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Host Joshua Whiteside joins Lozano Smith partner Sloan Simmons to discuss the present status of student COVID-19 vaccination and student masks requirements, including the status of State directives on point and the results of litigation in these areas.

Show Notes & References

• 0:48 – California Department of Public Health (CDPH) February 15, 2022 announcement and upcoming CDPH February 28, 2022 announcement
• 3:26 – Student vaccine mandate status
• 5:35 – SB 871 and personal exemptions
• 7:45 – Locally adopted vaccine mandates examples
• 8:36 – Los Angeles USD local mandate and legislation
• 9:20 – Education Code section 35160
• 11:37 – San Diego USD local mandate
• 15:05 – State court San Diego case and Let Them Choose litigation
• 19:00 – San Diego USD appeal and stay from Court of Appeal
• 22:01 – Mask mandate status
• 22:33 – State Public Health officer order (June 11, 2021)
• 23:28 – CDPH Guidance
• 24:02 – Health and Safety Code section 120175 and legal authority
• 24:37 – Superior Court case in San Diego and Let Them Breathe litigation

 

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Host Sloan Simmons joins Lozano Smith partner Arne Sandberg to discuss modular buildings for California school districts, including the basics about modular buildings, procurement alternatives, and new legal developments impacting this area of school construction.

Show Notes & References

• 1:24 – Modular buildings
• 2:05 – Modular component buildings vs. modular portables
• 4:55 – Issue of permanent vs. temporary
• 6:10 – Modular component building examples
• 7:15 – Popularity and cost-efficiency
• 8:16 – Building plans (standard or unique designs)
• 9:10 – Competitive bidding and modular buildings
• 10:33 – Delivery methods (competitive bidding, lease-leaseback, design-build)
• 13:30 – Architect involvement
• 14:31 – Lease-leaseback method
• 15:16 – Davis v. Fresno Unified School Dist. (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 261
• 18:16 – Lease-leaseback scoring and rating system
• 19:29 – Design-build vs. lease-leaseback
• 21:03 – Piggybacking
• 22:10 – Division of the State Architect (DSA)
• 22:13 – Office of Public School Construction (OPSC)
• 22:54 – Public Construction Code section 20118
• 24:52 – Vendor involvement in piggybacking
• 26:30 – Modulars and personal property
• 26:43 – Attorney General opinion: 89 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 1 (#05-405, January 24, 2006)
• 28:50 – Report of the Executive Officer, State Allocation Board Meeting, December 8, 2004
• 30:55 – OPSC e-mail to school districts and county offices of education (July 2021)
• 31:55 – Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH)
• 33:48 – Permanent vs. temporary foundations for modular portables
• 40:25 – Critical takeaways

 

Lozano Smith’s COVID-19 Resources can be found here.

For more information on the topics discussed in this podcast, please visit our website at: www.lozanosmith.com/podcast.