BILL ANALYSIS �
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1050 (Dickinson)
As Amended July 2, 2013
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |75-0 |(May 9, 2013) |SENATE: |37-0 |(August 19, |
| | | | | |2013) |
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Original Committee Reference: PUB. S.
SUMMARY : Requires the Board of State and Community Corrections
(BSCC), in consultation with certain individuals that represent
or are selected after conferring with specified stakeholders, to
develop definitions of key terms, which include, but are not
limited to, "recidivism," "average daily population," "treatment
program completion rates," and any other terms deemed relevant
in order to facilitate consistency in local data collection,
evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based practices,
promising evidence-based practices, and evidence-based programs.
The Senate amendments :
1)Specify that individuals that the BSCC shall consult in
developing definitions of key terms.
2)Make a technical correction.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes the BSCC, an entity independent of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Governor may appoint
an executive officer of the BSCC, subject to Senate
confirmation, who shall hold the office at the pleasure of the
Governor. The executive officer shall be the administrative
head of the BSCC and shall exercise all duties and functions
necessary to ensure that the responsibilities of the BSCC are
successfully discharged. As of July 1, 2012, all references
to the Board of Corrections or the Corrections Standards
Authority (CSA) shall refer to the BSCC, and as of that date
the CSA is abolished.
2)States that the mission of BSCC shall include providing
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statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance
to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships
in California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system,
including addressing gang problems. This mission shall reflect
the principle of aligning fiscal policy and correctional
practices, including, but not limited to, prevention,
intervention, suppression, supervision, and incapacitation, to
promote a justice investment strategy that fits each county
and is consistent with the integrated statewide goal of
improved public safety through cost-effective, promising, and
evidence-based strategies for managing criminal justice
populations.
3)States that it shall be the duty of BSCC to collect and
maintain available information and data about state and
community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and
needs, including, but not limited to, prevention,
intervention, suppression, supervision, and incapacitation, as
they relate to both adult corrections, juvenile justice, and
gang problems. BSCC shall seek to collect and make publicly
available up-to-date data and information reflecting the
impact of state and community correctional, juvenile justice,
and gang-related policies and practices enacted in the state,
as well as information and data concerning promising and
evidence-based practices from other jurisdictions.
4)Requires BSCC to do all of the following:
a) Develop recommendations for the improvement of criminal
justice and delinquency and gang prevention activity
throughout the state;
b) Identify, promote, and provide technical assistance
relating to evidence-based programs, practices, and
promising and innovative projects consistent with the
mission of the BSCC;
c) Receive and disburse federal funds, and perform all
necessary and appropriate services in the performance of
its duties as established by federal acts;
d) Develop comprehensive, unified, and orderly procedures
to ensure that applications for grants are processed
fairly, efficiently, and in a manner consistent with the
mission of the BSCC;
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e) Identify delinquency and gang intervention and
prevention grants that have the same or similar program
purpose, are allocated to the same entities, serve the same
target populations, and have the same desired outcomes for
the purpose of consolidating grant funds and programs and
moving toward a unified single delinquency intervention and
prevention grant application process in adherence with all
applicable federal guidelines and mandates;
f) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to the
Legislature, state agencies, units of general local
government, combinations of those units, or other public or
private agencies, organizations, or institutions in matters
relating to criminal justice and delinquency prevention;
g) Develop incentives for units of local government to
develop comprehensive regional partnerships whereby
adjacent jurisdictions pool grant funds in order to deliver
services to a broader target population and maximize the
impact of state funds at the local level;
h) Conduct evaluation studies of the programs and
activities assisted by the federal acts;
i) Identify and evaluate state, local, and federal gang and
youth violence suppression, intervention, and prevention
programs and strategies, along with funding for those
efforts. The BSCC shall assess and make recommendations
for the coordination of the state's programs, strategies,
and funding that address gang and youth violence in a
manner that maximizes the effectiveness and coordination of
those programs, strategies, and resources. By January 1,
2014, the BSCC shall develop funding allocation policies to
ensure that within three years no less than 70% of funding
for gang and youth violence suppression, intervention, and
prevention programs and strategies is used in programs that
utilize promising and proven evidence-based principles and
practices. The BSCC shall communicate with local agencies
and programs in an effort to promote the best
evidence-based principles and practices for addressing gang
and youth violence through suppression, intervention, and
prevention;
j) The BSCC shall collect from each county the plan
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submitted for the 2011 public safety realignment within two
months of adoption by the county boards of supervisors.
Commencing January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the
BSCC shall collect and analyze available data regarding the
implementation of the local plans and other outcome-based
measures, as defined by the BSCC in consultation with the
Administrative Office of the Courts, the Chief Probation
Officers of California, and the California State Sheriffs
Association. By July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the
BSCC shall provide to the Governor and the Legislature a
report on the implementation of the plans described above;
and,
aa) Commencing on and after July 1, 2012, the BSCC, in
consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts,
the California State Association of Counties, the
California State Sheriffs Association, and the Chief
Probation Officers of California, shall support the
development and implementation of first phase baseline and
ongoing data collection instruments to reflect the local
impact of the 2011 public safety realignment, specifically
related to dispositions for felony offenders and
postrelease community supervision. The BSCC shall make any
data collected pursuant to this paragraph available on the
BSCC's Internet Web site. It is the intent of the
Legislature that BSCC promote collaboration and the
reduction of duplication of data collection and reporting
efforts where possible.
5)Authorizes BSCC to do either of the following:
a) Collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate statistics
and other information on the condition and progress of
criminal justice in the state; or,
b) Perform other functions and duties as required by
federal acts, rules, regulations, or guidelines in acting
as the administrative office of the state planning agency
for distribution of federal grants.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : According to the author, "AB 1050 is a step towards
implementing the LAO recommendation about BSCC realignment data
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collection, to ensure uniformity and accountability. The bill
would require the Board to work with relevant stakeholders such
as probation chiefs, the Administrative Office of the Courts and
state sheriffs to determine terms deemed relevant to facilitate
consistency in local data collection and evaluation. Taking
this step will enhance our ability to understand what is and is
not working and where efforts should be focused to maximize the
goals and objectives of public safety realignment."
Please see the policy committee analysis for a full discussion
of this bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Stella Choe / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744
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