Bill Text: CA AB220 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Interstate Compact for Juveniles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2011. [AB220 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB220-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 220	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Dickinson and V. Manuel
Pérez)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Ammiano, Huffman, and Mendoza)


                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   An act to add Section 13827.3 to the Penal Code, relating to
gangs.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 220, as amended, Solorio. Gang and youth violence: prevention.
   Under existing law, the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy,
which is in the California Emergency Management Agency, is
responsible for identifying and evaluating gang and youth violence
programs and strategies, along with funding for those efforts. The
Director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy is
responsible for monitoring, assessing, and coordinating the state's
gang and youth violence programs, as specified.
   This bill would require the director, subject to statutory limits
and directives, to make recommendations to streamline existing state
agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal toward
giving priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based  and
promising  practices  that are also   culturally
competent and appropriate  . It would require the director to
create a working group consisting of representatives of state offices
and representatives of other specified stakeholders to assist in
this effort, with the director serving as the chairperson. The bill
would require the working group to advise the office on the task of
streamlining grant programs that address gang and youth violence, in
accordance with certain procedures.
   This bill would require the working group to be responsible for
making recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and
youth violence grant programs, including recommending procedures and
requirements for state agencies and departments administering grant
programs to provide incentives for grant recipients to implement
evidence-based  and promising  practices  that are also
culturally competent and appropriate  . The bill would require
the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy to report the findings
of the working group to the Legislature and the Governor by June 1,
2012.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13827.3 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13827.3.  (a) The director shall, subject to statutory limits and
directives, make recommendations to streamline existing state agency
gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal toward giving
priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based  and
promising  practices  that are also culturally competent and
appropriate  . The director shall create a working group to
assist in this effort and shall serve as the chairperson of the
working group.
   (b) The working group of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence
Policy shall consist of representatives of state offices and
representatives of other stakeholders specified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b) of Section 13827. The working group shall advise the
office on the task of streamlining grant programs that address gang
and youth violence, in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d).
   (c) The working group shall be responsible for making
recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and youth
violence grant programs, including, but not limited to, making
recommendations for consolidation of programs, aligning funding
cycles, and developing common applications for grant programs. 
The working group shall seek to maximize federal funding and shall
not jeopardize current federal funding and obligations.  The
Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy shall prepare the
recommendations of the working group pursuant to this subdivision on
or before March 1, 2012, and shall submit a final report of its
findings to the Legislature and the Governor on or before June 1,
2012. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795
of the Government Code. This subdivision does not require the other
stakeholders in the working group to participate in the preparation
of the final report.
   (d) As part of its recommendations pursuant to subdivision (c),
the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy shall also recommend
procedures and requirements for state agencies and departments that
administer gang and youth violence grant programs to provide
incentives for grant recipients to implement evidence-based  and
promising  practices  that are also culturally competent and
appropriate  . 
   (e) As used in this section, the term "culturally competent," used
in respect to a gang and youth violence grant program, means the
program is conducted in a manner that is responsive to the beliefs,
interpersonal styles, attitudes, language, and behaviors of
individuals who are receiving assistance from the program in a manner
that has the greatest likelihood of ensuring their maximum
participation in the program.