BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 80 (Campos) - Interagency Task Force on the Status of Boys
and Men of Color
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|Version: August 17, 2015 |Policy Vote: G.O. 13 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 17, 2015 |Consultant: Mark McKenzie |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 80 would establish a 20-member Interagency Task
Force on the Status of Men and Boys of Color (BMoC Task Force)
in state government to support departments and agencies in
coordinating actions to improve outcomes for boys and men of
color. The BMoC Task Force would sunset on January 1, 2026.
Fiscal
Impact:
Potentially significant state operations costs, likely in the
range of $300,000 to $500,000 annually, for staff and related
costs to support the BMoC Task Force until 2026. (General
Fund)
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Likely minor staff and support costs to specified state
entities with designated officials or designees identified as
members of the BMoC Task Force. (General Fund and various
Special Funds)
Background: On February 27, 2014, President Obama established the My
Brother's Keeper Task Force to develop a coordinated federal
effort to significantly improve the expected life outcomes for
boys and young men of color. The President directed the task
force to focus on evidence-based intervention points and issues
facing these young men, with particular emphasis on access to
early childhood supports, grade school literacy, pathways to
college and a career (including issues arising from school
disciplinary action), access to mentoring services and support
networks, and interactions with the criminal justice system and
violent crime. The initiative explores how the federal
government's policies and programs can support these efforts,
and how to better involve state and local officials, the private
sector, and the philanthropic community in these efforts.
Existing law establishes various advisory boards and commissions
in state government with specified duties and responsibilities.
Among these are the 17-member Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls, established by Ch. 579/1977, and the 13-member
Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs,
established by AB 116 (Nakano), Ch. 716/2002.
Proposed Law:
AB 80 would establish a 20-member BMoC Task Force within state
government, comprised of one appointed Member of each house of
the Legislature and 18 specified state government officials or
their designees. This bill would also:
Require the BMoC Task Force to hold its first hearing by
January 1, 2016, and to meet at least quarterly thereafter.
Meetings are subject to open meeting laws.
Provide the BMoC Task Force with specified powers and duties,
including the authority to employ necessary administrative,
technical, or other personnel.
Require the BMoC Task Force to complete the following
activities by July 1, 2016:
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o Assess existing state programs that align with the
priorities of the 2014 My Brother's Keeper Task Force
Report to the President and identify state opportunities
to partner and coordinate with that federal Task Force.
o Assess the Governor's Budget to identify areas in
which budget priorities align with the objectives of the
BMoC Task Force.
o Review the action plan of the Final Report and
Policy Platform for State Action (2012-18) of the
Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men
of Color.
Specify long-term, ongoing responsibilities of the BMoC Task
Force, including: assessing relevant state policies,
regulations, and programs, and developing strategies to
achieve desired outcomes; preparing relevant population and
agency-specific data, and making it publicly available; and
serving as a liaison to departments and agencies to ensure
engagement and partnership with other public, nonprofit, and
philanthropic entities, as specified.
Require the BMoC Task Force to prepare an annual report to the
Legislature on department and agency findings related to BMoC
Task Force activities.
Establish the Boys and Men of Color Task Force Fund in the
State Treasury as a fund to support the task force, upon
appropriation by the Legislature. Subject to approval from
the Department of Finance, all moneys collected or received by
the BMoC Task Force from gifts, bequests, or donations must be
deposited into the new Fund in accordance with specified terms
of gifts or donations.
Sunset the BMoC Task Force on January 1, 2026.
Related
Legislation: AB 914 (Bradford) was amended on the Senate Floor
in the final days of the 2013-14 Session to include provisions
that were nearly identical to this bill. AB 914 would also have
established a 20-member BMoC Task Force, but the bill was not
heard in any committee.
SB 301 (Alarcon), which was vetoed in 2003, would have
established a 15-member Commission on Latino/Latina Affairs to
advise the Governor and Legislature on social and economic
issues and interests of that community. The veto message
conveyed Governor Scwarzenegger's belief that the establishment
of a new commission for this purpose was unnecessary.
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AB 116 (Nakano), Ch. 716/2002, established a 13-member
Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs to
advise the Governor, Legislature, and state departments and
agencies on economic and social development issues of interest
to that community.
Staff
Comments: AB 80 establishes a 20-member task force and
authorizes the body to employ staff necessary for the
performance of its powers and duties. Staff assumes the BMoC
Task Force would require at least two full-time staff, plus
administrative support, to perform necessary functions and
responsibilities, at an estimated annual cost of approximately
$300,000, including salaries, benefits, and operating expenses
and equipment. These costs could be higher to the extent the
Task Force is funded more robustly, which is dependent upon the
level of General Fund support and non-state donations.
For illustrative and comparative purposes, the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls, upon which some of this bill is
modeled, has operated in recent years with 2.1 PY of support
staff and a budget of approximately $400,000 comprised of both
General Fund and private donations. The Commission was provided
with a $500,000 General Fund augmentation in the 2015-16 budget
year, bringing the total budget to $874,000 with a staff of 4.2
PY. Several other state commissions that examine issues related
to particular populations, such as the Commission on Aging and
the Commission on Disability Access, function with staffs of 3-4
PY and budget appropriations of approximately $500,000 from
various state, federal, and donated funds.
Staff notes that the bill requires the BMoC Task Force to hold
its inaugural meeting by January 1, 2016 and complete initial
specified tasks by July 1, 2016, but the Task Force would not
have funding to hire staff necessary to perform its powers and
duties until at least the 2016-17 fiscal year, to the extent the
Legislature appropriates funds for that purpose.
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