BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2632
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Date of Hearing: April 21, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
AB 2632 (Davis) - As Amended: April 5, 2010
Policy Committee: Public
SafetyVote: 7-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill creates a specific gang injunction subsection under
the misdemeanor contempt of court statute to help communities
measure the effectiveness of gang injunctions.
FISCAL EFFECT
Negligible nonreimbursable state costs as this measure neither
alters penalties or requires additional reporting.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale . The author's intent is to disaggregate contempt of
court violations to provide additional data to law enforcement
officials and policymakers interested in reviewing the
efficacy of gang injunctions.
2)Support . According to the sponsor, the L.A. District Attorney,
"The effectiveness of gang injunctions has been a matter of
public concern for the past several years. During this time,
law enforcement organizations, including our office, have
repeatedly been asked a seemingly simple question, 'How many
individuals have been arrested or convicted of violating a
lawfully issued gang injunction?' Unfortunately, because there
is no way to determine the type of court order that was
violated when looking at an individual's criminal history
information (rap sheet), we have not been able to answer that
seemingly simple question. This has proven to be frustrating
not only to us, but to members of the Legislature and members
of our communities.
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"The creation of a separate code section for violating a gang
injunction will assist member of the community in tracking the
effectiveness of gang injunctions in their communities, and
will allow law enforcement agencies to accurately answer
questions about the number of gang injunction violation
arrests and prosecutions."
Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081