Bill Text: CA SB466 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Institute for Criminal Justice Policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [SB466 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB466-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 466 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 17, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 5, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 29, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 9, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator DeSaulnier
(Coauthor: Senator Wolk)
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to add and repeal Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11480)
of Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to the California
Institute for Criminal Justice Policy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 466, as amended, DeSaulnier. California Institute for Criminal
Justice Policy.
Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to
study, and limits the commission to studying, topics approved by
resolution of the Legislature. Existing law requires the commission
to examine statutes to discover defects and recommend reforms.
This bill would establish the California Institute for Criminal
Justice Policy for the purpose of facilitating a
comprehensive and coordinated approach to delineate effective public
safety and justice systems through the use of evidence-based
practices, the promulgation of cost-benefit analyses of criminal
justice legislation to promulgate a statewide plan for public safety,
and the development of strategies based on data and science that
reduce recidivism and hold offenders accountable. and
would require the institute to consult with certain entities, as
specified, in order to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of, and to
develop a ranking of, the effectiveness of crime prevention programs,
rehabilitation programs, and recidivism reduction programs located
in California. The bill would also authorized the institute to
conduct additional research at the request of the Legislature.
This bill would request the University of California to house the
institute. The bill would become operative after a determination by
the Director of the Department of Finance that
sufficient private funds have been deposited with the state to fully
support the startup and operational activities of the institute for
one year, would remain operative upon be
inoperative until funding being is
made available in the annual Budget Act, and would be repealed
as of January 1, 2018.
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. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11480) is added to
Title 1 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:
CHAPTER 4. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY
11480. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) For the past 30 years, California's criminal justice system
has experienced ongoing problems, including dangerous prison
overcrowding. In 2006, California's prison population reached 173,000
inmates, at 202 percent of design capacity. State spending on
corrections increased by 31 percent in the last decade resulting in
reduced funding for higher education, health and social services, and
the courts and local law enforcement.
(b) Parole reform in 2009 and the 2011 Public Safety Realignment
significantly reduced prison populations for the first time in
decades. Nonetheless, prisons are still over capacity, jail expansion
is increasing across the state, and too few justice system entities
have embraced evidence-based practices to increase safety and reduce
criminal justice costs.
(c) California needs an independent data-driven institution to
promulgate best practices in criminal justice and guide the state in
a transition from a problem-plagued justice system to evidence-based
practices. A dedicated, independent institute can carry out
nonpartisan practical research to address the continuing issues in
the criminal justice system and delineate models for effective public
safety and justice systems.
(d) Instituting best practices in the criminal justice system will
ultimately save the state money through reduced litigation costs. A
2010 report by the Inspector General of California found that the
state paid more than $139 million one hundred
thi rty- nine million dollars ($139,000,000)
between 1997 and 2010 in litigation costs for 12 major class
action cases associated with the treatment of inmates and wards in
the state. By addressing these issues in a comprehensive manner,
future lawsuits could be avoided, and the costs of the existing
ongoing litigation could be mitigated.
11480.01. (a) There is hereby established
in the state government the California Institute for Criminal Justice
Policy.
The purposes of the institute shall include, but need not be
limited to, the facilitation of a comprehensive and coordinated
approach to delineate effective public safety and justice systems
through the use of evidence-based practices, the promulgation of
cost-benefit analyses of criminal justice legislation to promulgate a
statewide plan for public safety, and the development of strategies
based on data and science that reduce recidivism and hold offenders
accountable.
(b) The California Institute for Criminal Justice Policy shall
consult with the University of California, with one or more
university-based programs with expertise in evaluating rehabilitation
programs, and with any other appropriate person or entity, in order
to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of, and to develop a ranking of,
the effectiveness of crime prevention programs, rehabilitation
programs, and recidivism reduction programs located in California.
(c) The California Institute for Criminal Justice Policy may
conduct additional research at the request of the Legislature and, in
conducting that research, shall draw upon its repository of useful
studies.
11481. The Legislature requests that the University of California
house the California Institute for Criminal Justice Policy to
facilitate independent and nonpartisan research on issues related to
criminal justice and public safety by experts in the University of
California system and beyond.
11483. (a) This chapter shall become operative only after the
Director of the Department of Finance determines
that private funds, in an amount sufficient to fully support the
startup and operational activities of the California Institute for
Criminal Justice Policy for one year from the date of implementation,
have been deposited with the state. If the director determines that
sufficient funding has been secured to support those activities, he
or she shall file a written statement with the Secretary of the
Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the Legislative Counsel
memorializing that this determination has been made.
(b) Once the funds deposited with the state and determined by the
director to be sufficient to fully support the startup and
operational activities of the California Institute for Criminal
Justice Policy for one year from the date of implementation, pursuant
to subdivision (a), have been expended, this chapter shall
remain operative upon be inoperative until an
appropriation being is made in the
annual Budget Act to implement the purposes, objectives, and
operations of the California Institute for Criminal Justice Policy.
(c) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.
