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 29, 2010
	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, 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 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
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) Upon a positive determination as described in
subdivision (j)   (i)  , 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 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 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  or
a designated representative  .
   (4) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services  or
a designated representative  .
   (5) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation  or a designated representative  .
   (6) The Director of Finance  or a designated representative
 .
   (7) A representative 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   whom  shall represent small
business.
   (9) Four individuals who represent nongovernment entities that
provide benefits, services, or advocacy to people, including women,
children, youth, seniors, working families, and the homeless, living
in poverty, 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.  In the absence of the chairperson,
the vice chairperson shall be authorized to convene the task force.

   (d) Upon a positive determination as described in subdivision
 (j)   (i)  , the task force shall hold its
first meeting 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. 
   (e) The task force may create 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.  
   (f) 
    (e)  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. 
   (g) 
    (f)  The task force shall submit to the Governor and the
Legislature, and make available to the public, an interim report on
or before July 1, 2012, and a final report on or before July 1, 2013.
 The interim and final reports shall be prepared solely with
private funds and shall make use of existing data. 
   (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. 
   (h) 
    (g)  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. 
   (i) 
    (h)  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) 
    (i)  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. 
   (k) 
    (j)  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.