BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1084
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Date of Hearing: April 30, 2013
Counsel: Gabriel Caswell
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Tom Ammiano, Chair
AB 1084 (Melendez) - As Amended: April 25, 2013
SUMMARY : Increases the penalties for numerous offenses related
to the illegal possession of firearms, and requires that many
related sentences be served in the state prison rather than
county jail under realignment. Specifically, this bill :
1)Increases the penalties for possession of a firearm on school
grounds from 2, 3, or 4 years in county jail to 4, 5, or 6
years in state prison. Further specifies that if the offender
is a person prohibited from possessing a firearm, a 9-month
term of incarceration is mandated as a condition of probation.
2)Increases the penalties for possession of a firearm within a
distance of 1,000 feet from school grounds from 2, 3, or 4
years in county jail to 3, 4, or 5 years in state prison.
Further specifies that if the offender is a person prohibited
from possessing a firearm, a 9-month term of incarceration is
mandated as a condition of probation.
3)Specifies that discharge of a firearm in reckless disregard
for the safety of another is punishable in state prison rather
than county jail.
4)Increases the punishment for possession of an unloaded firearm
on a university campus from 1, 2, or 3 years in county jail to
16 months, 2, or 3 years in state prison. For prohibited
persons the sentences would increase to 3, 4, or 5 years in
state prison and a mandatory 6-month jail term as a condition
of probation if the firearm is loaded and that a mandatory
3-month jail term be served if probation is granted if the
firearm is unloaded.
5)Increases the punishment for brandishing, unlawfully carrying
a concealed firearm, or carrying a loaded firearm upon the
grounds of a youth center during operating hours from 1, 2, or
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3 years in county jail to 16 months, 2, or 3 years. If the
offender is a prohibited person the penalty would increase to
2, 3, or 4 years and a mandatory jail term of 6-months if
probation is granted.
6)Increases the punishment for a felon in possession of a
firearm from 16 months, 2, or 3 years and a mandatory 3-month
sentence if probation is granted to 2, 3, or 4 years and
increases the mandatory jail term if probation is granted to
6-months. Additionally, this bill specifies that if the felon
in possession of a firearm has been previously convicted of
specified violent felonies they must serve 3, 4, or 5 years in
state prison and increases the mandatory jail term for
probation to 9-months.
7)Increases the punishment for illegally carrying a loaded
firearm on the person or in a vehicle, as specified, from 16
months, 2, or 3 years in state prison to 2, 3, or 4 years in
state prison and imposes a mandatory 6-month jail term as a
condition of probation. If the person has been convicted of
previous specified felonies the punishment increases to 3, 4,
or 5 years in state prison and imposes a 9-month jail term as
a condition or probation.
8)Increases the punishment to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison
for specified offenses involving furnishing firearms to
prohibited persons and imposes a 6-month jail term as a
condition of probation.
9)Requires that persons who unlawfully provide a firearm to a
person who is not the actual purchaser serve their sentences
in state prison.
10)Increases the felony punishment for persons with specified
misdemeanors who are prohibited from possessing firearms who
possess firearms from 16 months, 2, or 3 years in state prison
to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison with a 3-month mandatory
sentence as a condition of probation.
11)Increases the punishment for specified violent felons in
possession of a firearm from 16 months, 2, or 3 years in state
prison with a 9-month mandatory jail sentence as a condition
of probation to 3, 4, or 5 years in state prison with a 9
month mandatory jail sentence as a condition of probation.
Additionally adds a number of specified crimes to the list of
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prior violent felonies triggering this punishment, including:
assault with a deadly weapon, gun free school zone violations,
human trafficking, sexual penetration, rape, child sexual
abuse, witness intimidation, holding a hostage, or shooting
into an inhabited dwelling.
12)Increases the punishment for persons who possess a firearm
that are prohibited because they are receiving inpatient
treatment as specified from 1 year, 16 months, 2, or 3 years
in county jail to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison. This bill
also increases the punishment for furnishing one of these
prohibited persons with a firearm from 16 months, 2, or 3
years in county jail to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison and
impose a 6-month jail sentence for any grant of probation.
13)Increases the punishment for a person in possession of a
firearm who is prohibited because they have made a serious
threat of physical violence against a licensed
psychotherapist, as specified, from 16 months, 2, or 3 years
in county jail to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison.
14)Increases the punishment for a person in possession of a
firearm who is prohibited because they have been adjudicated a
danger to others as a result of a mental disorder, is a
mentally disordered offender, who has been found incompetent
to stand trial, has been placed under conservatorship, has
been found a danger to themselves or others, been certified
for intensive treatment, or who has been found not guilty by
reason of insanity from 16 months, 2 or 3 years in county jail
to 2, 3, or 4 years in state prison.
15)Requires that the Department of State Hospitals make its
records on prohibited persons immediately available to the
Department of Justice.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Creates gun-free school zones which impose punishments upon
persons who possess a firearm on a school zone. If a person
possesses a firearm upon school grounds of a K-12 facility as
specified, shall be punished by imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4
years. [Penal Code Section 626.9(f).]
2)Provides that any person who brings or possesses a loaded
firearm upon the grounds of a campus of, or buildings owned or
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operated for student housing, teaching, research, or
administration by, a public or private university or college,
that are contiguous or are clearly marked university property,
unless it is with the written permission of the university or
college president, his or her designee, or equivalent
university or college authority, shall be punished by
imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years. [Penal Code Section
626.9(h).]
3)Provides that any person who unlawfully brings a firearm upon
the grounds of or within a playground, or a public or private
youth center during hours in which the facility is open for
business, classes, or school-related programs, or at any time
when minors are using the facility, knowing that he or she is
on or within those grounds, shall be punished by imprisonment
for 1, 2, or 3 years, or in a county jail not exceeding one
year. [Penal Code Section 626.95(a).]
4)Provides that persons released from state prison on or after
October 1, 2011, after serving a prison term or, whose
sentence has been deemed served for any of the following
crimes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of and parole
supervision by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation: (Penal Code Section 3000.08.)
a) A serious felony as described in subdivision (c) of
Section 1192.7.
b) A violent felony as described in subdivision (c) of
Section 667.5.
c) A crime for which the person was sentenced pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or
paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1170.12.
d) Any crime where the person eligible for release from
prison is classified as a High Risk Sex Offender.
e) Any crime where the person is required, as a condition
of parole, to undergo treatment by the State Department of
State Hospitals pursuant to Section 2962.
5)Provides that a person is guilty of carrying a concealed
firearm when the person does any of the following: [Penal
Code Section 25400(a).]
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a) Carries concealed within any vehicle that is under the
person's control or direction any pistol, revolver, or
other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
b) Carries concealed upon the person any pistol, revolver,
or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
person.
c) Causes to be carried concealed within any vehicle in
which the person is an occupant any pistol, revolver, or
other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
d) Provides that a firearm carried openly in a belt holster
is not concealed.
6)Carrying a concealed firearm in violation of the law is
punishable as follows: [Penal Code Section 25400(c).]
a) If the person previously has been convicted of any
felony, or of any crime made punishable as specified as a
felony.
b) If the firearm is stolen and the person knew or had
reasonable cause to believe that it was stolen, as a
felony.
c) If the person is an active participant in a criminal
street gang, as defined under the Street Terrorism
Enforcement and Prevention Act, as a felony.
d) If the person is not in lawful possession of the firearm
or the person is within a class of persons prohibited from
possessing or acquiring a firearm as defined, as a felony.
e) If the person has been convicted of a crime against a
person or property, or of a narcotics or dangerous drug
violation, by imprisonment as specified, or by imprisonment
in a county jail not to exceed one year, by a fine not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that
imprisonment and fine.
7)Provides that a person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm
when the person carries a loaded firearm on the person or in a
vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in
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an incorporated city or in any public place or on any public
street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory.
[Penal Code Section 25850(a).]
8)Specifies that carrying a loaded firearm in violation of the
law is punishable, as follows: [Penal Code Section 25850(c).]
a) Where the person previously has been convicted of any
felony, or of any crime made punishable by a provision
listed in Section 16580, as a felony.
b) Where the firearm is stolen and the person knew or had
reasonable cause to believe that it was stolen, as a
felony.
c) Where the person is an active participant in a criminal
street gang, as defined under the Street Terrorism
Enforcement and Prevention Act, as a felony.
d) Where the person is not in lawful possession of the
firearm, or is within a class of persons prohibited from
possessing or acquiring a firearm, as a felony.
e) Where the person has been convicted of a crime against a
person or property, or of a narcotics or dangerous drug
violation, by imprisonment as specified, or by imprisonment
in a county jail not to exceed one year, by a fine not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that
imprisonment and fine.
f) Where the person is not listed with the Department of
Justice as the registered owner of the handgun, by
imprisonment as specified, or by imprisonment in a county
jail not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or both that fine and
imprisonment.
g) In all cases other than those specified above as a
misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail
not to exceed one year, by a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and
fine.
9)Provides that any person who has been convicted of a felony
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under the laws of the United States, the State of California,
or any other state, government, or country, or of an
enumerated specified offense, or who is addicted to the use of
any narcotic drug, and who owns, purchases, receives, or has
in possession or under custody or control any firearm is
guilty of a felony. [Penal Code Section 29800(a).]
10)Provides that any person who has two or more convictions as
specified and who owns, purchases, receives, or has in
possession or under custody or control any firearm is guilty
of a felony. [Penal Code Section 29800(a).]
11)Provides that any person who has been convicted of a felony
or of a specified enumerated offense , when that conviction
results from certification by the juvenile court for
prosecution as an adult in an adult court, and who owns or has
in possession or under custody or control any firearm is
guilty of a felony. [Penal Code Section 29800(b).]
12)Specifies that violent offenses for purposes of firearms
bills include any of the following: [Penal Code Section
29905(a).]
a) Murder or voluntary manslaughter.
b) Mayhem.
c) Rape.
d) Sodomy by force, violence, duress, menace, or threat of
great bodily harm.
e) Oral copulation by force, violence, duress, menace, or
threat of great bodily harm.
f) Lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 years.
g) Any felony punishable by death or imprisonment in the
state prison for life.
h) Any other felony in which the defendant inflicts great
bodily injury on any person, other than an accomplice, that
has been charged and proven, or any felony in which the
defendant uses a firearm which use has been charged and
proven.
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i) Attempted murder.
j) Assault with intent to commit rape or robbery.
aa) Assault with a deadly weapon or instrument on a peace
officer.
bb) Assault by a life prisoner on a non-inmate.
cc) Assault with a deadly weapon by an inmate.
dd) Arson.
ee) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive with
intent to injure.
ff) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive causing
great bodily injury.
gg) Exploding a destructive device or any explosive with
intent to murder.
hh) Robbery.
ii) Kidnapping.
jj) Taking of a hostage by an inmate of a state prison.
aaa) Attempt to commit a felony punishable by death or
imprisonment in the state prison for life.
bbb) Any felony in which the defendant personally used a
dangerous or deadly weapon.
ccc) Escape from a state prison by use of force or violence.
ddd) Assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce
great bodily injury.
eee) Any felony violation of participation in a street gang.
fff) Specified violations of offenses involving violent use
of a firearm.
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ggg) Carjacking.
13)Provides that the State Department of State Hospitals shall
maintain in a convenient central location and shall make
available to the Department of Justice those records that the
State Department of State Hospitals has in its possession that
are necessary to identify persons who come within specified
sections. These records shall be made available to the
Department of Justice upon request. The Department of Justice
shall make these requests only with respect to its duties with
regard to applications for permits for, or to carry, or the
possession, purchase, or transfer of, explosives as defined,
or to determine the eligibility of a person to acquire, carry,
or possess a firearm, explosive, or destructive device by a
person who is subject to a criminal investigation, a part of
which involves the acquisition, carrying, or possession of a
firearm by that person. These records shall not be furnished
or made available to any person unless the department
determines that disclosure of any information in the records
is necessary to carry out its duties with respect to
applications for permits for, or to carry, or the possession,
purchase, or transfer of, explosives, destructive devices,
devices as, short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles,
assault weapons, and machineguns, or to determine the
eligibility of a person to acquire, carry, or possess a
firearm, explosive, or destructive device by a person who is
subject to a criminal investigation, a part of which involves
the acquisition, carrying, or possession of a firearm by that
person. (WIC Section 8104.)
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS :
1)Author's Statement : According to the author, "AB 1084 would
provide for safer communities by focusing gun control efforts
where it is most needed, keeping guns out of the hands of
dangerous, mentally ill and/or criminal individuals, not
further burdening law-abiding citizens. It would do this in a
variety of ways. First, the bill would repeal weakened
penalties adopted by the passage of realignment and increase
penalties for prohibited persons who illegally possess/acquire
firearms and those who knowingly provide firearms to them.
Second, it provides that all felons released from state prison
for a firearms-related felony will be supervised by state
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parole officers, not county probation officers. Next, AB 1084
would increase penalties for those who engage in straw
purchases. Finally, the bill would specify that where current
law requires immediate transfer of information from the
courts, law enforcement, and mental health treatment
facilities that this requirement applies to the Department of
State Hospitals, as well. More needs to be done to keep
firearms out of the hands of those who are known to be a
danger to the public, particularly criminals and the dangerous
mentally ill. AB 1084 is a good first step in protecting our
citizens more."
2)Effect on Criminal Justice Realignment Act : Criminal justice
realignment created two classifications of felonies: those
punishable in county jail and those punishable in state
prison. Realignment limited which felons can be sent to state
prison, thus requiring that more felons serve their sentences
in county jails. The new law applies to qualified defendants
who commit qualifying offenses and who were sentenced on or
after October 1, 2011. Specifically, sentences to state
prison are now mainly limited to registered sex offenders and
individuals with a current or prior serious or violent
offense. In addition to the serious, violent, registerable
offenses eligible for state prison incarceration, there are
approximately 70 felonies which have be specifically excluded
from eligibility for local custody (i.e., the sentence for
which must be served in state prison).
This bill specifies that, notwithstanding the realignment
provisions of Penal Code Section 1170 a wide variety of
firearms violations must be served in state prison. Thus,
this bill creates many new exclusions from local custody
eligibility.
3)Prison Overcrowding : The provisions of this bill
significantly increase underlying prison sentences for a wide
variety of firearms related offenses. Additionally, this bill
takes current penalties that can be served in county jail,
increases them, and mandates that they be instead served in
state prisons.
When the offense is currently punishable by a substantial prison
term, any proposed increase in that prison term causes concern
for additional prison overcrowding. As California's prison
crisis worsens, close attention should be paid to legislation
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increasing prison overcrowding. The California Policy
Research Center (CPRC) recently issued a report on the status
of California's prisons. The report stated, "California has
the largest prison population of any state in the nation, with
more than 171,000 inmates in 33 adult prisons, and the state's
annual correctional spending, including jails and probation,
amounts to $8.92 billion. Despite the high cost of
corrections, fewer California prisoners participate in
relevant treatment programs than comparable states, and its
inmate-to-officer ratio is considerably higher. While the
nation's prisons average one correctional officer to every 4.5
inmates, the average California officer is responsible for 6.5
inmates. Although officer salaries are higher than average,
their ranks are spread dangerously thin and there is a severe
vacancy rate." [Petersilia, Understanding California
Corrections, California Policy Research Center (May 2006).]
California's prison population will likely exceed 180,000 by
2010.
According to the Little Hoover Commission, "Lawsuits filed in
three federal courts alleging that the current level of
overcrowding constitutes cruel and unusual punishment ask that
the courts appoint a panel of federal judges to manage
California's prison population. United States District Judge
Lawrence Karlton, the first judge to hear the motion, gave the
State until June 2007 to show progress in solving the
overpopulation crisis. Judge Karlton clearly would prefer not
to manage California's prison population. At a December 2006
hearing, Judge Karlton told lawyers representing the
Schwarzenegger administration that he is not inclined 'to
spend forever running the state prison system.' However, he
also warned the attorneys, 'You tell your client June 4 may be
the end of the line. It may really be the end of the line.'
"Inmates, who are willing to improve their education, learn a
job skill or kick a drug habit find that programs are few and
far between, a result of budget choices and overcrowding.
Consequently, offenders are released into California
communities with the criminal tendencies and addictions that
first led to their incarceration. They are ill-prepared to do
more than commit new crimes and create new victims." [Little
Hoover Commission Report, Solving California's Corrections
Crisis: Time is Running Out (2007), pg. 1, 2.]
On February 9, 2009, a United States District Court three-judge
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panel issued a tentative ruling mandating the State of
California to resolve chronic prison overcrowding. In the
tentative ruling, the judges state "[t]he evidence is
compelling that there is no relief other than a prisoner
release order that will remedy the unconstitutional prison
conditions." With prisons housing twice the population they
were built to accommodate, the prospect of early release of
inmates appears imminent unless the Legislature relieves the
current prison population.
The United State Supreme Court upheld the decision of the
three-judge panel, declaring that "without a reduction in
overcrowding, there will be no efficacious remedy for the
unconstitutional care of the sick and mentally ill" inmates in
California's prisons. [Brown v. Plata (2011) 131 S.Ct. 1910,
1939; 179 L.Ed.2d 969, 999.]
According to a recent report by the Legislative Analyst's
Office, "Based on CDCR's current population projections, it
appears that it will eventually reach the court-imposed
population limit, though not by the June 2013 deadline." [See
Refocusing CDCR After the 2011 Realignment, Feb. 23, 2012,
pp.3
.
] "In particular, the projections show the state missing the
final population limit of no more than 110,000 inmates housed
in state prisons by June 2013. Specifically, the projections
show the state exceeding this limit by about 6,000 inmates.
However, the projections indicate that the state will meet the
court-imposed limit by the end of 2014." (Id. at p. 9.)
"While the state has undergone various changes to reduce
overcrowding prior to the passage of the realignment
legislation-including transferring inmates to out-of-state
contract facilities, construction of new facilities, and
various statutory changes to reduce the prison population-the
realignment of adult offenders is the most significant change
undertaken to reduce overcrowding." (Id. at p. 8.) Because
the provisions of this bill require a defendant convicted for
peeping to serve his or her sentence in state prison, it
appears to aggravate the on-going problem of prison
overcrowding.
The Three Judge Panel, in issuing its most recent denial of
the State's request to modify and/or terminate the existing
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population cap re-stated, "crowding creates numerous barriers
to the provisions of medical and mental health care that
result in the constitutional violations." (Coleman/Plata v.
Brown, April 11, 2013, Op. & Order Denying Defendants Motion
to Vacate or Modify Population Reduction Order, (No.
C01-1351:2590:4).]'
4)Potential for County Jail Overcrowding : According to a recent
report by the Public Policy Institute of California titled
Capacity Challenges in California's Jails, California's county
jails are facing increasing adult daily populations (ADP).
Many counties are facing capacity constraints on their
population. Prior to realignment, 17 counties were operating
under court orders limiting the number of inmates in their
jails. In all, 13 counties including some of the biggest
(Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Sacramento) had average
daily populations that were larger than the number of beds
their jails were rated for. This bill adds a number of
minimum mandatory sentences when probation is granted. While
the bill mandates that a number of sentences which are
currently served in county jail be served in state prison the
vast majority of criminal cases end resolved in probation
rather than lengthy criminal sentences. If mandatory county
jail custody time is mandated for these grants of probation
county jail populations will be impacted.
5)Argument in Support : According to the San Bernardino
Sheriff's Office , "This measure provides for clean-up language
on mental health reporting, which is long overdue.
"AB 1084 also provides that if a person is within a class of
persons prohibited from possessing a firearm, the person shall
be punished in state prison for 4, 5, or 6 years if the
violation was on the school grounds; and by imprisonment in
the state prison for 3, 4, or 5 years is the violation was
within 1,000 feet from the school grounds. This measure also
clarifies the law regarding information-sharing between the
Department of Justice and the Department of State Hospitals
regarding records of persons who are prohibited from
possessing firearms because they are dangerously mentally ill.
"AB 1084 is a step in the right direction when it comes to
keeping firearms out of the hands of those who are known to be
a danger to the public, particularly criminals and the
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dangerous mentally ill."
6)Argument in Opposition: According to the American Civil
Liberties Union , "The ACLU of California regrets to inform you
that we must oppose AB 1084, which, inter alia, requires a
person in possession of a firearm in violation of the Gun Free
School Zone Act of 1995 to be sentenced to state prison,
rather than to county jail pursuant to Cal. Penal Code section
1170, subd. (h). AB 1084 also requires that those convicted of
specified firearms charges be placed on state parole, rather
than on county supervision.
"Although some of the offenses specified in the bill are quite
serious, returning thousands of offenders to state prison for
even longer prison sentences will further exacerbate
California's state prison overcrowding crisis, and contribute
to the on-going violations of the inmates' Eighth Amendment
rights. Overcrowding has a direct and evidence-based
correlation on the delivery of effective medical and mental
health care while incarcerated.
"In fact, the Three Judge Panel, in issuing its most recent
denial of the State's request to modify and/or terminate the
existing population cap re-stated, "crowding creates numerous
barriers to the provisions of medical and mental health care
that result in the constitutional violations. (Coleman/Plata
v. Brown, April 11, 2013, Op. & Order Denying Defendants
Motion to Vacate or Modify Population Reduction Order, (No.
C01-1351:2590:4).)
"The Panel went on to caution that failure to reduce
population to the specified 137.5 percent of design capacity
would result in aggressive court action, including possible
issuance of an early release order, and/or contempt citations.
(Id., at 70.) Even where a case is on appeal, the law
requires compliance with an issued order. (Maness v. Meyers
(1975) 419 U.S 449, 458.) The Legislature should take great
care in deciding on any penalty that will create any new
pressures on our beleaguered prison system.
"Additionally, CDCR's Division of Adult Parole has faced
significant cuts over the past several years, culminating in
the passage of Realignment. Returning a high number of
offenders to state parole would be a greater threat to public
safety because Adult Parole does not have the resources to
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manage this new population. Additionally, County Probation
has done an effective job at managing offenders in the
community. According to the Chief Probation Officers of
California, in its Winter 2012 report, 'California probation
departments have made a commitment to, and have invested
heavily in evidence based practices. Probation has reduced
caseload sizes of high risk offenders to ensure proper levels
of supervision by officers; implemented tools for assessing
risks and needs; and trained officers in techniques proven to
increase chances of successful supervision, and reduce
recidivism. These investments have led to probation's
demonstrated success in supervising California's felony
offenders. California Probation Departments have made a
commitment to the use of evidence based practices to match
offender's actual needs with appropriate services and
structure supervision around an offender's risk to re-offend.'
(Chief Probation Officers of California, (Winter 2012)
Mandatory Supervision: The Benefits of Evidence Based
Supervision Public Safety Realignment, pgs. 3-4.)
"County probation departments should retain supervision of
these offenders, who have the resources - and since the
passage of Proposition 30, the guaranteed funding - to manage
these offenders in the community.
"For these reasons, we must oppose. Please do not hesitate to
contact us should you have any questions, or wish to discuss
our opposition in greater detail."
7)Related Legislation:
a) AB 539 (Pan) creates additional means for certain
prohibited possessors to temporarily relinquish firearms to
state licensed gun dealers with CA DOJ presumably being
notified of the same. AB 539 is pending in this committee.
b) AB 740 (Alejo) deals with various gun licensure,
receipt, and transfer issues. AB 740 will make the "federal
advance ship" requirement a specific state law requirement
as well. AB 740 is pending in this committee.
c) AB 1020 (Bonta) places in statute a letter program that
the Department of Justice has utilized in selected
jurisdictions notifying persons during the waiting period
as to their responsibilities in terms of storage, loans,
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and transfers. AB 1020 is pending a hearing in the
Assembly Appropriations Committee.
d) SB 140 (Leno) appropriates $24.0 million from the DROS
special account to the Department of Justice for
firearms-related regulatory and enforcement activities
primarily for SB 950 enforcement. SB 140 is pending in the
Assembly.
e) SB 374 (Steinberg) deals with various firearm
registration issues, primarily as to handguns. SB 374 is
pending in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
California Rifle and Pistol Association
Golden Gate Bail Agents Association
National Rifle Association of America
Riverside Sheriff's Association
San Bernardino Sheriff's Department
Opposition
American Civil Liberties Union
California Public Defenders Association
California Right to Carry
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety
Analysis Prepared by : Gabriel Caswell / PUB. S. / (916)
319-3744