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SB-266 Public safety collaborative.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 03/08/2023 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Senate  March 08, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 266


Introduced by Senator Newman

January 31, 2023


An act to amend Section 13825.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes. An act to add Section 13825.55 to the Penal Code, relating to public safety.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 266, as amended, Newman. Crimes: public safety grants. 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 create the Public Safety Collaborative Fund in the 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 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. 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 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 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.

Existing law establishes the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program to provide funds to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that prevent or deter at-risk youth from participating in gangs, as specified.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   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) 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.

SECTION 1.Section 13825.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
13825.1.

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.