CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3205Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Ramos, and Rodriguez)February 21, 2020 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 or Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to economic development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3205, as introduced, Salas. Regions Rise Grant Program.Existing law, the Economic Revitalization Act, establishes the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, in state government within the Governors office under the control of a director. The act requires GO-Biz to serve as the Governors lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth.This bill would establish the Regions Rise Grant Program within the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development for the purpose of enabling regions to collaborate and create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies to address key regional issues and challenges. The bill would define region for these purposes as a group consisting of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization, that spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least 2 different counties, and is comprised of an area that experiences common community issues and challenges.This bill would require the office to develop an application for regions to apply for program grants. The bill would require the office, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to issue grants to qualified regions as specified. The bill would require the office to act as an informal advisor to regions receiving grants under the program by providing best practices and informing regions of the states initiatives. The bill would require each region to submit a final report to the office detailing the issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address the key issues of the region.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias regional economies compete in an increasingly connected and complex global market driven by changes in technologies, demographics, and geopolitics. (b) Growing inequality and the erosion of upward mobility in California that call for state policy to be intensely focused on increasing economic opportunity and security for all Californians.(c) Public policy plays a critical role in creating the conditions that attract private capital investment, while encouraging equitable and sustainable economic growth.(d) Yet California lacks a process to help inform the future creation of a coherent strategy that explicitly links state and regional priorities with goals and metrics, investments, and programs. A process should integrate the values of equity, resiliency and collaboration around issues of shared importance including transportation, housing, homelessness, workforce, sustainability, and governance.(e) California policy to advance triple-bottom-line goals should motivate, create capacity for, and invest in regionally driven strategies. This approach will empower and align behind regions, leverage business and civic contributions, and ensure that funds follow strategic decisions rather than decisions being made to chase funds.(f) Regional triple-bottom-line prosperity strategies should be predicated on partnerships among state and local governments, and among public, private, and civic organizations, through which projects can integrate legal authorities, financial resources, and organizational expertise and create longevity.(g) The philanthropy community, both in and outside of California, are seeking avenues to invest in communities across California in a strategic, yet transformative manner that includes opportunities to leverage or pool additional dollars to deepen impact.(h) There is a need to create a state program that provides competitive grants for multijurisdictional organizations that involve local governments, and private and civic organizations covering locally defined economic regions to adopt a comprehensive shared prosperity strategy focused on the priority challenges of the respective region.(i) There is a need to provide increased technical assistance through GO-Biz for better planning and coordination in priority regions.(j) There is a need to create pathways for private business, philanthropy, and others to financially support inclusive planning and decisionmaking processes reflective of a shared vision of a California for all, across the states priority regions for investment.SEC. 2. Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3205Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Ramos, and Rodriguez)February 21, 2020 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 or Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to economic development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3205, as introduced, Salas. Regions Rise Grant Program.Existing law, the Economic Revitalization Act, establishes the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, in state government within the Governors office under the control of a director. The act requires GO-Biz to serve as the Governors lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth.This bill would establish the Regions Rise Grant Program within the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development for the purpose of enabling regions to collaborate and create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies to address key regional issues and challenges. The bill would define region for these purposes as a group consisting of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization, that spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least 2 different counties, and is comprised of an area that experiences common community issues and challenges.This bill would require the office to develop an application for regions to apply for program grants. The bill would require the office, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to issue grants to qualified regions as specified. The bill would require the office to act as an informal advisor to regions receiving grants under the program by providing best practices and informing regions of the states initiatives. The bill would require each region to submit a final report to the office detailing the issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address the key issues of the region.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3205
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Ramos, and Rodriguez)February 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas(Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Ramos, and Rodriguez)
February 21, 2020
An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 or Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to economic development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3205, as introduced, Salas. Regions Rise Grant Program.
Existing law, the Economic Revitalization Act, establishes the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, in state government within the Governors office under the control of a director. The act requires GO-Biz to serve as the Governors lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth.This bill would establish the Regions Rise Grant Program within the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development for the purpose of enabling regions to collaborate and create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies to address key regional issues and challenges. The bill would define region for these purposes as a group consisting of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization, that spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least 2 different counties, and is comprised of an area that experiences common community issues and challenges.This bill would require the office to develop an application for regions to apply for program grants. The bill would require the office, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to issue grants to qualified regions as specified. The bill would require the office to act as an informal advisor to regions receiving grants under the program by providing best practices and informing regions of the states initiatives. The bill would require each region to submit a final report to the office detailing the issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address the key issues of the region.
Existing law, the Economic Revitalization Act, establishes the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, in state government within the Governors office under the control of a director. The act requires GO-Biz to serve as the Governors lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth.
This bill would establish the Regions Rise Grant Program within the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development for the purpose of enabling regions to collaborate and create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies to address key regional issues and challenges. The bill would define region for these purposes as a group consisting of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization, that spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least 2 different counties, and is comprised of an area that experiences common community issues and challenges.
This bill would require the office to develop an application for regions to apply for program grants. The bill would require the office, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to issue grants to qualified regions as specified. The bill would require the office to act as an informal advisor to regions receiving grants under the program by providing best practices and informing regions of the states initiatives. The bill would require each region to submit a final report to the office detailing the issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address the key issues of the region.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias regional economies compete in an increasingly connected and complex global market driven by changes in technologies, demographics, and geopolitics. (b) Growing inequality and the erosion of upward mobility in California that call for state policy to be intensely focused on increasing economic opportunity and security for all Californians.(c) Public policy plays a critical role in creating the conditions that attract private capital investment, while encouraging equitable and sustainable economic growth.(d) Yet California lacks a process to help inform the future creation of a coherent strategy that explicitly links state and regional priorities with goals and metrics, investments, and programs. A process should integrate the values of equity, resiliency and collaboration around issues of shared importance including transportation, housing, homelessness, workforce, sustainability, and governance.(e) California policy to advance triple-bottom-line goals should motivate, create capacity for, and invest in regionally driven strategies. This approach will empower and align behind regions, leverage business and civic contributions, and ensure that funds follow strategic decisions rather than decisions being made to chase funds.(f) Regional triple-bottom-line prosperity strategies should be predicated on partnerships among state and local governments, and among public, private, and civic organizations, through which projects can integrate legal authorities, financial resources, and organizational expertise and create longevity.(g) The philanthropy community, both in and outside of California, are seeking avenues to invest in communities across California in a strategic, yet transformative manner that includes opportunities to leverage or pool additional dollars to deepen impact.(h) There is a need to create a state program that provides competitive grants for multijurisdictional organizations that involve local governments, and private and civic organizations covering locally defined economic regions to adopt a comprehensive shared prosperity strategy focused on the priority challenges of the respective region.(i) There is a need to provide increased technical assistance through GO-Biz for better planning and coordination in priority regions.(j) There is a need to create pathways for private business, philanthropy, and others to financially support inclusive planning and decisionmaking processes reflective of a shared vision of a California for all, across the states priority regions for investment.SEC. 2. Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias regional economies compete in an increasingly connected and complex global market driven by changes in technologies, demographics, and geopolitics. (b) Growing inequality and the erosion of upward mobility in California that call for state policy to be intensely focused on increasing economic opportunity and security for all Californians.(c) Public policy plays a critical role in creating the conditions that attract private capital investment, while encouraging equitable and sustainable economic growth.(d) Yet California lacks a process to help inform the future creation of a coherent strategy that explicitly links state and regional priorities with goals and metrics, investments, and programs. A process should integrate the values of equity, resiliency and collaboration around issues of shared importance including transportation, housing, homelessness, workforce, sustainability, and governance.(e) California policy to advance triple-bottom-line goals should motivate, create capacity for, and invest in regionally driven strategies. This approach will empower and align behind regions, leverage business and civic contributions, and ensure that funds follow strategic decisions rather than decisions being made to chase funds.(f) Regional triple-bottom-line prosperity strategies should be predicated on partnerships among state and local governments, and among public, private, and civic organizations, through which projects can integrate legal authorities, financial resources, and organizational expertise and create longevity.(g) The philanthropy community, both in and outside of California, are seeking avenues to invest in communities across California in a strategic, yet transformative manner that includes opportunities to leverage or pool additional dollars to deepen impact.(h) There is a need to create a state program that provides competitive grants for multijurisdictional organizations that involve local governments, and private and civic organizations covering locally defined economic regions to adopt a comprehensive shared prosperity strategy focused on the priority challenges of the respective region.(i) There is a need to provide increased technical assistance through GO-Biz for better planning and coordination in priority regions.(j) There is a need to create pathways for private business, philanthropy, and others to financially support inclusive planning and decisionmaking processes reflective of a shared vision of a California for all, across the states priority regions for investment.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Californias regional economies compete in an increasingly connected and complex global market driven by changes in technologies, demographics, and geopolitics. (b) Growing inequality and the erosion of upward mobility in California that call for state policy to be intensely focused on increasing economic opportunity and security for all Californians.(c) Public policy plays a critical role in creating the conditions that attract private capital investment, while encouraging equitable and sustainable economic growth.(d) Yet California lacks a process to help inform the future creation of a coherent strategy that explicitly links state and regional priorities with goals and metrics, investments, and programs. A process should integrate the values of equity, resiliency and collaboration around issues of shared importance including transportation, housing, homelessness, workforce, sustainability, and governance.(e) California policy to advance triple-bottom-line goals should motivate, create capacity for, and invest in regionally driven strategies. This approach will empower and align behind regions, leverage business and civic contributions, and ensure that funds follow strategic decisions rather than decisions being made to chase funds.(f) Regional triple-bottom-line prosperity strategies should be predicated on partnerships among state and local governments, and among public, private, and civic organizations, through which projects can integrate legal authorities, financial resources, and organizational expertise and create longevity.(g) The philanthropy community, both in and outside of California, are seeking avenues to invest in communities across California in a strategic, yet transformative manner that includes opportunities to leverage or pool additional dollars to deepen impact.(h) There is a need to create a state program that provides competitive grants for multijurisdictional organizations that involve local governments, and private and civic organizations covering locally defined economic regions to adopt a comprehensive shared prosperity strategy focused on the priority challenges of the respective region.(i) There is a need to provide increased technical assistance through GO-Biz for better planning and coordination in priority regions.(j) There is a need to create pathways for private business, philanthropy, and others to financially support inclusive planning and decisionmaking processes reflective of a shared vision of a California for all, across the states priority regions for investment.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(a) Californias regional economies compete in an increasingly connected and complex global market driven by changes in technologies, demographics, and geopolitics.
(b) Growing inequality and the erosion of upward mobility in California that call for state policy to be intensely focused on increasing economic opportunity and security for all Californians.
(c) Public policy plays a critical role in creating the conditions that attract private capital investment, while encouraging equitable and sustainable economic growth.
(d) Yet California lacks a process to help inform the future creation of a coherent strategy that explicitly links state and regional priorities with goals and metrics, investments, and programs. A process should integrate the values of equity, resiliency and collaboration around issues of shared importance including transportation, housing, homelessness, workforce, sustainability, and governance.
(e) California policy to advance triple-bottom-line goals should motivate, create capacity for, and invest in regionally driven strategies. This approach will empower and align behind regions, leverage business and civic contributions, and ensure that funds follow strategic decisions rather than decisions being made to chase funds.
(f) Regional triple-bottom-line prosperity strategies should be predicated on partnerships among state and local governments, and among public, private, and civic organizations, through which projects can integrate legal authorities, financial resources, and organizational expertise and create longevity.
(g) The philanthropy community, both in and outside of California, are seeking avenues to invest in communities across California in a strategic, yet transformative manner that includes opportunities to leverage or pool additional dollars to deepen impact.
(h) There is a need to create a state program that provides competitive grants for multijurisdictional organizations that involve local governments, and private and civic organizations covering locally defined economic regions to adopt a comprehensive shared prosperity strategy focused on the priority challenges of the respective region.
(i) There is a need to provide increased technical assistance through GO-Biz for better planning and coordination in priority regions.
(j) There is a need to create pathways for private business, philanthropy, and others to financially support inclusive planning and decisionmaking processes reflective of a shared vision of a California for all, across the states priority regions for investment.
SEC. 2. Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
SEC. 2. Article 8 (commencing with Section 12100.70) is added to Chapter 1.6 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
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Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program
Article 8. Regions Rise Grant Program
12100.70. For purposes of this article:(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.
12100.70. For purposes of this article:
(a) Director means the Director of the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.
(b) Office means the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development.
(c) Program means the Regions Rise Grant Program created pursuant to Section 12100.71 and administered in accordance with this article.
(d) Region means a collective of counties, cities, local agencies, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations established pursuant to Section 12100.72.
12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues. (2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.
12100.71. (a) There is hereby created, in the Office of Business and Economic Development, the Regions Rise Grant Program.
(b) The purpose of the program is to achieve the following:
(1) To enable local governments, community-based nonprofit organizations, and local businesses to establish regional groups tasked with identifying and developing strategies to address key regional issues.
(2) To build the capacity at the local level for inclusive collaboration and planning.
(3) To create interdisciplinary and cross-sector regional strategies for addressing key regional challenges.
(4) To establish pathways to implement strategies developed by the regional groups established pursuant to this part.
12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.
12100.72. (a) Before submitting an application pursuant to Section 12100.73, a region shall be established that meets the following requirements:
(1) Consists of at least one government agency, one local business, and one nonprofit organization.
(2) Spans a geographic area that includes an area in at least two different counties.
(3) Comprises an area that experiences common regional issues and challenges that are larger than a single community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, transportation, housing, homelessness, economic mobility, and economic development.
(b) (1) Each region shall designate a lead principal agency or organization. The principal agency or organization shall be the main point of contact with the office and be identified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.
(2) Each member of the proposed region shall submit a letter of support to the principal agency or organization, which shall be included in an application submitted pursuant to Section 12100.73.
(c) A region that receives funding pursuant to Section 12100.73 shall establish a steering committee that is representative of the membership of the region to achieve the goals and purposes of the program.
12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.
12100.73. (a) The office shall develop an application for regions to apply for grants under this article.
(b) The office shall give priority when awarding grants to regions that can demonstrate all of the following:
(1) The partners of the region are representatives of the regions demographic make-up, key industries, city and county governments, private businesses, educational and workforce partners, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
(2) The need for cross-sectoral, multipartnership solutions to key regional challenges.
(3) Readiness and capacity to support small, rural, or lower resourced areas.
(4) The potential to make system changes that can be operationalized based on success stories and best practices.
(5) A commitment to match nonstate funds.
(6) Letters of support from local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, education partners, ethnic communities, and philanthropic organizations that indicate a significant threshold of community involvement.
(7) A commitment to collect and share data, as required by the office, that can help inform the effectiveness of the grant dollars in building strategies for regional prosperity and to hold partners accountable for progress through the use of tools, including the California Dream Index.
(c) The office shall act as an informal advisor to regions that receive funding pursuant to this article by providing best practices and informing regional organizations of the states initiatives in areas including workforce development, educational pathways, land use, climate planning, and the other regional issues identified by regions.
12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.
12100.74. Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to qualified regions, consistent with Section 12100.73.
12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.
12100.75. (a) Each region receiving funding pursuant to this article shall submit a final report to the office detailing the regional issues analyzed, priorities identified, and the strategies developed to address regional issues.
(b) The office shall create a process for regional priorities to be brought forward to the Governor, the Legislature, and any other relevant agency to serve as a guide for the development and recommended action of related state functional plans and strategies.