BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
80 (Campos, et al.)
As Amended June 2, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Accountability |8-0 |Salas, Lackey, Beth | |
| | |Gaines, Burke, | |
| | |Frazier, Irwin, | |
| | |Medina, Rodriguez | |
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|Appropriations |16-1 |Gomez, Bigelow, |Gallagher |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Gordon, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Establishes the 20-member Interagency Task Force on the
Status of Boys and Men of Color (task force) within state
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government. Specifically, this bill:
1)Specifies the 20-member advisory task force must be comprised of
ex-officio members of the Legislature and other specified state
leaders from the education, health, business, employment,
housing, labor, transportation, finance, corrections, and
judicial sectors.
2)Requires the task force to complete various short- and long-term
activities, including, among other things, the following:
a) Evaluate existing department and agency programs to
identify state opportunities to partner and coordinate with
the work of the federal My Brother's Keeper Task Force, a
national interagency effort launched in February 2014 to help
boys and young men of color achieve success;
b) Assess the Governor's Budget to identify those areas in
which the budget priorities are in alignment with the
objectives of the task force;
c) Review the action plan of the 2012 to 2018 Final Report
and Policy Platform of the Assembly Status of Boys and Men of
Color in California Select Committee (Select Committee); and,
d) Prepare, and make publicly available, population and
agency-specific data on boys and men of color in the state.
3)Provides the task force with specified powers and authority to
carry out its duties in an advisory capacity.
4)Directs the task force to convene its first meeting by January
31, 2016, and to meet on a quarterly basis thereafter.
5)Requires the task force to annually report its findings to the
Legislature and to the Select Committee.
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6)Establishes the Boys and Men of Color Task Force Fund in the
State Treasury to carry out the purposes of this bill, subject
to appropriation from the Legislature, and requires all moneys
collected or received by the task force from gifts, bequests or
donations to be deposited in the fund, subject to approval from
the Department of Finance.
7)Makes numerous legislative findings and declarations about the
challenges facing the state's boys and young men of color; the
importance of improving outcomes for these at-risk youth; and,
the lack of a statewide entity to coordinate action.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)Ongoing annual costs in the range of $210,000 to $250,000
(General Fund (GF)), assuming two full-time positions and one
part-time office assistant position, to staff the work of the
Task Force.
2)Ongoing annual costs for operating expenses and equipment in the
range of $70,000 (GF).
3)Ongoing, unknown but likely minor, costs (GF) to various
agencies to provide the required data to the Task Force for
analysis.
4)Potential offsets to GF costs to the extent donations or other
monies are received and deposited in the Boys and Men of Color
Task Force Fund in the State Treasury and subsequently
appropriated by the Legislature for support of the Task Force.
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COMMENTS: According to the author, California's male population
will be nearly 80% boys and men of color by 2050 and a
disproportionate number of them are Latino, African American,
Native American, and Southeast Asian males who are trapped in a
cycle of poverty, prison, and disadvantage. The author notes that
President Barack Obama took steps to address the issues facing
these youth when he announced the "My Brother's Keeper" initiative
in February 2014 and convened a task force aimed at coordinating
efforts of community based organizations and government agencies
to close systemic gaps and provide new opportunities for these
disadvantaged youth to succeed. The author states that the task
force proposed in this bill builds on the federal initiative and
would serve as a coordinated state body for action between the
numerous agencies and departments that impact California's young
men.
The task force would be primarily charged with evaluating current
state programs and improving outcomes for boys and young men of
color relative to success in school, access to health care,
employment and other public health, safety and criminal justice
issues. This bill directs the task force to report its findings
to both the Legislature and the Select Committee. It also sets up
a separate fund in the State Treasury in support of the task
force. The Department of Finance would be required to approve any
gifts, bequests or donations collected or received by the task
force for deposit into the fund. Appropriations from the fund
would be subject to legislative approval.
Analysis Prepared by:
Cassie Royce / A. & A.R. / (916)
319-3600 FN: 0000874
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