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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

                                SB 323  (Hayden)

Hearing Date:5/17/99            Amended:4/22/99        
Consultant: Lisa Matocq         Policy Vote:Pub Saf 5-0
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BILL SUMMARY:  SB 323, until January 1, 2002, (1) creates  
the Peace Process Task Force, the position of Peace Process  
Coordinator within the Attorney General's (AG) office, and  
the Commission on Prison Peace (CPP), as specified, and (2)  
makes all three contingent upon an appropriation in the  
Budget Act of 1999.   
                         Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
  Major Provisions                       1999-2000         2000-01        2001-02      
  Fund  
Task Force          $  100*              $ 50            $  50                  
 General
Coordinator/CPP                $  250*                     Unknown              
          General
*The Senate version of the Budget Bill contains $350,000 for the purposes of  
this bill.                                            

STAFF COMMENTS:  This bill meets the criteria to be placed  
on the Suspense File.  OCJP currently administers the Gang  
Violence Suppression Program which awards grants.   This  
bill creates the 26-member Peace Process Task Force to  
reduce gang violence, as specified.   The task force is  
required to meet at least 4 times before April 15, 2000,  
and to report to the Legislature and the Governor.  The  
bill provides that the AG and SOR may make staff available  
to the task force for technical and research assistance.   
It also specifies that not more than $200,000 shall be  
spent over the 2-year period for purposes of the task  
force.

In addition, the bill creates the position of Peace Process  
Coordinator, within the AG's office, for the purpose of  
evaluating and encouraging violence prevention efforts  
among gangs and residents of inner-city communities, as  
specified.   In addition, it establishes the 18-member  
Commission on Prison Peace to "identify the causes of  
prison violence and recommend innovative approaches to  
prevent them", and report to the Legislature.  The  
provisions of the bill sunset January 1, 2002.   











The bill specifies that the task force, coordinator  
position, and CPP are contingent upon an appropriation in  
the Budget Act of 1999.  The Senate version of the Budget  
Bill contains an appropriation for $350,000 for the  
purposes of this bill.  STAFF RECOMMENDS that a technical  
amendment be taken on page 8, line 26, after and, strike  
"by". 

SB 547 (Watson) of 1997 would have created the position of  
California Gang Prevention Director within the AG's office,  
and was vetoed by the Governor. SB 980 (Hayden) of 1998  
would have created the Peace Process Task Force and was  
vetoed by the Governor.  SB 1731 (Hayden) of 1998, which  
failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee, would  
have created the office of the Peace Process Coordinator  
within OCJP.