BREAKING NEWS: SIX dead and five wounded as 'gunmen sets building ablaze and opens fire on random vehicles outside Santa Monica college

BREAKING NEWS: SIX dead and five wounded as 'gunmen sets building ablaze and opens fire on random vehicles outside Santa Monica college - just a couple of miles from where Obama is attending fundraiser

• Police say a gunman opened fire near Southern California's Santa Monica College and several people have been injured
• Suspected shooter, a man in his 20s or early 30s, was shot dead by police

By JAMES NYE

PUBLISHED: 14:42 EST, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 21:12 EST, 7 June 2013

 
 
 

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A gunman with an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica on Friday before police shot him to death in a gunfight in the Santa Monica College library, authorities said.

Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks told reporters the rampage began at a house in the coastal city before the gunman, dressed all in black, made his way to Santa Monica College.

Seabrooks said he killed two people in the house, which caught fire, two more people as he moved several blocks toward the campus, and then two more on campus.

He entered the library and fired on other people but didn't hit them, Seabrooks said.

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Shot dead: The body of a man believed to be the gunman in the shooting, who was killed during a confrontation with police

Armed and dangerous: Police they the shooter was equipped with a tactical vest and a belt for ammunition

On high alert: SWAT officers conduct a search at Santa Monica College following a shooting on campus in Santa Monica, California

Injured: A woman injured after a gunman opened fire this afternoon near to Santa Monica College in California

On Fire: This home was reportedly set on fire by the gunman - visible at the front of the image are members of the public assisting a woman who has been shot

The property can be clearly seen burning as a cyclist rides past as members of the public tend to an injured woman this afternoon at Santa Monica College

Grim sight: Police officers stand next to a body near an entrance to Santa Monica College

Shot-Out: This is the car that was fired upon which contained a young woman who appeared to be hit in the shoulder

Emergency Services: Firefighters rush to save the woman shot during the incident today near to Santa Monica College campus

Arrest: Los Angeles Police officers are shown detaining a suspect near a shooting at Santa Monica College Friday June 7, 2013 in Santa Monica, California

Los Angeles County SWAT team members search the grounds of Santa Monica College near the library after multiple shootings were reported on the campus June 7, 2013 in Santa Monica, California

Los Angeles County SWAT team members search the grounds of Santa Monica College

Several students in the library reported hearing gunfire, and one witness said he heard a woman scream.

'The officers came in and directly engaged the suspect and he was shot and killed on the scene,' Seabrooks said.

She identified the gunman as 25 to 30 years old and dressed all in black, wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket.

The campus was searched for a second shooter, and a man dressed entirely in black, with the words 'Life is a Gamble' on the back of his sweatshirt, was seen being taken into custody by law enforcement officers. He did not appear to be wounded.

'We are not convinced 100 per cent that the suspect who was killed operated in a solo or alone capacity,' Seabrooks said.

All of this unfolded about 3 miles from where President Barack Obama was attending a fundraising luncheon.

At least six shooting victims were rushed to area hospitals. Three of them were admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, hospital spokesman Mark Wheeler said. 

Dr. Marshall Morgan, the chief of emergency medicine at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said three women were brought there. One died, one was in surgery, and the other is in serious condition but doing well.

Heavy machinery: An armored police vehicle is stationed on the street during a search at Santa Monica College following a shooting on campus

Santa Monica College in lockdown, after a gunman 'opens-fire' shooting 3 people in LA. The suspect was believed to have been found in the school's library and taken into custody. The extent of the injuries are not known

Aerial Patrol: Santa Monica College in lockdown, after a gunman 'opens-fire' shooting 3 people in LA

On Guard: A police officer walks on the street during a search at Santa Monica College following a shooting on campus in Santa Monica, California June 7, 2013

 

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Morgan said three other women went to UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica with relatively minor injuries. One has shrapnel-type injuries and the two others had injuries not related to gunfire. 

One of the women who were taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with a gunshot wound was 50-year-old Debra Fine, who confronted the gunman near the campus. 

The woman's husband, Russell Mark Fine, told the Los Angeles Daily News that his wife was driving west on Kansas Avenue when she saw a man firing shots near the corner of Yorkshire Avenue.

Debra Fine hit the brakes and yelled at the gunman to stop shooting, but instead the man trained his weapon on her and opened fire, shattering three widows in her car and wounding her. Mr Fine said his wife is expected to survive.  

Jimes Gillespie, 20, told The Associated Press he was in the college's library studying when he heard the gunfire, and he and dozens of other students began fleeing the three-story building.

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'As I was running down the stairs I saw one of the gunmen,' said Gillespie, who described the shooter as a white man in his 20s, wearing cornrows in his hair and black overalls. He said the man was carrying a shotgun.

Gillespie believes there were two shooters because he heard two kinds of gunfire — a shotgun and a handgun — but only saw one person.

'The shotgun blast was first. It was either him or the partner who shot eight to 10 handgun shots,' Gillespie said. 'Then after I saw the gunman I heard more shots and I ran out of the library through the emergency exit.'

Under protection: A Santa Monica police officer leads children on a field trip from Citizens of the World Charter School in Los Angeles out of Santa Monica College, where they had gone for a planetarium show

Gathering information: A policeman questions a resident near the partially burnt house where two bodies were discovered near the Santa Monica College campus, which are believed to be connected to the shooting

Chaotic scene: Forensic investigators photograph a car with bullet holes across a home that caught fire in Santa Monica

Traumatized community: A sobbing woman is seen comorted by a traffic officer (left); A California Highway Patrol officer stands guard as downcast students students wait outside 

Crime scene: A fireman walks near a bullet-ridden car in front of a house where two bodies were discovered

As Gillespie ran away across campus, he said he saw a car in front of the English building that was riddled with bullet holes, had shattered windows and a baby's car seat in the back.

An eyewitness told ABC7 cameraman Shawn MCarthy that there was indeed a second gunman who opened fire a few blocks to the east of the schools south campus.

The witness said that a man dressed in black emerged from a vehicle and started shooting indiscriminately. 

Jorge Saldana, 47, a custodian at Santa Monica College, told in an interview with LA Weekly that he witnessed the gunman dressed in military-style apparel shoot an elderly woman point blank outside the camps library. 

According to the staffer, the gunman saw the woman rummaging in a Dumpster in search of aluminum cans, and shot her 'in cold blood' in the face of chest.  

Saladana described the suspect looking very calm and 'walking very slowly.' 

President Barack Obama is in Santa Monica speaking at a luncheon fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee about a 10-minute drive from where the shooting took place

Although U.S. Secret Service spokesman Edwin M. Donovan initially called the shooting 'a local police matter' and said that it will not impact the president's visit, but Friday evening, administration officials announced that Mr Obama's travel plans have changed. 

The president and his retinue were expected to take a helicopter to the Los Angeles Airport, Politico reported, but in the aftermath of the shooting, they have opted for a different mode on transportation. 

'The President will motorcade back to the Los Angeles airport to avoid any impact on the ongoing local response to the shooting in the area,' deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said.

Students rush to safety after shots were fired near the Santa Monica College on June 7, 2013 in Santa Monica, California

California Highway Patrol Officers contain a scene at Santa Monica College after multiple shootings were reported on the campus June 7, 2013 in Santa Monica, California

Students look on as Los Angeles Police Department Officers deploy around the Santa Monica College near the library after multiple shootings were reported

One individual, believed to be the gunman has been shot and has been transported by emergency services to hospital confirm Santa Monica Police.

An SMC student told ABC7 he heard the gunfire.

'I was near the bookstore when I heard 15 or 20 more shots,' he said. 'I stopped and went into the Theater Arts building. ... I'm extremely shaken.'

Santa Monica College student Sam Luster was preparing for a presentation in the school's library when he heard bullet

'We didn't know what was happening until all the students at the entrance of the library started running down towards the bottom of the library,' Luster said to ABC 7   

Another Santa Monica student told ABC 7 that the shooting caused panic among hundreds of people on campus.

'One of the doors wasn't opening so alot of kids were panicking against the locked door and funneled around to the other side,' said Chad Lazzari.

Eyewitness Jason Garrett told CNN he spotted the gunman dressed in black clothing and what looked like a tactical vest and heard him fire shots inside the college library. 

According to Garrett, who described himself as a gun enthusiast, the weapon in the shooter's hands appeared to be AR-15.

Shattered: The passenger window of a car appears to be shot out by bullets after a gunman opened fire at Santa Monica College on Friday afternoon

Fired Upon: The passenger window of this black SUV appears to be shot out by the gunman who opened fire today at Santa Monica College

Armed: An officer with the California Highway Patrol readies his rifle as he responds to the shooting in the area around Santa Monica College

Response: An ambulance speeds after the shooting in Santa Monica this Friday afternoon

The incident began at around noon, with witnesses reporting a 'fully armed' man discharging a firearm at cars in the area, said the California Highway Patrol.

The gunman apparently also set fire to cars and a bus said California Highway Patrol Officer Sgt. Denise Joslin.

Unconfirmed reports are of a number of injuries involving bus passengers said CHP Officer Kerri Rivas.

'We are aware of at least one suspect, there may possibly be others,' Joslin said to NBC Los Angeles.

All other schools in the area are on lock-down, including Roosevelt Elementary and John Adams Elementary schools.

Students at the college have been advised to stay away from the campus, according to the school. 

Students on campus are advised to stay in place until the lock-down is lifted.

Santa Monica College is a two-year college with about 34,000 students.

Santa Monica College in lockdown, after a gunman 'opens-fire' shooting 3 people in LA

Open Fire: This is the bus that was reportedly opened fire upon by the gunman who began shooting this afternoon at Santa Monica College

Grizzly: Blood can be seen on the floor in the top left of this picture - posted from the scene onto Twitter

Santa Monica College has witnessed a shooting this afternoon in which multiple injuries have been reported

Sources have told NBC Los Angeles that the shooting is unconnected to President Obama's visit to the area.

The CHP took the first emergency telephone call around 11.55 a.m. that a man with one or more guns was firing south of Santa Monica College campus at 1900 Pico Blvd - according to Santa Monica police.

Students who were taking their final exams on campus had to scramble to safety and one student told KCAL9 there were two shooters seen at the time of the shooting. 

Santa Monica College sent out the following statement 

'There have been reports of a shooter on the main SMC campus. The college is on lock-down. This means that if you are on campus, stay out of open spaces, stay in doors, lock all doors and do not open the doors until you receive an all clear from college officials. If you are off campus, do Not come to campus.'

Lock-Down: Students of Santa Monica College wait for the lock-down to be lifted after a reported shooting incident today at the school

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Agenda 21 hidden in State Bills such as California Proposition 65

Agenda 21 hidden in State Bills such asAgenda 21 hidden in State Bills such as Proposition 65. I love Watkins Products because they are natural but now Watkins is being restricted in the sale of the following :


Effective December 1, 2011, the following kits can no longer be sold in the State of California— the bag is not compliant with the State of California Proposition 65.

• #20530 Life's a Beach Kit/#20543 Home Away from Home Kit
• #20532 Manicure Pack
• #20540 Dusk to Dawn Kit (past Seasonal product)
• #20536 Heavenly Soles Foot Care Set (past Seasonal product)
• #20539 Treat Your Feet (past Seasonal product)
• #20232 Under the Mistletoe Multi-Pack (past Seasonal product)
• #20535 Travel Salve Trio (past Seasonal product)

If you have inventory of any of the above, please make sure you sell prior to December 1^st. Selling after December 1^st could result in a fine to you from the State of California.
Effective January 1, 2012, Mushroom Soup Base, #21177, can no longer be sold in the State of California— the caramel color contains an ingredient that is not compliant with the State of California Proposition 65. We have developed a new formula that is in compliance with this regulation and it will be released in January 2012. Selling after January 1^st, 2012 could result in a fine to you from the State of California.
Government is telling you what you can use and what you can't Caramel Coloring? Please!How is a soup that is consumed be a danger to the drinking water. Soon they will say Urine is dangerous to the drinking water . They recycle water that comes out of your waste. This is why I drink Spring Water. I only want fish poo and urine.

Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986

This text contains new statutory language added by Assembly Bill 1756 (Committee on Budget, Chapter 228, Statutes of 2003) which was signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on August 9, 2003. The new language took effect on August 11, 2003.

Follow this link to download a copy as a pdf file

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25249.5. Prohibition On Contaminating Drinking Water With Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into water or onto or into land where such chemical passes or probably will pass into any source of drinking water, notwithstanding any other provision or authorization of law except as provided in Section 25249.9. 25249.6. Required Warning Before Exposure To Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer Or Reproductive Toxicity.No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning to such individual, except as provided in Section 25249.10.
25249.7. Enforcement.

4. Any person that violates or threatens to violate Section 25249.5 or 25249.6 may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
5. (1) Any person who has violated Section 25249.5 or 25249.6 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500) per day for each violation in addition to any other penalty established by law. That civil penalty may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction.

   (2) In assessing the amount of a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter, the court shall consider all of the following:
   (A) The nature and extent of the violation.
   (B) The number of, and severity of, the violations.
   (C) The economic effect of the penalty on the violator.
   (D) Whether the violator took good faith measures to comply with this chapter and the time these measures were taken.
   (E) The willfulness of the violator’s misconduct.
   (F) The deterrent effect that the imposition of the penalty would have on both the violator and the regulated community as a whole.
   (G) Any other factor that justice may require.

   (c) Actions pursuant to this section may be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California, by any district attorney, by any city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in any city or city and county having a full-time city prosecutor, or as provided in subdivision (d).

(d) Actions pursuant to this section may be brought by any person in the public interest if both of the following requirements are met:

(1) The private action is commenced more than 60 days from the date that the person has given notice of an alleged violation of Section 25249.5 or 25249.6 that is the subject of the private action to the Attorney General and the district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, and to the alleged violator. If the notice alleges a violation of Section 25249.6, the notice of the alleged violation shall include a certificate of merit executed by the attorney for the noticing party, or by the noticing party, if the noticing party is not represented by an attorney. The certificate of merit shall state that the person executing the certificate has consulted with one or more persons with relevant and appropriate experience or expertise who has reviewed facts, studies, or other data regarding the exposure to the listed chemical that is the subject of the action, and that, based on that information, the person executing the certificate believes there is a reasonable and meritorious case for the private action. Factual information sufficient to establish the basis of the certificate of merit, including the information identified in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (h), shall be attached to the certificate of merit that is served on the Attorney General. (2) Neither the Attorney General, any district attorney, any city attorney nor any prosecutor has commenced and is diligently prosecuting an action against the violation.

(e) Any person bringing an action in the public interest pursuant to subdivision (d) and any person filing any action in which a violation of this chapter is alleged shall notify the Attorney General that the action has been filed. Neither this subdivision nor the procedures provided in subdivisions (f) to (j), inclusive, shall affect the requirements imposed by the statute or a court decision in existence on January 1, 2002 concerning whether any person filing any action in which a violation of this chapter is alleged is required to comply with the requirements of subdivision (d).
(f) (1) Any person bringing an action in the public interest pursuant to subdivision (d), any person filing any action in which a violation of this chapter is alleged, or any private person settling any violation of this chapter alleged in a notice given pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), shall, after the action or violation is either subject to a settlement or to a judgment, submit to the Attorney General a reporting form that includes the results of that settlement or judgment and the final disposition of the case, even if dismissed. At the time of the filing of any judgment pursuant to an action brought in the public interest pursuant to subdivision (d), or any action brought by a private person in which a violation of this chapter is alleged, the plaintiff shall file an affidavit verifying that the report required by this subdivision has been accurately completed and submitted to the Attorney General.

(2) Any person bringing an action in the public interest pursuant to subdivision (d) or any private person bringing an action in which a violation of this chapter is alleged, shall, after the action is either subject to a settlement, with or without court approval, or to a judgment, submit to the Attorney General a report that includes information on any corrective action being taken as a part of the settlement or resolution of the action.
(3) The Attorney General shall develop a reporting form that specifies the information that shall be reported, including, but not limited to, for purposes of subdivision (e), the date the action was filed, the nature of the relief sought, and for purposes of this subdivision, the amount of the settlement or civil penalty assessed, other financial terms of the settlement, and any other information the Attorney General deems appropriate.
(4) If there is a settlement of an action brought by a person in the public interest under subdivision (d), the plaintiff shall submit the settlement, other than a voluntary dismissal in which no consideration is received from the defendant, to the court for approval upon noticed motion, and the court may approve the settlement only if the court makes all of the following findings:

(A) Any warning that is required by the settlement complies with this chapter.
(B) Any award of attorney’s fees is reasonable under California law.
(C) Any penalty amount is reasonable based on the criteria set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b).

(5) The plaintiff subject to paragraph (4) has the burden of producing evidence sufficient to sustain each required finding. The plaintiff shall serve the motion and all supporting papers on the Attorney General, who may appear and participate in any proceeding without intervening in the case.
(6) Neither this subdivision nor the procedures provided in subdivision (e) and subdivisions (g) to (j), inclusive, shall affect the requirements imposed by statute or a court decision in existence on the January 1, 2002 concerning whether claims raised by any person or public prosecutor not a party to the action are precluded by a settlement approved by the court.

(g) The Attorney General shall maintain a record of the information submitted pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) and shall make this information available to the public.
(h) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the basis for the certificate of merit required by subdivision (d) is not discoverable. However, nothing in this subdivision shall preclude the discovery of information related to the certificate of merit if that information is relevant to the subject matter of the action and is otherwise discoverable, solely on the ground that it was used in support of the certificate of merit.

(2) Upon the conclusion of an action brought pursuant to subdivision (d) with respect to any defendant, if the trial court determines that there was no actual or threatened exposure to a listed chemical, the court may, upon the motion of that alleged violator or upon the court’s own motion, review the basis for the belief of the person executing the certificate of merit, expressed in the certificate of merit, that an exposure to a listed chemical had occurred or was threatened. The information in the certificate of merit, including the identity of the persons consulted with and relied on by the certifier, and the facts, studies, or other data reviewed by those persons, shall be disclosed to the court in an in-camera proceeding at which the moving party shall not be present. If the court finds that there was no credible factual basis for the certifier’s belief that an exposure to a listed chemical has occurred or was threatened, then the action shall be deemed frivolous within the meaning of Section 128.6 or 128.7 of the Code of Civil Procedure, whichever provision is applicable to the action. The court shall not find a factual basis credible on the basis of a legal theory of liability that is frivolous within the meaning of Section 128.6 or 128.7 of the Code of Civil Procedure, whichever provision is applicable to the action.

(i) The Attorney General may provide the factual information submitted to establish the basis of the certificate of merit on request to any district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor within whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, or to any other state or federal government agency, but in all other respects the Attorney General shall maintain, and ensure that all recipients maintain, the submitted information as confidential official information to the full extent authorized in Section 1040 of the Evidence Code.
(j) In any action brought by the Attorney General, a district attorney, a city attorney, or a prosecutor pursuant to this chapter, the Attorney General, district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor may seek and recover costs and attorney’s fees on behalf of any party who provides a notice pursuant to subdivision (d) and who renders assistance in that action.

25249.8. List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity.

(a) On or before March 1, 1987, the Governor shall cause to be published a list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter, and he shall cause such list to be revised and republished in light of additional knowledge at least once per year thereafter. Such list shall include at a minimum those substances identified by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(b)(1) and those substances identified additionally by reference in Labor Code Section 6382(d).
(b) A chemical is known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity within the meaning of this chapter if in the opinion of the state's qualified experts it has been clearly shown through scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if a body considered to be authoritative by such experts has formally identified it as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity, or if an agency of the state or federal government has formally required it to be labeled or identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity.
(c) On or before January 1, 1989, and at least once per year thereafter, the Governor shall cause to be published a separate list of those chemicals that at the time of publication are required by state or federal law to have been tested for potential to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity but that the state's qualified experts have not found to have been adequately tested as required.
(d) The Governor shall identify and consult with the state's qualified experts as necessary to carry out his duties under this section.
(e) In carrying out the duties of the Governor under this section, the Governor and his designates shall not be considered to be adopting or amending a regulation within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act as defined in Government Code Section 11370.

25249.9. Exemptions from Discharge Prohibition.

(a) Section 25249.5 shall not apply to any discharge or release that takes places less than twenty months subsequent to the listing of the chemical in question on the list required to be published under subdivision (a) of Section 25249.8. 
(b)  Section 25249.5 shall not apply to any discharge or release that meets both of the following criteria:

(1)  The discharge or release will not cause any significant amount of the discharged or released chemical to enter any source of drinking water. 
(2)  The discharge or release is in conformity with all other laws and with every applicable regulation, permit, requirement, and order.  In any action brought to enforce Section 25249.5, the burden of showing that a discharge or release meets the criteria of this subdivision shall be on the defendant. 

25249.10. Exemptions from Warning Requirement. Section 25249.6 shall not apply to any of the following: 

(a)  An exposure for which federal law governs warning in a manner that preempts state authority. 
(b)  An exposure that takes place less than twelve months subsequent to the listing of the chemical in question on the list required to be published under subdivision (a) of Section 25249.8. 
(c)  An exposure for which the person responsible can show that the exposure poses no significant risk assuming lifetime exposure at the level in question for substances known to the state to cause cancer, and that the exposure will have no observable effect assuming exposure at one thousand (1000) times the level in question for substances known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity, based on evidence and standards of comparable scientific validity to the evidence and standards which form the scientific basis for the listing of such chemical pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25249.8.  In any action brought to enforce Section 25249.6, the burden of showing that an exposure meets the criteria of this subdivision shall be on the defendant. 
25249.11. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, and association.
(b) "Person in the course of doing business" does not include any person employing fewer than 10 employees in his or her business; any city, county, or district or any department or agency thereof or the state or any department or agency thereof or the federal government or any department or agency thereof; or any entity in its operation of a public water system as defined in Section 4010.1.
(c) "Significant amount" means any detectable amount except an amount which would meet the exemption test in subdivision (c) of Section 25249.10 if an individual were exposed to such an amount in drinking water.
(d) "Source of drinking water" means either a present source of drinking water or water which is identified or designated in a water quality control plan adopted by a regional board as being suitable for domestic or municipal uses.
(e) "Threaten to violate" means to create a condition in which there is a substantial probability that a violation will occur.
(f) "Warning" within the meaning of Section 25249.6 need not be provided separately to each exposed individual and may be provided by general methods such as labels on consumer products, inclusion of notices in mailings to water customers, posting of notices, placing notices in public news media, and the like, provided that the warning accomplished is clear and reasonable. In order to minimize the burden on retail sellers of consumer products including foods, regulations implementing Section 25249.6 shall to the extent practicable place the obligation to provide any warning materials such as labels on the producer or packager rather than on the retail seller, except where the retail seller itself is responsible for introducing a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into the consumer product in question.

25249.12. (a) The Governor shall designate a lead agency and other agencies that may be Required to implement this chapter, including this section. Each agency so designated may adopt and modify regulations, standards, and permits as necessary to conform with and implement this chapter and to further its purposes.

(b) The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The director of the lead agency designated by the Governor to implement this chapter may expend the funds in the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to implement and administer this chapter.
(c) In addition to any other money that may be deposited in the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund, all of the following amounts shall be deposited in the fund:

(1) Seventy-five percent of all civil and criminal penalties collected pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Any interest earned upon the money deposited into the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund.

(d) Twenty-five percent of all civil and criminal penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the office of the city attorney, city prosecutor, district attorney, or Attorney General, whichever office brought the action, or in the case of an action brought by a person under subdivision (d) of Section 25249.7, to that person.

25249.13. Preservation Of Existing Rights, Obligations, and Penalties. Nothing in this chapter shall alter or diminish any legal obligation otherwise required in common law or by statute or regulation, and nothing in this chapter shall create or enlarge any defense in any action to enforce such legal obligation. Penalties and sanctions imposed under this chapter shall be in addition to any penalties or sanctions otherwise prescribed by law.
25180.7. (a) Within the meaning of this section, a "designated government employee" is any person defined as a "designated employee" by Government Code Section 82019, as amended.

(b) Any designated government employee who obtains information in the course of his official duties revealing the illegal discharge or threatened illegal discharge of a hazardous waste within the geographical area of his jurisdiction and who knows that such discharge or threatened discharge is likely to cause substantial injury to the public health or safety must, within seventy-two hours, disclose such information to the local Board of Supervisors and to the local health officer. No disclosure of information is required under this subdivision when otherwise prohibited by law, or when law enforcement personnel have determined that such disclosure would adversely affect an ongoing criminal investigation, or when the information is already general public knowledge within the locality affected by the discharge or threatened discharge.
(c) Any designated government employee who knowingly and intentionally fails to disclose information required to be disclosed under subdivision (b) shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment in state prison for not more than three years. The court may also impose upon the person a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5000) or more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The felony conviction for violation of this section shall require forfeiture of government employment within thirty days of conviction.
(d) Any local health officer who receives information pursuant to subdivision (b) shall take appropriate action to notify local news media and shall make such information available to the public without delay.