Bill Text: CA AB1072 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Community development: California Promise Neighborhoods
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1072 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1072-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1072 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 21, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add Article 9 (commencing with Section 12092) to Chapter
1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Government Code,
relating to community development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1072, as amended, Fuentes. Community development: California
Promise Neighborhoods Initiative.
Existing law provides for various community development programs
in the state.
Executive Order S-05-10 created the Office of Economic Development
in the Governor's office, for the purpose of coordinating economic
development activities in the state.
This bill would establish the California Promise Neighborhoods
Initiative in the Office of Economic Development. It would require
the office to establish 40 promise neighborhoods throughout the
state, according to specified criteria, to maximize collective
efforts within a community to improve the health, safety, education,
and economic development of each neighborhood. It would require the
office to use existing state resources and federal funds to implement
these provisions, and authorize the office to accept financial
support from other public or private sources for these purposes.
It would require cities, counties, and school districts electing to
participate in the initiative to provide the office with specified
information.
This bill would direct the Office of Economic Development to work
with the California Health and Human Services Agency and counties to
establish participation goals for specified programs, and it would
also direct the office to explore methods for increasing
participation rates. The bill would give cities, counties, schools,
and school districts located in a promise neighborhood priority
consideration for certain programs, grants, and funding.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a) California continues to endure an unprecedented economic and
educational crisis that will have continuing ramifications on the
health, safety, education, and economic development of the most
underserved communities.
(b) The Harlem Children's Zone in New York has demonstrated the
lasting benefits of developing a network of support services to
revitalize an entire community focusing on the social, health, and
educational development of children.
(c) The federal Promise Neighborhoods Initiative, inspired by the
Harlem Children's Zone, seeks to develop a cradle-to-career pipeline
of support services in specific neighborhoods that will transform
communities.
(d) Central to the development of the Harlem Children's Zone and
the federal Promise Neighborhoods Initiative has been the use of data
to drive real-time decisionmaking and program improvement.
(e) More than 42 communities in California applied for the federal
Promise Neighborhoods Initiative grant. The three California
communities of Hayward, Pacoima, and Pico-Aliso were among the 21
communities selected nationwide.
(f) Many of the communities that were not selected by the federal
government continue to work on developing community plans, given that
cross-community planning provides lasting benefits in aligning and
maximizing resources in a given community.
(g) Establishing a network of services to serve specific families
breaks down many unnecessary barriers and silos in the effective
delivery of programs and services.
(h) The alignment of local, state, and federal resources can
maximize existing dollars and better serve specific communities.
SEC. 2. Article 9 (commencing with Section 12092) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Government Code,
to read:
Article 9. California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative
12092. (a) The California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative is
hereby established in the Office of Economic Development in the
Governor's office to develop a system of promise neighborhoods
throughout the state to support children's development from cradle to
career.
(b) (1) The purpose of the promise neighborhoods shall be to
maximize collective efforts within a community to improve the health,
safety, education, and economic development of each neighborhood.
(2) Participation by local agencies in the initiative shall be
voluntary.
(c) Commencing July 2012, the office shall develop an application
process for eligible entities to apply for sites to become promise
neighborhoods pursuant to this article.
(d) (1) The office shall establish 40 promise neighborhoods by
January 1, 2014. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the office
shall select promise neighborhoods from applicants that meet
eligibility criteria set forth in Section 12093, have developed cross
community plans, and have established alignment of resources with
local cities and counties.
(2) The three communities selected for the federal Promise
Neighborhoods Initiative, Hayward, Pacoima, and Pico-Aliso, shall be
included among the 40 promise neighborhoods established pursuant to
paragraph (1).
(e) (1) The office shall work with the State Department of
Education, the Employment Development Department, the California
Health and Human Services Agency, the Business, Transportation and
Housing Agency, the California Children and Families Commission, the
California Community Colleges, the California State University, the
Student Aid Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and
at its option, the University of California, in implementing this
article.
(2) The office shall work with the agencies described in paragraph
(1) to identify programs and opportunities for grants suitable for
prioritization in promise neighborhoods.
(f) The office shall work with promise neighborhood designees to
use the federal new markets tax credit program as an opportunity to
incentivize the creation of additional public-private partnerships in
promise neighborhoods.
(g) The office shall use existing state resources and available
federal funds to implement this article. If state or federal funds
are not available or sufficient, the office may apply for and accept
grants and receive donations, and other financial support from public
or private sources for purposes of this article.
12093. (a) A nonprofit organization that meets the requirements
of this section is eligible to apply for designation of a
neighborhood in which it operates as a promise neighborhood pursuant
to this article.
(b) An eligible applicant shall have at least all the following
partners as part of its application:
(1) Another community organization.
(2) A child development organization.
(3) A school district.
(4) A postsecondary institution.
(5) A city.
(6) A county.
(7) Business or industry.
(c) An eligible applicant shall have a cross-community plan.
(d) An eligible applicant shall establish geographic boundaries
for the promise neighborhood. The geographic area shall meet at least
all of the following criteria:
(1) Contain one or more high schools and feeder schools, and have
graduation rates below 70 percent.
(2) Have unemployment rates higher than the state as a whole.
(3) Have more than 25 percent of families with annual incomes
below fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
(e) If an eligible applicant's target area is located within a
city, county, or state receiving federal formula grants, the
applicant shall demonstrate that multiple sources of block grant
assistance are being coordinated and invested in support of the
planning, implementation, and long-term results of their promise
neighborhoods program.
12093.1. (a) The Office of Economic Development shall work with
the California Health and Human Services Agency and local counties to
establish participation goals for the following programs:
(1) The Healthy Families program, pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing
with Section 12693) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.
(2) CalFresh, pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section
18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(3) The Medi-Cal program, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 14000) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code.
(4) Other programs as identified by the office.
(b) The office shall post participation rates for programs
identified in subdivision (a), and explore different methods of
increasing participation in those programs, including, but not
limited to, a universal application and electronic data sharing.
12093.2. (a) The Office of Economic Development shall work with
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the California Community
Colleges, the California State University, the University of
California, the Student Aid Commission, and the California
Postsecondary Education Commission to ensure effective implementation
of this section.
(b) Schools and school districts located in a promise neighborhood
shall, to the extent not in conflict with federal law or initiative
measure, be granted priority in consideration for the following:
(1) The After School Education and Safety Program pursuant to
Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of
Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
(2) California Partnership Academies pursuant to Article 5
(commencing with Section 54691) of Chapter 9 of Part 20 of Division 4
of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(3) School improvement grants, to the extent that a school within
a promise neighborhood is presently low achieving and is eligible for
Title 1 funding pursuant to Chapter 70 (commencing with Section
6301) of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(4) The Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 52053) of Chapter 6.1
of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code.
(5) Grants issued pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
88532) of Part 52 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
12093.3. (a) The Office of Economic Development shall work with
the Employment Development Department, the California Workforce
Investment Board, and the Employment Training Panel to ensure
effective implementation of this section.
(b) Cities and counties located in a promise neighborhood shall be
granted priority in consideration for the following programs and
grants:
(1) The Employment Training Fund pursuant to Article 6 (commencing
with Section 1610) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code.
(2) Workforce development solicitations for proposals.
(3) Other programs as identified by the office.
12093.4. (a) The Office of Economic Development shall work with
the Department of Parks and Recreation to meet the provisions of this
section.
(b) Cities and counties located in a promise neighborhood shall be
granted priority in consideration for state funding for the creation
of new parks and recreation activities in underserved communities,
to the extent not in conflict with the provisions of an initiative
measure or a bond act.
12093.5. (a) School districts electing to participate in the
California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative shall provide the Office
of Economic Development with the following information:
(1) Graduation rates.
(2) Transition to postsecondary rates.
(3) Achievement gap data.
(4) Preschool enrollment rates.
(b) Cities and counties electing to participate in the initiative
shall provide the office with the following information:
(1) Health care coverage.
(2) Job growth.
(3) Unemployment.
(4) The housing element of their general plan pursuant to Article
10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of
Title 7.
