BILL NUMBER: SB 1084 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 24, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 1, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 29, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 23, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Senator Liu
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Jones)
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
V. Manuel Perez, Salas, and Block
)
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
An act relating to poverty.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1084, as amended, Liu. California Economic Security Task Force.
Existing law establishes various social service programs that
provide cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income
families and individuals.
This bill would establish, upon a specified finding by the
Department of Finance regarding funding, until July 1, 2013, the
California Economic Security Task Force, composed and appointed as
prescribed. This bill would require the task force to hold its first
meeting before July 1, 2011. The task force would be required to
submit to the Governor and the Legislature, and make available to the
public, both an interim and a final report containing specified
information and recommendations.
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. This act shall be known, and may be
cited, as the California Economic Security Act of 2010.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares all of
the following:
(a) According to the California Budget Project, more than 5.3
million, or 14.6 percent, Californians had incomes below the federal
poverty line in 2008, a significant increase from 4.6 million, or
12.7 percent, in 2007. Furthermore, California's 2008 poverty rate
was 1.4 percentage points higher than the national rate.
(b) According to the report entitled "Overlooked and Undercounted
2009: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in California," three in 10
nonelderly California households lack enough income to meet their
basic needs expenses.
(c) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and
the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, nearly 495,000
elders living alone in California in 2007 could not cover their
basic needs expenses.
(d) It is a goal of the Legislature to move 50 percent of
Californians with income below the federal poverty line towards
economic security by 2020 by moving them toward or above the county-
and family-specific thresholds of the income necessary to cover basic
needs expenses, provided by the California Family Economic
Self-Sufficiency Standard Index and the California Elder Economic
Security Standard Index.
SECTION 1. SEC. 3. (a) Upon a
positive determination as described in subdivision (j), there is
hereby established the California Economic Security Task Force.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following 13 members
, or their designees :
(1) Two Members of the Senate, at or their
designees, at least one of whom must be a member of the
minority party, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(2) Two Members of the Assembly, at or
their designees, at least one of whom must be a member of the
minority party, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(3) A representative from the County Welfare Directors
Association.
(4) Two individuals who represent business interests operating in
this state, one of whom shall represent large business and be
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one of whom shall
represent small business and be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
(5) Four individuals who represent nongovernment entities that
provide benefits, services, or advocacy to people, including women,
children, youth, seniors, working families, and the homeless, living
in poverty, appointed by the Governor.
(6) Two individuals who live in poverty,
have household incomes below the Family Economic Self-Sufficiency
Standard Index or the Elder Economic Security Standard Index,
one of whom shall represent a rural area and be appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly and one of whom shall represent an urban area
and be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(c) The members of the task force shall, by majority vote, select
a member to serve as the chairperson of the task force.
(d) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or a
designated representative may participate in the task force as a
nonvoting member.
(c) The task force shall be cochaired by a member of the small
business community and a representative of the County Welfare
Directors Association of California.
(d) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services and the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, or designated
representatives, may participate in the task force as nonvoting
members.
(e) Upon a positive determination as described in subdivision (j),
all appointments shall be made and the task force shall
hold its first meeting before July 1, 2011. The task force shall meet
at least quarterly, at a time and location convenient as
the task force deems appropriate and convenient to the
public. All meetings of the task force shall be open to the public.
(f) The task force shall seek input from other outside groups,
organizations, and individuals, and consider the actions and
recommendations of other states' poverty reduction plans, as it deems
appropriate.
(f) A majority of the currently serving task force members shall
constitute a quorum. The task force may meet in the absence of a
quorum. The task force shall strive to operate by consensus, but may
adopt recommendations by majority vote of the members present in any
meeting that a quorum is present.
(g) The task force shall submit to the Governor and the
Legislature, and make available to the public, an interim report on
or before July April 1, 2012, and a
final report on or before July April 1,
2013. The interim and final reports shall be prepared solely with
private funds and shall make use of existing data. In order to
keep costs down, state agencies and departments shall, to the extent
that the information is available, make reports and data
electronically available.
(1) The As part of its deliberations in
preparing the interim and final reports , the task force
shall do both of the following:
(A) Review in detail current rates of economic security for
each county in California . For purposes of this
subparagraph act , "economic security" means
having the income necessary to cover basic needs expenses, among
Californians at the family and county level, using both
as defined by the California Family Economic
Self-Sufficiency Standard Index and the California Elder Economic
Security Standard Index. The California Family Economic
Self-Sufficiency Standard Index and the California Elder Economic
Security Standard Index provide a county- and family-specific
threshold of the income necessary to cover basic needs expenses.
(B) Inventory state programs targeted at increasing individual and
family economic security and reducing poverty.
(2) The interim report shall provide specific recommendations to
maximize the effectiveness of state programs and services for both
the immediate and short-term timeframes, that may be implemented
beginning in 2012.
(B) Seek input from other outside groups, organizations, and
individuals.
(C) Consider the actions and recommendations of other states'
plans relating to poverty reduction workforce development and
entrepreneurship, as it deems appropriate.
(2) The interim report shall do all of the following:
(A) Provide specific recommendations that could be implemented
beginning in 2012 to maximize the effectiveness of state programs and
services for both the immediate and short-term timeframes, to help
increase the economic security of all Californians by moving 50
percent of Californians with incomes below the federal poverty level
toward or above the California Family Economic Self-Sufficiency
Standard Index and the California Elder Economic Security Standard
Index thresholds by 2020. The recommendations shall include an
implementation plan with key milestones, and an estimate of program
costs or savings and of the number of individuals who would benefit
from the proposal.
(B) Provide an inventory of state programs targeted at increasing
individual and family economic security and reducing poverty. The
following information shall be provided for each state program,
including, but not limited to:
(i) The budget and funding sources for the program.
(ii) The program's eligibility criteria and process.
(iii) The number and demographic profile of clients served by the
program.
(iv) Services the program offers.
(v) Other state and local government entities involved in planning
and administering the program.
(vi) The linkages among the poverty reduction, self-sufficiency
programs, workforce development, and entrepreneurship programs.
(vii) The metrics and methodology used by each program to collect
data and to establish and measure baselines and outcomes.
(3) The final report shall do all of the following:
(A) Provide actionable, specific , and
long-term recommendations that will increase the
effectiveness of the state's efforts to increase family
economic security by reducing poverty in the state
by 50 percent of all Californians by moving 50
percent of Californians with incomes below the federal poverty level
toward or above the California Family Economic
Self-Sufficiency Standard Index and the California Elder Economic
Security Standard Index thresholds by 2020. The recommendations
shall be politically viable, fiscally responsible, shall include an
implementation plan with key milestones, an estimated impact of
regional economies, and an estimate of program costs or savings
and of the number of individuals who would benefit from the
proposal.
(B) Provide specific recommendations on how to create a
self-sustaining entity to lead and coordinate the state's efforts to
reduce poverty in the state by 50 percent
increase economic security of Californians by moving 50
percent of Californians with incomes below the federal poverty line
to cover basic needs and expenses, as identified in the
Self-Sufficiency Standard or the Elder Economic Security Standard
Index by 2020, including, but not limited to, the following
recommendations:
(i) The appropriate structure of the entity.
(ii) The needed funding for the efforts
and funding sources for the entity .
(iii) The necessary statutory changes to create the entity.
(C) Provide the following information about each state antipoverty
program, including, but not limited to:
(i) The budget for the program.
(ii) The program's eligibility criteria and process.
(iii) The number and demographic profile of clients served by the
program.
(iv) Services the program offers.
(v) Other state and local government entities involved in planning
and administering the program.
(h) Members of the task force shall serve without compensation,
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their task force
expenses actual travel costs to attend meetings
, if the task force has sufficient funding for this purpose.
(i) The task force shall seek funding, technical assistance, staff
support, and other resources from philanthropic and private
donations, but shall not accept any support that would pose a
conflict of interest or be inconsistent with the task force's goals
and objectives.
(j) The task force shall be established in the executive branch
and shall convene only upon a determination by the Department of
Finance that private donations in an amount sufficient to fully
support the activities of the task force have been deposited with the
state.
(k) This act shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2013, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is
chaptered before July 1, 2013, deletes or extends that date.