Summary: Would enact the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007, which would authorize eligible candidates for Governor and for one unspecified seat in the Senate and another in the Assembly to obtain public funds according to specified procedures and requirements, provided that certain thresholds are attained. The bill would impose primary responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the bill on the Fair Political Practices Commission. This bill would create the Clean Money Fund and, from January 1, 2009 until March 31, 2010, would transfer an amount equal to $0.01 per day times the number of California residents 18 years of age or older from the General Fund to the Clean Money Fund. It would continuously appropriate those moneys in the Clean Money Fund to the Fair Political Practices Commission for the purpose of the public financing provisions of the act. The bill would make funding for the administrative and enforcement costs of the act subject to appropriation by the Legislature. It would repeal its operative provisions on January 1, 2011. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would in addition require an elected state officer to also file the information in the report of behested payments online or electronically with the Secretary of State if that state officer is otherwise subject to the online filing requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974. Under this bill, an elected state officer would have 45 days to report a payment or payments equal to or exceeding $5,000 in the aggregate from the same source in the same calendar year in which they are made, if the report is filed online or electronically. The bill would require the Secretary of State to make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information. The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would revise that provision to add a condition for an appeal by any 2 members of the California Coastal Commission to require that the commission or its staff provide comments, in writing, to the local government or port governing body, on the project .

Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would establish, until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to provide college information and college preparation events inclusive of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would recast those provisions as California state preschool programs. The bill would recast the general child care and development programs as the center child care and development programs and would include full-day programs within these provisions. The bill would specify that the California state preschool program is available to three-year-old and four-year-old children, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would establish, until January 1, 2020, the Early Commitment to College program. Participation by pupils and school districts in the program would be voluntary. A pupil scheduled to graduate from high school after 2017 would not be allowed to participate. The Superintendent of Public Instruction would be required, among other program duties, to designate the 30% of school districts that operate middle and high schools with the highest proportion of low-income pupils, as defined, as College Opportunity Zones. A school that is designated as a College Opportunity Zone by the Superintendent would be required to give all pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge developed by the Superintendent. Schools not designated as a College Opportunity Zone would be required to give pupils who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals and are enrolled in grades 6 to 9, inclusive, and their parents or guardians the opportunity to sign a pledge. Participating school districts would be required to provide college information and college preparation events inclusive of pupils who sign the pledge. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would establish the Early Learning Quality Improvement System Commission to develop a framework for improving program quality and a graduated funding framework that identifies necessary resources. The commission would consist of 22 members. The commission would be required to develop the policy and plan for an Early Learning Quality Improvement System, and would be required to submit a report on its recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor by December 31, 2009. The bill would require the State Department of Education to provide staff to support the commission, and would require the Superintendent to apply to the California Children and Families Commission for funding to cover costs. The bill would specify that the Early Learning Quality Improvement System may be phased in at the discretion of the Legislature as funds are made available. The bill would become operative only if AB 2759 of the 2008-09 Regular Session of the Legislature is enacted and becomes effective on or before January 1, 2009.

Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would enact the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Act and would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with affected state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, the State Lands Commission, the Department of Water Resources, and the California Coastal Commission, to adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before July 1, 2008, the Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report of 2008 that would be incorporated into the integrated energy policy of 2007 and would contain specified information. The Energy Commission would be required to prepare a draft report, on or before April 1, 2008, to solicit public comments in the preparation of the report, and to hold 2 public hearings, one in Los Angeles and the other in the San Francisco Bay area , to consider the results of the liquefied natural gas needs assessment study and to provide an opportunity for public comment. The Energy Commission would be required to include a Liquefied Natural Gas Market Assessment Report in every integrated energy policy report adopted after January 1, 2009. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, 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. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would instead condition the imposition, extension, or increase, of special taxes by a local government that has adopted a specified ordinance upon the approval of 55%, rather than 2/3, of the entity's voters voting on the tax. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would expand eligibility for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program. The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would specify the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment, as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program, and would require the State Department of Health Care Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Because the expansion of and modifications to the Medi-Cal program would impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of that program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions to improve and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop a process to transition the enrollment of children from local children's health initiatives into those programs. The bill would specify that an entity's use of the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive eligibility determinations for WIC applicants would be required only to the extent that adequate financial assistance is available for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require the agency, in consultation with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), to assume lead agency responsibility for professional review and development of best practice standards for high-cost chronic diseases that state health care programs would be required to implement upon their adoption. The bill would additionally require the agency, in consultation with PERS and health care provider groups, to develop health care provider performance measurement benchmarks, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would expand eligibility for the Medi-Cal program and would expand eligibility for the Healthy Families Program by allowing children with family incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for the program and would delete the specified citizenship and immigration status requirements. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, by January 2008, in consultation with stakeholders, to implement a process for an applicant's self-certification of income and income deductions for purposes of establishing eligibility for the Healthy Families Program. The bill would create the Healthy Families Buy-In Program that would be administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and would make the coverage provided under the Healthy Families Program available to children whose household income exceeds 300% of the federal poverty level and who meet other specified criteria. The bill would specify that coverage under the buy-in program would include services provided under the California Children's Services Program (CCSP) for children eligible for CCSP and would deem the child's family financially eligible for benefits under CCSP. Because the bill would thereby expand eligibility for the CCSP, which is administered by a county's public health or social welfare department, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would specify the family contribution required for children enrolled in the buy-in program and would require an additional payment, as determined by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, from the family of a child determined eligible for CCSP. The bill would also make various related modifications to the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and would require the State Department of Health Care Services and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to maximize federal matching funds for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Because the expansion of, and modifications to, the Medi-Cal program would impose certain duties on counties relative to administration of that program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State Department of Health Care Services to take specified actions to improve and coordinate the application and enrollment processes for the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program and to develop a process to transition the enrollment of children from local children's health initiatives into those programs. The bill would specify that an entity's use of the automated enrollment gateway system for presumptive eligibility determinations for WIC applicants would be required only to the extent that adequate financial assistance is available for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would establish the California Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits under the California Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would provide that a resident of the state with a household income, as specified, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level would be eligible for the type of benefits provided under the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would establish the Infill Incentive Grant Program of 2007, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature of the funds in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account for certain purposes, to establish and administer a competitive grant program to allocate those funds to selected qualifying infill projects, as defined, for capital outlay related to infill housing development and related infill infrastructure needs. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary:  which would be known as the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007, would make statements of legislative intent relating to the establishment and provision of services and financial support necessary to help foster youth achieve their educational goals. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would instead provide that the penalty for a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree, if special circumstances have been found to be true, as specified, who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime, shall be confinement in the state prison for 25 years to life.

Summary: Would require a redevelopment agency, on and after January 1, 2008, 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. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would declare specified approved tentative maps in the City of Half Moon Bay to be in full force and effect as of January 1, 2009, notwithstanding any lapse of time, changed conditions, or other factors, and to be final and nonappealable . This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would instead condition the imposition, extension, or increase, of special taxes by a local government that has adopted a specified ordinance upon the approval of 55%, rather than 2/3, of the entity's voters voting on the tax. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would authorize a person to submit information or other comments to the lead agency and require the lead agency to consider and retain communications made to the lead agency or its consultants. The bill would require the lead agency to make available to members of the public administrative drafts, as defined, of its EIR, negative declaration, or mitigated negative declarations that are circulated among the project applicant and any public agencies when the draft EIR, negative declaration, or mitigated negative declaration is available for public comment. The bill would require the lead agency, which includes a local agency, to make available and provide specified notice of the availability of any administrative draft, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by requiring an increase in the level of service provided by a local agency. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would revise that provision to add a condition for an appeal by any 2 members of the California Coastal Commission to require that the commission or its staff provide comments, in writing, to the local government or port governing body, on the project .

Summary: Would state the intent of the Legislature to abrogate the California Supreme Court decision in Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court and to restore public access to meetings and hearings regarding peace officer discipline that were open prior to the Copley Press decision. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would prohibit a Member of the Legislature or the Governor from accepting a campaign contribution from any lobbyist employer, as defined by the Political Reform Act of 1974, from May 15 until the date of enactment of a budget bill for the ensuing fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would repeal these provisions and instead provide for the establishment of the Independent Citizens' Commission on Redistricting, to be comprised of 11 voters, registered as specified, who would be required, on or before January 31 of each year ending in the number one, to adjust the boundary lines of the Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts pursuant to a mapping process in accordance with certain standards, prioritized in a certain order and applied in a manner consistent with specified federal law. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would delete these requirements, and would instead create a procedure for the appointment of an independent redistricting commission, composed of 11 members, that would be charged with establishing Senate, Assembly, congressional, and State Board of Equalization districts in accordance with designated goals prioritized in a specified order. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would establish the Stronger Families for California Program , a continuing information and public education program, within the department, with the primary goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases through a continuing information and public education program that equips parenting adults, as defined, with the communication skills necessary to talk with their children abo ut sex, sexual health, and making well-informed decisions to protect their health and safety, as specified. This bill contains other existing laws.

Summary: Would repeal this authorization. It would instead authorize the commission to impose a fee on each gallon of motor vehicle fuel, as defined, delivered into the fuel supply tank or tanks of a motor vehicle operated on the streets or highways in the region for a 25-year period. The bill would require the commission to adopt a regional transportation and climate protection expenditure plan for the revenues derived from the fee, if it is imposed. The fee would be levied at a rate established by the commission, but not exceeding $0.10 per gallon. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary:  for calendar years beginning on and after July 1, 2008, would exempt from those state taxes the gross receipts derived from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, low-sulfur fuel products for use in a vessel's auxiliary or main engine sold to a water common carrier for use in California's territorial or internal waters, as provided. This exemption would continue until June 30, 2013, with respect to the exemption for products used in a vessel's auxiliary engine. With respect to exemption for products used in a vessel's main engine, the exemption would continue until June 30, 2013, or for 6 months following the publication of a specified finding, whichever occurs first. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would instead allow a person, during his or her lifetime, to serve not more than 12 years in the Senate, the Assembly, or both, in any combination of terms, except that a Senator or Member of the Assembly in office on the effective date of this measure, whether or not he or she has previously served in the other house, would be eligible to serve a total of 12 consecutive years in the house in which he or she is currently serving. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require, commencing January 1, 2010, that the legislative body of a city or county, upon any revision of the circulation element of the general plan, modify the circulation element to accommodate the safe and convenient travel of users of streets, roads, and highways, defined to include motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, children, persons with disabilities, seniors, movers of commercial goods, and users of public transportation , in a manner that is suitable to the rural, suburban, or urban context of the general plan . By requiring new duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would repeal this authorization. It would instead authorize the commission to impose a fee on each gallon of motor vehicle fuel, as defined, delivered into the fuel supply tank or tanks of a motor vehicle operated on the streets or highways in the region for a 25-year period. The bill would require the commission to adopt a regional transportation and climate protection expenditure plan for the revenues derived from the fee, if it is imposed. The fee would be levied at a rate established by the commission, but not exceeding $0.10 per gallon. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require the commission, by July 1, 2009, to adopt guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by certain transportation planning entities. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to assist the commission, on request, in this regard, and would impose other related requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would authorize a person who is at least 16 years of age and otherwise meets all voter eligibility requirements to submit his or her affidavit of registration. The affidavit of registration would be deemed effective as soon as the affiant would be 18 years of age at the time of the next election. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would require that a member of the precinct board, prior to furnishing a ballot to a voter not registered with one of the political parties, inform the voter that he or she may request a ballot of a political party that has authorized a voter not registered with that party to vote the ballot of that party. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would further require the local elections official to establish a free access system by which the vote by mail voter may find out whether his or her ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it was not counted, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would on or before January 1, 2010, authorize a person who is qualified to vote and who has a valid California driver's license or state identification card to submit an affidavit of voter registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State. An affidavit of voter registration submitted through this online process is effective if received by the Secretary of State on or before the 15th day prior to an election, subject to specified requirements. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would also require notices to be placed at the former polling place location informing voters of the new location even when there is time to mail out a notice of the change of location. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would enact the Climate Change and Water Resource Protection Act of 2007. The bill would require the Department of Water Resources, as part of its statewide water resource management responsibilities, to include an analysis of the potential effects of climate change, to the extent applicable, in reports or plans that the department is required to prepare. The bill would prohibit the department from approving a request for a specified grant, submitted after January 1, 2010, unless certain requirements are met. The department would be required, by July 1, 2008, to identify available peer-reviewed information, or the best available scientific information, regarding climate change and water resources for the state and each of the state's hydrologic regions for specified uses. The bill , on and after January 1, 2009, would require an urban water supplier and an agricultural water supplier that is required to prepare a water management plan to take certain action relating to specified climate change information. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would require the department to establish a statewide target to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. By December 31, 2020, each urban water supplier would be required to reduce its per capita water use by 20%, except as provided. By December 31, 2010, and not less than every 5 years thereafter, the department would be required to establish and make available to the public a list of technically feasible urban water conservation measures available to assist urban water suppliers in meeting this requirement. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary:  with regard to those bond funds, would appropriate $610,890,000 as follows: of the funds made available pursuant to the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the Department of Water Resources for essential emergency preparedness supplies and projects, and $150,000,000 to the department for stormwater flood management project grants; of the funds made available pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, $50,000,000 to the State Department of Public Health for grants and loans for small community drinking water systems infrastructure improvements and related actions, $50,400,000 to the State Department of Public Health for grants for projects to prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water, $40,000,000 to the department for administrative costs, planning grants, and local groundwater assistance grants, $50,000,000 to the department for projects to relocate existing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water intake facilities, $60,000,000 to the department for expenditures to increase the department's ability to respond to levee breaches and to reduce the potential for levee failure, $100,000,000 to the department for the acquisition, preservation, protection, and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands, $12,000,000 to the department to complete planning and feasibility studies associated with new surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program, $15,000,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies to identify potential options for the reoperation of the state's flood protection and water supply systems , $10,000,000 to the department to update the California Water Plan, $10,000,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies for projects to reduce ecosystem conflicts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and $10,000,000 to the State Coastal Conservancy for projects on the Santa Ana River; and of the funds made available under the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002, $3,490,000 to the department for planning and feasibility studies associated with surface storage under the California Bay-Delta Program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Summary: Would enact the Safe Drinking Water Act of 2008 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water supply reliability and environmental restoration program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $6,835,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. This bill contains other related provisions.

Summary: Would enact the Water Supply Reliability Bond Act of 2008 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize, for the purposes of financing a specified water supply reliability and environmental restoration program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $9,085,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law. This bill contains other related provisions.