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8A Page 4 The bifl conta'sns a $1,7 miUion cut to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR). The OPR re�ises and pub[ishes guidelines pertaining to the Ca[ifornia Enviro�mental Quality Act and is a key s#akeholder in the Strategic Grow#h Council.While the full details are not a�aiiable at this time, it is expected that duties pre�iously assigned to 4PR are expected to be transferred Yo other state agencies and boards_ The budget also includes funding for a variety of local public safety programs. For example,$9.2 mi[lion in local funding is avaifabfe for the Ca(ifomia Gang Reduction Intervention Prevention (CafGRIP)grant programs, administered by the California Emergency Management Agency that reduees�an�aetivity; a!locates specifically to#he City of Los Argeles$1 miIlion and$8.2 mi116or� #o all other cities on a competitive basis. Furthermore, $135 milfion in federal funding is available to administer the Edward Byme Memorial Justice Assistance Grant(JAG}Program through state ar�d iocal agencies: • $45 million is available to provide substance abuse fireatment#ar criminal offenders con�icted of nonviolent drug offenses; _ $45 million is available to provide grants to county proba#ion departme�ts to provide services to adult felon probationers; • $19.75 mi�lion is available to support drug task forces that combat street-to mid-le�el drug safes; - - � • $10 million will be available to help d�vert parole violators from prison through the use of collaborative courks; • $4.5 rr�i��ion is available to combat mid-ta-higl�-�evEl methamp�etamine manufacturing and drug trafficking; • $3.75 m�liion is a�ai�able to prevent human trafficking cases; • $3.3 miflion is a�ai[able to combat anti-firearms trafficking efforts; • $2.'1 million is ava9fab�e to establ`ssh a statewide network of anti-gang coordinators among (aw enforcement agencies; • $1.5 million�s available to impro�e victims' access to offender infvrmation; and • $15�,00�is available to tkte Califorr�ia District Attorneys Associa#ion#o pravide training for ADA Enforcerne�t Program's mu[tijurisdic#iona�drug task forces. Recent da#a has shown fihat the California Beverage Conta�ner Recycling Fund has a significant deficit. Consequently, many of the fund's core operations are at risk. One example is the local conservation corps.To preserve local conservation corps oppor�unities,f�e budge#also contains a loan of$8.25 mi!lion from the Alternative and Renewabfe Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund to the Califomia Beverage Container Recyc[ing Fund. This loan will provide grants to certified iocal cons�rvation corps. The budge#will cut approximately$14 million from the Department of Park at�d Recreation budge#. This wifi iikely mean the closure of approximatety �00 sfa#e parks.The exact number and decision on which parks wifi be cfosed has not been made and will deper�d on what potential , partnerships can be reac�ed to keep additional parks open. The budget ac#will also cut#he#und'mg for Williarnson Act dawn to$1,4D4.While this will keep #he program in law, it will no#provide any funding for#he prvgram. The issue of water conveyance through the Deita continues to be one of the pressing issues facing the Legislature. [t is expected that the Legislature wil!develop#inal legisla#ion on the Bay- De1ta in September. f� preparation for any legislative solution,#he budget authorizes$22 million for the Ecosys#em Restaration Program upon the signing into law of a new Bay-Delta governance struc#ure. it also identifies$8.9 million to be used for development of the Bay-Defta Conserva#�on Pian. The budget provides$700 millior�in local assistance shared revenues for support of Local Streets and Road lmprovement Account of 2006 and�he Highway Safety,Traffic Reduction,Air Quality and Port Security Fund o#2�06.The voters established these accourrts by approving Propositivn �B in 20Q6.This initiati�e authorized approximately$20 billior�in bonds for various transportation 4