BILL NUMBER: AB 829	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend 13825.2 of the Penal Code, relating to gangs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 829, as introduced, Nazarian. Gangs.
   Existing law establishes the California Gang, Crime, and Violence
Prevention Partnership Program to be administered by the Department
of Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal activity, and
youth violence in communities with a high incidence of gang violence,
as specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13825.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13825.2.  (a) The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention
Partnership Program shall be administered by the Department of
Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal activity, and
youth violence to the extent authorized pursuant to this chapter in
communities with a high incidence of gang violence, including, but
not limited to, the communities of Fresno, Glendale, Long Beach, Los
Angeles, Oakland, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Monica, and
Venice. The department shall also consider communities that meet
 any  one  or more  of the following
criteria:
   (1) An at-risk youth population, as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 13825.4, that is significantly disproportionate to the
general youth population of that community.
   (2) A juvenile arrest rate that is significantly disproportionate
to the general youth population of that community.
   (3) Significant juvenile gang problems or a high number of
juvenile gang-affiliated acts of violence.
   (b) All state and local juvenile detention facilities, including,
but not limited to, facilities, juvenile halls, youth ranches, and
youth camps of the  Department of the Youth Authority,
  Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division
of Juvenile Facilities,  shall also be considered eligible to
receive services through community-based organizations or nonprofit
agencies that are operating programs funded under this chapter.