BILL NUMBER: AB 1913	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 23, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Cardenas, Cedillo, 
Firebaugh   Correa, Firebaugh, Havice, Longville  ,
Runner, Vincent, and Wright and Senators Hughes and Murray
   (Coauthor: Senator Polanco)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2000

   An act to add  Sections 186.27 and   Section
 186.29 to  , and to repeal and add Section 186.26 of,
 the Penal Code, and to amend Sections  625.3,
 743, 746,  and 749.22   749.21,
749.22, and 749.27  of, and to add Sections 654.5 and 654.7 to,
the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1913, as amended, Cardenas.  Juveniles:  crime prevention.
   (1) Existing law  provides that any adult who utilizes
physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit a minor to actively
participate in a criminal street gang, as defined, or who threatens a
minor with physical violence on 2 or more occasions with a specified
period with the intent to do the same, shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state prison for one, 2, or 3 years. Existing law
also provides that a minor who is 16 years of age or younger who
violates these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor, and that no
person shall be convicted of violating these provisions on speech
alone except upon a showing of a credible threat of violence, as
defined.
   This bill would delete the above described provisions and instead
provide that any person who threatens another person with physical
violence on two or more occasions with the intent to coerce, induce,
or solicit any person to actively participate in a criminal street
gang, or who uses physical violence to do the same, or who uses
physical violence to coerce, induce, solicit, or otherwise prevent
another person from leaving any criminal street gang, is punishable
by imprisonment in the state prison for one, 2, or 3 years.  The bill
would also provide that if the person solicited, recruited, coerced,
or threatened pursuant to these provisions is a minor, an additional
and consecutive term of imprisonment of 6, 12, or 18 months shall be
imposed.  The bill would also provide that any person who actively
solicits or recruits a minor on the grounds of, or within 1,000 feet
of, a public or private elementary, vocational, junior high, or high
school when that facility is open for classes, to actively
participate in a criminal street gang, or with the intent that the
person engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity or otherwise
promote, further, or assist in any felonious conduct by members of
the gang, shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment in the state
prison of one, 2, or 3 years.  By changing the definition and scope
of an existing crime, and by creating new crimes, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) This   imposes penalties on persons who
participate in criminal street gangs.  Existing law also provides
protection for witnesses to crimes under the Hertzberg-Leslie Witness
Protection Act.
   This  bill would provide that, contingent upon an
appropriation of $5,000,000 in the state budget for this purpose,
reasonable expenses for relocation shall be made available at the
discretion of local law enforcement agencies to any person who is a
victim of a criminal street gang or is a witness to a gang crime and
is willing to testify in court.  The bill would provide that local
law enforcement agencies shall operate the program at the county
level and seek reimbursement from the state.  
   (3) Existing law provides that a minor who is 14 years of age or
older who is taken into custody by a peace officer for the personal
use or possession of a firearm during the commission or attempted
commission of a felony shall not be released until that minor is
brought before a judicial officer for a mental health assessment, as
specified.
   This bill would expand this requirement to also apply to minors
taken into custody during the commission or attempted commission of
specified offenses leading to a presumption that the defendant should
be tried as an adult.  By imposing new duties on law enforcement
officers, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (4)  
   (2)  Existing law provides that in cases where a probation
officer determines that a minor is or likely will be within the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the officer may delineate an
alternative program or programs, not to exceed 6 months, designed to
adjust the situation bringing the minor within the juvenile court's
jurisdiction by providing care and treatment for addiction,
individual and family counseling, and other services  , except
 as specified.  Existing law provides that a court may, without
adjudging the minor a ward of the court, continue any hearing on a
petition for 6 months and order the minor to participate in these
alternative programs and services.
   This bill would provide that all minors designated as eligible for
alternative supervision diversion pursuant to these provisions shall
be enrolled in an appropriate accredited school program as a
condition of program participation, be placed on a probation officer
caseload of no more than 35 cases, be given a social history
assessment as specified, and be provided with  alcohol and
substance abuse services,  counseling  ,  and mental
health services, if appropriate.  This bill would also provide that,
subject to appropriation in the state budget,  $35,000,000
  $30,000,000  shall be available to local
community-based organizations  and   , 
mental health agencies  , and other specified agencies  to
provide services pursuant to these provisions.
   The bill would also provide that eligible minors arrested for
misdemeanor offenses shall be referred to the local probation
department  or to a local juvenile crime diversion or gang
prevention program under supervision of the local police or sheriff's
department, which would be responsible for referring the minor to
the appropriate program and for confirming the minor completes the
program requirements .
   The bill would also provide that, subject to appropriation in the
state budget, at least  $100,000,000  
$75,000,000  shall be made available for support of local
juvenile crime diversion and gang prevention programs, at least
 $50,000,000   $10,000,000  shall be made
available for utilization by local school district police departments
for development of school-based juvenile crime diversion programs,
as specified, and at least  $20,000,000  
$25,000,000  shall be made available to support local juvenile
crime diversion and gang prevention programs for predelinquent youth.
  The bill would provide that, subject to appropriation in the
state budget, at least $20,000,000 and, shall be made available
annually to develop or expand gender specific programs for female
offenders and at least $8,000,000 shall be made available annually
for the support of local female juvenile crime diversion and gang
prevention programs.  The bill would also provide that, subject to
appropriation in the state budget, at least $6,000,000 shall be made
available annually for the Abolish Chronic Truancy Program in Los
Angeles County, and at least $6,000,000 annually to the Communities
in Schools program, as specified.  By imposing additional duties
on local law enforcement personnel, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.  
   (5)  
   (3)  Existing law establishes a 3-year pilot project, subject
to appropriation of funds therefor, to be known as the "Repeat
Offender Prevention Project" for operation in specified counties, the
purpose of which is to design, establish, implement, and evaluate a
model program for the reduction of recidivism among juvenile
offenders, as specified.
   This bill would specify that this program is contingent upon the
appropriation of $220,000,000, remove the 3-year limitation, 
and  make the program available to every county probation
department in the state  , and require participating probation
departments to evaluate the need for specific programs for female
juvenile offenders  .  
   (6)  
   (4)  Existing law provides that a minor shall be selected for
participation in the Repeat Offender Prevention Project based on
several specified factors, including that the minor is 151/2 years of
age or younger, has been declared a ward of the juvenile court for
the first time, and is to be supervised by a probation department
selected for participation in the project.
   This bill would expand this factor to also include minors who have
been designated as eligible for alternative supervision diversion
for the first time.  
   (7)  
   (5)  Existing law establishes the Juvenile Crime Enforcement
and Accountability Challenge Grant Program, and provides that to be
eligible for grants under this program, each county shall establish a
multiagency juvenile justice coordinating council, as specified,
that shall develop and implement a continuum of county-based
responses to juvenile crime.
   This bill would instead provide that each county that receives
funding under this program or under the Repeat Offender Prevention
Project must establish a multiagency coordinating council.   The
bill would also declare the Legislature's intent to appropriate
$25,000,000 in the Budget Act of 2000 for funding of the program, as
specified.  
   (8)  
   (6)  This bill would provide that contingent upon a funding
allocation of $3,500,000 in the state budget, the  California
Youth Authority  Gang Violence Reduction Project shall be
established in Los Angeles, Orange, Alameda, and San Joaquin Counties
as specified.  
   (9)  
   (7)  This bill would provide that contingent upon an
allocation of $3,800,000 in the state budget, the  California
  Department of the  Youth Authority shall
establish a Gang Information and Supervision Agent project at each of
its 17 parole districts.  
   (10)  
   (8)  This bill would provide that contingent upon an
allocation of $2,300,000 in the state budget, the Gang Service
Project shall be added to each parole unit in the state.  
   (11)  
   (9)  This bill would provide that contingent upon an
allocation of $15,000,000 in the state budget, the 
California   Department of the  Youth Authority
shall administer a bid process for allocation of the funds to local
and community agencies that provide gang prevention services in local
communities with a high number of commitments to the California
Youth Authority.  
  (12)  
  (10)  The California Constitution requires the state to
reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for
making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates
Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed
$1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide
costs exceed $1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no
reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
   With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that,
if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains
costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall
be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  
  SECTION 1.  Section 186.26 of the Penal Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 186.26 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   186.26.  (a) Any person who threatens another person with physical
violence on two or more occasions with the intent to coerce, induce,
or solicit any person to actively participate in a criminal street
gang, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 186.22, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three
years.
   (b) Any person who uses physical violence to coerce, induce, or
solicit another person to actively participate in any criminal street
gang, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 186.22, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three
years.
   (c) Any person who uses physical violence to coerce, induce,
solicit, or otherwise prevent another person from leaving any
criminal street gang, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 186.22
shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for one, two,
or three years.
   (d) If the person solicited, recruited, coerced, or threatened
pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) is a minor, an additional
term of imprisonment of 6, 12, or 18 months shall be imposed in
addition and consecutive to the penalty described for a violation of
these subdivisions.
   (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit
prosecution under any other provision of law.
  SEC. 3.  Section 186.27 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   186.27.  Any person who actively solicits or recruits a minor on
the grounds of, or within 1,000 feet of, a public or private
elementary, vocational, junior high, or high school when that
facility is open for classes, to actively participate in a criminal
street gang, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 186.22 or with
the intent that the person solicited or recruited engage in a pattern
of criminal gang activity, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
186.22, or with the intent that the person solicited or recruited
promote, further, or assist in any felonious conduct by members of
the criminal street gang, shall be punishable by a term of
imprisonment in the state prison for one, two, or three years.
  SEC. 4.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 186.29 is added to the Penal Code, to
read:
   186.29.  Contingent upon an appropriation of five million dollars
($5,000,000) in the state budget for this purpose, reasonable
expenses for relocation shall be made available to a person who is a
victim of a criminal street gang or a witness to a gang crime and is
willing to testify in court, if in the judgment of the applicable
local law enforcement agency a credible threat of physical harm has
been made against the victim or witness, or the immediate family
thereof, or where the victim or witness otherwise reasonably fears
for his or her safety or the safety of his or her immediate family.
Sheriff's departments and local police agencies shall operate the
program at the county level and shall seek reimbursement from the
state.  
  SEC. 5.  Section 625.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   625.3.  Notwithstanding Section 625, a minor who is 14 years of
age or older and who is taken into custody by a peace officer for the
personal use or possession of a firearm during the commission or
attempted commission of a felony or any offense listed in subdivision
(b) of Section 707 shall not be released until that minor is brought
before a judicial officer.  At the time the minor is brought before
a judicial officer, the judicial officer shall assess the minor's
mental health status, and shall order the minor to continue to be
detained and a mental health evaluation conducted in accordance with
Article 3 (commencing with Section 6550) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of
Division 6, if the judicial officer concludes that the minor poses a
danger to the safety of himself or herself, or to the public.  Any
firearm found on the person of a minor subject to this section shall
be confiscated.
  SEC. 6.  
  SEC. 2.   Section 654.5 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   654.5.  (a) All minors designated as eligible for alternative
supervision diversion pursuant to Section 654 or 654.2 shall:
   (1) Be enrolled and attending an appropriate accredited school
program as a condition of program participation.
   (2) Be placed on a probation officer caseload of no more than 35
assigned cases for at least six months.
   (3) Be given a social history assessment which includes school
evaluations, mental heath assessment, and family background history.

   (4) Be provided counseling and mental health services, if
appropriate.  
   (4) Be provided alcohol and substance abuse services, mental
health services, and other types of services, including counseling
dealing with school related problems, if appropriate. 
   (b) Subject to appropriation in the state budget, an appropriation
of  thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) 
thirty million dollars ($30,000,000)  shall be available to
local community-based organizations  and mental health
agencies to provide services to minors   , mental health
agencies, and agencies that provide alcohol and substance abuse
programs so that they may provide services to minors  eligible
for alternative supervision diversion pursuant to Section 654 or
654.2.  County probation departments shall allocate these funds on a
request for proposal basis.  
  SEC. 7.  
  SEC. 3.   Section 654.7 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   654.7.   (a)  Minors who are arrested for committing a
misdemeanor offense or attempted commission of a misdemeanor offense
and who are eligible for alternative supervision diversion pursuant
to Section 654 or 654.2 shall be referred to the local probation
department  or to a local juvenile crime diversion or gang
prevention programs under the supervision of the local police or
sheriff's department.
   (b) If the minor is not referred to the local probation
department, the local police or sheriff's department will be
responsible for referring the minor to the appropriate alternative
supervision program and confirming that the minor completes the
program requirements.
   (c)  
   (b)  Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State
of California shall make at least  one hundred million
dollars ($100,000,000)   seventy-five million dollars
($75,000,000)  available annually for support of local juvenile
crime diversion and gang prevention programs.  These funds shall be
administered by the  Department   Board  of
Corrections and allocated and distributed through a request for
proposal process.  A local law enforcement agency shall be the lead
applicant.  
   (d)  
   (c)  Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State
of California shall make at least  fifty million dollars
($50,000,000)   ten million dollars ($10,000,000) 
available annually for utilization by local school district police
departments for the purpose of developing school-based juvenile crime
diversion programs.  These funds shall be administered by the
Department of Corrections and allocated and distributed through a
request for proposal process.  Eighty percent of the funds shall be
allocated for law enforcement personnel costs, and the remainder
shall be used for services and support and for computer technology.

   (e)  
   (d)  Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State
of California shall make at least  twenty million dollars
($20,000,000)   twenty-five million dollars
($25,000,000)  available annually to support local juvenile
crime diversion and gang prevention programs for predelinquent youth.
These funds shall be administered by the  Department
  Board  of Corrections and allocated and
distributed through a request for proposal process.  A local law
enforcement agency or probation department shall be the lead
applicant.  
   (e) Subject to appropriation in the state budget the State of
California shall make at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000)
available annually to probation departments to develop or expand
gender specific programs for female offenders.  These programs shall
include, but shall not be limited to, female juvenile crime diversion
programs, female juvenile gang prevention programs, and female
juvenile offender camp programs.
   These funds shall be administered by the Board of Corrections and
shall be allocated and distributed through a request for proposal
process.  The probation department shall be the lead applicant.
   (f) Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State of
California shall make at least eight million dollars ($8,000,000)
available annually for the support of local female juvenile crime
diversion and female juvenile gang prevention programs.  These funds
shall be administered by the Board of Corrections and allocated and
distributed through a request for proposal process.  A local law
enforcement agency or a county probation department shall be the lead
applicant.
   (g) Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State of
California shall make at least six million dollars ($6,000,000)
available annually for the Abolish Chronic Truancy (ACT) program.
The current program is a partnership of the Los Angeles District
Attorney's office and schools in Los Angeles County with its goals to
reduce chronic truancy in elementary schools, through parent and
child accountability and addressing attendance programs at the
earliest possible time before the child's behavior is ingrained and
while the parent still exercises control over the child (pre-high
school), and long-term reduction of delinquency, adult criminality,
and joblessness.
   (h) Subject to appropriation in the state budget, the State of
California shall make at least six million dollars ($6,000,000)
available annually to the Communities in Schools (CIS) program.  The
funds shall be administered by the Board of Corrections. 

  SEC. 8.  
  SEC. 4.   Section 743 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   743.  Contingent upon the appropriation of two hundred twenty
million dollars ($220,000,000) annually, the "Repeat Offender
Prevention Project" shall be made available to every county probation
department in this state unless the board of supervisors of one or
more of these counties adopts a resolution to the effect it will not
participate in the project, each of which shall design, establish,
implement, and evaluate a model program to meet the needs of a
juvenile offender population identified as having the potential to
become repeat serious offenders utilizing the findings of exploratory
studies conducted in Orange County between 1989 and 1993 by the
research staff of the Orange County Probation Department which
identified certain minors who were designated as the "8 percent"
population.  The main goal of this program is to develop and
implement a cost-effective multiagency, multidisciplinary program
which targets youth displaying behavior that may lead to delinquency
and recidivism.   Every county probation department that
participates in this program shall evaluate the need for including
gender specific programs for female juvenile offenders as part of
this program.   
  SEC. 9.  
  SEC. 5.   Section 746 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   746.  A minor shall be selected for participation in a program
established pursuant to this article based upon the following
factors:
   (a) The minor is 151/2 years of age or younger, has either been
declared a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 601 or 602
for the first time or has been designated as eligible for alternative
supervision diversion pursuant to Section 654 or 654.2 for the first
time, and is to be supervised by a probation department selected for
participation in this project.
   (b) The minor has been evaluated and found to have at least three
of the following factors, that place the minor at a significantly
greater risk of becoming a chronic juvenile or adult offender:
   (1) School behavior and performance problems.  This shall include
at least one of the following:  attendance problems; school
suspension or expulsion; or failure in two or more academic classes
during the previous six months or comparable academic period.
   (2) Family problems.  These shall include at least one of the
following:  poor parental supervision or control; documented
circumstances of domestic violence; child abuse or neglect; or family
members who have engaged in criminal activities.
   (3) Substance abuse.  This shall include any regular use of
alcohol or drugs by the minor, other than experimentation.
   (4) High-risk predelinquent behavior.  This shall include at least
one of the following:  a pattern of stealing; chronic running away
from home; or gang membership or association.
   (5) The minor matches the at-risk profile for becoming a chronic
and repeat juvenile offender according to the criteria developed by
the Multi-Agency At-Risk Youth Committee (MAARYC).   
  SEC. 10.  
  SEC. 6.  Section 749.21 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read: 
   749.21.  The Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability
Challenge Grant Program shall be administered by the Board of
Corrections for the purpose of reducing juvenile crime and
delinquency.  This program shall award grants  based on criteria
developed by the Board of Corrections and  on a competitive
basis  following request-for-proposal evaluation standards
and guidelines developed by the Board of Corrections, as authorized
by this article,  to counties that (a) develop and implement
a comprehensive, multiagency local action plan that provides for a
continuum of responses to juvenile crime and delinquency, including
collaborative ways to address local problems of juvenile crime; and
(b) demonstrate a collaborative and integrated approach for
implementing a system of swift, certain, graduated responses, and
appropriate sanctions for at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.

  SEC. 7.   Section 749.22 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
is amended to read:
   749.22.  Counties that receive funding pursuant to Section 743 or
from the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge
Grant Program shall establish a multiagency juvenile justice
coordinating council that shall develop and implement a continuum of
county-based responses to juvenile crime. The coordinating councils
shall, at a minimum, include the chief probation officer, as chair,
and one representative each from the district attorney's office, the
public defender's office, the sheriff's department, the board of
supervisors, the department of social services, the department of
mental health, a community-based drug and alcohol program, a city
police department, the county office of education or a school
district, and an at-large community representative.  In order to
carry out its duties pursuant to this section, a coordinating council
shall also include representatives from nonprofit community-based
organizations providing services to minors.  The board of supervisors
shall be informed of community-based organizations participating on
a coordinating council.  The coordinating councils shall develop a
comprehensive, multiagency plan that identifies the resources and
strategies for providing an effective continuum of responses for the
prevention, intervention, supervision, treatment, and incarceration
of male and female juvenile offenders, including strategies to
develop and implement locally based or regionally based out-of-home
placement options for youths who are persons described in Section
602.  Counties may utilize community punishment plans developed
pursuant to grants awarded from funds included in the 1995 Budget Act
to the extent the plans address juvenile crime and the juvenile
justice system or local action plans previously developed for this
program.  The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the
following components:
   (a) An assessment of existing law enforcement, probation,
education, mental health, health, social services, drug and alcohol
and youth services resources which specifically target at-risk
juveniles, juvenile offenders, and their families.
   (b) An identification and prioritization of the neighborhoods,
schools, and other areas in the community that face a significant
public safety risk from juvenile crime, such as gang activity,
daylight burglary, late-night robbery, vandalism, truancy, controlled
substance sales, firearm-related violence, and juvenile alcohol use
within the council's jurisdiction.
   (c) A local action plan (LAP) for improving and marshaling the
resources set forth in subdivision (a) to reduce the incidence of
juvenile crime and delinquency in the areas targeted pursuant to
subdivision (b) and the greater community.  The councils shall
prepare their plans to maximize the provision of collaborative and
integrated services of all the resources set forth in subdivision
(a), and shall provide specified strategies for all elements of
response, including prevention, intervention, suppression, and
incapacitation, to provide a continuum for addressing the identified
male and female juvenile crime problem, and strategies to develop and
implement locally based or regionally based out-of-home placement
options for youths who are persons described in Section 602.
   (d) Develop information and intelligence-sharing systems to ensure
that county actions are fully coordinated, and to provide data for
measuring the success of the grantee in achieving its goals.  The
plan shall develop goals related to the outcome measures that shall
be used to determine the effectiveness of the program.
   (e) Identify outcome measures which shall include, but not be
limited to, the following:
   (1) The rate of juvenile arrests.
   (2) The rate of successful completion of probation.
   (3) The rate of successful completion of restitution and
court-ordered community service responsibilities.   
  SEC. 11.  
  SEC. 8.  Section 749.27 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read: 
   749.27.  Funding for the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and
Accountability Challenge Grant Program for grant awards  made
before July 1, 1998,  shall be provided from the amount
appropriated in Item 5430-101-0001 of the Budget Act of  1996
  2000  .  Up to 5 percent of the amount
appropriated in Item 5430-101-0001 of the Budget Act of  1996
  2000  shall be transferred upon the approval of
the Director of Finance, to Item 5430-001-0001 for expenditure as
necessary for the board to administer this program, including
technical assistance to counties and the development of an evaluation
component.  
   It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate twenty-five
million dollars ($25,000,000) in the Budget Act of 2000 for funding
the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant
Program.  Up to 5 percent of the amount appropriated in the Budget
Act of 2000 for the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability
Challenge Grant Program shall be transferred, upon the approval of
the Director of Finance, to the Board of Corrections, as necessary
for the board to administer this program, provide technical
assistance to counties, and to develop and monitor the evaluation
component of this program.   
  SEC. 9.   The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (a) The  California   Department of the 
Youth Authority successfully operated the Gang Violence Reduction
Project in the East Los Angeles area for many years.  This project
received national, state, and local recognition for the innovative
and effective impact the project had on gang violence.  The two key
components attributed to the program's success were that the program
was operated and managed by the Youth Authority parole agents who
provided essential credibility with other law enforcement agents and
the program operated on a dual mission, which was to provide critical
intelligence to law enforcement regarding gang activity and mitigate
or prevent gang conflicts that lead to violence.  Contingent on a
funding allocation of three million five hundred thousand dollars
($3,500,000) in the state budget, the California Youth Authority Gang
Violence Reduction Project shall be established in four counties
throughout the state, Los Angeles, Orange, Alameda, and San Joaquin
Counties, to provide eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($850,000)
per project site to include the cost of Youth Authority personnel,
equipment, and services.
   (b) The Department of  the  Youth Authority currently
supervises gang-involved parolees throughout 17 parole offices
 ,   ;  however, these parolees are not
consolidated into specified gang caseloads.  A Gang Information
Supervision Agent position should be established in each parole
district throughout the state.  The Gang Information Supervision
Agent would allow for greater coordination between law enforcement
and probation officers for high risk gang involved parolees.
Contingent on an allocation of three million eight hundred thousand
dollars ($3,800,000) in the state budget, the California Youth
Authority shall establish the Gang Information and Supervision Agent
project at each of its 17 parole districts.
   (c) The Department of  the  Youth Authority currently
operates two Gang Service Projects in the state.  This program
provides additional supervision to gang identified youth as well as
providing a designated amount of community service hours.  Youth
Correctional Counselor positions should be added to each parole unit
to provide the additional supervision and establish the community
service projects.  Contingent on an allocation of two million three
hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000) in the state budget, the Gang
Service Project shall be added to each parole unit in the state.
   (d) The Department of  the  Youth Authority currently
administers the Youth Centers and Youth Shelters Bond Act.  The bond
act, together with additional appropriations, has allowed the
department to distribute approximately fifty million dollars
($50,000,000) in capital improvement costs to build or acquire youth
centers and youth shelters throughout California. This has been a
major contribution to providing a safe and appropriate place for
at-risk youth.  However, adequate operating funds for these centers
has not been provided.  Contingent on an allocation of fifteen
million dollars ($15,000,000) in the state budget, the Department of
the Youth Authority shall administer a bid process for allocation of
these funds to local and community agencies that provide gang
prevention services in local communities with  a  high
number of commitments to the  California  
Department of the  Youth Authority.  
  SEC. 12.  
  SEC. 10.   No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant
to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution for
certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district because in that regard this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.

   However, notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies
and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.