Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15 § 2443 : Crime Prevention and Corrections — Board of Parole Hearings — Parole Release — Parole Consideration Hearings for Youth Offenders — Scheduling of Hearings

(a) A youth offender shall be scheduled for a youth offender parole hearing within six months following the youth offender's YPED unless the youth offender is entitled to an earlier parole hearing under another provision of law.
(b) Notwithstanding (a), the following shall apply:
(1) A youth offender sentenced to a determinate term shall not be scheduled for an initial youth offender parole hearing if the youth offender will be released as a result of his or her Earliest Possible Release Date within one year of his or her YPED.
(2) A youth offender sentenced to a term of life with the possibility of parole who first became eligible for a youth offender parole hearing on January 1, 2018, under Assembly Bill 1308 (Chapter 675 of the Statutes of 2017) and whose YPED is before January 1, 2018, shall be scheduled for his or her initial youth offender parole hearing by January 1, 2020.
(3) A youth offender sentenced to a determinate term who first became eligible for a youth offender parole hearing on January 1, 2016, under Senate Bill 261 (Chapter 471 of the Statutes of 2015) and whose YPED is before January 1, 2016, or who first became eligible for a youth offender parole hearing on January 1, 2018, under Assembly Bill 1308 (Chapter 675 of the Statutes of 2017) and whose YPED is before January 1, 2018, shall be scheduled for his or her initial youth offender parole hearing by December 31, 2021. A youth offender shall not be scheduled for an initial youth offender parole hearing under this paragraph if he or she is scheduled to be released pursuant to his or her Earliest Possible Release Date on or before December 31, 2021.
(4) A youth offender sentenced to a term of life without the possibility of parole who first became eligible for a youth offender parole hearing on January 1, 2018, under Senate Bill 394 (Chapter 684 of the Statutes of 2017) and whose YPED is before July 1, 2020, shall be scheduled for his or her initial youth offender parole hearing within six months of his or her YPED or by July 1, 2020, whichever is later.
(c) Subsequent youth offender parole hearings shall be scheduled for youth offenders in accordance with Penal Code section 3041.5, subdivision (b), paragraph (3), except as provided in (d).
(d) A youth offender sentenced to a determinate term shall not be scheduled for a subsequent youth offender parole hearing if, on the date of the hearing, he or she will be within one year of being released pursuant to his or her Earliest Possible Release Date.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 2443

Note: Authority cited: Section 12838.4, Government Code; and Sections 3051(e), 3052 and 5076.2, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 3041.5, 3051 and 3051.1, Penal Code.

1. New section filed 11-20-2019; operative 1/1/2020 (Register 2019, No. 47).