BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
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As Amended June 27, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :33-0
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Donnelly, |
| |Gonzalez, Hagman, |
| |Nazarian, V. Manuel |
| |Pérez, Quirk, Weber |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Designates the month of November 2013 as California
Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and recognizes the need for
individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments,
and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth
in California. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)The prevalence of runaways and homelessness among youth is
staggering, with studies suggesting that nationally between 1.6
and 2.8 million youth up to 24 years of age experience
homelessness every year; and it is estimated in California there
are 200,000 youth under 18 years of age, and thousands more
between 18 and 24, who are homeless for one or more days each
year.
2)An overwhelming majority of runaway and homeless youth have been
expelled from their homes by their families; physically, sexually,
and emotionally abused at home; discharged from foster care and
other state custodial systems without adequate transitional plans;
separated from their parents by death or divorce; too poor to
secure their own basic needs; and ineligible or unable to access
adequate medical or mental health resources.
3)These youth are on the streets because they feel there are no
other options and many who live on the streets are victims of
physical abuse, sexual exploitation, and crime in untold numbers.
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4)Providing safe, stable, and permanent housing for runaway and
homeless youth is a family, community, state, and national
priority; and the California Coalition for Youth has operated the
California Youth Crisis Line (1-800-843-5200), 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, for over 25 years as the state's only emergency
response system for youth.
5)The future well-being of our state depends on the value we place
on our youth, and, in particular, on our actions to provide the
most vulnerable young people in the state with opportunities to
acquire knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to find and
maintain stable housing and develop into healthy and productive
adults.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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