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PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	02/06/2023
Subject: FY 2023/24 CCP RECOMMENDED BUDGET
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	AB109 PUBLIC SAFETY REALIGNMENT
Presenter:	Paul Reyes, Committee Staff	Contact:	Paul Reyes, 925-655-2049

Information

Referral History:

On October 14, 2022, budget instructions for the FY 2023/24 AB 109 budget were distributed to the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) subscriber list, including Committee members, staff and interested parties, requesting formal submission no later than November 9, 2022. This year’s budget submission process remains unchanged and continues to illustrate 1) the FY 2022/23 Budget, 2) the "baseline" budget (i.e. the cost of simply maintaining the current level of service in 2023/24 dollars), and 3) a "program modification" budget to reflect any proposed program additions or deletions for the upcoming year. All budget requests have been included in a detailed summary (Attachment A) and each individual request has been compiled and attached to this staff report (Attachment B).

On November 18, 2022, the CCP held a workshop, giving departments and funded agencies an opportunity to present and discuss budget proposals. Subsequently, a final vote of the CCP-Executive Committee was held on December 2, 2022.

Referral Update:

On December 2, 2022, the CCP-Executive Committee approved a Recommended Budget for fiscal year 2023/24 for consideration by the Public Protection Committee. A summary of the final Recommended Budget and all budget submissions are included in today's packet for references (Attachments A and B, respectively).

The Recommended CCP Budget being considered today, includes an additional budget augmentation totaling $1,060,000 for the Public Defender's Office. It was necessary for the County Administrator's Office to include this additional funding recommendations to address two Board actions taken in July and September 2022.

On July 26, 2022, the Board of Supervisors authorized the addition of a net 3.5 FTE Deputy Public Defenders. Additional approprations were not provided as part of this action. After reviewing the available FY 2023/24 funding sources, the County Administrator is recommending to fund these positions though AB 109, totaling $880,000.

On September 13, 2022, the Board of Supervisors discussed the Public Defender's Stand Together Contra Costa (STCC) program and its associated funding. During the Board discussion, it was noted by staff that 17% of the STCC cases were currently or previously justice-system involved and would be eligible for continued AB 109 funding. Addtionally, Board of Supervisor's directed staff to maintain the status quo program level for STCC for FY 2022/23. For FY 2023/24, it is recommended that 17% of the baseline program, totaling $180,000, be funded through AB 109 which is consistent with the proportion stated by the Public Defender during the September 13th Board meeting, with the remainder of the STCC program being be funded through the Public Defender's existing General Fund allocation.

Today's action is recommending the Public Protection Committee to approve the FY 2023/24 AB 109 budget totaling $37.3 million (see attachment A), including the supplemental recommendation of $1,060,000 from the County Administrator's Office for the Public Defender.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

1. REVIEW and APPROVE the fiscal year 2023/24 AB 109 budget proposal totaling $37.3 million as outlined in Attachment A, as recommended by the Community Corrections Partnership - Executive Committee and the County Administrator's Office.
2. PROVIDE direction to staff.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

Expenditures
The fiscal year 2023/24 recommended AB 109 Budget is $37.3 million of which approximately 24% ($8.7 million) of the budget is allocated to community based organizations or other governmental agencies (such as County Office of Education). The FY 2023/24 budget represents an increase of 9.4% over the current year and is composed of $35.8 million in baseline budget requests and $1.5 million in program modifications.

Revenue/Funding
The County is estimated to recieve $36.3 million; approximately $35.9 million in FY 2023/24 Base allocation funding and $340,000 in Growth funding. A moderate use of fund balance would not be necessary to fund the Community Corrections recommended budget.

Attachments
Attachment A - FY 23/24 CCP Budget Recommnedation
Attachment B - FY 23/24 Budget Requests