Our Bills

Bills to Watch in 2022

Read below to find out more about the bills Care First backs, opposes, and supports from the current legislative session, below. Please take action and send letters of support and opposition from your organization using our templates. Each bill is also linked to the full bill text, and will open a new tab on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.

Care First Bills

Summary

AB 1670: Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration

This bill would create the Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration to investigate and propose alternatives to incarceration. This Commission would also study the effect on families of separation due to incarceration.

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AB 2534: Survivor Support and Harm Prevention Pilot Program Act

The Survivor Support and Harm Prevention Pilot Program would fund prevention and therapeutic programs that are non carceral to survivors of trauma, violence, and crime of any kind. This pilot program would be conducted in up to five counties that would be required to establish an Office of Survivor Support and Harm Reduction. The program would be overseen by a stakeholder workgroup.

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Bills We Oppose

Summary

AB 2830-The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program

The CARE Court Program establishes a county led coerced treatment program for adults with schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders.

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SB 1338- Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program

The CARE Court Program establishes a county led coerced treatment program for adults with schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders.

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AB 1708- Law enforcement: sharing data

This bill increases monitoring and criminalization of our communities by allowing local law enforcement to collaborate and share information with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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AB 1928- Hope California: Secured Residential Treatment Pilot Program

This bill would create a Secured Residential Treatment Program in San Joaquin, Santa Clara, and Yolo counties to establish coerced treatment for people experiencing substance use disorders.

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Bills We Support

Summary

AB 2417: Juveniles: Youth Bill of Rights

The Youth Bill of Rights would be extended to any youth currently incarcerated under this legislation. Additionally, the Division of the Ombudsperson of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration would be required to make sure all incarcerated youth had access to information about their rights.

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SB 993: Victims and persons erroneously convicted

This legislation would create the Flexible Assistance for Survivors of Violence (FASV) pilot grant program under the Office of Emergency Services. This program would provide grants to community organizations that could then give cash assistance to survivors of violence.

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Our Bills

Bills to Watch in 2022

Care First Bills

Summary

AB 1670: Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration

This bill would create the Commission on Alternatives to Incarceration to investigate and propose alternatives to incarceration. This Commission would also study the effect on families of separation due to incarceration.

Learn more and take action:

AB 2534: Survivor Support and Harm Prevention Pilot Program Act

Learn more and take action:

Bills We Oppose

Summary

AB 2830-The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program

The CARE Court Program establishes a county led coerced treatment program for adults with schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders.

Learn more and take action:

SB 1338- Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program

The CARE Court Program establishes a county led coerced treatment program for adults with schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders.

Learn more and take action:

AB 1708- Law enforcement: sharing data

This bill increases monitoring and criminalization of our communities by allowing local law enforcement to collaborate and share information with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Learn more:

AB 1928- Hope California: Secured Residential Treatment Pilot Program

This bill would create a Secured Residential Treatment Program in San Joaquin, Santa Clara, and Yolo counties to establish coerced treatment for people experiencing substance use disorders.

Learn more and take action:

Bills We Support

Summary

AB 2417: Juveniles: Youth Bill of Rights

The Youth Bill of Rights would be extended to any youth currently incarcerated under this legislation. Additionally, the Division of the Ombudsperson of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration would be required to make sure all incarcerated youth had access to information about their rights.

Learn more:

SB 993: Victims and persons erroneously convicted

This legislation would create the Flexible Assistance for Survivors of Violence (FASV) pilot grant program under the Office of Emergency Services. This program would provide grants to community organizations that could then give cash assistance to survivors of violence.

Learn more:

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