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                                                       Bill No:  AB  
          2791
          
                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
                       Senator Roderick D. Wright, Chair
                           2009-2010 Regular Session
                                 Staff Analysis


          AB 2791  Author:  Committee on Governmental Organization
          As Introduced:  March 17, 2010
          Hearing Date:  June 29, 2010
          Consultant:  Art Terzakis

                                     SUBJECT  
                     California Emergency Management Agency

                                   DESCRIPTION
           
          AB 2791 makes various statutory and technical changes to  
          reflect the merger of the former Office of Emergency  
          Services (OES) and the former Office of Homeland Security  
          (OHS) into the California Emergency Management Agency  
          (CalEMA) that took effect January 1, 2009.

                                   EXISTING LAW

           Existing law creates CalEMA and requires it to perform a  
          variety of duties with respect to specified emergency  
          preparedness, mitigation, and response activities in the  
          state.
          Prior to the creation of the CalEMA, these activities were  
          the responsibility of the Governor's OES and the OHS. The  
          Budget Act of 2003 eliminated the Office of Criminal  
          Justice Planning (OCJP) and its responsibilities for  
          administering a variety of planning, training, education,  
          and crime suppression and mitigation programs ultimately  
          were assigned to OES.

                                    BACKGROUND
           
           Purpose of AB 2791:   When OES and OHS were merged to become  
          CalEMA in January 2009, various codes sections were not  
          updated to reflect this change in responsibility.   
          Additionally, when the former OCJP was abolished, its  
          responsibilities were redirected to OES, now CalEMA.   




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          Existing law does not clearly place these programs and  
          functions within CalEMA.  This measure also eliminates the  
          statute for 13 different reports that CalEMA is required to  
          produce and instead requires the information to be included  
          in CalEMA's annual report.

           Prior Legislation:   AB 38 (Nava) Chapter 372, Statutes of  
          2008, merged OES and OHS to create CalEMA.
           
          SUPPORT:   California Emergency Management Agency (sponsor)
           OPPOSE:   None on file as of June 25, 2010.
           FISCAL COMMITTEE:   Senate Appropriations Committee