BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1913
Author: Cardenas (D)
Amended: 8/17/00 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Local law enforcement funding
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill appropriates $242.6 million for local
law enforcement programs. Of these funds, $121.3 million
would be for continued funding of the Citizens Option for
Public Safety (COPS) program, and $121.3 million would be
provided for a juvenile justice initiative to be
administered by the Board of Corrections.
ANALYSIS : AB 2885 contained funding for COPS and a
juvenile justice initiative. It passed the Senate 36-0 and
the Assembly 75-0. The Governor item vetoed the juvenile
justice funding.
AB 1913 is considered a compromise on this issue.
This bill would repeal and add Government Code sections
that were amended by AB 2885 (Ch. 100, Stats. 2000).
Specifically, this bill would do the following, all of
which are identical to the provisions of AB 2885:
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1. Appropriate $121.3 million for continued funding for the
COPS program, which provides supplemental funds to
cities and counties for frontline officers.
Historically, COPS has been funded at $100 million
(since 1996-1997).
2. Include $21 million to guarantee a minimum of $100,000
to all participating cities and/or counties, as
specified.
3. Provide for additional new components to the COPS
program such as: (a) requiring the return of unused
moneys to the General Fund; and, (b) requiring an annual
report on expenditures to the Legislature.
4. Appropriate $121.3 million for local juvenile justice
programs.
5. Require that counties use a multiagency Juvenile Justice
Coordinating Council, chaired by the county chief
probation officer, to develop a local action plan for
juvenile justice, as specified.
6. Require specified outcome measures and annual reporting
on the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs funded
through this program.
This bill contains the following provisions additional to
what was in AB 2885:
1. Expands and clarifies the accountability requirements of
local juvenile justice plans to require the following:
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
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burglary, late-night robbery, vandalism, truancy,
controlled substance sales, firearm-related violence,
and juvenile substance abuse and alcohol use.
C. A local juvenile justice action strategy that
provides for a continuum of responses to juvenile
crime and delinquency and demonstrates a collaborative
and integrated approach for implementing a system of
swift, certain, and graduated responses for at-risk
youth and juvenile offenders.
D. Programs proposed to be funded, including the
projected amount of each program.
1. Requires that programs proposed to be funded satisfy the
following requirements:
A. Be based on programs and approaches that have been
demonstrated to be effective in reducing delinquency
and addressing juvenile crime for any element s of
response to juvenile crime and delinquency, including
prevention, intervention, suppression, and
incapacitation;
B. Collaborate and integrate services of juvenile
justice resources, as specified, to the extent
appropriate;
C. Employ information sharing systems to ensure that
county actions are fully coordinated, and designed to
provide data for measuring the success of juvenile
justice programs and strategies; and
D. Adopt goals related to the outcome measures that
shall be used to determine the effectiveness of the
local juvenile justice action strategy.
1. Requires juvenile justice plans to identify, and the
local juvenile justice action strategy to incorporate,
specific outcome measures which shall include, but not
be limited to, the following:
A. The rate of juvenile arrests per 100,000 of
population.
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B. The rate of successful completion of probation.
C. The rate of successful completion of restitution
and court-ordered community service responsibilities.
D. Arrest, incarceration and probation violation rates
of program participants.
E. Quantification of the annual per capita costs of
the program.
1. Requires counties or a city or county to which funding
has been allocated to provide the Board of Corrections
with specified reports on the effectiveness of funded
programs.
2. Requires the Board of Corrections to approve
applications before funding can occur, and to review
submitted or resubmitted plans within 30 days of
receipt.
3. Requires that moneys allocated for juvenile justice must
be used to supplement and not supplant funding by local
agencies for existing services.
4. Deletes the intent language pertaining to future year
appropriations.
5. Appropriates $750,000 to the Board of Corrections for
administering the juvenile justice requirements.
6. Changes the sunset from a July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2002.
Governor's Veto Message of AB 2885 :
"I am signing Assembly Bill No. 2885; however, I am
deleting the allocation and the funding for the juvenile
justice programs contained in this measure.
"This bill appropriates $242,600,000 General Fund to
provide funding for continuation of the Citizens' Option
for Public Safety (COPS) program and to establish and
fund local juvenile justice programs. From this
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$242,600,000 appropriation, the bill allocates (1)
$121,300,000 for the COPS program (5.15 percent,
$12,500,000 to district attorneys; 5.15 percent,
$12,500,000 to counties for jail operations; and 39.7
percent, $96,300,000 to local agencies for front-line law
enforcement), and (2) $121,300,000 to counties for
juvenile justice programs. The provisions of this bill
would sunset on January 1, 2005, and states legislative
intent to appropriate at least $242,600,000 in fiscal
years 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2003-04 for the purposes of
funding the provisions of this measure.
"The COPS program has provided supplemental funding to
counties, cities, and special police protection districts
for local law enforcement services in order to enhance
public safety. This bill would provide statutory
authority to continue this worthy program through
2003-04. I support continuing the COPS program and
providing the full funding at the $121,300,000 level
allocated under the provisions of this measure.
"With respect to the juvenile justice provisions in the
bill, while I am supportive of programs that reduce
juvenile crime and delinquency, the programmatic
justification for the juvenile justice programs in the
bill is insufficient to support the General Fund
appropriation for this purpose. In addition, given the
lack of information regarding the components of the
juvenile justice programs, the benefits of these programs
as currently configured are unclear. Therefore, I am
deleting the $121,300,000 intended to fund the juvenile
justice programs.
"I would be supportive of subsequent legislation that
would appropriate $71,300,000 General Fund for proven
juvenile justice programs and which contains the
following components: (1) provisions specifying the
funding in the measure would not be for the purpose of
supplanting existing local funding, (2) provisions
delineating a mechanism for the programs being funded to
be measured and assessed for both expenditures and
success, and (3) provisions specifying the criteria and
standards for the use of the funds. Additionally, this
subsequent bill should also include a $9,210,000 General
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Fund appropriation for the Turning Point Academy program
that was inadvertently left out of the Budget Bill."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
DLW:jk 8/17/00 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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