BILL NUMBER: AB 526 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 27, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 15, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dickinson
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
An act to amend Section 6027 of the Penal Code, relating to crime
prevention.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 526, as amended, Dickinson. Delinquency and gang intervention
and prevention grants: evidence-based principles and practices.
Existing law, commencing July 1, 2012, establishes the Board of
State and Community Corrections to provide statewide leadership,
coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and
local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and juvenile
criminal justice system, including addressing gang problems. Existing
law requires the board to annually review, approve, and revise, if
necessary, the comprehensive state plan for the improvement of
criminal justice and delinquency and gang prevention activities
throughout the state, establish priorities for the use of available
federal funds, and approve the expenditure of all funds pursuant to
the plans or federal acts.
This bill would require the board to identify delinquency and gang
intervention and prevention grant funds and programs for the purpose
of consolidating those grant funds and programs and moving toward a
unified single delinquency intervention and prevention grant
application process in adherence with all applicable federal
guidelines and mandates. The bill would require the board to develop
incentives for units of local government to develop comprehensive
regional partnerships in order to deliver services to a broader
target population and maximize the impact of state funds at the local
level. The bill would also require, by January 1, 2014, the board to
develop funding allocation policies to ensure that within 3 years no
less than 70% of funding for gang and youth violence suppression,
intervention, and prevention programs and strategies is used in
programs that utilize promising and proven evidence-based principles
and practices. The bill would specify that its provisions do not
include funds already designated to the Local Revenue Fund 2011
pursuant to other sections of law.
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. Section 6027 of the Penal Code, as amended by Section
33 of Chapter 36 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
6027. (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of State and
Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information
and data about state and community correctional policies, practices,
capacities, and needs, including, but not limited to, prevention,
intervention, suppression, supervision, and incapacitation, as they
relate to both adult corrections, juvenile justice, and gang
problems. The board shall seek to collect and make publicly available
up-to-date data and information reflecting the impact of state and
community correctional, juvenile justice, and gang-related policies
and practices enacted in the state, as well as information and data
concerning promising and evidence-based practices from other
jurisdictions.
(b) Consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 6024, the board
shall also:
(1) Develop recommendations for the improvement of criminal
justice and delinquency and gang prevention activity throughout the
state.
(2) Identify, promote, and provide technical assistance relating
to evidence-based programs, practices, and promising and innovative
projects consistent with the mission of the board.
(3) Receive and disburse federal funds, and perform all necessary
and appropriate services in the performance of its duties as
established by federal acts.
(4) Develop comprehensive, unified, and orderly procedures to
ensure that applications for grants are processed fairly,
efficiently, and in a manner consistent with the mission of the
board.
(5) Identify delinquency and gang intervention and prevention
grants that have the same or similar program purpose, are allocated
to the same entities, serve the same target populations, and have the
same desired outcomes for the purpose of consolidating grant funds
and programs and moving toward a unified single delinquency
intervention and prevention grant application process in adherence
with all applicable federal guidelines and mandates.
(6) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to the
Legislature, state agencies, units of general local government,
combinations of those units, or other public or private agencies,
organizations, or institutions in matters relating to criminal
justice and delinquency prevention.
(7) Develop incentives for units of local government to develop
comprehensive regional partnerships whereby adjacent jurisdictions
pool grant funds in order to deliver services to a broader target
population and maximize the impact of state funds at the local level.
(8) Conduct evaluation studies of the programs and activities
assisted by the federal acts.
(9) Identify and evaluate state, local, and federal gang and
youth violence suppression, intervention, and prevention programs and
strategies, along with funding for those efforts. The board shall
assess and make recommendations for the coordination of the state's
programs, strategies, and funding that address gang and youth
violence in a manner that maximizes the effectiveness and
coordination of those programs, strategies, and resources. By January
1, 2014, the board shall develop funding allocation policies to
ensure that within three years no less than 70 percent of funding for
gang and youth violence suppression, intervention, and prevention
programs and strategies is used in programs that utilize promising
and proven evidence-based principles and practices. The board shall
communicate with local agencies and programs in an effort to promote
the best evidence-based principles and practices for addressing gang
and youth violence through suppression, intervention, and prevention.
(10) The board shall collect from each county the plan submitted
pursuant to Section 1230.1 within two months of adoption by the
county boards of supervisors. Commencing January 1, 2013, and
annually thereafter, the board shall collect and analyze available
data regarding the implementation of the local plans and other
outcome-based measures, as defined by the board in consultation with
the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Chief Probation Officers
of California, and the California State Sheriffs Association. By
July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the board shall provide to the
Governor and the Legislature a report on the implementation of the
plans described above.
(c) The board may do either of the following:
(1) Collect, evaluate, publish, and disseminate statistics and
other information on the condition and progress of criminal justice
in the state.
(2) Perform other functions and duties as required by federal
acts, rules, regulations, or guidelines in acting as the
administrative office of the state planning agency for distribution
of federal grants.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to include in the
provisions set forth in this section, funds already designated to the
Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to Section 30025 of the Government
Code.