AssemblyBill Introductions:Special Prosecutor: AB 778 by Assemblyman...

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Bill Introductions:

Special Prosecutor: AB 778 by Assemblyman John Burton (D-San Francisco) would create an office of special criminal prosecutor with oversight jurisdiction over the Legislature, elected statewide officers and state agencies.

Pornography: AB 807 by Assemblyman Gerald R. Eaves (D-Rialto) would allow local governing bodies to adopt ordinances to require news racks containing pornographic material that could be harmful to children to be attended by an adult when the material is for sale.

School Buses: AB 824 by Assemblyman Charles Bader (R-Pomona) would authorize a $100-million bond issue to replace old school buses. The proposal would be placed on the November, 1990, election ballot for voter consideration.

AIDS: AB 750 by Assemblyman Mike Roos (D-Los Angeles) would require the state Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to develop procedures for protecting health-care workers who come into contact with bodily fluids that could carry the AIDS virus.

Mobile Home Ombudsman: AB 722 by Assemblyman Curt Pringle (R-Garden Grove) would make permanent the office of mobile home ombudsman within the Department of Housing and Community Development to handle public complaints related to mobile home parks.

Sexual Battery: AB 754 by Assemblyman Gil Ferguson (R-Newport Beach) would provide that sexual battery can also be committed where the touching is accomplished through the clothing of the victim.

Drug Treatment: AB 741 by Assemblywoman Jackie Speier (D-South San Francisco) would appropriate an unspecified amount of money to counties to develop and expand outpatient alcohol and drug treatment programs for pregnant women.

Asian/Pacific Islanders: AB 814 by Assemblyman Richard E. Floyd (D-Carson) would require state agencies, when conducting demographic surveys, to stop classifying all Asians and Pacific Islanders together and use separate categories that distinguish each major cultural group.

Senate Bill Introductions:

Bribery: SB 569 by Sen. Quentin L. Kopp (I-San Francisco) would make commercial bribery a felony punishable by two to four years in state prison if the bribe exceeds $400. Bribes of lesser amounts would call for up to one year in a county jail. The bill is aimed at curbing business kickbacks and other unethical practices used to gain business advantages.

Gambling: SB 559 by Sen. William Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights) would increase the minimum fine for violation of illegal gambling laws from $100 to $250.

Youth Centers: SB 542 by Sen. Wadie P. Deddeh (D-Bonita) would require the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Oakland to each operate one or more neighborhood youth centers in a move designed to reduce gang and crime activity.

Gang Violence: SCR 28 by Senate President Pro Tem David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles) would designate Sunday as a statewide day of prayer for victims of gang violence.

Political Commercials: SB 545 by Sen. Daniel E. Boatwright (D-Concord) would require that televised political commercials inform viewers that they are watching political commercials. The idea is to keep potential voters from getting confused.

Miscellany

National Guard: Assemblyman Tom Bates (D-Oakland) and nine other Democratic legislators sent a letter to President Bush asking him to back a peace plan advanced last week by five Central American presidents and to bring home 40 members of the California National Guard from Honduras where they are participating in “training maneuvers.” Bates said, “Sending inexperienced troops into a highly volatile area is definitely not our idea of a ‘kinder, gentler America.’ ”