(a) The department shall award to a city, county, or city and county, the application of which the department has approved pursuant to Section 30035.4, up to two million dollars ($2,000,000). An applicant city, county, or city and county shall specify in its application the amount for which they are applying, as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 30035.3.
(b) Of the funds provided to an applicant pursuant to this section, 60 percent shall be retained by the city, county, or city and county that provided the conditional use permit or other local entitlement for the facility and 40 percent shall be provided by the city, county, or city and county to the facility operator.
(1) A city, county, or city and county may use program funds, and any matching funds provided pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 30035.4, for the following purposes:
(A) Discretionary law enforcement services, including efforts to enhance public safety in the vicinity of the facility for which program funding is provided.
(B) Community outreach efforts that seek to address the concerns of residents and property owners within the one-quarter mile radius of the facility for which program funding is provided.
(C) Any other community-based activities that the board of supervisors or city council, as applicable, believes will contribute to improved community relations regarding the facility for which program funding is provided.
(2) Facility operators may use program funds provided by the applicant city, county, or city and county for the following purposes:
(A) Providing facility residents with the services specified in the approved application for program funding.
(B) Enhancing the security of the facility and its premises.
(C) Community outreach and communications.
(D) Start-up costs for the operation of the facility.
(E) Providing to facility residents those services specified in subdivision (b) of Section 30035.2, including through the transfer of program funds from the city or county to the facility operator.
(F) Any other purposes that the board of supervisors or city council determines will enhance outcomes for facility residents or enhance public safety in and around the facility, provided those purposes were specified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 30035.3.
(3) While the program is intended to primarily target offenders released from state prison or county jail, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the program from serving other individuals in the community who may benefit from the program’s services.
(c) No later than August 1, 2017, and each subsequent August 1 for which the program is in effect, each participating city, county, or city and county shall report the following to the department in the form and manner specified by the department:
(1) Program funds and matching funds received by the participating city, county, or city and county.
(2) A description of the use of the program funds and matching funds.
(3) A list of permitted facilities within the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s jurisdiction.
(d) No later than August 1, 2017, and each subsequent August 1 for which the program is in effect, each facility operator receiving program funds from a participating city, county, or city and county shall report the following to the department in the form and manner specified by the department:
(1) Program funds and matching funds received by the facility operator.
(2) The number of ex-offenders currently receiving program services.
(3) A description of the services provided.
(4) The number of ex-offenders who, over the course of the year preceding the report, received treatment and transitioned back into society.
(5) The facility operator’s program performance measurement of recidivism reduction.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 19, Sec. 19. (AB 111) Effective June 27, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018