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PUBLIC PROTECTION
COMMITTEE

  February 8, 2016
9:00 A.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez

 
Supervisor Candace Andersen, Chair
Supervisor John Gioia, 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 - 10:01 AM
             
2. Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
  No public comment.
             
3. APPROVE Record of Action from the December 14, 2015 meeting.
  Approved as presented
  Vice Chair John Gioia, Chair Candace Andersen 
 
AYE: Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia
Passed
  Attachments:
  Record of Action - December 14, 2015
 
             
4. REVIEW and APPROVE fiscal year 2016/17 AB 109 budget recommendations for integration into the fiscal year 2016/17 County Recommended Budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors, as recommended by the CCP-Executive Committee.

 
The Community Corrections Partnership has been receiving frequent updates regarding discussions at the State level around establishing a multi-year formula for the distribution of AB 109 Community Corrections sub-account allocation to counties. This process has been completed with the Realignment Allocation Committee (RAC) making its final recommendations to the California Department of Finance (DOF). The recommended formula resulted in a significant reduction in Base allocation funding to Contra Costa County beginning in fiscal year 2014/15. A summary of past funding can be found in Attachment A for reference.

FY 2016/17 Base Allocation

Recall that the Community Corrections sub-account allocation is composed of a Base allocation and a Growth allocation. The Base allocation is derived from current year funding, and the current year Growth allocation is derived from prior year actual funding from the State. By the nature of this arrangement, Growth has been observed to be more volatile than the Base allocation due to varying economic factors, which have also been compounded by the uncertainty surrounding the final statewide allocation formula.

Beginning in fiscal year 2014/15, the CCP Ongoing budget allocations have been in excess of the Base allocations from the State, due to the negative impact of the revised statewide allocation formula. In fiscal year 2016/17, the Base allocation for Contra Costa County is estimated to increase to $22,651,678 (according to new estimates released in the FY 2016/17 Governor's Proposed Budget), which is still slightly below the high of $22,854,832, in fiscal year 2013/14, when the majority of current programs were funded. Although this is positive progress, the County Base allocation still has not recovered fully from the negative impacts of the formula reallocation completed last year by the RAC and ultimately approved by DOF.

For this reason, it is important to recognize that even a nominal increase in funding, through a cost of living allowance (COLA) to existing programs or the funding of new programs, puts pressure on the Base allocation in the near term. The CCP-Executive Committee, following careful deliberation, is recommending a budget of $23,074,570 in Ongoing expenditures in fiscal year 2016/17. A summary of the CCP-Executive Committee approved budget is included as Attachment C. Below is an illustration of the three year impact of this budget, assuming from 2%, 3%, and 4% annual COLAs beginning in fiscal year 2017/18:




In fiscal year 2018/19, each of the scenarios above result in CCP Ongoing expenditures exceeding Base allocation revenue, ranging from $1.4 million to $2.3 million, annually. Should the new Growth allocation formula result in a significant reduction, as anticipated, and be insufficient to cover this overage, then it will be necessary to draw from reserves to fund the difference. Essentially, one-time resources would continue to be used to fund ongoing service levels.

FY 2015/16 Growth Allocation (distributed in FY 2016/17)

Growth allocations have historically been difficult to predict and a moving target depending on revenue estimates from the State at any given point during the year. In addition, the RAC has made recommendations to allocate growth using different funding formulas in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Beginning with the fiscal year 2015/16 Growth allocation, and for several years into the future, the formula will be based on the following:

1. SB 678 Success – 80%
  • SB 678 success rate (60%) – all counties
  • SB 678 year-over-year improvement (20%) – only those counties showing improvement

2. Incarceration rates – 20%
  • County’s reduction in year-over-year second strike admission (fixed dollar amount per number reduced
  • County’s reduction in year-over-year overall new prison admission (10%)
  • County’s success measured by per-capita rate of prison admissions (10%)

Contra Costa County has been a leader in the majority of the above metrics and may benefit little from incremental improvement in each category when compared to other counties throughout the State. For that reason, we do not believe that Growth funding allocated using the formula commencing in fiscal year 2016/17 will be a substantial source of revenue for our local AB 109 infrastructure.

The action before the Public Protection Committee today is to review and approve, including any amendments, the fiscal year 2016/17 AB 109 budget submitted by the CCP-Executive Committee. Once approved, staff will integrate the AB 109 budget into the fiscal year 2016/17 County Recommended Budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors. Currently, budget hearings are scheduled for April 19, 2016. A complete timeline of the AB 109 budget process is included in Attachment B.
  Approved as presented by the Community Corrections Partnership-Executive Committee with the following additions:

1. Fund an additional $500,000 to the Community Advisory Board (CAB) and direct the CAB to determine how the funding will be allocated to community based programming for purposes of conducting a Request for Proposals. Report back to the Public Protection Committee at the February 29, 2016 meeting.

2. Fund an additional $110,000 to the District Attorney's Office for the proposed Ceasefire program.
  Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia 
 
AYE: Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia
Passed
  Attachments:
  PowerPoint Presentation
  Attachment A - CSAC Estimated Base & Growth Allocations by County (FY 2014-17)
  Attachment B - FY 2016/17 AB109 Budget Schedule
  Attachment C - FY 2016/17 CCP Proposed Budget Summary
  Attachment D - FY 2016/17 Budget Requests
  Attachment E -"Review of AB 109 Funded Department Performance" January 2016
  Attachment F - FY2016/17 2011 Local Revenue Fund Estimates
 
             
5. CONSIDER approving a proposed framework for the distribution of fiscal year 2016/17 AB 109 Request for Proposals/Qualifications (RFP/Qs) and provide feedback to staff. (Lara DeLaney, County Administrator's Office)
 
  The Committee reviewed and approved a waiver from the Better Government Ordinance to include additional materials related to this item. The waiver request and materials are posted on the Public Protection Committee website and attached to the Record of Action for reference.
  Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia 
 
AYE: Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia
Passed
  The staff report and recommendations were approved as presented with the following direction to staff:

1. Return to the February 29, 2016 Committee meeting to discuss the Request for Proposals/Qualifications along with the Community Advisory Board (CAB) proposal on how to allocate FY 2016/17 AB 109 Community Programming funding.
  Vice Chair John Gioia, Chair Candace Andersen 
 
AYE: Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair John Gioia
Passed
             
6. The next meeting is currently scheduled for February 29, 2016 at 9:00 am.
             
7. Adjourn
  Adjourn - 12:20 PM

The Public Protection Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Public Protection Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.
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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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