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2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 13800.

13800. Unless otherwise required by context, as used in this title:
(a) “Agency” means the Office of Emergency Services.
(b) “Board” means the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(c) “Federal acts” means Subchapter V of Chapter 46 of the federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3750 et seq.), the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5601 et seq.), and any act or acts amendatory or supplemental thereto.
(d) “Local boards” means local criminal justice planning boards.
(e) “Executive director” means the Executive Director of the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 427. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 13801.

13801. Nothing in this title shall be construed as authorizing the board, or the local boards to undertake direct operational criminal justice responsibilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 36, Sec. 55.5. (SB 92) Effective June 30, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 2 - California Council on Criminal Justice › Section 13812.

13812. (a) The Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention appointed by the Governor pursuant to federal law may be reimbursed by the agency or agencies designated by the Director of Finance pursuant to Section 13820 for expenses necessarily incurred by the members. Staff support for the committee will be provided by the agency or agencies designated by the Director of Finance pursuant to Section 13820.
(b) This section shall become operative January 1, 2012.
(Repealed (in Sec. 28) and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 136, Sec. 29. (AB 116) Effective July 27, 2011. Section operative January 1, 2012, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13820.

13820. (a) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning is hereby abolished. The duties and obligations of that office, and all powers and authority formerly exercised by that office, shall be transferred to and assumed by the Office of Emergency Services, with the exception of the duties described in Section 6024, which shall be assumed by the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(b) Except for this section, the phrase “Office of Criminal Justice Planning” or any reference to that phrase in this code shall be construed to mean or refer to the Office of Emergency Services. Any reference to the executive director of the Office of Criminal Justice Planning in this code shall be construed to mean the Director of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 428. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.2.

13823.2. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(1) That violent and serious crimes are being committed against the elderly on an alarmingly regular basis.
(2) That in 1985, the United States Department of Justice reported that approximately 1 in every 10 elderly households in the nation would be touched by crime.
(3) That the California Department of Justice, based upon limited data received from local law enforcement agencies, reported that approximately 10,000 violent crimes were committed against elderly victims in 1985.
(4) That while the elderly may not be the most frequent targets of crime, when they are victimized the impact of each vicious attack has long-lasting effects. Injuries involving, for example, a broken hip may never heal properly and often leave the victim physically impaired. The loss of money used for food and other daily living expenses for these costs may be life-threatening for the older citizen on a fixed income. In addition, stolen or damaged property often cannot be replaced.
(5) Although the State of California currently funds programs to provide assistance to victims of crime and to provide general crime prevention information, there are limited specialized efforts to respond directly to the needs of elderly victims or to provide prevention services tailored for the senior population.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that victim services, crime prevention, and criminal justice training programs funded by the Office of Emergency Services shall include, consistent with available resources, specialized components that respond to the diverse needs of elderly citizens residing in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 430. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.3.

13823.3. The Office of Emergency Services may expend funds for local domestic violence programs, subject to the availability of funds therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 431. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.6.

13823.6. The Office of Emergency Services may secure grants, donations, or other funding for the purpose of funding any statewide task force on sexual assault of children that may be established and administered by the Department of Justice.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 434. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.7.

13823.7. The protocol adopted pursuant to Section 13823.5 for the medical treatment of victims of sexual assault, which includes the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom shall include provisions for all of the following:
(a) Notification of injuries and a report of suspected child sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities.
(b) Obtaining consent for the examination, for the treatment of injuries, for the collection of evidence, and for the photographing of injuries.
(c) Taking a patient history of sexual assault and other relevant medical history.
(d) Performance of the physical examination for evidence of sexual assault.
(e) Collection of physical evidence of assault.
(f) Collection of other medical specimens.
(g) Procedures for the preservation and disposition of physical evidence.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 714, Sec. 4. (AB 538) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.9.

13823.9. (a) Every public or private general acute care hospital, clinic, or other emergency medical facility that examines a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, shall comply with the standards specified in Section 13823.11 and the protocol and guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 13823.5.
(b) Each county with a population of more than 100,000 shall arrange that professional personnel trained in the examination of victims of sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, shall be present or on call either in the county hospital which provides emergency medical services or in any general acute care hospital which has contracted with the county to provide emergency medical services. In counties with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the presence of these professional personnel shall be arranged in at least one general acute care hospital for each 1,000,000 persons in the county.
(c) Each county shall designate at least one general acute care hospital to perform examinations on victims of sexual assault, including child sexual abuse.
(d) (1) The protocol published by the Office of Emergency Services shall be used as a guide for the procedures to be used by every public or private general acute care hospital in the state for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom.
(2) The informational guide developed by the Office of Emergency Services shall be consulted where indicated in the protocol, as well as to gain knowledge about all aspects of examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 714, Sec. 5. (AB 538) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.12.

13823.12. Failure to comply fully with Section 13823.11 or with the protocol or guidelines, or to utilize the form established by the Office of Emergency Services or the standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit described in Section 13823.14, shall not constitute grounds to exclude evidence, nor shall the court instruct or comment to the trier of fact in any case that less weight may be given to the evidence based on the failure to comply.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 857, Sec. 1. (AB 1744) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.13.

13823.13. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a course of training for qualified health care professionals relating to the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault. In developing the curriculum for the course, the Office of Emergency Services shall consult with health care professionals and appropriate law enforcement agencies. The Office of Emergency Services shall also obtain recommendations from the same health care professionals and appropriate law enforcement agencies on the best means to disseminate the course of training on a statewide basis. The Office of Emergency Services is encouraged to designate a course of training for qualified health care professionals, as described in this section, and shall partner with other allied professionals training courses, such as sexual assault investigator training administered by the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), sexual assault prosecutor training as administered by the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA), or sexual assault advocate training as administered by the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CalCASA).
(b) The training course developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be designed to train qualified health care professionals to do all of the following:
(1) Perform a health assessment of victims of sexual assault in accordance with any applicable minimum standards set forth in Section 13823.11.
(2) Collect and document physical and laboratory evidence in accordance with any applicable minimum standards set forth in Section 13823.11.
(3) Provide information and referrals to victims of sexual assault to enhance the continuity of care of victims.
(4) Present testimony in court.
(c) As used in this section, “qualified health care professional” has the same meaning as defined in Section 13823.5.
(d) As used in this section, “appropriate law enforcement agencies” may include, but shall not be limited to, the Attorney General of the State of California, any district attorney, and any agency of the State of California expressly authorized by statute to investigate or prosecute law violators.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 714, Sec. 9. (AB 538) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.14.

13823.14. (a) The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Forensic Services, the California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors, and the California Association of Criminalists shall provide leadership and work collaboratively with public crime laboratories to develop a standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit for use by all California jurisdictions. The packaging and appearance of the kit may vary, but the kit shall contain a minimum number of basic components and also clearly permit swabs or representative evidence samples to be earmarked for a rapid turnaround DNA program, as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 680, when applicable.
(b) The collaboration to establish the basic components for a standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit should be completed by January 30, 2018, and shall be conducted in conjunction with the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, authorized by Section 13823.93, that is responsible for the development of sexual assault forensic medical examination procedures and sexual assault standardized forensic medical report forms and for providing training programs.
(c) On or before May 30, 2019, the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, in coordination with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Forensic Services, the California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors, and the California Association of Criminalists, shall issue guidelines pertaining to the use of the standardized sexual assault kit components throughout the state.
(d) Every local and state agency shall remain responsible for its own costs in purchasing a standardized sexual assault forensic medical evidence kit.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 588, Sec. 3. (SB 22) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13823.16.

13823.16. (a) The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program established pursuant to Section 13823.15 shall be collaboratively administered by the Office of Emergency Services and an advisory council. The membership of the Office of Emergency Services Domestic Violence Advisory Council shall consist of experts in the provision of either direct or intervention services to victims of domestic violence and their children, within the scope and intention of the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Assistance Program.
(b) The membership of the council shall consist of domestic violence victims’ advocates, battered women service providers, at least one representative of service providers serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in connection with domestic violence, and representatives of women’s organizations, law enforcement, and other groups involved with domestic violence. At least one-half of the council membership shall consist of domestic violence victims’ advocates or battered women service providers. It is the intent of the Legislature that the council membership reflect the ethnic, racial, cultural, and geographic diversity of the state, including people with disabilities. The council shall be composed of no more than 13 voting members and two nonvoting ex officio members who shall be appointed, as follows:
(1) Seven voting members shall be appointed by the Governor, including at least one person recommended by the federally recognized state domestic violence coalition.
(2) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(3) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(4) Two nonvoting ex officio members shall be Members of the Legislature, one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Any Member of the Legislature appointed to the council shall meet with the council and participate in its activities to the extent that participation is not incompatible with their position as a Member of the Legislature.
(c) The Office of Emergency Services shall collaborate closely with the council in developing funding priorities, framing the request for proposals, and soliciting proposals.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 197, Sec. 34. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13824.

13824. A brief description of all projects eligible for a commitment of council funds shall be made available to the public through a publication of the council having statewide circulation at least 30 days in advance of the meeting at which funds for such project can be committed by vote of the council.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1047.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3 - Criminal Justice Planning › Section 13825.

13825. The State Graffiti Clearinghouse is hereby created in the Office of Emergency Services. The State Graffiti Clearinghouse shall do all of the following, subject to federal funding:
(a) Assess and estimate the present costs to state and local agencies for graffiti abatement.
(b) Award grants to state and local agencies that have demonstrated implementation of effective graffiti reduction and abatement programs.
(c) Receive and disburse funds to effectuate the purposes of the clearinghouse.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 441. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.1 - The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program › Section 13825.1.

13825.1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 885, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.1 - The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program › Section 13825.2.

13825.2. (a) The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program shall be administered by the Department of Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal activity, and youth violence to the extent authorized pursuant to this chapter in communities with a high incidence of gang violence, including, but not limited to, the communities of Fresno, Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Riverside, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Monica, and Venice. The department shall also consider communities that meet any one of the following criteria:
(1) An at-promise youth population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 13825.4, that is significantly disproportionate to the general youth population of that community.
(2) A juvenile arrest rate that is significantly disproportionate to the general youth population of that community.
(3) Significant juvenile gang problems or a high number of juvenile gang-affiliated acts of violence.
(b) All state and local juvenile detention facilities, including, but not limited to, facilities, juvenile halls, youth ranches, and youth camps of the Division of Juvenile Justice, shall also be considered eligible to receive services through community-based organizations or nonprofit agencies that are operating programs funded under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 800, Sec. 19. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.1 - The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program › Section 13825.3.

13825.3. All funds made available to the Department of Justice for purposes of this chapter shall be disbursed in accordance with this chapter to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that comply with the program requirements of Section 13825.4 and the funding criteria of Section 13825.5 of this chapter.
(a) Funds disbursed under this chapter may enhance, but shall not supplant local, state, or federal funds that would, in the absence of the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program, be made available for the prevention or intervention of youth involvement in gangs, crime, or violence.
(b) The applicant community-based organization or nonprofit agency may enter into interagency agreements between it and a fiscal agent that will allow the fiscal agent to manage the funds awarded to the community-based organization or nonprofit agency.
(c) Before April 15, 1998, the department shall prepare and file administrative guidelines and procedures for the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program consistent with this chapter.
(d) Before July 1, 1998, the department shall issue a “request for funding proposal” that informs applicants of the purposes and availability of funds to be awarded under this chapter and solicits proposals from community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies to provide services consistent with this chapter.
(e) The department shall conduct an evaluation of the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program after two years of program operation and each year thereafter, for purposes of identifying the effectiveness and results of the program. The evaluation shall be conducted by staff or an independent body that has experience in evaluating programs operated by community-based organizations or nonprofit agencies.
(f) After two years of program operation, and each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature describing in detail the operation of the program and the results obtained from the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program receiving funds under this chapter. The report shall also list the full costs applicable to the department for processing and reviewing applications, and for administering the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program. The department shall be required to submit an annual report to the Legislature only in years in which the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program receives funds under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 699, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.1 - The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program › Section 13825.5.

13825.5. To be eligible for funding under this chapter, community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies shall submit a request for funding proposal in compliance with this chapter to conduct a program that meets the requirements of Section 13825.4. The Department of Justice shall establish the minimum standards, funding schedules, and procedures for awarding grants that shall take into consideration, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) A demonstrated showing of at least two years of experience in administering a program providing prevention or prevention and intervention services that have positively affected the attitudes or behaviors of at-promise youth, as defined in this chapter, toward gangs, crime, or violence.
(b) New programs, services, or staff that would augment the existing programs, services, and activities already being provided the community-based organization or nonprofit agency.
(c) The size of the eligible at-promise youth population that would be served by the community-based organization or nonprofit agency.
(d) The likelihood that the program will continue to operate after state grant funding ends.
(e) The ability of the community-based organization or nonprofit agency to objectively evaluate itself and a demonstrated showing of its plan to evaluate itself if funds are awarded. For purposes of this chapter, community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies do not include libraries, community service organizations, and city, county, and state-operated departments of parks and recreation.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 800, Sec. 21. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.1 - The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program › Section 13825.6.

13825.6. Funding for the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program shall be subject to the following:
(a) 2 percent of the amounts appropriated in the Budget Act shall be transferred each year upon the approval of the Director of Finance, for expenditure as necessary for the Department of Justice to administer this program.
(b) 3 percent of the amounts appropriated in the Budget Act shall be transferred each year upon the approval of the Director of Finance, for expenditure as necessary for the department to provide technical assistance to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies providing services under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter precludes the department from providing technical assistance services through an independent agency or organization.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 842, Sec. 3. Effective September 25, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.

13826. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) That violent activity by gangs is a serious and growing problem in the State of California.
(b) There is an increasing percentage of school age pupils involved in gang activity.
(c) There are many schools that serve a disproportionate number of youth involved in gang activity which are unable to effectively implement programs designed to prevent youth from becoming involved in gang activity. There is no statewide funded educational program developed for this purpose.
(d) There is evidence that gang involvement among youth begins at an early age.
(e) There is evidence that the parents of gang members lack appropriate parenting skills.
(f) There is evidence that drug activity is increasing among youth involved in gang activity.
(g) There is evidence that gang members have no contact with positive role models.
(h) There is evidence that most gang members lack basic educational skills.
In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to support increased efforts by district attorneys’ offices to prosecute the perpetrators of gang violence, support increased efforts by local law enforcement agencies to identify, investigate, and apprehend perpetrators of gang violence, support increased efforts by county probation departments to intensively supervise gang members who are on court-ordered probation, support gang violence prevention and intervention efforts by school districts and county offices of education, and support gang violence suppression efforts by community-based organizations.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 929, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.1.

13826.1. (a) There is hereby established in the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Gang Violence Suppression Program, a program of financial and technical assistance for district attorneys’ offices, local law enforcement agencies, county probation departments, school districts, county offices of education, or any consortium thereof, and community-based organizations which are primarily engaged in the suppression of gang violence.
(b) Funds made available pursuant to this chapter are intended to ensure the highest quality provision of services and to reduce unnecessary duplication. Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not be used by local agencies to supplant other funding for Public Safety Services, as defined in Section 36 of Article XIII of the California Constitution. Funds awarded under this program as local assistance grants shall not be subject to review as specified in Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 26, Sec. 37. (AB 1468) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.11.

13826.11. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang- and drug-related activity in and near California’s inner cities.
(2) Young people, especially at-promise youth, are more vulnerable to gang- and drug-related activity during the potentially unsupervised hours between the end of school and the time their parents or guardians return home from work.
(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs will continue to threaten and destroy families and communities in and near the inner cities. Drug-related violence may then escalate dramatically in every community, and thereby burden the criminal justice system to the point that it cannot function effectively.
(4) Los Angeles currently leads the nation in the number of gang members and gang sites, the consumption of drugs, the amount of drugs confiscated, drug-related violent crimes, and has the greatest number of young people between 6 and 18 years of age who are “at risk.”
(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that a pilot program, the “After School Alternative Program” (ASAP), be established and implemented within a specified Los Angeles community. This community program would utilize the public schools, businesses, and community facilities to provide supportive programs and activities to young people during the time between the end of school and the return home of their parents or guardians (from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.).
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 800, Sec. 22. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.15.

13826.15. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the implementation of the Gang Violence Suppression Program, as provided in this chapter, has made a positive impact in the battle against crimes committed by gang members in California.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the program, when it was originally created in 1981, provided financial and technical assistance only for district attorneys’ offices. Since that time, however, the provisions of the program have been amended by the Legislature to enable additional public entities and community-based organizations to participate in the program.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 36, Sec. 63) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 68. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012. Amended version operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2011, Ch. 136, Sec. 32.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.2.

13826.2. Gang violence prosecution units receiving funds under this chapter are encouraged to concentrate enhanced prosecution efforts and resources upon cases identified under the suggested criteria set forth in Section 13826.3. Enhanced prosecution efforts may include, but not be limited to:
(a) “Vertical” prosecutorial representation, whereby the prosecutor who makes the initial filing or appearance in a gang-related case will perform all subsequent court appearances on that particular case through its conclusion, including the sentencing phase.
(b) Assignment of highly qualified investigators and prosecutors to gang-related cases.
(c) Significant reduction of caseloads for investigators and prosecutors assigned to gang-related cases.
(d) Measures taken in coordination with law enforcement agencies to protect cooperating witnesses from intimidation or retribution at the hands of gang members or associates.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 69. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 3.5 - Gang Violence Suppression › Section 13826.3.

13826.3. (a) An individual is subject to gang violence prosecution efforts if he or she is under arrest for the commission or the attempted commission of any gang-related violent crime where the individual is (1) a known member of a gang, and (2) has exhibited a prior criminal background.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, “gang-related” means that the suspect or victim of the crime is a known member of a gang.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, gang violence prosecution includes both criminal prosecutions and proceedings in Juvenile Court in which a petition is filed pursuant to Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 70. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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13826.4. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter are encouraged to concentrate enhanced law enforcement efforts and resources upon cases identified under criteria set forth in Section 13826.3. Enhanced law enforcement criteria efforts may include, but not be limited to:
(a) The formation of a specialized gang violence unit whose staff shall be composed of the most highly qualified and trained personnel.
(b) The efforts of the gang violence unit may include, but not be limited to:
(1) Increased efforts to apprehend, prosecute, and convict violent “hard core” target gang members.
(2) Increasing the clearance rate of reported crimes which are targeted as gang related.
(3) Establishing more positive relations with, and encouraging the support of local citizens, community-based organizations, business representatives, and other criminal agencies.
(4) Aiding and assisting other criminal justice and governmental agencies in protecting cooperating witnesses from intimidation or retribution at the hands of gang members and their associates.
(c) Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this program shall maintain a crime analysis capability which provides the following type of information:
(1) Identification of active gang members who have exhibited a prior criminal background.
(2) Identification of evolving or existing crime patterns that are gang related.
(3) Providing investigative leads.
(4) Maintaining statistical information pertaining to gang related criminal activity.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 71. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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13826.5. County probation departments receiving funding under this chapter shall strictly enforce court-ordered conditions of probation for gang members.
(a) County probation departments supported under the Gang Violence Suppression Program may implement the following activities:
(1) A Gang Violence Intensive Supervision Unit dealing with gang members may be established.
(2) Criteria used to determine which probationer may be assigned to the Gang Violence Intensive Supervision Unit may be approved by the district attorney having a Gang Violence Prosecution Unit described in Section 13826.2.
(3) County probation departments are encouraged to inform probationers whose cases are assigned to the intensive supervision unit of what types of behavior are prescribed or forbidden. The counties are encouraged to provide notice in both oral and written form.
(4) County probation departments are encouraged to inform probationers whose cases are assigned to the intensive supervision unit, in writing, that all court-ordered conditions of probation will be strictly enforced.
(5) County probation departments are encouraged to ensure that deputy probation officers in the intensive supervision unit have reduced probationer caseloads and coordinate their supervision efforts with law enforcement and prosecution personnel. The coordination is encouraged to include informing law enforcement and prosecution personnel of the conditions set for probationers and of the strict enforcement procedures to be implemented.
(6) Deputy probation officers in the intensive supervision unit are encouraged to coordinate with the district attorney in ensuring that court-ordered conditions of probation are consistently enforced.
(7) Intensive supervision unit deputy probation officers are encouraged to coordinate, whenever feasible, with community-based organizations in seeking to ensure that probationers adhere to their court-ordered conditions.
(b) County probation departments may implement the California TEAM (Together Each Achieves More) Sports Camp Program, as described in Article 23.5 (commencing with Section 875) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 72. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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13826.62. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services the Urban Corps Program. The Urban Corps Program is established as an optional activity under Section 13826.6. Community-based organizations receiving grants to participate in the Urban Corps Program may implement the following activities:
(1) Identification of publicly and privately administered programs in the county dealing with the suppression or prevention of criminal gang activities, or both.
(2) Maintenance of a listing of programs within the county identified as dealing with the suppression or prevention of criminal gang activities, or both.
(3) Surveying gang suppression and prevention organizations for the types of services and activities each is engaged in, and identifying needs among these organizations for resources to provide services and fulfill their activities.
(4) Recruitment of volunteers, identification of their skills, abilities, and interests, and matching volunteers with the resource needs of gang prevention and suppression organizations.
(5) Establishment of an urban respite program for the purpose of preventing self-destructive activities and diverting (A) identified youth gang members, and (B) youths who are at risk of becoming gang members, for the purposes of reducing or eliminating incentives for those youths to participate in gang-related crime activities.
(b) The Urban Corps Program shall operate within the Office of Emergency Services for two years following the establishment of a contract with a community-based organization to administer the program.
(c) This section shall be implemented to the extent that funds are available to the Office of Emergency Services for this purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 442. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
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13826.65. School districts, county offices of education, or any consortium thereof, receiving funding under this chapter shall develop or adopt and implement a gang violence prevention curriculum, provide gang violence prevention and intervention services for school-aged children, and shall be encouraged to do all of the following:
(a) Establish a local steering committee comprised of representatives of each local program funded under this chapter, corporations, small businesses, and other appropriate local, county, and community organization knowledgeable in the area of youth gang violence.
(b) Develop and distribute information concerning parent education and parenting classes, including methods whereby parents may recognize youth gang involvement.
(c) Identify and utilize the resources of appropriate community-based organizations involved in the coordination of after school activities for school-aged youth.
(d) Establish contact between positive role models and youth involved in gang activity through adopt-a-youth programs and similar programs.
(e) Incorporate into gang prevention activities references to the relationship between drug abuse and gang violence.
(f) Develop partnerships between schools and businesses for the purpose of enhancing pupil achievement through such methods as tutorial services, field trips, role modeling, and other supportive services.
(g) Develop methods of assuring followup services for children receiving the initial gang violence prevention and intervention services.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 929, Sec. 4.)
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13826.7. The Board of State and Community Corrections is encouraged to utilize any federal funds that may become available for purposes of this chapter. This chapter becomes operative only if federal funds are made available for its implementation.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 36, Sec. 64. (SB 92) Effective June 30, 2011. Amendment operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 136, Sec. 32. Note: This section makes conditional the operation of Chapter 3.5, commencing with Section 13826.)
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13827. (a) The Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy is hereby abolished. The duties and obligations of that office, and all powers and authority formerly exercised by that office, shall be transferred to and assumed by the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(b) Except for this section, the phrase “Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy” or any reference to that phrase in this code shall be construed to mean the board. Any reference to the executive director of the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy in this code shall be construed to mean the board.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 85. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012)
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13828. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need to develop and provide training programs regarding the handling of judicial proceedings involving the victims of child sexual abuse. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide training programs which will ensure that children who are the victims of sexual abuse shall be treated with special consideration during all proceedings related to allegations of child sexual abuse, including all trials and administrative hearings.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 792, Sec. 1.)
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13828.1. From funds appropriated for those purposes, the Judicial Council shall establish and maintain an ongoing program to provide training for the judicial branch of government relating to the handling of child sexual abuse cases.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 792, Sec. 1.)
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13830. There is hereby created in state government a Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee of seven members. The Judicial Council shall appoint the members of the committee who shall hold office at its pleasure. In this respect the Legislature finds as follows:
(a) The California court system has a constitutionally established independence under the judicial and separation of power clauses of the State Constitution.
(b) The California court system has a statewide structure created under the Constitution, state statutes, and state court rules, and the Judicial Council of California is the constitutionally established state agency having responsibility for the operation of that structure.
(c) The California court system will be directly affected by the criminal justice planning that will be done under this title and by the federal grants that will be made to implement that planning.
(d) For effective planning and implementation of court projects it is essential that the Office of Emergency Services have the advice and assistance of a state judicial system planning committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 443. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
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13833. The expenses necessarily incurred by the members of the Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee in the performance of their duties under this title shall be paid by the Judicial Council, but it shall be reimbursed by the Office of Emergency Services to the extent that federal funds can be made available for that purpose. Staff support for the committee’s activities shall be provided by the Judicial Council, but the cost of that staff support shall be reimbursed by the Office of Emergency Services to the extent that federal funds can be made available for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 444. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)