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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 799
Author: Swanson (D)
Amended: 4/11/11 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/7/11
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Harman, Liu, Price, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 62-0, 4/14/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Sexually exploited minors pilot project:
Alameda County
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill extends the sunset of the existing
Alameda County pilot project relating to sexually exploited
minors five years, and to require the Alameda County
district attorney to provide a report to the Legislature on
the pilot contingent upon local funding and operation of
the pilot, as specified.
ANALYSIS : Existing law expressly authorizes Alameda
County, contingent upon local funding, to "establish a
pilot project?to develop a comprehensive, replicative,
multidisciplinary model to address the needs and effective
treatment of commercially sexually exploited minors who
have been arrested or detained by local law enforcement
for" prostitution crimes, as specified. These provisions
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sunset January 1, 2012. (Welfare and Institutions Code
Section 18259 et seq.)
This bill extends the sunset on these statutory provisions
five years, until January 1, 2017.
This bill additionally requires the District Attorney for
the County of Alameda, on or before April 1, 2016, to
"submit a report to the Legislature that summarizes the
activities performed by the district attorney pursuant to
this section, so that the Legislature may determine whether
the pilot project should be extended or expanded to other
counties prior to the repeal of this chapter?The report
shall, at a minimum, include the number of sexually
exploited minors, if any, diverted by the program? and a
summary of the types of services and alternate treatments
provided to those minors."
This bill provides that the report required by its
provisions "shall be contingent upon local funding, and
shall be required only if the County of Alameda establishes
a pilot project and the district attorney performs any of
the activities of the pilot project authorized by this
chapter. The report shall not include any information that
would reveal the identity of a specific sexually exploited
minor."
Prior legislation . AB 499 (Swanson), Chapter 359, Statues
of 2008.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/8/11)
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
California District Attorneys Association
California Probation Parole and Correctional Association
California State Sheriffs' Association
Child Abuse Prevention Center
City of Oakland
Eta Nu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
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Incorporation
Junior Leagues of California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author's office states, the
pilot project established by AB 499 (Swanson) will sunset
on January 1, 2012. This bill will extend the sunset by
five years to maintain the integrity and continuity of this
important diversion program.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Gatto, Gordon,
Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Ma, Mansoor, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Nestande,
Nielsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wieckowski, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Butler, Conway, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gorell, Grove, Harkey, Jones, Knight, Logue, Mendoza,
Morrell, Norby, Olsen, Wagner, Williams, Vacancy
RJG:do 6/8/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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