BILL NUMBER: AB 1439	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act  to add Section 13827.3 to the Penal Code, 
relating to gangs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1439, as amended, Solorio. Gang violence: prevention. 
   Under existing law, the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy,
which is in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, is
responsible for identifying and evaluating gang and youth violence
programs and strategies, along with funding for those efforts. The
Director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy is
responsible for monitoring, assessing, and coordinating the state's
programs, as specified.  
   This bill would require the director to consolidate and streamline
existing state agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a
goal toward giving priority to grant programs that employ
evidence-based practices. It would authorize the director to create a
working group to assist in this effort.  
   Existing law establishes provisions governing gang violence.
 
   This bill would state the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would modify provisions of law relating to the
suppression of gang violence. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 13827.3 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   13827.3.  The director shall consolidate and streamline existing
state agency gang and youth violence grant programs with a goal
toward giving priority to grant programs that employ evidence-based
practices. The director may create a working group to assist in this
effort.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would modify Section 13826.6 of the Penal
Code, relating to the prevention of gang violence.