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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2177
Author: Maienschein (R)
Amended: 8/2/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/28/16
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Glazer, Leno, Liu, Monning, Stone
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 5/31/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Victims of Crime Act Funding Advisory Committee
SOURCE: Californians for Safety and Justice
DIGEST: This bill establishes within the Office of Emergency
Services a Victims of Crime Act Funding Advisory Committee
regarding the distribution of funds received by the state
pursuant to the federal Victims of Crime Act, as specified.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES). (Gov.
Code, § 8585, subd. (a)(1).)
2)Transfers the responsibilities of the now-defunct Office of
Criminal Justice Planning to the OES. (Pen. Code, § 13820,
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subd. (a)(1).)
3)Authorizes OES to expend funds for local domestic violence
programs, subject to availability. (Pen. Code, § 13823.3.)
4)Establishes a Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence
Program administered by the OES in order to provide financial
and technical assistance to local domestic violence service
providers. (Pen. Code, § 13823.15, subd. (b).)
5)Requires OES to consult with an advisory council in
implementing the Program. (Pen. Code, § 13823.15, subd. (c).)
6)Establishes an appointed Domestic Violence Advisory Council
consisting of "experts in the provision of either direct or
intervention services to victims of domestic violence and
their children," as specified. (Pen. Code, § 13823.16.)
7)Requires the Council and the OES to closely collaborate in
developing funding priorities, framing the request for
proposals, and soliciting proposals for domestic violence and
sexual assault/rape crisis grant programs. (Pen. Code, §
13823.16, subd. (c).)
This bill:
1)Enacts a new law to require OES to seek the recommendation of
the Victims of Crime Act Funding Advisory Committee regarding
the distribution of funds received by the state pursuant to
the federal Victims of Crime Act, also known as VOCA, before
making a distribution, of any kind, of those funds.
2)Provides that the Victims of Crime Act Funding Advisory
Committee is hereby established within OES and shall be
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composed of the following 17 members:
a) One member who represents law enforcement. The Governor
shall appoint this member.
b) Eight members who have been a victim of a crime. The
Governor shall appoint four of these members, and the
Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly
shall each appoint two members.
c) Eight members who represent the interests of
organizations that specialize in providing services to the
victims of crime. The Governor shall appoint four of these
members, and the President pro Tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint two members.
3)Provides that the initial terms of membership on the Committee
shall be two years. Members are eligible to be reappointed
twice after an initial term.
4)Requires the Committee to elect a chairperson from its
membership.
5)Requires that the members serve without compensation and would
get per diem.
6)Requires that the Committee meet twice a year.
7)Requires that the Committee "make a recommendation on the
distribution of funds at one meeting and shall provide input
on the efficacy of programs that have been funded at the other
meeting."
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8)Requires that the Committee shall comply with the Bagley-Keene
Open Meeting Act.
Background
OES is primarily responsible for assuring the state's readiness
to respond to and recover from natural and man-made emergencies.
In addition, OES administers certain grant programs, including
most of the state's victim grant programs.
The OES received responsibility for these programs in 2004-05,
which were previously under the jurisdiction of the Office of
Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP). When OCJP was eliminated, most
of its programs (including the various victim programs below)
were transferred to OES even though OES did not have expertise
in these program areas. (See The 2015-16 Budget: Improving the
State Programs for Crime Victims, Legislative Analyst's Office,
March 18, 2015, pp. 9-10,
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prevention activities cannot be supported with VOCA assistance
funds.
States competitively award VOCA funds to local community-based
organizations that provide services directly to victims of
crime. Each state has discretion to decide which organizations
will receive funding based upon the VOCA victim assistance
guidelines and the needs of crime victims within the state.
While OES receives federal VOCA funds yearly, in the Fiscal Year
2015 Budget, OES received a significantly increased award over
recent annual awards. It was awarded $232.732 million.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/10/16)
Californians for Safety and Justice (source)
California Catholic Conference
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/10/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 5/31/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto,
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Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper,
Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis,
Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,
O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
Prepared by:Alison Anderson / PUB. S. /
8/10/16 16:03:45
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