BILL NUMBER: AB 1439	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2009
	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 and youth 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  establish the working group of the Office
of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, which   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 require
the director to create a working group to assist in this effort,
with the director as chairperson, which  would consist of
representatives of state offices and representatives of other
specified stakeholders. The bill would require the working group to
advise the office on the task of streamlining grant programs that
 adress   address  gang and youth violence,
in accordance with certain procedures. The bill would
require the director to serve as the chairperson of the working
group. 
   The working group would be responsible for making recommendations
to streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence grant
programs and making recommendations to the Legislature and the
Governor by June 1, 2010. The bill would further require the working
group to recommend procedures and requirements for state agencies and
departments administering grant programs to follow that would
provide incentives for grant recipients to implement evidence-based
practices.
   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 13827.3 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13827.3.  (a)  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 shall create a working group
to assist in this effort and shall serve as the chairperson of the
working group. 
    (b)    The working group of the Office of Gang
and Youth Violence Policy shall consist of representatives of state
offices and representatives of other stakeholders specified in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 13827. The working group
shall advise the office on the task of streamlining grant programs
that address gang and youth violence, in accordance with subdivisions
 (b) and (c)   (c) and (d)  .  The
director shall serve as the chairperson of the working group.
 
   (b) 
    (c)  The working group shall be responsible for making
recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and youth
violence grant programs, including, but not limited to, making
recommendations for consolidation of programs, aligning funding
cycles, and developing common applications for grant programs. The
working group shall prepare its recommendations pursuant to this
subdivision on or before March 1, 2010, and shall submit a final
report of its findings to the Legislature and the Governor on or
before June 1, 2010. 
   (c) 
    (d)  As part of its recommendations pursuant to
subdivision  (b)   (c)  , the working group
shall also recommend procedures and requirements for state agencies
and departments that administer gang and youth violence grant
programs to follow that would provide incentives for grant recipients
to implement evidence-based practices.