AB 565 Assembly Bill

BILL NUMBER: AB 565	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Florez, Briggs, and Havice

                        FEBRUARY 19, 1999

   An act to add Section 13814.5 to the Penal Code, relating to
youthful offenders.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 565, as amended, Florez.  Youthful offenders  :
prevention program  plan.
   Existing law establishes the California Gang, Crime, and Violence
Prevention Partnership Program, the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and
Accountability Challenge Grant Programs, and the Runaway Youth and
Families in Crises Projects, as specified.
   This bill would provide that the  Health and Welfare
Agency   Office of Crime and Violence Prevention within
the Department of Justice  shall be responsible for developing a
statewide plan  to be known as the California Violence
Prevention and Public Health Plan  that would make
recommendations regarding the augmentation,  allocation,
 implementation, and coordination of violence, crime, and
gang prevention programs and resources, to be submitted to the
Legislature within  2 years   one year  of
the enactment of this provision.  The bill would also limit
expenditures for the development of the plan to $100,000.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13814.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13814.5.  (a) The  Health and Welfare Agency shall be
responsible for developing a statewide plan known as the California
Violence Prevention and Public Health Plan which  
Office of Crime and Violence Prevention within the Department of
Justice shall be responsible for developing a statewide plan that
 shall make recommendations regarding the augmentation, 
allocation,  implementation, and coordination of violence,
crime, and gang prevention programs and resources.  The report shall
be prepared in consultation with  the Department of Justice,
 the State Department of Social Services, the Board of
Corrections, the Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, the Office of
Criminal Justice Planning, nonprofit community-based organizations,
chief probation officers, and the State Department of Education.

   (b) The goal of the California Violence Prevention and Public
Health Plan is to reduce youth violence, crime and gang activity to a
reasonable level within 10 years, and to reduce it further or to
maintain it at a reasonable level thereafter  
   (b) The goal of the plan is to reduce youth violence, crime, and
gang activity  .  The plan shall contain measurable objectives
for reaching this goal, which shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
   (1) Identification of effective and promising prevention and
public health strategies that can reduce violence, crime and gang
activity.
   (2) Implementation of effective and promising prevention and
public health strategies in communities experiencing significant
levels of violence, crime or gang activity.
   (3) The identification and procurement of resources which can
assist in reaching the plan's goal.
   (4) Recommendations for improving the effective delivery of
current and new prevention services, including the consolidation and
coordination of such services.  
   (5) An evaluation of how local and state government responds to
youth violence, crime and gang activity and recommendations for
improving these responses.
   (6) Evaluation efforts to determine whether prevention and public
health strategies are reducing youth violence, crime and gang
activity.
   (c) The statewide California Violence Prevention and Public Health
Plan  
   (c) The statewide plan  shall contain the following:
   (1) Current information regarding the commission of crime and
violence  by youth  in California  , including, but not
limited to  , gangs and gang activity,  truancy, and status
offenses.  In addition, the plan shall include data on domestic
violence, youth victimization, drug and alcohol abuse, and
education-related issues.  The plan shall also include  research
on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of violence, crime, and
gang prevention programs and strategies, and any other pertinent
information.
   (2)  A summary   An inventory  of
violence, crime, and gang prevention programs operated by 
the state, and the level of   federal, state, and local
governments, as well as programs operated by private organizations,
and the  funding allocated annually to such programs.
   (3)  A listing of the most effective and promising strategies
for reducing violence and crime among youth.
   (4)  Identification of "gaps" in prevention and early
intervention policies and services at the state and local levels.

   (4)  
   (5)  Identification of risk factors that place at-risk youth
and young adults and at-risk families at risk for entering or
continuing the cycle of violence, crime, or gangs.  
   (5)  
   (6) Identification of protective factors that can prevent and
reduce violence, crime, or gangs.  
   (6)  
   (7)  Identification of community  guidelines for
  efforts toward  preventing and reducing violence,
crime, and gangs.  
   (7) Short-term and long-term strategies and plans for implementing
protective factors and community guidelines which can prevent and
reduce violence, crime, and gang activity in each county of
California that experiences significant violence, crime, or gang
activity. 
   (8) A plan for securing resources and working with local
communities to implement these strategies and plan throughout the
state.  
   (d) In developing the plan, the office shall take in consideration
existing prevention and intervention efforts being carried out, such
as those undertaken by the California Children and Families First
Commission, and attempt to coordinate and collaborate with and
complement those efforts, where appropriate.  The office shall also
consider developing short-term and long-term strategies and
implementing them on a pilot basis in certain counties and regions of
the state.
   (e)  
   (d)  The plan shall be submitted to the Legislature within
 two years   one year  of the enactment of
this chapter.  
   (f)  
   (e)  No more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) may
be expended for the development of this plan.