Governor Newsom signed 870 bills into law this year. To keep
counties informed of new laws that impact them, CSAC will be
publishing a series of articles to spotlight those laws in each
policy area. This week, the Administration of Justice policy
area provides information on new laws affecting a wide range of
subjects.
The new laws listed below become effective January 1, 2020 unless
noted otherwise.
The Judicial Council and the State Controller’s Office are
pleased to announce the annual Revenue Distribution WebEx
training session, offered to address impacts of newly enacted
legislation to trial court revenue distributions and provide
updates on other related areas of interest. Such as, the pending
bill that would consolidate collections reporting—read the latest
update on Assembly Bill 1818 (Stats. 2019, ch.637) here.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) is offering the
following opportunities that may be of interest to California
county officials involved with Administration of Justice.
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform 2020–2021 Length of
Stay Policy Academy
The Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans: Facilitating
Behavioral Health Diversion webinar hosted by the California
Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health and the
California Department of State Hospitals (DSH), with funding
support from the California Council on Criminal Justice and
Behavioral Health, will be held on Tuesday, October 29
from 11:30 am – 12:00 pm.
Last week, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
released a report titled “Just the Facts: Racial Disparities in
California Arrests.” The report makes the following findings:
The Council of Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH) is
hosting community engagement events throughout the state and
would like to encourage County participation.
Please join the Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral
Health (CCJBH) for their upcoming Housing Issues, Opportunities
and Resources Workshop on September 18 from 1– 4:30
PM. The meeting location is to be announced. The
purpose of this workshop is to discuss, with critical system
partners, policy and program implementation, identify strategies
to increase housing outcomes, and funding resources for
justice-involved individuals experiencing behavioral health
challenges.
The National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support
from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice
Assistance, will host a the Behavioral Health Needs Framework and
Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans webinar on September 4
from 11 AM to 12:30 PM.
Last week, the Judicial Council awarded millions of dollars to
fund
pretrial projects in 16 trial courts throughout the state.
This year’s state budget earmarked $75 million to the Judicial
Council to launch and evaluate two-year pretrial projects in
local trial courts.
On behalf of the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, we are pleased to announce that the Division of
Rehabilitative Programs has released a Request for Applications
(RFA) for Round Six of the Innovative Programming Grants for
Victim Impact programs.
AB 597 (Levine) extends the sunset date by two years on the
use of “flash incarceration,” which is a period of detention of
up to ten days in a county jail without going before a judge, for
a violation of an offender’s conditions of probation or mandatory
supervision. CSAC supported AB 597, which was sponsored by the
Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) and signed into law
by the Governor on July 1.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently released five
annual criminal justice reports that provide law enforcement
agencies and the public with statewide data on criminal justice
statistics. The reports, as well as the data behind each report,
can be accessed via the OpenJustice website.
A new proposal based on the work of the Commission on the
Future of California’s Court System, seeks to
decriminalize minor traffic offenses by making traffic
infractions a civil violation rather than a criminal violation.
The Futures Traffic Working Group is proposing Judicial
Council-sponsored legislation and is requesting comments on the
proposal.
California’s 2017 wildfire season was devastating. State of
emergencies were declared by the Governor for the record-breaking
fires in October and December for 13 counties in both Southern
and Northern California. Then, while California was still
recovering, it was struck with the deadliest and most destructive
wildfire in our state’s history: the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte
County killed 85 people, burned 153,336 acres and destroyed
18,804 structures.
