Public Safety
AB 1639 – Victim Compensation Fund Expansion: AB 1639 would prohibit the board from denying an application for a claim solely because the victim or derivative victim is a person who is listed in the CalGang system.
AB 2495 – Prosecuting Attorneys: Charging Defendants for the Prosecution Costs of Criminal Violations of Local Ordinances: This bill would, with exceptions, prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
Water, Parks and Wildlife
AB 1928 – California Conservation Corps: Contracts: This bill would authorize the California Conservation Corps, until January 1, 2024, to enter into a contract with an individual or collective of certified community conservation corps for a specified type of project or program that is in furtherance of those legislative findings and declarations. The bill would authorize the Director of the California Conservation Corps to establish guidelines for these purposes and would require these contracts to adhere to any established guidelines.
AB 1944 – Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The Sustainable Groundwater management Act would allow and encourage sustainable and collaborative management of groundwater resources by Indian tribes and local public agencies in the upper part of the San Luis Rey Valley Basin (SLR Basin) in northern San Diego County consistent with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
AB 2615 – State Highway System: Parks and Recreation: Accessibility for Bicycles and Pedestrians: This bill would require the Department of Transportation to partner with appropriate public agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Parks and Recreation, any federal department or agency, and any regional or local public entity, to develop strategies and plans to improve access for bicycles and pedestrians to federal, state, regional, and local parks adjacent to or connected to the state highway system.
AB 2745 – State Parks: Merchandise Sales: This bill would authorize the department to license and sell its branded merchandise, images, and other state-park-related merchandise, directly to the public for revenue generation. The bill would authorize the department to enter into agreements with individuals, public agencies, qualified nonprofit organizations, and other private entities for sale of department branded merchandise, images, or other state-park-related merchandise to the public.
ACR 248 – Parks Make Life Better! Month: This resolution would recognize the importance of access to local parks, trails, open space, and facilities for the health and development of all Californians and would declare the month of July 2018 as “Parks Make Life Better!” Month.
Community Environment
AB 2061 – Near-Zero-Emission and Zero-Emission Vehicles: Authorizes a near zero-emission vehicle (NZEV) or a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV), as defined, to exceed axle, tandem, gross, or bridge formula weight limits, up to a 2,000 pound maximum, by an amount equal to the difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the fueling or propulsion system carried by that vehicle and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling or propulsion system, only to the extent that it is expressly allowed under federal law.
AB 2453 – Air Pollution in Schools: Children of color and low-income children are more likely to be attending a school with high exposure to pollution. There are currently no statewide programs designed to reduce exposure to air pollutants at existing school sites. AB 2453 adds Section 44391.3 to the Health and Safety Code to make schools in communities identified for Community Emission Reduction Programs pursuant to AB 617 (Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017) eligible for funding for air quality adaptation efforts, including but not limited to installing vegetative barriers and upgrading or installing air filtration systems.
Agricultural Economy
AB 2006 – Charge Ahead California Initiative: Agricultural Worker Vanpool Programs: This bill would require the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, air pollution control and air quality management districts, and the public, to require existing agricultural vanpool programs to serve disadvantaged communities, as defined, and low-income communities, as defined, and to allocate a minimum of 25% of the moneys appropriated for agricultural vanpool programs to those programs servicing low-income communities.
AJR 34 – Agricultural Workers: Labor Shortages: This resolution would call upon the Federal Government to recognize the agricultural labor shortages affecting our agricultural industry and urge them to address this critical economic issue.
SB 965 – California Cattle Council: This bill establishes the California Cattle Council within the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to provide production research, producer and consumer education, and various promotional activities related to cattle in California.
Transportation & Housing
AB 2056 – Mobile Home Park Purchase Fund: A fund created by this legislation would authorize the department to make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor or a local public entity to acquire or rehabilitate a mobile home park where no less than 30% of residents are low income. The bill would also authorize the department to make grants from the fund to a resident organization or nonprofit housing sponsor to assist park residents with needed repairs or accessibility upgrades.
AB 2544 – Parking Penalties: This bill would specify that the option to collect unpaid penalties that were issued before July 1, 2018, through the department requires a process to provide a payment plan for indigent persons, as specified. The bill would make technical changes to the provisions for all the specified options to collect the unpaid parking penalty.
Small Businesses & Labor
AB 626 – Homemade Food Operations Act: This act would amend Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code to expand the “Private Homes" exemption within the Retail Food Code's requirements for "Food Facilities" to include self-registration or permit for Homemade Food Operations. This measure will also permit the sale of prepared meals and other foods from small-scale, home kitchen operations.
AB 2915 – Workforce Development Boards: Mutual Disaster Aid Assistance: Memorandum of Understanding: The bill would require, by July 1, 2020, the California Workforce Development Board to develop, in conjunction with the Employment Development Department and with input from local workforce development boards, a policy regarding mutual aid agreements between and among local workforce development boards to enable them to effectively respond to disasters and that is consistent with applicable state and federal law.
SB 946 – Sidewalk Vendors: Decriminalizes sidewalk vending and establishes various requirements for local regulation of sidewalk vendors.
Veterans Affairs
AB 1786 – Community Colleges: Academic Credit for Prior Military Experience: AB 1786 requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges (CCCCO), by March 31, 2019, to designate a statewide articulation officer at the CCCCO and requires that the statewide articulation officer determine for which courses credit should be awarded for prior military experience.
AB 2325 – County Mental Health Services: Veterans: This bill would prevent a county from denying an eligible veteran county mental or behavioral health services while the veteran is waiting for a determination of eligibility for mental or behavioral health services provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
AB 2439 – Cathedral City LGBTQ Veterans Memorial: Measure 2493 would designate the LGBT Veterans Memorial at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the official state LGBT Veterans Memorial. California must honor all the brave men and women who have served in our nation’s armed forces. This memorial is a testament to honor the contributions the LGBT community has made to the security of the United States.
Education
AB 2239 – Foreign Language Courses: A-G Certification: AB 2239 would encourage the governing board of a school district to support schools of the school district in submitting any foreign language courses that is specifically designed for native speakers of that language to the University of California for certification and addition to the school’s “A-G” course list.
AB 2644 – Dolores Huerta Day: This bill would require the Governor to annually proclaim April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day, would designate and set apart that date each year as having special significance, and would encourage all public schools and educational institutions to observe that date by conducting exercises remembering the life of Dolores Huerta and recognizing her accomplishments and the contributions she made to the state.
AB 3022 – Retroactive Grant of High School Diplomas: Departed and Deported Pupils: This bill would authorize the retroactive grant of a high school diploma to a person who has departed California against his or her will, and, at the time of his or her departure, was enrolled in grade 12 of a high school operated by a school district, by or under the jurisdiction of a county office of education, or by a charter school, who did not receive a high school diploma because his or her education was interrupted due to his or her departure, and who was in good academic standing at the time of his or her departure.
ACR 243 – Crossing Guards Keep Our Children Safe Month: This resolution recognizes the month of September 2018, as Crossing Guards Keep Our Children Safe Month. This measure would acknowledge the importance of adult crossing guards and the role they play in our communities.
Revenue & Taxation
AB 2746 – Taxation: Tax-Defaulted Property Sales: Addresses the redemption termination deadline related to tax-defaulted property the county ta
