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DATE: August 9; 1994
SUBJECT: Support of Violence Prevention Legislation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOM ENDATION:
SUPPORT the following violence prevention related legislation:
Assembly Bills:
AB 317 (Alpert): This bill would instruct the State Department of Education to develop a model
firearm safety curriculum that would teach children: 1) how to stay safe when encountering a
firearm; (2) how to resist peer pressure to play with a firearm, and; (3) how to distinguish
between media violence and real violence. This bill permits gun safety organizations, law
enforcement, The Attorney General, and school districts to collaborate on the design of the
curriculum. This project is modeled after the Straight Talk About Risks (STAR) curriculum
developed by the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. Status: This bill is in the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
AB 501 (Alpert): Requires a firearm safety certificate to own a gun and eliminates the loophole
in existing law that permits gun dealers to sell to people whom they know without performing
a background check. Status: This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
AB 1818 (Gotch): This bill would require that semiautomatic pistols that are manufactured in
California must have a trigger indicator showing whether or not a bullet is in the chamber.
Status: This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
AB 2449 (Alpert): Requires a permit to sell ammunition and prohibits people under the age of
18 from possessing ammunition. Status: This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
AB 2543 (Lee): This bill would instruct the State Board of Education to collaborate with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and California Schools Human Rights Advisory Committee
to adopt policies and guidelines to prevent and respond to acts of hate violence. Through teacher
in-service training and the addition of diversity programming to existing curricula, students will
learn sensitivity and tolerance. The guidelines and materials would not constitute a state
mandated program or an increase in program costs. Status: This bill is sched to be heard
in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Senate Bills:
SB 822 (Hayden): This bill would prohibit the sale of confiscated weapons by law enforcement
agencies and instead, weapons would be destroyed. Status: This bill is scheduled to be heard
in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee.
SB 1255 (Hughes): This bill would require that funding be transferred from the general fund
to school districts to fund the Interagency School Safety Demonstration Act of 1995. The funds
must be used for violence prevention, truancy reduction, school security, or alternative schools.
The funds will come from the sale of seized property and fines collected from crimes committed
on or within a 1,000 feet of schools. Status: Is on the Governor's Desk.
SB 1275 (Hart): This bill would require that any person who seeks to own a pistol, revolver,
or other firearm capable of being concealed upon a person, must apply to the Department of
Justice for a license to carry that firearm. This license would be valid for four years. Status:
This Bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 1276 (Hart): Existing law prohibits specified persons from owning or having firearms. This
bill would extend the prohibition on firearms to cover ammunition as well. Where existing law
provides for enhanced prison terms for a person who furnishes a firearm to another for the
purpose of enabling that person to commit a felony, this bill would extend this enhancement to
firearm ammunition, as specified. Status: This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
SB 1278 (Hart): This bill would prohibit a person subject to a domestic violence protective
order from owning or possessing a firearm, and would require that person, upon a finding by
the court, to relinquish any firearm they possess to a local law enforcement agency. Status: This
bill is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
BACKGROUND:
On February 1, 1994 the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors issued a Board Order adopting the
Preliminary Plan for Violence Prevention. That Board Order resolved that violence is
preventable and that the County must pursue all opportunities to reduce and prevent violence.
The Preliminary Plan for Violence Prevention specifically called for the Board of Supervisors
to review and take positions on relevant violence prevention, firearm, and ammunition control
legislation.
Pursuant to that provision, the Health Services Department has reviewed all current violence-
related legislation introduced during the 1994 session of the California Legislature. Based upon
that review, the Health Services Department Prevention Program has, initially, identified 10
bills for Board review and support.
In a comprehensive violence prevention strategy, it is in the interest of Contra Costa County to
employ a range of violence prevention methods, many of which are embedded in the pending
legislation. These methods include education about violence and firearm safety, regulation of
firearm design to reduce unintentional shootings, and licensure of firearms and ammunition.
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If adopted, the legislation recommended for Board support would help create a policy-based
framework for violence prevention. A list of organizations in Support of and Opposition to each
bill are included as additional information for the Board.
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ATTACHMENT 1: Organizations and Indiviudals in SUPPORT and OPPOSITION to bills
included in Board Order
AB 317 (Alpert):
Support & Opposition to AB 317:
This bill is supported by the Department of Justice; Lutheran Office of Public Policy;
California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; Kern
County Superintendent of Schools; California PTA; and California Teachers
Association.
The bill is opposed by Gun Owners of California, Incorporated.
AB 501 (Alpert):
Support & Opposition to AB 501:
The American College of Emergency Room Physicians supports this bill. The bill is
opposed by the Gun Owners of California, Incorporated.
AB 1818 (Gotch):
Support & Opposition to AB 1818:
This bill is supported by the Trauma Foundation; Violence Prevention Coalition of Los
Angeles County; Center for Public Interest Law; Children's Advocacy Institute;
California Peace Officers Association; California Police Chiefs Association; Peace
Officers Research Association.of California.
This bill is opposed -by The American Shooting Sports .Council; Gun Owners of
California, Incorporated; and the National Rifle Association.
AB 2449 (Alpert):
Support & Opposition to AB 2449:
This bill is supported by the California Union of Safety Employees; American College
of Emergency Room Physicians; and the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff's
Association. There is no current opposition to the bill.
AB 2543 (Lee):
Support & Opposition to AB 2543:
This bill is supported by The Lieutenant Governor; Alameda County; Benicia Unified
School District; California Board of Education; California School Board Association;
Communities United Against Violence; Los Angeles Unified School District; National
Association of Social Workers; California Congress of PTA; American Civil Liberties
Union; California Teachers Association; and the Life AIDS Lobby.
This bill is opposed by the Committee on Moral Concerns.
F. SB 822 (Hayden):
Support & Opposition to SB 822:
This bill is supported by The City of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Police Department; Los
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Angeles Police Protective League; Los Angeles Times Editorial (3/3/94); Oakland Police
Department; City of San Jose; California Police Officers Association; California Police
Chiefs Association; Reed Tukson, M.D., President, Drew University of Medicine;
Joseph McNamara, D.P.A.,Hoover Institute; California Union of Safety Employees; and
the Los Angeles City Council.
This bill is opposed by the National Rifle Association; California Rifle & Pistol
Association; Yuba County Sheriff-Coroner; San Bernardino Sheriff's Department; and
California Highway Patrol.
SB 1255 (Hughes):
Support & Opposition to SB 1255:
This bill is supported by the United Teachers Of Los Angeles and the Alliance of Urban
Teachers Organizations. There is no opposition to this bill at this time.
SB 1275 (Hart):
SB 1276 (Hart):
Support & Opposition to SB 1275 & SB 1276:
The California Medical Association; The Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los
Angeles; California Congress of the Parent Teacher Association; Children Now;
Handgun Control Inc.; California Association for Education of Young Children; Lutheran
Office of Public Policy; California Academy of Family Physicians; The Lieutenant
Governor; Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; County of Santa Cruz;
CaliforniaSchool,Employees Association;,and the Service Employees International Union
all support.this.bill.
These bills are opposed by the National Rifle Association; Gun Owners of California,
Incorporated; and The California Rifle and Pistol Association.
SB 1278 (Hart):
Support & Opposition to SB 1278:
This bill is supported by The District Attorneys Office of San Francisco; North County
Women's Resource Center; California Medical Association; Los Angeles County District
Attorneys Office; California Academy of Family Physicians; The Lieutenant Governor;
Lutheran Office of Public Policy; California Association for Education of Young
Children; and Santa Cruz County.
This bill is opposed by the National Rifle Association; Gun owners of California,
Incorporated; and The California Rifle and Pistol Association.
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