Bill Text: CA AB1072 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1072 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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 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.
   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.  
   (f) 
    (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  one
  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 low high school graduation rates.  
   (2) Have high poverty rates. 
    (3)     Have high
unemployment.   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).