BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
1147 (DeSaulnier)
Hearing Date: 05/27/2010 Amended: 05/20/2010
Consultant: Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety
5-0
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 1147 requires the Legislature and the Governor
to develop a "Master Plan for California Public Safety", as
specified. This bill requires the Little Hoover Commission, by
March 31, 2011, to identify and compile relevant public safety
reports and make recommendations to Legislature and the Governor
for the purpose of developing the master plan. This bill
provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the
master plan be codified by December 31, 2011.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
Little Hoover Commission Potentially
significant cost pressure General
Master Plan:
Creation Potentially
significant costs in 2011 General
Implementation Unknown potential
costs and/or savings General
Local
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STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the
Suspense File.
This bill would require the Little Hoover Commission to review
public safety reports and make recommendations to the
Legislature and the Governor, by March 1, 2011. The Little
Hoover Commission (which has a budget of $826,000 General Fund)
studies topics and reports to the Legislature on various
governmental topics, in addition to its other duties. This bill
would functionally require the Commission to postpone its other
projects in early 2011, to work on the provisions of this bill.
The costs of this bill cannot be determined, because its
provisions are vague. This bill requires the Legislature and the
Governor to develop a Master Plan for California Public Safety.
It is unclear if the intention is to create a new committee to
study the issue, or to assign new duties to existing staff, or
to create new positions in the Governor's office to lead this
project, or to have Senators and Assemblymembers work directly
with the Governor to develop the master plan. The cost of
creating the master plan will depend upon the scope of the
project, how it is developed, and who is involved.
The costs or savings resulting from master plan implementation
will be determined by the actual master plan developed by the
Legislature and the Governor. This bill indicates that it is the
intent of the Legislature that the master plan be codified by
December 31, 2011. To the extent that these codified changes
result in new mandates on local law enforcement agencies, there
may be substantial state costs to implement the master plan. To
the extent that the master plan results in public safety
efficiencies and decreased crime, there may be long term state
savings.