Governor Newsom announced a seventh and final round of Project
Homekey awards last Thursday, totaling $81.4 million.
The final round includes $129.6 million
to nine applicants for 17 projects
totaling 982 units. To date, more
than $835.6 million has been awarded to
48 jurisdictions for 93 projects
totaling 6,055 units. The average per-unit cost to
Homekey is $138,512.
The seventh round of awards includes projects in these 4 county
led efforts:
Last Friday, Governor Newsom announced a sixth round of Project
Homekey awards totaling $81.4 million.
Round six of Homekey awards were provided to 5 applicants for 6
projects totaling 430 units. These awards bring the total awarded
under Homekey to $709 million for 45 applicants and 78 projects
which total 5,068 units. The average per-unit cost to Homekey is
$139,000.
The sixth round of awards includes projects in these 4 county led
efforts:
Governor Newsom met the September 30 deadline to take action on
measures approved by the Legislature and delivered to his desk.
To keep counties informed of new laws that impact them, CSAC will
be publishing a series of articles to spotlight those laws in
each policy area. This week, the Administration of Justice policy
area provides information on new laws affecting criminal justice
fees, courts, probation, police reform and the realignment of the
Division of Juvenile Justice.
Last Friday, Governor Newsom announced a fourth round of Project
Homekey awards totaling $147 million. The Governor also announced
a new partnership with Blue Shield of California and Kaiser
Permanente to provide $45 million in operating subsidies for
Homekey projects.
Round four of Homekey awards were provided to 12 applicants for
20 projects totaling 1,109 units. These awards bring the total
awarded under Homekey to $596 million.
The fourth round of awards includes projects in these
nine county led efforts:
BSCC Launches Public Comment for Federal JAG Spending Priorities
As part of its three-year strategic planning effort, the Board of
State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is launching a months-long
public input process that will help establish priorities for
2022-2025 grant funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant.
The CSAC Support Hub for
Criminal Justice Programming announces two free
seminar series for counties.
The two-seminar series will focus on (1)
Programming and (2) Data and Evaluation, each with five separate
sessions. These important virtual seminars will create a forum
for partner counties to learn and engage in the development and
application of the Support Hub’s Strategic
Framework.
The Administration of Justice policy committee advocated on a
number of bills this legislative session. Here are some
highlights from the end of session.
The Senate Public Safety Committee held an oversight hearing,
COVID-19 in California State Prisons. The hearing focused on the
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR)
current and future plans for handling of increases in COVID-19
cases in state prisons, which has now spread to at least 19 state
correctional facilities.
In response to increasing court pressure and the growing number
of COVID-19 cases in state prisons, this week the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will begin a
new early release process. Similar to the last round of early
releases, this new program will include several “public safety
screens” which exclude offenders:
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Board will
meet Thursday, June 11, at 10:00 am via
Zoom/Teleconference. The agenda topics include an information
only COVID-19 update on Adult and Juvenile detention facilities
and BSCC inspections, training compliance and grants.
A Judicial Council working group
of 23 volunteer judges and court
executives released a 75-page
resource guide to assist the state’s trial
courts with their pandemic continuity of operations, while
providing a safe environment for court users, staff, and
justice partners.
Under usual circumstances, much of the County Family would have
met in person this week for CSAC’s annual Legislative Conference
and Board of Directors meeting. However, as counties across
California and the nation continue to cope with the COVID-19
pandemic, legislative advocacy continued this week — but in a
far different form than typical.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(CDCR) resumes intake from county jails this week. The intake
process from county jails began in a very limited and controlled
manner with CDCR only accepting offenders at the North Kern State
Prison and Wasco State Prison reception centers. Also, through
June 19, CDCR will only accept intake from the counties of Los
Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego and Fresno. CDCR anticipates
that no more than 200 inmates will be accepted from these
counties.
