Amended IN Senate June 20, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1314Introduced by Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs (Assembly Members Irwin (Chair), Voepel (Vice Chair), Boerner Horvath, Daly, Frazier, Mathis, Muratsuchi, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Salas, and Smith) Assembly Member RamosFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 1023 of, and to add Section 1024 to, the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans homes. add Section 8594.13 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1314, as amended, Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs Ramos. Veterans homes: leases. Emergency notification: Endangered Missing Advisory: Indigenous persons.Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory, as defined, if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an Indigenous person who has been reported as abducted or kidnapped. The bill would authorize the department, if it concurs that specified requirements are met, to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area and to assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating electronic flyer or alert sign messages, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the notification system established pursuant to these provisions no later than January 1, 2027.Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to lease or let any real property held by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home. Existing law generally requires moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the General Fund.This bill would create the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would require moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would provide that money in the fund is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8594.13 is added to the Government Code, to read:8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.SECTION 1.Section 1023 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:1023.(a)The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state. All property held by the department for a home shall be held in trust for the state and for the use and benefit of the home. The department shall manage the homes and administer their affairs, and, subject to the direction of the secretary, adopt rules and regulations for the government of the homes in conformity, as nearly as possible, to applicable state and federal rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs regulations.(b)With the consent of the secretary, the Director of General Services may lease or let any real property held by the department for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home and its members. In any leasing or letting, except as provided in Section 1049, all moneys received in connection therewith shall be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund.SEC. 2.Section 1024 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:1024.There is in the State Treasury the Veterans Home Fund. All net proceeds from the sale or lease of Veterans Home of California property, except as provided in Section 1049, shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes, and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, including, but not limited to, the cost of design.
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1314Introduced by Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs (Assembly Members Irwin (Chair), Voepel (Vice Chair), Boerner Horvath, Daly, Frazier, Mathis, Muratsuchi, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Salas, and Smith) Assembly Member RamosFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 1023 of, and to add Section 1024 to, the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans homes. add Section 8594.13 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1314, as amended, Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs Ramos. Veterans homes: leases. Emergency notification: Endangered Missing Advisory: Indigenous persons.Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory, as defined, if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an Indigenous person who has been reported as abducted or kidnapped. The bill would authorize the department, if it concurs that specified requirements are met, to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area and to assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating electronic flyer or alert sign messages, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the notification system established pursuant to these provisions no later than January 1, 2027.Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to lease or let any real property held by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home. Existing law generally requires moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the General Fund.This bill would create the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would require moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would provide that money in the fund is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2022
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1314
Introduced by Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs (Assembly Members Irwin (Chair), Voepel (Vice Chair), Boerner Horvath, Daly, Frazier, Mathis, Muratsuchi, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Salas, and Smith) Assembly Member RamosFebruary 19, 2021
Introduced by Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs (Assembly Members Irwin (Chair), Voepel (Vice Chair), Boerner Horvath, Daly, Frazier, Mathis, Muratsuchi, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Salas, and Smith) Assembly Member Ramos
February 19, 2021
An act to amend Section 1023 of, and to add Section 1024 to, the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans homes. add Section 8594.13 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1314, as amended, Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs Ramos. Veterans homes: leases. Emergency notification: Endangered Missing Advisory: Indigenous persons.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory, as defined, if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an Indigenous person who has been reported as abducted or kidnapped. The bill would authorize the department, if it concurs that specified requirements are met, to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area and to assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating electronic flyer or alert sign messages, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the notification system established pursuant to these provisions no later than January 1, 2027.Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to lease or let any real property held by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home. Existing law generally requires moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the General Fund.This bill would create the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would require moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would provide that money in the fund is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, as specified.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.
This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory, as defined, if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an Indigenous person who has been reported as abducted or kidnapped. The bill would authorize the department, if it concurs that specified requirements are met, to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area and to assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating electronic flyer or alert sign messages, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the notification system established pursuant to these provisions no later than January 1, 2027.
Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to lease or let any real property held by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home. Existing law generally requires moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the General Fund.
This bill would create the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would require moneys received in connection with the leasing or letting of a home to be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund. The bill would provide that money in the fund is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, as specified.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8594.13 is added to the Government Code, to read:8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.SECTION 1.Section 1023 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:1023.(a)The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state. All property held by the department for a home shall be held in trust for the state and for the use and benefit of the home. The department shall manage the homes and administer their affairs, and, subject to the direction of the secretary, adopt rules and regulations for the government of the homes in conformity, as nearly as possible, to applicable state and federal rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs regulations.(b)With the consent of the secretary, the Director of General Services may lease or let any real property held by the department for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home and its members. In any leasing or letting, except as provided in Section 1049, all moneys received in connection therewith shall be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund.SEC. 2.Section 1024 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:1024.There is in the State Treasury the Veterans Home Fund. All net proceeds from the sale or lease of Veterans Home of California property, except as provided in Section 1049, shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes, and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, including, but not limited to, the cost of design.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8594.13 is added to the Government Code, to read:8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.
SECTION 1. Section 8594.13 is added to the Government Code, to read:
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8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.
8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.
8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.
8594.13. (a) For purposes of this section, Endangered Missing Advisory means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to an Indigenous person who has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.
(b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the law enforcement agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory. If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) have been met, it shall be authorized to activate an Endangered Missing Advisory within the appropriate geographical area.
(2) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Endangered Missing Advisory.
(3) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by disseminating an electronic flyer or activating changeable message signs in compliance with paragraph (4).
(4) Upon activation of an Endangered Missing Advisory, the Department of the California Highway Patrol may use a changeable message sign if both of the following conditions are met:
(A) A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle may be involved in the missing person incident.
(B) Specific identifying information about the vehicle is available for public dissemination.
(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Endangered Missing Advisory be activated if that agency determines that all of the following conditions are met regarding the investigation of a missing Indigenous person:
(1) The missing Indigenous person has been involuntarily abducted or kidnapped.
(2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all available local and tribal resources.
(3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under unexplainable or suspicious circumstances.
(4) There is information available that, if disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.
(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall create and submit a report to the Governors Office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of this section, including the efficacy, the advantages, and the impact to other alert programs. The Department shall submit the report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 no later than January 1, 2027.
(a)The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state. All property held by the department for a home shall be held in trust for the state and for the use and benefit of the home. The department shall manage the homes and administer their affairs, and, subject to the direction of the secretary, adopt rules and regulations for the government of the homes in conformity, as nearly as possible, to applicable state and federal rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs regulations.
(b)With the consent of the secretary, the Director of General Services may lease or let any real property held by the department for a home, and not needed for any direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the home and its members. In any leasing or letting, except as provided in Section 1049, all moneys received in connection therewith shall be deposited in the Veterans Home Fund.
There is in the State Treasury the Veterans Home Fund. All net proceeds from the sale or lease of Veterans Home of California property, except as provided in Section 1049, shall be deposited in the fund. Money in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the maintenance of existing homes, and for the acquisition or construction of new or replacement homes, including, but not limited to, the cost of design.