GO-Biz: local immigrant integration initiatives: reporting.

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins' amendment to California's Local Government Immigrant Integration Initiative establishes a May 1 deadline for the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to submit its annual legislative report on immigrant integration grants.

The legislation maintains GO-Biz's authority to administer competitive grants to local governments for immigrant integration programs while specifying detailed application requirements. Grant applications must include demographic analyses of local immigrant communities, documentation of public input from immigrant residents and service providers, and plans for sustaining programs after grant funding ends. Applicants must also outline methods for measuring program impacts without collecting unnecessary personal information such as immigration status.

Local governments may use grant funds to create multilingual resources, establish immigrant-focused positions, provide financial literacy training, and develop navigation assistance for newcomer populations including refugees and asylum seekers. The bill requires GO-Biz to distribute funds equitably across jurisdictions based on immigrant population estimates and consultation with state agencies overseeing health, housing, workforce development and social services. Grantees must collaborate through GO-Biz-organized convenings to share effective practices, while maintaining privacy protections that exempt participant information from public disclosure requirements.