BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 220 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING AB 220 (Solorio) As Amended April 25, 2011 Majority vote PUBLIC SAFETY 6-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |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 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 220 Page 2 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 FN: 0000313