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Legislature
In the 2006 General Election, the following were newly elected to the State Senate: Assemblymember Ron Calderon, Assemblymember Dan Cogdill, former Assemblymember Ellen Corbett, former Assemblymember Lou Correa, Assemblymember Gloria Negrete McLeod, Assemblymember Jenny Oropeza, Los Angeles City Councilmember Alex Padilla, Assemblymember Mark Ridley-Thomas, former Assemblymember Darrell Steinberg, former Assemblymember Pat Wiggins, Assemblymember Mark Wyland, and Assemblymember Leland Yee. Senators Sam Aanestad, Roy Ashburn, Gilbert Cedillo, Jeff Denham, Denise Moreno Ducheny, Dean Florez, Dennis Hollingsworth, and Gloria Romero were re-elected.
The following Senators were elected to leadership positions: Don Perata, Senate Pro Tempore; Gloria Romero, Majority Leader; Carole Migden, Caucus Chair; Alex Padilla, Majority Whip; Gilbert Cedillo and Alex Padilla, Democratic members of Senate Rules Committee; Richard Ackerman, Minority Leader; George Runner, Republican Caucus Chair; Dave Cogdill, Minority Whip; and Robert Dutton and Roy Ashburn, Republican members of Senate Rules Committee.
The following persons were newly elected to the State Assembly in 2006:
Anthony Adams (R)#Cathleen Galgiani (D)
Richard Alarcon (D)#Martin Garrick (R)
Joel Anderson (R)#Mary Hayashi (D)
Jim Beall, Jr. (D)#Ed Hernandez (D)
Tom Berryhill (R)#Joel Huffman (D)
Julia Brownley (D)#Kevin Jeffries (R)
Anna Caballero (D)#Paul Krekorian (D)
Charles Calderon (D)#Fiona Ma (D)
Wilmer Amina Carter (D)#Tony Mendoza (D)
Paul Cook (R)#Anthony Portantino (D)
Mike Davis (D)#Laura Richardson
Hector De La Torre (D)#Curren Price (D)
Kevin de Leon (D)#Mary Salas (D)
Mark DeSaulnier (D)#Jim Silva (R)
Mike Feuer (D)#Cameron Smyth (R)
Jean Fuller (R)#Jose Solorio (D)
Ted Gaines (R)#Sandre Swanson (D)
Former State Senator/Assemblymember Charles Calderon returned to the Assembly, and State Senators Nell Soto and Richard Alarcon ran successfully for the State Assembly.
The Assembly leadership for 2006 included Fabian Nunez, Speaker of the Assembly; Sally Lieber, Speaker Pro Tempore; Laura Richardson, Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore; Karen Bass, Majority Floor Leader; Kevin de Leon, Assistant Majority Leader; Fiona Ma, Majority Whip; Mary Hayashi, Assistant Majority Whip; Noreen Evans, Democratic Caucus Chair; Albert Torrico, Director of Majority Affairs; Hector de la Torre, Rules Chair; 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.
During the year, Assemblymember Richard Alarcon was elected to the Los Angeles City Council to replace Alex Padilla. Felipe Fuentes was elected to replace Assemblymember Richard Alarcon in a special election.
Congressmember Juanita Millender-McDonald passed away during the year and a special election was held for her seat. Assemblymember Laura Richardson and State Senator Jenny Oropeza ran against each other in a special election to fill McDonald's seat, and Assemblymember Richardson won the special election.
The February 5, 2008, Presidential Primary has an initiative limiting a legislator's term in office by reducing the total amount of time a person may serve in the State Legislature from 14 years to 12 years. It allows a person to serve a total of 12 years either in the Assembly, Senate, or a combination of both. Lastly, it provides a transition period to allow current members to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which they are currently serving, regardless of any prior service in another house.
SB 221 (Runner-R) Legislators' Retirement System: compensation
Requires that the retirement allowance for certain statewide officials who become members of the Legislators' Retirement System, on or after 1/1/08, be based on the highest average salary for 12 months of consecutive service.
Chapter 74, Statutes of 2007
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.
(At Assembly Desk)
SCR 1 (Scott-D) Joint Rules
Adopts the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session.
Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2007
SCR 2 (Perata-D) Legislative Counsel of California
Designates Diane F. Boyer-Vine as the Legislative Counsel of California.
Resolution Chapter 1, Statutes of 2007
SCR 39 (Torlakson-D) Legislature: physical fitness and wellness program
Encourages members of the Legislature to increase public awareness about the benefits of exercise and physical fitness by hosting events in their districts that encourage physical fitness, and increase participation in activities that promote physical and mental health and a nutritious and well-balanced diet.
Resolution Chapter 62, Statutes of 2007
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.
(At Assembly Desk)
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.
(At Assembly Desk)
SR 1 (McClintock-R) Holdover Senators
Provides that the holdover Senators take their seats, and that each Senator-elect proceed to the Bar of the Senate and take his/her oath of office on the certificate furnished by the Secretary of State.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 2 (Romero-D) Election of officers
Provides that Senator Don Perata be elected President pro Tempore of the Senate, that Gregory P. Schmidt be elected Secretary of the Senate, and that Tony Beard, Jr. be elected Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 4 (Ackerman-R) Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2007-08 Session
Implements the Standing Rules of the State Senate for the 2007-08 Session.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 5 (Migden-D) Notifying the Governor of the organization of the Senate
Informs the Governor that the Senate is duly organized for the 2007-08 Regular Session and is ready to receive any communication he may have to make to the Senate.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 6 (Oropeza-D) Notifying the Assembly of the organization of the Senate
Notifies the Assembly that the Senate is duly organized for the 2007-08 Regular Session and is ready to proceed with the business of the state.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 7 (Perata-D) Senate Rules Committee: membership
Elects the following Senators to the Senate Rules Committee: Ray Ashburn (Vice Chairman), Gilbert Cedillo, Alex Padilla, and Robert Dutton.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 8 (Perata-D) Senate Standing Rules
Amends Senate Rule 12 (Standing Committees), 29.3 (measures amended from the Senate Floor) and 29.10 (re-referral of bills), in order to reflect the changes that the Senate Rules Committee had adopted concerning these areas.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 13 (Perata-D) Senate Rules: standing committees
Amends the Senate Rules concerning standing committees regarding the jurisdictions of the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee and the Senate Health Committee.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 16 (Perata-D) Senate Rule 12: 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
AB 721 (Maze-R) Public records: legislative requests
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1070 (Cook-R) Approval of contracts
Requires all contracts executed by the Legislature to be approved by the Department of General Services, and establishes a "low-bid" contracting process for public works contracts let by the Legislature.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1135 (Strickland-R) State government: reports: declarations
Requires written reports submitted to the Legislature, or executive body, to include a signed statement by the head of the agency or department that the contents of the report are true, accurate, and complete, to the best of his/her knowledge.
Vetoed
AB 1568 (Berg-D) Wesley Chesbro Coastal Trail
Designates the portion of the Ma-le'l Dunes in Humboldt County that is part of the California Coastal Trail as the Senator Wesley Chesbro Coastal Trail.
Chapter 548, Statutes of 2007
ACA 7 (Keene-R) Revised biennial session
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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
HR 1 (De La Torre-D) Standing Rules of the Assembly: 2007-08 Regular Session
Adopts the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session which govern the operations of the State Assembly.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 2 (Nunez-D) Election of Assembly officers: 2007-08 Regular Session
Designates the officers of the State Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session: E. Dotson Wilson, Chief Clerk; Ronald E. Pane, Chief Sergeant at Arms; Father Constantine C. Pappademos, Chaplain; Reverend Ivan L. Williams, Sr., Alternate Chaplain.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 3 (De La Torre-D) Organization of the Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session
Provides that during organizational recess, no bill shall be placed on the Desk for introduction except by a person designated by the author in writing. The designation shall be filed with the Chief Clerk. Authorizes the Chief Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms to receive from the State Controller all warrants for the payment of Members, officers, and attaches of the Assembly. Specifies that the Chief Clerk shall provide copies of the Assembly Weekly Histories to the Legislative Counsel, Governor, Attorney General, and accredited newspaper representatives.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 12 (Mullin-D) Louis J. Papan
Recognizes the passing of former State Assemblymember Louis J. Papan.
Adopted by the Assembly
Alcoholic Beverage Control
SB 108 (Wiggins-D) Alcoholic beverages: winegrower's license
Modifies an existing provision of law that allows wine orders to be taken at wine tasting events held by specified nonprofit organizations to include three additional types of nonprofit organizations: civic leagues, social organizations, and voluntary employees' beneficiary associations.
Chapter 246, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Government Organizational 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 (BOE) that the county will administer its tax on its own behalf or that it will contract with the BOE 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.
(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.
(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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 520 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Alcoholic beverages: containers: licensees
Provides a narrow tied-house exception allowing certain alcohol manufacturers and distributors to sponsor events or purchase advertising space from a live entertainment company that has its principal place of business in the County of Los Angeles. Prohibits junk dealers or recyclers from purchasing or receiving aluminum beer kegs with marks indicating ownership, unless the kegs are being provided directly by the owner.
Chapter 349, Statutes of 2007
SB 574 (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.
Chapter 350, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 762 (Cox-R) Alcoholic beverages: licenses
Adds a new section to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act which authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to issue 10 new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in the County of Mono.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 87 (Blakeslee-R) Alcoholic beverages: California county wine
Requires that any wine labeled with a viticultural area appellation of origin, established pursuant to federal law, that is located entirely within the current "Paso Robles" American Viticultural Area bear the designation "Paso Robles" on the label in conjunction with the area designation of wine. Exempts labels that bear a designation of an appellation that includes the name "Paso Robles," in order to avoid redundancy, and provides that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control may suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates these requirements.
Chapter 674, Statutes of 2007
AB 323* (Evans-D) Alcoholic beverage licensees: wine
Makes modifications to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to enable custom crush wine producers (boutique wineries) to donate and pour their wine at wine-tasting events conducted by nonprofit organizations.
Chapter 131, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 346 (Beall-D) Alcoholic beverages: labels
Adds a new section of law to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to regulate the labeling of certain alcoholic beverage containers that may be visually confusing or mistaken by consumers to be nonalcoholic beverage products.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 663 (Galgiani-D) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Extends an existing "tied-house" exception pertaining to the general prohibition against advertising arrangements between retail, wholesale, and manufacturer licensees to include an outdoor professional sports facility with a fixed seating capacity of at least 4,200 (Banner Island Ballpark--home of the Stockton Ports Class A baseball team) located in San Joaquin County.
Chapter 745, Statutes of 2007
AB 776* (Aghazarian-R) Alcoholic beverages: advertising
Creates a new tied-house exception for the owners of the California Cougars indoor soccer team that plays at the Stockton Arena in San Joaquin County.
Chapter 221, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 951* (Jones-D) Alcoholic beverages: Lower American River
Prohibits possession of alcoholic beverages, whether open or closed, on non-motorized vessels along the American River between the Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue bridges during Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day. Requires Sacramento County to provide notice on the land portion along the American River between Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue that a violation is punishable as an infraction during these holidays.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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).
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1569 (Mendoza-D) Alcoholic beverages: unlicensed sales
Removes beer from an existing provision of law that allows for alcoholic beverages that have been involved in a fire, wreck, or catastrophe to be labeled as damaged merchandise and then sold to licensees after being granted authorization to be sold from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1598 (Price-D) Alcoholic beverages: places of consumption
Creates a new exception to the existing prohibition against the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a public school to enable culinary arts programs at a campus of a California community college to buy, use, sell, or consume wine or beer only in connection with a sponsored dinner, course of instruction, or meal demonstration.
Chapter 149, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1658 (Sharon Runner-R) Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking
Increases the fines for trying to purchase alcohol by persons under 21 years of age and manufacturing of false identification cards and licenses.
Chapter 743, Statutes of 2007
AB 1739 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Alcoholic beverages
Makes substantive, clarifying, and technical changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act relative to the use of minors as decoys. Includes extending an existing "tied-house" exception pertaining to the general prohibition against advertising arrangements between retail, wholesale, and manufacturer licensees so that alcoholic beverage manufacturers may purchase advertising from on-sale retail licensees in order to promote "safe ride home programs" at specified stadiums and arenas. Contains double-jointing language to avoid chaptering out AB 139 (Bass), Chapter 158, Statutes of 2007, and AB 1658 (Runner), Chapter 743, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 744, Statutes of 2007
Similar to SB 351 (Negrete McLeod) which is on the Assembly Inactive File.
ACR 38 (Evans-D) Vintners Hall of Fame
Congratulates the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone on the occasion of the establishment of its Vintners Hall of Fame and first annual induction ceremony, and commends its inaugural recipients for their efforts to serve as the voice of the California wine industry and for their contributions to the wine regions throughout the State of California.
Resolution Chapter 40, Statutes of 2007
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 (IGRSTF) 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 IGRSTF covering any deficiency.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 106 (Wiggins-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the tribal-state gaming compact entered into on 8/29/06 between the State of California and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited in the General Fund, and specifies that in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 37, Statutes of 2007
SB 174 (Ducheny-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact concluded on 8/29/06 between the State of California and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
Chapter 38, Statutes of 2007
SB 175 (Ducheny-D) Tribal gaming: compact ratification
Ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact concluded on 8/30/06 between the State of California and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
Chapter 39, Statutes of 2005
SB 903 (Padilla-D) Gaming compact ratification
Ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into on 8/28/06 between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited in the General Fund, and specifies that in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 40, Statutes of 2007
SB 941 (Padilla-D) Tribal-State Gaming Compact
Ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact executed on 8/28/06 between the State of California and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited in the General Fund, and specifies that in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 226, Statutes of 2007
SB 957 (Torlakson-D) Tribal gaming compact
Ratifies the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact concluded on 8/8/06 between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Requires that related revenue contributions be deposited in the General Fund, and specifies that in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions may not be deemed projects for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Chapter 41, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1212 (Nunez-D) Tribal gaming: letter of agreement
Approves a letter of agreement entered into on 9/5/07 between the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the State of California.
Chapter 227, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1389 (Torrico-D) Tribal gaming: local agencies
Requires the amount deposited in each eligible county's County Tribal Casino Account be determined based on the number of gaming devices located in that county. Eliminates that distinction between the funds that are required to be used for grants to local agencies impacted by tribes that are paying into the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund and those that are required to be used for grants to local agencies impacted by tribes that are not paying into that fund.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1738 (Coto-D) Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement
Approves a memoranda of agreement between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, executed on 6/27/07, respectively.
Chapter 42, Statutes of 2007
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.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
Horse Racing
SB 125* (Harman-R) Horse racing
Provides cleanup language for SB 746 (Vincent), Chapter 368, Statutes of 2006, and specifies the split of impact fees for both the harness and quarter horse industry racing. Clarifies, with intent language, the distribution of specified impact fees charged by a thoroughbred racing association or a thoroughbred fair racing association in the northern zone on satellite wagers accepted by satellite facilities operated by those associations.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2007
SB 249 (Negrete McLeod-D) Horse racing: unauthorized payments
Authorizes a thoroughbred racing association to provide promotional supplements to purses at its race meet for the benefit of thoroughbred horse owners.
Chapter 75, Statutes of 2007
SB 317 (Denham-R) Horse racing: official veterinarians
Clarifies the definition of the term "official veterinarian" in regards to California Horse Racing Law.
Chapter 77, Statutes of 2007
SB 379 (Denham-R) Horse racing: out-of-country thoroughbred races
Adds the Dubai World Cup race to a specified list of races that would be exempted from the 23-race per day limit on imported races for satellite wagering in California.
Chapter 443, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 561* (Margett-R) Horse racing: parimutuel wagering: technology
Includes electronic terminal wagering as an authorized form of totalizator wagering.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 616 (Margett-R) Waste discharge requirements: horse racing facilities
Requires the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) 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 SWRCB to prescribe requirements that include specified components, to the extent permitted by federal law.
(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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 863 (Yee-D) Horse Racing Board
Provides that no more than three members of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), who are also licensed to participate in the horse racing industry by the CHRB, may serve on the CHRB at any one time. Requires the CHRB to promulgate and adopt regulations regarding conflicts of interest and ethics, as specified.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 921 (Vincent-D) Horse racing: equine medication
Increases the monetary penalty, from $50,000 to $100,000, for violating the prohibition on administering unauthorized substances to horses entered in a horse race.
Chapter 155, Statutes of 2007
SB 994 (Florez-D) Horse racing.
Provides that a person licensed to conduct horse races may operate remote location wagering using totalizator or other equipment approved by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). Additionally provides that any fair may file a declaration with the CHRB that it intends to cease participation in horse racing. Appropriates $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Fair and Exposition Fund for payments to fairs that have discontinued horse racing to provide to them the same amount of revenue that they would have has received if they had continued to participate in horse racing.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SR 14 (Yee-D) California Horse Racing Board
Urges the Chairman of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to tender his resignation from CHRB as soon as possible, to allow the CHRB to move forward with new leadership and direction.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 241 (Price-D) Horse racing: satellite wagering
Authorizes any county to operate a satellite wagering facility, authorizes mini-satellite wagering facilities throughout the state, and makes other related changes to horse racing.
Chapter 594, Statutes of 2007
AB 649 (Ma-D) Horse racing: jockeys
Increases, beginning 1/1/08, the minimum jockey riding fees which are paid to professional jockeys who compete in horse races.
Chapter 605, Statutes of 2007
AB 765 (Evans-D) Horse racing: racetrack enclosure
Provides that fairs and racing associations conducting racing at a fair may, with California Horse Racing Board approval, deduct an additional 1% from its handle, to be used for maintenance and improvements at a fair's racetrack enclosure. Extends indefinitely the authorization for Advance Deposit Wagering.
Chapter 613, Statutes of 2007
AB 813* (Portantino-D) Advance deposit wagering
Deletes the sunset date for the authorization of advance deposit wagering, thereby extending that authorization indefinitely, and revises and recasts provisions relating to advance deposit wagering, including clarifying terms, imposing requirements on advance deposit wagering providers, requiring the consent of a horsemen's organization before conducting advance deposit wagering on races conducted in this state, prescribing a process for hub fee agreements and disputes, and revising how the proceeds from advance deposit wagers are distributed. Requires existing collective bargaining units to be expanded to include all employees of licensees who accept or process parimutuel wagers or operate, repair, service, or maintain equipment that accepts or processes wagers. Requires a certain percentage of the handle on advance deposit wagers to be used to establish and administer a defined contributing plan for California licensed jockeys, as specified. Deletes provisions in existing law that requires all fairs and associations that conducted live racing in any year where there was a shortfall of the minimum required revenue to be paid to the state to remit to the state a certain amount, and instead provides that the first $32 million of the total amount paid to the state as license fees shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund, for distribution as specified.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1016 (Plescia-R) Racehorses: liens for services
Permits a general lien on racehorses in the possession of a breeder, trainer, owner, branding farm, fair training facility, or racetrack for their compensation in caring for, boarding, feeding, and providing medical treatment of racehorses in order to recover payment due. Establishes in the California Horse Racing Law an expedited procedure by which a lien-holding racehorse service provider (such as a breeder, trainer, owner, breeding farm, or racetrack) may sell a "racehorse" in order to recover expenses due to abandonment or delinquent payments by the owner.
(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1156 (Levine-D) Satellite wagering winnings: child support
Requires a satellite wagering facility, if a wagerer's winnings are subject to federal tax, to determine if the person is listed in the California Child Support Automation System and, if delinquent, take specified actions.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1286 (Richardson-D) Horse racing: county fairs
Authorizes the Alameda County Fair and the Los Angeles County Fair to operate two additional satellite-wagering facilities off the fairgrounds, with certain approval and conditions, as specified.
Chapter 202, Statutes of 2007
AB 1289 (Price-D) Advance deposit wagering: out-of-state providers
Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/08 to 1/1/11, on provisions governing Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW). Adds a requirement that employees who operate and administer ADW on a daily basis shall work in California.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1308 (Torrico-D) Horse racing
Provides that a thoroughbred association or fair, subject to approval by the California Horse Racing Board, may deduct from the total amount handled in the parimutuel pool for any type of wager, an amount of not less than 10% and not more than 25%, at the joint request of the thoroughbred association or fair and the horsemen's organization for the meeting of the thoroughbred association or fair accepting the wager. Also specifies that the amount deducted shall be distributed, as specified.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1616 (Garrick-R) Horse racing: prohibited substances: administrative hearings
Makes substantive changes to existing provisions of Horse Racing Law pertaining to the referral of certain enforcement proceedings alleging the use of prohibited substances.
Chapter 417, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1736 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Horse racing
Adds the Travers Stakes to the group of specific stake races which are exempt from the 23-race per day limit on imported races, as specified. Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/08 to 1/1/11, the provision in existing law requiring any racing association or fair that conducts thoroughbred racing to pay to the owners' organization a certain portion of the purses for a national marketing program, as specified.
Double-jointed with SB 379 (Denham), Chapter 443, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2007
Other Gaming Legislation
SB 152 (Florez-D) Gambling: local gambling ordinances
Allows a city, county, or city and county that have a gambling ordinance in effect on 7/1/07, prohibiting more than 12 tables, to modify its ordinance to increase the number of gambling tables by an amount not to exceed 45%, without having to obtain voter approval.
Vetoed
SB 289* (Vincent-D) Gambling Control Act: licenses
Authorizes the California Gambling Control Commission to deem a person suitable to hold a state gambling license, even if the person has a specified financial interest in a business that conducts gambling activities outside the state that violates California law if conducted within the state.
Chapter 294, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 440 (Florez-D) California State Lottery
Prohibits the California State Lottery Commission from conducting or joining an international lottery or an Internet-run lottery.
(Held at Assembly Desk)
SB 730 (Florez-D) Gambling: licenses
Provides for a number of changes to the licensing renewal process for gambling clubs under the Gambling Control Act in an effort to somewhat streamline the process and eliminate some of the current requirements. Contains language to prevent a chaptering problem with a Budget Trailer Bill, SB 82 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 176, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 438, Statutes of 2007
AB 356 (Mendoza-D) Gambling control
Authorizes the California Gambling Control Commission to delegate to staff the approval of articles of incorporation, statements of limited partnership, and other entity filings that are required to specifically state that gambling is one of the purposes for which the business entity is formed. Increases, from three to five, the number of collection rates that may be established per table in a card club.
Chapter 493, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 733 (Charles Calderon-D) Gambling
Transfers from the California Gambling Control Commission to the Department of Justice the responsibility for maintaining and providing information on the list of people that are excluded or ejected from various gambling establishments.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1314 (Strickland-R) Bingo
Clarifies the current definition of "bingo" to provide that the card may be either paper or electronic.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1336 (Bass-D) Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse programs
Requires the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling (OPG), within the State 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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1339 (Torrico-D) Problem and pathological gambling
Requires the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling, within the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, to develop a statewide strategic plan for the prevention, intervention, treatment, and research of problem and pathological gambling in California, and creates a nine-member advisory board for the purpose of addressing problem gambling.
Vetoed
HR 8 (Torrico-D) National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
Recognizes 3/5 to 3/11 as National Problem Gambling Awareness Week and commends the various state agencies and organizations participating in National Problem Gambling Awareness Week for their concerted effort to raise public awareness of problem gambling.
Adopted by the Assembly
Public Employees
SB 14 (Negrete McLeod-D) Retirement: military service: veterans
Allows members of the California National Guard to qualify for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), and to purchase additional PERS service credit, as specified.
Chapter 355, Statutes of 2007
SB 134 (Cedillo-D) County employees retirement: Los Angeles
Allows safety members, in Los Angeles County only, who are currently required to retire at age 60 to continue in employment, as specified, if these provisions are adopted by a majority vote of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Public Employees and Retirement Committee)
SB 431* (Aanestad-R) Public employees' retirement
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to prepare a separate pension fund computation for trial court and all other members in Butte and Solano Counties, and requires those entities to supply relevant information to PERS.
Chapter 256, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 579* (Wiggins-D) Public employees' retirement
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System to certify to the Internal Revenue Service, or a health insurance plan provider, when a public safety officer retires for disability or based on years of service. Enables those retired safety members to elect to direct up to $3,000 of their pension, before taxes, to pay health or long-term care insurance premiums pursuant to the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 (HR 4), and authorizes counties operating a retirement system under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 to make determinations about normal retirement age and other factors for the sole purpose of implementing the provisions of HR 4.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 580 (Wiggins-D) Public employees' health benefits
Authorizes the Public Employees' Retirement System Board to contract with out-of-state public employee pension and health systems to provide health care benefits for California employees and annuitants residing out of state.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 581 (Wiggins-D) Firefighters: volunteer firefighters
Transfers the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System from the Public Employees' Retirement System to the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation (CSFEWBC). Authorizes local fire departments to contract with the CSFEWBC Board of Administration to make their volunteer firefighters members of the service award system, and requires the CSFEWBC Board to maintain a benefit plan pursuant to specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and to select a financial institution, or other qualified entity, to act as trustee and establish a trust for the award system.
Chapter 651, Statutes of 2007
SB 582 (Corbett-D) Charitable solicitations
Creates a procedure for law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and other public safety employees of a local agency to obtain approval from the city or county to engage in charitable solicitation activities on public roadways, notwithstanding any local ordinance that restricts such activity.
Chapter 446, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
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.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 695 (Wiggins-D) Public employment: Department of Fish and Game
Requires the state to pay law enforcement officers of the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) who are classified as rank and file, supervisory, or managerial the estimated average total compensation for each corresponding rank for the Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, Orange, and Sonoma County Sheriff's Departments, to be implemented through a memorandum of understanding, as specified. Requires the state and the exclusive representatives of the rank and file, supervisory, and managerial law enforcement officers of the DFG to jointly survey annually and calculate the estimated average total compensation based on projected average total compensation for those departments, as specified.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement 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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SB 760 (Migden-D) State employees: deferred compensation
Requires 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.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 870* (Ridley-Thomas-D) State employment: adverse actions
Requires that any adverse action taken against a managerial, supervisory, or confidential state employee be initiated within one year of the cause for discipline. Adverse actions based on fraud, embezzlement, or the falsification of records must also be served within one year after the discovery of the fraud, embezzlement, or falsification of records.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
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.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 36 (Niello-R) Public employees' retirement: fraud
Makes it a crime for a person to make or present false material statements and representations in connection with the Public Employees' Retirement System or the State Teachers' Retirement System benefits and applications, as specified, or to aid or abet someone in this regard. Makes it a crime for a person to knowingly accept, with the intent to keep for personal benefit, a payment from any of those retirement systems with the knowledge that one was not entitled to the benefit. Provides that a violation of these provisions is punishable by up to one year in a county jail, or a fine, or both, and restitution, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security 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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 137 (DeVore-R) Public employees
Seeks to address terrorism concerns by tasking public officials with the duty to question and fire any state or local government employee who is a financial supporter or member of an "extremist terrorist group," and by amending the state's Civic Center Act to require any group seeking to use public property as a meeting place to swear, under penalty of perjury, that the group does not advocate the overthrow of the government of the United States of America.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 174 (Price-D) Civil service: employment discrimination
Gives the State Personnel Board (SPB) the discretionary authority to award attorneys fees and costs when SPB finds that a state civil service employee has suffered discrimination.
Vetoed
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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 221 (Anderson-R) Public retirement systems: investments: Iran
Prohibits the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System or the State Teachers' Retirement System from investing public employee retirement funds in a company with "business operations" in the defense or nuclear sector of Iran or that are involved in the development of Iranian petroleum or natural gas resources and are subject to federal sanctions.
Chapter 671, Statutes of 2007
AB 246 (Torrico-D) County employees' retirement: retirement boards
Prohibits anyone who sells investment products to any public retirement system in California from being a member of the board of retirement of a county operating a retirement system under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
Chapter 315, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 376 (Nava-D) Public employees' retirement: airport police officers
Authorizes contracting agencies to include specified airport law enforcement officers within the local safety member classification. Makes an appropriation by increasing the amount of employee contributions to the Public Employees' Retirement Fund.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 384 (Portantino-D) Firefighters
Provides health benefits to survivors of federal firefighters who reside in California and who are killed while performing firefighting services.
Chapter 255, Statutes of 2007
AB 385 (Ruskin-D) Public employees: salaries: professional scientists
Requires the state and the exclusive representative for State Bargaining Unit 10, Professional Scientists, to jointly survey, one year prior to the expiration of a ratified collective bargaining agreement, salaries in scientific classifications in California public agencies and to report their findings to the Legislature upon completion of the survey.
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 safety employees who are members of the Public Employees' Retirement System or the Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System or subject to the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
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.
(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.
(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 their employees.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 545* (Walters-R) Insurance fraud
Authorizes the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to obtain information from an insurer for purposes of determining the eligibility of a member, or unlawful application or receipt of benefits, under PERS, and adds PERS to the list of authorized governmental agencies to which an insurer is required to release that information, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security 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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 553 (Hernandez-D) Public Employment Relations Board
Clarifies the exclusive authority of the Public Employment Relations Board to determine, under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, whether to seek from a court of competent jurisdiction injunctive relief involving relations between an employee organization and a public agency.
Vetoed
AB 554 (Hernandez-D) Public employees: benefits
Expands the group of employers eligible to participate in the California Employers Retirement Benefit Trust Fund, administered by the Public Employees' Retirement System, to include all California public employees.
Chapter 318, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 671 (Beall-D) State employment: foster youth
Requires the State Personnel Board to promote the hiring of qualified foster youth in specified state agency positions.
(In Senate Appropriations 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 U.S. military reserve organization and were called to active duty after 9/11/01.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 753 (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) County employees' retirement
Allows the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to provide compensation to specified members of the board of retirement for reviewing disability retirement cases, and allows the boards of supervisors in counties operating retirement systems under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 to pay per diem, as specified, to the alternate retired board members.
Chapter 320, Statutes of 2007
AB 754* (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) State employees: memoranda of understanding
Approves an addenda to a memoranda of understanding entered into by the state and State Bargaining Unit (SBU) 1 (Professional, Administrative, Financial, and Staff Services), SBU 5 (Department of the California Highway Patrol), SBU 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety), and SBU 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists).
Chapter 321, Statutes of 2007
AB 756* (Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee) Memoranda of understanding
Approves an addenda to a memoranda of understanding between the state and Bargaining Unit 1 (SEIU), Unit 3 (SEIU), Unit 8 (Department of Forestry Firefighters), Unit 18 (Association of Psychiatric Technicians), Unit 19 (AFSCME), and Unit 20 (SEIU). Appropriates $26.5 million for the purpose of state employee compensation.
Chapter 322, Statutes of 2007
AB 775 (Niello-R) County employees' retirement
Prohibits a retiree of a county operating a retirement system under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 ('37 Act) from being hired by the same '37 Act county from which they retired if, during the 12-month period prior to the appointment, the retiree received unemployment insurance payments arising out of prior county employment as a retired annuitant.
Chapter 57, Statutes of 2007
AB 933 (Jeffries-R) Exempt employee salaries
Repeals obsolete statutes relating to salaries of elected officials, and makes other technical, clarifying, and code maintenance changes to salaries and titles of state officials.
Chapter 142, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1124 (Karnette-D) County employees' retirement
Makes technical and clarifying changes to the provisions allowing counties operating a retirement system under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 ('37 Act) to establish new trust funds for the sole purpose of prefunding other post-employment benefits for retirees. Allows '37 Act systems to augment their administrative budget, until 1/1/13, to account for certain expenses relating to computer hardware, software, and consulting services. Permits the alternate safety member to hold positions on committees of the board, as specified, and to participate in the deliberations of the board or its committees, as specified.
Chapter 327, Statutes of 2007
AB 1255* (Parra-D) County employees' retirement: pension: Fresno County
Permits the Board of Supervisors in Fresno County to adopt specified provisions necessary to implement a collectively bargained agreement between Fresno County and the Service Employees International Union Local 521.
Chapter 86, Statutes of 2007
AB 1288 (Hayashi-D) County employees: vision care
Establishes the County Retirement System Vision Care Program to provide vision care benefits to county and district retirees and their dependents of counties operating retirement systems under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 that elect to offer the Program.
Chapter 331, Statutes of 2007
AB 1296 (Torrico-D) Public employee health benefits: disclosures
Requires health benefit plans providing services under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act to provide the Public Employees' Retirement System with claims payment data for each member and contract payment amounts for services rendered by hospitals.
Chapter 698, Statutes of 2007
AB 1307 (Krekorian-D) Public employee benefits: supplemental contribution program
Allows the Public Employees' Retirement System to accept public agency and school employer contributions on behalf of participating employees in the Supplemental Contribution Plan (SCP), and expands eligibility to participate in SCP to all California public agencies.
Chapter 511, Statutes of 2007
AB 1317 (Mullin-D) Public employees' retirement: executive compensation
Expands the list of positions under which the Public Employees' Retirement System and the State Teachers' Retirement System boards have authority to set compensation and terms and conditions of employment to include the general counsel.
Chapter 333, Statutes of 2007
AB 1377 (Nakanishi-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, as specified.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
AB 1496 (Swanson-D) Local government: cities and counties: civil service
Establishes minimum requirements that must be complied with by a city or county when adopting a personnel system, merit system, or civil service system.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Insurance Committee)
AB 1626 (Galgiani-D) County employees' retirement
Permits a county retirement board, under the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937, to make the determinations, as specified and consistent with federal tax law, necessary to implement the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006, as it applies to public safety officers, and to change the determination of normal retirement age in order to comply with any rules or regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
AB 1702 (Blakeslee-R) Caltrans: staffing
Provides the Department of Transportation permanent authority to consolidate the managerial candidate selection and hiring process tested in the five-year Managerial Selection Demonstration Project, and that state agencies or departments that make demonstration projects permanent must file an annual report with the State Personnel Board for three years on specified procedural aspects of the hiring process.
Chapter 284, Statutes of 2007
AJR 5 (Hernandez-D) Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
Resolution Chapter 116, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 50* (Torlakson-D) Claims against the state: appropriation
Appropriates $3,445,000 from the General Fund to pay three judgments against the state. Provides that any funds in excess of the amounts needed to pay the claims revert to the General Fund on 6/30/08.
Chapter 87, Statutes of 2007
SB 86* (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State government
Used as the omnibus general government Budget Trailer Bill which makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2007 relating to general government.
Chapter 179, Statutes of 2007
SB 90 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State government: information technology
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the 2007-08 State Budget relating to the Chief Information Officer and the Office on Information Security and Privacy Protection.
Chapter 183, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 161 (Margett-R) Public works contracts: Internet submissions
Requires public entities to provide a contractor with an electronic receipt, either by immediate transmission or by providing access to the contractor to an electronic file that contains the receipt, when documents are submitted electronically by the contractor.
Chapter 427, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 242* (Torlakson-D) Claims against the state
Appropriates $215,778.34 from various funds to the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to pay 175 claims accepted by the Board. Appropriates $74,600 from the General Fund to the Board to pay an erroneous conviction claim.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
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.
(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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 282 (Cox-R) State Fair Leasing Authority
Establishes the State Fair Leasing Authority for the purpose of entering into leases or other agreements for the use of the California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) race track, or any other property owned or controlled by Cal Expo, and to create a long-term infrastructure master plan for the development and improvement of Cal Expo.
Chapter 293, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 441 (Torlakson-D) State property: vending machines
Requires a vendor that operates or maintains a vending machine on designated state property to offer food and beverages in the vending machine that meet accepted nutritional guidelines, as defined, in accordance with certain percentages.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
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.
(In Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 473 (Cox-R) State agencies: fingerprinting vendors
Prohibits state entities that require fingerprinting services for non-law-enforcement purposes from requiring the use of any "live scan" fingerprinting service providers certified by the Department of Justice to roll fingerprint impressions.
Chapter 248, Statutes of 2007
SB 519 (Assembly Governmental Organization Committee) Public meetings: special meetings
Amends the Bagley-Keene Act to authorize a state body to hold a special meeting for the purpose of appointing an "interim executive officer."
Chapter 92, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 567 (Aanestad-R) State property
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell, exchange, or lease for fair market value, upon terms and conditions as the Director deems are in the best interests of the state, all or any part of six properties owned by the state. Provides that DGS shall be reimbursed for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of any parcels, and requires that the net proceeds of the property sold be deposited into the Deficit Recovery Bond Retirement Sinking Fund Subaccount.
(On Senate Inactive File)
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.
(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.
(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.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 754 (Kehoe-D) State property: leases
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS), with the consent of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), to lease or exchange, for a term of years as determined by the Director of DGS, three existing state-owned parcels, on which DMV field offices are situated, so that new DMV offices and other commercial, retail, and residential construction can occur.
Chapter 681, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations 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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 963 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Regulatory boards
Makes each of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) regulatory boards subject to review by a standing policy committee of the Legislature, upon request by a member of the Legislature or the Chief of the Office of Consumer Advocate, which the bill creates in DCA. Prescribes other related matters concerning regulatory entities.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 1041 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) State militia
Adds the State Military Reserve to the definition of those militia units that are not part of the unorganized militia.
Chapter 102, Statutes of 2007
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, be expended only for the costs of construction or acquisitions 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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SCA 8 (Harman-R) Appropriations limit
Requires that all funds collected by the state above its appropriation limit be held in a rebate account. Requires, within 30 days of the close of the end of the fiscal year, all funds in the rebate account to be rebated to the taxpayers on a pro-rata basis to those who paid taxes on, or measured by, income for taxable years during the prior calendar year. Provides that for purposes of adjusting the appropriation limit for any fiscal year in the event an emergency is declared by the Governor, approval by a 4/5 vote, rather than a 2/3 vote, of the legislative body of an affected entity of government is required to exclude an appropriation to an emergency account for related expenditures from the appropriations limit. Deletes provisions that exclude appropriations to comply with mandates of the courts or the federal government, appropriations for qualified capital outlay projects, appropriations for debt service, and certain other appropriations from the definition of "appropriations subject to limitation," and revises other definitions, as specified. Prohibits the state from incurring general obligation bond debt greater than the total amount of state bond debt in existence when this bill becomes operative. Prohibits bond brokers from recovering their expenses from a campaign waged in support of the bond measure through their fees and commissions on the sale of the bonds from the bond measure.
(In Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
SCA 11 (McClintock-R) State contracts: contracting out state services
Authorizes the Governor to require any state agency to 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. Requires that each contract entered pursuant to these provisions be let or awarded on a competitive basis and be reviewed and approved by the Department of General Services or its successor agency. Provides that these provisions shall be self-executing.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SCR 5 (Lowenthal-D) California Museum Month
Recognizes the important role that museums have in California and proclaims May 2007 as California Museum Month.
Resolution Chapter 8, Statutes of 2007
SCR 13 (Corbett-D) Irish-American Heritage Month
Designates March 2007 and March 2008 to be Irish-American Heritage Month in California, and calls upon the people of the state to observe the month of March with appropriate activities, especially on March 17.
Resolution Chapter 16, Statutes of 2007
SCR 17 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Black History Month
Recognizes the efforts of the California African American Museum, and urges all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African-Americans in communities throughout California and beyond during Black History Month and throughout the year.
Resolution Chapter 15, Statutes of 2007
SCR 25 (Cedillo-D) Cesar Chavez Day
Recognizes 3/31/07 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 22, Statutes of 2007
SCR 26 (Yee-D) Language education: World Languages and Cultures Month
Declares the month of May 2007 to be World Languages and Cultures Month.
Resolution Chapter 31, Statutes of 2007
SCR 44 (Cox-R) The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Day
Recognizes 5/20/07 as Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Day in the State of California.
Resolution Chapter 51, Statutes of 2007
SCR 45 (Battin-R) California Indian Heritage Month
Proclaims November 2007 as California Indian Heritage Month, encourages its observance with activities that celebrate our uniqueness as Americans, and commends California Indian nations for their outstanding contributions to this state.
Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 2007
SCR 47 (Battin-R) California Hispanic Heritage Month
Proclaims 9/15/07 to 10/15/07, inclusive, as California Hispanic Heritage Month, and encourages all Californians to observe this event in communities throughout the state.
Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 2007
SCR 56 (Correa-D) Anaheim Ducks: 2007 National Hockey League's Stanley Cup
Recognizes the Anaheim Ducks hockey team, its players, coaches, support staff, and fans for its achievement in the 2007 National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Finals.
(At Assembly Desk)
SCR 60 (Aanestad-R) Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building
Names the Department of Transportation District 3 office building in Marysville as the Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building.
(At Assembly Desk)
SCR 63 (Alquist-D) Ramadan
Recognizes the contributions of Muslim leaders, organizations, and residents throughout the state during the month of Ramadan.
(In Senate Rules 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.
(At Assembly Desk)
SR 9 (Ridley-Thomas-D) 2016 Summer Olympics
Commends and encourages the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games in its bid to bring the 2016 Olympics to Los Angeles, California, and declares the Senate's intent to ensure that the 2016 Olympics provide a safe, enjoyable, and successful experience for the people of the world.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 15 (Yee-D) Girl Scouts water conservation programs
Commends the Girl Scout Councils of California for their commitment to provide Girl Scout programs designed to promote water conservation and environmental education for all California Girl Scouts.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 35 (Ruskin-D) State buildings: building standards
Enacts the Sustainable Building Act of 2007, which requires all state agencies that begin construction or renovation to a state building, on and after 7/1/10, to design, construct, and operate that state building to meet minimum standards, as described in the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for a gold rating.
Vetoed
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 67 (Dymally-D) State and local agencies: bilingual services
Standardizes and defines language in the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, clarifies the State Personnel Board's (SPB's) responsibility to establish bilingual fluency standards, and expands the SPB's ability to grant exemptions to the language survey and implementation plan.
Chapter 259, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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).
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 136 (Emmerson-R) Search and Rescue Memorial
Authorizes the California State Sheriffs Search and Rescue Coordinators, in consultation with the Department of General Services (DGS), to be in charge of planning, construction, and maintenance of a memorial for search-and-rescue volunteers who have died in the line of duty in California. Establishes the Search and Rescue Memorial Review Committee consisting of representatives from DGS, the State Historic Preservation Office, the Assembly, and the Senate to identify an appropriate location for the memorial, and prohibits construction of the memorial until the master plan for the State Capitol Park is approved by the Joint Rules Committee.
Chapter 311, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 192* (Assembly Budget Committee) State government
Corrects a chaptering-out problem that inadvertently deleted the Chief Information Officer and the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency from the list of agency secretaries and other state executives that are specified in the Government Code for compensation purposes.
Chapter 312, Statutes of 2007
AB 199* (Assembly Budget Committee) State government
Makes changes to the General Government Budget trailer bill, SB 86 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 179, Statutes of 2007, that relates to the elimination of vacant positions and green building requirements for state buildings.
Chapter 186, Statutes of 2007
AB 220 (Bass-D) Firefighters
Enacts the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, to mirror the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (commonly known as POBOR) that is applicable to public safety officers. Specifies the procedure to be followed whenever a firefighter is subject to investigation and interrogation for alleged misconduct which may result in punitive action such, as dismissal, demotion, suspension, salary reduction, written reprimand, transfer, or even temporary reassignment. Provides that a firefighter will be able to bring suit in superior court for alleged violations of the act, and obtain appropriate injunctive or other extraordinary relief to remedy the violation and to prevent future violations.
Chapter 591, Statutes of 2007
AB 221 (Anderson-R) Public retirement systems: investments: Iran
Prohibits the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System or the State Teachers' Retirement System from investing public employee retirement funds in a company with "business operations" in the defense or nuclear sector of Iran or that are involved in the development of Iranian petroleum or natural gas resources and are subject to federal sanctions.
Chapter 671, Statutes of 2007
AB 236 (Lieu-D) Governmental motor vehicle fleets
Requires, by 12/31/08, the Department of General Services (DGS), in conjunction with the Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission, to revise the purchasing methodology used to rank the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement by state and local governments. Requires DGS to evaluate vehicles for potential inclusion to the state and local fleets on an annual basis reflecting annual new vehicle availability, and procure only vehicles for use in the state fleet that meet certain federal requirements and have been ranked best in their class by the state's purchasing methodology. Stipulates that if fueling infrastructure, for the fuel used to rank a vehicle best in class, is not available, or planned to be available within two years, DGS shall procure the vehicle ranked next best in class for which fueling infrastructure is or will be available.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 295 (Lieu-D) State agencies: collection of demographic data
Requires various state entities to report collected demographic data according to each major Asian Pacific Islander (API) group and make that data available to the public to the extent that disclosure does not violate confidentiality, and requires seven state agencies to collect, tabulate, and report data for additional major API groups, and to make that data available to the public, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 300* (Nunez-D) Public contracts: 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
Authorizes the Governor to sign agreements required by the United States Olympic Committee as part of the City of Los Angeles' 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games bid process, and authorizes the Governor to make the state jointly liable, as specified, with the Organizing Committee for Olympic Games (OCOG), a nonprofit corporation, for obligations of the OCOG and for financial deficit relating to the games, and establishes the Olympic Games Trust Fund. (The bid went to Chicago instead.)
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 434 (Silva-R) Notaries public
Requires a notary public to supply a member of the public, upon request, with a photostatic copy of any line item contained in his/her journal, or acknowledge that the line item requested does not exist, within 15 business days of receipt of the request by the notary.
Double-jointed with AB 886 (Sharon Runner), Chapter 399, Statutes of 2007.
Chapter 496, Statutes of 2007
AB 443 (Wolk-D) California Highway Patrol: main office
Authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to maintain its main headquarters operation within 20 miles of Sacramento, rather than restricting the site location to one within the city limits of Sacramento.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(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.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 527 (Torrico-D) Public buildings: energy efficiency
Establishes a plan to include energy efficient technology in public buildings by 1/1/09. Creates the California Energy Efficient Technology Pooled Investment Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency for procurement and implementation.
Vetoed
AB 532 (Wolk-D) State property: solar energy
Extends the sunset date from 1/1/07 to 1/1/09, the requirement that the Department of General Services, in consultation with the California Energy Commission, ensure that solar energy equipment is installed on all state buildings, state parking facilities, and state-owned swimming pools, where feasible.
Chapter 598, Statutes of 2007
AB 542 (Gaines-R) State Historical Building Safety Board: membership
Adds a member of the Building Owners and Managers Association of California to the State Historical Building Safety Board.
Chapter 55, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 608 (De La Torre-D) State contracting: small business preference
Increases the state's bidding preferences afforded to small and microbusinesses from 5% to 10%.
Vetoed
AB 609 (Eng-D) State building construction: energy conservation
Modifies an existing provision of law to allow green building equipment, energy conservation measures, and energy service contracts for existing state buildings to be approved by the Public Works Board if it has been found through life-cycle cost analysis to be cost effective over the life of the equipment installed or over the term of the energy service contract. Provides that these provisions shall not prohibit, limit, or supersede more stringent green building requirements for any structure, building, facility, site, or work.
Chapter 600, Statutes of 2007
AB 617 (Torrico-D) State contracts: information technology goods and services
Repeals a provision of the Public Contract Code that requires a contractor to provide a performance bond of not less than 50% of the value of a state contract for information technology (IT) goods or services when progress payments are to be made to the contractor, and instead requires the Department of General Services (DGS), in consultation with the Department of Finance, to develop and maintain criteria for the evaluation of risk to the state that results from acquisition of IT goods and services, and determine the need for financial protections in the event an IT contractor does not fulfill the requirements of an IT contract.
Chapter 736, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations 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.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 761 (Coto-D) State contracts: small businesses
Requires each state agency awarding contracts that are financed with proceeds from the infrastructure bonds approved by voters in November 2006 to establish a 25% small business participation goal for state infrastructure construction contracts, and to provide specified assistance to small businesses bidding on state infrastructure bond-related contracts.
Chapter 611, Statutes of 2007
AB 779 (Jones-D) Security of personal information
Establishes, beginning 7/1/08, a set security procedure to be adhered to by a person, business, or public agency that sells goods or services to any California resident and accepts, as payment, a credit card, debit card, or other payment device.
Vetoed
AB 820 (Karnette-D) State facilities: recycling polystyrene
Prohibits a state facility, as defined, from selling, possessing, or distributing an expanded polystyrene food container.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 865 (Davis-D) State agencies: live customer service agents
Requires a state agency that uses automated telephone answering equipment to have, for incoming calls, an option for the caller to reach a live customer service agent during business hours.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 886 (Sharon Runner-R) Notaries public
Allows a peace officer to seize a sequential journal of notarial acts from a notary public without a warrant, requires a thumbprint for all notarized documents, and requires all notaries public to provide a physical address as their business address.
Chapter 399, Statutes of 2007
AB 908 (Adams-R) California Emergency Services Act: Year 2000 Problem
Deletes obsolete provisions in the Government Code relating to the Year 2000 Problem.
Chapter 16, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 950 (Salas-D) Armed Forces: personnel: in-state tuition
Extends, from one year to two years, the time period for which a nonresident member of the U.S. Armed Forces, stationed in California and seeking a graduate degree at a public institution of higher education, be entitled to resident classification for the purpose of paying fees for graduate study at the California State University.
Chapter 362, Statutes of 2007
AB 983 (Ma-D) Services contracts: Governor's 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 $5,000 or more.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 994 (Parra-D) Public contracts: forest products
Requires a state agency to give preference to the purchase of lumber and other solid wood products (excluding paper and other types of secondary manufactured goods) and to give preference to the purchase of those products that are harvested from forests within California if price, fitness, and quality are equal.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 1070 (Cook-R) Approval of contracts
Requires all contracts executed by the Legislature to be approved by the Department of General Services, and establishes a "low-bid" contracting process for public works contracts let by the Legislature.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1135 (Strickland-R) State government: reports: declarations
Requires written reports submitted to the Legislature or executive body to include a signed statement by the head of the agency or department that the contents of the report are true, accurate, and complete, to the best of his/her knowledge.
Vetoed
AB 1168 (Jones-D) Social security numbers
Imposes a number of restrictions on the use of social security numbers (SSNs) in public records, requiring they be redacted or truncated prior to filing or disclosure to the public by specified dates. Requires the Office of Privacy Protection to create a task force to review the use of SSNs by colleges and universities.
Chapter 627, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1225 (DeSaulnier-D) Government motor vehicle fleet
Requires the California Energy Commission, with the Air Resources Board and the Department of General Services (DGS), to develop a method, criteria, and procedures to evaluate the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement. Revises certain DGS and local governmental agency procedures related to procurement of fleet vehicles and requires specified recordkeeping.
(In Assembly Business and Professions 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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1273* (Leno-D) State claims
Appropriates $2,498,647.47 from various funds to pay claims against the state as approved by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.
Chapter 509, Statutes of 2007
AB 1274* (Leno-D) State claims
Appropriates $3,275,236 from the General Fund to pay two settlements against the state. Provides that any funds, in excess of the amounts needed to pay the claims shall revert to the General Fund on 6/30/08.
Chapter 510, Statutes of 2007
AB 1362 (Smyth-R) Parks and recreation
Extends the sunset date, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14, on the authority of the Department of Finance to delegate to the Department of Parks and Recreation the right to exercise certain powers to plan, design, construct, and administer contracts and professional services for legislatively approved capital outlay projects.
Chapter 147, Statutes of 2007
AB 1365 (Karnette-D) California Arts Council
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1387 (Sharon Runner-R) National Guard benefits
Provides California National Guard (CNG) 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 CNG state parks pass that allows the pass holder free parking at any parking facility located within any unit of the state park system.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1393 (Leno-D) Public records
Requires, by 7/1/09, any state agency that publishes an Internet web site to include on its homepage specified information that is not exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (PRA), about how to contact the agency, how to request records under the PRA, and a form for submitting requests for records online, as described. Specifies additional web site flags that must be prominently displayed and linked to specified information. Requires the Department of Justice to convene an advisory body to consider and make recommendations for a statutory standard governing the posting of requests and denials, and public documents not exempt under PRA, on the Internet web sites of state agencies, and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by 1/1/09.
Vetoed
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.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1479 (Mendoza-D) State bodies: governance
Allows specified entities to authorize a designee to represent and act on their behalf with the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee. Authorizes the committee to adopt, amend, or repeal any regulation within its authority, as specified, under the procedures for emergency regulations, and declares that actions taken by the committee is conclusively presumed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1533 (Assembly Banking And Finance Committee) Registered warrants: reimbursement warrants
Specifies what procedures apply to the sale of revenue anticipation warrants, legally known as registered reimbursement warrants, at public sale.
Chapter 336, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Business and Professions 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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1678 (De La Torre-D) Public officials: conflicts of interest
Enacts a four-year statute of limitations to commence an action to avoid a contract in violation of existing law that prohibits specified public officials from having a financial interest in a contract entered into by the public official in his or her official capacity or by any board or body of which he or she is a member. The four years will run from the time the plaintiff discovered, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have discovered, the violation.
Chapter 68, Statutes of 2007
AB 1712 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) State militia: armories
Requires, on or before 1/1/08 and every year thereafter, the Military Department to submit a report to the Legislature on the status of all California armories.
Chapter 742, Statutes of 2007
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.
(On Assembly Floor)
ACR 1 (Levine-D) California Holocaust Memorial Week
Proclaims 4/16/07 through 4/22/07 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 2007
ACR 2 (Carter-D) Kwanzaa: 40th Anniversary
Commemorates the 40th anniversary celebration of Kwanzaa.
Resolution Chapter 9, Statutes of 2007
ACR 3 (Torrico-D) Korean-American Day
Proclaims 1/13/07 as Korean-American Day.
Resolution Chapter 3, Statutes of 2007
ACR 14 (Torrico-D) Lunar New Year 4704 celebration
States that the Legislature joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities throughout the state in celebrating 2/18/07, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year 4704, and extends the best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous lunar new year to all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 5, Statutes of 2007
ACR 16 (Nakanishi-R) Day of Remembrance
Declares 2/19/07 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 II.
Resolution Chapter 6, Statutes of 2007
ACR 19 (Richardson-D) Black History Month
Recognizes February 2007 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 7, Statutes of 2007
ACR 29 (Emmerson-R) NASCAR Day
Declares 5/18/07 as NASCAR Day for the State of California, and encourages fans to wear their NASCAR Day lapel pins to show their support.
Resolution Chapter 39, Statutes of 2007
ACR 43 (Coto-D) Cinco de Mayo Week
Proclaims 4/29/07 through 5/5/07 as Cinco de Mayo Week, and urges all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
Resolution Chapter 42, Statutes of 2007
ACR 45 (Caballero-D) 2007 State Scientist Day
Proclaims 5/23/07 as the 19th Annual State Scientist Day.
Resolution Chapter 46, Statutes of 2007
ACR 48 (Blakeslee-R) Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857
Memorializes the 150th anniversary of the Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857, and declares the intent of the Legislature with respect to future actions to directly affect the state's abilities to withstand and respond to major earthquakes generally.
Resolution Chapter 53, Statutes of 2007
ACR 50 (Torrico-D) Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Recognizes May 2007 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
Resolution Chapter 47, Statutes of 2007
ACR 60 (Duvall-R) Flag Day
Recognizes 6/14/07 as Flag Day in California.
Resolution Chapter 60, Statutes of 2007
ACR 65 (Ma-D) Region of Souss-Massa-Draa in the Kingdom of Morocco
Invites the region of Souss-Massa-Draa in the Kingdom of Morocco to join California in a sister-state relationship.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 72 (Mendoza-D) California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference
Recognizes the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on 9/28/07, and the annual California Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
Resolution Chapter 140, Statutes of 2007
ACR 74 (Fuentes-D) California Firefighters Memorial Day
Proclaims 9/29/07 as California Firefighters Memorial Day.
Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2007
HR 6 (Strickland-R) Ronald Reagan Day
Recognizes 2/6/07 as Ronald Reagan Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 7 (Karnette-D) 2016 Olympics
Expresses the support of the Assembly for the efforts of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games in its bid to bring the 2016 Olympics to Los Angeles, California, and declares its intent to ensure that the 2016 Olympics provide a safe, enjoyable, and successful experience for the people of the world.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 9 (Aghazarian-R) Greek Independence Day
Recognizes 3/25/07 as Greek Independence Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 14 (Davis-D) California Public Service Recognition Month
Proclaims the month of May 2007 as California Public Service Recognition Month, and encourages all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 19 (Dymally-D) The Honorable Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins
Commends and recognizes the Honorable Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins, in his 100th year of life, 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.
Adopted by the Assembly
Local Government
SB 2 (Cedillo-D) Local planning
Requires cities and counties to accommodate their need for emergency shelters on sites where the use is allowed without a conditional use permit, and requires cities and counties to treat transitional and supportive housing projects as a residential use of property.
Chapter 633, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 10 (Kehoe-D) San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Changes the governance and responsibilities of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority's governing board and replaces it with a new nine-member board of directors.
Chapter 287, Statutes of 2007
SB 12* (Lowenthal-D) Local planning housing element
Revises, until 1/1/15, the regional housing needs allocation procedure for the Southern California Association of Governments for purposes of their 6/30/07 housing element update.
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2007
SB 16 (Florez-D) Local agency finance: limited obligation bonds
Allows a local agency to restrict its pledge of local revenues to pay for limited obligation bonds to the revenues received from a specified area within its exterior boundaries. Requires that the governing body's initiating resolution include the legal description of the boundaries of the geographical area.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2007
SB 23 (Cogdill-R) San Joaquin Valley: air pollution
Requires the San Joaquin Valley Pollution Control District to develop and administer, in consultation with the Air Resources Board, a vehicle exchange program to replace high-polluting vehicles with donated, smog-compliant vehicles, according to specified conditions. Only becomes operative if SB 719 (Machado) is enacted on or before 1/1/09.
Chapter 634, Statutes of 2007
SB 38* (Battin-R) Riverside County: disaster relief
Provides disaster assistance and tax relief for losses sustained as a result of the Riverside County wildfires in October 2006.
Chapter 222, Statutes of 2007
SB 39 (Migden-D) County welfare agencies: child abuse
Provides for the release of certain information by county welfare agencies regarding a deceased child if the death is the result of abuse or neglect.
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 103 (Cedillo-D) Local agencies: economic development
Requires, as of 1/1/08, cities, counties, and redevelopment agencies to provide specified information to the public before approving an economic development subsidy of $100,000 or more.
Vetoed
SB 114* (Florez-D) Local government: freeze
Provides income tax, corporation tax, homeowners' exemption property tax, and state reimbursement of local property tax losses relief as a result of the January 2007 severe freezing condition for the following counties: El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, and Yuba.
Chapter 223, Statutes of 2007
SB 134 (Cedillo-D) Los Angeles County employees
Allows safety members, in Los Angeles County only, who are currently required to retire at age 60, to continue in employment, as specified, if these provisions are adopted by a majority vote of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2007
SB 141* (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the First Validating Act of 2007, 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 6, Statutes of 2007
SB 142* (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the Second Validating Act of 2007, 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 216, Statutes of 2007
SB 143 (Senate Local Government Committee) Validations
Enacts the Third Validating Act of 2007, 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 217, Statutes of 2007
SB 144 (Assembly Local Government Committee) Omnibus Local Government Bill
Enacts the Local Government Omnibus Act of 2007, which is a collection of 23 noncontroversial changes to state laws affecting local agencies' organization, powers, and duties.
Chapter 343, Statutes of 2007
SB 148* (Hollingsworth-R) Property tax relief: freeze
Provides property tax relief to growers affected by the severe freezing conditions of January 2007.
(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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 162 (Negrete McLeod-D) Local government: organization
Adds, to the extent to which the proposal will promote environmental justice, to the list of factors a local agency formation commission must consider when reviewing boundary change proposals. Defines "environmental justice," and requires local agency formation commissions to consider the comments of affected voters and residents.
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 206* (Cox-R) Public contracts: counties
Authorizes every county, whether general law or charter, containing a population of less than 500,000 to participate in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.
Chapter 26, Statutes of 2007
SB 215 (Denham-R) Local government finance
Caps "negative bailout" property tax allocations in Stanislaus County at the 2010-11 levels, beginning in the 2011-12 fiscal year.
(Failed passage 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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 224 (Battin-R) State Highway Routes 79 and 111: relinquishment
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish a portion of State Route (SR) 79 to the City of Hemet and a portion of SR 111 to the City of La Quinta, pending approval by CTC and other conditions.
Chapter 718, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 230 (Yee-D) Police protection districts
Provides a police protection district's police department all the rights, privileges, immunities, obligations, and powers of a municipal police department, and authorizes a district board to delegate to the chief of police the authority to appoint and dismiss district employees.
Chapter 169, Statutes of 2007
SB 233 (Cox-R) Public contracts: design-build contracting
Broadens the definition of a project that counties can construct with design-build contracting methods to mean the construction or improvements directly related to a building and county wastewater treatment facilities.
Chapter 584, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 246 (Margett-R) Los Angeles: 48th District Agricultural Association
Provides that the 48th District Agricultural Association is the County of Los Angeles, and provides that the directors of the 48th District Agricultural Association may not serve concurrently on another fair board.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2007
SB 264 (Alquist-D) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Authorizes Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to submit to the voters a sales tax ordinance imposing a 0.125% (1/8%) sales tax for specified purposes, provided the ordinance is approved by two-thirds of the voters.
Chapter 430, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 292 (Wiggins-D) State bond funds: allocation
Requires the Secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Resources Agency to develop a planning grant program for local and regional agencies to develop urban greening plans, and develop a program of grants, rebates, and loans for local and regional agencies that have an adopted urban greening plan to implement urban greening projects consistent with that adopted plan.
(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 the 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.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Local Government 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.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
SB 343 (Negrete McLeod-D) Local agencies: open meetings: documents
Requires, on and after 7/1/08, that any writing relating to an agenda item for an open session of a regular meeting that is distributed within 72 hours of the meeting be made available for public inspection at the time it is distributed to the members of the body.
Chapter 298, Statutes of 2007
SB 360 (Negrete McLeod-D) Local government: Capital Investment Incentive Program
Repeals the Capital Investment Incentive Program.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 373 (Kehoe-D) Natural community conservation planning
Converts lands that are designated as of 1/1/08 as open space lands in a document entitled "Declaration of Land," approved by the San Diego City Council and filed with the City Clerk in San Diego, to dedicated lands under the City Charter of the City of San Diego.
Chapter 644, Statutes of 2007
SB 376 (Migden-D) San Francisco: unfair competition action
Seeks to ensure that the City and County of San Francisco will maintain its standing to bring actions under California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL). Eliminates the population requirement for a consolidated city and county, seeking to ensure that the City and County of San Francisco can bring an action under the UCL.
Chapter 17, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Public Employees and Retirement Committee)
SB 416 (Ashburn-R) Design-build: counties
Authorizes all counties to use the design-build contracting method until 1/1/11.
Chapter 585, Statutes of 2007
SB 418 (Migden-D) Local government finance
Requires, starting with the FY 2007-08, the auditor of a county whose educational revenue augmentation fund (ERAF) contains excess funds after funding is provided to schools, county offices of education, community colleges, and general special education programs, to provide funds to cover up to 50% of the costs of funding out-of-home care in licensed children's institutions (LCIs) within the county. Specifies that a county ERAF shall not be required to provide funding for LCIs for any FY prior to FY 2007-08 that it had not already provided prior to the start of that FY, and prohibits excess ERAF funds from being apportioned to any additional special education programs.
Chapter 463, Statutes of 2007
SB 419 (Kehoe-D) San Diego River Conservancy
States that the San Diego River Conservancy has developed a Five Year Strategic and Infrastructure Plan, expands the territorial jurisdiction of the San Diego River Conservancy, increases the board's membership, and prohibits the conservancy from exercising the power of eminent domain, levying taxes, or regulating land use.
Chapter 646, Statutes of 2007
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, including a local officer supervising a remedial action to a release of waste, a local agency abating a hazardous substance from an underground storage tank, an administering agency supervising a site investigation or remedial action, or a local solid waste enforcement agency, 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. Authorizes the planning, building, and engineering department of a city or county to assess a property owner a reasonable fee, as determined by resolution of its governing body, to cover the costs of taking an action authorized by the bill.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 431* (Aanestad-R) Public employees' retirement
Requires the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to prepare a separate pension fund computation for trial court and all other members in Butte and Solano Counties, and requires those entities to supply relevant information to PERS.
Chapter 256, Statutes of 2007
SB 437 (Negrete McLeod-D) Local agencies: redevelopment
Requires redevelopment officials to report their time limits for eminent domain, incurring debt, the plan's effectiveness, and receiving property tax increment revenues.
Chapter 90, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 444 (Senate Local Government Committee) Local government: standby charges
Amends the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act to conform its provisions to the statutes implementing Proposition 218.
Chapter 27, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 455* (Denham-R) Water: Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plan
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell, lease, convey, or exchange at fair market value specified real property at the Salinas Valley State Prison containing the prison's wastewater treatment facility to the City of Soledad, upon specified terms and conditions and subject to those reservations and exceptions as the Director of DGS determines are in the best interests of the state.
Vetoed
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.
(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.
(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.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 484* (Lowenthal-D) City of Lynwood: recall and special election
Requires any recall or special election held in the City of Lynwood during the 2007 and 2008 calendar years to be administered by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, subject to approval by the board of supervisors. Requires the City of Lynwood, consistent with a specified provision of state law, to pay the County of Los Angeles from the city treasury for any expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in conducting any recall or special election held in the City of Lynwood. Provides a procedure under which the State Controller reallocates to the county amounts otherwise scheduled for distribution to the city from unrestricted funds or moneys, as specified.
Chapter 126, Statutes of 2007
SB 488 (Migden-D) Public resources: open-space district: real property
Adds the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District to the list of regional park and open-space districts that may exchange up to 40 acres a year without voter approval.
Chapter 28, Statutes of 2007
SB 493 (Cogdill-R) Counties: purchasing agents
Raises the amount, from $100,000 to $150,000, that the county supervisors are allowed to authorize purchasing agents to engage independent contractors to perform services for the county.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
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.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 516 (Aanestad-R) Shasta-Tehama County Watermaster District
Creates the Shasta-Tehama County Watermaster District in Shasta County and parts of Tehama County, which performs various functions currently provided by the Department of Water Resources Watermaster program, and creates a seven-member board of directors to govern the newly formed district, to be appointed by the boards of supervisors of Shasta and Tehama counties on or before 2/1/08.
Chapter 434, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 613 (Simitian-D) San Mateo County: vehicle fees
Allows the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to reauthorize, through 1/1/19, an existing fee of up to $4 on motor vehicles registered within the county for a program for the management of traffic congestion and storm water pollution.
Vetoed
SB 640 (Simitian-D) Local general plans: circulation and transportation element
Renames the circulation element in local general plans as the "circulation and transportation element." Makes the same change in seven other statutes that contain cross-references to the circulation element.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
SB 641 (Corbett-D) San Jose airport: vehicle rental agreements
Repeals Section 1936.5 of the Civil Code, which specifically authorizes San Jose International Airport to design and construct a consolidated rental car facility and/or a common use transportation system, subject to specified cost restrictions, and permits the San Jose International Airport to collect a separate, unbundled fee of up to $10.15 per rental transaction to recover its design, construction, and financing costs upon the commencement of operations of the consolidated facility.
Chapter 44, Statutes of 2007
SB 645 (Correa-D) Design-build contracts: cities: counties
Authorizes the Orange County Sanitation District to use the design-build contracting method for construction projects, including public wastewater facilities, in excess of $6 million. Authorizes the City of Stanton to enter into design-build contracts according to specified procedures.
Chapter 473, Statutes of 2007
SB 662 (Wiggins-D) Political Reform Act of 1974: conflict of interest codes
Designates the county board of education, instead of the county board of supervisors, as the conflict of interest code reviewing body for a school district other than a school district in a county with only one school district, a joint powers authority composed of school districts or other educational agencies, or a regional occupational center or program if the district, joint powers authority, or regional center or program has jurisdiction wholly within a single county.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 678 (Wiggins-D) Napa County: surplus state property
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to sell or exchange at current fair market value, by 1/1/10, to the County of Napa certain property located in the county upon terms and conditions the Director deems are in the best interests of the state.
Vetoed
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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 684 (Cox-R) Intercity rail services: feeder buses
Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to amend its contract with Amtrak to allow Amtrak to provide bus service between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe to passengers who are traveling solely by bus, provided that there is no bus company currently operating along the route. Requires Caltrans to undertake a two-year study and report back to the Legislature on the number of passengers who use this service.
Chapter 200, Statutes of 2007
SB 687 (Kehoe-D) City of San Diego: state surplus property
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services (DGS) to sell, lease, convey, or exchange 2.7 acres of property in the City of San Diego that is specifically declared not to be surplus to the needs of the state. Authorizes the Director to acquire 107,000 square feet of office space for consolidated administrative operations of the state. Provides that if the disposition of the property fails to produce sufficient funds to acquire the office space, the Public Works Board may issue bonds. Provides that the funds derived from the disposition of the property be continuously appropriated to the DGS to expend for the purposes of the bill.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 698 (Torlakson-D) Eminent domain
Clarifies that if a defendant's opposition to a pre-judgment order of possession asserts a hardship, that assertion must be supported by a declaration stating facts supporting the hardship, signed under penalty of perjury. Also requires a public entity exercising the power of eminent domain, at the time of sending an offer to purchase, to provide the property owner with an informational pamphlet outlining the process and their rights.
Chapter 436, Statutes of 2007
SB 699 (Ducheny-D) Developer fees: water rights and supply
Expands the Mitigation Fee Act's definition of "capacity charge" to include supply or capacity contracts for rights or entitlements, real property interests, and entitlements and other rights involving a capital expense relating to the local agency's existing or new public facilities.
Chapter 94, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 789 (Margett-R) Chino Hills: surplus property
Authorizes the Chino Valley Unified School District to transfer certain surplus property to the City of Chino Hills for development of a joint-use park.
Vetoed
SB 790 (Torlakson-D) County health officers: public health
Allows a city, county, or city and county to establish a joint powers authority with another public agency that has laboratories in place that can conduct stormwater and urban runoff analyses if the city, county, or city and county does not have existing statutory authorization for the formation of such a joint powers authority.
(In Senate Health Committee)
SB 791 (Corbett-D) City of Hayward: lease of property
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to lease real property in the City of Hayward, adjacent to State Highway Route 580, to a public entity for feeding program purposes, and requires the lease to be for an amount equal to 25% of the property's fair market value.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 815 (Migden-D) San Francisco: tidelands and submerged lands
Authorizes the removal of the public trust on "paper streets" and the lifting of public trust use restrictions on specified seawall lots in the City and County of San Francisco, and adds a federal land parcel to an exchange of public trust lands and nontrust lands on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.
Chapter 660, Statutes of 2007
SB 819 (Hollingsworth-R) Local government: consolidation
Deletes the 7/1/08 sunset date and makes permanent the statutory provisions that allow local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs) to consolidate and reorganize special districts that were not formed under the same principal act. Allows LAFCOs to initiate the formation of new special districts. Exempts any application a LAFCO has accepted for filing before 1/1/08.
Chapter 98, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 856 (Runner-R) Los Angeles County: highway 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.
(In Assembly 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.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 861 (Wiggins-D) North Coast Railroad Authority
Authorizes the reallocation of $5.5 million of previously designated Traffic Congestion Relief Program revenues to the North Coast Railroad Authority for the repayment of a federal loan which has been forgiven, to be used by the agency for environmental clean-up, establishment of quiet zones in the City of Novato, and administrative purposes.
Vetoed
SB 864 (Cogdill-R) Local jails
Enacts the Keep Them in Jail Alternative Incarceration Act, allowing a sheriff to house inmates in temporary jails or treatment facilities, as specified, if the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction is experiencing certain overcrowding conditions.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SB 872 (Ackerman-R) Transportation financing
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.
(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.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 886 (Negrete McLeod-D) South Coast Air Quality Management District
Adds an additional seat on the board of directors of the South Coast Air Quality Management District for the City of Los Angeles, makes clarifying provisions regarding which cities are represented by which geographical city selection committee, and deletes prohibitions on a member serving more than two consecutive terms as chair on specified air quality management districts.
Chapter 664, Statutes of 2007
SB 887 (Calderon-D) Local public water agencies
Requires each local public water agency to establish a low-income ratepayer assistance program.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 904 (Battin-R) County recorders: military records
Requires the county recorder, when furnishing an informational copy of a military service record, to alter that record by masking the service member's personal information, as specified, without incurring any liability.
Vetoed
SB 910 (Scott-D) Temple City: Highway Route 164
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a portion of State Route 164 to the City of Temple City, under certain conditions.
Chapter 218, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(At Assembly Desk)
SB 956 (Correa-D) Orange County: neighborhood electric vehicles
Allows the County of Orange to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community.
Chapter 442, Statutes of 2007
SB 959* (Romero-D) County jail inmates: home detention
Permits a county board of supervisors, upon determination by the county correctional administrator that conditions in a jail facility require the release of sentenced misdemeanor inmates prior to the completion of their jail term due to lack of space, to authorize the correctional administrator to offer a program in which specified inmates may be required to participate in an involuntary home detention program in lieu of jail time, as specified, and requires those inmates on home detention to be electronically monitored.
Chapter 252, Statutes of 2007
SB 964 (Romero-D) Local agencies: Brown Act
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 Brown Act to be conducted in public. Adopts legislative declarations disapproving Wolfe v. City of Fremont (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 533, to the extent dicta in the decision interprets the Brown Act to require that a series of individual meetings by members of a body actually result in a collective concurrence before a violation of the Brown Act could occur.
Vetoed
SB 976 (Torlakson-D) San Francisco Bay Area: transportation planning
Repeals the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority and establishes a new replacement entity, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, to consolidate and operate ferry services in the San Francisco Bay Area and to plan and respond to emergencies or disasters affecting the transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Chapter 734, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 990 (Kuehl-D) Santa Susana Field Laboratory: hazardous waste
Authorizes the Department of Toxic Substances Control to compel a responsible party or parties to take or pay for appropriate removal or remediation action, as prescribed, necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in Ventura County. The sale, lease, sublease, or other transfer of any land presently or formerly occupied by the Santa Susana Field Laboratory shall be prohibited unless the Director of Toxic Substances Control certifies that the land has undergone complete remediation.
Chapter 729, Statutes of 2007
SB 1017 (Perata-D) East Bay Municipal Utility District: electricity generation
Requires an electrical corporation to transmit and distribute East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) generated electricity to serve EBMUD load at other locations. Requires EBMUD to pay applicable rates approved by Public Utilities Commission.
Chapter 668, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SCA 12 (Torlakson-D) Local government: property-related fees
Exempts new or increased stormwater and urban runoff management fees or charges from the California Constitution's voter approval requirements for property-related fees and charges.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AB 5 (Wolk-D) Flood management
Changes the name of the Reclamation Board to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and clarifies existing law to require the Board to function independently from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and prohibits DWR from overturning any Board action. Authorizes the Board to participate in multi-objective flood projects, including land acquisition for flood projects outside the boundaries of the Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage district. Requires DWR to prepare maps of levee flood protection zones, including delineation of areas with depths exceeding three feet, and make those maps available on the Internet. Requires local flood management agencies that operate or maintain state project levees to submit annual reports on their activities to DWR, which will compile and prepare an annual report on the State Plan of Flood Control for the Board, and condition state funding of a levee upgrade on agreement of the local levee agency and protected city or county to adopt a flood safety and emergency response plan within two years.
Chapter 366, Statutes of 2007
AB 12 (Beall-D) Santa Clara County: health insurance
Establishes the Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program, a pilot project administered by the local initiative in Santa Clara County, to provide health care coverage to 5,000 or more low-income adults who reside in Santa Clara County and who are employed in specified small Santa Clara County businesses.
Chapter 677, Statutes of 2007
AB 15 (Houston-R) Contra Costa County: Vasco Road
Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to conduct a study and submit a report to the Legislature pertaining to the construction and maintenance of a median barrier on Vasco Road in Contra Costa County.
Chapter 484, Statutes of 2007
AB 19 (DeVore-R) Santa Ana region: water quality
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.
(In Assembly Environment, Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 20 (Eng-D) Transit-oriented plan amendments
Exempts transit-oriented plan amendments from the requirements of current law and instead requires that the redevelopment agency submit a specified written information statement to the Department of Finance and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Requires that the proposed plan amendment contain specified provisions relating to the indebtedness incurred for redevelopment activities within the transit village development district or for the improvement of affordable housing within the community.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 27 (Parra-D) California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
Creates, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/20, the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, composed of the heads of specified state agencies and departments, local government members and private sector members, subject to specified criteria, to coordinate and improve existing local, state, and federal efforts for the valley to increase the living standards and the overall economic performance of the valley. Requires the partnership to request that the eight economic development coordinators of the counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare serve as an advisory committee to the partnership and make a specified report to the partnership and the Legislature no later than 6/1/09, and annually thereafter.
(In Assembly Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy 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.
(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)
AB 61 (Nava-D) Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District
Increases the membership of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District from five to seven members. One of the new members will be appointed by the Carpinteria City Council and the other will be appointed by the Goleta City Council.
Chapter 103, Statutes of 2007
AB 62* (Nava-D) Local government: disaster relief
Adds the wildfires that occurred in Ventura County in 2006, in El Dorado County in June 2007, and in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in 2007 to the list of disasters eligible for full state reimbursement of local property tax losses, beneficial homeowners' property tax exemption treatment, and favorable "carryforward" treatment of excess disaster losses.
Chapter 224, Statutes of 2007
AB 63* (Emmerson-R) Glen Helen Regional Park: parks and recreation
Authorizes San Bernardino County to transfer acreage in Glen Helen Regional Park, as an easement for road access and in fee interest, in exchange for property of equal or greater recreational value, as determined by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Chapter 310, Statutes of 2007
AB 70 (Jones-D) Flood liability
Establishes that a city or county may be required to contribute its fair and reasonable share for the property damage caused by a flood, to the extent that the city or county increases the state's exposure to liability for property damage by unreasonably approving new development in a previously undeveloped area that is protected by a state flood control project and if it is determined that the city or county failed to comply with other applicable provisions of existing law. Contingent upon enactment of SB 5 (Machado).
Chapter 367, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 101 (Ma-D) San Francisco: parking enforcement
Allows the City and County of San Francisco to install automated forward-facing parking control devices on city-owned public transit for the purpose of taking video images of parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes.
Chapter 377, Statutes of 2007
AB 104 (Solorio-D) City attorneys: criminal records
Specifically directs the Attorney General to provide criminal history information to city attorneys who are pursuing gang injunctions or drug abatement injunctions.
Chapter 104, Statutes of 2007
AB 112 (Wolk-D) Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone (DFZ)
Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 12, between the SR 80 junction in Solano County and the SR 5 junction in San Joaquin County, as a DFZ, if specified criteria are met.
Chapter 255, Statutes of 2007
AB 117 (Beall-D) Santa Clara County: traffic offenses
Authorizes Santa Clara County, until 1/1/13, to collect an additional $2 penalty assessment for every $10 in base fines for certain violations, for purposes of funding local traffic safety programs.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 123 (Nunez-D) Westside Park: parklands
Allows the City of Huntington Park to transfer up to 3.8 acres of Westside Park and the facilities on that land if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the City shall provide the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) with a copy of the recorded deed and map of the substitute parkland; (2) the City shall submit to the DPR a revised map of Westside Park, with the revised acreage; (3) the City shall prepare a detailed land plan showing parcels to be transferred and parcels elsewhere in the City that will be acquired as substitute parkland; (4) the land plan must show the facilities to be constructed on the substitute parkland and demonstrate there is no net loss in park acreage as a result of the transfer; (5) the transferred property is used only for a school facility; and (6) the substitute parkland is protected in perpetuity for park purposes.
Chapter 260, Statutes of 2007
AB 126 (Beall-D) Santa Clara County: structural fumigation enforcement
Adds Santa Clara County to the existing Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program, specifies that fees shall not be used to supplant other funds, and repeals the Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program on 1/1/10.
Chapter 379, Statutes of 2007
AB 140 (Garcia-R) Desert Water Agency
Authorizes the Desert Water Agency (DWA) to expand the types of resources it can use to generate electricity and to develop electricity for the construction, treatment, and disposal of sewage. Authorizes DWA to generate electricity by hydroelectric or eligible renewable energy resources. Defines "disposal of sewage" to include the sale or resale of treated effluent for any purpose.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2007
AB 151* (Berryhill-R) County custodial officers
Grants to Glenn, Lassen, and Stanislaus Counties the authority currently granted to Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, and seventeen other counties to employ "custodial deputy sheriffs" who are "employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments," pursuant to Section 830.1(c) of the Penal Code.
Chapter 84, Statutes of 2007
AB 158 (Ma-D) Los Angeles and San Francisco: public health
Requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to establish the Hepatitis B and C Prevention and Management Pilot Program. Requires DPH to establish the Pilot within the Office of Multicultural Health to provide program education, outreach, counseling, and social services to ethnic populations that are at high risk of hepatitis B infection. Establishes the Hepatitis B and C Prevention and Management Pilot Program Fund and appropriates $4 million to implement specified activities in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, subject to nonprofit and academic programs in those areas meeting specified financial and subject matter expertise requirements, and specifies activities supported by the Fund to include existing and ongoing nonprofit or academic programs addressing screening to identify chronically infected populations, education and counseling programs, and training programs for health professionals.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 162 (Wolk-D) Land use: water supply
Requires cities and counties to increase their attention to flood-related matters in the land use, conservation, safety, and housing elements of their general plans.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2007
AB 169 (Levine-D) Joint powers authorities: Indian tribes
Authorizes 16 federally recognized Indian tribal entities to participate in the Southern California Association of Governments, a joint powers authority, to vote as members of the Association's General Assembly.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 181 (Beall-D) County penalties: automated fingerprint identification fund
Removes the 20-year limitation on Automated Fingerprint and Digital Image Photographic Suspect Booking Identification System Funds.
Chapter 49, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 187 (Nakanishi-R) County funding: veterans
Increases the amount paid by the county towards the burial of an indigent veteran to $350 with the funds coming from a county's general fund, increases to $350, the amount paid by the county toward the burial cost of a veteran who was interred by someone other than a person designated by the board of supervisors, mandates the grave sites of veterans be maintained in decent order, and allows a fraternal or benevolent organization to apply to the board of supervisors to have the board care for a plot in which a soldier is buried.
Chapter 380, Statutes of 2007
AB 211 (Jones-D) Local health officers
Permits local health officers to provide assistance to cities and counties regarding public health issues as they relate to local land use and transportation planning processes, as specified.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 212* (Fuentes-D) General plan amendments: zoning change application
Provides that a local government may not deny an application for a zoning change that was consistent with the general plan at the time that the application was made on the basis that the applicant has subsequently received notice from the local government that a proposed amendment to the general plan conflicts with the zoning change application, and provides that an application for a zoning change may only be denied because of an amendment to a general plan if the proposed amendment to the general plan was filed prior to the date of the zoning change application and public notice of the proposed general plan amendment was made pursuant to specified provisions of law.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 239 (DeSaulnier-D) Recording fees: Contra Costs and San Mateo Counties
Allows the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to charge an additional flat fee, not to exceed $25, for each recorded real estate document in excess of one page, and specifies that when it can be readily determined that multiple documents relate to one transaction, the authorized fee shall be charged only once. Requires funds raised, pursuant to this bill, to be deposited in individual accounts established by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and be used only to help finance the construction, rehabilitation, or purchase of housing affordable to extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderate-income households and for any local matching contributions required by federal law.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 263* (Arambula-D) Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
Provides that, for 2007-08, the amount of ad valorem property tax revenues deemed allocated by the Fresno County Auditor to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) for the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District in 2006-07 shall be decreased by $633,000. Requires that this adjustment be reflected in the District's allocation of property tax revenues in future years, specifies that the reductions in the amount of allocations from Fresno County's ERAF, under the bill's provisions, apply only to school districts and county offices of education, and not to community college districts, and requires the Director of the Department of Finance, for 2007-08 and all future fiscal years, to ensure that the adjustments required by the bill do not result in a net increase in the amount of any special district's required ERAF contribution.
Chapter 490, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 315 (Berg-D) Integrated health and human services programs
Repeals the sunset date for the County Integrated Health and Human Services Program, which authorizes Humboldt, Mendocino, Alameda, and other specified counties, upon approval of the county boards of supervisors, to implement programs for the funding and delivery of specified services and benefits through integrated county health and human services systems.
Chapter 264, Statutes of 2007
AB 349 (Salas-D) Recorded instruments: translation certificates
Provides that a translation in English of an instrument executed or certified in whole or in part in any language other than English may be presented to the county clerk for verification that the translation was performed by a certified or registered court interpreter or by an accredited translator registered with the American Translators Association. Authorizes the county clerk to charge a fee of $10 for verification and certification of each document.
Chapter 231, Statutes of 2007
AB 358 (Blakeslee-R) Santa Maria: state property
Authorizes the Department of General Services to exchange, lease, or lease with purchase option state property owned by the Department of Motor Vehicles for land or facilities owned by the City of Santa Maria.
Chapter 448, Statutes of 2007
AB 373 (Wolk-D) Local government: community facilities improvement
Enacts numerous substantive and technical changes to the statutes governing School Facilities Improvement Districts and the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act.
Chapter 670, Statutes of 2007
AB 382 (Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee) Housing omnibus act
Makes a number of technical, non-controversial changes to laws relating to housing.
Chapter 596, Statutes of 2007
AB 390 (Ruskin-D) Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act
Removes the Los Trancos County Water District from the definition of bay area wholesale customers.
Chapter 52, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 414 (Jones-D) Local planning: residential development
Restricts the use of double-zoned sites to accommodate a city or county's share of the regional housing need under housing element law, and amends the no-net-loss zoning law to clarify that upzoning or findings are required if fewer units are approved than were counted for the site in the housing element.
Vetoed
AB 417 (Blakeslee-R) Regional health authority: Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
Makes changes to the structure and authority of the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority (SBRHA), a Medi-Cal managed care county organized health system, for the purpose of expansion of the SBRHA into San Luis Obispo County.
Chapter 266, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 451 (Garcia-R) Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority
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.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 490 (Hancock-D) Public utility districts: directors compensation
Allows public utility districts to pay board members up to $100 a day for each day of service, as specified, and adds public utility districts to the definition of "water districts" than can raise their stipend amounts. Allows the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's board of directors to raise, by ordinance or resolution, their monthly compensation, as specified. Authorizes the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District's board of directors to provide, by ordinance or resolution, payments of up to $1,000 a month, as specified.
Chapter 213, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AB 547 (Ma-D) County Health Initiative Matching Fund: applications
Establishes a pilot program to authorize, until 12/31/08, applicants, defined as the City and County of San Francisco and the local initiative with which it contracts, to provide comprehensive health care coverage, to pay a fee to a person or entity who assists another to apply for coverage, or to renew his or her coverage with the applicant, as specified. Prohibits the applicants from using federal financial participation revenue from the County Health Initiative Matching Fund to pay the fee, and authorizes the applicants to adopt procedures regarding implementation of the fee award process.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 574 (Torrico-D) Local government: high-occupancy toll lanes
Allows the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority (SSCLJPA), Alameda County Congestion Management District (ACCMD), the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA), and the San Diego Association of Governments (SDAG) to issue bonds payable using toll revenues from high-occupancy toll lane facilities for the purposes of constructing and operating high-occupancy toll lane facilities. Deletes the sunset date that limits how long the SSCLJPA, ACCMD, SCVTA, and SDAG may collect tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes.
Chapter 498, Statutes of 2007
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.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
AB 601 (Arambula-D) Rural communities: sex offenders
Requires the Department of Justice to create the Sexually Violent Predators and Rural Communities Task Force to develop one or more model ordinances intended to assist rural communities in dealing with Sexually Violent Predators within 18 months of its formation for presentation to the Governor, the Attorney General, and Public Safety Committees of the Senate and Assembly.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 641 (Torrico-D) Developer fees
Prohibits local governments from requiring the payment of local developer fees before the developer has received a certificate of occupancy, pursuant to a specified exemption, for any housing development in which at least 49% of the units are affordable to low- or very low-income households.
Chapter 603, Statutes of 2007
AB 642 (Wolk-D) Local agencies: design-build contracts
Allows any county, with the approval of the board of supervisors, to enter into design-build contracts, as defined, in accordance with specified procedures. Expands these contracts to local wastewater facilities, local solid waste facilities, and local water regulatory facilities.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 669 (Parra-D) City of Huron: State Highway Route 269
Facilitates the building of a transportation facility on State Route 289 near the City of Huron.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 679 (Benoit-R) Illegal dumping: assessments
Adds a fine of $100 or $200 to the penalties for dumping, to be used for the city's or county's illegal dumping program.
Chapter 394, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 687 (La Malfa-R) Crystal Creek Regional Camp
Grants the Director of the Department of General Services the authority to lease to Shasta County, for up to 20 years, 29 acres of state-owned property, located in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, for use as a rehabilitative juvenile camp.
Chapter 608, Statutes of 2007
AB 697 (Ruskin-D) Park and recreation districts
Extends the term, from 20 years to 30 years, that the East Bay Regional District and the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District have to repay debt incurred after 1/1/08.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 701 (De La Torre-D) Local agencies: legislative bodies
Increases the maximum amount of salary a city council member may receive per month, and establishes a mechanism for cities to increase salary amounts every other year based upon a cost-of-living adjustment.
Vetoed
AB 704 (Eng-D) Resident Advisory Commission on the Environment Act
Enacts the Resident Advisory Commission on the Environment Act, authorizing the legislative body of each city, county, and city and county to establish a Resident Advisory Commission on the Environment to advise the legislative body on various matters related to the environment.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 738 (Strickland-R) Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency
Establishes a groundwater extraction charge ceiling of up to $25 per acre-foot, if that action is approved by a majority vote of the groundwater pumpers who are subject to the charge, with votes weighted based on the volume of water extracted by each operator.
Chapter 551, Statutes of 2007
AB 745 (Silva-R) Local agency formation commissions
Requires expenditures made in connection with a proposal that will be submitted to a local agency formation commission, and contributions to those proposals, to be disclosed and reported to the same extent and subject to the same requirements as a local initiative measure to be presented to the electorate.
Chapter 109, Statutes of 2007
AB 815 (Berryhill-R) Local regulations: hunting or fishing
Prohibits a city or county from adopting an ordinance or regulation that affects the taking of fish and game within its jurisdiction unless the ordinance meets prescribed requirements.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 842 (Jones-D) Regional plans: traffic reduction
Provides implementing language for the expenditure of funds from the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account and the Transit-Oriented Development Account, created pursuant to Proposition 1C, and from the money in Proposition 84 earmarked for local regional planning.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
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.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 863 (Davis-D) Los Angeles County
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.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
AB 878 (Davis-D) Vehicle registration fees
Allows a local agency to increase the fees, from $1 to $2 each, that it imposes on vehicle registrations in its jurisdictions to fund vehicle theft prevention, investigation, and prosecution programs.
Vetoed
AB 885 (Charles Calderon-D) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Requires the current makeup of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board of Directors to be the same as those members who serve on the Board as of 1/7/07, and requires a study to be done on how the members are selected.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 887* (De La Torre-D) Eminent domain: redevelopment
Requires a redevelopment agency to comply with certain notification requirements prior to adopting a resolution of necessity for the purposes of acquiring property by eminent domain and within a specified time prior to taking certain actions relating to redevelopment.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AB 889 (Lieu-D) Metro Green Line Construction Authority
Establishes the Metro Green Line Construction Authority for the purpose of overseeing and awarding final design and construction of the Los Angeles Metro Green Line light rail project.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 916* (Niello-R) Sacramento County: public contracts
Authorizes the County of Sacramento to use an airport-improvement construction method on airport-related construction projects until 1/1/13.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 922 (Levine-D) Wilshire Corridor
Requires state agencies and departments that develop and maintain data on the municipal level to make a separate breakdown of the Wilshire Traffic Relief Planning District, as described.
Vetoed
AB 930 (Jones-D) Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
Clarifies the authorization for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) to allow SAFCA to acquire flood easements beyond its borders.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 935 (Assembly Business And Professions Committee) County clerks: documents
Creates a records retention period for application, registration, and licensure documents filed with county clerks by process servers, professional photocopiers, unlawful detainer assistants, legal document assistants, bail agents, bail permittees, and admitted surety insurers.
Chapter 402, Statutes of 2007
AB 938 (Charles Calderon-D) Regional water management
Enacts the Regional Watershed Runoff Management and Funding Act, allowing a county or city, under certain circumstances, to convene one or more watershed water quality committees to develop and facilitate cooperation in achieving local water quality solutions, as specified.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 951* (Jones-D) Lower American River: alcoholic beverage
Prohibits possession of alcoholic beverages, whether open or closed, on nonmotorized vessels along the American River between the Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue bridges during three summer holiday periods: Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. Requires Sacramento County to provide notice on the land portion along the American River between Hazel Avenue and Watt Avenue that a violation is punishable as an infraction during these holidays.
Chapter 19, Statutes of 2007
AB 954 (Brownley-D) Oxnard Harbor District
Requires the Oxnard Harbor District's board of harbor commissioners to also consist of commissioners appointed by the city council of each city in the district.
(Unassigned to a committee)
AB 958 (Evans-D) Sonoma and Lake Counties
Makes changes to several statutes pertaining to Sonoma County's Spud Point Marina state loan and Napa County's registrar of voters. Authorizes Napa County to appoint a registrar of voters, and allows Sonoma County to establish berthing rates at the Spud Point Marina to repay loans from the Department of Boating and Waterways.
Vetoed
AB 960 (Hancock-D) County 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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 990 (Berg-D) Bodega Bay: Spud Point Marina
Changes provisions of the loan payments on the loan for construction of the commercial fishing vessel marina at Spud Point in Bodega Bay.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 1003 (Jeffries-R) Counties: 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.)
(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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1019 (Blakeslee-R) Land use: annexation: housing
Creates a process for the reallocation of a county's share of the regional housing need when the annexation of an unincorporated area into a city occurs.
Chapter 165, Statutes of 2007
AB 1020 (Sharon Runner-R) Recordation: change of ownership
Provides that the recordation of a certificate of sale for property sold with redemption rights does not constitute a change of ownership, and clarifies rules for county recorders to accept digital or digitized documents for recording purposes.
Chapter 277, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1042 (Spitzer-R) Property taxation: applications for changed assessment
Allows taxpayers to file assessment appeals applications electronically.
Chapter 195, Statutes of 2007
AB 1047 (Houston-R) Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act
Requires the State Controller to send a notice to all public agencies that details the existence of, and the benefits available to, public agencies under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.
Chapter 144, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1063* (Evans-D) Local agency finance: limited tax bonds
Specifies that a county board of supervisors may provide for the issuance of bonds payable from the proceeds of a transactions and use tax, subject to specified criteria.
Chapter 504, Statutes of 2007
AB 1088* (Carter-D) Military base conversion redevelopment plans
Clarifies that the general provisions regarding time limits governing military base conversion redevelopment agencies are not applicable to the Norton and George Air Force Bases redevelopment project areas since the statutes governing these bases provide specific provisions regarding time limit.
(In Senate Local Government 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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1123 (Berg-D) Healdsburg Armory: state surplus property
Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General of the Department of the Military, to lease state-owned surplus property, known as the Healdsburg Armory, to the City of Healdsburg at fair market value for a term of up to 30 years.
Chapter 625, Statutes of 2007
AB 1127 (Carter-D) City of Rialto: perchlorate: drinking water standards
Authorizes the Department of Public Health to contract with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to assess and treat drinking water for perchlorate contamination around the City of Rialto.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials 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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1168 (Jones-D) Public records: social security numbers
Imposes a number of restrictions on the use of social security numbers (SSNs) in public records, requiring they be redacted or truncated prior to filing or disclosure to the public by specified dates. Requires the Office of Privacy Protection to create a task force to review the use of SSNs by colleges and universities.
Chapter 627, Statutes of 2007
AB 1174 (Keene-R) Hospital districts
Modifies the current sunset on the authority of the Eastern Plumas Health Care District to obtain and be issued a consolidated license to operate a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that is located on the campus of the Sierra Valley District Hospital.
Chapter 20, Statutes of 2007
AB 1198 (Benoit-R) Law enforcement response costs: driving under the influence
Creates new authority for public agencies to recover the cost of police response and prosecution of driving under the influence violations.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1208 (Silva-R) Improvement districts
Makes various changes to the laws governing business improvement districts. Makes improvement district laws more internally consistent and makes other clarifying changes to Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, and Multifamily Improvement District Law.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1219 (Jones-D) City of Sacramento
Authorizes the sale, lease, or exchange of state-owned property and property owned by the City of Sacramento that are 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. Revises the terms for the disposition of two previously authorized state surplus property transactions with Saint Francis High School.
Vetoed
AB 1221 (Ma-D) Transit village developments: tax increment financing
Allows local officials to divert property tax increment revenues to pay for new bonds to pay for infrastructure within transit village development districts.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1222 (Laird-D) State mandates: legislatively determined mandate
Establishes an alternative state mandate reimbursement process, revises certain provisions of the existing reimbursement methodology, and enhances existing requirements for certain mandates.
Chapter 329, Statutes of 2007
AB 1225 (DeSaulnier-D) Government motor vehicle fleet
Requires the California Energy Commission, with the Air Resources Board and the Department of General Services to develop a method, criteria, and procedures to evaluate the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement. Revises certain DGS and local governmental agency procedures related to procurement of fleet vehicles and requires specified recordkeeping.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1238 (Plescia-R) County property: exchanges
Allows either the county or the private property owner to contribute cash, or other real property assets, to a proposed exchange of real property to meet the statutory standard of equal value. The private property must be worth at least 75% of the value of the county's property. The cash or other property assets that balance the transaction cannot exceed 25% of the value of the county's property.
Chapter 145, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1244 (Adams-R) City of La Verne: golf carts
Exempts the City of La Verne, in a golf cart transportation plan area, from the requirement that they provide separate lanes for the golf carts.
Vetoed
AB 1246 (Blakeslee-R) Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests
Allows a state or local agency, when required to set aside an interest in land as mitigation for the environmental impact of one of the agency's capital projects, to transfer the interest to a nonprofit organization that meets current statutory requirements to hold title to and manage the land interest.
Chapter 330, Statutes of 2007
AB 1253* (Caballero-D) Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plant
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to sell, lease, or convey at fair market value a portion of the Salinas Valley State Prison's facility (i.e., the prison's wastewater treatment site) to the City of Soledad.
Chapter 695, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(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.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1258 (Caballero-D) Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones
Designates, until 1/1/12, as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone the segment of State Highway Route 101 between the junction with Boronda Road and the San Benito-Monterey County Line, and the segment of County Road 16, also known as Carmel Valley Road, between the junction with State Highway Route 1 and the junction with Camp Stefani Road.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1259 (Caballero-D) Local planning: housing element
Extends the deadline for communities in the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments region to update their housing elements to 6/30/09, and allows the Department of Housing and Community Development to revise the aggregate regional housing need for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments for the fourth planning cycle to reflect recent changes in population projections from the Department of Finance.
Chapter 696, Statutes of 2007
AB 1260 (Caballero-D) Local government: taxes, fees, assessments, and charges
Clarifies how a public agency may provide notice when proposing a new, or increasing an existing, property-related fee or charge.
Chapter 280, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1262 (Caballero-D) Spheres of influence
Deletes the 1/1/08 sunset and the 30-day time limit on the requirement that a city and county meet prior to the city applying to the local agency formation commission for a new or updated sphere of influence.
Chapter 167, Statutes of 2007
AB 1263 (Caballero-D) Local agency formation commissions: statement
Revises the determinations a local agency formation commission must make when conducting a review of municipal services in conjunction with a new or amended sphere of influence.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1283 (Laird-D) Local government: affordable housing
Extends, until 1/1/13, the sunset date on a provision of law that allows the Contra Costa and Monterey County Redevelopment Agencies and those redevelopment agencies in Santa Cruz County to use separate definitions of "affordable housing cost."
Chapter 62, Statutes of 2007
AB 1284 (Eng-D) Water quality
Requires the Department of Water Resources, when allocating state bond funds, to give preference to applicants that actively engage disadvantaged communities in planning and implementation actions.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1358 (Leno-D) Planning: circulation element: transportation
Requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, by 1/1/09, to prepare or amend general plan guidelines to advise local governments on accommodating specified users of streets, roads, and highways. Requires local governments, upon any revision of a circulation element beginning 1/1/10, to account for specified users of streets, roads and highway. Defines "users of streets, roads and highways."
(On Senate Third Reading File)
AB 1366 (Portantino-D) Local planning: housing element
Adds optional contents for the housing element portion of the annual report on the general plan that each local government jurisdiction must prepare.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1376 (Berryhill-R) Urban water management plan: comments
Requires each urban water supplier to notify the planning departments of any city or county, within which the supplier provides water, with at least 60 days prior notice that the urban water supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan.
Chapter 64, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1407 (Lieu-D) Redondo Beach: powers of arrest
Gives the City of Redondo Beach fire department employees designated as harbor patrol officers powers of arrest.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1438 (Laird-D) City of Santa Cruz: conveyances: DeLaveaga Park
Revises the terms of a previously authorized exchange of state-owned surplus real property located in the City of Santa Cruz.
Vetoed
AB 1492 (Laird-D) Santa Cruz: transit buses: right-of-way
Allows the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, if approved by resolution, to authorize a transit bus to be equipped with a right-of-way yield sign on the left rear of the bus.
Chapter 451, Statutes of 2007
AB 1493 (Saldana-D) Affordable Housing Innovation Fund: housing trust fund
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.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1510 (Parra-D) Design-build: counties
Allows Kern County to use the design-build contracting method.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1526 (Lieber-D) Local agencies: conflicts of interest
Includes within the definition of a "remote interest" an employee or agent of a contracting party where the contract is between a local government body or board and the contracting party as a franchise agreement and certain additional conditions are met.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)
AB 1542 (Evans-D) Rent control: mobilehome parks: conversions
Maintains local rent control on lots that are not purchased by residents within a mobilehome park that converts to resident ownership. Permits the local government to review matters beyond compliance with the law on avoiding the economic displacement of residents.
Vetoed
AB 1543 (Leno-D) Treasure Island Transportation Management
Creates the Treasure Island Transportation Management Act to develop and fund an innovative and sustainable transportation plan for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay.
Vetoed
AB 1576 (Silva-R) State mandates: reimbursement procedures
Enacts recommendations of the Legislative Analyst's Office for expediting the mandate reimbursement process.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1577 (Richardson-D) School districts: pupil attendance alternatives
Establishes a specific interdistrict transfer authorization between the Paramount Unified School District and the Long Beach Unified School District. Authorizes a resident of the City of Lakewood, who is the parent or legal guardian of a pupil, to enroll the pupil in either the school district in which the residency of the parent or legal guardian is located or in the Paramount Unified School District.
(Failed passage in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 1580 (La Malfa-R) Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District
Creates the Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District in Siskiyou County, which performs various functions currently provided through the Department of Water Resources Watermaster program.
Chapter 416, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1597 (Solorio-D) Orange County Sheriff: coastline protection
Subjects any peace officer who utters a slur, epithet, invective, or aspersion while on duty, based in whole or in part upon an individual or group's actual or perceived disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or his or her association with a group or group with one or more of these characteristics, to disciplinary action or dismissal by the law enforcement agency.
(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.
(In Assembly Health 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.
(In Senate Agriculture Committee)
AB 1678 (De La Torre-D) Public officials: conflicts of interest
Enacts a four-year statute of limitations to commence an action to avoid a contract in violation of existing law that prohibits specified public officials from having a financial interest in a contract entered into by the public official in his or her official capacity or by any board or body of which he or she is a member. The four years will run from the time the plaintiff discovered or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have discovered the violation.
Chapter 68, Statutes of 2007
AB 1684 (Emmerson-R) Local government records: recordings
Reduces the retention requirement for recordings of routine video monitoring from one year to 210 days for each entity of local government, except that the retention period for recordings made by security systems operated as part of a public transit system, or by a security system purchased or installed prior to 1/1/07, shall be 210 days or as long as the installed technology allows, whichever is shorter, as specified. Requires each entity of local government, when installing new video monitoring security systems, to purchase and install the best available technology with respect to storage capacity that is both economically and technologically feasible at that time.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1686 (Leno-D) Local traffic officers: assault and battery
Defines "parking control officers" as persons employed by a city, county, or city and county to monitor and enforce state laws and local ordinances related to parking. Makes it a misdemeanor to assault a parking control officer engaged in the performance of his/her duties if the person committing the assault knew or should have known the victim was a parking control officer, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Chapter 243, Statutes of 2007
AB 1709 (Hancock-D) Temporary local public health emergency
Authorizes the governing body of a public agency that contracts with a nonpublic entity to collect, transfer, or otherwise dispose of solid waste or recycling materials to declare a temporary local public health emergency when the nonpublic entity is unable to perform the contract services and the public agency determines that the failure to perform these services threatens the public health and safety. Authorizes, upon declaring the emergency, the public agency to perform all or any portion of the services specified in the contract, as specified.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1733 (Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee) Local park districts: elections
Makes multiple minor and technical changes to provisions of state law governing park district elections.
Chapter 423, Statutes of 2007
AB 1744 (Assembly Local Government Committee) Local government reorganization
Makes nine changes to the state laws affecting local agency formation commissions and local governments' boundaries.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2007
AB 1745 (Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee) Government finance
Contains various technical provisions to improve administration of the property tax law by the county tax collectors and/or treasurers.
Chapter 340, Statutes of 2007
AB 1748 (Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee) Local sales tax
Grants taxpayers appeal rights for the imposition of a negligence penalty for failure to make a prepayment of tax due under the Sales and Use Tax law or the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax law. Increases the use tax exemption for foreign purchases hand-carried into California within a 30-day period from $400 to $800. Revises effective dates of the surcharge rate period under the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge law. Contains various technical changes and "code cleanup" to the Sales and Use Tax, Transactions and Use Tax, and Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax laws.
Chapter 342, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Judiciary 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.
(On Assembly Floor)
ACR 33 (Caballero-D) California Municipal Treasurers Day and Week
Proclaims 5/2/07 as California Municipal Treasurers Day, and the time period of 4/30/07 through 5/6/07 as California Municipal Treasurers Week.
Resolution Chapter 19, Statutes of 2007
Immigration Issues
SB 1 (Cedillo-D) Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act
Enacts the California Dream Act by expanding eligibility for state postsecondary financial aid and community college fee waiver programs to include students who are exempted from paying nonresident tuition due to specified provisions in law.
Vetoed
Similar legislation is SB 160 (Cedillo) which is in Senate Appropriations Committee.
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.
(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.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
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.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
Similar legislation was SB 1 (Cedillo) which was vetoed by the Governor.
SB 268 (McClintock-R) Public postsecondary education: immigrants
Excludes students without legal immigration status from provisions of current law that exempt a non-resident student meeting specified criteria from paying non-resident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges.
(Failed passage in Senate Education Committee)
AB 39 (Benoit-R) Undocumented criminal aliens: costs of incarceration
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to demand, in writing, that the United States Attorney General take federal custody of any undocumented inmate incarcerated in California's correctional system.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar legislation was AB 458 (Cook) which is in the 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).
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 458 (Cook-R) Costs of incarceration: 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.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
Similar legislation was AB 39 (Benoit) which failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 502 (Charles Calderon-D) Undocumented immigrants: domestic violence
Enacts a two-year pilot program that requires the City of Los Angeles to contract with, or arrange for, a nonprofit organization(s) to provide aid to victims of domestic violence who are undocumented immigrants, subject to appropriation in the Budget Act of no more than $145,000. Sets forth related findings and declarations with regard to the federal Violence Against Women Act.
Vetoed
AB 539 (Blakeslee-R) State mental health system
Requires the Director of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Department of Homeland Security, under which the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement trains, certifies, and authorizes designated DMH personnel to perform certain immigration processing functions.
(Failed passage in Assembly Health 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.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1082 (Garrick-R) Law enforcement
Provides that the Director of Homeland Security shall administer a program to reimburse local law enforcement in an amount equal to the prorated salary of any officer for the time the officer attends training on the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
(Failed passage 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.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AJR 16 (Levine-D) Immigration policy
Urges local, state, and federal government officials, when crafting immigration policy that affects the United States-Mexico border, to take steps related to recognizing and protecting the human rights of immigrants and publicly denouncing xenophobia and anti-immigrant bias as having no place in immigration policy.
Resolution Chapter 118, Statutes of 2007
AJR 18 (Solorio-D) Legal permanent residents: United States citizenship
Memorializes the Legislature's opposition to an increase in the fees for legal permanent residents to begin the naturalization process by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and calls upon the President and the Congress of the United States to address the nation's system of financing immigration services.
Resolution Chapter 143, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
Federal Issues
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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
SJR 2 (Migden-D) Forest resources: Headwaters Forest
States the commitment of the Legislature and the State of California to ensure that all provisions of the Headwaters Forest agreement remain in effect.
Resolution Chapter 111, Statutes of 2007
SJR 3 (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, which provides federal funding in lieu of property taxes to rural schools located on or near federal forest lands.
Resolution Chapter 97, Statutes of 2007
SJR 5 (Yee-D) Filipino veterans: benefits
Requests that the Congress and the President of the United States enact the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007.
Resolution Chapter 76, Statutes of 2007
SJR 6 (Kehoe-D) Military: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to adopt the Military Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R. 1246) to end the discriminatory federal policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Resolution Chapter 63, Statutes of 2007
SJR 7 (Maldonado-R) Renewable energy resources
Supports legislation introduced in the Congress of the United States expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, no later than January 1, 2025, not less than 25% of the total energy consumed in the United States comes from renewable resources. Requests that Congress ensure that efforts to increase renewable energy production does not harm current production of food, feed, and fiber.
Resolution Chapter 120, Statutes of 2007
SJR 8 (Migden-D) Diabetes
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to renew the Special Statutory Funding Program for Type 1 Diabetes Research and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians.
Resolution Chapter 98, Statutes of 2007
SJR 9 (Oropeza-D) Funding: veterans health care
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to pass assured funding for veterans health care, and that the Governor and the Legislature of the State of California support this assured funding for veterans health care.
Resolution Chapter 112, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
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.
(In Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee)
SJR 13 (Alquist-D) Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 359, the Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007, that authorizes the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the United States farm labor movement to determine whether any of the sites examined meet the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.
Resolution Chapter 133, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(At Assembly Desk)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SR 12 (Ridley-Thomas-D) The Tuskegee Airmen
Commends the United States Congress on awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen for their outstanding contributions to our nation.
Adopted by the Senate
AJR 1 (Dymally-D) Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Respectfully memorializes the Congress and President of the United States to enact legislation to allow the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to become a fully and legally designated Historically Black College and University and a Historically Black Graduate Institution, as those terms are defined in the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
Resolution Chapter 45, Statutes of 2007
AJR 2 (Dymally-D) Filipino veterans: benefits
Requests that the Congress and the President of the United States enact legislation granting veteran benefits to the Filipino Americans who fought in World War II in the United States Armed Forces.
Resolution Chapter 122, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)
AJR 4 (Beall-D) CalWORKs
Requests the United States Congress to repeal or amend provisions of federal law affecting the state's implementation of welfare-to-work and child support collection practices, in connection with the CalWORKs program.
Resolution Chapter 123, Statutes of 2007
AJR 5 (Hernandez-D) Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security Act.
Resolution Chapter 116, Statutes of 2007
AJR 6 (Nava-D) Severe freezing conditions of January 2007
Respectfully 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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 7 (Arambula-D) Agriculture: freeze losses
Respectfully requests that the President and the Congress of the United States act swiftly in enacting legislation to provide relief and assistance to California workers, producers, and processors who are suffering losses from the January 2007 freeze, consistent with the $1.7 billion relief package embodied in S. 524, authored by Senator Barbara Boxer, and H.R. 925, authored by Congressman Devin Nunes, which are supported by a bipartisan group of California's Congressional Delegation.
Resolution Chapter 117, Statutes of 2007
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AJR 10 (Villines-R) Family Day
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to proclaim the 4th Monday in September as Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children.
Resolution Chapter 52, Statutes of 2007
AJR 11 (Swanson-D) In-Home Supportive Services Plus Waiver
Encourages the Department of Social Services, the Department of Health Care Services, the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency, and other relevant departments to work to ensure that the In-Home Supportive Services Plus Waiver is renewed and protected, and urges the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to renew the waiver.
Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2007
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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AJR 13 (Caballero-D) Food safety
Requests additional funds from the federal government to conduct research into the most effective practices to prevent E. coli O157:H7 contamination of leafy green vegetables, and that the funds be directed to the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at the University of California, Davis.
Resolution Chapter 55, Statutes of 2007
AJR 14 (Jeffries-R) Customs duties and importation revenues
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that will ensure that a substantial increment of new revenues derived from customs duties and importation fees be dedicated to mitigating the economic, mobility, security, and environmental impacts of trade in California and in other trade-affected states across the United States.
Resolution Chapter 73, Statutes of 2007
AJR 15 (Krekorian-D) Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance
Designates 4/24/07 as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923." Memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
Resolution Chapter 27, Statutes of 2007
AJR 16 (Levine-D) Immigration policy
Urges local, state, and federal government officials, when crafting immigration policy that affects the United States-Mexico border, to take steps related to recognizing and protecting the human rights of immigrants and publicly denouncing xenophobia and anti-immigrant bias as having no place in immigration policy.
Resolution Chapter 118, Statutes of 2007
AJR 17 (Lieu-D) Currency: accessibility
Urges the United States Department of the Treasury to withdraw its appeal in a case relating to accessible currency, and if that appeal continues, urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation relating to accessible currency, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 74, Statutes of 2007
AJR 18 (Solorio-D) Legal permanent residents: United States citizenship
Memorializes the Legislature's opposition to an increase in the fees for legal permanent residents to begin the naturalization process by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and calls upon the President and the Congress of the United States to address the nation's system of financing immigration services.
Resolution Chapter 143, Statutes of 2007
AJR 19 (Ma-D) Healthy Families Program
Memorializes each U.S. Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States to ensure that the Congress timely reauthorizes the State Children's Health Insurance Program to assure adequate federal funding for the Healthy Families Program. Also urges the Governor to use his best efforts to work with the Congressional delegation in that regard and to provide meaningful assistance to help identify and enroll children who qualify for Medi-Cal or the Healthy Families Program.
Resolution Chapter 75, Statutes of 2007
AJR 20 (Feuer-D) Commemorative postal stamp: Mayor Tom Bradley
Urges the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative postal stamp in honor of the late Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles.
Resolution Chapter 124, Statutes of 2007
AJR 21 (Portantino-D) Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to repeal the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, which allows the United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation to charge visitor fees for recreation on publicly owned land under their management.
(In Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
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. 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 2007
AJR 24 (Evans-D) Speech
Respectfully urges the Congress of the United States to enact a shield law for America's journalists.
Resolution Chapter 119, Statutes of 2007
AJR 25 (Gaines-R) Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
Opposes the adoption of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that grants 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.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
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.
(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 2007
AJR 28 (Leno-D) Union representation
Respectfully 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 2007
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 United States Congress, 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 2007
AJR 30 (Berg-D) Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education Research Act
Respectfully 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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
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.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AJR 32 (Karnette-D) C-17 Aircraft production
Implores the Congress and the President of the United States to more quickly make available the funding necessary to ensure the continued vitality of the C-17 Globemaster III Transport Jet production program.
Resolution Chapter 152, Statutes of 2007
AJR 33 (Eng-D) Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007: passage
Urges the President and Congress of the United States to enact H.R. 359, the Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a Special Resource Study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine whether any of the sites examined meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.
(In Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee)
AJR 34 (Price-D) National Lupus Awareness Month
Declares that the month of October 2007 be designated as "National Lupus Awareness Month," and encourages state and federal government entities to promote policies and programs that seek to reduce the incidence of lupus, and improve current methods of prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care for all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 144, Statutes of 2007
AJR 35 (Hayashi-D) Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats
Respectfully 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.
(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 specified measures to defend and protect the human rights of the Hmong population in Laos and Thailand.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
AJR 37 (Arambula-D) Hmong community
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to amend the federal USA Patriot Act and federal Real ID Act, or to use existing administrative waivers under those laws, to ensure that groups that do not pose a threat to national security, such as the Hmong community, are not denied human rights, citizenship, or entry into the United States.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
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.
(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.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
AJR 40 (De Leon-D) Ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure
Memorializes the President of the United States to declare the existing conditions related to PM 2.5 exposure in the South Coast Air Basin a state of emergency, and urges that immediate steps be taken to rectify the emergency.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Cedillo-D Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act | Immigration Issues |
| SB 2 | Cedillo-D Local planning | Local Government |
| SB 3 | Harman-R Trespass: illegal immigrants | Immigration Issues |
| SB 6 | Oropeza-D Land use planning: flood control | Local Government |
| SB 10 | Kehoe-D San Diego County Regional Airport Authority | Local Government |
| SB 12* | Lowenthal-D Local planning housing element | Local Government |
| SB 14 | Negrete McLeod-D Retirement: military service: veterans | Public Employees |
| SB 16 | Florez-D Local agency finance: limited obligation bonds | Local Government |
| SB 23 | Cogdill-R San Joaquin Valley: air pollution | 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 38* | Battin-R Riverside County: disaster relief | Local Government |
| SB 39 | Migden-D County welfare agencies: child abuse | Local Government |
| SB 49 | Migden-D Local government: financial assistance: sports franchises | Local Government |
| SB 50* | Torlakson-D Claims against the state: appropriation | Other State 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 62 | Florez-D Tribal gaming | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 76 | Florez-D Local agencies: ethics training | Local Government |
| SB 86* | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee State government | Other State Government |
| SB 90 | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee State government: information technology | Other State Government |
| SB 103 | Cedillo-D Local agencies: economic development | Local Government |
| SB 106 | Wiggins-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 108 | Wiggins-D Alcoholic beverages: winegrower's license | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 114* | Florez-D Local government: freeze | Local Government |
| SB 125* | Harman-R Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| SB 134 | Cedillo-D County employees retirement: Los Angeles | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 141* | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 142* | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 143 | Senate Local Government Committee Validations | Local Government |
| SB 144 | Assembly Local Government Committee Omnibus Local Government Bill | Local Government |
| SB 148* | Hollingsworth-R Property tax relief: freeze | Local Government |
| SB 149* | Hollingsworth-R Local government: freeze relief | Local Government |
| SB 152 | Florez-D Gambling: local gambling ordinances | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 159 | Wyland-R California Prompt Payment Act | Other State Government |
| SB 160 | Cedillo-D California Dream Act | Immigration Issues |
| SB 161 | Margett-R Public works contracts: Internet submissions | Other State Government |
| SB 162 | Negrete McLeod-D Local government: organization | Local Government |
| SB 167 | Negrete McLeod-D General plans | Local Government |
| SB 169 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 174 | Ducheny-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 175 | Ducheny-D Tribal gaming: compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 188 | Negrete McLeod-D Public finance | Local Government |
| SB 206* | Cox-R Public contracts: counties | Local Government |
| SB 215 | Denham-R Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 217 | Cogdill-R Political Reform Act of 1974: conflict-of-interest code | Local Government |
| SB 221 | Runner-R Legislators' Retirement System: compensation | Legislature |
| SB 224 | Battin-R State Highway Routes 79 and 111: relinquishment | Local Government |
| SB 229 | Margett-R Vehicles: large or heavy loads | Local Government |
| SB 230 | Yee-D Police protection districts | Local Government |
| SB 231 | Runner-R Resident contractors | Other State Government |
| SB 233 | Cox-R Public contracts: design-build contracting | 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 246 | Margett-R Los Angeles: 48th District Agricultural Association | Local Government |
| SB 249 | Negrete McLeod-D Horse racing: unauthorized payments | Horse Racing |
| SB 264 | Alquist-D Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | Local Government |
| SB 268 | McClintock-R Public postsecondary education: immigrants | Immigration Issues |
| 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 282 | Cox-R State Fair Leasing Authority | Other State Government |
| SB 289* | Vincent-D Gambling Control Act: licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 292 | Wiggins-D State bond funds: allocation | 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 303 | Ducheny-D Local government: land use planning | Local Government |
| SB 317 | Denham-R Horse racing: official veterinarians | Horse Racing |
| SB 324 | Migden-D Hetch Hetchy Water and Power solar generation | Local Government |
| SB 343 | Negrete McLeod-D Local agencies: open meetings: documents | Local Government |
| SB 351 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 360 | Negrete McLeod-D Local government: Capital Investment Incentive Program | Local Government |
| SB 373 | Kehoe-D Natural community conservation planning | Local Government |
| SB 374 | Harman-R Military service: benefits | Other State Government |
| SB 376 | Migden-D San Francisco: unfair competition action | Local Government |
| SB 379 | Denham-R Horse racing: out-of-country thoroughbred races | Horse Racing |
| 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 416 | Ashburn-R Design-build: counties | Local Government |
| SB 418 | Migden-D Local government finance | Local Government |
| SB 419 | Kehoe-D San Diego River Conservancy | Local Government |
| SB 429 | Ducheny-D Land use controls | Local Government |
| SB 431* | Aanestad-R Public employees' retirement | Public Employees Local Government |
| SB 436 | Vincent-D Horse racing: harness or quarter horses | Horse Racing |
| SB 437 | Negrete McLeod-D Local agencies: redevelopment | Local Government |
| 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 444 | Senate Local Government Committee Local government: standby charges | Local Government |
| SB 450 | Oropeza-D Alcoholic beverages: licensees: local government review | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| SB 455* | Denham-R Water: Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plan | 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 464 | Kuehl-D Rental property: public entity restrictions | Local Government |
| SB 465 | Lowenthal-D Housing: grant and loan programs | Local Government |
| SB 473 | Cox-R State agencies: fingerprinting vendors | Other State Government |
| SB 484* | Lowenthal-D City of Lynwood: recall and special election | Local Government |
| SB 488 | Migden-D Public resources: open-space district: real property | Local Government |
| SB 493 | Cogdill-R Counties: purchasing agents | Local Government |
| SB 495* | Denham-R Rural crime: Agricultural Crime Prevention Program | Local Government |
| SB 516 | Aanestad-R Shasta-Tehama County Watermaster District | Local Government |
| SB 519 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Public meetings: special meetings | Other State Government |
| SB 520 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Alcoholic beverages: containers: licensees | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| 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 561* | Margett-R Horse racing: parimutuel wagering: technology | Horse Racing |
| SB 567 | Aanestad-R State property | Other State Government |
| SB 574 | Negrete McLeod-D Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 579* | Wiggins-D Public employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| SB 580 | Wiggins-D Public employees' health benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 581 | Wiggins-D Firefighters: volunteer firefighters | Public Employees |
| SB 582 | Corbett-D Charitable solicitations | 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 608 | Wiggins-D Judges' retirement | Public Employees |
| SB 613 | Simitian-D San Mateo County: vehicle fees | Local Government |
| 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 Local general plans: circulation and transportation element | Local Government |
| SB 641 | Corbett-D San Jose airport: vehicle rental agreements | Local Government |
| SB 645 | Correa-D Design-build contracts: cities: counties | Local Government |
| SB 662 | Wiggins-D Political Reform Act of 1974: conflict of interest codes | Local Government |
| SB 678 | Wiggins-D Napa County: surplus state property | Local Government |
| SB 682 | Ridley-Thomas-D Neighborhood councils: open meetings | Local Government |
| SB 684 | Cox-R Intercity rail services: feeder buses | Local Government |
| SB 687 | Kehoe-D City of San Diego: state surplus property | Local Government |
| SB 689 | Correa-D Public employee health benefits: vision care: annuitants | Public Employees |
| SB 695 | Wiggins-D Public employment: Department of Fish and Game | Public Employees |
| SB 696 | Yee-D Alcoholic beverages: lodging establishments | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 698 | Torlakson-D Eminent domain | Local Government |
| SB 699 | Ducheny-D Developer fees: water rights and supply | Local Government |
| SB 721 | Ashburn-R State agencies: succession plans | Other State Government |
| SB 728 | Kehoe-D Federal Fire Management Assistant Grant Program | Local Government |
| SB 730 | Florez-D Gambling: licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| SB 754 | Kehoe-D State property: leases | Other State Government |
| SB 755 | Alquist-D Public employees' retirement: postretirement death benefits | Public Employees |
| SB 760 | Migden-D State employees: deferred compensation | Public Employees |
| SB 762 | Cox-R Alcoholic beverages: licenses | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| 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 789 | Margett-R Chino Hills: surplus property | Local Government |
| SB 790 | Torlakson-D County health officers: public health | Local Government |
| SB 791 | Corbett-D City of Hayward: lease of property | 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 815 | Migden-D San Francisco: tidelands and submerged lands | Local Government |
| SB 819 | Hollingsworth-R Local government: consolidation | Local Government |
| SB 821 | Kuehl-D Land use: water supplies | Local Government |
| SB 856 | Runner-R Los Angeles County: highway signs | Local Government |
| SB 857 | Correa-D Air pollution districts | Local Government |
| SB 861 | Wiggins-D North Coast Railroad Authority | Local Government |
| SB 863 | Yee-D Horse Racing Board | Horse Racing |
| SB 864 | Cogdill-R Local jails | Local Government |
| SB 870* | Ridley-Thomas-D State employment: adverse actions | Public Employees |
| SB 872 | Ackerman-R Transportation financing | Local Government |
| SB 873 | Florez-D Horseracing | Horse Racing |
| SB 881 | Runner-R Airports: Santa Paula Airport | Local Government |
| SB 886 | Negrete McLeod-D South Coast Air Quality Management District | Local Government |
| SB 887 | Calderon-D Local public water agencies | Local Government |
| SB 903 | Padilla-D Gaming compact ratification | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 904 | Battin-R County recorders: military records | Local Government |
| SB 910 | Scott-D Temple City: Highway Route 164 | 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 921 | Vincent-D Horse racing: equine medication | Horse Racing |
| SB 934 | Lowenthal-D Housing and infrastructure zones | Local Government |
| SB 938 | Oropeza-D Local sales and use taxes | Local Government |
| SB 941 | Padilla-D Tribal-State Gaming Compact | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 956 | Correa-D Orange County: neighborhood electric vehicles | Local Government |
| SB 957 | Torlakson-D Tribal gaming compact | Tribal Gaming |
| SB 959* | Romero-D County jail inmates: home detention | Local Government |
| SB 963 | Ridley-Thomas-D Regulatory boards | Other State Government |
| SB 964 | Romero-D Local agencies: Brown Act | Local Government |
| SB 968 | Simitian-D Contracts | Other State Government |
| SB 971 | McClintock-R Government reorganization | Other State Government |
| SB 976 | Torlakson-D San Francisco Bay Area: transportation planning | Local Government |
| SB 978 | Harman-R Taxation: disclosure of information | Local Government |
| SB 990 | Kuehl-D Santa Susana Field Laboratory: hazardous waste | Local Government |
| SB 994 | Florez-D Horse racing. | Horse Racing |
| SB 995 | Maldonado-R Alcoholic beverages: instructions: tastings | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| SB 1017 | Perata-D East Bay Municipal Utility District: electricity generation | Local Government |
| SB 1032 | McClintock-R Disability retirement: medical examinations | Public Employees |
| SB 1041 | Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee State militia | Other State 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 8 | Harman-R Appropriations limit | Other State Government |
| SCA 9 | Ashburn-R Legislative reform | Legislature |
| SCA 11 | McClintock-R State contracts: contracting out state services | Other State Government |
| SCA 12 | Torlakson-D Local government: property-related fees | Local Government |
| SCR 1 | Scott-D Joint Rules | Legislature |
| SCR 2 | Perata-D Legislative Counsel of California | Legislature |
| SCR 5 | Lowenthal-D California Museum Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 13 | Corbett-D Irish-American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 17 | Ridley-Thomas-D Black History Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 25 | Cedillo-D Cesar Chavez Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 26 | Yee-D Language education: World Languages and Cultures Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 39 | Torlakson-D Legislature: physical fitness and wellness program | Legislature |
| SCR 44 | Cox-R The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Day | Other State Government |
| SCR 45 | Battin-R California Indian Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 47 | Battin-R California Hispanic Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| SCR 56 | Correa-D Anaheim Ducks: 2007 National Hockey League's Stanley Cup | Other State Government |
| SCR 60 | Aanestad-R Leo J. Trombatore State Office Building | Other State Government |
| SCR 63 | Alquist-D Ramadan | Other State Government |
| SJR 1 | Migden-D War in Iraq | Federal Issues |
| SJR 2 | Migden-D Forest resources: Headwaters Forest | Federal Issues |
| SJR 3 | Aanestad-R Federal Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination | Federal Issues |
| SJR 5 | Yee-D Filipino veterans: benefits | Federal Issues |
| SJR 6 | Kehoe-D Military: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy | Federal Issues |
| SJR 7 | Maldonado-R Renewable energy resources | Federal Issues |
| SJR 8 | Migden-D Diabetes | Federal Issues |
| SJR 9 | Oropeza-D Funding: veterans health care | 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 13 | Alquist-D Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007 | 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 |
| SR 1 | McClintock-R Holdover Senators | Legislature |
| SR 2 | Romero-D Election of officers | Legislature |
| SR 4 | Ackerman-R Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2007-08 Session | Legislature |
| SR 5 | Migden-D Notifying the Governor of the organization of the Senate | Legislature |
| SR 6 | Oropeza-D Notifying the Assembly of the organization of the Senate | Legislature |
| SR 7 | Perata-D Senate Rules Committee: membership | Legislature |
| SR 8 | Perata-D Senate Standing Rules | Legislature |
| SR 9 | Ridley-Thomas-D 2016 Summer Olympics | Other State Government |
| SR 12 | Ridley-Thomas-D The Tuskegee Airmen | Federal Issues |
| SR 13 | Perata-D Senate Rules: standing committees | Legislature |
| SR 14 | Yee-D California Horse Racing Board | Horse Racing |
| SR 15 | Yee-D Girl Scouts water conservation programs | Other State Government |
| SR 16 | Perata-D Senate Rule 12: standing committees | 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 |
| SJR 1X | Battin-R Federal health care mandate reimbursement | Federal Issues |
| SCR 1XX | Perata-D 2007-08 Second Extraordinary Session: Joint Rules | Legislature |
| AB 5 | Wolk-D Flood management | Local Government |
| AB 12 | Beall-D Santa Clara County: health insurance | Local Government |
| AB 15 | Houston-R Contra Costa County: Vasco Road | Local Government |
| AB 19 | DeVore-R Santa Ana region: water quality | Local Government |
| AB 20 | Eng-D Transit-oriented plan amendments | Local Government |
| AB 27 | Parra-D California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley | Local Government |
| AB 35 | Ruskin-D State buildings: building standards | Other State Government |
| AB 36 | Niello-R Public employees' retirement: fraud | Public Employees |
| 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 61 | Nava-D Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District | Local Government |
| AB 62* | Nava-D Local government: disaster relief | Local Government |
| AB 63* | Emmerson-R Glen Helen Regional Park: parks and recreation | Local Government |
| AB 67 | Dymally-D State and local agencies: bilingual services | Other State Government |
| AB 70 | Jones-D Flood liability | Local Government |
| AB 82 | Evans-D Napa County: regional housing needs | Local Government |
| AB 87 | Blakeslee-R Alcoholic beverages: California county wine | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 91 | Garcia-R Tribal-state gaming compacts: revenue sharing | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 101 | Ma-D San Francisco: parking enforcement | Local Government |
| AB 103* | Soto-D State military reservists: service awards | Other State Government |
| AB 104 | Solorio-D City attorneys: criminal records | Local Government |
| AB 107 | Smyth-R Public contracts: unauthorized aliens | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 112 | Wolk-D Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone (DFZ) | Local Government |
| AB 117 | Beall-D Santa Clara County: traffic offenses | Local Government |
| AB 123 | Nunez-D Westside Park: parklands | Local Government |
| AB 126 | Beall-D Santa Clara County: structural fumigation enforcement | Local Government |
| AB 130* | Nakanishi-R Excluded employees: salaries and benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 136 | Emmerson-R Search and Rescue Memorial | Other State Government |
| AB 137 | DeVore-R Public employees | Public Employees |
| AB 140 | Garcia-R Desert Water Agency | Local Government |
| AB 151* | Berryhill-R County custodial officers | Local Government |
| AB 158 | Ma-D Los Angeles and San Francisco: public health | Local Government |
| AB 162 | Wolk-D Land use: water supply | Local Government |
| AB 165 | Jeffries-R State government: Office of Community Initiatives | Other State Government |
| AB 169 | Levine-D Joint powers authorities: Indian tribes | Local Government |
| AB 174 | Price-D Civil service: employment discrimination | Public Employees |
| AB 181 | Beall-D County penalties: automated fingerprint identification fund | Local Government |
| AB 186 | Maze-R Rural crime prevention | Local Government |
| AB 187 | Nakanishi-R County funding: veterans | Local Government |
| AB 192* | Assembly Budget Committee State government | Other State Government |
| AB 199* | Assembly Budget Committee State government | Other State Government |
| AB 211 | Jones-D Local health officers | Local Government |
| AB 212* | Fuentes-D General plan amendments: zoning change application | Local Government |
| AB 219 | Jeffries-R Disability retirement: medical examinations | Public Employees |
| AB 220 | Bass-D Firefighters | Other State Government |
| AB 221 | Anderson-R Public retirement systems: investments: Iran | Public Employees Other State Government |
| AB 236 | Lieu-D Governmental motor vehicle fleets | Other State Government |
| AB 239 | DeSaulnier-D Recording fees: Contra Costs and San Mateo Counties | Local Government |
| AB 240 | Eng-D State surplus personal property: centralized sale | Other State Government |
| AB 241 | Price-D Horse racing: satellite wagering | Horse Racing |
| AB 246 | Torrico-D County employees' retirement: retirement boards | Public Employees |
| AB 263* | Arambula-D Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District | 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 295 | Lieu-D State agencies: collection of demographic data | Other State Government |
| AB 300* | Nunez-D Public contracts: 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games | Other State Government |
| AB 309 | Tran-R State boards and commissions: salaries: suspension | Other State Government |
| AB 315 | Berg-D Integrated health and human services programs | Local Government |
| AB 323* | Evans-D Alcoholic beverage licensees: wine | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 345 | Saldana-D Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking prevention | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 346 | Beall-D Alcoholic beverages: labels | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 349 | Salas-D Recorded instruments: translation certificates | Local Government |
| AB 356 | Mendoza-D Gambling control | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 358 | Blakeslee-R Santa Maria: state property | Local Government |
| AB 373 | Wolk-D Local government: community facilities improvement | Local Government |
| AB 376 | Nava-D Public employees' retirement: airport police officers | Public Employees |
| AB 382 | Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee Housing omnibus act | Local Government |
| AB 384 | Portantino-D Firefighters | Public Employees |
| AB 385 | Ruskin-D Public employees: salaries: professional scientists | Public Employees |
| AB 390 | Ruskin-D Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act | Local 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 414 | Jones-D Local planning: residential development | Local Government |
| AB 417 | Blakeslee-R Regional health authority: Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo | Local Government |
| AB 419 | Lieber-D Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence | Public Employees |
| AB 434 | Silva-R Notaries public | Other State Government |
| AB 443 | Wolk-D California Highway Patrol: main office | Other State Government |
| AB 444 | Hancock-D Congestion management: motor vehicle registration fees | Local Government |
| AB 451 | Garcia-R Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority | Local Government |
| AB 455 | Cook-R Contractors' State License Board | Other State Government |
| AB 458 | Cook-R Costs of incarceration: 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 490 | Hancock-D Public utility districts: directors compensation | Local Government |
| AB 502 | Charles Calderon-D Undocumented immigrants: domestic violence | Immigration Issues |
| AB 503 | Swanson-D Public agencies: overtime: notice | Public Employees |
| AB 524 | Hancock-D Public employees: local agencies | Public Employees |
| AB 526 | Evans-D Excluded employees: meet and confer rights: mediation | Public Employees |
| AB 527 | Torrico-D Public buildings: energy efficiency | Other State Government |
| AB 532 | Wolk-D State property: solar energy | Other State Government |
| AB 533 | Galgiani-D Local publicly owned electric utilities: cost responsibility | Local Government |
| AB 539 | Blakeslee-R State mental health system | Immigration Issues |
| AB 542 | Gaines-R State Historical Building Safety Board: membership | Other State Government |
| AB 545* | Walters-R Insurance fraud | Public Employees |
| AB 547 | Ma-D County Health Initiative Matching Fund: applications | Local Government |
| AB 552 | Hernandez-D County employees: health insurance | Public Employees |
| AB 553 | Hernandez-D Public Employment Relations Board | Public Employees |
| AB 554 | Hernandez-D Public employees: benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 560 | Richardson-D Gambling: licenses | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 568 | Karnette-D Port Community Advisory Committee | Local Government |
| AB 574 | Torrico-D Local government: high-occupancy toll lanes | Local Government |
| AB 576 | Carter-D Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: animal feeding | 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 Rural communities: sex offenders | Local Government |
| AB 608 | De La Torre-D State contracting: small business preference | Other State Government |
| AB 609 | Eng-D State building construction: energy conservation | Other State Government |
| AB 617 | Torrico-D State contracts: information technology goods and services | Other State Government |
| AB 641 | Torrico-D Developer fees | Local Government |
| AB 642 | Wolk-D Local agencies: design-build contracts | Local Government |
| AB 649 | Ma-D Horse racing: jockeys | Horse Racing |
| 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 663 | Galgiani-D Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 669 | Parra-D City of Huron: State Highway Route 269 | Local Government |
| AB 671 | Beall-D State employment: foster youth | Public Employees |
| AB 679 | Benoit-R Illegal dumping: assessments | Local Government |
| AB 681 | Carter-D San Bernardino County: health department | Local Government |
| AB 687 | La Malfa-R Crystal Creek Regional Camp | Local Government |
| AB 696 | Hernandez-D State employees: military benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 697 | Ruskin-D Park and recreation districts | Local Government |
| AB 700 | Lieu-D Santa Monica Airport | Local Government |
| AB 701 | De La Torre-D Local agencies: legislative bodies | Local Government |
| AB 704 | Eng-D Resident Advisory Commission on the Environment Act | Local Government |
| AB 721 | Maze-R Public records: legislative requests | Legislature |
| AB 723 | DeVore-R Gambling establishments | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 727 | Maze-R Property acquisition | Other State Government |
| AB 733 | Charles Calderon-D Gambling | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 738 | Strickland-R Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency | Local Government |
| AB 745 | Silva-R Local agency formation commissions | Local Government |
| AB 753 | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee County employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| AB 754* | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee State employees: memoranda of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 756* | Assembly Public Employees, Retirement And Social Security Committee Memoranda of understanding | Public Employees |
| AB 761 | Coto-D State contracts: small businesses | Other State Government |
| AB 765 | Evans-D Horse racing: racetrack enclosure | Horse Racing |
| AB 775 | Niello-R County employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| AB 776* | Aghazarian-R Alcoholic beverages: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 779 | Jones-D Security of personal information | Other State Government |
| AB 813* | Portantino-D Advance deposit wagering | Horse Racing |
| AB 815 | Berryhill-R Local regulations: hunting or fishing | Local Government |
| AB 820 | Karnette-D State facilities: recycling polystyrene | Other State Government |
| AB 823 | Solorio-D Orange County: road funds | Local Government |
| AB 842 | Jones-D Regional plans: traffic reduction | Local Government |
| AB 847 | Berg-D Joint powers agreements: Yurok Tribe | Local Government |
| AB 863 | Davis-D Los Angeles County | Local Government |
| AB 865 | Davis-D State agencies: live customer service agents | Other State Government |
| AB 878 | Davis-D Vehicle registration fees | Local Government |
| AB 885 | Charles Calderon-D Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | Local Government |
| AB 886 | Sharon Runner-R Notaries public | Other State Government |
| AB 887* | De La Torre-D Eminent domain: redevelopment | Local Government |
| AB 889 | Lieu-D Metro Green Line Construction Authority | Local Government |
| AB 892 | Evans-D Alcoholic beverages: California wine | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 908 | Adams-R California Emergency Services Act: Year 2000 Problem | Other State Government |
| AB 916* | Niello-R Sacramento County: public contracts | Local Government |
| AB 922 | Levine-D Wilshire Corridor | Local Government |
| AB 930 | Jones-D Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency | Local Government |
| AB 931 | Ruskin-D San Mateo County: corrections | Local Government |
| AB 933 | Jeffries-R Exempt employee salaries | Public Employees |
| AB 935 | Assembly Business And Professions Committee County clerks: documents | Local Government |
| AB 938 | Charles Calderon-D Regional water management | Local Government |
| AB 944* | Anderson-R National Guard: income tax exemption | Other State Government |
| AB 950 | Salas-D Armed Forces: personnel: in-state tuition | Other State Government |
| AB 951* | Jones-D Alcoholic beverages: Lower American River | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| AB 953 | Krekorian-D Public employees' health benefits | Public Employees |
| AB 954 | Brownley-D Oxnard Harbor District | Local Government |
| AB 958 | Evans-D Sonoma and Lake Counties | Local Government |
| AB 960 | Hancock-D Alcoholic beverages: licensing restrictions | Alcoholic Beverage Control Local Government |
| AB 971 | Portantino-D Housing: Community Workforce Housing Innovation Program | Local Government |
| AB 982 | Price-D Alcoholic beverages: licensees: advertising | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 983 | Ma-D Services contracts: Governor's Budget | Other State Government |
| AB 990 | Berg-D Bodega Bay: Spud Point Marina | Local Government |
| AB 991 | Charles Calderon-D Deferred Retirement Option Program | Public Employees |
| AB 994 | Parra-D Public contracts: forest products | Other State Government |
| AB 1003 | Jeffries-R Counties: engineering and consulting services | Local Government |
| AB 1004 | Parra-D McFarland Recreation and Park District | Local Government |
| AB 1016 | Plescia-R Racehorses: liens for services | Horse Racing |
| AB 1019 | Blakeslee-R Land use: annexation: housing | Local Government |
| AB 1020 | Sharon Runner-R Recordation: change of ownership | 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 1042 | Spitzer-R Property taxation: applications for changed assessment | Local Government |
| AB 1047 | Houston-R Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act | Local Government |
| AB 1054 | Mullin-D Autopsies: notification and consent | Local Government |
| AB 1063* | Evans-D Local agency finance: limited tax bonds | Local Government |
| AB 1070 | Cook-R Approval of contracts | Legislature Other State Government |
| AB 1081 | Garrick-R Illegal immigration: Corrections | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1082 | Garrick-R Law enforcement | Immigration Issues |
| AB 1088* | Carter-D Military base conversion redevelopment plans | Local Government |
| AB 1089 | Hernandez-D Public contracts: Sudan | Other State Government |
| AB 1117* | Benoit-R Local government: county services areas | Local Government |
| AB 1123 | Berg-D Healdsburg Armory: state surplus property | Local Government |
| AB 1124 | Karnette-D County employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| 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 1135 | Strickland-R State government: reports: declarations | Legislature Other State Government |
| AB 1156 | Levine-D Satellite wagering winnings: child support | Horse Racing |
| AB 1168 | Jones-D Social security numbers | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1170 | Krekorian-D State mandates | Other State Government |
| AB 1174 | Keene-R Hospital districts | Local Government |
| AB 1198 | Benoit-R Law enforcement response costs: driving under the influence | Local Government |
| AB 1208 | Silva-R Improvement districts | Local Government |
| AB 1212 | Nunez-D Tribal gaming: letter of agreement | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1213 | Price-D Local governments: housing elements | Local Government |
| AB 1219 | Jones-D City of Sacramento | Local Government |
| AB 1221 | Ma-D Transit village developments: tax increment financing | Local Government |
| AB 1222 | Laird-D State mandates: legislatively determined mandate | Local Government |
| AB 1225 | DeSaulnier-D Government motor vehicle fleet | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1233 | Galgiani-D State Library: homework assistance | Other State Government |
| AB 1238 | Plescia-R County property: exchanges | Local Government |
| AB 1240 | Benoit-R Riverside County Transportation Commission | Local Government |
| AB 1244 | Adams-R City of La Verne: golf carts | Local Government |
| AB 1246 | Blakeslee-R Land use: natural resources: transfer of property interests | Local Government |
| AB 1251 | Tran-R California State Lottery: multi-state lottery | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1253* | Caballero-D Salinas Valley State Prison wastewater treatment plant | Local Government |
| AB 1254 | Caballero-D Property tax revenue allocations | Local Government |
| AB 1255* | Parra-D County employees' retirement: pension: Fresno County | Public Employees |
| 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 Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones | Local Government |
| AB 1259 | Caballero-D Local planning: housing element | Local Government |
| AB 1260 | Caballero-D Local government: taxes, fees, assessments, and charges | Local Government |
| AB 1261 | Caballero-D Infrastructure financing | Local Government |
| AB 1262 | Caballero-D Spheres of influence | 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 | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1273* | Leno-D State claims | Other State Government |
| AB 1274* | Leno-D State claims | Other State Government |
| AB 1283 | Laird-D Local government: affordable housing | Local Government |
| AB 1284 | Eng-D Water quality | Local Government |
| AB 1286 | Richardson-D Horse racing: county fairs | Horse Racing |
| AB 1288 | Hayashi-D County employees: vision care | Public Employees |
| AB 1289 | Price-D Advance deposit wagering: out-of-state providers | Horse Racing |
| AB 1295 | Spitzer-R Orange and Riverside Counties: tolls | Local Government |
| AB 1296 | Torrico-D Public employee health benefits: disclosures | Public Employees |
| AB 1303 | Smyth-R Urban greening | Local Government |
| AB 1307 | Krekorian-D Public employee benefits: supplemental contribution program | Public Employees |
| AB 1308 | Torrico-D Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 1314 | Strickland-R Bingo | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1317 | Mullin-D Public employees' retirement: executive compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1336 | Bass-D Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse programs | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1339 | Torrico-D Problem and pathological gambling | Other Gaming Legislation |
| AB 1345 | Plescia-R Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 1358 | Leno-D Planning: circulation element: transportation | Local Government |
| AB 1362 | Smyth-R Parks and recreation | Other State Government |
| AB 1365 | Karnette-D California Arts Council | 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 1376 | Berryhill-R Urban water management plan: comments | 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 | Torrico-D Tribal gaming: local agencies | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1393 | Leno-D Public records | Other State Government |
| AB 1403 | Arambula-D Local educational agencies: administration | Local Government |
| AB 1407 | Lieu-D Redondo Beach: powers of arrest | Local Government |
| AB 1419 | Anderson-R Bureau of State Audits: transfer to the Controller | Other State Government |
| AB 1438 | Laird-D City of Santa Cruz: conveyances: DeLaveaga Park | Local Government |
| AB 1445 | Plescia-R Alcoholic beverages: off-sale: tied-house restrictions | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1479 | Mendoza-D State bodies: governance | Other State Government |
| AB 1492 | Laird-D Santa Cruz: transit buses: right-of-way | Local Government |
| AB 1493 | Saldana-D Affordable Housing Innovation Fund: housing trust fund | Local Government |
| AB 1496 | Swanson-D Local government: cities and counties: civil service | Public Employees |
| AB 1497 | Niello-R Local government: housing elements | Local Government |
| AB 1510 | Parra-D Design-build: counties | Local Government |
| AB 1523* | Soto-D State employees: compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1526 | Lieber-D Local agencies: conflicts of interest | Local Government |
| AB 1533 | Assembly Banking And Finance Committee Registered warrants: reimbursement warrants | Other State Government |
| AB 1536 | Smyth-R Local housing: parks | Local Government |
| AB 1542 | Evans-D Rent control: mobilehome parks: conversions | Local Government |
| AB 1543 | Leno-D Treasure Island Transportation Management | Local Government |
| AB 1568 | Berg-D Wesley Chesbro Coastal Trail | Legislature |
| AB 1569 | Mendoza-D Alcoholic beverages: unlicensed sales | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1576 | Silva-R State mandates: reimbursement procedures | Local Government |
| AB 1577 | Richardson-D School districts: pupil attendance alternatives | Local Government |
| AB 1579 | Lieber-D Information technology goods and services: proposals | Other State Government |
| AB 1580 | La Malfa-R Scott Valley and Shasta Valley Watermaster District | Local 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 1598 | Price-D Alcoholic beverages: places of consumption | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1603 | Caballero-D Local government: emergency services | Local Government |
| AB 1615 | Sharon Runner-R State contracts: unauthorized aliens | Other State Government Immigration Issues |
| AB 1616 | Garrick-R Horse racing: prohibited substances: administrative hearings | Horse Racing |
| AB 1624 | Niello-R Public employees: workers' compensation | Public Employees |
| AB 1626 | Galgiani-D County employees' retirement | Public Employees |
| AB 1657 | Sharon Runner-R Alcoholic beverages: underage drinking | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1658 | 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 1678 | De La Torre-D Public officials: conflicts of interest | Other State Government Local Government |
| AB 1684 | Emmerson-R Local government records: recordings | Local Government |
| AB 1686 | Leno-D Local traffic officers: assault and battery | Local Government |
| AB 1690 | Villines-R Horse racing: San Mateo County | Horse Racing |
| AB 1702 | Blakeslee-R Caltrans: staffing | Public Employees |
| AB 1709 | Hancock-D Temporary local public health emergency | Local Government |
| AB 1712 | Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee State militia: armories | Other State Government |
| AB 1733 | Assembly Elections And Redistricting Committee Local park districts: elections | Local Government |
| AB 1736 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Horse racing | Horse Racing |
| AB 1738 | Coto-D Tribal gaming: memoranda of agreement | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1739 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| AB 1740 | Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Tribal gaming | Tribal Gaming |
| AB 1744 | Assembly Local Government Committee Local government reorganization | Local Government |
| AB 1745 | Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee Government finance | Local Government |
| AB 1748 | Assembly Revenue And Taxation Committee Local sales tax | Local Government |
| ACA 2 | Walters-R Eminent domain | Local Government |
| ACA 7 | Keene-R Revised biennial session | Legislature |
| ACA 8 | De La Torre-D Eminent domain | Other State Government Local Government |
| ACR 1 | Levine-D California Holocaust Memorial Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 2 | Carter-D Kwanzaa: 40th Anniversary | Other State Government |
| ACR 3 | Torrico-D Korean-American Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 14 | Torrico-D Lunar New Year 4704 celebration | Other State Government |
| ACR 16 | Nakanishi-R Day of Remembrance | Other State Government |
| ACR 19 | Richardson-D Black History Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 29 | Emmerson-R NASCAR Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 33 | Caballero-D California Municipal Treasurers Day and Week | Local Government |
| ACR 38 | Evans-D Vintners Hall of Fame | Alcoholic Beverage Control |
| ACR 43 | Coto-D Cinco de Mayo Week | Other State Government |
| ACR 45 | Caballero-D 2007 State Scientist Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 48 | Blakeslee-R Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 | Other State Government |
| ACR 50 | Torrico-D Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month | Other State Government |
| ACR 60 | Duvall-R Flag Day | Other State Government |
| ACR 65 | Ma-D Region of Souss-Massa-Draa in the Kingdom of Morocco | Other State Government |
| ACR 72 | Mendoza-D California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference | Other State Government |
| ACR 74 | Fuentes-D California Firefighters Memorial Day | Other State Government |
| AJR 1 | Dymally-D Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science | Federal Issues |
| AJR 2 | Dymally-D Filipino veterans: benefits | Federal Issues |
| AJR 3 | Dymally-D Low-income home energy assistance | Federal Issues |
| AJR 4 | Beall-D CalWORKs | Federal Issues |
| AJR 5 | Hernandez-D Social Security: retirement benefits: public employees | Public Employees Federal Issues |
| AJR 6 | Nava-D Severe freezing conditions of January 2007 | Federal Issues |
| AJR 7 | Arambula-D Agriculture: freeze losses | Federal Issues |
| AJR 8 | Leno-D War in Iraq | Federal Issues |
| AJR 9 | Tran-R Taiwan | Federal Issues |
| AJR 10 | Villines-R Family Day | Federal Issues |
| AJR 11 | Swanson-D In-Home Supportive Services Plus Waiver | Federal Issues |
| AJR 12 | Bass-D Ethiopia | Federal Issues |
| AJR 13 | Caballero-D Food safety | Federal Issues |
| AJR 14 | Jeffries-R Customs duties and importation revenues | Federal Issues |
| AJR 15 | Krekorian-D Armenian Genocide: Day of Remembrance | Federal Issues |
| AJR 16 | Levine-D Immigration policy | Immigration Issues Federal Issues |
| AJR 17 | Lieu-D Currency: accessibility | Federal Issues |
| AJR 18 | Solorio-D Legal permanent residents: United States citizenship | Immigration Issues Federal Issues |
| AJR 19 | Ma-D Healthy Families Program | Federal Issues |
| AJR 20 | Feuer-D Commemorative postal stamp: Mayor Tom Bradley | Federal Issues |
| AJR 21 | Portantino-D Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act | 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 Federal 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 | 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 32 | Karnette-D C-17 Aircraft production | Federal Issues |
| AJR 33 | Eng-D Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act of 2007: passage | Federal Issues |
| AJR 34 | Price-D National Lupus Awareness Month | 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 | Arambula-D Hmong community | 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 Ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure | Federal Issues |
| HR 1 | De La Torre-D Standing Rules of the Assembly: 2007-08 Regular Session | Legislature |
| HR 2 | Nunez-D Election of Assembly officers: 2007-08 Regular Session | Legislature |
| HR 3 | De La Torre-D Organization of the Assembly for the 2007-08 Regular Session | Legislature |
| HR 6 | Strickland-R Ronald Reagan Day | Other State Government |
| HR 7 | Karnette-D 2016 Olympics | Other State Government |
| HR 8 | Torrico-D National Problem Gambling Awareness Week | Other Gaming Legislation |
| HR 9 | Aghazarian-R Greek Independence Day | Other State Government |
| HR 12 | Mullin-D Louis J. Papan | Legislature |
| HR 14 | Davis-D California Public Service Recognition Month | Other State Government |
| HR 19 | Dymally-D The Honorable Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins | Other State Government |