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Legislative Bill Action
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<br />Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: SB 1489 (Perata). Speed Contests. SB 1489 adds
<br />Support. "reckless driving on a highway, reckless driving on an off-
<br /> street parking facility or exhibition of speed on a highway"
<br />AB 1917 (Matthews), Off-Duty Peace Officers. to the Vehicle Code section related to motor vehicle speed
<br />Firearms. AB 1917 provides that no venue open to the contests in order to allow for confiscation of and a 30-day
<br />public may restrict or prohibit a local, state, or federally hold on a vehicle involved in such dangerous activities
<br />authorized off-duty peace officer or retired peace officer commonly referred to as "sideshows." Staff: Natasha
<br />from carrying a concealed weapon or weapons in that Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position: Support.
<br />venue. This bill also allows, upon the express authorization
<br />of the federal agency havingjurisdiction, and subject to the AB 2211 (Horton). Community Impact Statements.
<br />approval by the officer's employing department or agency, AB 2211 provides that a representative of a community
<br />an off-duty peace officer to carry a concealed weapon upon affected by a crime may submit a Community Impact
<br />any aircraft, train, bus, or otner mode of public transporta- Statement that a court would consider prior to imposing
<br />rich. The League has requested and received two amend- ,judgment and sentence. AB 2211 is a logical extension of
<br />ments to this bill related to training for those planning to community-oriented policing, and may actually expand
<br />use pubtig transportation, and another related to an awareness of the nature and scope of local crimes and an
<br />enforcement mechanism for local law enforcement in the interest in the improvement of neighDorhood public safety.
<br />case that a venue owner does not comply with the statute Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenPubSfty;Hrg-?/2,
<br />established by this bill. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: Position: Support.
<br />SenPubSfty;Hrg-7/2, Position: Support.
<br /> SB 1629 (Soto). Emergency Services, SB 1629 is
<br />AB 1941 (Havice). Rave Parties. AB 1~41 requires a intended to: 1) allocate funds, in the form of grants, to
<br />local permit granting authority to notify the local law eligible state and local agencies to defray the cost of
<br />enforcement agency when it is considering granting a permit providing paramedic training for fire service personnel; 2)
<br />for a rave party, The bill requires the local authority to provide funding to the California Fire Fighter Joint Appren-
<br />require the promoter to present evidence that the promoter ticeship Program to offset the cost of paramedic training
<br />is sufficiently knqwledgeabie about illegal drugs and drug course development; and 3) establish grant application
<br />paraphernalia to recognize their presence at the event, criteria according to which local and state agencies may seek
<br />Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenPubSfty;Hrg-7/2, federal funds appropriated to the Emergency Medical
<br />Position: Support. Service Agency for paramedic training for fire service
<br /> personnel, The League has worked extensively with the
<br />S8 1350 (McPherson). Emergency Services. Terror- sponsor of this bill to secure favorable amendments and is
<br />ism. SB ] $§0 requires the Office of Emergency Services now in support of the bill as of June 19. Staff: Natasha
<br />(OES) to develop basic standardized terrorism awareness Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support.
<br />and response curriculum in consultation with training
<br />oversight agencies of all first responder disciplines, and sets ELECTIONS, PUBLIC RECORDS AND FPPC
<br />forth specific components of the required curriculum. Aisc,
<br />SB 1350 encourages agencies with emergency first re- AB 1890 (Horton). City Employees. Civil Service
<br />sponder responsibilities to train personnel in preparation for Board, AB 1890 authorizes the legislative body to appoint a
<br />and response to terrorist attacks to utilize the training civil service commission, personnel commission, personnel
<br />curriculum, As amended, this bill requires the Commission board, merit commission, or similar entity of a personnel
<br />on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop a officer for those purposes. The bill requires, when the
<br />terrorism awareness curriculum and requires field-level law delegation of powers is to a board, commission, committee,
<br />enforcement officers to complete such training. Staff: or other similar entity and there are one or more employee
<br />Natasha Fooman, Status: AsGO;Hrg-7/1, Position: Support. organizations that include city employees that the legislative
<br /> body appoint one-half of the members of the board,
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