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C.100

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Date:	March 23, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Resolution revising youth seat age range on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/23/2021

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) 655-2049

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: March 23, 2021
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2021/108 to increase the age range of the youth seat on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council up to and including 25 years old, as recommended by the Public Protection Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

On February 13, 2018, the Board of Supervisors referred to the Public Protection Committee a review of the production of the County's Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan. The plan is due to the state on May 1 of each year, as a condition of Contra Costa’s annual funding through the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) and Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG). For Contra Costa County, this amounts to over $8 million in annual funding specifically for juvenile justice activities.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

In 2018, the Public Protection Committee accepted an introductory report on the County's Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan endorsed by the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council and a summary of the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC), the Delinquency Prevention Commission (DPC) and the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC).

During its October 2018 meeting, the Public Protection Committee noted that the County had two advisory bodies that were charged with similar duties, specifically, the Delinquency Prevention Commission and the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC), and directed staff to return to the Board of Supervisors (BOS) to combine the functions of the DPC and the JJCC. Also during this meeting, the Public Protection Committee reviewed the composition of the JJCC and recommended to the BOS that the newly consolidated JJCC consist of the following members:

Chief Probation Officer,
District Attorney's Office representative,
Public Defender's Office representative,
Sheriff's Office representative,
Board of Supervisors representative,
Employment and Human Services Department representative,
Behavior Health representative,
County Alcohol and Drugs representative,
City Police Department Representative,
County Office of Education or a school district representative,
County Public Health representative, and
Eight community-based seats, including a minimum of two representing youth-serving community-based organizations and two youth-aged community representatives (14-21 years old).

On December 4, 2018, the Board of Supervisors introduced Ordinance 2018-30 to dissolve the Delinquency Prevention Commission, adopted Resolution 2018/597 to add seats and duties to Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, and terminated the referral to the Public Protection Committee on this topic. On December 18, 2018, Ordinance 2018-30 was adopted. In September 2020, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 2020/242 to increase the number of council members to twenty (20) by adding a seat for the Juvenile Justice Commission Chair.


On February 10, 2021, the Juvenile Justice Cooridinating Council voted increase the age of the youth seat to include up to 25 year-olds. This recommendation was forwarded to the Public Protection Committee for consideration. On February 22, 2021, the Public Protection Committee accepted the recommendation and directed staff to revise the governing resolution (Reso. 2018/597) to increase the youth seat age range up to and including 25 years old.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The age range of the youth seat on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council would remain at 14-21 years old, and the JJCC may have difficulty filling this seat.