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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 220 (Solorio) 
          As Amended  April 25, 2011
          Majority vote 

           PUBLIC SAFETY       6-0         APPROPRIATIONS      16-0        
           
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          |Ayes:|Ammiano, Knight, Cedillo, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
          |     |Hagman, Hill, Mitchell    |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
          |     |                          |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
          |     |                          |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
          |     |                          |     |Hill, Lara, Mitchell,     |
          |     |                          |     |Nielsen, Norby, Solorio,  |
          |     |                          |     |Wagner                    |
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           SUMMARY  :  Requires the Director of the Office of Gang and Youth 
          Violence Policy (OGYVP) to make recommendations to consolidate 
          and streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence 
          grant programs with a goal toward giving priority to grant 
          programs that employ evidence-based practices.  Specifically, 
           this bill  :  

          1)Authorizes the Director to create a working group, as 
            specified, to assist in this effort and declares the Director 
            the head of this group.  

          2)Requires OGYVP to report the working group's findings to the 
            Legislature and the Governor by June 1, 2012.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Establishes OGYVP within the Office of Emergency Services 
            (OES).  

          2)Creates the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal-EMA).  
            States that, unless context clearly requires otherwise, the 
            term "Office of Emergency Services" should be construed to 
            refer to Cal-EMA.  

          3)Mandates that OGYVP is responsible for coordinating and 
            assisting schools, parents, community groups and 
            organizations, and law enforcement agencies with information 
            and innovative strategies to help prevent violence and gang 








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            involvement.  Requires OGYVP to identify and administer 
            funding for these efforts.  

          4)Defines "criminal street gang" as an ongoing organization, 
            association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal 
            or informal, having as one of its primary activities the 
            commission of one or more enumerated offenses, having a common 
            name or identifying sign or symbol, and whose members engage, 
            or have engaged, in a pattern of criminal gang activity.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations 
          Committee, minor state costs, likely less $50,000, for a working 
          group and a report to the Legislature, as this bill directs a 
          state agency to pursue a subjective objective consistent with 
          current practice. 

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, "The Office of Gang and 
          Youth Violence Policy (OGYVP), administered by the California 
          Emergency Management Agency, identifies and evaluates gang and 
          youth violence programs and strategies, as well as funds those 
          efforts through the California Gang Reduction, Intervention, and 
          Prevention Program (CalGRIP). 

          "The Director of the OGYVP reviews, allocates, and distributes 
          CalGRIP grants.  To make the CalGRIP grant disbursement process 
          more efficient and accountable, it is necessary to consolidate 
          the volume of funding streams and give priority to programs that 
          employ evidence-based practices."

          Please see the policy committee for a full discussion of this 
          bill.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Stefani Salt / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744 



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