Bill Text: CA SB1084 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Economic Security Task Force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-13 - Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission. [SB1084 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1084-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1084	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Jones)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act relating to poverty.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1084, as amended, Liu. California Economic Security Task Force.

   Existing law establishes various social service programs that
provide cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income
families and individuals.
   This bill would establish,  for a period of two years,
  upon a specified finding by the Department of Finance
regarding funding, until July 1, 2013,  the California Economic
Security Task Force, composed and appointed as prescribed. This bill
would require the task force to hold its first meeting  not
later   before  than July 1, 2011. The task force
would be required to submit to the Governor and the Legislature, and
make available to the public, both an interim and a final report
 on measures needed to reduce poverty in the state by 50% by
2020   containing specified information and
recommendations  .
   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.  (a)  There   Upon a positive
determination as described in subdivision (j), there  is hereby
established the California Economic Security Task Force.
   (b) The task force shall consist of the following 17 members, or
their designees:
   (1) Two  members   Members  of the
Senate, at least one of whom must be a member of the minority party,
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
   (2) Two  members   Members  of the
Assembly, at least one of whom must be a member of the minority
party, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
   (3) The Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing.
   (4) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services.
   (5) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
   (6) The Director of Finance.
   (7) A representative  of   from  the
County Welfare Directors Association. 
   (8) Two individuals who represent business interests operating in
this state, one of whom shall represent large business and one of who
shall represent small business.  
   (8) Five 
    (9)     Four    individuals
who represent nongovernment  stakeholders  
entities  that provide benefits, services, or advocacy to people
 , including women, children, youth, seniors, working families,
and the homeless,  living in poverty,  including women,
children, youth, seniors, working families, and the homeless,
 appointed by the Governor. 
    (9) Three individuals who live in poverty, with at least one
representative from a rural, one from a suburban, and one from an
urban area, appointed by the Governor.  
   (10) Two individuals who live in poverty, one of whom shall
represent a rural area and be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly and one of whom shall represent an urban area and be
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.  
   (c) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall
serve as the chairperson of the task force. The task force shall, by
majority vote, elect a vice chairperson from among members who do not
represent state government.  
   (c) The 
    (d)     Upon a   positive
determination as described in subdivision (j), the  task force
shall hold its first meeting  not later than  
before  July 1, 2011. The task force shall meet at least
quarterly, at a time and location convenient as the task force deems
appropriate and convenient to the public. All meetings of the task
force shall be open to the public. 
   (d) 
    (e)  The task force may create  subcommittees
  advisory committees  composed of task force
members, experts, federal, state, and county agency representatives,
and other stakeholders, to provide advice on any function of the task
force, or the assessments, programs, and policies it may develop and
recommend. A subcommittee may gather information and make
recommendations to the task force. A subcommittee shall not exercise
any of the powers vested in the task force. 
   (e) 
    (f)  The task force shall seek input from other outside
groups, organizations, and individuals, and consider the actions and
recommendations of other states' poverty reduction plans, as it deems
appropriate  , including, but not limited to, consulting or
referencing the following:   .  
   (1) Businesses.  
   (2) People living below the poverty line according to either the
California Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard Index or the
California Elder Economic Security Standard Index.  

   (3) The Colorado Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task
Force.  
   (4) Community-based and institutional providers of programs that
move Californians toward economic security.  
   (5) The Connecticut Child Poverty and Prevention Council.
 
   (6) Labor groups.  
   (7) The Louisiana Child Poverty Prevention Council. 

   (8) State agency staff responsible for social services, job
training, housing, transportation, asset development, tax, education,
or child welfare programs.  
   (9) Local and statewide workforce investment boards. 

   (f) 
    (g)  The task force shall submit to the Governor and the
Legislature, and make available to the public, an interim 
and a final report on measures needed to reduce poverty in the state
by 50 percent by 2020, that meets, at least, the following
requirements:   report on or before July 1, 2012, and a
final report on or before July 1, 2013. 
   (1) The interim and the final reports shall do both of the
following:
   (A) Review in detail current rates of economic security. For
purposes of this subparagraph, "economic security" means having the
income necessary to cover basic needs expenses, among Californians at
the family and county level, using both the California Family
Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard Index and the California Elder
Economic Security Standard Index.
   (B) Inventory state programs targeted at increasing individual and
family economic security and reducing poverty.
   (2) The interim report shall provide specific recommendations to
maximize the effectiveness of state programs and services for both
the immediate and short-term timeframes, that may be implemented
beginning in 2012.
   (3) The final report shall do all of the following:
   (A) Provide actionable, specific, and long-term recommendations
that will increase the effectiveness of the state's efforts to
increase family economic security by reducing poverty in the state by
50 percent by 2020. The recommendations shall be politically viable,
fiscally responsible, shall include an implementation plan with key
milestones, and an estimate of program costs or savings and of the
number of individuals who would benefit from the proposal.
   (B) Provide specific recommendations on how to create a
self-sustaining entity to lead and coordinate the state's efforts to
reduce poverty in the state by 50 percent in 2020, including, but not
limited to, the following recommendations:
   (i) The appropriate structure of the entity.
   (ii) The needed funding for the efforts.
   (iii) The necessary statutory changes to create the entity.
   (C) Provide the following information about each state antipoverty
program, including, but not limited to:
   (i) The budget for the program.
   (ii) The program's eligibility criteria and process.
   (iii) The number and demographic profile of clients served by the
program.
   (iv) Services the program offers.
   (v) Other state and local government entities involved in planning
and administering the program. 
   (g) 
    (h)  Members of the task force shall serve without
compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their task
force expenses, if the task force has sufficient funding for this
purpose. 
   (h) 
    (i)  The task force shall seek funding, technical
assistance,  staff support,  and other resources from
philanthropic and private donations, but shall not accept any support
that would pose a conflict of interest or be inconsistent with the
task force's goals and objectives. 
   (j) The task force shall be established in the executive branch
and shall convene only upon a determination by the Department of
Finance that private donations in an amount sufficient to fully
support the activities of the task force have been deposited with the
state.  
   (i) The task force shall cease to exist two years after the date
of its first meeting.  
   (k) This act shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2013, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is
chaptered before July 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.