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PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: 07/01/2019  
Subject:    Referral on Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
Submitted For: David Twa
Department: County Administrator  
Referral No.: N/A  
Referral Name: Referral on Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
Presenter: Paul Reyes, Committee Staff Contact: Paul Reyes, 335-1096

Information
Referral History:

On February 13, 2018, the Board of Supervisors referred to the Public Protection Committee (PPC) 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). At the April 2018 meeting of the PPC, staff was directed to return at a future meeting date with information regarding the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) and the Delinquency Prevention Commission (DPC).

At its October 1, 2018 meeting, the PPC directed staff to prepare an action of the Board of Supervisors (BOS) to combine the functions of the DPC and the JJCC, and increase the statutory membership of the JJCC to include:

  • 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,
  • Behavioral Health Division representative,
  • County Alcohol and Other Drugs Services 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).

At its December 4 and December 18, 2018 meetings, the Board of Supervisors, by Ordinance 2018-30, dissolved the Delinquency Prevention Commission and, by Resolution 2018/597, added seats and duties to the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council increasing its size to 19 members by adding one (1) representative from the County Public Health Department; three (3) additional at-large community representatives; and two (2) at-large youth representatives. With the dissolution of the DPC, the reconfigured JJCC assumed the obligations and duties previously assigned to the DPC.

The matter was then referred back to the PPC on March 11, 2019 to accept a report on the County's JJCPA-YOBG Consolidated Annual Plan. The PPC directed an 8-week recruitment and selection process for the vacant JJCC seats with the following timeline:
  • April 1, 2019: Issue Press Release advertising vacant seats
  • May 24, 2019: Application Deadline
  • June 3, 2019: PPC Interviews
  • June 18, 2019: Board of Supervisors' consideration of PPC nominees
The Office of Reentry and Justice (ORJ) issued a press release regarding the vacancies and distributed it through both the Office of Communications and Media and the ORJ’s email networks. As of close of business on May 24, 2019, a total of twenty-three (23) applications were received. On May 28, 2019, after the deadline had passed, two additional applications were received, and two more applications were received on May 30, 2019. The PPC considered all 27 applicants. Of the 27 applications received, five applicants indicated they were either still in high school or college and thus eligible for the Youth Representative seat. All applicants were subsequently notified about and invited to participate in the interview process; a conference line was made available for those who were not able to attend in person.

At the June 3, 2019 PPC meeting, public interviews were conducted with 21 applicants attending the meeting either in person or via teleconference. After the interviews, the PPC recommended the following individuals be appointed to the JJCC by the Board of Supervisors, which occurred at the Board's June 18, 2019 meeting:

First Name Last Name District City Designation
Jonathan Bean III Antioch At-Large Community Representative
LeDamien Flowers I Richmond At-Large Community Representative
Stephanie Medley I Richmond At-Large Community Representative
Tamisha Torres-Walker III Antioch At-Large Community Representative
D'Ana Clark I Richmond At-Large Youth Representative
Journey Horacek-Lee III Antioch At-Large Youth Representative

At the conclusion of the interview process, the PPC directed staff to return to the Committee the matter of the two "Nonprofit Community-based Organization" seats
Referral Update:
At their June 18, 2019 Board of Supervisors meeting, the BOS appointed the individuals in Attachment A to serve on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) with their two-year terms effective July 1, 2019.

Recruitment Process

There are two seats vacant for representatives of youth-serving community-based organizations. Staff recommends either of the the following recruitment schedules to fill these final vacancies on the JJCC:

8-Week Application Period:
  • July 22, 2019: ORJ issues press release and conducts outreach
  • Sept.13, 2019: Application Deadline
  • Oct. 7, 2019: PPC Meeting Interviews
  • Oct. 22, 2019: Board of Supervisors' consideration of PPC nominations

4-Week Application Period:
  • July 22: ORJ issues press release and conducts outreach
  • August 16: Application Deadline
  • September 2: PPC Meeting - Interviews
  • September 17: Board of Supervisors' consideration of PPC nominations

These appointments, once made by the BOS, will be effective through June 30, 2021. In deciding on a recruitment process, the Committee may also wish to determine if it would like to reconsider applicants from the June 3, 2019 applicant pool who were not selected but would be eligible to fill the current vacancies.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
PROVIDE direction to staff regarding the recruitment process for the two youth-serving community-based organizations representatives’ seats on the Contra Costa County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council.
Attachments
Attachment A - JJCC Membership as of July 1, 2019

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