BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 220 (Solorio)
As Introduced February 1, 2011
Majority vote
PUBLIC SAFETY 6-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|Ayes:|Ammiano, Knight, Cedillo, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Hagman, Hill, Mitchell | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| | | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| | | |Hill, Lara, Mitchell, |
| | | |Nielsen, Norby, Solorio, |
| | | |Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires the Director of the Office of Gang and Youth
Violence Policy (OGYVP) to make recommendations to consolidate
and streamline existing state agency gang and youth violence
grant programs with a goal toward giving priority to grant
programs that employ evidence-based practices. Specifically,
this bill :
1)Authorizes the Director to create a working group, as
specified, to assist in this effort and declares the Director
the head of this group.
2)Requires OGYVP to report the working group's findings to the
Legislature and the Governor by June 1, 2012.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes OGYVP within the Office of Emergency Services
(OES).
2)Creates the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal-EMA).
States that, unless context clearly requires otherwise, the
term "Office of Emergency Services" should be construed to
refer to Cal-EMA.
3)Mandates that OGYVP is responsible for coordinating and
assisting schools, parents, community groups and
organizations, and law enforcement agencies with information
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and innovative strategies to help prevent violence and gang
involvement. Requires OGYVP to identify and administer
funding for these efforts.
4)Defines "criminal street gang" as an ongoing organization,
association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal
or informal, having as one of its primary activities the
commission of one or more enumerated offenses, having a common
name or identifying sign or symbol, and whose members engage,
or have engaged, in a pattern of criminal gang activity.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor state costs, likely less $50,000, for a working
group and a report to the Legislature, as this bill directs a
state agency to pursue a subjective objective consistent with
current practice.
COMMENTS : According to the author, "The Office of Gang and
Youth Violence Policy (OGYVP), administered by the California
Emergency Management Agency, identifies and evaluates gang and
youth violence programs and strategies, as well as funds those
efforts through the California Gang Reduction, Intervention, and
Prevention Program (CalGRIP).
"The Director of the OGYVP reviews, allocates, and distributes
CalGRIP grants. To make the CalGRIP grant disbursement process
more efficient and accountable, it is necessary to consolidate
the volume of funding streams and give priority to programs that
employ evidence-based practices."
Please see the policy committee for a full discussion of this
bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Stefani Salt / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744
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