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PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: 04/25/2016  
Subject:    RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR SEATS ON THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONTACT TASK FORCE
Submitted For: David Twa
Department: County Administrator  
Referral No.: N/A  
Referral Name: CCC RACIAL JUSTICE COALITION LETTER
Presenter: Timothy Ewell, 925-335-1036 Contact: Timothy Ewell, 925-335-1036
Information
Referral History:
Over the past year, the Public Protection Committee (PPC) held five public meetings on this issue. Below is an outline of events, commencing with receipt of a letter from the Contra Costa County Racial Justice Coalition (the"Coalition"):

On April 7, 2015, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) received a letter from the Coalition requesting the review of certain topics within the local criminal justice system. The PPC generally hears all matters related to public safety within the County and was tasked with reviewing this referral by the BOS.

On July 6, 2015, the PPC initiated discussion regarding this referral and directed staff to research certain items identified in the Coalition's letter to the BOS and return to the PPC in September 2015. Specifically, this was with regard to current workplace diversity training for county employees and current data on race in the County criminal justice system.

On September 14, 2015, the PPC received a comprehensive report from staff on current data related to race in the County criminal justice system, information regarding the County workplace diversity training and examples of diversity and implicit bias trainings from across the country.

At the November 9, 2015 meeting, the PPC received a brief presentation reintroducing the referral and providing an update on how a 2008 Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) report compares with the statistical data presented at the September meeting. Following discussion, the PPC directed staff to return in December 2015, following discussions between the County Probation Officer, District Attorney and Public Defender, with thoughts about how to approach a new DMC study initiative in the County.

On December 14, 2015, the PPC received an update from the County Probation Officer, District Attorney and Public Defender on how best to proceed with an update to the 2008 DMC report; including, establishing a task force to review and update findings from the 2008 report. During the 2008 study, the concept of establishing a new task force was discussed; however, the task force was not formed at that time. The PPC directed the three departments above to provide a written project scope and proposed task force composition for final review.

On February 29, 2016, the PPC received written description of the proposed task force discussed at the December 2015 meeting from the County Probation Officer, District Attorney and Public Defender. The PPC accepted the proposed task force composition and clarified that the three school district seats should be represented by the West Contra Costa Unified School District, the Mount Diablo Unified School District and the Antioch Unified School District. The PPC directed staff to prepare a report for consideration by the full Board of Supervisors and schedule for early April 2016.
Referral Update:
On April 12, 2016, the PPC recommended formation of the Task Force to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. Following a presentation from Committee staff and discussion by the Board members, the Board ultimately approved the recommendations from the PPC, with the following additional items and clarifications:

1. The (5) five community based organization seats will include at least one representative from the faith community
2. Add (1) one additional Mental Health representative seat. The seat shall not be filled by an employee of the County providing mental health services.
3. Add (1) one Public member seat to allow for a representative outside of government, but not affiliated with a community based organization.

Following the actions of the Board of Supervisors, staff is recommending the following recruitment schedules to the PPC for consideration today:

7-Week Application Period:
  • April 25: Issue press release advertising vacancies
  • June 13: Application Deadline (7 week application period)
  • June 27: PPC Committee Meeting: Interviews
  • July 12: Board consideration of PPC nominations

3-Week Application Period:
  • April 25: Issue press release advertising vacancies
  • May 16: Application Deadline (3 week application period)
  • May 23: PPC Committee Meeting: Interviews
  • June 7: Board consideration of PPC nominations
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
REVIEW and APPROVE a proposed recruitment process to fill seven community based organization/public member seats on the Contra Costa County Disproportionate Minority Contact Task Force.
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