AB 310, as amended, Alejo. Crime prevention.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to administer the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program, pursuant to which, the department disburses any appropriated funds to community organizations and nonprofit agencies for prevention and intervention activities for at-risk youth. Existing law provides that certain specified communities that have high incidences of gang violence are included in the program.
This bill would provide that the communities ofbegin insert Southend insert Montereybegin insert Countyend insert and Salinas be included under the program. This bill would appropriate $3,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to implement the program.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13825.2 of the Penal Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The California Gang, Crime, and Violence
2Prevention Partnership Program shall be administered by the
3Department of Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal
4activity, and youth violence to the extent authorized pursuant to
5this chapter in communities with a high incidence of gang violence,
6including, but not limited to, the communities of Fresno, Glendale,
7Long Beach, Los Angeles,begin delete Monterey,end deletebegin insert South Monterey County,end insert
8 Oakland, Riverside, Salinas, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, San
9Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa
10Monica, and Venice. The department shall also consider
11communities that meet any one of the following criteria:
12(1) An at-risk youth population, as defined in subdivision (c)
13of Section 13825.4, that is significantly disproportionate to the
14general youth population of that community.
15(2) A juvenile arrest rate that is significantly disproportionate
16to the general youth population of that community.
17(3) Significant juvenile gang problems or a high number of
18juvenile gang-affiliated acts of violence.
19(b) All state and local juvenile detention facilities, including,
20but not limited to, facilities, juvenile halls, youth ranches, and
21youth camps of the
Department of the Youth Authority, shall also
22be considered eligible to receive services through community-based
23organizations or nonprofit agencies that are operating programs
24funded under this chapter.
The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby
26appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice
27to implement the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention
28Partnership Program, as established by Chapter 3.1 (commencing
29with Section 13825.1) of Title 6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
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