Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention. Existing law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program within the Board of State and Community Corrections to grant funds, upon appropriation, to local jurisdictions and Indian tribes for the purpose of implementing trauma-informed diversion programs for minors, as specified.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist school health centers, which are defined as centers or programs, located at or near local educational agencies, that provide age-appropriate health care services at the program site or through referrals, as specified.

This bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. The bill would specify the types of programs the grant funds may be used for, including, but not limited to, programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence and the creation and operation of school-based health centers. The bill would require the agency to develop an application process and criteria for funding and would require the agency to administer the grant program, as specified. The bill would require, beginning July 31, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analysts Office to calculate the savings to the state from the closure of state prisons, as specified, and would require the Director of Finance to certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. The bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the agency for the purposes of the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program. The bill would require that the Controller, before August 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, upon appropriation by the Legislature, transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund the total amount of savings from the closure of state prisons so calculated.

Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention. Existing law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program within the Board of State and Community Corrections to grant funds, upon appropriation, to local jurisdictions and Indian tribes for the purpose of implementing trauma-informed diversion programs for minors, as specified.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist school health centers, which are defined as centers or programs, located at or near local educational agencies, that provide age-appropriate health care services at the program site or through referrals, as specified.

This bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. The bill would specify the types of programs the grant funds may be used for, including, but not limited to, programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence and the creation and operation of school-based health centers. The bill would require the agency to develop an application process and criteria for funding and would require the agency to administer the grant program, as specified. The bill would require, beginning July 31, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analysts Office to calculate the savings to the state from the closure of state prisons, as specified, and would require the Director of Finance to certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. The bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund as a continuously appropriated fund and Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the agency for the purposes of the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program. The bill would require that the Controller, before August 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, upon appropriation by the Legislature, transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund the total amount of savings from the closure of state prisons so calculated. By continuously appropriating these funds, the bill would make an appropriation.

Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2030, the Racial Equity Commission within the Office of Planning and Research and requires the commission to develop resources, best practices, and tools for advancing racial equity by, among other things, developing a statewide Racial Equity Framework that includes methodologies and tools that can be employed to advance racial equity and address structural racism in California.

This bill would make related findings and declarations. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would establish and fund a grant program to support community-driven solutions to decrease community violence at the family, school, and neighborhood levels in African American communities.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON

Senator Anna Caballero, Chair

2023 - 2024 Regular Session

AB 2064 (Jones-Sawyer) - Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program

Bill Summary:

AB 2064 would require the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) to administer the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.

Fiscal Impact:

The CHHS anticipates delegating the authority to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The CDPH estimates the following costs:

• Local assistance costs of $9 million for grants, $1 million for technical assistance, and $750,000 for a research contract to provided evaluation support for the grantees.
• State administration costs of $712,000.
• Funding would depend on an appropriation, by the General Fund or the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund.

Background:

Current law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), for the purpose of making grants to cities and tribal governments to improve public health and safety by supporting effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence.

Current law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program within the BSCC for the purpose of granting funds to local governments and tribes. The program allocates funds for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for children that are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally relevant, among other things.

Current law establishes the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in the CHHS, with the mission of promoting trauma responsive, culturally informed services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system that support their successful transition to adulthood and help them become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of their communities. The OYCR must identify policy recommendations for improved outcomes and integrated programs and services to best support delinquent youth; identify and disseminate best practices to help inform rehabilitative and restorative youth practices, including education, diversion, re-entry, religious and victims’ services; and, provide technical assistance as requested to develop and expand local youth diversion opportunities to meet the varied needs of the delinquent youth population, including but not limited to sex offender, substance abuse, and mental health treatment.

Current law requires the California Department of Public Health, to the extent funding is appropriated, to establish the Public School Health Center Support Program, in collaboration with the California Department of Education, to assist in establishing, expanding, and sustaining school-based health centers.

Proposed Law:

Specific provisions of the bill would:

• Require the CHHS to administer the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.
• Specify that eligible programs include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
  • Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement.
  • Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence.
  • Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability.
  • Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system.
  • The creation and operation of school-based health centers.
• Create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund and specify that moneys in the fund must be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to CHHS for the purposes of this program.
• Require, on or before July 31, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office to calculate the savings that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year, as specified.
• Require, before August 15 of each fiscal year and upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Controller to transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund an amount, as specified.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Senator Aisha Wahab, Chair

2023 - 2024 Regular

Bill No: AB 2064 Hearing Date: July 2, 2024

Subject: Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program

HISTORY

Source: Author

Prior Legislation: AB 1454 (Jones-Sawyer), Chapter 584, Statutes of 2019.

AB 1603 (Jones-Sawyer) Chapter 735, Statutes of 2019.

SB 493 (Bradford), held in Assembly Appropriations, 2021.

AB 762 (Wicks), Chapter 421, Statutes of 2023.

Support: Alameda County Office of Education; Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth; Black Equity Collective; California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; California Black Power Network; California Public Defenders Association; California Reparations Task Force Members Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, and Don Tamaki; Catalyst California; County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors; Equal Justice Society; Greater Sacramento Urban League; Livefree California; Multi-faith Action Coalition

Opposition: None known

Assembly Floor Vote: 64 - 7

PURPOSE

The purpose of this bill is to require the California Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to establish and administer the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program (CVIGP) to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. The bill requires the funding to be equal to the savings that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year

Existing law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program (YRGP) within the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the purpose of granting funds, as specified. (Welfare & Institution Code § 1450.)

Existing law requires that three percent of funds allocated to YRGP be used for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for Native American children that use trauma-informed, community-based, and health-based interventions. (Welfare & Institution Code § 1453, subd. (a).)

Existing law states that priority must be given to diversion programs addressing the needs of Native American children who experience high rates of juvenile arrest, suicide, and alcohol abuse, among other things. (Welfare & Institution Code § 1453, subd. (b).)

Existing law requires that a specified percentage of funds be allocated for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for children throughout local jurisdictions that are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally relevant, among other things. (Welfare & Institution Code § 1454 subds. (a) & (b).)

Existing law states that jurisdictions with the highest need must be provide a certain minimum of funds and defines “highest needs” as areas with high juvenile arrest rates and high levels of racial or ethnic disparity in juveniles arrest rates. (Welfare & Institution Code §1454, subd. (b).)

Existing law provides that BSCC is responsible for oversight and accountability of the program and that it must track funding, provide guidance to programs, and contract with a research firm to conduct a statewide evaluation of the grant, as specified. (Welfare & Institution Code § 1455.)

Existing law states that the YRGP funds must be allocated by the BSCC through a competitive grant process, as specified. (Welfare & Institution Code §1458.)

Existing law establishes the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in the California Health and Human Services Agency, whose mission is to promote trauma responsive, culturally informed services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system that support their successful transition to adulthood and help them become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of the community. (Welfare & Institution Code §2200, subds. (a) & (b).

Existing law provides that all juvenile justice grant administration functions in the Board of State and Community Corrections shall be moved to the OYCR no later than January 1, 2025. (Welfare & Institution Code §2200, subd. (h).

Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention Program (CalVIP), to be administered by the BSCC. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (a).)

Existing law states that the purpose of CalVIP is to improve public health and safety by supporting effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (b).)

Existing law defines “community gun violence” to mean intentional acts of interpersonal violence involving a firearm, generally committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim, and which result in physical injury, emotional harm, or death. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (b).)

Existing law states that CalVIP grants shall be used to develop, support, expand, and replicate evidence-based community gun violence reduction initiatives, including, without limitation, hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused-deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt cycles of community gun violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (c).)

Existing law states that CalVIP grants shall be made on a competitive basis to cities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence, to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities, including tribal governments, and to counties that have on or more cities disproportionately impacted by community gun violence within their jurisdictions. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (d).)

Existing law states that for purposes of CalVIP, a city is disproportionately impacted by community gun violence if any of the following are true:

• The city experienced 20 or more homicides per calendar year during two or more of the three calendar years immediately preceding the grant application;
  
• The city experienced 10 or more homicides per calendar year and had a homicide rate that was at least 50%higher than the statewide homicide rate during two or more of the three calendar years immediately preceding the grant application; or,
  
• An applicant otherwise demonstrates a unique and compelling need for additional resources to address the impact of community gun violence in the applicant’s community. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (e)(1)-(3).)

Existing law states that an applicant for a CalVIP grant shall submit a proposal, in a form prescribed by the board, as specified. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (f).)

Existing law states that in awarding CalVIP grants, the board shall give preference to applicants whose grant proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood of reducing the incidence of community gun violence in the applicant’s community, without contributing to mass incarceration. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (g).)

Existing law requires the amount of funds awarded to an applicant to be commensurate with the scope of the applicant’s proposal and the applicant’s demonstrated need for additional resources to address community gun violence in the applicant’s community. (Penal Code §14131, subd. (h).)

This bill establishes the CVIGP and requires it to be administered by the HHSA to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.

This bill requires eligible programs to include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

• Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement;
• Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence;
• Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability;
• Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system; and,
• The creation and operation of school-based health centers.

This bill requires the HHSA to develop an application process and criteria for funding.

This bill provides that grants shall be made on a competitive basis with preference to cities and local jurisdictions that are disproportionately impacted by violence and gang involvement, and with preference to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities and local jurisdictions.

This bill requires HHSA, when implementing the grant program, to work with relevant stakeholders to promote and implement the grant program in a manner that effectively reaches a wide geography throughout the state and ensures that regions most impacted by violence and gang involvement are adequately considered with an emphasis on addressing the violence prevention and gang deterrence needs within these regions.

This bill requires applicants seeking grant funding to implement evidenced-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma to demonstrate how they will prioritize interventions for pupils most impacted by trauma and typically unable to access traditional services, including, but not limited to:

• Pupils who are low income or homeless;
• Pupils who display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or severe trauma-related symptoms;
• Pupils who are members of immigrant and refugee groups;
• Pupils with exceptional needs; and,
• Pupils who interact with child protective systems or who have had contact with the juvenile justice system.

This bill establishes the CVIG Fund within the State Treasury and states that moneys in the fund shall be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the agency for the CVIG.

This bill requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, on or before July 31, 2025, and every year thereafter, to calculate savings that accrued from the closure of state prisons during prior fiscal year.

This bill requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, when calculating cost savings, to use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available.

This bill requires the Director of Finance to calculate the average between actual data and best available estimates from prison closures and once finalized, cannot be adjusted.

This bill requires the State Controller, upon appropriation by the legislature, to transfer before August 15, 2025, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, an amount of money from the General Fund to the CVIGP equal to the finalized savings estimate that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year.

COMMENTS

1. Need for This Bill

According to the Author:

By advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the State Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. It is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. AB 2064 will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, we send a message that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous and we provide much needed resources for some outstanding programs.

1. CalVIP Grants

The CalVIP grant program was established in 2017 and replaced the California Gang Reduction Intervention and Prevention grant program. According to the BSCC website

In October 2019 Governor Newsom signed the Break the Cycle of Violence Act (AB 1603). AB 1603 codified the establishment of CalVIP and defined its purpose: to improve public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly group-member involved homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. The Break the Cycle of Violence act specifies that CalVIP grants shall be used to support, expand and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including but not limited to: hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence strategies.

These initiatives should seek to interrupt cycles of violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults and shall be primarily focused on providing violence intervention services to the small segment of the population that is identified as having the highest risk of perpetrating or being victimized by violence in the near future. (https://www.bscc.ca.gov/s_cpgpcalvipgrant/)

In 2021, the state budget allocated a onetime augmentation of 200 million dollars to be spread across 3 fiscal years (2021-22, 20022-23, and 2023-24) to CalVIP. In addition, the yearly state budget has allocated 29 million in 2019, 8 million in 2020, and 74 million in 2021 (this allocation was a portion of the aforementioned augmentation). The yearly cohorts of grantees are available for reference on the BSCC’s website, under the California Violence Intervention & Prevention Grant section.

This bill would create a new fund with a similar focus as the CalVIP program.

1. Argument in Support

According to the California Public Defenders Association:

AB 2064 creates the Community Violence Interdiction Program within the California Health and Human Services Agency to fund community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. Eligible programs will focus on collaborative programs that reduce gang violence and youth involvement in the justice system, provide recreation, health and support for youth and youth who have experienced trauma and school-based health centers.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), violence is an urgent health problem:

Decades of research, prevention, and services have provided valuable insights into various forms of violence and effective ways to prevent and respond to them. One consistent finding is the strong interconnection between different forms of violence. Research has shown that people who experience one form of violence are more likely to experience other forms. Additionally, people who engage in violence in one context (e.g., towards peers) are also likely to be violent in other contexts (e.g., towards dating partners). Research has also shown that various forms of violence share common consequences that can negatively impact mental, emotional, physical, and social well-being. These consequences may contribute to chronic health conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, lung disease, or diabetes. Lastly, the research has found that different forms of violence also share common risk and protective factors. Understanding the overlapping causes of violence and the things that can protect people and communities can help us better prevent violence in all its forms. (CDC Violence Prevention)

The CDC points out that young people are disproportionately impacted by violence in their communities as illustrated by over 50% of U.S. homicides in 2020 occurred among those age 15 to 34. Even those who are not injured or killed do not escape unscathed. About 64% of U.S. adults reported that they had experienced at least one type of adverse childhood experience (ACE) including violence. These experiences are connected to long-term health effects. Again, the CDC opines that “preventing ACEs may avert up to 21 million cases of depression, 1.9 million cases of heart disease, and 2.5 million cases of overweight/obesity.” (CDC Injury and Violence Prevention)

As public defenders we have seen repeatedly youth and adults who come from communities with a lack of resources for health, recreation, mental health and support for trauma who end up in the criminal legal system. Many, if not most, of them suffer from untreated trauma which led to their involvement in the criminal legal system.

By treating trauma and violence as a health issue AB 2064 is an efficient, sensible way of preventing and or mitigating the harms that affect California communities, businesses and individuals. It is a crucial first step in breaking the cycle of violence and harm.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Richard Roth, Chair

BILL NO: AB 2064

SUBJECT: Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program

SUMMARY:

Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to administer the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.

Existing law:

1. Establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA), consisting of the Departments of Aging, Community Services and Development, Developmental Services, Health Care Access and Information, Health Care Services, Managed Health Care, Public Health (CDPH), Rehabilitation, Social Services, and State Hospitals; and, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Office of Patient Advocate, the Office of Systems Integration, the Office of Law Enforcement Support, the Office of the Surgeon General, and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. [HSC §12800 and §12803]
2. Requires CDPH, to the extent funding is appropriated, to establish the Public School Health Center Support Program (PSHCSP), in collaboration with the California Department of Education, to assist in establishing, expanding, and sustaining school-based health centers (SBHCs). Requires CDPH to establish a grant program for local educational agencies (LEAs) for these purposes. [HSC §124174, et seq.]
3. Establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (CalVIP), administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), for the purpose of making grants to cities and tribal governments to improve public health and safety by supporting effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence. [PEN §14131, et seq.]
4. Establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program (YRGP) within the BSCC for the purpose of granting funds to local governments and tribes. Requires that a percentage of funds be allocated for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for children that are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally relevant, among other things. [WIC §450, et seq.]
5. Establishes the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in CHHSA, with the mission of promoting trauma responsive, culturally informed services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system that support their successful transition to adulthood and help them become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of their communities. Requires OYCR to identify policy recommendations for improved outcomes and integrated programs and services to best support delinquent youth; identify and disseminate best practices to help inform rehabilitative and restorative youth practices, including education, diversion, re-entry, religious and victims’ services; and, provide technical assistance as requested to develop and expand local youth diversion opportunities to meet the varied needs of the delinquent youth population, including but not limited to sex offender, substance abuse, and mental health treatment. Requires all juvenile justice grant administration functions in the BSCC to be moved to the OYCR by January 1, 2025. [WIC §2200, et seq.]

This bill:

1. Requires CHHSA to administer the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. Requires CHHSA to develop an application process and criteria for funding. Requires eligible programs to include, but not be limited to:
   1. Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement;
   2. Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence;
   3. Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability;
   4. Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system; and,
   5. The creation and operation of school-based health centers.
2. Requires grants to be made on a competitive basis with preference to cities and local jurisdictions that are disproportionately impacted by violence and gang involvement, and with preference to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities and local jurisdictions.
3. Requires CHHSA to work with relevant stakeholders to promote and implement the grant program in a manner that effectively reaches a wide geography throughout the state and ensures that regions most impacted by violence and gang involvement are adequately considered with an emphasis on addressing the violence prevention and gang deterrence needs within these regions.
4. Requires grant applications for funding to implement evidenced-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma to demonstrate how they will prioritize interventions for pupils most impacted by trauma and typically unable to access traditional services, including, but not limited to, pupils who are low income or homeless, display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or severe trauma-related symptoms, members of immigrant and refugee groups, pupils with exceptional needs, and pupils who interact with child protective systems or who have had contact with the juvenile justice system.
5. Establishes the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund within the State Treasury, and requires fund moneys to be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to CHHSA for purposes of this bill.
6. Requires the Director of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), each fiscal year beginning July 31, 2025, to calculate the savings that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year. Requires the two calculations to be averaged, and for that average to be the final calculation. Requires DOF to certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. Requires the Controller, before August 15 every year beginning in 2025, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund the calculated amount.

FISCAL EFFECT:

According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:

1. Cost pressures (General Fund), likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually, to fund the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program. This bill directs, upon appropriation, cost savings that result from the closure of state prison facilities into the grant program established by the bill. The bill does not specify how CHHSA's administration of the grant program will be funded; if CHHSA does not receive a portion of the money allocated to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund, the agency may seek additional General Fund support.
2. Likely absorbable costs to DOF and the LAO to calculate annual savings resulting from closure of state prison facilities.

PRIOR VOTES:

COMMENTS:

1. Author’s statement. According to the author, by advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the State Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. It is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. This bill will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, we send a message that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous and we provide much needed resources for some outstanding programs.
2. Violence as a public health issue. According to CDPH, violence is a leading cause of injury, disability, and death. It impacts the health and well-being of all Californians - our families, neighbors, coworkers, schools, and communities. The consequences of violence are costly, and influence nearly all health and mental health outcomes throughout life. In 2014, there were over 6,000 violent deaths, over 27,000 hospitalizations, and 154,000 emergency department visits for violent injuries in California, with an estimated annual cost of over $11 billion in medical costs and lost productivity. Although this data represents the best available estimates, violence is often underreported, which means that the full magnitude and consequences of violence are far more substantial than reflected in these figures. There are many different forms of violence that negatively impact individuals, relationships, communities and society. There are unique characteristics and different approaches for addressing each category of violence. These forms are also interconnected and share many of the same root causes, such as harmful social norms, substance abuse, social isolation, and poverty and income inequality. According to CDPH, violent deaths are, however, only the “tip of the iceberg” of harm from violence. Violence has far-reaching impacts through non-fatal injury and disability as well as health and mental health consequences across the lifespan and even generations for individuals, families and communities exposed to violence. Violence must be viewed in the context of broader socioeconomic factors, such as lack of educational and occupational opportunities. These factors may significantly impact the likelihood of violence by increasing or decreasing risk and protective factors, thus contributing to disparities and inequities
3. CDPH Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI). According to CDPH, the purpose of VPI is to elevate violence as a priority, integrating and aligning efforts across multiple CDPH programs, and framing the public health governmental role in addressing violence. Public health recognizes that violence is preventable and takes a primary prevention approach, working "upstream" to address underlying causes to prevent violence from happening in the first place. The public health approach to violence prevention focuses on the following:
   1. Define and monitor the problem – Analyze data such as the number of violence-related injuries and deaths.
   2. Identify risk and protective factors – These can increase or decrease the likelihood of a person becoming a victim or perpetrator of violence.
   3. Develop and test prevention strategies – Use data and findings from evaluation and research as an evidence-based approach to program planning.
   4. Assure widespread dissemination of effective practices – Share best practices through networking, training, and technical assistance. 
4. SBHCs. According to the California School-Based Health Alliance (CSBHA) website, there are 293 SBHCs in California but over 10,000 schools, and their distribution is not a coordinated, statewide project, although individual districts have strategically worked to increase access to care. Many SBHCs are located in schools serving some of the state’s most vulnerable children: 70% of students attending schools with a SBHC receive free and reduced-priced lunches and primarily serve low-income students and reduce health disparities for young people by increasing access to comprehensive health care. SBHCs also improve educational equity by reducing barriers to learning (e.g., missed school days due to illness), often disproportionately experienced by low-income students and students of color. The most common organizations serving as the health care providers and sponsors of SBHCs in California are community health centers and school districts. Other sponsoring organizations include county health departments, hospitals and medical centers, mental health agencies, nonprofit community-based organizations, and private physician groups. SBHCs are also funded through third-party reimbursement from state-sponsored programs, such as Medi-Cal. According to CSBHA, SBHCs provide a safe place for students and family members to talk about challenging issues (depression, behavior problems, academic performance, substance abuse, sexuality, or relationships, etc.). SBHCs can connect medical services and mental health services to classroom health education, group interventions, and other campus projects, clubs, or activities. SBHCs services are provided at no or low cost, and some of the common services (and the percentage of SBHCs offering them) include: medical services (85%); mental health services (70%); reproductive health screening and prevention (57%); reproductive health clinical care (60%); dental prevention services (65%); dental treatment services (35%); and youth engagement programs (51%).
5. Double referral. Should this bill pass out of this Committee, it will be referred to the Senate Committee on Public Safety.
6. Support. The Greater Sacramento Urban League writes that they recognize the importance of reinvesting savings from prison closures into programs that prevent incarceration on the front end, promoting safer communities and reducing the need for future prison beds. The Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth (ARRT), an alliance of several of the bill’s other supporters, writes in support that establishing the Community Violence Interdiction Program with redirected savings from the closure of state prisons is a sensible preventive solution to expand the care-based supports and services communities need to decrease violence in their neighborhoods and schools. The ARRT indicates this bill grants California the opportunity to commit to repairing the harm it helped create by reimagining safety with a sensible preventive solution to expand the care-based supports and services communities need to decrease violence in their neighborhoods and schools.

SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION:

Support: Alameda County Office of Education

Black Equity Collective

California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

California Black Power Network

Catalyst California

Equal Justice Society

Greater Sacramento Urban League

LiveFree California

Multi-Faith Action Coalition

Santa Monica Democratic Club

Four individuals

Oppose: None received.

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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING

ATR Bill Id:AB 2064

Author:(Jones-Sawyer)

As Amended Ver:May 16, 2024

Majority vote

SUMMARY

Establishes the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program (CVIGP).

Major Provisions

1. Establishes CVIGP and requires it to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.
2. Requires eligible programs to include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
   1. Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement;
   2. Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence;
   3. Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability;
   4. Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth's involvement or further involvement in the justice system; and,
   5. The creation and operation of school-based health centers.
3. Requires the HHSA to develop an application process and criteria for funding.
4. Provides that grants shall be made on a competitive basis with preference to cities and local jurisdictions that are disproportionately impacted by violence and gang involvement, and with preference to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities and local jurisdictions.
5. Requires HHSA, when implementing the grant program, to work with relevant stakeholders to promote and implement the grant program in a manner that effectively reaches a wide geography throughout the state and ensures that regions most impacted by violence and gang involvement are adequately considered with an emphasis on addressing the violence prevention and gang deterrence needs within these regions.
6. Requires applicants seeking grant funding to implement evidenced-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma to demonstrate how they will prioritize interventions for pupils most impacted by trauma and typically unable to access traditional services, including, but not limited to:
   1. Pupils who are low income or homeless;
   2. Pupils who display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or severe trauma-related symptoms;
   3. Pupils who are members of immigrant and refugee groups;
   4. Pupils with exceptional needs; and,
   5. Pupils who interact with child protective systems or who have had contact with the juvenile justice system.
7. Establishes the CVIG Fund within the State Treasury and states that moneys in the fund shall be made available only upon appropriation by the Legislature.
8. Requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office, on or before July 31, 2025, and every year thereafter, to calculate savings that accrued from the closure of state prisons during prior fiscal year.
9. Requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office, when calculating cost savings, to use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available.
10. Requires the Director of Finance to calculate the average between actual data and best available estimates from prison closures and once finalized, cannot be adjusted.
11. Provides that the Director of Finance shall certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year.
12. Provides that before August 15, 2025, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall transfer money from the General Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the CVIGP based on the final calculations from the Director of Finance.

COMMENTS

According to the Author

"By advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the State Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. It is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. AB 2064 will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, we send a message that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous and we provide much needed resources for some outstanding programs."

Arguments in Support

According to The Greater Sacramento Urban League, "AB 2064 is a critical piece of legislation that aims to address community violence by establishing the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program within the California Health and Human Services Agency. This program will provide funding for community-driven solutions designed to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.

"The reduction in California's prison population over recent years, due to successful criminal justice reform efforts, has generated significant savings. AB 2064 recognizes the importance of reinvesting these savings into programs that prevent incarceration on the front end, promoting safer communities and reducing the need for future prison beds.

"The bill creates the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund, ensuring that funds generated from the closure of state prisons are allocated towards proactive measures to address violence. Eligible programs outlined in the bill include supportive programs, recreational opportunities, health programs addressing youth trauma, and youth diversion programs, all of which are crucial for preemptively reducing and eliminating violence and gang involvement.

"The Greater Sacramento Urban League has been dedicated to empowering communities and fostering positive change throughout the Sacramento region since 1968. Our mission is to empower Black and other historically marginalized people throughout the region in securing economic self-reliance, educational fulfillment, social justice, and civil rights while living well, being well, and thriving. Over the years, we have diligently worked to address systemic issues impacting our communities and advocate for policies that promote safety, equity, and opportunity for all."

Arguments in Opposition

None on file.

FISCAL COMMENTS

According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:

1) Cost pressures (General Fund), likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually, to fund the CVIGP. This bill directs, upon appropriation, cost savings that result from the closure of state prison facilities into the grant program established by the bill. The bill does not specify how HHSA's administration of the grant program will be funded; if HHSA does not receive a portion of the money allocated to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund, the agency may seek additional General Fund support.

2) Likely absorbable costs to Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office to calculate annual savings resulting from closure of state prison facilities.

VOTES

ASM PUBLIC SAFETY: 7-1-0

YES: McCarty, Alanis, Stephanie Nguyen, Reyes, Ting, Wilson, Zbur

NO: Lackey

ASM HEALTH: 15-1-0

YES: Bonta, Waldron, Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Wendy Carrillo, Flora, Haney, Jones-Sawyer, Maienschein, McCarty, Joe Patterson, Rodriguez, Santiago, Schiavo, Weber

NO: Sanchez

ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 11-4-0

YES: Wicks, Arambula, Bryan, Calderon, Wendy Carrillo, Mike Fong, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Pellerin, Villapudua

NO: Sanchez, Dixon, Jim Patterson, Ta

UPDATED

VERSION: May 16, 2024

CONSULTANT: Elizabeth Potter / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744 FN: 0003231

Date of Hearing: May 1, 2024

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Buffy Wicks, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 2064

Author:(Jones-Sawyer) – As Amended Ver:March 21, 2024

Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No

SUMMARY:

This bill establishes the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program (CVIGP), to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), to provide grants to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.

FISCAL EFFECT:

Costs (General Fund) of an unknown amount, likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually, to fund the CVIGP. As described further below, this bill directs cost savings that result from the closure of state prison facilities into the grant program established by this bill. The bill does not specify how HHSA’s administration of the grant program will be funded; if HHSA does not receive a portion of the money allocated to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund, the agency may seek additional General Fund support.

According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the General Fund faces a structural deficit in the tens of billions of dollars over the next several fiscal years.

COMMENTS:

1. Purpose. According to the author:

By advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the State Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. It is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. AB 2064 will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, we send a message that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous and we provide much needed resources for some outstanding programs.

1. Background. In recent years, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has closed several prison facilities and announced plans to close additional facilities in the future. According to the LAO:

The prison population has declined significantly in recent years and is expected to remain low through June 2028. In 2021, CDCR completed a multiyear drawdown of people housed in contractor‑operated prisons made possible by the declining prison population. Since 2021, the administration has deactivated (1) two state‑owned prisons—the Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in Tracy and the California Correctional Center in Susanville, (2) eight yards at various state‑owned prisons, and (3) the California City Correctional Facility—a leased prison that was operated by CDCR staff. CDCR estimates that these deactivations resulted in ongoing General Fund savings totaling about $620 million annually. Deactivation also allowed the state to avoid funding infrastructure repairs that would otherwise have been needed to continue operating these facilities.

This bill directs the Department of Finance and the LAO to calculate the savings that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year, and requires the Controller to transfer an equivalent amount of money from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund each fiscal year. The bill requires HHSA to administer the CVIGP from that fund, and specifies application requirements and criteria for funding eligible community programs.

1. Related Legislation. AB 2267 (Jones-Sawyer) re-establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program under the administration of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration. AB 2267 is pending on this committee’s suspense file.

Analysis Prepared by: Annika Carlson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081

Date of Hearing: April 23, 2024

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Mia Bonta, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 2064

Author:(Jones-Sawyer) – As Amended Ver:March 21, 2024

SUBJECT: Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.

SUMMARY: Redirects money saved by closing prisons to community violence interdiction programs. Specifically, this bill:

1. Creates the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to provide funding to programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools, to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA).
2. Defines eligible programs as including, but not limited to, the following:
   1. Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement;
   2. Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence;
   3. Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability;
   4. Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system; and,
   5. The creation and operation of school-based health centers.
3. Requires grants to be made on a competitive basis, with preference to cities and local jurisdictions disproportionately impacted by violence and gang involvement, and with preference to community-based organizations that serve those jurisdictions.
4. Requires CHHSA to work with stakeholders to ensure the program is geographically diverse and effectively targeted, and requires applicants seeking funding to demonstrate how they will prioritize specified populations of underserved pupils most impacted by trauma.
5. Creates a continuously appropriated fund (Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund) for purposes of the grant program.
6. Requires, beginning July 31, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) to calculate the savings that accrued to the state from the closure of state prisons during the preceding fiscal year, requires these calculations be averaged to determine a final amount, and requires the Controller to transfer the final amount from the General Fund to the fund described in 5) above, to fund the grant program.

EXISTING LAW:

Youth Reinvestment Grant Program (YRGP)

1. Establishes the YRGP within the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the purpose of granting funds, as specified. [Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) § 1450]
2. Requires that a specified percentage of funds be allocated for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for children throughout local jurisdictions that are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally relevant, among other things. [WIC § 1454 (a),(b)]
3. Provides that BSCC is responsible for oversight and accountability of the program and that it must track funding, provide guidance to programs, and contract with a research firm to conduct a statewide evaluation of the grant, as specified. [WIC § 1455]
   
4. Establishes the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in the CHHSA, whose mission is to promote trauma responsive, culturally informed services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system that support their successful transition to adulthood and help them become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of their communities. [WIC § 2200 (a),(b)]
   
5. Requires all juvenile justice grant administration functions in the BSCC to be moved to the OYCR no later than January 1, 2025. [WIC § 2200 (h)]

California Violence Intervention Program (CalVIP)

1. Establishes CalVIP, to be administered by the BSCC. [Penal Code (PEN) § 14131(a)]
   
2. States that the purpose of CalVIP is to improve public health and safety by supporting effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence. [PEN § 14131 (b)]
   
3. States CalVIP grants must be used to develop, support, expand, and replicate evidence-based community gun violence reduction initiatives, including, without limitation, hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused-deterrence strategies that seek to interrupt cycles of community gun violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. [PEN § 14131 (c)]

Medi-Cal Community Health Worker (CHW)/Violence Prevention Professional Benefit

1. Establishes the Medi-Cal Program, administered by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), to provide comprehensive health benefits to low-income individuals who meet specified eligibility criteria. [WIC §14000 et seq.]
2. Establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program. [WIC §14132]
3. Establishes CHW services as a Medi-Cal benefit and requires DHCS, through existing and regular stakeholder processes, to inform stakeholders about, and accept input from stakeholders on, implementation of the CHW services benefit. [WIC §14132.36]
4. Defines CHW to mean a liaison, link, or intermediary between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and to improve the access and cultural competence of service delivery. States that CHWs include other nonlicensed health workers, including violence prevention professionals. Requires a CHW’s lived experience to align with and provide a connection to the community being served. [WIC § 18998]

Proposition 64 Youth Education, Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Fund

1. Allocates revenue from taxes on cannabis. [Revenue and Taxation Code (RTC) §34019]
2. Allocates, after other specified disbursements, 60% of the remaining cannabis tax funds to the Youth Education Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Account to fund programs for youth that are designed to educate about and to prevent substance use disorders and to prevent harm from substance use. [RTC §34019 (f)(1)]

School-Based Health Centers

1. Establishes the Public School Health Center Support Program (PSHCSP) within the State Department of Public Health (DPH), in collaboration with the California Department of Education to perform specified functions, including providing technical assistance to school based health centers on effective outreach and enrollment strategies to identify children who are eligible but not enrolled in specified health care programs; serve as a liaison between organizations on prevention services, primary care, and family health; and, to provide technical assistance to facilitate and encourage the establishment, retention or expansion of health centers. [Health and Safety Code (HSC) § 124174.2]
2. Requires DPH to establish a grant program, contingent upon appropriation, within the PSHCSP to provide technical assistance, and funding for the expansion, renovation, and retrofitting of existing school health centers and the development of new health centers, as specified. Makes available planning grants, facilities grants, and start-up grants. [HSC § 124174.6]

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown. This bill has not yet been analyzed by a fiscal committee.

COMMENTS:

1. PURPOSE OF THIS BILL. According to the author, by advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. The author argues it is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. Accordingly, the author states, this bill will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, the author intends to send a message about the value of these programs and that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous.
2. BACKGROUND.
   1. Violence as a Public Health Issue. According to the federal Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services (OASH), addressing exposure to crime and violence as a public health issues means implementing community-based strategies focused on building resilience, reducing susceptibility to violence, and creating protective environments. For instance, the federal Community Preventive Services Task Force, a federal entity that reviews the evidence basis for community-based prevention programs, recommends universal school-based programs that focus on building emotional self-awareness and control skills, social problem-solving, and teamwork skills to reduce or prevent violent behavior among school-aged children. Hospital-based violence intervention program that involve screening and intensive case management have also been proven successful and cost-effective in reducing escalation and recurrence of violent injury.
      
      The OASH administers the Healthy People 2030 initiative, which is a set of 10-year, measurable public health objectives. Violence-related objectives include:
      1. Reducing the rate of minors and young adults committing violent crimes;
      2. Reducing non-fatal physical assault injuries; and,
      3. Reducing firearm-related deaths.

DPH established a Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI), with the purpose of elevating violence as a departmental priority, integrating and aligning efforts across multiple DPH programs, and framing the public health governmental role in addressing violence. DPH emphasizes public health approaches work “upstream” to address underlying causes to prevent violence from happening in the first place. According to DPH, the public health approach to violence prevention focuses on the following four-step process:

• • 1. Define and monitor the problem – Analyze data such as the number of violence-related injuries and deaths;
    2. Identify risk and protective factors – These can increase or decrease the likelihood of a person becoming a victim or perpetrator of violence;
    3. Develop and test prevention strategies – Use data and findings from evaluation and research as an evidence-based approach to program planning; and,
    4. Assure widespread dissemination of effective practices – Share best practices through networking, training, and technical assistance.

The VPI appears to have been active until 2020. The VPI has conducted surveys, published reports and data briefs, and hosted a statewide convening in 2018.

• 1. Current Public Safety-Focused Efforts on Violence Prevention.
     1. CalVIP. CalVIP provides grant funding for initiatives to reduce community gun violence, to communities disproportionately impacted by such violence. Funding is awarded to qualifying cities, counties, and community-based organizations on a competitive basis. The program was established in 2017 to replace a gang-related prevention and intervention program that began in 2007, and was narrowed to focus on community gun violence specifically through AB 762 (Wicks), Chapter 421, Statutes of 2023.
        
        State law requires CalVIP grants be used to support, expand and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including but not limited to:
        1. Hospital-based violence intervention programs;
        2. Evidence-based street outreach programs; and,
        3. Focused deterrence strategies.
           

These initiatives must be primarily focused on providing violence intervention services to the small segment of the population that is identified as at high risk of perpetrating or being victimized by community gun violence in the near future.
According to the BSCC, historically, CalVIP has been allocated approximately $9 million annually. In 2021, the state Budget Act also provided a one-time augmentation of $200 million across three fiscal years (2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24) to enhance CalVIP.

• • 1. YRGP. The goal of the YRGP is to divert youth from contact with the juvenile justice system by funding grantees that provide evidence-based, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate programs to youth. Programs funded by the YRGP provided mental health referrals, mentoring, counseling, pro-social activities, restorative justice activities, and educational supports to participating youth.
       
       The YRGP was enacted in the Budget Act of 2018 and related trailer bill, which included an initial $37.3 million appropriation for the program. The 2019 Budget Act augmented funding by an additional $5 million. According to the final evaluation reports from two rounds of grant funding, $40.9 million has now been disbursed. According to the statewide evaluation findings, grantees funded by the program reported positive outcomes for participating youth, many of whom had no further contact with the juvenile justice system during the reporting period. AB 2267 (Jones-Sawyer), which is pending hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, would re-establish the YRGP and designate the OYCR to administer it. However, there is no additional funding proposed for the program.
  1. Current Health-Focused Efforts on Violence Prevention and Youth Development. In addition to funding focused violence prevention strategies, this bill would allocate funding to more generic supports such as recreation- and health-based interventions that offer alternatives to violence, evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma to improve health and well-being, youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development, and creation and operation of school-based health centers. There are several efforts administered by California state health departments that seek to support youth by enhancing school-based health, youth development and other protective factors in disadvantaged communities.
     1. Medi-Cal Coverage of Violence Prevention Services. CHW services, defined to include violence prevention services, were added as a Medi-Cal benefit starting July 1, 2022. The benefit was codified through AB 2697 (Aguiar-Curry), Chapter 488, Statutes of 2022. Key provisions relevant to violence prevention include:
        1. CHW services are defined to include those delivered by a variety of non-licensed public health workers, including violence prevention professionals;
        2. CHWs can address issues that include but are not limited to a number of diseases, conditions, and topics, including domestic violence and violence prevention; and,
        3. CHW services include health education; navigation to health care and other community resources that address health-related social needs; screening and assessment to identify the need for services; and individual support and advocacy that assists a beneficiary in preventing a health condition, injury, or violence.

CHW services became a benefit in July 2022; however, billing data shows little utilization so far. Because billing for violence prevention services would be subsumed under the reported utilization for CHW services overall, it is unknown whether the limited services billed so far reflect any billing for violence prevention services.

• • 1. Prop 64-Funded “Elevate Youth California.” In November 2016, Proposition 64 (Prop 64) was passed by voters allowing adults aged 21 years or older to possess and use cannabis for non-medical purposes. Prop 64 created new taxes, the revenues of which are deposited into the California Cannabis Tax Fund. Current law allocates, after other specified disbursements, 60% of the remaining California Cannabis Tax Fund to be deposited into the Prop 64 Youth Education Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Account. Funds are then disbursed to DHCS, which in turn allocates funds to Elevate Youth California, a statewide program that makes grants with a specific focus on youth ages 12 to 26 living in communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. These grants focus on empowering youth to create policy and system changes through civic engagement; youth development, peer support, and mentoring programs; using evidence-based and/or community-defined practices that help individuals and communities cope with adversity and heal trauma; and harm reduction and public health solutions that create resiliency and prevent substance use disorder. DHCS projects a 2023-24 allocation of $371 million for these programs.
    2. School-Based Health Centers. A school-based health center is a health center that provides age-appropriate, clinical health care services on-site or near a school. Services are provided by qualified health professionals and organized through school, community, and health provider relationships. AB 2560 (Ridley-Thomas), Chapter 334, Statutes of 2006, established the PSHCSP, which requires DPH to provide technical assistance to school-based health centers and to establish a state liaison to school-based health centers. Further, SB 564 (Ridley-Thomas), Chapter 381, Statutes of 2008, created a grant program to provide technical assistance and funding for the expansion, renovation, and retrofitting of existing centers and the development of new centers. However, the grant program was contingent on an appropriation for this program’s purpose and, according to DPH, the PSHCSP was not established due to lack of such an appropriation. However, the legislation referenced above created a statutory framework for this grant program, which could be leveraged if funding was made available. AB 2052 (Jones-Sawyer), currently pending in the Assembly Education Committee, makes various changes to the framework of this grant program. DPH also facilitates a quarterly statewide School-Based Health Center Collaborative Workgroup.
    3. Activity Stipends for Foster Youth. DHCS has submitted to the federal government a request for approval of the Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) Section 1115 Demonstration. Among other proposals included in the demonstration application, DHCS proposes to develop a new stipend for children involved with the child welfare system to be used for activities and supports to promote social and emotional well-being and resilience, manage stress, build self-confidence, and counteract the harmful physical and mental health effects of trauma.
  1. Prison Closures and Cost Savings. According to the LAO’s analysis of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) 2024-25 budget proposal, the prison population has declined significantly in recent years and is expected to remain low through June 2028. The LAO notes that in 2021, CDCR completed a multiyear drawdown of people housed in contractor‑operated prisons made possible by the declining prison population. Since 2021, the administration has also deactivated a number of other facilities and yards. The LAO notes CDCR estimates that these deactivations resulted in ongoing General Fund savings totaling about $620 million annually. Deactivation also allowed the state to avoid funding infrastructure repairs that would otherwise have been needed to continue operating these facilities—for example, the state was able to avoid a water‑treatment project in one prison, estimated in 2018 to cost $32 million, which would have been necessary to comply with drinking water standards. The administration currently plans to deactivate Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe by March 2025.
  2. Focus of This Bill and Relationship to Existing Efforts. This bill’s intent is to allocate funding, in an annual amount equal to the amount the state is saving on an ongoing basis due to the closure of state prisons, to various grants focused on youth, with an end goal of violence prevention. Some components of the grant program created by this bill may overlap with existing efforts, while other components appear complimentary to existing programs. Specifically:
     1. Diversion. This bill could fund diversion programs that promote positive youth development to prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system. This is similar to the goals of the YRGP, as described above, although it could be construed as broader because it could fund so-called “primary prevention,” or preventing a youth’s involvement with the justice system prior to any such contact. In addition, as noted above, the YRGP is currently unfunded.
     2. School-Based Health Centers. This bill could fund creation and operation of school-based health centers. As noted above, another unfunded grant program already exists to support the creation and operation of such centers, the framework of which could be leveraged if funding was available.
     3. Evidence-Based Violence Prevention. This bill could fund evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement. This component appears to align with the activities that have been funded through CalVIP.
     4. Interventions Not Addressed by Existing Efforts. Eligible programs that could be do not appear to be specifically addressed by existing efforts include: (1) programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth; and, (2) programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma. The latter may be implemented to some extent at the discretion of local educational agencies, and may be addressed at the state level to some extent by population-based mental health prevention programs that are to be administered by DPH under the provisions of Proposition 1, which recently passed in March 2024. Otherwise, youth development and recreation programs are largely funded at the discretion of local communities and non-profit community-based organizations, pursuant to the availability of philanthropic, organizational or local funds.

1. SUPPORT. The Greater Sacramento Urban League, the bill’s sponsor, writes in strong support that they recognize the importance of reinvesting savings from prison closures into programs that prevent incarceration on the front end, promoting safer communities and reducing the need for future prison beds. The Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth (ARRT), an alliance of several of the bill’s other supporters, writes in support that establishing the Community Violence Interdiction Program with redirected savings from the closure of state prisons is a sensible preventive solution to expand the care-based supports and services communities need to decrease violence in their neighborhoods and schools. The ARRT indicates this bill grants California the opportunity to commit to repairing the harm it helped create by reimagining safety with a sensible preventive solution to expand the care-based supports and services communities need to decrease violence in their neighborhoods and schools.
2. RELATED LEGISLATION.
   1. AB 2267 (Jones-Sawyer) re-establishes the YRGP and designate the OYCR to administer it. AB 2267 is pending hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
   2. AB 2052 (Jones-Sawyer) makes various changes to the framework of a grant program within the PSHCSP. AB 2052 is pending in Assembly Education Committee.
3. PREVIOUS LEGISLATION.
   1. AB 762 (Wicks) changes the purpose of CalVIP, as well as the eligibility requirements for the grant, and makes the program permanent. Removes the sunset date of January 1, 2025, and allows the CalVIP to operate indefinitely.
   2. AB 912 (Jones-Sawyer), of 2023, would have reestablished the YRGP and provided for additional related grants, contingent upon appropriation. AB 912 was vetoed by the Governor, who cited cost pressure and the need to consider spending in the budget.
      
   3. AB 2697 (Aguiar-Curry) added CHW services as a covered benefit under Medi-Cal.
   4. AB 1929 (Gabriel), Chapter 154, Statutes of 2022, added violence prevention services, as defined, as a covered benefit under Medi-Cal. AB 166 (Gabriel) of 2019, was similar and was vetoed by Governor Newsom, who stated the 2019 Budget Act provided $30 million in the General Fund for the CalVIP.
      
   5. AB 1454 (Jones-Sawyer), Chapter 584, Statutes of 2019, revises and recasts the YRGP by increasing the maximum grant award from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and allowing nonprofit organizations to apply for grants through the program.
      
   6. AB 1603 (Jones-Sawyer), Chapter 735, Statutes of 2019, codified CalVIP and the authority and duties of BSCC in administering the program.
      
4. POLICY COMMENTS. As this bill moves forward and the author continues to refine its provisions, the Committee offers the following suggestions for the author’s consideration:
   1. The calculation of savings from prison closures could be clarified to align with the intent to allocate the “running total” of the cumulative state funds saved due to prison closures, which would grow over the years as more prisons were closed. The current bill language could be construed this way, but could also be construed to mean if there were no closures in the preceding fiscal year, there would be no funding allocated.
   2. Some of the goals of the grant program established by the bill might be accomplished more efficiently by leveraging existing programs and efforts within BSCC, OCR, or DPH, versus funding a new program.
   3. The Medi-Cal violence prevention services benefit has not been heavily utilized; if funding is allocated for violence prevention, allocating one-time funds to build up infrastructure for community-based organizations that offer violence prevention services to bill Medi-Cal could help create a long-term sustainable funding stream, which leverages federal matching funds ongoing, to support these programs.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Black Equity Collective

California Black Power Network

California Reparations Task Force Members Dr. Cheryl Grills, Lisa Holder, and Don Tamaki

Catalyst California

Greater Sacramento Urban League

Livefree California

Santa Monica Democratic Club

Opposition

None on file.

Analysis Prepared by: Lisa Murawski / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097

Date of Hearing: April 9, 2024

Consultant: Elizabeth Potter

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON

Kevin McCarty, Chair

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SUMMARY: Establishes the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program (CVIGP). Specifically, this bill:

1. Establishes CVIGP and requires it to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.
   
2. Requires eligible programs to include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
   
   1. Evidence-based, focused-deterrence collaborative programs that conduct outreach to targeted gangs and offer supportive services in order to preemptively reduce and eliminate violence and gang involvement;
      
   2. Programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence;
      
   3. Programs that implement evidence-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma for the improvement in the health and well-being of the youth and school and community stability;
      
   4. Youth diversion programs that promote positive youth development by relying on responses that prevent a youth’s involvement or further involvement in the justice system; and,
      
   5. The creation and operation of school-based health centers.
      
3. Requires the HHSA to develop an application process and criteria for funding.
   
4. Provides that grants shall be made on a competitive basis with preference to cities and local jurisdictions that are disproportionately impacted by violence and gang involvement, and with preference to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities and local jurisdictions.
   
5. Requires HHSA, when implementing the grant program, to work with relevant stakeholders to promote and implement the grant program in a manner that effectively reaches a wide geography throughout the state and ensures that regions most impacted by violence and gang involvement are adequately considered with an emphasis on addressing the violence prevention and gang deterrence needs within these regions.
   
6. Requires applicants seeking grant funding to implement evidenced-based interventions for pupils impacted by trauma to demonstrate how they will prioritize interventions for pupils most impacted by trauma and typically unable to access traditional services, including, but not limited to:
   
   1. Pupils who are low income or homeless;
      
   2. Pupils who display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or severe trauma-related symptoms;
      
   3. Pupils who are members of immigrant and refugee groups;
      
   4. Pupils with exceptional needs; and,
      
   5. Pupils who interact with child protective systems or who have had contact with the juvenile justice system.
      
7. Establishes the CVIG Fund within the State Treasury and states that moneys in the fund are to be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year for carrying out the objectives of the grants, as specified.
   
8. Requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, on or before July 31, 2025, and every year thereafter, to calculate savings that accrued from the closure of state prisons during prior fiscal year.
   
9. Requires the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, when calculating cost savings, to use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available.
   
10. Requires the Director of Finance to calculate the average between actual data and best available estimates from prison closures and once finalized, cannot be adjusted.
    
11. Provides that the Director of Finance shall certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year.
    
12. Provides that before August 15, 2025, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall transfer money from the General Fund to the CVIGP based on the final calculations from the Director of Finance.

EXISTING LAW:

1. Establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program (YRGP) within the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for the purpose of granting funds, as specified. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1450.)
   
2. Requires that three percent of funds allocated to YRGP be used for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for Native American children that use trauma-informed, community-based, and health-based interventions. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1453, subd. (a).)
   
3. States that priority must be given to diversion programs addressing the needs of Native American children who experience high rates of juvenile arrest, suicide, and alcohol abuse, among other things. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1453, subd. (b).)
   
4. Requires that a specified percentage of funds be allocated for the purpose of implementing diversion programs for children throughout local jurisdictions that are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally relevant, among other things. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1454 subds. (a) & (b).)
   
5. States that jurisdictions with the highest need must be provide a certain minimum of funds and defines “highest needs” as areas with high juvenile arrest rates and high levels of racial or ethnic disparity in juveniles arrest rates. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §1454, subd. (b).)
   
6. Provides that BSCC is responsible for oversight and accountability of the program and that it must track funding, provide guidance to programs, and contract with a research firm to conduct a statewide evaluation of the grant, as specified. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1455.)
   
7. States that the YRGP funds must be allocated by the BSCC through a competitive grant process, as specified. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 1458.)
   
8. Establishes the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) in the California Health and Human Services Agency, whose mission is to promote trauma responsive, culturally informed services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system that support their successful transition to adulthood and help them become responsible, thriving, and engaged members of the community. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 2200, subds. (a) & (b).)
   
9. Provides that all juvenile justice grant administration functions in the Board of State and Community Corrections shall be moved to the OYCR no later than January 1, 2025. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 2200, subd. (h).)
   
10. Establishes the California Violence Intervention Program (CalVIP), to be administered by the BSCC. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (a).)
    
11. States that the purpose of CalVIP is to improve public health and safety by supporting effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (b).)
    
12. Defines “community gun violence” to mean intentional acts of interpersonal violence involving a firearm, generally committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim, and which result in physical injury, emotional harm, or death. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (b).)
    
13. States that CalVIP grants shall be used to develop, support, expand, and replicate evidence-based community gun violence reduction initiatives, including, without limitation, hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused-deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt cycles of community gun violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (c).)
    
14. States that CalVIP grants shall be made on a competitive basis to cities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence, to community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities, including tribal governments, and to counties that have on or more cities disproportionately impacted by community gun violence within their jurisdictions. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (d).)
    
15. States that for purposes of CalVIP, a city is disproportionately impacted by community gun violence if any of the following are true:
    
    1. The city experienced 20 or more homicides per calendar year during two or more of the three calendar years immediately preceding the grant application;
       
    2. The city experienced 10 or more homicides per calendar year and had a homicide rate that was at least 50%higher than the statewide homicide rate during two or more of the three calendar years immediately preceding the grant application; or,
       
    3. An applicant otherwise demonstrates a unique and compelling need for additional resources to address the impact of community gun violence in the applicant’s community. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (e)(1)-(3).)
       
16. States that an applicant for a CalVIP grant shall submit a proposal, in a form prescribed by the board, as specified. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (f).)
    
17. States that in awarding CalVIP grants, the board shall give preference to applicants whose grant proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood of reducing the incidence of community gun violence in the applicant’s community, without contributing to mass incarceration. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (g).)
    
18. Requires the amount of funds awarded to an applicant to be commensurate with the scope of the applicant’s proposal and the applicant’s demonstrated need for additional resources to address community gun violence in the applicant’s community. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (h).)
    

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown

COMMENTS:

1. Author's Statement: According to the author, "By advancing sensible legislation and budget items to improve public safety and advance justice and equity, the State Legislature has decreased the number of incarcerated people in California. It is imperative that the resulting savings be reinvested into effective strategies proven to further reduce crime and violence. AB 2064 will capture the savings from the closure of prisons and reinvest those funds in programs with proven success. By keeping the funding within our crime prevention budget rather than sending it back to the General Fund, we send a message that our efforts to reduce crime are continuous and we provide much needed resources for some outstanding programs.”
2. Programs for Harm Reduction in California: The CalVIP grant program was established in 2017 and replaced the California Gang Reduction Intervention and Prevention grant program. According to the BSCC website “In October 2019 Governor Newsom signed the Break the Cycle of Violence Act (AB 1603). AB 1603 codified the establishment of CalVIP and defined its purpose: to improve public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly group-member involved homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. The Break the Cycle of Violence act specifies that CalVIP grants shall be used to support, expand and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including but not limited to:
   

• Hospital-based violence intervention programs,
• Evidence-based street outreach programs, and
• Focused deterrence strategies.
  

“These initiatives should seek to interrupt cycles of violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults and shall be primarily focused on providing violence intervention services to the small segment of the population that is identified as having the highest risk of perpetrating or being victimized by violence in the near future.” (https://www.bscc.ca.gov/s_cpgpcalvipgrant/ [as of April 3, 2024])

In 2023 the purpose of CalVIP changed. Rather than focusing on various forms of violence, including shootings, assaults, and homicides in general, CalVIP’s focus is community gun violence.

The YRGP also has similar goals. In 2018, the YRGP was established for the purpose of implementing trauma-informed diversion programs for minors. This program covers local youth, including youth in tribal communities.

This bill would establish the CVIGP within the HHSA to help and support communities by decreasing violence in schools and neighborhoods.

1. Argument in Support: According to The Greater Sacramento Urban League, “AB 2064 is a critical piece of legislation that aims to address community violence by establishing the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program within the California Health and Human Services Agency. This program will provide funding for community-driven solutions designed to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools.
   
   “The reduction in California's prison population over recent years, due to successful criminal justice reform efforts, has generated significant savings. AB 2064 recognizes the importance of reinvesting these savings into programs that prevent incarceration on the front end, promoting safer communities and reducing the need for future prison beds.
   
   “The bill creates the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund, ensuring that funds generated from the closure of state prisons are allocated towards proactive measures to address violence. Eligible programs outlined in the bill include supportive programs, recreational opportunities, health programs addressing youth trauma, and youth diversion programs, all of which are crucial for preemptively reducing and eliminating violence and gang involvement.
   
   “The Greater Sacramento Urban League has been dedicated to empowering communities and fostering positive change throughout the Sacramento region since 1968. Our mission is to empower Black and other historically marginalized people throughout the region in securing economic self-reliance, educational fulfillment, social justice, and civil rights while living well, being well, and thriving. Over the years, we have diligently worked to address systemic issues impacting our communities and advocate for policies that promote safety, equity, and opportunity for all.”
   
2. Related Legislation: AB 2267 (Jones-Sawyer), would re-establish the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program (YRGP) and designates the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) to administer it. AB 2267 is pending hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
   
3. Prior Legislation:
   
   1. AB 762 (Wicks), Chapter 421, Statutes of 2023, changed the purpose of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (CalVIP), as well as the eligibility requirements for the grant, and makes the program permanent.
      
   2. AB 912 (Jones-Sawyer), of the 2023-2024 Legislative Session, would have provided for the establishment, expansion, and funding for early-violence-intervention programs, school-based physical and mental health services, and youth-recreational activities, contingent upon appropriation. AB 912 was vetoed by the Governor and stricken from the file.
      
   3. AB 1454 (Jones-Sawyer), Chapter 584, Statutes of 2019, revised and recast the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program by increasing the maximum grant award from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and allowing nonprofit organizations to apply for grants through the program.
      
   4. AB 1603 (Jones-Sawyer) Chapter 735, Statutes of 2019, codified the establishment of the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program and the authority and duties of BSCC in administering the program, including the selection criteria for grants and reporting requirements to the Legislature
      
   5. SB 493 (Bradford), of the 2021-2022 Legislative Session, would have revised components of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, including by requiring funded programs to be modeled on trauma-informed and youth development approaches in collaboration with community-based organizations (CBOs), requiring no less than 95 percent of specified funds appropriated to counties be allocated to CBOs and non-law enforcement government entities, and changing the composition of county juvenile justice coordinating councils. SB 493 was held on the Senate Appropriations Suspense calendar.
      
      

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Greater Sacramento Urban League
2 Private Individuals

Opposition

None on File.

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