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C.43

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Date:	March 7, 2023

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with Rubicon Programs, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/07/2023

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
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sylvia Wong Tam 925-335-8062

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 7, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with Rubicon Programs, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $987,068 to provide civil legal and service navigation services for Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) participants, for the period March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% California State Board of Community Corrections.

BACKGROUND:

The Holistic Intervention Partnership (HIP) is an innovative holistic defense program funded by a three-year $6 million Proposition 47 Grant Program (PROP 47) from the California Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC). PROP 47 was a voter-approved initiative on the November 2014 ballot that reduced from felonies to misdemeanors specified low-level drug and property crimes. Each year, the state savings generated by the implementation of PROP 47 are deposited into the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund. Sixty-five percent (65%) of these savings are set aside annually for the BSCC to administer a competitive grant program.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Collaboration between public defenders and law enforcement to reduce failures to appear for thousands of indigent people arrested on misdemeanor charges by providing immediate legal representation and procedural support.
Address criminogenic needs and increase clients’ diversion out of the criminal legal system.
Increase HIP’s caseload capacity to annually serve 300 indigent, mentally ill clients arrested on misdemeanors or “wobblers”.
Annually support 100 mentally ill and homeless or imminently homeless clients to obtain or retain appropriate housing, including supportive harm reduction housing.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Valuable services like civil legal or service navigation to HIP participants will not be provided resulting in possible increased cost to law enforcement, justice system, and the community.