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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

                                SB 323  (Hayden)

Hearing Date:6/8/99             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
                                                     

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, and are  
contingent upon an appropriation in the Budget Act of 1999.  
 











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.