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                                                                  SB 875
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          Date of Hearing:   August 14, 2014

                            ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
            SB 875 (Budget & Fiscal Review) - As Amended:  August 12, 2014

           SENATE VOTE  :   Not relevant
           
          SUBJECT  :   Public Safety Omnibus Trailer Bill Technical  
          Adjustments

           SUMMARY  :   This bill makes various technical adjustments to the  
          Public safety 2014 budget actions   Specifically,  this bill  :   

            1)  Authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings, upon request, to  
              notify a victim, or next of kin of a victim of any hearing  
              to review or consider the parole suitability or the setting  
              of a parole date for that prisoner using United States mail.  
              (Existing law requires any such notice be given by  
              telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, using the  
              method of communication selected by the requesting party, if  
              that method is available.) 

            2)  Requires the Board of Parole Hearings to send written  
              notice of a parole hearing to the judge of the superior  
              court before whom a prisoner was tried. (Existing law  
              requires the board to send notice by certified mail.)

            3)  Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Recidivism Reduction Fund  
              to the Board of State and Community Corrections for the  
              establishment of a social innovation financing program for  
              counties.

            4)  Clarifies that drug felons with children who are found  
              ineligible for CalWORKs due to violation of probation,  
              parole, or being a fleeing felon are likewise ineligible for  
              General Assistance/General Aid (GR/GA), conforming to  
              program rules for the remainder of the CalWORKs caseload.   
              This corrects an error in the drafting of the previous  
              trailer bill.  

            5)  Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take  
              effect immediately upon enactment.










                                                                  SB 875
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           FISCAL EFFECT  :   This bill does not result in any substantive  
          changes to the Budget Act or related budget actions.

           COMMENTS  :   This bill provides necessary statutory changes to  
          enact the 2014-15 budget.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
           Opposition 
           
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Marvin Deon / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099