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C. 14

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Date:	December 18, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Ordinance No. 2018-30 amending the County Ordinance Code Chapter 26-6 to dissolve the Delinquency Prevention Commission

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/18/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Paul Reyes, 925-335-1096

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: December 18, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Ordinance No. 2018-30 amending the County Ordinance Code Chapter 26-6 to dissolve the Delinquency Prevention Commission and make technical changes to Chapter 26-6.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In February 2018, the Board of Supervisors referred to the Public Protection Committee (the Committee) a review of the production of the County’s Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan, which included a review of advisory bodies that provide juvenile justice oversight. The Committee identified two County advisory bodies, the Delinquency Prevention Commission (DPC) and the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC), that have been charged with similar duties. The Committee recommended that the JJCC assume the obligations and duties of the DPC and that the DPC be dissolved to avoid confusion, duplication of efforts, and to ensure that any delinquency prevention initiative is evaluated in tandem with other juvenile justice initiatives from a policy and funding perspective.

The DPC is a multiagency advisory body charged with coordinating county-based juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives. Like the DPC, the JJCC is also a multiagency advisory body. The JJCC, however, is charged with creating and maintaining the comprehensive County Juvenile Justice Plan, which is composed of a number of critical parts, including coordinating county-based juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives. The Juvenile Justice Plan also includes recommendations on the allocations of funds from the Youthful Offender Block Grant and Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act.

To ensure that the delinquency prevention initiatives are evaluated in tandem with other juvenile justice initiatives from a policy and funding perspective, the Committee recommended the dissolution of the DPC and that the JJCC assume the duties of coordinating juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives through the annual multi-agency juvenile justice planning process.

On December 4, 2018, the Board introduced Ordinance No. 2018-30 amending the County Ordinance Code Chapter 26-6 to dissolve the DPC and adopted Resolution No. 2018/597 increasing the size of the JJCC to 19 members and designating the JJCC to coordinate county-wide juvenile delinquency prevention activities. Adoption of Ordinance No 2018-30 will effectuate the dissolution of the DPC.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County will continue to have two advisory bodies that are charged with overlapping duties, one of which is appointed by the Contra Costa County Superior Court.