2005 California Government Code Sections 12740-12742 Article 4. State Plan and Legislative Hearings

12740.  Each year, the department shall prepare an annual state plan
for the California Community Services Block Grant Program 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
year has met the goals, objectives and needs identified in the prior
year's annual state plan through the use of funds in that program
year.
   (e) A description of the process by which the annual 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 annual 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 annual state plan shall identify eligible activities and
the eligible entities which 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 local 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 committees of the Assembly and Senate
shall conduct 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 the 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 with the requirements of this
chapter.  At the discretion of the respective chairs, the policy
committees may hold a joint hearing to satisfy the requirements of
this section.
   (c) The department shall make adjustments to the annual state plan
as a result of public comments presented at the legislative hearing
as well as written comments which are submitted to the department.
The department shall identify all testimony presented by the poor,
and shall state whether the concerns expressed therein 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 by September 15 of
each year to the secretary, and shall provide a copy to all grantees
and state legislators no more than one week thereafter.
12742.  The annual 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 grantees and state legislators for a 30-day comment period
commencing at least 45 days prior to their planned date of submission
to the secretary.