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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1003
Author: John A. Perez (D)
Amended: 7/2/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE : 7-3, 6/25/09
AYES: Alquist, Cedillo, DeSaulnier, Leno, Negrete McLeod,
Pavley, Wolk
NOES: Strickland, Aanestad, Cox
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 46-20, 5/14/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Domestic violence grants
SOURCE : Equality California
DIGEST : This bill allows the number of grants awarded in
the Equality in Prevention and Services for Domestic Abuse
Program to be increased beyond the four annual limit
currently permitted, changes the process by which these
grants are awarded, and provides standards for domestic
violence programs staff who provide services using these
grant awards.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
CONTINUED
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1. Requires the Office of Emergency Services, now known as
the Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), to administer
the Equality in Prevention and Services for Domestic
Abuse Program, a targeted grant program, to increase
access to culturally appropriate domestic violence
education, prevention, and services for the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
2. Requires CalEMA to use funds from the Equality in
Prevention and Services for Domestic Abuse Fund (EPSDA
Fund), established by an additional $23 fee for persons
filing domestic partner registrations, to award up to
four grants annually to qualifying organizations to
provide domestic violence programs and services targeted
for the LGBT community. These programs and services
include, but are not limited to: 24-hour crisis
hotlines; counseling; court and social service advocacy;
legal assistance with temporary restraining orders,
devices, and custody disputes; community resource and
referral; household establishment assistance; emergency
housing; and, educational workshops and publications.
At least one organization must be in southern California
and one in northern California.
3. Defines a domestic violence counselor as a person who is
employed by a domestic violence center for the purpose
of rendering advice or assistance to victims of domestic
violence, regardless of compensation, and who has at
least 40 hours of supervised training under a domestic
violence counselor who has at least one year of
experience counseling domestic violence victims for the
domestic violence service organization.
This bill:
1. Eliminates the limit of four annual grant awards from
the EPSDA Fund, administered by CalEMA, for domestic
violence programs and services for the LGBT community.
2. Changes the process by which these grants are awarded
from a reapplication process to a competitive grant
process.
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3. Requires qualified organizations to provide matching
funds of at least 10 percent of the funds to be
received, unless this requirement is waived by the
Secretary of CalEMA, at his or her discretion.
4. Requires, as a condition of receiving funding, grant
recipients to ensure that appropriate staff and
volunteers having client contact meet the definition of
"domestic violence counselor" as specified for other
domestic violence programs in existing law.
5. Requires a domestic violence counselor who has at least
one year of experience counseling domestic violence
victims for a domestic violence center to supervise a
domestic violence counselor who has been employed by a
domestic violence center for a period of less than six
months.
6. Requires CalEMA to consult with the Department of Health
to consider consolidation of their domestic violence
program and report their conclusions to the Legislature
by June 30, 2011.
7. Makes a number of clarifying and technical changes:
A. Clarifies that the grants awarded for these
programs and services are specific to the LGBT
community.
B. Clarifies that these programs and agencies are
required to provide services already in state law,
but that they are not required to provide all of
them.
C. Adds batterers intervention and a warm line
(similar to a hotline, but operates during normal
business hours, 24 hours a day) to this list of
services.
D. Makes other clarifying and technical changes, as
specified.
Background
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Domestic violence most often refers to intimate partner
violence. It includes violence between spouses,
individuals in dating relationships, and former partners or
spouses, and can occur inside or outside the home.
Domestic violence often involves a pattern of coercive
behavior that includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional
and psychological abuse. The California Penal Code defines
abuse as "intentionally or recklessly causing or attempting
to cause bodily injury, or placing another person in
reasonable apprehension of imminent, serious bodily injury
to himself/herself or another."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/25/09) (Per Sen. Health Cmte.
Analysis, unable to reverify)
Equality California (source)
California Communities United Institute
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
Peace Over Violence
Rainbow Services
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto,
Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong,
Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Skinner,
Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Conway,
Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Fletcher, Fuller, Gilmore, Hagman,
Harkey, Knight, Logue, Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Audra
Strickland, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Arambula, Bill Berryhill,
Emmerson, Fuentes, Gaines, Garrick, Jeffries, Miller,
Nestande, Saldana, Smyth, Tran, Bass
CTW:JJA:do 8/19/09 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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