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                                                                  AB 1439
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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 1439 (Solorio)
          As Amended  April 16, 2009
          Majority vote 

           PUBLIC SAFETY       5-2         APPROPRIATIONS      11-0        
           
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          |Ayes:|Solorio, Furutani, Hill,  |Ayes:|De Leon, Ammiano, Charles   |
          |     |Ma, Skinner               |     |Calderon, Davis, Krekorian, |
          |     |                          |     |Hall, John A. Perez, Price, |
          |     |                          |     |Skinner, Solorio, Torlakson |
          |     |                          |     |                            |
          |-----+--------------------------+-----+----------------------------|
          |Nays:|Hagman, Gilmore           |     |                            |
          |     |                          |     |                            |
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           SUMMARY  :   Requires the Director of the Office of Gang and Youth  
          Violence Policy (OGYVP) 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.  Authorizes the Director to create a  
          working group to assist in this effort.    

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, no direct state cost as this bill directs a state  
          agency to pursue a subjective objective consistent with current  
          practice.

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, "The OGYVP, administered by  
          the California Emergency Management Agency, identifies and  
          evaluates gang and youth violence programs and strategies, as  
          well as funding those efforts through the California Gang  
          Reduction, Intervention, and Prevention Program (CalGRIP).  The  
          OGYVP Director is responsible for reviewing, allocating, and  
          distributing CalGRIP grants.  In creating more efficiency and  
          accountability in the CalGRIP grant disbursement process, it is  
          necessary to consolidate the volume of funding streams and give  
          priority to programs that employ evidence-based practices."

          Please see the policy committee for a full discussion of this  
          bill.
           









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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Kathleen Ragan / PUB. S. / (916)  
          319-3744 


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