30035.3. (a) (1) Applications for program funding shall be submitted to the department, in the form and manner specified by the department, no earlier than October 1, 2016, and no later than October 1, 2018.
(2) (A) Each application shall be accompanied by a copy of a resolution adopted by the county board of supervisors or the city council, as applicable, stating that the board or council has approved the issuance of a conditional use permit or other local entitlement for a facility that meets the criteria specified in Section 30035.2 and that final issuance of the conditional use permit or provision of other local entitlement will be provided within the three scheduled public meetings of the county board of supervisors or city council, as applicable, following the department’s approval of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s application for program funds.
(B) The conditional use permit or other local entitlement issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be valid for a minimum period of 10 years from the date of issuance.
(C) Failure of the city, county, or city and county to provide final issuance of the conditional use permit or other local entitlement within the three scheduled public meetings following the department’s approval of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s application shall render the department’s approval of that application void. The city, county, or city and county shall thereafter be permanently ineligible to submit any future application for funding under the program.
(b) Each application for program funding shall detail all of the following:
(1) The amount of program funding requested.
(2) The number of offenders for whom the facility will provide services.
(3) The types of offenders for whom the facility will provide services.
(4) The types of services that the facility will provide to offenders.
(5) The purposes for which the city, county, or city and county will use the program funds for which it has applied.
(6) The purposes for which the facility will use program funds provided to it by the applicant city, county, or city and county.
(7) (A) The facility operator’s past in-state experience with operating facilities similar to those for which the application has been submitted.
(B) The information required by this paragraph shall include detailed information describing each instance in which the facility operator was found to be in violation of any state law or local rule, regulation, or ordinance, including any applicable state or local licensing requirements.
(8) The facility operator’s program performance measurement in reducing recidivism and assisting ex-offenders in transitioning back into society.
(9) (A) A list of all permitted facilities within the applicant city’s, county’s, or city and county’s jurisdiction that, in a residential setting, provide transitional housing services, psychological counseling, or cognitive behavioral therapy.
(B) The number of persons residing in each facility described in subparagraph (A) and the types of services provided to those residents.
(C) The number of persons residing in each facility described in subparagraph (A) who are on probation or parole.
(10) An agreement, as a condition of receiving program funds, that the applicant city, county, or city and county will allow the conditional use permit or other local entitlement to remain valid throughout the 10-year period for which the conditional use permit or other local entitlement required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is valid.
(11) Two contact persons at the applicant city, county, or city and county and two contact persons at the facility provider who will be tasked with responding to questions regarding the facility if the application for program funding is approved. The applicant city, county, or city and county shall promptly notify the department of any changes made to the contact information required by this paragraph.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 65. (SB 837) Effective June 27, 2016.)