Posted on 08/27/2004 8:00:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Some of the legislation voted on Friday by the California Legislature:
COMPUTER CONTRACTS:
- State agencies would be encouraged to use performance-based procurement practices when entering information technology contracts. The Assembly approved Senate amendments on AB2120, by the Assembly Budget Committee, on a 70-0 vote. It goes to the governor.
AUTISM SERVICES:
- The Department of Social Services would create a clearinghouse of information for autism services available through various government agencies. AB857, by Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D-Los Angeles, was approved by the Assembly on a 55-10 vote. It goes to the governor.
FIRE EQUIPMENT:
- The state Office of Emergency Services would buy 150 fire engines for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local governments using $25 million in federal funds. SB902, by Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, D-San Francisco, was approved 72-0 and sent to the governor.
DEVELOPMENT:
- Redevelopment agencies in San Mateo County could pool their 20 percent setaside funds for affordable housing to spend jointly on projects near the Caltrain corridor. AB269, by Assemblyman Gene Mullin, D-South San Francisco, passed the Assembly 58-0 and goes to the governor.
RESIDENTIAL HOTELS:
- Residential hotels that require occupants to check out and reregister would be determined to be doing so to prevent the occupants from acquiring any rights of tenancy. Backers say the bill would help curb a practice known in Los Angeles as the "28-day shuffle." AB2867, by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, passed the Assembly 62-9 and goes to the governor.
DRUGS:
- The state Department of Health Services would have to set up a Web site to help Californians buy low-cost prescription drugs through Canadian pharmacies. AB1957, by Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D-Los Angeles, passed the Assembly 43-23 and goes to the governor. The Senate sent a similar bill by Sen. Deborah Ortiz, D-Sacramento, to the governor too.
- The state would seek federal permission to buy lower-cost Canadian prescription drugs for state prisons, state hospitals and mental health facilities. SB1144, by Sen. John Burton, D-San Francisco, went to the governor on a 22-14 Senate vote accepting several Assembly amendments.
- Students would have to agree not to use performance-enhancing substances to participate in interscholastic sports programs under a bill by Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Daly City. The measure, SB1630, was sent to the governor by a 21-11 Senate vote that approved Assembly amendments.
- California Youth Authority parolees who commit nonviolent drug possession offenses would be sent to treatment programs instead of being sent back to prison under a bill by Sen. John Vasconcellos, D-Santa Clara. The measure, SB519, was sent to the governor by a 24-11 vote that approved Assembly amendments.
DELTA:
- The state Coastal Conservancy would administer a Sacramento-San Joaquin Conservancy program to restore, enhance and protect agricultural, economic, natural, cultural, recreational, public access and urban waterfront resources. A 23-15 Senate vote sent the bill, SB86 by Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, to the governor.
ENERGY:
- Utilities would have to prepare long-range plans to meet their customers' power needs, and utilities could again build their own power plants if the Public Utilities Commission approved. AB2006, by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, went to the governor on a 43-27 vote.
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On the Net: www.senate.ca.gov and www.assembly.ca.gov
Senate braves veto to pass driver's license bill
SACRAMENTO (AP) - In the face of an almost certain veto from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state Senate voted Friday to let an estimated 2 million illegal immigrant adults apply for California driver's licenses.
I think the Gov should veto ALL of these last minute bills and require the legislature to reconsider them. they can resubmit the reasonable ones one at a time where they can get the visibility they deserve. and they can try to override the worst ones.
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