State Policy Updates
Governor Jerry Brown supports eliminating California’s prisons for youth offenders
“Juvenile crime rates have plunged in every major county in California from 1998 to 2010. The rates of serious youth crime are now the lowest since statewide statistics were first collected in 1954, according to the San Francisco-based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice…”
Source: Karen de Sa, Mercury News, January 6, 2012
Beall’s bill AB 194 for priority college enrollment to current, former foster youth passes Assembly
Until January 1, 2017, AB 194 requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California to grant priority for registration for enrollment to foster youth or former foster youth…
Source: Around the Capitol, September 6, 2011
State Senate passes part of California Dream Act, allowing private scholarships for undocumented college students
“headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s office…Known as AB 130, the measure would allow undocumented college students access to privately funded financial aid as overseen by state colleges and universities…”
Source: Southern California Public Radio, July 15, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown signs a revised state budget
After a veto fight with his own party and unresolved differences with Republicans, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an on-time $85.9 billion spending plan Thursday that slashes higher education and the safety net while relying on a windfall of tax revenues…
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Gov. Jerry Brown Announces Suprise State Revenue, Reframes Need for Tax Extension for Coming Fiscal Year
The Gov.’s May Budget Revision assumes $6.6 billion more in tax revenue, paring deficit to $9.6 billion, giving schools at least as much as they got this year…
Source: Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, May 17, 2011
Carol Liu Presents State Bill to Implement First-of-its-Kind Strategy to End Youth Homelessness in California
SB123 declares homeless youth a priority, clearly defines youth homelessness, and names the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA) as the responsible state agency to lead efforts under the act…
Source: Debbie Raucher, the John Burton Foundation, February 22, 2011
Beall Introduces Legislation to Give Foster Youth Priority College Enrollment
If Assembly Bill 194 passes it would give the estimated 2,000 current and former foster youth attending community colleges priority enrollment in classes each semester…
Source: the Alameda Foster Youth Alliance, February 17, 2011
California Counties Ill-Prepared to Serve Homeless Youth, Survey Finds
Nearly two-thirds of California counties have no services targeted toward the state’s estimated 200,000 homeless youth, according to a state survey released this week…
Source: Joanna Lin, San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 2011
