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C. 17

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Date:	April 21, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

APPOINTMENT TO THE CY2015 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/21/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Timothy Ewell, 925-335-1036

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: April 21, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPOINT Roosevelt Terry to the Community Based Organization seat on the CY 2015 Community Corrections Partnership with a term expiration of December 31, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

The California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 109 (Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011), which transferred responsibility for supervising certain lower-level inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to counties. Assembly Bill 109 (AB109) took effect on October 1, 2011 and realigned three major areas of the criminal justice system. On a prospective basis, the legislation:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

• Transferred the location of incarceration for lower-level offenders (specified nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenders) from state prison to local county jail and provides for an expanded role for post-release supervision for these offenders;

• Transferred responsibility for post-release supervision of lower-level offenders (those released from prison after having served a sentence for a non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offense) from the state to the county level by creating a new category of supervision called Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS); and

• Transferred the custody responsibility for parole and PRCS revocations to local jail, administered by county sheriffs.

AB109 also created an Executive Committee of the local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and tasked it with recommending a Realignment Plan (Plan) to the county Board of Supervisors for implementation of the criminal justice realignment. The Community Corrections Partnership is identified in statute as the following:

Community Corrections Partnership

1. Chief Probation Officer (Chair)
2. Presiding Judge (or designee)
3. County supervisor, CAO, or a designee of the BOS
4. District Attorney
5. Public Defender
6. Sheriff
7. Chief of Police
8. Head of the County department of social services
9. Head of the County department of mental health
10. Head of the County department of employment
11. Head of the County alcohol and substance abuse programs
12. Head of the County Office of Education
13. CBO representative with experience in rehabilitative services for criminal offenders
14. Victims’ representative

Later in 2011, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 117 (Chapter 39, Statutes of 2011), which served as “clean up” legislation to AB109. Assembly Bill 117 (AB117) changed, among other things, the composition of the local CCP-Executive Committee. The CCP-Executive Committee is currently identified in statute as the following:

Community Corrections Partnership-Executive Committee

1. Chief Probation Officer (Chair)
2. Presiding Judge (or designee)
3. District Attorney
4. Public Defender
5. Sheriff
6. A Chief of Police
7. The head of either the County department of social services, mental health, or alcohol and drug services (as designated by the board of supervisors)

Although AB109 and AB117 collectively place the majority of initial planning activities for Realignment on the local CCP, it is important to note that neither piece of legislation cedes powers vested in a county Board of Supervisors’ oversight of and purview over how AB109 funding is spent. Once the Plan is adopted, the Board of Supervisors may choose to implement that Plan in any manner it may wish.

At the November 2014 PPC meeting, the Committee made nominations for membership to the 2015 CCP and CCP-Executive Committees to the Board of Supervisors with the exception of the Community Based Organization (CBO) seat. For that seat, the Committee directed staff to forward a nomination, to be determined by Supervisor Glover's office, to the CCP Community Advisory Board (CAB) for review and return to the Committee for final approval.

On February 23, 2015, District V staff forwarded a nomination of Mr. Roosevelt Terry for the CBO seat to Committee staff. Subsequently, Committee staff forwarded the nomination to the CAB for discussion at a future meeting. On March 12, 2015, the CAB met and discussed Mr. Terry's nomination - Mr. Terry was present for the discussion and answered questions of the CAB. The CAB requested that Mr. Terry engage in and support the work of the CAB, which Mr. Terry agreed to.

On April 13, 2015, the Public Protection Committee approved the nomination of Mr. Terry to the Board of Supervisors for appointment. Today's action will appoint Mr. Terry to the Community Based Organization seat on the Community Corrections Partnership through December 31, 2015.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) will continue to have the Community Based Organizations seat vacant for the remainder of calendar year 2015.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.