The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has scheduled
the first of seven regional meetings on the implementation of
Proposition 47, part of a statewide tour to explain the agency’s
duties and gather public input on potential funding
priorities.
The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m. on October 28, 2015 at the
Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ chambers in Oakland (1221
Oak Street). The others will be scheduled after the first of the
year.
Proposition 47 is the voter approved initiative that reduced
specific non-serious, non-violent property and drug crime
felonies to misdemeanors. The BSCC was charged under the voter
initiative with awarding grants intended to reduce recidivism
using 65 percent of the funds that would be saved with the
measure’s enactment. The Department of Finance is working to
determine savings to the state as a result of Prop 47.
By law public agencies will be the lead agencies for Prop 47
grants. These public agencies can work in cooperation with local
service providers.
Proposition 47 called for spending the savings on treatment
programs. Pending legislation, if passed and signed into law,
provides additional programmatic priorities for the types of
recidivism-reduction services that would be funded, such as
reentry housing for offenders who have served their sentences and
have been released from incarceration, substance abuse treatment
programs and employment-related services.
A limited-term Executive Steering Committee appointed by the
Board will develop grant program criteria for final Board
approval. In early 2016 the BSCC will begin accepting through its
website statements of interest for ESC membership, and will be
looking for people who are representative of California’s diverse
population who bring a variety of perspectives, backgrounds,
professional expertise, life experiences and geographic
representation.
The BSCC is a multi-faceted organization that provides assistance
to the counties on community corrections issues. The agency
annually administers and awards millions of dollars in grants
designed to reduce recidivism, sets standards for the training of
local corrections officers and the operations of local
corrections facilities, and administers the current lease-revenue
bond process for local jail improvements.
For more information about the BSCC’s Prop 47 responsibilities
please read the FAQs here.
For more information contact Ricardo Goodridge at 916-341-5160 or
