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PUBLIC PROTECTION
COMMITTEE
***RECORD OF ACTION***                     
  December 14, 2015
1:00 P.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez

 
Supervisor John Gioia, Chair
Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair
Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee
             
1. Introductions
  Convene - 1:03 PM
             
2. Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
  The Committee received public comment from:

1. Joe Partansky
2. Edwina Perez-Santiago
             
3. APPROVE Record of Action from the November 9, 2015 meeting.
  Approved as presented.
  Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover 
 
AYE: Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed
  Attachments:
  November 2015 - Record of Action
 
             
4. 1. RECEIVE update on proposed next steps to implement a Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) effort within the County.

2. PROVIDE direction to staff on next steps.
  Approved as presented with the following direction to staff:

1. Direct the Public Defender, District Attorney and County Probation Officer to assemble a written proposal for a renewed Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) effort for use in securing financing to fund a task force facilitator and potential contract with a research/academic institution.

2. DMC Task Force to be composed of fifteen (15) members with the following composition:
a. Public Defender
b. District Attorney
c. County Probation Officer
d. Chief of Police
e. Sheriff-Coroner
f. Superior Court Designee
g. Behavioral Health Director
h. Antioch Unified School District representative
i. Mount Diablo Unified School District representative
j. West Contra Costa Unified School District representative
k. Five (5) Community representatives

3. Once proposal is written in No. 1 above, staff can assist in approaching foundations and research institutions for financial assistance to fund the Task Force identified in No. 2.
  Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover 
 
AYE: Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed
  Attachments:
  November 2015 - PowerPoint Presentation
  Attachment A – Contra Costa County data on race in criminal justice
  Attachment B - San Francisco Reinvestment Initiative: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Analysis
  Attachment C - County Workplace Diversity Training
  Attachment D – Other Diversity and Implicit Bias trainings and presentations
  Letter from Racial Justice Coalition April 7, 2015
  BSCC Press Release: 2016 Implicit Bias Grant, September 17, 2015
  Report: Disproportionate Minority Contact- Reducing Disparity in Contra Costa County, December 2008
 
             
5. 1. INITIATE discussion and PROVIDE feedback to staff on a potential County Sales Tax to be proposed on a future ballot.
  Staff directed to begin preparing the following information for consideration by the Committee at a future date:

1. Catalog public safety prevention, intervention and enforcement programs provided by the County.
  Vice Chair Federal D. Glover, Chair John Gioia 
 
AYE: Chair John Gioia, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed
  Attachments:
  Attachment A: ARCHIVED DOCUMENT - EMC Survey of Likely November 2014 Voters – Presentation to Board of Supervisors, June 24, 2014
  Attachment B: EMC Contra Costa Transportation Authority Survey Results Summary – Presentation to Board of Supervisors, September 15, 2015
  October 20, 2015 PowerPoint Presentation to Board of Supervisors: Sales Tax Options for November 2016 Ballot
 
             
6. The next meeting is currently scheduled for to be determined.
             
7. Adjourn
  Adjourn - 1:51 PM

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For Additional Information Contact:

Timothy Ewell, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 335-1036, Fax (925) 646-1353
timothy.ewell@cao.cccounty.us

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