CA SB1097

Establishes the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Assessment Grant Program of 2014, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections to fund county data collection and reporting systems on criminal justice outcomes.

Requires counties to report by June 1, 2014 on their capacity to collect data, and beginning January 1, 2015, to annually report detailed criminal justice information on felons in local facilities and those released to community supervision, including recidivism, program participation, and support services provided.

Authorizes the board to award grants to counties for creating or expanding infrastructure to collect and report criminal justice data, with preference given to counties demonstrating independent data collection efforts.

Requires the board to submit summary reports to the Governor and Legislature by May 15, 2015 and annually thereafter, detailing the data submitted by counties.

Appropriates an undetermined amount from the General Fund to the board for implementing the grant program, with administrative costs not to exceed 5 percent of total grant funding, and takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.