CSAC Bulletin Article

Administration of Justice News Briefs

September 7, 2017

Statewide Traffic Amnesty Program Report to the Legislature

The Judicial Council has recently released a full report on the 18-month Statewide Traffic Infraction Amnesty Program. The program, offered from October 2015 – March 2017, provided individuals the opportunity to resolve their delinquent court-ordered debt at a significant reduction and request restoration of driving privileges. According to reports filed by all 58 court and county collection programs, 255,306 cases were resolved; $45,111,315 in gross revenue was collected; and total operating costs for the Amnesty Program were $13,549,179. Net revenue collected and distributed under the Traffic Amnesty Program was $31,562,136. In addition, more than 246,000 individuals qualified to have their driver’s license restored.

To access a full copy of the report, visit: http://www.counties.org/letter/statewide-infraction-amnesty-program-report-legislature. For additional information on the Traffic Amnesty Program, please visit: http://www.courts.ca.gov/amnestyreports.htm.

BSCC Meets September 14

The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) will meet Thursday, September 14 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in Long Beach at The Queen Mary Hotel. Additionally, the BSCC will host the meeting by telephone at their Sacramento headquarters located at 2590 Venture Oaks Way. Agenda topics include the requested approval of:

  • Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program grant extension period.
  • Siskiyou County’s AB 900 Phase II project.
  • Promulgation of regulations for SB 844 funding.
  • Humboldt County’s relinquishment of SB 1022 funding.

The agenda also includes a discussion of San Joaquin County’s appeal of SB 844 funds and a closed session to discuss the State of California v. Sessions, Case NO. 17-cv-4701 (Byrne/JAG Litigation). For additional information and a copy of the agenda please visit: http://bscc.ca.gov/m_meetings.php

BSCC Title II State Plan Survey Input

At the direction of the State Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (SACJJDP), the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has completed a survey that will be used to gather input from interested parties about juvenile justice in California. The survey will be open until September 30, 2017. After that date, collected data will be compiled and then presented at the October 18-19, 2017 SACJJDP meeting. The goal is to obtain public opinion about current needs within the juvenile justice arena so this information can be used by the SACJJDP in developing the Title II State Plan for 2018-20. The BSCC would like to invite you to participate in the survey and also asks for your assistance in distributing it as widely as possible so that a meaningful data sample can be collected and used to inform the State Plan. The survey can be accessed by clicking here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kimberly Bushard with the BSCC at 916.324.0999 or Kimberly.bushard@bscc.ca.gov .

AOJ Bill of Interest

AB 1488 (Thurmond) – County juvenile transition centers.
As Amended August 28, 2017 – Oppose

Assembly Bill 1488 by Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, as amended, would require counties to establish a Juvenile Transition Center that would provide wraparound reentry services and optional transitional housing for youths who were previously associated with a juvenile correctional facility. CSAC agrees that it is important for juveniles leaving local juvenile correctional facilities to have access to housing and wraparound services to ensure their successful transition back into society. CSAC is opposed to AB 1488 because we believe that this measure passes on huge costs to counties by mandating them to establish these juvenile transition centers. We are open to working with the Author’s office on a measure that could assist juveniles reentering into society and avoid the cycle of recidivism while mitigating the additional costs to counties. AB 1488 is waiting to be heard in the Senate.

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