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May 9, 2011

Union Protests Come to the California Capitol

by Rebecca Burgoyne, 
CFC Research Analyst

Several months ago, the nation’s attention was riveted on Madison, Wisconsin, where union members protested Gov. Scott Walker’s attempts to solve the state’s budget deficit by reining in spending and cracking down on union pensions and benefits. As union sympathizers occupied the Capitol building, the minority Democrats in the Legislature fled the state in order to avoid losing a vote. 

Taking a page from the Madison protestors, the California Teachers Association (CTA) is launching a weeklong schedule of activities – including a sit-in at the Capitol – to put pressure on lawmakers to extend the temporary taxes due to expire this summer. The CTA wants the Legislature to bypass a vote of the people and pass the extensions; however, there is no evidence that Republican representatives, who declined to support putting the tax extensions on the ballot, would provide the four votes needed to pass the taxes outright – or that Gov. Jerry Brown, who has promised a vote of the people to raise taxes, would sign such legislation. 

Next Monday, the Governor is expected to release his “May Revise,” a revised proposal of his budget blueprint based on actual April tax income. This will mark the real starting point for legislative dealings with the budget, and many bills currently in a holding pattern in fiscal committees due to associated, significant new costs or fees, may receive further consideration.

With the approaching June 3 deadline for bills to make it out of their houses of origin, legislative action will primarily focus on votes in fiscal committees and the floors of the Assembly and Senate this week and next. You can express your opinion on any of these bills by visiting CFC’s Legislative Action Center and clicking on the individual bills.


Bill Hearings This Week
AB 12 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly floor

AB 190 (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) Traffic Fines: Spinal Cord Research
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 4-2
Assembly Appropriations Committee
May 11, 2011

AB 225 (Nielsen, R-Redding) Child Custody: Ex Parte Orders
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 10-0
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 17-0
Assembly floor; consent calendar

AB 499 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Minors: Medical Care: Consent
Assembly Health Committee 13-5
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-2
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 739 (Lowenthal, D-Long Beach) Suicide Prevention Instruction and Mental Illness Awareness
Passed Assembly Education Committee 7-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee
May 11, 2011

AB 887 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Gender
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-3
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor

AB 673 (Perez, D-Los Angeles) Office of Multicultural Health: LGBT Communities
Passed Assembly Health Committee 12-5
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor

AB 1174 (Furitani, D-Long Beach) Disturbance of School Activities
Passed Assembly Education Committee 6-3
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor

AB 1217 (Fuentes, D-Arleta) Assisted Reproductive Technology: Parentage
Assembly Health Committee; to Assembly Judiciary Committee per ASM Rule 96
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0
Assembly floor

AB 1368 (Pan, D-Sacramento) Pupils: Healthy Kids Survey
Passed Assembly Education Committee 7-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee
May 11, 2011

SB 117(Kehoe, D-San Diego) Public Contracts: Prohibiting “Discrimination” Based on Gender or Sexual Orientation
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 242 (Corbett, D-San Leandro) Social Networking Internet Web Sites: Minors’ Privacy
Senate Judiciary Committee; amended; re-referred
May 10, 2011

SB 747 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) LGBT Sensitivity Training for Health Care Providers
Passed Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee 6-2
Senate Appropriations Committee; first hearing cancelled at author’s request
May 9, 2011


Bill Hearings Week of May 16, 2011
SB 57 (Runner, R-Lancaster) Sex Offenders: Social Networking Prohibition
Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 6-1
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011 

SB 302 (Yee, D-San Francisco) Instructional Materials: Reviews
Passed Senate Education Committee 6-3
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011

SB 416 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) Statewide Forms: Personal Data.
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Appropriations Committee; first hearing postponed by committee
May 16, 2011

SB 453 (Correa, D-Santa Ana) Pupils: Bullying
Passed Senate Education Committee 7-0
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011

SB 651 (Leno, D-San Francisco) Domestic Partnerships
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011


Results Week of May 2, 2011
AB 9 (Ammiano, D-San Francisco) Pupil Rights: Bullying
Passed Assembly Education Committee 7-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee; suspense file

AB 12 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly floor

AB 13 (Knight, R-Palmdale) Public School Volunteers
Passed Assembly Education Committee 6-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 90 (Swanson, D-Oakland) Human Trafficking: Minors
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 7-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee; suspense file 

AB 203 (Brownley, D-Woodland Hills) Parent Empowerment: School Intervention
Passed Assembly Education Committee 7-3
Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 225 (Nielsen, R-Redding) Child Custody: Ex Parte Orders
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 10-0
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 17-0
Assembly floor; consent calendar

AB 433 (B. Lowenthal, D-Long Beach) Transgender Birth Certificates
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-3
Passed Assembly floor 52-22
In Senate

AB 499 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Minors: Medical Care: Consent
Assembly Health Committee 13-5
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-2
Assembly floor; may be voted upon any time

AB 630 (Hueso, D-Chula Vista) Pupil Safety: Bullying
Assembly Education Committee; hearing cancelled at author’s request 

AB 673 (Perez, D-Los Angeles) Office of Multicultural Health: LGBT Communities
Passed Assembly Health Committee 12-5
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor

AB 887 (Atkins, D-San Diego) Gender
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 7-3
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor 

AB 1022 (Fletcher, R-San Diego) Sex Offenders: Registration
Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 6-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee; suspense file 

AB 1043 (Torres, D-Ontario) Juveniles: Sexting
Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee; amended and re-referred to Assembly Rules Committee

AB 1174 (Furitani, D-Long Beach) Disturbance of School Activities
Passed Assembly Education Committee 6-3
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee 12-5
Assembly floor

AB 1217 (Fuentes, D-Arleta) Assisted Reproductive Technology: Parentage
Assembly Health Committee; to Assembly Judiciary Committee per ASM Rule 96
Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0
Assembly floor 

AB 1364 (Campos, D-San Jose) Employment: Discrimination
Passed Assembly Labor and Employment Committee 5-0
Passed Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee 8-0
Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1373 (Fong, D-Mountain View) Healthy Relationships Promotion and Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Passed Assembly Education Committee 8-2
Assembly Appropriations Committee; suspense file

ACR 22 (Hueso, D-Chula Vista) School Bullying Prevention Month 
Passed Assembly Education Committee 6-0; adopted by Assembly 76-0
Passed Senate floor 36-1

SB 5 (Harman, R-Costa Mesa) Attorney General: Defense of Initiative Statutes – would give the proponents of an initiative the right to defend a voter-passed initiative if it is challenged in court.
Failed Senate Judiciary Committee 2-3

SB 13 (Liu, D-Glendale) Pupils: Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Failed Senate Education Committee 0-3

SB 57 (Runner, R-Lancaster) Sex Offenders: Social Networking Prohibition
Passed Senate Public Safety Committee 6-1
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011

SB 117 (Kehoe, D-San Diego) Public Contracts: Prohibiting “Discrimination” Based on Gender or Sexual.
Passed Senate Governmental Organization Committee 7-5
Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate floor; may be voted upon any time

SB 182 (Corbett, D-San Leandro) Judiciary Demographic Data
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate Appropriations Committee; suspense file 

SB 242 (Corbett, D-San Leandro) Social Networking Internet Web Sites: Minors’ Privacy
Senate Judiciary Committee; amended; re-referred
May 10, 2011

SB 268 (Wright, D-Inglewood) – School Attendance: Interdistrict Attendance
Passed Senate Education Committee 7-3
Senate Appropriations Committee; suspense file 

SB 651 (Leno, D-San Francisco) Domestic Partnerships
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 3-2
Senate Appropriations Committee
May 16, 2011

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