BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 21, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
SCR 128 (Liu) - As Amended: August 11, 2014
SENATE VOTE : 33-1
SUBJECT : California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month.
SUMMARY : Designates the month of November 2014 as California
Runaway and Homeless Youth Month; and recognizes the need for
individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local
governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway
and homeless youth in California. Specifically, this resolution
makes the following legislative findings:
1. Runaway and homeless youth are young people between 12
and 24 years of age who have the least access to essential
opportunities and supports.
2. Based on national surveys and California's youth
population, an estimated 200,000 youth under 18 years of
age, and thousands more who are 18 to 24 years of age, are
homeless for one or more days each year.
3. An overwhelming majority of runaway and homeless youth
have been expelled from their homes by their families;
physically, sexually, and emotionally abused at home;
discharged from foster care and other state custodial
systems without adequate transition plans; separated from
their parents by death or divorce; too poor to secure their
own basic needs; and ineligible or unable to access
adequate medical or mental health resources.
4. Providing safe, stable, and permanent housing for
runaway and homeless youth is a family, community, state,
and national priority, as the future well-being of our
state depends on the value we place on our youth, and, in
particular, on our actions to provide the most vulnerable
young people in the state with opportunities to acquire the
knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to find and
maintain stable housing and develop into healthy and
productive adults.
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5. Awareness of the tragedy of youth homelessness and its
causes must be heightened to ensure greater support for
effective programs aimed at preventing homelessness and
helping youth remain off the streets.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800