SECTIONS 12740-12742 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 12740-12742

12740. The department shall prepare a state plan for the California
Community Services Block Grant Program, as required by the
secretary, which shall include all of the following:
(a) A statement of goals and objectives.
(b) Information on the types of activities to be supported,
geographic areas to be served, and categories or characteristics of
individuals to be served.
(c) The criteria and method established for the distribution of
funds, including details on how the distribution of funds will be
targeted on the basis of need.
(d) A description of how the state plan for the previous program
period has met the goals, objectives and needs identified in the
prior state plan through the use of funds in that program period.
(e) A description of the process by which the state plan has been
developed, distributed and reviewed by both the general public,
groups and individuals with an interest in the state's Community
Services Block Grant Program, and the Legislature.
(f) An explanation of how critical comment was received, reviewed,
and either incorporated or rejected by the department prior to final
submission of the state plan.
(g) The department's most current information regarding the
projected federal Community Services Block Grant allocation to the
state.
(h) A report of current and planned expenditures of discretionary
funds.

12741. The state's planning process shall include the following:
(a) The state plan shall identify eligible activities and the
eligible entities that will conduct those activities in order to meet
the general goals of the California Community Services Block Grant
Program and the specific goals of the program. The plan shall,
particularly with respect to subdivision (d) of Section 12740,
reflect the aggregate of community action plans in order to fairly
represent the most essential characteristic of the California
Community Services Block Grant Program, which is its adherence to the
principle of community self-help.
(b) The appropriate policy committee of the Assembly or the
Senate, or both, shall conduct one or more public hearings on the
proposed use and distribution of funds provided under the California
Community Services Block Grant Program. Prior to the hearing, the
department shall forward to the policy committees a list of the
activities it has identified as statewide priorities pursuant to
subdivision (e) of Section 12745, in order to notify the Legislature
and the public of the issues to be addressed by the department at
each hearing. The chairs of the policy committees may request
additional issues to be reported on by the department. The hearings
shall be conducted in such a manner as to satisfy the legislative
hearing requirement of federal Public Law 97-35, as amended, and to
give the Legislature an opportunity to certify that the state plan
conforms to the requirements of this chapter. At the discretion of
the respective chairs, the policy committees may hold a single or
joint hearing, or both, to satisfy the requirements of this section.
(c) The department shall make adjustments to the state plan as a
result of public comments presented at the legislative hearing as
well as written comments that are submitted to the department. The
department shall identify all testimony presented by the poor, and
shall state whether the concerns expressed by the testimony have been
included in the plan. If any of those concerns have not been
included in the plan, the department shall specify in the plan the
reasons for the rejection of those concerns. Concerns shall only be
rejected if there is good cause for the rejection.
(d) The committees conducting the hearings pursuant to subdivision
(b) shall determine whether the concerns of the poor have been
included in the state plan, as adjusted, or rejected for good cause.
Before the final state plan is submitted to the secretary, the chairs
of the committees conducting hearings shall certify that the state
plan conforms with the requirements of this chapter.
(e) Upon receiving the certification required in subdivision (d),
the department shall submit the final state plan, as required by
Section 9908 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, to
the secretary, and shall provide a copy to all eligible entities and
state legislators no more than one week thereafter.

12742. The current state plan may be amended by the department at
any time during the program year, provided that any proposed
amendments, together with the reasons therefor, are distributed to
all eligible entities and state legislators for a 30-day comment
period commencing at least 45 days prior to their planned date of
submission to the secretary.