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SB-1418 Public safety collaborative.(2021-2022)

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Date Published: 06/15/2022 09:00 PM
SB1418:v96#DOCUMENT

Amended  IN  Assembly  June 15, 2022
Amended  IN  Senate  May 19, 2022
Amended  IN  Senate  March 15, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1418

Introduced by Senator Newman
(Principal coauthor: Senator Laird)

February 18, 2022

An act to add Section 13825.55 to the Penal Code, relating to public safety.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1418, as amended, Newman. Public safety collaborative.
Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections. Existing law charges the board with providing the statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California’s adult and juvenile criminal justice system.
This bill would establish the North Orange County and Central Coast Public Safety Collaboratives, as specified, create the Public Safety Collaborative Fund in the state treasury, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund equally the collaboratives. State Treasury. The bill would require the board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer public safety collaborative grants from the fund to regional public safety collaboratives established for violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities. The bill would require each a collaborative applying for a grant to establish a coordinating and advisory board with membership, including city officials, local law enforcement, and local stakeholders, to prioritize the use of the funds, funds. The bill would authorize grant funds to be utilized for a range of programs, services, and activities designed to reduce violence, including programs to address youth violence prevention and intervention in K–12 schools and homeless outreach and intervention efforts. The bill would require each a public safety collaborative to distribute at least 60% of the funds to one or more community-based organizations to assist with violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities. The bill would require each a public safety collaborative to report to the board annually by June 30 on the use of the funds and the effectiveness of the collaborative and the board to report annually to the Governor and Legislature by December 31.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 13825.55 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13825.55.
 (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 13825.1) of Title 6 of Part 4, the North Orange County Public Safety Collaborative (North Orange Collaborative) shall include the Cities of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Cypress, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Orange, Placentia, Stanton, and Yorba Linda. The collaborative may add additional cities within the region if a majority of the existing participant cities approve the additional city by majority vote. There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Public Safety Collaborative Fund. Moneys in the fund shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of this section.
(b) (1) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall administer public safety collaborative grants from the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to regional public safety collaboratives established for violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities. Preference in Public Safety Collaborative Fund distributions shall be given to existing collaboratives, including, but not limited to, the North Orange County Public Safety Collaborative.
(2) The board shall establish minimum requirements, funding criteria, and procedures for awarding grants.

(1)The North Orange Collaborative shall establish a coordinating and advisory board to prioritize the use of the funds. Membership shall include city officials, local law enforcement, and local stakeholders.

(2)The funding shall be used by the North Orange Collaborative for the purpose of violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities. Specifically, the funds from paragraph (1) may be utilized for a range of programs, services, and activities designed to reduce violence, and may include the following:

(c) (1) Public safety collaborative grant funds may be utilized for a range of programs, services, and activities designed to reduce violence, and may include the following:
(A) Programs to address youth violence prevention and intervention in K–12 schools.
(B) Programs to promote and enhance the successful reentry of offenders into the community.
(C) Programs to address homeless outreach and intervention efforts.
(2) A collaborative that applies for a public safety collaborative grant shall establish a coordinating and advisory board to prioritize the use of the funds. Membership shall include city officials, local law enforcement, and local stakeholders.
(3) The North Orange Collaborative A public safety collaborative shall distribute at least 60 percent of the funds from paragraph (1) to one or more community-based organizations to assist with violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities.
(4) The North Orange Collaborative A public safety collaborative shall report annually to the Board of State and Community Corrections by June 30 each year on how these funds are being used and any relevant findings on the overall effectiveness of the collaborative. The Board of State and Community Corrections shall provide this information annually to the Legislature and Governor by December 31.

(b)The Central Coast Public Safety Collaborative (Central Coast Collaborative) shall include cities in the central coast region. The collaborative may add additional cities within the region if a majority of the existing participant cities approve the additional city by majority vote.

(1)The Central Coast Collaborative shall establish a coordinating and advisory board to prioritize the use of the funds. Membership shall include city officials, local law enforcement, and local stakeholders.

(2)The funding shall be used by the Central Coast Collaborative for the purpose of violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities. Specifically, the funds from paragraph (1) may be utilized for a range of programs, services, and activities designed to reduce violence, and may include the following:

(A)Programs to address youth violence prevention and intervention in K–12 schools.

(B)Programs to promote and enhance the successful reentry of offenders into the community.

(C)Programs to address homeless outreach and intervention efforts.

(3)The Central Coast Collaborative shall distribute at least 60 percent of the funds from paragraph (1) to one or more community-based organizations to assist with violence prevention, intervention, and suppression activities.

(4)The Central Coast Collaborative shall report annually to the Board of State and Community Corrections by June 30 each year on how these funds are being used and any relevant findings on the overall effectiveness of the collaborative. The Board of State and Community Corrections shall provide this information annually to the Legislature and Governor by December 31.

(c)There is hereby established in the state treasury the Public Safety Collaborative Fund. Moneys in the fund shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of this section.

(d) The reports to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.