The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) is
pleased to invite California counties to submit applications for
its third funding round for the Community Services Infrastructure
Grant Program (CSI Grant Program), which creates and expands
community alternatives to incarceration in the form of mental
health treatment, substance use disorder treatment and
trauma-centered services.
Late last week, the BSCC Board awarded more than $171 million in
two grants: the Adult Reentry Grant and the California Violence
Intervention and Prevention Grant.
At its September 20 business meeting, the Judicial Council will
consider a proposal on how to allocate $10.3 million
included in this year’s state budget to backfill the loss of fee
revenue to trial courts due to the repeal of civil assessment
fees authorized by Assembly Bill 177.
Ongoing state funding for court technology has expanded
voice-to-text translation in clerks and self-help offices,
electronic filing, hearing reminders, access to court records,
and other technology services.
California’s legislative session came to a close in the early
morning hours this week with hundreds of bills now awaiting
action by Governor Gavin Newsom. The following provides an update
on major bills of interest for the Administration of Justice
policy area. CSAC staff will continue to monitor and advocate for
County priorities during the signing period, which ends
September 30, 2022.
The Board of State and Community Corrections Board will meet on
Thursday, September 8 at 10:00 am. The meeting
will be held in person at their office located at 2590 Venture
Oaks Way, Sacramento and virtually via zoom.
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center began
hosting a webinar series in May with partners from the
Corporation for Supportive Housing and Luken Solutions, and
support from the U.S.
The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) is
pleased to invite California counties to submit applications for
its third funding round for the Community Services Infrastructure
Grant Program (CSI Grant Program), which creates and expands
community alternatives to incarceration in the form of mental
health treatment, substance use disorder treatment and
trauma-centered services. Eligible applicants include counties
and counties applying jointly.
On behalf of the BSCC, CSAC is sharing that the Board of State and Community
Corrections is launching work on a variety of grants designed
to ease some of the state’s most challenging problems: getting
guns off the streets, thwarting retail theft, investigating and
solving cases of missing indigenous people, and delivering
effective mobile probation services to people without
transportation.
Join Sonoma County Supervisor and CSAC Immediate Past President
James Gore and distinguished county leaders from across the
nation to share top priorities, challenges, and hard-won
successes.
This virtual event is part of Supervisor Gore’s roaring campaign
to serve counties nationwide as the next Second Vice President
for the National Association of Counties (NACo).
Join Supervisor Gore virtually on Wednesday, July 13th
anytime between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. to hear from:
This week, the Senate Transportation Committee approved Assembly
Bill 2438 by Assemblymember Friedman, which was recently amended
to address several issues raised by CSAC. The Committee did not
hear AB 2237, also by Assemblymember Friedman, which was opposed
by CSAC. We expect the Legislature to hold informational hearings
in the coming months to examine the issues raised by AB 2237 and
the recent AB 285 report.
A few hours ago, as expected, the Legislature passed a raft of
bills that together comprise the $300 billion budget agreement
reached over the weekend between the Administration, the Senate,
and the Assembly. AB 178 comprehensively amends the Budget Bill
(SB 154) passed two weeks ago and signed by the Governor on
Monday. We expect the Governor to sign the amended Budget Bill
and the many trailer bills by Friday. CSAC’s full summary is
available online.
Cal OES is inviting all eligible applicants to apply for an
exceptional funding opportunity through the Domestic
Violence Mobile Health Services (FO) Program. The
Request for Proposal (link provided below) has posted to our
website. The application period ends on September 13, 2022, for a
Subaward performance period of January 1, 2023 -July 31,
2025.
CSAC is opposed to
Assembly Bill 1608 (County officers: consolidation of
offices) by Assembly Member Gipson as it would create
unavoidable, significant costs to counties, while removing the
existing authority of our 58 elected county boards to consolidate
the duties of the sheriff with the duties of the coroner.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and the State
Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(SACJJDP) recently released the Title II Grant Program Request
for Proposals (RFP).
The
Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) is
seeking applicants for a CYBHI Equity Working Group. The
CYBHI Equity Working Group will advise, guide, develop practical
applications and recommendations, and help hold accountable and
build capacity of the CYBHI in its effort to center and advance
equity in the development and implementation of a reimagined
behavioral health ecosystem for children and youth ages 0-25,
particularly children, youth and families that face the greatest
AB 1744 (Levine) Probation and mandatory supervision: flash
incarceration. - Support
Assembly Bill 1744 by Assembly Member Marc Levine would extend
the use of flash incarceration by county probation departments
until January 1, 2028. Existing law authorizes probation and
mandatory supervision, which in each case is a period of time
when a person is released from incarceration and is subject to
specified conditions and supervision by county probation
authorities.
