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                  SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
                                Mark Leno, Chair
                                        
          Bill No:       AB 1479
          Author:        Committee on Budget
          As Amended:    August 11, 2014
          Consultant:    Julie Salley-Gray
          Fiscal:        Yes
          Hearing Date:  August 14, 2014
          
          Subject:  Public Safety trailer bill cleanup.

          Summary:  This bill contains the following clean up  
          provisions:

          1.Corrects a section reference error made in the public  
            safety trailer bill that allows for the development of  
            emergency regulations to expand CalFresh and CalWORKs to  
            individuals formerly convicted of drug felonies.  

          2.Clarifies that the Board of Parole Hearings may send  
            notifications to victims and the courts through the  
            United States mail. 

          3.Shifts a $5 million appropriation contained in the budget  
            for social innovation financing from the Office of  
            Planning and Research to the Board of State and Community  
            Corrections (BSCC).

          Background:  The Legislature passed the public safety  
          trailer bill (Chapter 26, Statutes of 2014, [AB 1468]) on  
          June 15, 2014.  The legislation was signed by the Governor  
          on June 20, 2014.  This bill provides for certain technical  
          adjustments to that trailer bill.
          
          Fiscal Effect:  Contains a $5 million appropriation to the  
          BSCC for the creation of a social innovation bond program.

          Support:   Unknown.

          Opposed:  Unknown.

          Comments:  Not applicable.
          
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