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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 271
Author: Solorio (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMM. : 6-0, 6/25/09
AYES: DeSaulnier, Wyland, Ducheny, Hollingsworth, Leno,
Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/14/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California YouthBuild Program: funding and
designation
SOURCE : California YouthBuild Coalition
DIGEST : This bill conforms the California YouthBuild
Program with the federal YouthBuild Transition Act (YBTA)
which transfers administration of the YouthBuild Program
from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
to the Department of Labor (DOL) by revising provisions in
current law that make reference to HUD to instead refer to
DOL.
ANALYSIS : Existing federal law:
1.Establishes the YBTA which, among other reforms,
transferred administration of the federal YouthBuild
Program from the HUD to the DOL.
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2.Authorizes the federal YouthBuild Program to give grants
for the provision of job training and educational
activities to at-risk youth who, as part of their
training, help construct or rehabilitate housing for
low-income or homeless individuals and families in their
respective communities.
Existing state law:
1.Establishes the California YouthBuild Program within the
Employment Development Department (EDD) to provide grants
to organizations which employ and train disadvantaged
youth in conjunction with the construction or
rehabilitation of housing for low-income and other
specified populations.
2.Allows EDD to accept proposals for funding from
applicants who establish their eligibility by submitting
proof that they have been funded or designated as a
federal YouthBuild Program by HUD.
3.Authorizes the director of EDD to contract with qualified
nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance
to YouthBuild Programs.
This bill conforms the California YouthBuild Program with
the federal YBTA by revising provisions in current law that
make reference to HUD to instead refer to DOL.
Comments
The YouthBuild Program was originally started on the
federal level in 1992 under the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act. The Legislature created the
California YouthBuild Program (CYBP) in 1999 with AB 643
(Wesson), which created the CYBP within Employment
Development Department (EDD) and required that the CYBP
used the existing federal infrastructure created by the
federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
as much as was possible.
The YouthBuild Program authorizes grants for the provision
of job training and education activities for at-risk youth.
As part of their training, YouthBuild participants
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construct or rehabilitate housing for low-income or
homeless individuals, and families, while also receiving
classroom instruction, job skill development, and on-site
training in a construction trade.
In 2006, then-President Bush signed the YouthBuild Transfer
Act, which moved the YouthBuild program from HUD to the
federal Department of Labor (DOL) in order to link the
program with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) system,
including One-Stop Career Centers and local workforce
investment boards.
Prior Legislation
AB 643 (Wesson), Statutes of 1999, Chapter 829, established
the California YouthBuild Program with the Employment
Development Department.
AB 1982 (Solorio) of 2008 was nearly identical to this
bill, and was vetoed by the Governor. The vetoed message
stated:
The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State
Budget has forced me to prioritize the bills sent to
my desk at the end of the year's legislative session.
Given the delay, I am only signing bills that are the
highest priority for California. This bill does not
meet that standard and I cannot sign it at this time.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/28/09)
California YouthBuild Coalition (source)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
California Peace Officers' Association
California Police Chiefs Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill,
Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley,
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Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Fuentes, Gaines, Garrick,
Saldana, Smyth, Bass
AGB:nl 6/28/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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