13825.55.
(a) 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.
(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) 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) 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.
(d) The reports to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.