April 15, 2013
Currently, Cal Govt. Code §12011.5 mandates the collection of demographic data relative to ethnicity, race, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation to be provided by all judicial applicants. AB 1005 incorporates disability and veterans' status into the list of demographic data that is collected.
Legislative Positions
Amend Section 32282 of the Education Code
April 10, 2013
SB 549 requires school and school districts within their school safety plans to better define the role of police officers on campus in order to promote effective strategies towards school safety that better support a healthy school climate and student achievement. It additionally prioritizes funding for school counselors and administrators before police officers.
Involuntary Transfer
April 10, 2013
SB 744 addresses the due process rights of youth involuntarily transferred to county community or community day schools and also closes a loophole in the discipline statute that allows such transfers even when an expulsion of a student is not recommended.
The Welfare and Institutions Code – Relating to Medi-Cal
April 9, 2013
AB 582 would improve access to CRT for anyone who requires them and who is covered by Medi-Cal, and it would also protect consumers by ensuring that CRT providers are qualified.
The Education Code – Relating To Pupil Discipline
April 8, 2013
AB 420 limits the use of "willful defiance" as a grounds for suspension for younger students, eliminates it as a grounds for expulsion, and, in line with existing law, require the use of other means of correction to discipline a child, at least two times prior to suspending him or her.
An Act to Add Section 56426.10 to the Education Code
March 25, 2013
Establishes timelines and procedures for the transfer of responsibility and records, and the provision of early intervention and developmental services, to children in foster care who move from one regional center catchment area to another.
Welfare and Institutions Code – State and Local Government
March 25, 2013
The provision is an unprecedented attack on the concept of an open and democratic government. California's right to inspect and copy government records is not just statutory. It is also a right included in Article I, section 3 of the California Constitution. The provision would allow public entities to ignore public records requests for long periods of time, with no explanation as to why.
Unemployment Insurance Code
March 22, 2013
SB 770 broadens the definition of family within the Paid Family Leave (PFL) program to allow workers to receive the partial wage replacement benefits while taking care of seriously ill siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and parents-in-law.
Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code
March 22, 2013
SB 761 provides that an employer who discriminates against an employee for using the family temporary disability insurance benefits is liable to the affected employee for actual damages and appropriate equitable relief.
The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
March 8, 2013
SB 129 extends the sunset date for the surcharge funding the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program to January 1, 2024.