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PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	05/24/2021
Subject: Community Corrections Partnership Applicants for CBO Representative Seat
Submitted For:	PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	n/a
Referral Name:	Community Corrections Partnership CBO Representative
Presenter:	Paul Reyes, Senior Deputy County Administrator	Contact:	Melissa Crockett, (925) 655-2048

Information

Referral History:

In 2011, the California Legislature passed Realignment legislation addressing public safety (AB 109). This law transferred responsibility for supervising and housing individuals convicted of certain low-level felonies to counties and tasked local county government with developing a new approach to reducing future involvement in criminal activity for this population. Among the major changes to the local criminal justice system created by AB 109:

1) The incarceration of people convicted of certain low-level felonies (specified nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenses) to terms in local county jails, instead of state prisons, possibly followed by a mandatory term of supervision by Probation;

2) the local county supervision by Probation, instead of state parole, of people convicted of certain lower-level felonies (non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offense) after their release from state prison under a new category of supervision called Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS); and

3) the incarceration of individuals in local jails, instead of state prison, for violations and revocations of both parole supervision and PRCS.

AB 109 also created an Executive Committee of the local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and tasked it with recommending a Realignment 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:

1. Chief Probation Officer (Chair)
2. Presiding Judge (or designee)
3. County supervisor, County Administrative Officer, or a designee of the Board of Supervisors
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. Community Based Organization (CBO) representative with experience in rehabilitative services for criminal offenders
14. Victims’ representative Community Corrections Partnership Victims' Representative.

At the March 22, 2021 PPC meeting, the Board was asked to recommend appointments for the 2021 CCP, which included Patrice Guillory as the CBO Representative. However, at the same meeting it was announced by the Chief Probation Officer that Ms. Guillory had accepted the staff position of Director of the Office of Reentry and Justice effective May 1, so she was not appointed to serve in the CBO representative seat. Attachment A lists the CCP members that were approved at the March meeting. The PPC then directed staff to proceed with a recruitment process for the vacant seat.

Referral Update:

The County Administrator's Office issued a Press Release on April 7, 2021 (Attachment B) to recruit for one (1) vacant Community Based Organization Representative on the CCP. Two applications were received prior to the May 10, 2021 deadline, see Attachment C for the applications with personal contact information redacted. A summary of the applicants information is included as Attachment D. Both applicants were invited to participate in public interviews scheduled for this PPC meeting.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

1. CONSIDER interviewing applicants for one seat on the Community Corrections Partnership reserved for the Community Based Organization Representative member, and

2. RECOMMEND candidate for the vacant seat identified above to the Board of Supervisors for appointment consideration.

Attachments
Attachment A - CCP Membership
Attachment B - CCP CBO Rep Press Release
Attachment C - CBO Rep Redacted Applications
Attachment D - CBO Rep Applicant Overview