United States Congress and the President of the United States to support the Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008 and the Right to Clean Vehicles Act of 2008 in the 110th Congress, which would permit California and other states to implement their standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 2008
AJR 54 (Laird-D) State Children's Health Insurance Program
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to rescind the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' directive of 8/17/07, that restricts states' authority to cover children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Resolution Chapter 82, Statutes of 2008
AJR 55 (Villines-R) U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
Expresses the Legislature's recognition of and support for the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
(Refused adoption in Assembly Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee)
AJR 56 (Swanson-D) Unemployment benefits
Encourages the United States Congress to pass legislation extending federal unemployment benefits.
Resolution Chapter 83, Statutes of 2008
AJR 57 (Huffman-D) Mercury-contaminated seafood
Urges the federal Food and Drug Administration to take responsibility for, and take actions to reduce, the public's exposure to mercury in seafood by taking specified actions.
Resolution Chapter 130, Statutes of 2008
AJR 58 (Horton-R) School Medicaid services
Expresses the Legislature's opposition to one of the newly enacted federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations that would eliminate federal Medicaid reimbursements for school health-related services.
Resolution Chapter 84, Statutes of 2008
AJR 59 (Solorio-D) California subprime mortgage foreclosures
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to, among other things, require more oversight of mortgage lenders and loan servicers and increase disclosures and enforcement of mortgage laws. Urges the Congress, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to recognize the important role of states in the regulation of mortgage lending and in providing customer protections.
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)
AJR 60 (Evans-D) Speech: Shield law for journalists
Urges the Congress of the United States to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
Resolution Chapter 102, Statutes of 2008
AJR 62 (Leno-D) West Coast sea turtle protection
Requests the National Marine Fisheries Service to delay consideration of, or deny, the swordfish longline exempted fishing permit for a specified period of time. Requests the National Marine Fisheries Service to defer consideration of efforts to introduce shallow-set longline fishing off the California coast for that specified period of time.
Resolution Chapter 100, Statutes of 2008
AJR 63 (Sharon Runner-R) Qualified veterans' mortgage bonds
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would revise provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to authorize increased issuance of qualified veterans' mortgage bonds by specified states to fund home purchase and home improvement loans to specified veterans.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AJR 64 (Mullin-D) Pupil testing and secondary education
Urges the 110th Congress to recognize the importance of curriculum and instruction covering all subjects, including history/social science, science, art, music, and physical education, when Congress considers reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Also urges school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to focus on teaching the whole child in a wider curriculum and urges the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to consider and recommend alternatives for including all subjects in the state assessment and accountability system.
Resolution Chapter 147, Statutes of 2008
AJR 65 (Furutani-D) Filipino communities
Recognizes the critical role that Filipinos, and the Filipino community as a whole, have played in the social, economic, and political development of California throughout the state's history, and encourages all federal, state, and local organizations to promote the preservation of Filipino history and culture, including the preservation of Filipino communities.
Resolution Chapter 131, Statutes of 2008
AJR 66 (Brownley-D) Fishery management
Expresses the support of the California Legislature for efforts by the National Marine Fishery Service under the reauthorized federal Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to strengthen National Standard 1 fishery management guidelines under the federal act, and memorializes the Pacific Fishery Management Council to adhere to specified fishery management principles so as to protect and enhance fisheries offshore of California's special coast.
Resolution Chapter 148, Statutes of 2008
AJR 67 (Furutani-D) American Samoan United States Nationals: U.S. citizenship
Urges the President and the Vice President of the United States and the United States Congress to enact federal legislation amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan United States nationals to become United States citizens.
Resolution Chapter 149, Statutes of 2008
AJR 68 (Brownley-D) Marine mammals: sonar
Requests that the President of the United States and the United States Navy abide by the laws governing usage and effects upon the coastal regions of California and adopt the guidelines presented by the California Coastal Commission for training operations off the coast of southern California with respect to sonar usage and marine wildlife.
Resolution Chapter 150, Statutes of 2008
AJR 69 (Brownley-D) Child nutrition programs
Memorializes that the Legislature supports reauthorization of federal child nutrition programs, that the Legislature urges the President and the Congress of the United States to ensure reimbursement rates are adequate to fully fund the cost of producing a nutritious school meal relative to the cost of living in a region, and that the eligibility scale used to qualify families for free and reduced-priced meals be adjusted, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 151, Statutes of 2008
AJR 70 (Brownley-D) Los Angeles River
Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to support a special case review by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the determination of the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued on 6/4/08, finding that two sections of the Los Angeles River are traditional navigable waters, and to support any efforts of Congress to seek a review of this determination.
Resolution Chapter 152, Statutes of 2008
AJR 71 (Huffman-D) Public transportation: fuel funding
Urges the Congress of the United States to pass legislation providing public transportation systems throughout the nation with funds to purchase fuel.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 72 (Jones-D) United States Attorney General: profiling
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States not to commence development of profiles to trigger national security investigations that are based, in whole or in part, on a person's race, ethnicity, or religion.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
AJR 73 (Blakeslee-R) Cessation of military action in the Republic of Georgia
Urges an immediate and unconditional end to all military action in Georgia, recommends that steps to be taken by the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, and the Russian and Georgian governments to bring about a settlement, urges all parties involved to provide unimpeded access for humanitarian purposes, and urges the President to send the Secretary of State to Moscow to declare our unequivocal opposition to actions taken by the Russian government, as provided.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
HR 20 (Mullin-D) Dalai Lama and Tibet
Recognizes March 10 as Dalai Lama and Tibet Awareness Day to educate Californians about the teachings, leadership and contributions of the Dalai Lama, and supports the Olympic Charter and the Dalai Lama's view of the charter that discrimination of any form is inconsistent with membership of the Olympic Movement.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 24 (Portantino-D) Space Exploration Month
Designates January 2008 as Space Exploration Month. Recognizes the launch of Explorer 1 on 1/31/58, as the beginning of the country's entry into space exploration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its role in the launch and in the ongoing space exploration effort.
Adopted by the Assembly
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 3 | Harman-R Trespass: illegal immigrants | Immigration Issues |
| SB 6 | Oropeza-D Land use planning: flood control | Local Government |
| SB 26 | Simitian-D State agencies: data: ancestry or ethnic origin | Other State Government |
| SB 30 | Simitian-D Identity Information Protection Act of 2007 | Other State Government |
| SB 49 | Migden-D Local government: financial assistance: sports franchises | Local Government |
| SB 51 | Ducheny-D San Diego Health Care Connection Demonstration Project | Local Government |
| SB 60 | Cedillo-D Vehicles: driver's licenses | Immigration Issues |
| SB 61 | Runner-R Castaic Lake Water Agency | Local Government |
| SB 62 | Florez-D Tribal gaming | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 76 | Florez-D Local agencies: ethics training | Local Government |
| SB 140 | Kehoe-D State property: City of San Diego | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 149* | Hollingsworth-R Local government: freeze relief | Local Government |
| SB 157 | Wiggins-D Alcoholic beverages: winegrower's license | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 159 | Wyland-R California Prompt Payment Act | Other State Government |
| SB 160 | Cedillo-D California Dream Act | Immigration Issues |
| SB 167 | Negrete McLeod-D General plans | Local Government |
| SB 169 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 188 | Negrete McLeod-D Public finance | Local Government |
| SB 217 | Cogdill-R Political Reform Act of 1974: conflict-of-interest code | Local Government |
| SB 227 | Harman-R Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts | Local Government |
| SB 229 | Margett-R Vehicles: large or heavy loads | Local Government |
| SB 231 | Runner-R Resident contractors | Local Government |
| SB 240 | Florez-D San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District | Local Government |
| SB 242* | Torlakson-D Claims against the state | Other State Government |
| SB 270 | McClintock-R Unclaimed property | Other State Government |
| SB 274 | Dutton-R Governmental reorganization: tax functions | Other State Government |
| SB 277 | Cogdill-R Local government financing | Local Government |
| SB 297 | Romero-D Alcoholic beverages: taxation | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 300 | Corbett-D Recycling: beverage containers: San Francisco Bay area | Local Government |
| SB 301 | Romero-D Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 303 | Ducheny-D Local government: land use planning | Local Government |
| SB 324 | Migden-D Hetch Hetchy Water and Power solar generation | Local Government |
| SB 344* | Machado-D State and local governments: public finance | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 348 | Simitian-D Local government: vehicle fee: congestion/stormwater mgmt | Local Government |
| SB 351 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 360 | Negrete McLeod-D Redevelopment agencies: payments to taxing entities | Local Government |
| SB 374 | Harman-R Military service: benefits | Other State Government |
| SB 392 | Ducheny-D County employees' retirement: cost-of-living adjustments | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 393 | Margett-R Lottery Act: allocation for education | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 398* | Denham-R Emergency interim appropriations | Other State Government |
| SB 404 | Kehoe-D Parks: conveyances | Local Government |
| SB 429 | Ducheny-D Land use controls | Local Government |
| SB 436 | Vincent-D Horse racing: harness or quarter horses | Horse Racing |
| SB 440 | Florez-D California State Lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 441 | Torlakson-D State property: vending machines | Other State Government |
| SB 442 | Ackerman-R Orange County: public contracts | Local Government |
| SB 450 | Oropeza-D Alcoholic beverages: licensees: local government review | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| SB 459 | Florez-D Public cemetery districts: interment rights: use and control | Local Government |
| SB 461 | Ashburn-R Public Employees' Retirement System | Public Employees Other State Government |
| SB 462* | Torlakson-D State claims | Other State Government |
| SB 464 | Kuehl-D Rental property: public entity restrictions | Local Government |
| SB 465 | Lowenthal-D Housing: grant and loan programs | Local Government |
| SB 495* | Denham-R Rural crime: Agricultural Crime Prevention Program | Local Government |
| SB 521 | Wyland-R State Audits and Evaluations | Other State Government |
| SB 522 | Dutton-R Infill housing: incentives | Local Government |
| SB 524 | Cogdill-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 547 | Correa-D Property tax revenue allocations | Local Government |
| SB 552 | Cedillo-D Reparations fund | Other State Government |
| SB 553 | Aanestad-R State property: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 560 | Wiggins-D Horses: sale, purchase, or transfer | Horse Racing |
| SB 561* | Margett-R Horse racing: racing days | Horse Racing |
| SB 567 | Aanestad-R Counties: consolidation of offices: watermaster districts | Local Government |
| SB 579* | Wiggins-D County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 | Public Employees |
| SB 584 | Corbett-D San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program | Local Government |
| SB 600 | Scott-D State excluded employees: employee organizations | Public Employees |
| SB 605 | Alquist-D Santa Clara County: domestic violence | Local Government |
| SB 607* | Wiggins-D Winegrowers | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 608 | Wiggins-D Judges' retirement | Public Employees |
| SB 616 | Margett-R Waste discharge requirements: horse racing facilities | Horse Racing |
| SB 617 | Alquist-D Information technology: task force | Other State Government |
| SB 618 | Alquist-D State agencies: electronic records | Other State Government |
| SB 619 | Migden-D Public contracts: retention proceeds | Other State Government |
| SB 640 | Simitian-D Government tort claims: childhood sexual abuse | Local Government |
| SB 682 | Ridley-Thomas-D Neighborhood councils: open meetings | Local Government |
| SB 689 | Correa-D Public employee health benefits: vision care: annuitants | Public Employees |
| SB 695 | Wiggins-D Public employee health benefits: retirees | Public Employees |
| SB 696 | Yee-D Alcoholic beverages: lodging establishments | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 721 | Ashburn-R State agencies: succession plans | Other State Government |
| SB 728 | Kehoe-D Federal Fire Management Assistant Grant Program | Local Government |
| SB 732 | Steinberg-D Environment | Local Government |
| SB 755 | Alquist-D Public employees' retirement: postretirement death benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 760 | Migden-D State employees: deferred compensation | Public Employees |
| SB 784 | Torlakson-D State General Obligation Bond Law | Other State Government |
| SB 786 | Oropeza-D Contract for services: State Budget | Other State Government |
| SB 791 | Corbett-D State Highway Route 84 | Local Government |
| SB 792 | Florez-D Vincent-Maddy California Thoroughbred Race Cup | Horse Racing |
| SB 806 | Hollingsworth-R San Diego: fire protection districts | Local Government |
| SB 821 | Kuehl-D Land use: water supplies | Local Government |
| SB 856 | Runner-R Los Angeles County: county-designed street name signs | Local Government |
| SB 857 | Correa-D Air pollution districts | Local Government |
| SB 863 | Yee-D Parks: funding: Half Moon Bay | Local Government |
| SB 864 | Battin-R Gaming: charitable bingo: penalties | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 872 | Ackerman-R State-Local Partnership Program | Local Government |
| SB 873 | Florez-D Horseracing | Horse Racing |
| SB 881 | Runner-R Airports: Santa Paula Airport | Local Government |
| SB 887 | Calderon-D Local public water agencies | Local Government |
| SB 902 | Padilla-D County health care: funding | Local Government |
| SB 914 | Hollingsworth-R Community care facilities | Local Government |
| SB 915 | Hollingsworth-R Group homes: zoning | Local Government |
| SB 919 | Machado-D Unclaimed property | Other State Government |
| SB 934 | Lowenthal-D Housing and infrastructure zones | Local Government |
| SB 938 | Oropeza-D Local sales and use taxes | Local Government |
| SB 963 | Ridley-Thomas-D Department of Consumer Affairs: regulatory boards | Other State Government |
| SB 968 | Simitian-D Contracts | Other State Government |
| SB 971 | McClintock-R Government reorganization | Other State Government |
| SB 974 | Lowenthal-D Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation | Local Government |
| SB 978 | Harman-R Taxation: disclosure of information | Local Government |
| SB 995 | Maldonado-R Alcoholic beverages: instructions: tastings | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 996 | Florez-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 1032 | McClintock-R Disability retirement: medical examinations | Public Employees |
| SB 1060 | Ridley-Thomas-D California Science Center: Exposition Park Authority | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1061* | Senate Local Government Committee First Validating Act of 2008 | Local Government |
| SB 1062* | Senate Local Government Committee Second Validating Act of 2008 | Local Government |
| SB 1063 | Senate Local Government Committee Third Validating Act of 2008 | Local Government |
| SB 1064* | Hollingsworth-R Disaster relief | Local Government |
| SB 1093 | Wiggins-D SF Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| SB 1094 | Cedillo-D Office of Immigrant Affairs | Immigration Issues |
| SB 1106 | Cedillo-D Local planning | Local Government |
| SB 1117 | Cox-R Hot Spring Valley Water District | Local Government |
| SB 1118 | Negrete McLeod-D Airports: airport land use commissions | Local Government |
| SB 1123 | Wiggins-D Public employee benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 1124 | Senate Local Government Committee Local Government Omnibus Act of 2008 | Local Government |
| SB 1131 | Cox-R Local Agency Formation Commission: Calaveras County | Local Government |
| SB 1133 | Denham-R State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1134 | Oropeza-D Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe | Other State Government |
| SB 1146 | Cedillo-D Tax administration: disclosure of information | Local Government |
| SB 1159* | Cox-R Alcoholic beverages: possession: Truckee River | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 1183 | Wiggins-D Developmental disabilities: health services | Local Government |
| SB 1185* | Lowenthal-D Land use: subdivision maps | Local Government |
| SB 1191 | Alquist-D Local government: community service districts | Local Government |
| SB 1194* | Battin-R Clean Technology Commerce Zone | Local Government |
| SB 1196 | Runner-R Local government: coroners | Local Government |
| SB 1201 | Battin-R Tribal gaming: gaming device licenses | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 1211* | Harman-R Alcoholic beverage control: caterer's permits | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 1217 | Yee-D Board of Pilot Commissioners: pilots: fitness for duty | Other State Government |
| SB 1227 | Hollingsworth-R Disaster assistance: emergencies | Local Government |
| SB 1236 | Padilla-D Fines and forfeitures | Local Government |
| SB 1237 | Cox-R Subdivision Map Act: lot line adjustments | Local Government |
| SB 1246 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages: beer wholesalers: exterior signs | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 1258 | Lowenthal-D Building standards: graywater | Local Government |
| SB 1263 | Ashburn-R Intercity rail services: feeder buses | Local Government |
| SB 1267* | Yee-D Whistleblower protection | Public Employees |
| SB 1276 | Ashburn-R Vandalia Water District | Local Government |
| SB 1287 | Hollingsworth-R Local government: records: Riverside County | Local Government |
| SB 1293 | Negrete McLeod-D Joint exercise of powers: reporting and disclosures | Local Government |
| SB 1296 | Corbett-D Public Employment Relations Board | Public Employees |
| SB 1301 | Cedillo-D Student financial aid: financial aid eligibility | Immigration Issues |
| SB 1304 | Simitian-D Child care: County of San Mateo child care subsidy plan | Local Government |
| SB 1308* | Cox-R Disaster assistance | Local Government |
| SB 1314 | Wyland-R State Auditor: duties | Other State Government |
| SB 1316 | Correa-D Transportation facilities: tolls: Orange/Riverside Counties | Local Government |
| SB 1319 | Machado-D Unclaimed property: escheat | Other State Government |
| SB 1325 | Kuehl-D Vehicles: automated speed enforcement | Local Government |
| SB 1326 | Ducheny-D Vector control | Local Government |
| SB 1331 | Oropeza-D Governor's Budget: services contracts | Other State Government |
| SB 1335 | Negrete McLeod-D Infrastructure financing districts: City of Colton | Local Government |
| SB 1339 | Simitian-D Government tort claims: childhood sexual abuse | Local Government |
| SB 1350 | Cedillo-D Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| SB 1351 | Corbett-D Hospital districts: transfer of assets | Local Government |
| SB 1353 | Negrete McLeod-D State employees: military benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 1366 | Negrete McLeod-D State highway routes: relinquishments | Local Government |
| SB 1369 | Cedillo-D Remote caller bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1381 | Ashburn-R Local government: county sheriffs: funding | Local Government |
| SB 1396 | Cox-R Local government: recording fees | Local Government |
| SB 1400 | Simitian-D Sweepstakes | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1408 | Harman-R State property: City of Laguna Beach | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1419 | Yee-D Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones | Local Government |
| SB 1422 | Ridley-Thomas-D High-occupancy toll lanes | Local Government |
| SB 1426 | Calderon-D Recycled material | Other State Government |
| SB 1428 | Kehoe-D San Diego River Conservancy | Local Government |
| SB 1429 | Perata-D Bay Area state-owned toll bridges | Local Government |
| SB 1433 | Wyland-R Land use planning: housing element: mobilehome parks | Local Government |
| SB 1439 | Ashburn-R Tulare Lake Basin: pilot program | Local Government |
| SB 1445 | Harman-R Pupil attendance: City of La Palma | Local Government |
| SB 1453 | Maldonado-R Public cemetery districts: boards of trustees | Local Government |
| SB 1458 | Senate Local Government Committee Local government: County Service Area Law | Local Government |
| SB 1468 | Oropeza-D Local planning: schoolsites: freeways | Local Government |
| SB 1472 | Ashburn-R Public employment | Public Employees |
| SB 1473 | Calderon-D Building standards | Local Government |
| SB 1482 | Correa-D Local government: forfeiture of office | Local Government |
| SB 1483 | Ridley-Thomas-D Neighborhood councils: open meetings | Local Government |
| SB 1486 | Ducheny-D Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act | Local Government |
| SB 1494 | McClintock-R State agency web sites: information | Other State Government |
| SB 1496 | Ashburn-R Public Employees' Retirement System: member classifications | Public Employees |
| SB 1505 | Yee-D Whistleblower protection | Other State Government |
| SB 1510 | Kehoe-D San Diego County Regional Airport Authority | Local Government |
| SB 1514 | Margett-R Public employee postretirement benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 1519 | Yee-D Local governments: taxicabs | Local Government |
| SB 1520 | Kehoe-D Water quality: regional boards | Local Government |
| SB 1527* | Yee-D State property: sale | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1530 | Hollingsworth-R Office of the Governor: succession | Other State Government |
| SB 1537 | Kehoe-D Disaster assistance: 2007 southern California wildfires | Local Government |
| SB 1542 | Negrete McLeod-D CalPERS: Board of Administration | Public Employees |
| SB 1557 | Wiggins-D State Environmental Goals and Policy Report | Other State Government |
| SB 1560* | Yee-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 1561 | Steinberg-D Transit districts: prohibition orders | Local Government |
| SB 1566 | Ashburn-R Criminal procedure: pleas: aliens: advisement | Immigration Issues |
| SB 1570 | Vincent-D Tribal gaming: satellite wagering | Tribal Gaming Horse Racing |
| SB 1577 | Florez-D Airports: security checkpoint donation programs | Local Government |
| SB 1586 | Negrete McLeod-D San Bernardino County health benefits | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 1587 | Maldonado-R Subdivisions: maps: extension | Local Government |
| SB 1601 | Negrete McLeod-D Public employees | Public Employees |
| SB 1611 | Negrete McLeod-D Public employees' retirement: service credit | Public Employees |
| SB 1615 | Florez-D Attorney General: designations | Other State Government |
| SB 1616 | Florez-D Problem gambling: therapist training and treatment programs | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1626 | Steinberg-D Bingo: electronic cards | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1627 | Wiggins-D Board of Pilot Commissioners | Other State Government |
| SB 1635 | Negrete McLeod-D Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races | Horse Racing |
| SB 1642 | Yee-D Public contracts: claims | Local Government |
| SB 1659 | Maldonado-R State property | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1664 | Yee-D Gambling: regulation | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1673* | Dutton-R State property | Other State Government |
| SB 1679* | Florez-D California State Lottery: CA Higher Education Endowment Act | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1681 | Battin-R Surplus state real property | Other State Government Local Government |
| SB 1685 | Kehoe-D Regional comprehensive plan: San Diego County | Local Government |
| SB 1687 | Negrete McLeod-D State contracts: participation goals | Other State Government |
| SB 1689 | Lowenthal-D Local agencies: redevelopment | Local Government |
| SB 1695 | Florez-D Tribal gaming: casino location | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 1696 | Yee-D California Public Records Act: disclosure | Other State Government |
| SB 1697 | Florez-D Gambling licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 1699 | Wiggins-D Public contracts: health care districts: design-build | Local Government |
| SB 1718 | Perata-D Public employment: State Bargaining Unit 2 | Public Employees |
| SB 1722 | Oropeza-D Metro Green Line Construction Authority | Local Government |
| SB 1731 | Yee-D Vehicles: fees: Metropolitan Transportation Commission | Local Government |
| SB 1732 | Romero-D Local agencies | Local Government |
| SB 1758 | Yee-D State employees: memorandum of understanding | Public Employees |
| SB 1764 | Kehoe-D Disaster assistance: certification | Local Government |
| SB 1771 | Romero-D Redevelopment indebtedness | Local Government |
| SCA 1 | McClintock-R Eminent domain: condemnation proceedings | Local Government |
| SCA 5 | McClintock-R State and local government finance: taxes: voter approval | Local Government |
| SCA 6 | McClintock-R General obligation bonds: proceeds of sale | Other State Government |
| SCA 7 | Wyland-R Legislative sessions | Legislature |
| SCA 9 | Ashburn-R Legislative reform | Legislature |
| SCA 11 | McClintock-R State contracts | Other State Government |
| SCA 12 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee California State Lottery: 2008 Budget Trailer Bill | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SCA 14 | Denham-R Governor's salary | Legislature Other State Government |
| SCA 16 | Denham-R Legislature: compensation: budget process | Legislature |
| SCA 20 | Vincent-D Tribal gaming: roulette and craps | Tribal Gaming |
| SCA 23 | Maldonado-R State officer salary increases: operating deficit | Legislature Other State Government |
| SCA 25 | Florez-D California State Lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SCR 60 | Aanestad-R Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building | Other State Government |
| SCR 63 | Alquist-D Ramadan | Other State Government |
| SCR 67 | Ridley-Thomas-D Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 68 | Denham-R Conference Report: Budget Bill | Legislature |
| SCR 69 | Denham-R Legislature: Budget Bill votes | Legislature |
| SCR 70 | Scott-D California Arts Council: Arts Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 72 | Negrete McLeod-D California Girls and Women in Sports Day: February 6, 2008 | Other State Government |
| SCR 74 | Alquist-D Prefecture of Athens: sister state relationship | Other State Government |
| SCR 76 | Torlakson-D California Fitness Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 83 | Battin-R Native Americans: California Indian Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 92 | Perata-D Associated Chaplains in California State Service | Other State Government |
| SCR 93 | Cogdill-R William Saroyan Year | Other State Government |
| SCR 96 | Steinberg-D The 2008 State Scientist Day | Public Employees |
| SCR 100 | Florez-D California Letter Carriers Food Drive | Other State Government |
| SCR 103 | Cogdill-R Senator Chuck Poochigian Highway | Legislature |
| SCR 108 | Harman-R California Building Safety Week | Other State Government |
| SCR 110 | Correa-D Black April Memorial Week | Other State Government Federal Issues |
| SCR 117 | Aanestad-R Beale Air Force Base | Other State Government |
| SCR 123 | Battin-R California Hispanic Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 128 | Negrete McLeod-D California Native American Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 130 | Ridley-Thomas-D California Firefighters Memorial Day | Public Employees |
| SJR 1 | Migden-D War in Iraq | Federal Issues |
| SJR 4 | Wiggins-D Klamath River salmon: Congressional relief | Federal Issues |
| SJR 10 | Migden-D National Guard: overextension | Other State Government Federal Issues |
| SJR 11 | Correa-D National Children's Study | Federal Issues |
| SJR 12 | Simitian-D Elder abuse awareness stamp | Federal Issues |
| SJR 14 | Wyland-R Food safety: labeling | Federal Issues |
| SJR 15 | Florez-D Telecommunications: caller identification spoofing | Federal Issues |
| SJR 16 | Wyland-R Veterans' hospitals: prescriptions | Federal Issues |
| SJR 17 | Alquist-D Republic of Turkey: Ecumenical Patriarchate | Federal Issues |
| SJR 18 | Wyland-R Citizenship and voting. | Federal Issues |
| SJR 19 | Ridley-Thomas-D Health professionals: torture | Federal Issues |
| SJR 20 | Migden-D Medical marijuana | Federal Issues |
| SJR 21 | Machado-D Mortgage loans: conforming loan limit | Federal Issues |
| SJR 22 | Wiggins-D California's wine industry | Alcoholic Beverage Control Federal Issues |
| SJR 23 | Aanestad-R Federal Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination | Federal Issues |
| SJR 24 | Simitian-D Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance | Federal Issues |
| SJR 25 | Negrete McLeod-D Fibromyalgia | Federal Issues |
| SJR 27 | Kehoe-D Federal tax credits: renewable energy technologies | Federal Issues |
| SJR 28 | Calderon-D Nutrition: sodium consumption | Federal Issues |
| SJR 29 | Ackerman-R U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement | Federal Issues |
| SJR 30 | Correa-D World No Tobacco Day | Federal Issues |
| SJR 31 | Wiggins-D Commercial fishing health care coverage | Federal Issues |
| SJR 32 | Padilla-D Air carriers: consumer protection | Federal Issues |
| SJR 33 | Dutton-R National Institute of Corrections | Federal Issues |
| SJR 34 | Scott-D Educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces | Federal Issues |
| SJR 35 | Padilla-D Broadband Internet access | Federal Issues |
| SR 14 | Yee-D California Horse Racing Board | Horse Racing |
| SR 16 | Perata-D Senate Standing Committees | Legislature |
| SR 21 | Alquist-D Greek Independence Day | Other State Government |
| SR 22 | Perata-D Senate Standing Committees | Legislature |
| SR 25 | Perata-D Senate Standing Committee | Legislature |
| SR 27 | Perata-D Senate Rules Committee: members | Legislature |
| SR 28 | Florez-D Governor: Highs School Exit Exam | Legislature Other State Government |
| SR 34 | Perata-D President pro Tempore of the Senate | Legislature |
| SB 18X | Cogdill-R Employee health benefits: health savings accounts | Public Employees |
| SCR 1X | Perata-D 2007-08 First Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2X | Perata-D Final adjournment | Legislature |
| SJR 1X | Battin-R Federal health care mandate reimbursement | Federal Issues |
| SCR 1XX | Perata-D 2007-08 Second Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SB 1XXX* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Budget Act of 2007: support of counties | Local Government |
| SCR 1XXX | Perata-D 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2XXX | Perata-D Final adjournment: 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session | Legislature |
| AB 19 | DeVore-R Water quality: Santa Ana Region | Local Government |
| AB 23* | Ma-D Alcoholic Beverage Control Act: cabaret theaters | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 27 | Parra-D California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley | Local Government |
| AB 29 | Hancock-D Infill development: incentive grants | Local Government |
| AB 36 | Niello-R Public employees' retirement: fraud | Public Employees |
| AB 38 | Nava-D State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency | Other State Government |
| AB 39 | Benoit-R Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration | Immigration Issues |
| AB 41 | La Malfa-R Temperance Flat Surface Water Storage: water resources | Local Government |
| AB 59 | Soto-D California State Military Museum and Resource Center | Other State Government |
| AB 82 | Evans-D Napa County: regional housing needs | Local Government |
| AB 83 | Lieber-D Property tax administration: PARE program | Local Government |
| AB 88* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: general government | Other State Government |
| AB 91 | Garcia-R Tribal-state gaming compacts: revenue sharing | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 103* | Soto-D State military reservists: service awards | Other State Government |
| AB 107 | Smyth-R Public contracts: unauthorized aliens | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 117 | Beall-D Transportation authorities and districts: contracts | Local Government |
| AB 130* | Nakanishi-R Excluded employees: salaries and benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 132 | Garcia-R Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund: grants | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 152 | Beall-D Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| AB 158* | Torrico-D Tribal gaming: local agencies | Tribal Gaming Local Government |
| AB 163 | Mendoza-D Gambling: local ordinances | Other Gaming Legislation Local Government |
| AB 165 | Jeffries-R State government: Office of Community Initiatives | Other State Government |
| AB 186* | Maze-R Rural crime prevention | Local Government |
| AB 212* | Fuentes-D General plan: zoning change application | Local Government |
| AB 219 | Jeffries-R Disability retirement: medical examinations | Public Employees |
| AB 229 | Strickland-R Ethics in government | Other State Government |
| AB 240 | Eng-D State surplus personal property: centralized sale | Other State Government |
| AB 242 | Blakeslee-R Land use: annexation: housing | Local Government |
| AB 275 | Soto-D Public employees: retirement: industrial disability | Public Employees |
| AB 283 | Jeffries-R Fire companies: certificate of organization | Local Government |
| AB 291 | Jeffries-R Lake Elsinore: State Highway Route 74: relinquishment | Local Government |
| AB 309 | Tran-R State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension | Other State Government |
| AB 334 | Levine-D Gaming: remote caller bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 345 | Saldana-D Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking prevention | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 346 | Beall-D Alcoholic beverages: labels | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 363* | Berg-D Rural health programs | Local Government |
| AB 376 | Nava-D Public employees' retirement: airport police officers | Public Employees |
| AB 396 | Hernandez-D Bid preferences: employee health care expenditures | Other State Government |
| AB 405 | Duvall-R Redevelopment: tax increment revenues | Local Government |
| AB 406 | Galgiani-D Merced County: homicide trial costs | Local Government |
| AB 413 | Ruskin-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 419 | Lieber-D Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence | Public Employees |
| AB 444 | Hancock-D Congestion management: motor vehicle registration fees | Local Government |
| AB 451 | Garcia-R Global Positioning System Pilot Program | Local Government |
| AB 455 | Cook-R Contractors State License Board | Other State Government |
| AB 458 | Cook-R Undocumented criminal aliens | Immigration Issues |
| AB 461 | Cook-R Recovery audits | Other State Government |
| AB 479 | DeVore-R Intellectual property: study | Other State Government |
| AB 489 | Charles Calderon-D Public employment: State Bargaining Unit 19: salaries | Public Employees |
| AB 498 | Hernandez-D State contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan | Other State Government |
| AB 503 | Swanson-D Public agencies: overtime: notice | Public Employees |
| AB 523* | De La Torre-D Alcoholic beverage licenses: self-service checkouts | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 524 | Hancock-D Public employees: local agencies | Public Employees |
| AB 526 | Evans-D Excluded employees: meet and confer rights: mediation | Public Employees |
| AB 533 | Galgiani-D Local publicly owned electric utilities: cost responsibility | Local Government |
| AB 552 | Hernandez-D County employees: health insurance | Public Employees |
| AB 559 | Ruskin-D Public water systems: investigation: drinking water | Local Government |
| AB 560 | Richardson-D Gambling: licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 564 | Brownley-D Los Angeles County Flood Control District: fees and charges | Local Government |
| AB 568 | Karnette-D Port Community Advisory Committee | Local Government |
| AB 576 | Carter-D Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: animal feeding | Local Government |
| AB 579 | Swanson-D Military base recovery areas | Local Government |
| AB 581 | Salas-D Military personnel: Combat Stress Support Team Program | Other State Government |
| AB 596 | Dymally-D County employees' retirement: safety members: physicians | Public Employees |
| AB 601 | Arambula-D Sex offenders | Local Government |
| AB 602 | DeVore-R Local government: parking violations | Local Government |
| AB 640 | De La Torre-D Water replenishment districts | Local Government |
| AB 642 | Wolk-D Local agencies: design-build contracts | Local Government |
| AB 653 | Maze-R Tulare County: land use | Local Government |
| AB 654 | Maze-R Counties: contracting | Local Government |
| AB 655 | Swanson-D Public contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 669 | Parra-D City of Huron: State Highway Route 269 | Local Government |
| AB 681 | Carter-D San Bernardino County: health department | Local Government |
| AB 696 | Hernandez-D State employees: military benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 697 | Hancock-D Local government: relocation of retailers | Local Government |
| AB 700 | Lieu-D Santa Monica Airport | Local Government |
| AB 704 | Eng-D Public contracts: metropolitan water districts: design-build | Local Government |
| AB 705 | Huffman-D State Board of Equalization: conflict of interest | Other State Government |
| AB 721 | Maze-R Public records: legislative request | Legislature |
| AB 723 | DeVore-R Gambling establishments | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 727 | Maze-R Property acquisition | Other State Government |
| AB 730 | De Leon-D Protections against default: public contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 733 | Charles Calderon-D Gambling | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 746 | Krekorian-D Energy conservation: local government | Local Government |
| AB 793* | Strickland-R Property taxation: affordable housing | Local Government |
| AB 811* | Levine-D Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements | Local Government |
| AB 813* | Portantino-D Harness racing: first aid and emergency medical services | Horse Racing |
| AB 820 | Karnette-D State facilities: recycling polystyrene | Other State Government |
| AB 823 | Solorio-D Orange County: road funds | Local Government |
| AB 832 | Bass-D California Film Commission: financial assistance | Other State Government |
| AB 842 | Jones-D Regional plans: traffic reduction | Local Government |
| AB 847 | Berg-D Joint powers agreements: Yurok Tribe | Local Government |
| AB 860 | Salas-D Vehicles: additional registration fees | Local Government |
| AB 863 | Davis-D Los Angeles County: court employees | Local Government |
| AB 865 | Davis-D State agencies: live customer service agents | Other State Government |
| AB 885 | Charles Calderon-D Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Local Government |
| AB 887* | De La Torre-D State surplus property: Lynwood Armory | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 892 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: California wine | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 901 | Nunez-D Los Angeles County: high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes | Local Government |
| AB 931 | Ruskin-D San Mateo County: corrections | Local Government |
| AB 944* | Anderson-R National Guard: income tax exemption | Other State Government |
| AB 953 | Krekorian-D Public employees' health benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 960 | Hancock-D Alcoholic beverages: licensing restrictions | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| AB 963 | Adams-R Golf carts | Local Government |
| AB 971 | Portantino-D Housing: Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program | Local Government |
| AB 981 | Leno-D Treasure Island Transportation Management Act | Local Government |
| AB 982 | Price-D Alcoholic beverages: licensees: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 983 | Ma-D Services contracts: plans and specifications | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 990 | Berg-D Bodega Bay: Spud Point Marina | Local Government |
| AB 991 | Charles Calderon-D Deferred Retirement Option Program | Public Employees |
| AB 1003 | Jeffries-R Caltrans: engineering and consulting services | Local Government |
| AB 1004 | Parra-D McFarland Recreation and Park District | Local Government |
| AB 1036 | Keene-R Design-build: sanitation districts and levee districts | Local Government |
| AB 1037 | Feuer-D Transit-oriented developments: zoning variances | Local Government |
| AB 1054 | Mullin-D Autopsies: notification and consent | Local Government |
| AB 1057 | Beall-D Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program | Local Government |
| AB 1066 | Laird-D San Francisco Bay: development | Local Government |
| AB 1081 | Garrick-R Illegal immigration: Corrections | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1089 | Hernandez-D Public contracts: Sudan | Other State Government |
| AB 1114 | Eng-D San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority | Local Government |
| AB 1117* | Benoit-R Local government: county services areas | Local Government |
| AB 1127 | Carter-D City of Rialto: perchlorate: drinking water standards | Local Government |
| AB 1131 | Jeffries-R Joint powers agreements: joint powers agencies: powers | Local Government |
| AB 1169 | DeVore-R Redevelopment plans: approval | Local Government |
| AB 1170 | Krekorian-D State mandates | Other State Government |
| AB 1198 | Benoit-R Vehicles: driving under the influence: penalties | Local Government |
| AB 1213 | Price-D Local governments: housing elements | Local Government |
| AB 1221 | Ma-D Transit village developments: infrastructure financing | Local Government |
| AB 1228 | Solorio-D Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act | Local Government |
| AB 1231 | Garcia-R Infill development: incentive grants. | Local Government |
| AB 1233 | Galgiani-D State Library: homework assistance | Other State Government |
| AB 1240 | Benoit-R Riverside County Transportation Commission | Local Government |
| AB 1245 | Torrico-D Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1251 | Tran-R California State Lottery: multi-state lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1254 | Caballero-D Property tax revenue allocations | Local Government |
| AB 1256 | Caballero-D Density bonus: exemption: local inclusionary ordinance | Local Government |
| AB 1257 | Caballero-D Rural CUPA reimbursement | Local Government |
| AB 1258 | Caballero-D Transit: smoking and passenger misconduct | Local Government |
| AB 1261 | Caballero-D Infrastructure financing | Local Government |
| AB 1263 | Caballero-D Local agency formation commissions: statement | Local Government |
| AB 1265 | Cook-R Tribal gaming: grants: Department of Transportation | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1272 | Arambula-D General obligation bonds: administration and oversight | Local Government |
| AB 1275 | DeSaulnier-D Domestic violence: certified copies of vital records: fees | Local Government |
| AB 1289 | Price-D Advance deposit wagering: out-of-state providers | Horse Racing |
| AB 1290 | Mendoza-D County clerks: fictitious business | Local Government |
| AB 1295 | Spitzer-R Orange and Riverside Counties: tolls | Local Government |
| AB 1303 | Smyth-R Urban greening | Local Government |
| AB 1314 | Strickland-R Bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1336 | Bass-D Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse programs | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1345 | Plescia-R Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 1349 | Galgiani-D San Joaquin: corrections | Local Government |
| AB 1358 | Leno-D Planning: circulation element: transportation | Local Government |
| AB 1365 | Karnette-D California Arts Council: sales tax revenue | Other State Government |
| AB 1366 | Portantino-D Local planning: housing element | Local Government |
| AB 1373 | Emmerson-R San Bernardino County: highway construction | Local Government |
| AB 1377 | Nakanishi-R Employee health benefits: health savings accounts | Public Employees |
| AB 1387 | Sharon Runner-R National Guard benefits | Other State Government |
| AB 1389* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: ABC fees | Alcoholic Beverage Control Public Employees Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1403 | Arambula-D Local educational agencies: administration | Local Government |
| AB 1419 | Anderson-R Bureau of State Audits: transfer to the Controller | Other State Government |
| AB 1445 | Plescia-R Alcoholic beverages: off-sale: tied-house restrictions | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1449 | Saldana-D Density bonus | Local Government |
| AB 1479 | Mendoza-D State bodies: governance | Other State Government |
| AB 1493 | Saldana-D Local housing program | Local Government |
| AB 1496 | Leno-D Redevelopment: Treasure Island Development Authority | Local Government |
| AB 1497 | Niello-R Local government: housing elements | Local Government |
| AB 1498 | DeVore-R State-funded programs | Other State Government |
| AB 1510 | Plescia-R Subdivision Map Act: exemptions | Local Government |
| AB 1517 | Jones-D Surplus state property: 58th Street Armory | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1523* | Soto-D State employees: compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1536 | Smyth-R Local housing: parks | Local Government |
| AB 1576 | Silva-R State mandates: reimbursement procedures | Local Government |
| AB 1579 | Lieber-D Information technology goods and services: proposals | Other State Government |
| AB 1590 | Leno-D San Francisco: voter-approved local assessment | Local Government |
| AB 1596 | Price-D Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: enforcement | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1597 | Solorio-D Orange County Sheriff: coastline protection | Local Government |
| AB 1603 | Caballero-D Local government: emergency services | Local Government |
| AB 1611 | Leno-D San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation | Local Government |
| AB 1615 | Sharon Runner-R State contracts: unauthorized aliens | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 1624 | Niello-R Public employees: workers' compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1626 | Galgiani-D County employees' retirement: conformance with federal law | Public Employees |
| AB 1634 | Levine-D Dogs and cats: nonspayed or unneutered: civil penalties | Local Government |
| AB 1646 | DeSaulnier-D Transactions and use taxes: counties: public health | Local Government |
| AB 1654* | Huffman-D 2008-09 Budget Trailer Bill: lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1656 | Jones-D Personal information: security breaches | Other State Government |
| AB 1657 | Sharon Runner-R Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1667 | La Malfa-R County fairs: carnivals | Local Government |
| AB 1668 | Leno-D Information technology | Other State Government |
| AB 1674 | Jones-D Counties: pilot project: in-home supportive services | Local Government |
| AB 1690 | Villines-R Horse racing: San Mateo County | Horse Racing |
| AB 1697 | Richardson-D Tribal gaming: revenue sharing | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1709 | Hancock-D Local government: community facilities districts | Local Government |
| AB 1724 | Jones-D Vehicles: impoundment: illegal dumping | Local Government |
| AB 1740 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Tribal gaming | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1741* | Assembly Environmental Safety And Toxic Materials Committee 2008-09 State Lottery Budget Trailer Bill | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1753 | Hayashi-D Antiterrorism: thermal imaging equipment | Local Government |
| AB 1756 | Caballero-D Local infrastructure development: public-private partnership | Local Government |
| AB 1759* | DeVore-R Alcoholic beverages: lodging establishments | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1764 | Blakeslee-R Land use: agricultural use | Local Government |
| AB 1777* | Houston-R Land use: subdivision maps | Local Government |
| AB 1813 | Jeffries-R State holidays: Lincoln Day: consolidation | Other State Government |
| AB 1820 | Galgiani-D Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement | Local Government |
| AB 1823 | Beall-D Local juvenile justice coordinating councils | Local Government |
| AB 1827 | Beall-D Tax Equity Allocation formula: County of Santa Clara | Local Government |
| AB 1832 | Saldana-D City of San Diego: tidelands and submerged lands | Local Government |
| AB 1833 | Anderson-R Housing: rehabilitated, foreclosed, and distressed housing | Local Government |
| AB 1836 | Feuer-D Infrastructure financing districts | Local Government |
| AB 1838 | Huff-R State department budgets: zero-based budget pilot project | Other State Government |
| AB 1843 | Garrick-R State government: Department of Finance | Other State Government |
| AB 1844 | Hernandez-D Public employee benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 1849 | DeVore-R State surplus property: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1850 | DeVore-R Office of Public-Private Partnerships | Other State Government |
| AB 1852 | Jeffries-R Sports betting pools | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1856* | Jeffries-R Elsinore Water District | Local Government |
| AB 1858 | Jeffries-R Public employees: retirement benefits forfeiture | Public Employees |
| AB 1869 | Anderson-R State boards and commissions: reorganization | Other State Government |
| AB 1878 | Ma-D Alcoholic beverages: sales of wine | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1882 | Garrick-R Illegal aliens: vehicles: DUI | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1884 | Maze-R Joint powers agreement: Tule River Tribal Council | Local Government |
| AB 1898 | Evans-D Flood control subvention funds: Napa River | Local Government |
| AB 1900 | Nava-D Santa Barbara County Trauma Center | Local Government |
| AB 1903* | Hernandez-D Liability: flood control and water conservation facilities | Local Government |
| AB 1909* | Hayashi-D City of Hayward: thermal powerplant | Local Government |
| AB 1915 | Jeffries-R State Highway Routes 49 and 74: relinquishment | Local Government |
| AB 1917 | Dymally-D County employees' retirement: physicians and dentists | Public Employees |
| AB 1923 | Anderson-R Local correctional facilities: contraband | Local Government |
| AB 1924 | Jeffries-R Charitable bingo: overhead | Other Gaming Legislation Local Government |
| AB 1932 | Smyth-R Simi Valley: public cemeteries | Local Government |
| AB 1936 | Emmerson-R PERS: nonprofit mutual water companies | Public Employees |
| AB 1941 | Carter-D Surplus land: disposal | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1942 | Ruskin-D Public contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 1954 | Jeffries-R Riverside County: high-occupancy toll lanes | Local Government |
| AB 1959* | Jeffries-R Property taxation: replicated tax payments: return | Local Government |
| AB 1963 | Carter-D Public employees' retirement: service credit | Public Employees |
| AB 1964 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: nonprofit corporations | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1967 | Torrico-D Public employee retirement: investments | Public Employees Other State Government |
| AB 1974 | Nava-D State property: sale or exchange | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1978 | Solorio-D Public records: computer mapping systems | Other State Government |
| AB 1981 | Huff-R Surplus property: Chino Valley Unified School District | Local Government |
| AB 1985 | Strickland-R Sidewalks: repairs | Local Government |
| AB 1991 | Mullin-D Subdivisions: tentative maps | Local Government |
| AB 1997 | Hayashi-D Public employee health benefits: vision care | Public Employees |
| AB 1998 | Silva-R Local agency formation commissions | Local Government |
| AB 2000 | Mendoza-D General plan: housing element | Local Government |
| AB 2001 | Swanson-D Local government: whistleblower hotlines | Local Government |
| AB 2004 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: winegrowers: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2005 | Jeffries-R State parks: transfer: local governments | Local Government |
| AB 2008 | Swanson-D Oakland Unified School District: approval of charter school | Local Government |
| AB 2011 | Cook-R Local government: bonds | Local Government |
| AB 2017 | Garrick-R Tax refunds and lottery winnings: offsets | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 2018 | Fuentes-D Northeast San Fernando Valley transportation study | Local Government |
| AB 2019 | Fuentes-D Assisted housing developments | Local Government |
| AB 2023 | Houston-R Public employee disability benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 2024 | Houston-R Disability retirement: medical examinations | Public Employees |
| AB 2026* | Villines-R 2008-09 Budget Trailer Bill: surplus property | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 2036 | De La Torre-D Public employment: local agencies: unfair labor practices | Public Employees |
| AB 2041 | Fuentes-D County employees' retirement: noncontributory plans | Public Employees Local Government |
| AB 2043 | Spitzer-R State Capitol Park: crime victims' memorial | Other State Government |
| AB 2048 | Silva-R Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 2069 | Jones-D Local planning: residential development | Local Government |
| AB 2080 | La Malfa-R Alcoholic beverages: licensees | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2084 | Ma-D Theatrical and technical services: state property | Other State Government |
| AB 2089 | DeVore-R State contracts: unauthorized aliens | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 2090 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2093 | Jones-D General plan: mandatory elements: climate change | Local Government |
| AB 2094 | DeSaulnier-D San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission | Local Government |
| AB 2097 | Coto-D Santa Clara County: housing | Local Government |
| AB 2102 | Walters-R State employment: eligibility verification | Public Employees |
| AB 2103 | Plescia-R Horse racing: thoroughbred racing: workers' compensation. | Horse Racing |
| AB 2118 | Villines-R State agencies: administrative regulations | Other State Government |
| AB 2125* | Price-D Supplemental local law enforcement funding | Local Government |
| AB 2133 | Hancock-D State contracts: agency projects: habitat and wetlands | Other State Government |
| AB 2140 | Furutani-D Los Angeles County Health Initiative: advisory committee | Local Government |
| AB 2141 | Tran-R Foreign inmates | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2142 | Swanson-D Oakland Airport: vehicle rental agreements | Local Government |
| AB 2144 | Smyth-R California Green Building Program | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 2148 | Jeffries-R Firefighters | Public Employees |
| AB 2151 | Jones-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2155 | Garcia-R Indian gaming facilities: trespass | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 2156 | Hernandez-D Public employee benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 2164 | Nakanishi-R County law libraries | Local Government |
| AB 2165* | Karnette-D Long Beach: tidelands/submerged land: oil reserves | Local Government |
| AB 2169 | Cook-R Business licenses: ice cream truck operation | Local Government |
| AB 2171 | Cook-R State Capitol: Purple Heart Memorial | Other State Government |
| AB 2179 | Furutani-D State vehicles: air quality | Other State Government |
| AB 2184 | De Leon-D Firefighters: protective clothing and equipment | Public Employees |
| AB 2191 | Mullin-D Public employees: annuities | Public Employees |
| AB 2199 | Plescia-R Aliens: Attorney General: memorandum of understanding | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2201 | Plescia-R Public contracts | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 2202 | Caballero-D Public Employees' Retirement System | Public Employees |
| AB 2205 | Garrick-R Horse racing: racing weeks: allocations | Horse Racing |
| AB 2211* | Karnette-D State Highway Route 110 | Local Government |
| AB 2212 | Ruskin-D Santa Clara Valley Water District | Local Government |
| AB 2215* | Berryhill-R Peace officers: county custodial officers | Local Government |
| AB 2218 | Gaines-R Local government assessment and fee ballots | Local Government |
| AB 2219 | Parra-D Land use: subdivisions: water supply | Local Government |
| AB 2221 | Wolk-D Unclaimed property: escheat: notice | Other State Government |
| AB 2225 | Emmerson-R Public officers: district attorneys and city attorneys | Local Government |
| AB 2231 | Hayashi-D Vital records: fees | Local Government |
| AB 2239 | Caballero-D Fort Ord Reuse Plan | Local Government |
| AB 2250 | Sharon Runner-R Public employment: outside compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 2254 | Arambula-D Local educational agencies: administration | Local Government |
| AB 2258* | Evans-D Horse racing: license fees: shortfalls: pro rata assessment | Horse Racing |
| AB 2265* | Jones-D State property: Old Sacramento State Historic Park | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 2266 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2269 | Fuentes-D Local publicly owned electric utilities | Local Government |
| AB 2277 | Eng-D Property tax revenues | Local Government |
| AB 2278 | Caballero-D Local infrastructure development: public-private partnership | Local Government |
| AB 2280 | Saldana-D Density bonus | Local Government |
| AB 2287 | Evans-D Firefighters: benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 2293 | De Leon-D Alcoholic beverage licensees | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2294 | Plescia-R Alcoholic beverages: tied house restrictions: interior signs | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2308 | Karnette-D Public employment: disabled persons | Public Employees |
| AB 2314 | Fuentes-D Census | Other State Government |
| AB 2321 | Feuer-D County of Los Angeles: transportation funding | Local Government |
| AB 2322 | Portantino-D Land use planning: housing element: foster youth placement | Local Government |
| AB 2324 | DeSaulnier-D City of Pittsburg: tidelands and submerged lands | Local Government |
| AB 2326 | Lieu-D City of Torrance: State Highway Routes 1 and 107 | Local Government |
| AB 2335 | Nakanishi-R Local Government: building permits | Local Government |
| AB 2342 | Parra-D California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley | Local Government |
| AB 2346 | Swanson-D State employees: child care | Public Employees |
| AB 2350 | Garrick-R Employee benefits: prefunding | Public Employees |
| AB 2353 | Garcia-R Tribal gaming: local governments | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 2360 | Levine-D State contracts: healthy lifestyle benefits | Other State Government |
| AB 2362 | Keene-R State records: personal information: security breaches | Other State Government |
| AB 2367 | Leno-D Infrastructure financing districts: San Francisco | Local Government |
| AB 2397 | Aghazarian-R Alcoholic beverages: labels | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2405 | Arambula-D Corrections: domestic violence: additional fee | Local Government |
| AB 2411 | Caballero-D Property tax: refunds | Local Government |
| AB 2413 | Hayashi-D City of Hayward: State Route 238: excess real property sales | Local Government |
| AB 2419 | Huff-R Noncitizens: arrests notification requirements | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2420 | Huff-R Immigration: arrests: policy | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2421 | Huff-R Unauthorized aliens: employment | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2422 | Huff-R Undocumented felons: corrections | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2426 | Cook-R Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: brewpub | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2427 | Eng-D Local government: healing arts licensees | Local Government |
| AB 2430 | Strickland-R Local agencies: whistleblower protection | Local Government |
| AB 2437 | Ruskin-D Regional water systems | Local Government |
| AB 2447 | Jones-D Subdivision maps: denial of approval | Local Government |
| AB 2452 | Davis-D Notaries public | Other State Government |
| AB 2460 | Davis-D Redevelopment agencies: affordable housing | Local Government |
| AB 2462 | Davis-D California State Lottery Education Fund | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 2466 | Laird-D Local government: energy | Local Government |
| AB 2471 | Karnette-D Digital Arts Studio Partnership and Workforce Program Act | Other State Government |
| AB 2472 | Laird-D Conveyances: DeLaveaga Park | Local Government |
| AB 2481 | Mendoza-D LAUSD Employment Recovery Act | Local Government |
| AB 2484 | Caballero-D Local government: special districts | Local Government |
| AB 2490 | Jeffries-R Governmental reorganization | Other State Government |
| AB 2508 | Carter-D California State Military Museum and Resource Center | Other State Government |
| AB 2510 | La Malfa-R Local government: special districts: audits | Local Government |
| AB 2512 | Adams-R Environment: CA Environmental Quality Act | Local Government |
| AB 2513 | Caballero-D Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 | Local Government |
| AB 2514 | Eng-D Local government: coroner | Local Government |
| AB 2520 | Walters-R Land use: subdivision maps | Local Government |
| AB 2524 | Benoit-R California Gambling Control Commission: employees | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 2526 | Berryhill-R County employee retirement: boards | Public Employees |
| AB 2529 | Wolk-D Building standards: access | Other State Government |
| AB 2539 | Strickland-R State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension | Other State Government |
| AB 2554 | Mullin-D Housing: local enforcement: relinquishment | Local Government |
| AB 2558 | Feuer-D Regional transportation agencies: climate protection | Local Government |
| AB 2564 | Garcia-R Irrigation districts | Local Government |
| AB 2567 | Leno-D Harvey Milk Day: official designation | Other State Government |
| AB 2574 | Emmerson-R Jails: inmate welfare funds | Local Government |
| AB 2583 | Coto-D Santa Clara Valley Water District | Local Government |
| AB 2585 | Jeffries-R Local government: general plan: amendments | Local Government |
| AB 2588 | Charles Calderon-D Commercial vehicle vending: local restrictions | Local Government |
| AB 2589 | Solorio-D Public agencies: health care coverage | Other State Government |
| AB 2594 | Mullin-D Redevelopment: affordable housing | Local Government |
| AB 2595 | Laird-D Public records: unlawful possession | Other State Government |
| AB 2597* | Leno-D State claims | Other State Government |
| AB 2598 | Leno-D Residential care facilities: rent control | Local Government |
| AB 2600 | Niello-R State government: infrastructure | Other State Government |
| AB 2601 | Benoit-R Local government finance: vehicle license fee | Local Government |
| AB 2603 | Eng-D Public contracts: information technology: reports | Other State Government |
| AB 2604 | Torrico-D Local agencies: developer fees: collection | Local Government |
| AB 2607 | Davis-D Political Reform Act of 1974: electronic filing | Local Government |
| AB 2610 | Davis-D Counties: unattended collection boxes | Local Government |
| AB 2613 | Plescia-R Alcoholic beverages: instructions: tastings | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2615* | Houston-R City of Berkeley: U.S. Marine Corps | Local Government |
| AB 2626 | Jeffries-R Volunteer firefighters: health benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 2627 | Mendoza-D Gambling regulation | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 2634 | Torrico-D Public holidays: election day | Other State Government |
| AB 2635 | Beall-D State employment: individuals with severe disabilities | Public Employees |
| AB 2642 | Niello-R Unclaimed property | Other State Government |
| AB 2646 | Leno-D Infrastructure financing districts: San Francisco | Local Government |
| AB 2654 | Laird-D Discrimination | Local Government |
| AB 2665 | Garrick-R Horse racing: licenses | Horse Racing |
| AB 2666 | Plescia-R County employees' retirement: board of retirement employees | Public Employees |
| AB 2673 | Feuer-D County employees' retirement: death benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 2674 | Emmerson-R Joint powers agreements: investor-owned water utilities | Local Government |
| AB 2676 | Charles Calderon-D Transient occupancy tax | Local Government |
| AB 2677 | Krekorian-D Genocide: investments: profiting from genocide | Public Employees Other State Government |
| AB 2679 | Ruskin-D Solid waste: enforcement: local agencies | Local Government |
| AB 2680 | Adams-R Counties: water bond loans | Local Government |
| AB 2686 | Nava-D Santa Ynez Valley Water District | Local Government |
| AB 2693 | Karnette-D Local transportation officers | Local Government |
| AB 2699 | Furutani-D Public employees: collective bargaining | Public Employees |
| AB 2702 | Nunez-D Los Angeles County Medical Services | Local Government |
| AB 2705 | Jones-D Local government: Mello-Roos Community Facilities Districts | Local Government |
| AB 2709 | Walters-R Department of Finance: state budget: Internet database | Other State Government |
| AB 2713 | Krekorian-D Alcoholic beverages: illegal imports | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2723 | De La Torre-D Local Government: water: dual piping | Local Government |
| AB 2728 | Karnette-D Arts Council: funding | Other State Government |
| AB 2753 | Solorio-D State employees: social workers | Public Employees |
| AB 2754 | Bass-D Public safety personnel: MRSA skin infections | Public Employees |
| AB 2773 | Price-D Small Business Procurement and Contract Act | Other State Government |
| AB 2778 | Mendoza-D Public contracts | Other State Government |
| AB 2780 | Lieu-D Damages: lost profits entities | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 2789 | Blakeslee-R Small wind energy systems | Local Government |
| AB 2796 | Nava-D Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry | Other State Government |
| AB 2797 | De La Torre-D State contracting: small business preference | Other State Government |
| AB 2801 | Carter-D Conflict of interest: settlements | Public Employees Other State Government |
| AB 2803 | Horton-R Payments to public agencies: court-ordered restitution | Local Government |
| AB 2812 | Silva-R Emergencies: border security | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 2820 | Huffman-D Alcoholic beverage containers: retail sales | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2823 | Eng-D San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority | Local Government |
| AB 2826 | Mendoza-D Immigration: advisory election | Immigration Issues |
| AB 2838 | Duvall-R State employment: serious illness | Public Employees |
| AB 2840 | Berg-D Humboldt County: South Spit | Legislature Local Government |
| AB 2852 | Villines-R Government practices | Public Employees |
| AB 2860 | Mendoza-D Agricultural lands: cancellation of Williamson Act | Local Government |
| AB 2868 | Davis-D Redevelopment agencies: affordable housing | Local Government |
| AB 2870 | DeSaulnier-D Land use: environmental quality | Local Government |
| AB 2871 | Tran-R Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission | Other State Government |
| AB 2872 | Houston-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| AB 2873 | Solorio-D Counties: sheriffs' duties: coastlines/harbors/waterways | Local Government |
| AB 2893 | Hancock-D Alcoholic beverages: license transfers: conditions | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 2898 | Mullin-D Coroners | Local Government |
| AB 2908 | Furutani-D State contracts: bids | Other State Government |
| AB 2916 | Nunez-D State buildings: energy efficiency measures | Other State Government |
| AB 2921 | Laird-D Local government: agricultural land | Local Government |
| AB 2939 | Hancock-D Building standards: green buildings: local variances | Local Government |
| AB 2940 | De Leon-D Retirement: California Employee Savings Program | Public Employees |
| AB 2948 | Leno-D Sales at the Cow Palace: firearms | Local Government |
| AB 2954 | Lieber-D San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority | Local Government |
| AB 2963 | Gaines-R Neighborhood electric vehicles | Local Government |
| AB 2992 | La Malfa-R Resource conservation districts: CA Prompt Payment Act | Local Government |
| AB 2993 | Plescia-R Metropolitan water districts: design-build | Local Government |
| AB 3005 | Jones-D Local Government: community development | Local Government |
| AB 3020 | Salas-D State Contract Act: definition: department | Other State Government |
| AB 3024 | Duvall-R Payment bonds: public works | Other State Government |
| AB 3030 | Brownley-D Local publicly owned water utility: rate cases | Local Government |
| AB 3037 | Eng-D Boards and commissions | Other State Government |
| AB 3041 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee Public Employees' Retirement Law | Public Employees |
| AB 3042 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee Civil service | Public Employees |
| AB 3043* | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee Public employees | Public Employees |
| AB 3044 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee County employees' retirement | Public Employees Local Government |
| AB 3047 | Assembly Local Government Committee Local agency formation commissions: notice requirements | Local Government |
| AB 3048 | Assembly Utilities And Commerce Committee Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities | Local Government |
| AB 3065 | Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee Public employment: veterans | Public Employees |
| AB 3071 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 3072* | Price-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 3073 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 3074 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 3076* | Huffman-D Local emergency service programs | Local Government |
| ACA 1 | Nunez-D Legislative reform | Legislature |
| ACA 2 | Walters-R Eminent domain | Local Government |
| ACA 3 | Gaines-R Expenditure limits | Local Government |
| ACA 7 | Keene-R Legislative Sessions | Legislature |
| ACA 8 | De La Torre-D Eminent domain | Other State Government Local Government |
| ACA 10 | Feuer-D Bonded indebtedness: transportation infrastructure | Local Government |
| ACA 14 | Strickland-R State-funded benefits | Immigration Issues |
| ACA 17 | Jeffries-R Meetings of the Legislature | Legislature |
| ACR 61 | Lieber-D Joint Committee on Homelessness in California | Legislature |
| ACR 65 | Arambula-D Red Ribbon Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 77 | Coto-D 60th anniversary of Mendez v. Westminster | Other State Government |
| ACR 81 | Price-D Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 83 | Ruskin-D California Holocaust Memorial Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 84 | Eng-D Lunar New Year 4706 Celebration | Other State Government |
| ACR 85 | Jones-D Arts Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 86 | Hayashi-D Korean-American Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 87 | Hayashi-D Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy | Legislature |
| ACR 89 | Arambula-D Cesar Chavez Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 94 | Bass-D Black History Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 95 | Nakanishi-R Day of Remembrance | Other State Government |
| ACR 97 | Parra-D Allensworth: centennial celebration | Other State Government |
| ACR 100 | Villines-R California Museum Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 104 | Davis-D Public Service Recognition Week | Public Employees Other State Government |
| ACR 109 | Mendoza-D Read Across America Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 112 | Dymally-D Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia | Legislature |
| ACR 113 | Niello-R Financial literacy education | Other State Government |
| ACR 119 | Blakeslee-R Tibet | Federal Issues |
| ACR 122 | Blakeslee-R Nimmo Memorial Highway | Legislature |
| ACR 123 | Fuentes-D Decennial census | Other State Government |
| ACR 126 | Dymally-D Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins | Legislature |
| ACR 130 | Coto-D Cinco de Mayo Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 134 | DeSaulnier-D Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment | Legislature |
| ACR 135 | Tran-R Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 143 | Garcia-R California Hispanic Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 146 | Solorio-D California-Mexico Project | Other State Government |
| ACR 149 | Keene-R Firefighters | Public Employees |
| ACR 154 | Laird-D Archival institutions: archival month | Other State Government |
| ACR 158 | Smyth-R State Volunteer Month | Other State Government |
| AJR 3 | Dymally-D Low-income home energy assistance | Federal Issues |
| AJR 6 | Nava-D Severe freezing conditions of January 2007 | Federal Issues |
| AJR 8 | Leno-D War in Iraq | Federal Issues |
| AJR 9 | Tran-R Taiwan | Federal Issues |
| AJR 12 | Bass-D Ethiopia | Federal Issues |
| AJR 21 | Portantino-D Public housing agencies | Federal Issues |
| AJR 22 | Lieber-D Disaster relief: Gulf Coast Civic Works Project | Federal Issues |
| AJR 23 | Hancock-D No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: reauthorization | Federal Issues |
| AJR 24 | Evans-D Speech | Federal Issues |
| AJR 25 | Gaines-R Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 | Immigration Issues |
| AJR 26 | Bass-D United States Census: Foster Child Category | Federal Issues |
| AJR 27 | Solorio-D United States Postal Service | Federal Issues |
| AJR 28 | Leno-D Union representation | Federal Issues |
| AJR 29 | Eng-D Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act | Local Government Federal Issues |
| AJR 30 | Berg-D Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education Research Act | Federal Issues |
| AJR 31 | Jones-D Medicare Part D | Federal Issues |
| AJR 33 | Eng-D Commemorative postage stamp: Nisei (Japanese American) | Federal Issues |
| AJR 35 | Hayashi-D Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats | Federal Issues |
| AJR 36 | Jones-D Human rights: Hmong population in Laos and Thailand | Federal Issues |
| AJR 37 | Lieu-D Santa Monica Municipal Airport | Local Government Federal Issues |
| AJR 38 | Levine-D Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007 | Federal Issues |
| AJR 39 | Huffman-D Winnemem Wintu Tribe: federal reaffirmation | Federal Issues |
| AJR 40 | De Leon-D South Coast Air Basin: ozone and fine particulate matter | Federal Issues |
| AJR 41 | Lieu-D Endangered species | Federal Issues |
| AJR 42 | Garcia-R Domestic violence | Federal Issues |
| AJR 43 | Hayashi-D Mental disability: voting rights | Federal Issues |
| AJR 44 | Huff-R Illegal immigration | Immigration Issues |
| AJR 45 | Coto-D Mortgage loans: federal conforming/FHA mortgage loan limits | Federal Issues |
| AJR 46 | Benoit-R Right to keep and bear arms | Federal Issues |
| AJR 47 | Fuentes-D Cesar E. Chavez | Federal Issues |
| AJR 48 | Price-D Postsecondary education: student financial aid | Federal Issues |
| AJR 49 | Nava-D California gray whales: assessment: protected status | Federal Issues |
| AJR 50 | Fuentes-D Federal renewable energy tax credits | Federal Issues |
| AJR 51 | Nava-D Oil and gas: offshore drilling: leases: moratorium | Federal Issues |
| AJR 52 | Karnette-D Commercial motor vehicles | Federal Issues |
| AJR 53 | Huffman-D Air resources: greenhouse gas emissions | Federal Issues |
| AJR 54 | Laird-D State Children's Health Insurance Program | Federal Issues |
| AJR 55 | Villines-R U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement | Federal Issues |
| AJR 56 | Swanson-D Unemployment benefits | Federal Issues |
| AJR 57 | Huffman-D Mercury-contaminated seafood | Federal Issues |
| AJR 58 | Horton-R School Medicaid services | Federal Issues |
| AJR 59 | Solorio-D California subprime mortgage foreclosures | Federal Issues |
| AJR 60 | Evans-D Speech: Shield law for journalists | Federal Issues |
| AJR 61 | Nunez-D Immigration | Immigration Issues |
| AJR 62 | Leno-D West Coast sea turtle protection | Federal Issues |
| AJR 63 | Sharon Runner-R Qualified veterans' mortgage bonds | Federal Issues |
| AJR 64 | Mullin-D Pupil testing and secondary education | Federal Issues |
| AJR 65 | Furutani-D Filipino communities | Federal Issues |
| AJR 66 | Brownley-D Fishery management | Federal Issues |
| AJR 67 | Furutani-D American Samoan United States Nationals: U.S. citizenship | Federal Issues |
| AJR 68 | Brownley-D Marine mammals: sonar | Federal Issues |
| AJR 69 | Brownley-D Child nutrition programs | Federal Issues |
| AJR 70 | Brownley-D Los Angeles River | Local Government Federal Issues |
| AJR 71 | Huffman-D Public transportation: fuel funding | Federal Issues |
| AJR 72 | Jones-D United States Attorney General: profiling | Federal Issues |
| AJR 73 | Blakeslee-R Cessation of military action in the Republic of Georgia | Federal Issues |
| HR 19 | Dymally-D Augustus (Gus) Hawkins | Legislature |
| HR 20 | Mullin-D Dalai Lama and Tibet | Federal Issues |
| HR 23 | Garrick-R Ronald Reagan Day | Other State Government |
| HR 24 | Portantino-D Space Exploration Month | Federal Issues |
| HR 25 | Aghazarian-R Greek Independence Day | Other State Government |
| HR 28 | Nunez-D Arthur Ohnimus Collection. | Legislature |
| HR 29 | DeVore-R Anniversary of the United States Army Reserve | Other State Government |
| HR 31 | Villines-R Relative to the 4th of July | Other State Government |
| HR 34 | Aghazarian-R Nonpartisan legislative elections | Legislature |
| HR 35 | Furutani-D Relative to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital | Local Government |
| AB 3XXX* | Assembly Budget Committee 2007 Budget Act: state government reductions | Other State Government |
| AB 8XXX* | Assembly Budget Committee State mandates: 2007-08 Budget | Other State Government |