BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
AB 526 (Dickinson) - Board of State and Community Corrections:
duties.
Amended: June 27, 2012 Policy Vote: Public Safety 7-0
Urgency: No Mandate: No
Hearing Date: August 6, 2012
Consultant: Jolie Onodera
This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill Summary: AB 526 would add specified duties to the newly
created Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) related
to the identification of delinquency and gang intervention and
prevention grants and the development of incentives for local
agencies to develop comprehensive regional partnerships, as
specified. This bill would require the BSCC, by January 1, 2014,
to develop funding allocation policies to ensure gang and youth
violence suppression and prevention program funding is used in
programs utilizing promising and proven evidence-based
principles and practices.
Fiscal Impact: First-year costs of approximately $100,000
(General Fund) to the BSCC associated with increased resources
and research-related costs necessary to implement the provisions
of this bill. Ongoing costs of approximately $50,000 (General
Fund) to maintain the increased workload.
Background: Existing law established, commencing July 1, 2012,
the BSCC as the successor entity to the Corrections Standards
Authority, an entity independent of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Existing law requires the
BSCC to identify, promote, and provide technical assistance
relating to evidence-based programs, practices, and innovative
projects consistent with the mission of the board. Additionally,
existing law enumerates specified duties for the BSCC, including
the following:
Receive and disburse federal funds, and perform all
necessary and appropriate services in the performance of
its duties as established by federal law.
Develop comprehensive, unified, and orderly procedures
to ensure that applications for grants are processed
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fairly, efficiently, and in a manner consistent with the
mission of the board.
Cooperate with and render technical assistance to the
Legislature, state agencies, units of general government,
or other public or private agencies, organizations, or
institutions in matters relating to criminal justice and
delinquency prevention.
Conduct evaluation studies of the programs and
activities assisted by the federal acts.
Identify and evaluate state, local, and federal gang and
youth violence suppression, intervention, and prevention
programs and strategies, along with funding for those
efforts.
Assess and make recommendations for the coordination of
the state's programs, strategies, and funding that
addresses gang and youth violence in a manner that
maximizes the effectiveness and coordination of those
programs, strategies, and resources.
Proposed Law: This bill would mandate additional duties on the
BSCC. Specifically, this bill requires the BSCC to:
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.
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.
By January 1, 2014, 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.
This bill specifies that its provisions do not include funds
already designated to the Local Revenue Fund 2011 pursuant to
other provisions of law.
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Related Legislation: SB 92 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review) Chapter 36/2011, the Budget Act of 2011, among other
things, eliminated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA),
and effective July 1, 2012, established the BSCC to assume the
former duties of the CSA in addition to various criminal justice
components of the California Emergency Management Agency. SB 92
additionally reconfigured the Office of Gang and Youth Violence
Prevention (OGYVP) functions within the BSCC which was formerly
under the administration of the Governor's Office.
Staff Comments: The BSCC has indicated the provisions of this
bill will result in increased workload that is not absorbable.
The BSCC estimates initial resource and research-related costs
of $100,000 (General Fund) to redesign the grant application
process used for awarding these funds, to research and develop
new incentives given the diverse needs in the various geographic
regions of the state, facilitate review and comment with
relevant stakeholders, and develop the funding allocation
policies as required under the provisions of this bill. Resource
costs of approximately $50,000 would be required to maintain the
ongoing workload.