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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 737
Author: Huber (D)
Amended: 1/4/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/13/12
AYES: Wolk, Dutton, DeSaulnier, Fuller, Hernandez, Kehoe,
La Malfa, Liu
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 1/26/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Model cities
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill deletes obsolete code sections
relating to the Model Cities program.
ANALYSIS : Existing law (1) creates a Model Cities
Coordinator to coordinate state agency activities related
to the Model Cities program and to serve as the principal
liaison officer between state government and local
communities for Model Cities programs, and (2) states that
the Model Cities program in California shall continue until
the federal Model Cities program expires or the Governor
declares that the program is no longer needed.
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This bill deletes sections of the Health and Safety Code
related to the Model Cities program.
Comments
1. In October 1965, President Johnson appointed a "Task
Force on Urban Problems," to find a solution to the
issue of urban violence and blight and a response to
disillusionment with the proliferation of bureaucracy
associated with Great Society programs. In December of
the same year, the task force came back with a report
recommending that the government create a five-year
experimental program that would concentrate and
coordinate existing government activities on the most
blighted neighborhoods of urban areas. The
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of
1966 is largely based on recommendations made in this
report.
2. The Comprehensive City Demonstration Programs,
authorized under the provisions of Title I of Public Law
89-754 (42 United States Code 3301 et seq.) and commonly
known as the "Model Cities" program, provided
demonstration efforts in 150 cities throughout the U.S.,
11 of which were in California. The Model Cities
program was a major federal effort to meet the overall
requirements for developing an urban problem-solving
capability. The purpose of this program was to: (a)
provide flexible block grants to local governments and
waive restrictions in existing categorical grant-in-aid
programs to permit state and local governments to
respond to local conditions and design creative and
innovative programs; (b) seek to develop in local
governments the skills, resources, and community support
needed for effective leadership in urban problem-solving
efforts; (c) seek to coordinate and concentrate the
resources of all levels of government on locally defined
urban problems; and, (d) provide opportunities for
government to develop programs which integrate the
specialized services of various professional agencies.
3. In 1974 the Model Cities program consolidated in to what
is now the Community Block Development Grant Program
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
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Development. Due to the fact that this program is no
longer in existence the author would like to remove the
section of the Health and Safety Code related to Model
Cities in order to ensure that government is
streamlined, efficient, and effective.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 1/26/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski,
Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Davis, Gorell, Halderman, Harkey, Smyth
AGB:k 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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