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2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 7.5 - THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT › Section 14029.

14029. All information relating to any witness participating in the program established pursuant to this title shall remain confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and, if a change of name has been approved by the program, the order to show cause is not subject to the publication requirement of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 351. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 7.5 - THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT › Section 14030.

14030. (a) The Attorney General shall establish a liaison with the United States Marshal’s office in order to facilitate the legal processes over which the federal government has sole authority, including, but not limited to, those processes included in Section 14024. The liaison shall coordinate all requests for federal assistance relating to witness protection as established by this title.
(b) The Attorney General shall pursue all federal sources that may be available for implementing this program. For that purpose, the Attorney General shall establish a liaison with the United States Department of Justice.
(c) The Attorney General, with the California Victim Compensation Board, shall establish procedures to maximize federal funds for witness protection services.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 259. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 7.5 - THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT › Section 14031.

14031. Commencing one year after the effective date of this title, the Attorney General shall make an annual report to the Legislature no later than January 1 on the fiscal and operational status of the program. This report shall include the amount of funding sought by each county, the amount of funding provided to each county, and the amount of the county match.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 176, Sec. 66. Effective August 24, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 7.5 - THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT › Section 14032.

14032. The administrative costs of the Attorney General for the purposes of administering this title shall be limited to 5 percent of all costs incurred pursuant to this title.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 7.5 - THE HERTZBERG-LESLIE WITNESS PROTECTION ACT › Section 14033.

14033. (a) The Governor’s budget shall specify the estimated amount in the Restitution Fund that is in excess of the amount needed to pay claims pursuant to Sections 13960 to 13965, inclusive, of the Government Code, to pay administrative costs for increasing restitution funds, and to maintain a prudent reserve.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that, notwithstanding Government Code Section 13967, in the annual Budget Act, funds be appropriated to the Attorney General from those funds that are in excess of the amount specified pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purposes of this title.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 8 - BUILDING SECURITY › Section 14051.

14051. The chief law enforcement and fire officials of every city shall consult with the chief officer of their city who is charged with the enforcement of laws or ordinances regulating the erection, construction, or alteration of buildings within their jurisdiction for the purpose of developing local security standards and regulations supplemental to those adopted as part of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, relating to building standards. The chief law enforcement and fire officials of every county shall consult with the chief officer of their county who is charged with the enforcement of laws or ordinances regulating the erection, construction, or alteration of buildings within their jurisdiction for the purpose of developing local security standards and regulations supplemental to those adopted as part of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, relating to building standards. No provision of this or any other code shall prevent a city or county from enacting building security standards stricter than those enacted by the state.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1662.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14110.

14110. The Legislature finds the following:
(a) The incidence of violence in our state continues to present an increasing and dominating societal problem that must be addressed at its root causes in order to reduce significantly its effects upon our society.
(b) As an initial step toward that goal, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 23 of the 1979–80 Regular Session which created the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention which was charged with compiling the latest research on root causes of violence, in order to lay the foundation for a credible, effective violence eradication program.
(c) The commission produced a final report in 1982 entitled “Ounces of Prevention,” which established that long-term prevention is a valuable and viable public policy and demonstrated that there are reachable root causes of violence in our society.
(d) The report contains comprehensive findings and recommendations in 10 broad categorical areas for the removal of individual, familial, and societal causal factors of crime and violence in California.
(e) The recommendations in the report are feasible and credible, propose an effective means of resolving conflict and removing the root causes of violence in our society, and should be implemented, so that their value may be provided to our citizenry.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1709, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14111.

14111. The Legislature further finds that:
(a) It is in the public interest to translate the findings of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention into community-empowering, community-activated violence prevention efforts that would educate, inspire, and inform the citizens of California about, coordinate existing programs relating to, and provide direct services addressing the root causes of, violence in California.
(b) The recommendations in the report of the commission can serve as both the foundation and guidelines for short-, intermediate-, and long-term programs to address and alleviate violence in California.
(c) It is in the public interest to facilitate the highest degree of coordination between, cooperation among, and utilization of public, nonprofit, and private sector resources, programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions toward maximally successful violence prevention and crime control efforts.
(d) Prevention is a sound fiscal, as well as social, policy objective. Crime and violence prevention programs can and should yield substantially beneficial results with regard to the exorbitant costs of both violence and crime to the public and private sectors.
(e) The Office of Emergency Services is the appropriate state agency to contract for programs addressing the root causes of violence.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 464. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14112.

14112. The Legislature therefore intends:
(a) To develop community violence prevention and conflict resolution programs, in the state, based upon the recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention, that would present a balanced, comprehensive educational, intellectual, and experiential approach toward eradicating violence in our society.
(b) That these programs shall be regulated, and funded pursuant to contracts with the Office of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 465. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14113.

14113. Unless otherwise required by context, as used in this title:
(a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
(b) “Secretary” or “director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 466. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14114.

14114. (a) First priority shall be given to programs that provide community education, outreach, and coordination, and include creative and effective ways to translate the recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention into practical use in one or more of the following subject areas:
(1) Parenting, birthing, early childhood development, self-esteem, and family violence, to include child, spousal, and elderly abuse.
(2) Economic factors and institutional racism.
(3) Schools and educational factors.
(4) Alcohol, diet, drugs, and other biochemical and biological factors.
(5) Conflict resolution.
(6) The media.
(b) At least three of the programs shall do all of the following:
(1) Use the recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention and incorporate as many of those recommendations as possible into its program.
(2) Develop an intensive community-level educational program directed toward violence prevention. This educational component shall incorporate the commission’s works “Ounces of Prevention” and “Taking Root,” and shall be designed appropriately to reach the educational, ethnic, and socioeconomic individuals, groups, agencies, and institutions in the community.
(3) Include the imparting of conflict resolution skills.
(4) Coordinate with existing community-based, public and private, programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions, local, regional, and statewide public educational systems, criminal and juvenile justice systems, mental and public health agencies, appropriate human service agencies, and churches and religious organizations.
(5) Seek to provide specific resource and referral services to individuals, programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions confronting problems with violence and crime if the service is not otherwise available to the public.
(6) Reach all local ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic groups in the service area to the maximum extent feasible.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 115, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14114.5.

14114.5. Other programs shall include subdivisions (a) and (f) of Section 14114 and may include public lectures or sponsoring of conferences, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1709, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14115.

14115. (a) First priority programs may additionally provide specific direct services or contract for those services in one or more of the program areas as necessary to carry out the recommendations of the commission when those services are not otherwise available in the community and existing agencies do not furnish them. Direct services may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(1) Training seminars for law enforcement and human service agencies and operatives.
(2) Crisis intervention training and counseling.
(3) Casework and program consultation with local human service providers.
(4) Drug and alcohol counseling and treatment referral.
(5) Conflict resolution training and services, including the principles and practices of conflict mediation, arbitration, and “citizen tribunal” programs.
(b) All direct services are subject to Section 5328 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1709, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14116.

14116. Second priority shall be given to programs that conform to the requirements of Section 14114, except that the educational component of subdivision (f) of that section shall not be mandatory in each subject area, but shall be provided in at least three of those areas, and the programs shall provide specific direct services or contract for services in one or more program areas.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1709, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14117.

14117. (a) Each program shall have a governing board or an interagency coordinating team, or both, of at least nine members representing a cross section of existing and recipient, community-based, public and private persons, programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions. Each team shall do all of the following:
(1) As closely as possible represent the socioeconomic, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural makeup of the community and shall evidence an interest in and commitment to the categorical areas of violence prevention and conflict resolution.
(2) Be responsible for the implementation, evaluation, and operation of the program and all its constituent elements, including those specific direct services as may be provided pursuant to Section 14115.
(3) Be accountable for the distribution of all funds.
(4) Designate and appoint a responsible administrative authority acceptable to the Office of Emergency Services prior to the receipt of a grant.
(5) Submit an annual report to the Office of Emergency Services, which shall include information on all of the following:
(A) The number of learning events.
(B) The number of persons trained.
(C) An overview of the changing level of information regarding root causes of violence.
(D) An overview of the changing level of attitude regarding root causes of violence.
(E) The changing level of behavior regarding root causes of violence.
(F) The degree to which the program has been successful in satisfying the requirements set forth in subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 14114.
(G) Other measures of program efficacy as specified by the Office of Emergency Services.
(b) Coordinating teams established under this section may adopt local policies, procedures, and bylaws consistent with this title.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 467. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14118.

14118. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and issue written program, fiscal, and administrative guidelines for the contracted programs that are consistent with this title, including guidelines for identifying recipient programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions, and organizing the coordinating teams. The Office of Emergency Services shall then issue a request for proposals. The responses to the request for proposals shall be rated according to the priorities set forth in subdivision (b) and additional criteria established by the guidelines. The highest rated responses shall be selected. The Office of Emergency Services shall do all of the following:
(1) Subject the proposed program and administrative guidelines to a 30-day period of broad public evaluation with public hearings commencing in May 1985, prior to adoption, including specific solicitation of input from culturally, geographically, socioeconomically, educationally, and ethnically diverse persons, programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions.
(2) Provide adequate public notice of the public evaluation around the state in major metropolitan and rural newspapers and related media outlets, and to local public, private, and nonprofit human service executives and advisory boards, and other appropriate persons and organizations.
(3) Establish a mechanism for obtaining, evaluating, and incorporating when appropriate and feasible, public input regarding the written program and administrative guidelines prior to adoption.
(b) Applicants for contracts under this title may be existing community-based public and nonprofit programs, agencies, organizations, and institutions, newly developed nonprofit corporations, or joint proposals from combinations of either or both of the above.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 468. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14119.

14119. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall promote, organize, and conduct a series of one-day crime and violence prevention training workshops around the state. The Office of Emergency Services shall seek participation in the workshops from ethnically, linguistically, culturally, educationally, and economically diverse persons, agencies, organizations, and institutions.
(b) The training workshops shall have all of the following goals:
(1) To identify phenomena which are thought to be root causes of crime and violence.
(2) To identify local manifestations of those root causes.
(3) To examine the findings and recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention.
(4) To focus on team building and interagency cooperation and coordination toward addressing the local problems of crime and violence.
(5) To examine the merits and necessity of a local crime and violence prevention effort.
(c) There shall be at least three workshops.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 469. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14120.

14120. (a) Programs shall be funded, depending upon the availability of funds, for a period of two years.
(b) The Office of Emergency Services shall provide 50 percent of the program costs, to a maximum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per program per year. The recipient shall provide the remaining 50 percent with other resources which may include in-kind contributions and services. The administrative expenses for the pilot programs funded under Section 14120 shall not exceed 10 percent.
(c) Programs should be seeking private sector moneys and developing ways to become self-sufficient upon completion of pilot program funding.
(d) The recipient programs shall be responsible for a yearend independent audit.
(e) The Office of Emergency Services shall do an interim evaluation of the programs, commencing in July 1986, and shall report to the Legislature and the people with the results of the evaluation prior to October 31, 1986. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment and inventory of all of the following:
(1) The number of learning events.
(2) The number of persons trained.
(3) The changing level of information regarding root causes of violence.
(4) The changing level of attitude regarding root causes of violence.
(5) The changing level of behavior regarding root causes of violence.
(6) The reduced level of violence in our society.
(7) The degree to which the program has succeeded in reaching and impacting positively upon local ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups in the service area.
A final evaluation shall be made with a report prior to October 31, 1987, which shall also include specific recommendations to the Legislature and the people of this state regarding methods and means by which these violence prevention and crime control programmatic efforts can be enhanced and improved.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 470. (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 10 - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION › Section 14121.

14121. The Office of Emergency Services may hire support staff and utilize resources necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 471. (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 10.2 - California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program › Section 14130.

14130. This title shall be known and may be cited as the Break the Cycle of Violence Act.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 735, Sec. 1. (AB 1603) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.5 - VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › Section 14140.

14140. (a) Each county is authorized and encouraged to create a county task force on violent crimes against women. The board of supervisors of a county which elects to create a task force under this section shall notify the Office of Emergency Services that the county is establishing, by appointment, a countywide task force. Each county task force shall develop a countywide policy on violent crimes against women.
(b) The Office of Emergency Services may provide technical assistance to, and collect and disseminate information on, the county task forces established under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 472. (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 10.5 - VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › Section 14141.

14141. The purpose of each county task force may be as follows:
(a) To promote a countywide policy on violent crimes against women.
(b) To make recommendations on how to reduce violent crime.
(c) To prepare and place counties in a strong position to compete for federal and state funds that may become available for the purposes of this title.
(d) To facilitate coordination of services and responses between governmental agencies and between governmental agencies and nonprofit agencies serving women who are victims of violent crimes.
(e) To initiate local domestic violence prevention planning and priorities for the use of federal and state domestic violence prevention grants.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 995, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.5 - VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › Section 14142.

14142. Each county task force may evaluate and make recommendations regarding the following:
(a) The adequacy of current law enforcement efforts at the local level to reduce the rate of violent crimes against women.
(b) The responsiveness of local prosecutors and the courts to violent crimes against women.
(c) Local government efforts to reduce violent crimes against women.
(d) Public awareness and public dissemination of information essential to the prevention of violent crimes against women.
(e) The information collection and government statistics on the incidence and prevalence of violent crimes against women.
(f) The adequacy of federal, state, and local laws on sexual assault and domestic violence and the need for more uniform statutory responses to sex offenses and domestic violence.
(g) The need for services, including counseling, shelter, legal services, victim advocacy, and other supportive services, for women who are victims of violent crime.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 995, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.5 - VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN › Section 14143.

14143. Every effort shall be made to ensure that the ethnic and racial composition of each task force is reflective of the ethnic and racial distribution of the persons and families in the community. Each county task force shall include, to the extent possible, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) A criminal court judge.
(b) A domestic relations or civil court judge.
(c) A prosecuting attorney.
(d) A city council person or other elected local governmental official.
(e) Representatives from the Council of Cities, the Police Chief Association, the County Office of Education, the Public Defender Program, the County Bar Association, the Domestic Violence Coalition, health services, social services, probation, a women’s organization, each of the domestic violence shelter-based programs serving the county, each of the rape crisis centers serving the county, a legal services program, a homeless program serving women, other nonprofit community-based organizations whose primary focus is to assist the women who are victims of violent crimes, the Native Tribal Councils, and the county Commission on the Status of Women.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 197, Sec. 35. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14150.

14150. The Legislature hereby finds and declares:
(a) Over the last 10 years, criminal case filings, including misdemeanor filings, have been increasing faster than any other type of filing in California’s courts. Between 1981 and 1991, nontraffic misdemeanor and infraction filings in municipal and justice courts increased by 35 percent.
(b) These misdemeanor cases add to the workload which is now straining the California court system. In addition, many of these cases are ill-suited to complete resolution through the criminal justice system because they involve underlying disputes which may result in continuing conflict and criminal conduct within the community.
(c) Many victims of misdemeanor criminal conduct feel excluded from the criminal justice process. Although they were the direct victims of the offenders’ criminal conduct, the process does not currently provide them with a direct role in holding the offender accountable for this conduct.
(d) Community conflict resolution programs utilizing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes such as mediation and arbitration have been effectively used in California and elsewhere to resolve conflicts involving conduct that could be charged as a misdemeanor. These programs can assist in reducing the number of cases burdening the court system. By utilizing ADR processes, these programs also provide an opportunity for direct participation by the victims of the conduct, thereby increasing victims’ satisfaction with the criminal justice process. In addition, by bringing the parties together, these programs may reduce conflict within the community by facilitating the settlement of disputes which are causing repeated misdemeanor criminal conduct and may increase compliance with restitution agreements by encouraging the offender to accept personal responsibility.
(e) As of the effective date of this section, the San Francisco and Contra Costa district attorney offices refer between 1,000 and 1,500 cases per year involving conduct which could be charged as a misdemeanor to California Community Dispute Services, which provides ADR services. Between 70 and 75 percent of these cases are successfully resolved through the ADR process, and the rate of compliance with the agreements reached is between 80 and 93 percent.
(f) The State of New York has developed a substantial statewide alternative dispute resolution program in which 65 percent of the cases using the services are of a criminal nature. These cases are referred to arbitration, conciliation, and mediation. Of the criminal misdemeanor cases that were mediated, 82 percent reached an agreement through the mediation process.
(g) It is in the public interest for community dispute resolution programs to be established to provide ADR services in cases involving conduct which could be charged as a misdemeanor and for district attorneys and courts to be authorized to refer cases to these programs.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 91. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14151.

14151. The district attorney may establish a community conflict resolution program pursuant to this title to provide alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, such as mediation, arbitration, or a combination of both mediation and arbitration (med-arb) in cases, including those brought by a city prosecutor, involving conduct which could be charged as a misdemeanor. The district attorney may contract with a private entity to provide these services and may establish minimum training requirements for the neutral persons conducting the ADR processes.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 91. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14152.

14152. (a) The district attorney may refer cases involving conduct which could be charged as a misdemeanor to the community conflict resolution program. In determining whether to refer a case to the community conflict resolution program, the district attorney shall consider, but is not limited to considering, all of the following:
(1) The nature of the conduct in question.
(2) The nature of the relationship between the alleged victim and the person alleged to have committed the conduct.
(3) Whether referral to the community conflict resolution program is likely to help resolve underlying issues which are likely to result in additional conduct which could be the subject of criminal charges.
(b) No case where there has been a history of child abuse, sexual assault, or domestic violence, as that term is defined in Section 6211 of the Family Code, between the alleged victim and the person alleged to have committed the conduct, or where a protective order, as defined in Section 6218 of the Family Code, is in effect, shall be referred to the community conflict resolution program.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 222.7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14153.

14153. Both the alleged victim and the person alleged to have committed the conduct shall knowingly and voluntarily consent to participate in the ADR process conducted by the community conflict resolution program.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 91. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14154.

14154. In a county in which the district attorney has established a community conflict resolution program, the superior court may, with the consent of the district attorney and the defendant, refer misdemeanor cases, including those brought by a city prosecutor, to that program. In determining whether to refer a case to the community conflict resolution program, the court shall consider, but is not limited to considering, all of the following:
(a) The factors listed in Section 14152.
(b) Any other referral criteria established by the district attorney for the program.
The court shall not refer any case to the community conflict resolution program which was previously referred to that program by the district attorney.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 575. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14155.

14155. (a) If the alleged victim or the person alleged to have committed the conduct does not agree to participate in the community conflict resolution program or the case is not resolved through the ADR process provided by that program, the community conflict resolution program shall promptly refer the case back to the district attorney or to the court that made the referral for appropriate action.
(b) If the community conflict resolution program determines that a case referred to it prior to the filing of a complaint has been resolved through that referral, the program shall recommend to the district attorney that the case not be prosecuted.
(c) If a case referred to the community conflict resolution program after the filing of a complaint but prior to adjudication is resolved through that referral, the court may dismiss the action pursuant to Section 1378 or 1385.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 91. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 10.6 - COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS › Section 14156.

14156. It is the intent of the Legislature that neither this title nor any other provision of law be construed to preempt other precomplaint or pretrial diversion programs. It is also the intent of the Legislature that this title not preempt other posttrial diversion programs.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 696, Sec. 91. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14160.

14160. (a) It is the purpose of this title to require certain reports or records of transactions involving monetary instruments as defined herein where those reports or records have a high degree of usefulness in criminal investigations or proceedings.
(b) The Attorney General shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this title.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the rules and regulations prescribed by the Attorney General for the administration and enforcement of this title shall be designed to minimize the cost and difficulty of compliance and shall, to the greatest extent possible, result in report and record-keeping forms consistent with those in use for compliance with Sections 5311 et seq. of Title 31 of the United States Code, Section 6050 I of Title 26 of the United States Code, and regulations adopted thereunder.
(d) Nothing in this title shall be construed to give rise to a private cause of action for relief or damages.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1039, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14162.

14162. (a) A financial institution shall make and keep a record of each transaction by, through, or to, the financial institution that involves currency of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). A financial institution shall file a report of the transaction with the department in a form and at the time that the department, by regulation, shall require. The filing with the department within the time specified in its regulations of a duplicate copy of a report of the transaction required by Section 6050I of Title 26 of the United States Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, shall satisfy the reporting requirements of this subdivision. This subdivision does not apply to a financial institution, as defined in Section 5312 of Title 31 of the United States Code and Section 103.11 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations and any successor provisions thereto.
(b) A financial institution, as defined in Section 5312 of Title 31 of the United States Code and Section 103.11 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations and any successor provisions, shall file with the department, at any time as the department by regulation shall require, a duplicate copy of each report required by Sections 5313 and 5314 of Title 31 of the United States Code and by Sections 103.22 and 103.23 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and any successor provisions thereto. The filing pursuant to this subdivision shall satisfy all reporting and recordkeeping requirements of this title.
(c) (1) A financial institution with actual knowledge of the requirements of this section that knowingly and willfully fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty.
(2) The court may impose a civil penalty for each violation. However, in the first civil proceeding against a financial institution, the civil penalties for all violations shall not exceed a total sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). If a civil penalty was imposed in a prior civil proceeding, the civil penalties for all violations shall not exceed a total sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). If a civil penalty was imposed in two or more prior civil proceedings, the civil penalties for all violations shall not exceed a total sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(3) A proceeding for a civil penalty under this subdivision may be brought only by the Attorney General of California or the district attorney for the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. The proceeding shall be governed by the Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) This subdivision shall not apply to any case where the financial institution is criminally prosecuted in federal or state court for conduct related to a violation of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 672, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14163.

14163. Except as otherwise provided, a financial institution may exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 14162 monetary instrument transactions exempted from the reporting requirements of Section 5313 of Title 31 of the United States Code. However, the exemption shall be approved in writing and with the signature of two or more officers of the financial institution and subject to review and disapproval for reasonable cause by the department. An exemption disapproved by the department in writing shall be effective to require reporting pursuant to Section 14162 within five business days of the time the disapproval is communicated to the financial institution. The department may require, by regulation, the maintenance, and may provide for the inspection, of records of exemptions granted under this section.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1039, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14164.

14164. (a) A financial institution, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof, that keeps and files a record in reliance on Section 14162, shall not be liable to its customer, to a state or local agency, or to any person for any loss or damage caused in whole or in part by the making, filing, or governmental use of the report, or any information contained therein.
(b) This title does not preclude a financial institution, in its discretion, from instituting contact with, and thereafter communicating with and disclosing customer financial records to, appropriate federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies when the financial institution has reason to suspect that the records or information demonstrate that the customer has violated any provision of this title or Section 186.10.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1039, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14165.

14165. (a) The department shall analyze the reports required by Section 14162 and shall report any possible violations indicated by this analysis to the appropriate criminal justice agency.
(b) The department, in the discretion of the Attorney General, may make a report or information contained in a report filed under Section 14162 available to a district attorney or a deputy district attorney in this state, upon request made by the district attorney or his or her designee. The report or information shall be available only for a purpose consistent with this title and subject to regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, which shall require the district attorney or his or her designee seeking the report or information contained in the report to specify in writing the specific reasons for believing that a provision of this title or Section 186.10 has been violated.
(c) The department shall destroy a report filed with it under Section 14162 at the end of the fifth calendar year after receipt of the report, unless the report or information contained in the report is known by the department to be the subject of an existing criminal proceeding or investigation.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 578, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14166.

14166. Any person (a) who willfully violates any provision of this title or any regulation adopted to implement Section 14162, (b) who, knowingly and with the intent either (1) to disguise the fact that a monetary instrument was derived from criminal activity or (2) to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, or carrying on of any criminal activity, furnishes or provides to a financial institution or any officer, employee, or agent thereof or to the department, any false, inaccurate, or incomplete information or conceals a material fact in connection with a transaction for which a report is required to be filed pursuant to either Section 14162 of this code or Section 5313 of Title 31 of the United States Code, or in connection with an exemption prescribed in Section 14163, or (c) who, knowingly and with the intent either (1) to disguise the fact that a monetary instrument was derived from criminal activity or (2) to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, or carrying on of any criminal activity, conducts a monetary instrument transaction or series of transactions by or through one or more financial institutions as part of a scheme and with the intent to avoid the making or filing of a report required under either Section 14162 of this code or Section 5313 of Title 31 of the United States Code, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison, by a fine of not more than the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or twice the monetary value of the financial transaction or transactions, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any violation of this section as to each monetary instrument transaction or exemption constitutes a separate, punishable offense.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1187, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11 - RECORDS AND REPORTS OF MONETARY INSTRUMENT TRANSACTIONS › Section 14167.

14167. Any report, record, information, analysis, or request obtained by the department or any agency pursuant to this title is not a public record as defined in Section 7920.530 of the Government Code and is not subject to disclosure under Article 1 (commencing with Section 7922.500) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 7922.525) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 352. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11.5 - CENTRAL VALLEY RURAL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM › Section 14173.

14173. Funds appropriated to the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program shall be allocated by the Controller and distributed according to the following schedule:
Fresno County  ........................
23%
Kern County  ........................
17%
Kings County  ........................
8.5%
Madera County  ........................
5.5%
Merced County  ........................
8.5%
San Joaquin County  ........................
8.5%
Stanislaus County  ........................
8.5%
Tulare County  ........................
20.5%
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 80. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11.5 - CENTRAL VALLEY RURAL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM › Section 14174.

14174. Funds appropriated for the purposes of this title shall be allocated based on the counties’ compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 14171.
(Added by renumbering Section 14174.3 by Stats. 2005, Ch. 497, Sec. 6. Effective October 4, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 11.7 - CENTRAL COAST RURAL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM › Section 14180.

14180. The Legislature encourages the Counties of Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo to develop, adopt, and implement a Central Coast Rural Crime Prevention Program based upon the Central Valley Rural Crime Prevention Program established by Title 11.5 (commencing with Section 14170) of Part 4.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 18, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)