BILL ANALYSIS AB 2632 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 21, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair AB 2632 (Davis) - As Amended: April 5, 2010 Policy Committee: Public SafetyVote: 7-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: Yes Reimbursable: No SUMMARY This bill creates a specific gang injunction subsection under the misdemeanor contempt of court statute to help communities measure the effectiveness of gang injunctions. FISCAL EFFECT Negligible nonreimbursable state costs as this measure neither alters penalties or requires additional reporting. COMMENTS 1)Rationale . The author's intent is to disaggregate contempt of court violations to provide additional data to law enforcement officials and policymakers interested in reviewing the efficacy of gang injunctions. 2)Support . According to the sponsor, the L.A. District Attorney, "The effectiveness of gang injunctions has been a matter of public concern for the past several years. During this time, law enforcement organizations, including our office, have repeatedly been asked a seemingly simple question, 'How many individuals have been arrested or convicted of violating a lawfully issued gang injunction?' Unfortunately, because there is no way to determine the type of court order that was violated when looking at an individual's criminal history information (rap sheet), we have not been able to answer that seemingly simple question. This has proven to be frustrating not only to us, but to members of the Legislature and members of our communities. AB 2632 Page 2 "The creation of a separate code section for violating a gang injunction will assist member of the community in tracking the effectiveness of gang injunctions in their communities, and will allow law enforcement agencies to accurately answer questions about the number of gang injunction violation arrests and prosecutions." Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081