Bill Text: CA AB2732 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grant Information Act of 2018: internet web portal: climate-related grants: childcare sector.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2732 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2732-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2732

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Introduced by Assembly Member Papan

February 15, 2024

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An act relating to climate change.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2732, as introduced, Papan. Climate change: childcare sector.

Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the state’s climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the licensure and regulation of child daycare facilities, as defined. Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure the state’s climate change and resiliency actions include and prioritize the childcare sector.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The childcare sector is physically vulnerable to the stress of natural disasters and other extreme climate events, which puts childcare and development programs at an increased risk of permanent closure.

(2) The consequences are often most severe for communities of color where environmental injustices and racial injustices compound.

(3) Black and Latino children, families, and neighborhoods tend to have the least access to high-quality early care and education and are most likely to live in places with extreme weather made worse by climate change.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure the state’s climate change and resiliency actions include and prioritize the childcare sector.