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C.130

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	September 8, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

JJCC Adding seat for the JJC Chair

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/08/2020

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) 335-1096
cc:	Esa Ehmen-Krause, Chief Probation Officer

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: September 8, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2020/242, superseding Resolution No. 2018/597 amending the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, to increase the size of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council to 20 members by adding a seat for the Juvenile Justice Commission Chair.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

On February 13, 2018, the Board of Supervisors referred to the 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 Committee accepted an introductory report on the County's Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan and 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 the October 2018 meeting, the Committee noted that the County has two advisory bodies that are charged with similar duties, specifically, the Delinquency Prevention Commission and the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, and directed staff to return to the Board of Supervisors to combine the functions of the DPC and JJCC. Also during the October 2018 meeting, the committee reviewed the composition of the JJCC and recommended that the JJCC consist of the following:

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 Committee on this topic. On December 18, 2018, Ordinance 2018-30 was adopted.

During the August 2020 JJCC meeting, the JJCC discussed adding the JJC Chair as a member of the JJCC. The JJCC decided and recommended for the JJCC to add a seat to Committee to include the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) Chair.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The JJC Chair would be excluded from the JJCC's meetings and decisions regarding the YOBG and JJCPA funding.