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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

                                SB 323  (Hayden)

Hearing Date:5/27/99            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:  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 NOTES the author has proposed  
amendments to reduce costs to $200,000 over 2 years but  
staff has been unable to confirm with DOJ if the provisions  
of the bill can be complied with for that amount.  

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.