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This initiative have been proposed, but has still not gotten on the ballot due to not enough signatures. There is a rumor that states Paul McCauley does not currently have the funding to hire the people who go around collecting those signatures. The deadline for signatures is June 22, 2009. It is likely that it will fail to make the ballot at this point.

Initiative in Circulation as of May 4, 2009.

1350. (08-0018, Amdt. #1S) Renegotiation of Public Employee Pension Contracts. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
Summary Date: 01/21/09 Circulation Deadline: 06/22/09
Signatures Required: 694,354
Proponent: Paul McCauley

Eliminates certain state constitutional restrictions on renegotiating public employee pension contracts. Allows vested pension benefits to be reduced for existing and prospective public-sector retirees. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Possible reduction in pension costs for state and local governments, depending on future actions by state and local governments and courts. Any such reduction likely would be largely or entirely offset by negotiated increases in other costs, such as employee salaries and wages. (08-0018, Amdt. #1S.) (Full Text can be found here)

BILL NUMBER: AB 1362
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio
California Rehabilitation Oversight Board: advisory committee.
Existing law establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board.

This bill would establish the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Advisory Committee and charge it with providing assistance and advice on strategies for accomplishing the rehabilitation goals of the various mental health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The committee shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) A clinical psychologist appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
(2) A social worker appointed by the Governor.
(3) Two correctional peace officers, one appointed by the Governor, and one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(4) A chaplain appointed by the Governor.
(5) A rehabilitation therapist appointed by the Governor.
(6) A teacher appointed by the Governor.
(7) A warden appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.
(8) A clinician with expertise in behavioral health who works with parolees, appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1531
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Portantino
State contracts: employment clauses.
This bill would additionally require that a public contract entered into between the state and another person or entity for services, goods, or materials include a clause stating that a person or entity that contracts with the state is prohibited from imposing a condition in the contract that would prohibit or penalize an employee subject to the contract or personal services contractor from seeking or accepting employment with the state.
 

BILL NUMBER: AB 845
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Corrections: Reentry Advisory Committee.
Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a Reentry Advisory Committee, comprised as specified, to advise the secretary on matters related to the successful planning, implementation, and outcomes of all reentry programs and services in the department, with the goal of reducing recidivism. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2011.

This bill would impose additional requirements on the committee, including that the committee seek and apply for federal funds, develop a comprehensive strategic reentry plan seeking to reduce the recidivism rate, and submit a report to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would extend the repeal date on these provisions until January 1, 2014.

BILL NUMBER: AB 785
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Community sanctions: parole violators.
This bill would state the Legislature's intent that community sanctions be instituted for parole violators who present a lower risk to public safety, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a "parole violation decision-making instrument" to provide guidelines for use by parole agents and the Board of Parole Hearings to determine the most appropriate sanctions for parole violators, as specified. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions. The bill would provide that its provisions do not limit the authority of counties to prosecute parolees who commit new crimes.

BILL NUMBER: AB 777
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Inmates: identification cards.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the DMV, to allow the DMV to make biannual visits to the department's facilities to provide state-issued identification cards to inmates upon their release and to inmates who are eligible to be released or released on parole within 6 months.

This bill would specify the department's duties in providing and obtaining the information necessary for eligible inmates to obtain identification cards.

This bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2011.

BILL NUMBER: AB 777
INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny
Corrections: Department of Community Corrections.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create the Department of Community Corrections and that would transfer parole and probation programs and services to that department.

BILL NUMBER: SB 379
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
Child care: licensure requirements.
The California Child Day Care Facilities Act prescribes licensure requirements for the operation of child day care facilities, day care centers, and family day care homes. The act exempts specified facilities and arrangements from its provisions.

This bill, in addition, would exempt heritage schools, as defined, from the provisions of the act.

BILL NUMBER: AB 884
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson
Probation and parole.
Existing law provides for the granting of probation and parole to specified offenders under specified circumstances.

This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to craft legislation that will amend the Penal Code to reduce unnecessary probation, parole, and jail time arising from certain probation and parole violations by nonviolent offenders.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1113
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lowenthal Co-Author: Assembly Member Anderson
Prisoners: professional mental health providers: marriage and family therapists.
This bill would also authorize the waiver for a person to gain qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist. The bill would provide that a person gaining qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist is limited to working within his or her scope of practice.

BILL NUMBER: SB 292
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock
Prisoners: alternative incarceration.
This bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature relative to alternative incarceration for nonviolent inmates. The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with Alternative Incarceration Facilities, as defined, for housing certain nonviolent inmates who meet certain criteria. The bill would authorize the secretary to adopt regulations to implement those purposes, set forth criteria for inmates to meet in order to be transferred to an Alternative Incarceration Facility, and establish a compensation scheme for owners of those facilities. The bill would require a retired, correctional officer with certain experience to always be present at each facility.