AB 2411, as introduced, Bonta. Community violence prevention.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to develop community violence prevention and conflict resolution programs based on the recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention that would present a balanced and comprehensive educational, intellectual, and experiential approach toward eradicating violence in our society. Existing law also states the intent of the Legislature that these programs be regulated and funded pursuant to contracts with the Office of Emergency Services. Existing law includes related legislative findings.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those findings.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14110 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
The Legislature findsbegin insert all ofend insert the following:
P2 1(a) The incidence of violence in our state continues to present
2an increasing and dominating societal problem that must be
3addressed at its root causes in order to reduce significantly its
4effects upon our society.
5(b) As an initial step toward that goal, the Legislature passed
6Assembly Bill No. 23 of the 1979-80 Regular Session which
7created the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence
8Prevention which was charged with compiling the latest research
9on root causes of violence, in order to lay the foundation for a
10credible,
effective violence eradication program.
11(c) The commission produced a final report in 1982 entitled
12“Ounces of Prevention,” which established that long-term
13prevention is a valuable and viable public policy and demonstrated
14that there are reachable root causes of violence in our society.
15(d) The report contains comprehensive findings and
16recommendations in 10 broad categorical areas for the removal of
17individual, familial, and societal causal factors of crime and
18violence in California.
19(e) The recommendations in the report are feasible and credible,
20propose an effective means of resolving conflict and removing the
21root causes of violence in our society, and should be implemented,
22so that their value may be provided to our citizenry.
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