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                                <ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
                                <ns0:ActionDate>2025-08-18</ns0:ActionDate>
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                        <ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
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                        <ns0:MeasureNum>103</ns0:MeasureNum>
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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Caballero</ns0:AuthorText>
                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthors: Senators Alvarado-Gil, Archuleta, Ashby, Cabaldon, Niello, Ochoa Bogh, Rubio, Seyarto, Strickland, Valladares, and Wahab)</ns0:AuthorText>
                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_OPPOSITE">(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Chen, Flora, Fong, Jeff Gonzalez, Hadwick, Pacheco, Ransom, Michelle Rodriguez, Solache, and Soria)</ns0:AuthorText>
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                                <ns0:Name>Caballero</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Name>Alvarado-Gil</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Archuleta</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Ashby</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
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                                <ns0:Name>Cabaldon</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Niello</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Ochoa Bogh</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Rubio</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Seyarto</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Strickland</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Valladares</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Wahab</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Alanis</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Castillo</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Chen</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Flora</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Fong</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Jeff Gonzalez</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Hadwick</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Pacheco</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Ransom</ns0:Name>
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                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Michelle Rodriguez</ns0:Name>
                        </ns0:Legislator>
                        <ns0:Legislator>
                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Solache</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
                                <ns0:House>ASSEMBLY</ns0:House>
                                <ns0:Name>Soria</ns0:Name>
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                <ns0:Title> Relative to probation. </ns0:Title>
                <ns0:RelatingClause>probation</ns0:RelatingClause>
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                        <ns0:Subject>Probation Services Week.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>This measure would designate the week of July 20, 2025, to July 26, 2025, inclusive, as Probation Services Week in California.</html:p>
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                        <ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation professionals play a unique and essential role in California’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, keeping communities safe by providing justice-involved individuals with accountability, support, services, and tools necessary to safely and successfully reenter society; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Through transformative, evidence-based, and court-ordered rehabilitative programming, probation holds individuals accountable while also helping them permanently transition out of the justice system and onto a healthier, more productive life path; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation departments serve as key connectors within the justice system and local communities, maximizing the resources available through courts, local governments, law enforcement, social services, behavioral health providers, schools, crime survivor organizations, and nonprofit agencies; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation professionals balance the need for accountability with the opportunity for individuals to engage in treatment and rehabilitation, providing the structure and support necessary to change lives and reduce future crime; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, California’s probation officers are highly trained and dedicated professionals, with over 72 percent identifying as non-White and 51 percent as women, and the majority holding college degrees, reflecting the diversity and professionalism of the field; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation officers receive extensive training, 350 hours within their first two years of service, and at least 40 hours annually thereafter, in areas including topics like trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, strength-based approaches, and emotional intelligence; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, This comprehensive training equips probation professionals to manage the trauma and complex needs of offenders while safely connecting them to the support and supervision necessary for successful reentry; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation provides a cost-effective, evidence-based public safety strategy, effectively supervising individuals while also connecting them to critical services such as workforce development, substance use treatment, mental health care, and education; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation delivers a multifaceted public safety model that combines supervision, accountability, and access to transformative rehabilitative services, offering a safe and effective alternative to incarceration; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation departments have a profound impact on community safety and well-being by addressing the root causes of crime through individualized supervision and supports that reduce recidivism; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Probation fosters a safer, healthier California by ensuring that individuals serving their sentences within our communities or those reentering communities after incarceration are equipped with the tools, services, support, and supervision they need to be safe and successful; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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                                        <html:i>Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring,</html:i>
                                         That the Legislature hereby recognizes and commends the critical role of California’s probation professionals and designates the week of July 20, 2025, to July 26, 2025, inclusive, as Probation Services Week in honor of their ongoing dedication to justice, rehabilitation, and community safety; and be it further
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                                        <html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
                                         That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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