The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently released a report
to the Legislature regarding the Governor’s proposal to move the
Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) from the California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation to the Health and Human
Services Agency.
The LAO opines that there is a lack of detail on how exactly the
Governor envisions this proposal, so the report recommends that
the Legislature consider the trade-offs of making this change,
and presents a series of questions. These questions include:
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently
released a report titled “A Closer Look at Women’s Arrest Rates.”
The report looked at data between 1980 and 2016, and found that
arrest rates in California have dropped for both men and women,
however, the arrest rates have dropped significantly more for men
than women.
NACo is hosting a webinar, Meeting the Needs of Individuals
with Substance Use Disorders: Strategies for Jails, on April
18 from 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. This webinar will
highlight strategies counties can use to effectively treat
individuals with substance use disorders in the jail, including
the use substance abuse screenings, medicated-assisted treatment
and population review teams.
CSAC is pleased to support
Assembly Bill 597 by Assembly Member Marc Levine. This
measure would extend the sunset date from January 1, 2020 to
January 1, 2026 for county probation departments authorized use
of flash incarceration for probation violations.
The National Stepping Up
Initiative was launched in May 2015 to elevate the crisis of
too many people with mental illnesses in jails and to provide
counties with tools and resources to create sustainable and
data-driven plans to address this challenge. In the four years
since the launch, more than 475 counties have passed a resolution
or proclamation committing to act on this issue.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently announced a
new application window for a grant program that provides funds to
cities and counties to help conduct audits of their untested
victim sexual assault evidence kits. Untested Sexual Assault
Evidence Grants are intended to assist in determining the number
of untested victim sexual assault evidence kits throughout
California.
The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFA)
invites counties to submit applications for the Community
Services Infrastructure Grant Program (CSIGP) funding. The
deadline to apply is April 30, 2019 at
5 p.m. The application is available on the CSIGP webpage
on CHFFA’s website.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) and The Pew
Charitable Trusts will host a webinar,
Rigorous Evidence 101 & Research Clearinghouses, on March
27 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Staff from the
Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative (Results First) will
provide a brief overview of different types of evidence, explain
what constitutes rigorous evidence and discuss how to find it by
accessing research clearinghouses.
The Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
(CCJBH) will meet on March 21 from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the California Department of Veterans Affairs, Medal
of Honor Hall at 1227 O Street in Sacramento.
The agenda topics will include the story of a county’s commitment
to reduce the incarceration of individuals with behavioral health
issues, especially those with complex needs, through robust
partnerships between criminal justice and behavioral health
systems despite limited resources.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office recently released the
Overview of State Criminal Fines and Fees and Probation Fees
handout. The handout was presented to the Assembly Public Safety
Committee at their Informational Hearing on the Financial
Implications of Criminal Justice Fines and Fees held February
5th.
