Agenda

Return

C. 25

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Date:	January 10, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Add one DPD-Fixed Term, one ASA II-Project, and cancel one ASA III-Project

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/10/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

Contact:	Erica Ellis, (925) 335-8093
cc:	Sylvia WongTam Erica Ellis

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 10, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26092 to add one (1) Deputy Public Defender-Fixed Term (25WB) (represented) position at salary plan and grade JDX 2197 ($9,119.31 - $9,803.38), and add one (1) Administrative Services Assistant II - Project (APV2) (represented) position at salary plan and grade Z25 1475 ($6,129.06 - $7,449.91), and cancel one (1) Administrative Services Assistant III - Project (APT1) (represented) position #18788 at salary plan and grade Z25 1631 ($7,512.79- $8,694.26) in the Public Defender’s Office.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, this action will result in an annual cost of $280,258. This cost will be fully grant funded by the BSCC Public Defense Pilot Program which is administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections.

BACKGROUND:

The BSCC Public Defense Pilot Program dramatically expands access to post-conviction relief services for indigent individuals in Contra Costa County. This grant-funded project expands the post-conviction unit at the Public Defender and Alternate Defender Offices and enables many eligible individuals to receive critical legal relief provided by recently enacted reforms in the areas of immigration vacatur, felony murder resentencing, youthful offender parole, and prosecutor-initiated resentencing. Multi-disciplinary teams including attorneys, a social worker and clerical staff support eligible clients throughout the legal process and will work to rectify inequitable sentences and to promote just outcomes for these individuals.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failing to establish these crucial positions will prevent the Post-Conviction Unit from providing critical legal relief to clients who are entitled to resentencing consideration based on recently enacted legal reforms.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

Speaker: No name given.