Bill Text: CA AB1668 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Conservation Corps: Education and Employment Reentry Program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 2019. [AB1668 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1668-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 28, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1668 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo (Principal coauthor: Senator Hertzberg) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Flora, and Fong) (Coauthors: Senators Dodd and Mitchell) |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 14415) is added to Division 12 of the Public Resources Code, to read:CHAPTER 4.5. The Education and Employment Reentry Program
14415.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:14415.1.
(a) The director shall establish, on or before July 1, 2020, the Education and Employment Reentry Program within the corps to employ formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Conservation Camp program crew and were recommended for participation and hire as a program member by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.14415.2.
Persons described in Section 14415.1 shall be selected for participation and hire as a program member on the basis of motivation, hard work, personal development, and public service, and without regard to their prior employment or educational background. Program employment shall be for a period of five years. The director, in conjunction with the Employment Development Department, shall prioritize developing and executing plans to assist program members in obtaining continued employment following participation in the program. Program members shall be compensated for their work at a living wage as determined by the director.14415.3.
Participants in the program shall generally be engaged in any of the following activities:14415.4.
The program shall accomplish all of the following objectives:14415.5.
A program member employed pursuant to this chapter shall be included as a corpsmember for purposes of the reporting requirements in Section 14424.Young people participating in the corps program shall generally be engaged in projects that do the following:
(a)Preserve, maintain, and enhance environmentally important lands and waters.
(b)Accomplish useful and needed public works projects in both urban and rural areas.
(c)Conserve, maintain, improve, and develop natural resources in both urban and rural areas.
(d)Provide opportunities for public use of, or education in, the areas, projects, and resources described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).
(e)Assist in emergency operations, such as natural disaster relief and the rescue of lost and injured persons.
(f)Assist in fire prevention and suppression.
(g)Directly contribute to the conservation of energy.
(h)Contribute toward making public facilities accessible to persons with disabilities.
(i)Assist departments within the
Natural Resources Agency in developing, rehabilitating, and restoring parklands, recreational facilities, and historical resources; restoring salmon and steelhead spawning, nursery, and rearing habitat; restoring and preserving wildlife habitat; and enhancing reforestation in both urban and rural areas.