Plain English Breakdown
The official text states the report is due on July 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter; exact content details are not provided in this summary.
Creating an Office to Run Gun Violence Grants
This law creates a new state office inside the Board of State and Community Corrections to manage grants that help cities reduce gun violence.
What This Bill Does
- Creates the Office of Community Violence Intervention within the Board of State and Community Corrections.
- Requires the board to appoint a director for this new office after consulting with community groups on how to evaluate candidates.
- Moves responsibility for running the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (CalVIP) to the new office.
- Asks the new office to advise the board, help grant recipients, run program meetings, and recommend who should get grants.
- Requires the office to publish a report every two years starting on July 1, 2028 about violence prevention efforts.
- Changes how much money can be set aside for running the program from up to $2 million or 5% of funds to at least $1 million and up to 5%.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Board of State and Community Corrections
- Cities that receive CalVIP grants to fight gun violence
- Community organizations working on violence intervention
Terms To Know
- CalVIP
- The California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program that gives money to cities disproportionately impacted by community gun violence.
- Executive Steering Committee
- A group created under existing law to guide the grant program, which the new office will now convene and facilitate.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not say exactly how much total money is available for these grants each year.
- The specific details about what must be in the two-year report are listed as 'as specified' without full description here.
- The exact factors the board must consider when picking a director are mentioned but not fully detailed.