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          Date of Hearing:   May 10, 2000

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
                              Carole Migden, Chairwoman

                  AB 1913 (Cardenas) - As Amended:  April 27, 2000 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  6-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill allocates $510 million (GF), contingent upon Budget  
          Act appropriations, for a series of juvenile justice-related  
          programs and projects. The specified allocations are: 

          1)$30 million for community-based mental health and substance  
            abuse agencies to provide services to minors participating in  
            diversion programs, to be administered by the Office of  
            Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) and allocated via a  
            request-for-proposal (RFP) process. County probation would be  
            the lead applicant and distribute the funds via RFP.  

          2)$75 million for local juvenile crime diversion and gang  
            prevention programs, administered by OCJP and distributed via  
            RFP. Local law enforcement would be the lead applicant.

          3)$10 million, for local school district police departments to  
            develop school-based juvenile crime diversion programs,  
            administered by OCJP and distributed through an RFP process,  
            80% for law enforcement personnel costs and 20% for services,  
            support and computer technology.

          4)$30 million for school-based probation programs, presumably  
            via an OCJP RFP.

          5)$25 million for local juvenile crime diversion and gang  
            prevention programs for pre-delinquent youth, administered by  
            OCJP and distributed through an RFP process. A local law  
            enforcement agency or probation department would be the lead  
            applicant.









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          6)$18 million to develop gender-specific programs for female  
            offenders, administered by the Board of Corrections (BOC) and  
            distributed through an RFP process. A probation department or  
            law enforcement agency would be the lead applicant.

          7)$10 million to the BOC for local detention facilities for  
            female offenders.

          8)$6 million for the Abolish Chronic Truancy (ACT) program,  
            operated by the L.A. County District Attorney and L.A. County  
            schools. 

          9)$6 million for Communities In Schools (CIS) programs, modeled  
            on an L.A. County program, to be administered by OCJP. 

          10)$220 million to expand the Repeat Offender Prevention Program  
            to every county probation department in the state. 

          11)$55 million to continue funding for, and to expand, the  
            Challenge Grant program administered by the Board of  
            Corrections.  

          12)$3.5 million for the Youth Authority's (CYA) Gang Violence  
            Reduction Project in L.A., Orange, Alameda and San Joaquin  
            counties ($850,000 per site). 

          13)$3.8 million to place a Gang Information Supervision Agent in  
            17 CYA parole offices.

          14)$2.3 million to expand the CYA's Gang Service Project  
            statewide.

          15)$15 million for local gang prevention services, administered  
            by CYA, presumably in relation to local youth centers and  
            shelters.

          FISCAL EFFECT  

          Allocates $509.6 million to the previously referenced programs,  
          contingent upon Budget Act appropriations. 
            
          (For many of the proposed allocations, funding procedures need  
          clarification and additional detail.)   

           COMMENTS  








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           Rationale  . According to the author, "AB 1913 is essential to  
          complete the reform of the juvenile justice system. AB 1913 is a  
          necessary counterpart to Proposition 21, recently passed by the  
          voters.  AB 1913 would provide needed support and reform of the  
          juvenile justice system. It would reduce the public safety  
          problems associated with juvenile delinquency in California by  
          implementing programs proven to reduce recidivism among  
          juveniles."


           Analysis Prepared by :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916)319-2081