BILL NUMBER: AB 151	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Ruskin   Jones

    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Runner   ) 

                        JANUARY 23, 2009

    An act to amend Section 3055 of the Penal Code, relating
to parole.   An act relating to the Department of
General Services. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 151, as amended,  Ruskin   Jones  .
 Imprisonment: parole: programs.   Department of
General Services: authorization.  
   Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to
acquire and convey real property for the state, whenever that
transfer of the real property is authorized or contemplated by law.
 
   This bill would authorize the department to investigate and
negotiate the terms of a sale, exchange, lease, or any combination
thereof, of all or a portion of specified real property in Sacramento
that is used for state offices, including offices used by the State
Board of Equalization. The bill would further authorize the
department to investigate and negotiate the use of anticipated net
proceeds to acquire a headquarters for the State Board of
Equalization. The bill specifies that the department is not
authorized to dispose of the specified property or acquire land and
facilities. The bill would also state the intent of the Legislature,
in the 2010-11 Budget Act, to transfer operating funds from the State
Board of Equalization to the department to pay for the department's
actual reasonable costs for actions taken pursuant this
authorization.  
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to establish a pilot program, until January 1, 2010,
in East Palo Alto for parolees returning to East Palo Alto. Existing
law provides that the program may include, but is not limited to, a
prerelease needs-based assessment of inmates scheduled to parole to
East Palo Alto, a reentry plan identifying services needed by the
parolees, and partnerships with East Palo Alto police officers,
community organizations, and service providers, as specified.
Existing law requires the department to maintain information on the
effectiveness of the program, as specified, and report to the
Legislature on request. Existing law provides that the program's
operation is contingent upon consent by the City of East Palo Alto to
participate in the pilot program.  
   This bill would extend the sunset date of the pilot program until
January 1, 2012. 
   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.    (a) The Legislature finds and declares
that the state owns, within the City of Sacramento, approximately
610,000 gross square feet of office space, with improvements, on city
blocks bounded by "N" Street on the north, 5th Street on the east,
"O" Street on the south, and 4th Street on the west, that is
currently used for state offices, including offices of the State
Board of Equalization.  
   (b) For purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:  
   (1) "Department" means the Department of General Services. 

   (2) "Lease" or "leases" means the selection and acquisition of a
lease-purchase, lease-purchase finance, or lease with an option to
purchase.  
   (3) "Sacramento property" means the real property described in
subdivision (a).  
   (c) The department is authorized to investigate and negotiate the
terms of a sale, exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, of all
or a portion of the Sacramento property, and the use of anticipated
net proceeds, after all obligations associated with the Sacramento
property have been satisfied, of a sale, exchange, or lease made to
acquire the land and facilities necessary to serve as a headquarters
for the State Board of Equalization. The department is not authorized
to dispose of the Sacramento property or acquire land and
facilities.  
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature, in the 2010-11 Budget
Act, to transfer operating funds from the State Board of Equalization
to the department to pay for the department's actual reasonable
costs for actions taken pursuant to subdivision (c).  
  SECTION 1.    Section 3055 of the Penal Code is
amended to read:
   3055.  (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to
the extent existing resources are available or additional resources
for these purposes are appropriated, shall establish a reentry
program in the City of East Palo Alto.
   (b) The reentry program may include, but is not limited to, the
following components:
   (1) A prerelease needs assessment of inmates scheduled to parole
to East Palo Alto.
   (2) A partnership between parole agents and local law enforcement
officers in supervising parolees released to East Palo Alto.
   (3) Development of a reentry plan identifying services needed by
the parolee.
   (4) A partnership with local community organizations and service
providers to provide support services to parolees such as
transitional housing, job training, or placement, or substance abuse
treatment.
   (c) The department shall maintain statistical information related
to this reentry program, including, but not limited to, the number of
parolees served and the rate of return to prison for those parolees.
This information shall be provided to the Legislature upon request.
   (d) This section shall become operative only upon the consent of
the City of East Palo Alto to participate in the pilot program.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date.