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          Bill No:  AB 2791
          Author:   Assembly Governmental Organization Committee
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 6/29/10
          AYES: Wright, Harman, Calderon, Florez, Negrete McLeod,  
            Padilla, Price, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Denham, Oropeza, Wyland

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  63-0, 5/28/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    California Emergency Management Agency

           SOURCE  :     California Emergency Management Agency


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes various statutory and technical  
          changes to reflect the merger of the former Office of  
          Emergency Services and the former Office of Homeland  
          Security into the California Emergency Management Agency  
          that took effect January 1, 2009.

           ANALYSIS :    Existing law creates California Emergency  
          Management Agency (CalEMA) and requires it to perform a  
          variety of duties with respect to specified emergency  
          preparedness, mitigation, and response activities in the  
          state.

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          Prior to the creation of the CalEMA, these activities were  
          the responsibility of the Governor's Office of Emergency  
          Services (OES) and the Office of Homeland Security (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.

           Comments
           
          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.  Existing law does not  
          clearly place these programs and functions within CalEMA.   
          This bill 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/3/10)

          California Emergency Management Agency (source)


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Block,  
            Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,  
            Charles Calderon, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, DeVore, Eng,  
            Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines,  
            Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lieu,  
            Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,  
            Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez,  
            Portantino, Ruskin, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,  
            Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John  
            A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,  
            Blakeslee, Carter, Chesbro, De La Torre, De Leon,  







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            Emmerson, Furutani, Hall, Jeffries, Salas, Silva, Smyth,  
            Audra Strickland, Vacancy


          TSM:do  8/4/210   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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