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Monday, April 21, 201411:50 AM

State Capitol, Room 3162

CONSENT AGENDABill Referrals1. Consent Bill Referrals Page 2

2. Bill Re-referrals Page 4

Resolutions3. ACR 132 (Eggman) Relative to West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week. Page 6

4. AJR 41 (Ian Calderon..) Relative to Armenian and Assyrian Genocide. 3

5. SCR 88 (Evans) Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. Page 18

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REFERRAL OF BILLS TO COMMITTEE 04/21/2014 Pursuant to the Assembly Rules, the following bills were referred to committee:

Assembly Bill No. Committee: ACR 133 RLS. ACR 134 TRANS. ACR 135 TRANS. SCR 94 RLS.

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http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/scr_94_bill_20140407_amended_sen_v97.htm



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RE-REFERRAL OF BILLS 04/21/2014 RE-REFERRAL OF BILLS

Assembly Bill No. Committee: SB 270 NATURAL RESOURCES AB 2014 REVENUE AND TAXATION *AB 2065 JUDICIARY **AB 2065 RULES AB 2385 AGRICULTURE AB 2468 JUDICIARY

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california legislature—2013–14 regular session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 132

Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman

April 7, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 132—Relative to West NileVirus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.

legislative counsel’s digest

ACR 132, as introduced, Eggman. West Nile Virus and Mosquitoand Vector Control Awareness Week.

This measure would declare the week of April 20, 2014, throughApril 26, 2014, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector ControlAwareness Week.

Fiscal committee: no.

line 1 WHEREAS, West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease that line 2 can result in debilitating cases of meningitis and encephalitis and line 3 death to humans, horses, avian species, and other wildlife; and line 4 WHEREAS, In 2013, West Nile virus resulted in 14 human line 5 deaths in California and over 372 individuals in 31 counties tested line 6 positive for the virus, of which over 240 developed neuroinvasive line 7 disease; and line 8 WHEREAS, The State Department of Public Health and the line 9 federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predict West

line 10 Nile virus will again pose a public health threat in California in line 11 2014; and line 12 WHEREAS, Adequately funded mosquito and vector control, line 13 disease surveillance, and public awareness programs, coupled with line 14 best management practices on public and private lands, are the

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line 1 best ways to prevent outbreaks of West Nile virus and other line 2 diseases borne by mosquitoes and other vectors; and line 3 WHEREAS, Mosquitoes and other vectors, including, but not line 4 limited to, ticks, Africanized honeybees, rats, fleas, and flies, line 5 continue to be a source of human suffering, illness, and death, and line 6 a public nuisance in California and around the world; and line 7 WHEREAS, Excess numbers of mosquitoes and other vectors line 8 spread diseases, reduce enjoyment of both public and private line 9 outdoor living spaces, reduce property values, hinder outdoor work,

line 10 reduce livestock productivity, and have a negative impact on the line 11 environment; and line 12 WHEREAS, Professional mosquito and vector control based line 13 on scientific research has made great advances in safely reducing line 14 mosquito and vector populations and the diseases they transmit; line 15 and line 16 WHEREAS, Established mosquito- and vector-borne diseases line 17 such as plague, Lyme disease, flea-borne typhus, and encephalitis, line 18 and new and emerging vector-borne diseases such as hantavirus, line 19 arenavirus, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis cause illness and sometimes line 20 death every year in California; and line 21 WHEREAS, Two invasive mosquito species in California, Aedes line 22 albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, which was detected in line 23 southern California in 2011, and Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever line 24 mosquito, which was detected in central and northern California line 25 in 2013, are posing new public health threats due to their capability line 26 to transmit potentially deadly or debilitating diseases, such as line 27 dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya, diseases that are not line 28 currently transmitted in California, as well as other line 29 encephalitis-causing viruses; and line 30 WHEREAS, Mosquito and vector control districts throughout line 31 the State of California work closely with the United States line 32 Environmental Protection Agency and the State Department of line 33 Public Health to reduce pesticide risks to humans, animals, and line 34 the environment while protecting human health from mosquito- line 35 and vector-borne diseases and nuisance attacks; and line 36 WHEREAS, Best management practices, emphasizing line 37 nonchemical approaches, have been developed to guide mosquito line 38 control that can significantly reduce mosquito populations for new line 39 development and on state and private lands; and

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line 1 WHEREAS, The State Department of Public Health maintains line 2 information on how to eliminate risks from vectors at both line 3 www.cdph.ca.gov and www.westnile.ca.gov, which the public is line 4 encouraged to review; and line 5 WHEREAS, The public’s awareness of the health benefits line 6 associated with safe, professionally applied mosquito and vector line 7 control methods will support these efforts, as well as motivate the line 8 state and the public to eliminate mosquito and vector breeding line 9 sites on public and private property; and

line 10 WHEREAS, Educational programs have been developed to line 11 include schools, civic groups, private industry, and government line 12 agencies, in order to meet the public’s need for information about line 13 West Nile virus, other diseases, and mosquito and vector biology line 14 and control; and line 15 WHEREAS, Public awareness can result in reduced production line 16 of mosquitoes and other vectors on residential, commercial, and line 17 public lands by responsible parties, avoidance of the bites of line 18 mosquitoes and other vectors when the risk of West Nile virus and line 19 other disease transmission is high, detection of human cases of line 20 mosquito- and vector-borne diseases that may otherwise be line 21 misdiagnosed for lack of appropriate laboratory testing, and the line 22 formation of mosquito or vector control agencies where needed; line 23 and line 24 WHEREAS, Public awareness can result in action to provide line 25 adequate funding for existing mosquito and vector control agencies line 26 or to create control agencies in areas where there are no existing line 27 controls; and line 28 WHEREAS, West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control line 29 Awareness Week will increase the public’s awareness of the threat line 30 of West Nile virus and other diseases and the activities of the line 31 various mosquito and vector research and control agencies working line 32 to minimize the health threat within California, and will highlight line 33 the educational programs currently available; and line 34 WHEREAS, The Mosquito and Vector Control Association of line 35 California has designated the week of April 20 to April 26, 2014, line 36 inclusive, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control line 37 Awareness Week in the State of California; now, therefore, be it line 38 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate line 39 thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares that the line 40 week of April 20 to April 26, 2014, inclusive, be designated as

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line 1 West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness line 2 Week; and be it further line 3 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a copy line 4 of this resolution to the Governor, the State Public Health Officer, line 5 and the author for appropriate distribution.

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Date of Hearing: April 21, 2014

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES

Richard S. Gordon, Chair

ACR 132 (Eggman) – As Introduced: April 7, 2014

SUBJECT: West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.

SUMMARY: Designates the week of April 20, 2014, through April 26, 2014, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week. Specifically, this resolution would make the following legislative findings:

1) Mosquitoes and other vectors, including but not limited to ticks, Africanized honeybees, rats, fleas, and flies, continue to be a source of human suffering, illness, death and a public nuisance in California and around the world.

2) The State Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predict West Nile virus will again pose a grave public health threat in California in 2014; and the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California has designated the week of April 20 through April 26, 2014, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.

3) The public's awareness of the health benefits associated with safe, professionally applied mosquito and vector control methods will support efforts to reduce pesticide risk, as well as, motivate the public to eliminate mosquito and vector breeding sites on private, commercial and public lands.

FISCAL EFFECT: None

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

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Support

California Special Districts Association

Opposition

None on file.

Analysis Prepared by: Mukhtar Ali / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2014

california legislature—2013–14 regular session

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 41

Introduced by Assembly Members Ian Calderon and Wilk(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian and Nazarian)

March 19, 2014

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 41—Relative to the Armenian andAssyrian Genocide.


AJR 41, as amended, Ian Calderon. Armenian and Assyrian Genocide.This measure would commend the extraordinary service delivered

by Near East Relief to the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and theAssyrian Genocide.

Fiscal committee: no.

line 1 WHEREAS, During the Armenian Genocide of 1915 through line 2 1923, 1.5 million men, women, and children of Armenian descent line 3 lost their lives at the hands of the Young Turks regime then ruling line 4 the Ottoman Empire in its attempt to systematically eliminate the line 5 Armenian race; and line 6 WHEREAS, In response to the genocide Genocide and at the line 7 behest of President Woodrow Wilson and the United States State line 8 Department, the Near East Relief organization was founded and line 9 was provided unprecedented complete access to all United States

line 10 Government documents and files concerning the plight of Christian line 11 minorities; and line 12 WHEREAS, Near East Relief was the first congressionally line 13 sanctioned American philanthropic effort created exclusively to

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line 1 rescue the Armenian nation and other Christian minorities from line 2 annihilation after United States Ambassador to Constantinople, line 3 Henry A. Morgenthau, Jr., pled for assistance after personally line 4 witnessing the systematic massacre of Armenians; and line 5 WHEREAS, Near East Relief’s efforts resulted in delivering line 6 $117 million of in assistance between 1915 and 1930, including line 7 the delivery of food, clothing, and materials for shelter, and setting line 8 up refugee camps, clinics, hospitals, and orphanages; and line 9 WHEREAS, The generous philanthropy of the American people,

line 10 including many Californians, directly resulted in the salvation of line 11 the Armenian and Assyrian refugees and prevented them from line 12 being completely annihilated by the genocide Genocide by saving line 13 more than one million refugees, including more than 130,000 line 14 orphans, through their humanitarian assistance; and line 15 WHEREAS, Near East Relief evolved into the Near East line 16 Foundation in 1930, and continues to provide humanitarian aid to line 17 people throughout the Middle East and Africa; now, therefore, be line 18 it line 19 Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of line 20 California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California line 21 hereby commends the extraordinary service delivered by Near line 22 East Relief to the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and the line 23 Assyrian Genocide, including thousands of direct beneficiaries of line 24 American philanthropy who are the parents, grandparents and line 25 great-grandparents of many Californian Armenians and Assyrians; line 26 and be it further line 27 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 28 of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United line 29 States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority line 30 Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of line 31 the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States line 32 Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California line 33 in the Congress of the United States.

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AJR 41 (Calderon/Wilk) – As Amended: April 10, 1014

SUBJECT: Armenian and Assyrian Genocide.

SUMMARY: This measure would commend the service delivered by Near East Relief to the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and the Assyrian Genocide. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1) During the Armenian Genocide of 1915 through 1923, 1.5 million men, women, and children of Armenian descent lost their lives at the hands of the Young Turks regime then ruling the Ottoman Empire in its attempt to systematically eliminate the Armenian race.

2) In response to the Genocide and at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson and the United States State Department, the Near East Relief organization was founded and was provided unprecedented complete access to all United States Government documents and files concerning the plight of Christian minorities.

3) The generous philanthropy of the American people, including many Californians, directly resulted in the salvation of the Armenian and Assyrian refugees. Near East Relief’s efforts resulted in delivering $117 million in assistance between 1915 and 1930, including the delivery of food, clothing, and materials for shelter, and setting up refugee camps, clinics, hospitals, and orphanages.

FISCAL EFFECT: None


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Support

Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region

Opposition

None on file.

Analysis Prepared by: Mukhtar Ali / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 88

Introduced by Senator Evans(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dickinson)

February 21, 2014

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 88—Relative to Multiple SclerosisAwareness Week.


SCR 88, as introduced, Evans. Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.This measure would declare the week of March 3, 2014, through

March 9, 2014, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.Fiscal committee: no.

line 1 WHEREAS, The week of March 3, 2014, through March 9, line 2 2014, has been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in line 3 recognition of the importance of finding the cause of and a cure line 4 for multiple sclerosis and to express appreciation to the National line 5 Multiple Sclerosis Society and its California chapters; and line 6 WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the line 7 central nervous system that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans line 8 across the country, and nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each line 9 week nationwide; and

line 10 WHEREAS, More than 40,000 people in California are affected line 11 by this devastating disease; and line 12 WHEREAS, Twice as many women as men have multiple line 13 sclerosis and most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, line 14 and while studies indicate genetic factors make certain individuals line 15 more susceptible than others, there is no evidence that multiple line 16 sclerosis is directly inherited; and

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line 1 WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, founded line 2 in 1946, funds more research, offers more services for people with line 3 multiple sclerosis, and provides more professional education line 4 programs than any other multiple sclerosis organization in the line 5 world. Through its 50-state network of chapters, the society serves line 6 more than one million people annually; and line 7 WHEREAS, The society is the largest private supporter of line 8 multiple sclerosis research in the world, and for more than 55 years line 9 it has funded innovative research and advocated for government

line 10 support of important scientific inquiries; and line 11 WHEREAS, Throughout the years, the California chapters of line 12 the society have been committed to heightening public knowledge line 13 and insight, and are currently planning several major statewide line 14 educational programs to raise awareness about the effects of line 15 multiple sclerosis; now, therefore, be it line 16 Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly line 17 thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the week of line 18 March 3, 2014, through March 9, 2014, is Multiple Sclerosis line 19 Awareness Week and that the residents of the State of California line 20 are encouraged to join together in raising awareness and line 21 heightening public knowledge of this debilitating disease; and be line 22 it further line 23 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of line 24 this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

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SCR 88 (Evans) – As Introduced: February 21, 2014

SENATE VOTE: 31-0

SUBJECT: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

SUMMARY: Declares the week of March 3, 2014, through March 9, 2014, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and encourages California residents to join together in raising awareness and heightening public knowledge of this debilitating disease. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1) Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological disease of the central nervous system that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans across the country; and, nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each week nationwide.

2) Twice as many women as men have multiple sclerosis; and, most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50.

3) The California chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society report that more than 40,000 people in California are affected by this devastating disease.

4) The National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, founded in 1946, funds more research, offers more services for people with the disease, and provides more professional education programs than any other multiple sclerosis organization; and through its home office in New York and its 50-state network of chapters, the society serves more than one million people annually.

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FISCAL EFFECT: None


Support

Multiple Sclerosis Society California Action Network (MS-CAN)

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

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