SECTIONS 5096.348 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 5096.348

5096.348. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall
be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for parks, park
facilities, or environmental youth service centers that are within
the immediate proximity of a neighborhood that has been identified by
the department as having a critical lack of park or open-space lands
or deteriorated park facilities, that are in an area of significant
poverty and unemployment, and that have a shortage of services for
youth. Priority shall be given to capital projects that employ
neighborhood residents and at-risk youth.
(b) (1) Fifty percent of the funds allocated pursuant to
subdivision (j) of Section 5096.310 shall be made available on a
competitive basis to heavily urbanized counties and cities or to
nonprofit organizations or park districts in those counties and
cities, in compliance with subdivision (a) and the matching
requirements of the Roberti-Z'berg-Harris Urban Open-Space and
Recreation Program Act (Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 5620).
(2) No more than 10 percent of the amounts made available pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall be allocated to fund grants pursuant to
Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 990) of Part 1 of Division 2 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, at least 50 percent of which shall
be granted to youth service organizations eligible for tax-exempt
status pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
that are chartered by a national youth service organization.