2003 LEGISLATION

AB 196 - Ban on Gender-Based Discrimination in Housing and Employment

AB 196 expands the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to ban discrimination in housing and employment on the basis of gender. AB 196 adopts the definition of gender used in California’s Penal and Education Codes, which includes a person’s “identity, appearance, or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance, or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s sex at birth.

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AB 620 - Revision of Multi-Lender Law

The Department of Real Estate (DRE) does not allow multiple lenders to engage in financing of properties based on their future value. This means that if a group of lenders wish to develop property, they can only put as much money into the project as the bare land is worth, rather than the project’s worth upon completion. This measure would allow multiple lenders (mortgage brokers) to lend based on future property value, rather than “current market value” as defined by the DRE.

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AB 685 - HIV Rapid Test

This bill would exempt certain HIV counselors from the training requirements that currently prohibit them from administering a new HIV rapid test. The test offers same-day results and would reduce the number of people who do not return to pick up their results or learn their HIV status.

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AB 728 - Pre-Sale of Condominiums

Under current law, condominiums cannot be sold until the project is fully completed and the Department of Real Estate (DRE) has issued a “white paper” or final report on the property. This measure would allow for the sale of condominiums prior to their completion as long as a “condition public report” was in place through the DRE.

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AB 807 - Prevailing Wage

Assembly Bill 807 closes loopholes around the timely payment of the health and welfare portion of the prevailing wage, requiring payment on at least on a quarterly basis.

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AB 942 - Children's Diabetes

This bill would require that if a school nurse is not present, designated school personnel may help administer emergency assistance to a diabetic student. The bill would also allow students to monitor their blood glucose level or self-administer insulin in the school or any area of the school grounds.

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AB 1217 - Residential Hotel Exemption

This bill clarifies that tenants may not be evicted from residential hotels under the Ellis Act. In 1999, legislation authored by Senator Burton amended the

Ellis Act to make it explicit that the Act would not pre-empt local land use regulations regarding the demolition and redevelopment of property or its conversation to non-residential uses. However, local landlords are continuing to use the Ellis Act to pre-empt local land use controls meant to preserve affordable housing. This bill would exempt residential hotels from the Ellis Act. Local ordinances would govern the sale of such properties.

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AB 1306 - Prop 36 Jurisdiction

AB 1306 would allow, in cases that fall under Proposition 36, that legal jurisdiction of a defendant' s case can be transferred to his or her county of residence, at the discretion of the sentencing judge. This enhances the likelihood of a defendant' s treatment success, as the trial judge in their home county is often more familiar with the local continuum of services and can develop a better treatment plan.

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AB 1685 - CPUC Reauthorization of Self Generation Incentive Program

The California Public Utilities Self-Generation Incentive Program is a critically important subsidy for the growth of solar energy in California. Most of the large solar projects in California, including the $7.4 million solar rooftop at the Moscone Center, have received this subsidy. The program is mandated by the CPUC but administered by the utilities. AB 1685 would re-authorize the program.

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ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIONS

AJR 13 - Medical Cannabis Resolution

Based on a letter signed by 50 state legislators, this resolution urges Congress to pass legislation that secures a state’s right to regulate medical cannabis and allows individual patients to possess and consume medical cannabis, and allows individuals deputized by states and localities to cultivate and distribute medical cannabis appropriately.

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