Public safety omnibus.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on how these changes will be put into action.

Public Safety Changes

This law makes several changes to public safety rules in California, including changing the quorum requirement for the Board of State and Community Corrections, renaming a correctional authority, clarifying probation rules for minors who have been in secure youth treatment facilities, limiting fines collection methods, fixing spelling errors, and making other small updates.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the number of members needed for meetings of the Board of State and Community Corrections from 7 to 8.
• Renames the Prison Industry Authority to the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority and changes its funding name too.
• Clarifies that minors who have been in secure youth treatment facilities can be supervised by probation officers outside their home county if needed.
• Removes driver’s license suspensions as a way for counties or courts to collect fines from people.
• Fixes spelling errors, changing 'deescalation' to 'de-escalation'.
• Makes other small changes that don't affect the meaning of laws.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Board of State and Community Corrections will need more members for meetings now.
• People who work in correctional facilities or are supervised by probation officers may see changes to their rules.
• Counties and courts collecting fines might have fewer ways to enforce payment.

Terms To Know

Board of State and Community Corrections

A group that helps make sure correctional facilities in California are safe and follow the law.

Juvenile court

A special court for young people who break laws or need help from the government.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how these changes will be implemented.
• Some parts of the law are just spelling fixes and do not change what happens in real life.
• It is unclear if all affected agencies will follow these new rules immediately.

Official Summary Text

SB 857, Committee on Public Safety.
Public safety omnibus.
(1) Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to provide statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California’s adult and juvenile criminal justice system. The duties of the board, among others, include establishing standards for local correctional facilities and correctional officers. Under existing law, the board is composed of 15 members, as specified, and 7 members constitutes a quorum.
This bill would instead require 8 members to constitute a quorum.
(2) Existing law creates within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the Prison Industry Authority.
This bill would rename the Prison
Industry Authority as the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority, would rename the Prison Industry Board as the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Board, would rename the Prison Industries Revolving Fund as the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Revolving Fund, and would require that any reference to the Prison Industry Authority be deemed a reference to the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority.
(3) Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over minors who are between 12 and 17 years of age, who have violated a federal, state, or local law or ordinance, as specified, and over minors under 12 years of age who have been alleged to have committed specified crimes. Existing law authorizes a juvenile court to adjudge a person under these circumstances to be a ward of the court. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to
permit a person adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, or placed on probation by the juvenile court, to reside in a county other than their county of legal residence. Existing law authorizes a ward who is permitted to reside in a county other than their county of legal residence to be supervised by the probation officer of the county of actual residence, with the consent of that probation officer.
This bill would clarify that these provisions apply to wards discharged to probation supervision after having been confined in a secure youth treatment facility, or after having been transferred to a less restrictive program from a secure youth treatment facility.
(4) Existing law authorizes any county or court to implement a “comprehensive collection program” as a separate revenue collection activity, and requires the program to meet certain criteria, one of which is that the
program engages in specified activities in collecting fines or penalties, including, among other things, initiating a driver’s license suspension or hold, as specified.
This bill would delete initiating suspensions or holds for driver’s licenses from the list of activities in which the program may engage.
(5) Various provisions of the Health and Safety Code, Penal Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code, among others, refer to training and other requirements related to “deescalation techniques.”
This bill would revise all references to “deescalation” to “de-escalation.”
(6) The bill would also make other technical changes, both conforming and nonsubstantive.

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