Bill Text: CA AB1262 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1262 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1262-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1262 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Caballero and Fong) (Principal coauthor: Senator Hueso) |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 13825.2 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1262, as amended, Eduardo Garcia.
California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.
Existing law establishes the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program, administered by the Department of Justice, to disburse any appropriated funds to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that prevent or deter at-risk youth from participating in gangs, criminal activity, or violent behavior, as specified. Existing law provides that specified communities with a high incidence of gang violence are included in the program.
This bill would additionally include the community of Calexico communities of Bakersfield, Brawley, Calexico, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, El Centro, Indio, Richmond, Salinas, Soledad, and Stockton
in the program.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13825.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:13825.2.
(a) The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program shall be administered by the Department of Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal activity, and youth violence to the extent authorized pursuant to this chapter in communities with a high incidence of gang violence, including, but not limited to, the communities of Bakersfield, Brawley, Calexico, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, El Centro, Fresno, Glendale, Indio, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Richmond, Riverside, Salinas, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Monica, Soledad, Stockton, and Venice. The department shall also consider communities that meet any one of the following criteria:(1) An at-risk youth population, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 13825.4, that is significantly disproportionate to the general youth population of that community.
(2) A juvenile arrest rate that is significantly disproportionate to the general youth population of that community.
(3) Significant juvenile gang problems or a high number of juvenile gang-affiliated acts of violence.
(b) All state and local juvenile detention facilities, including, but not limited to, facilities, juvenile halls, youth ranches, and youth camps of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities,
shall also be considered eligible to receive services through community-based organizations or nonprofit agencies that are operating programs funded under this chapter.
