The Stepping Up partners will host a webinar on June 29, from
11:00 am to 12:15 pm, on Conducting a Comprehensive Process
Analysis and Inventory of Services for People with Mental
Illnesses in Jails. The webinar will feature key strategies for
conducting a comprehensive process analysis and inventory of
services for people with mental illnesses in local detention
facilities.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) approved SB
844 Local Detention Facility Construction grant awards totaling
$270M to nine counties. The state lease-revenue bond financing
established in the Governors 16-17 budget and SB 844, was
earmarked for the 20 counties that have not yet received jail
improvement funding or that received partial funding.
CSAC and the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative kicked-off
the Ventura County partnership on June 8th. The Chief
Probation Officer Mark Varela and County Executive Officer
Michael Powers made opening remarks encouraging their staff to
embark on this journey that will help them use evidenced-based
practices that are cost-beneficial to their county.
The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this
week to join the CSAC-Results First partnership to create a
baseline for their criminal justice programs and engage in
evidenced-based practices. CSAC partnered with The Pew-MacArthur
Results First Initiative in 2015 in an effort to support county
leaders as they engage in evidence-based policy making that seeks
to invest in programs that will produce the best outcomes for
residents and the highest rate of return on the counties’
investments.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (SACJJDP) Committee is holding
two listening sessions to hear directly from the public about its
current planning work. This plan is a roadmap for policies that
will direct spending under the Title II federal grant
program. The committee is interested in understanding what
communities across California believe are the most important and
effective interventions to help at-risk youth succeed.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) will meet
next week to consider a variety of issues–including whether to
accept recommendations from the BSCC Proposition 47
Executive Steering Committee. That committee is charged with
ranking Prop 47 proposals and it made its final recommendations
this week on May 30.
The ranked list of recommendations is available
here. Other highlights of the main BSCC agenda include:
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to
join the CSAC-Results First partnership to engage in
evidenced-based practices. CSAC partnered with The Pew-MacArthur
Results First Initiative in 2015. The Pew-MacArthur Results First
Initiative is a joint project of The Pew Charitable Trusts and
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It is a
capacity-building initiative to provide jurisdictions with tools
to make informed, data-driven decisions.
Administration of Justice Policy Committee
Meeting
The Administration of Justice Policy Committee held an
informational meeting on bail reform in California, hearing
presentations from Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assembly Member Rob
Bonta focused on their bail reform proposals –
SB 10 and AB
42.
The following Administration of Justice bills reflect CSAC’s
advocacy efforts for the second month of the 2017 legislative
session. For the latest bill status, please visit
www.counties.org/legislative-tracking.
Bail Reform Legislation
AB 42 (Bonta) – Bail: Pre-Trial Release
As Amended March 27, 2017 – Concerns
The Judicial Council and State Controller’s Office are hosting a
series of Trial Court Revenue Distribution Training sessions in
June. The training will focus on the resources available for
determining revenue distributions, any recent statutory changes
affecting distributions, distribution audit issues, discussion of
frequently asked questions, and examples of distribution
calculations.
The National Association of Counties (NACo) Stepping Up
Initiative partners will host a webinar on establishing baseline
data for mentally ill jail populations Thursday, May 11 at 11:00
am. This webinar will feature key strategies for establishing
baseline data as well as highlight where some of the best
opportunities exist to reduce mentally ill jail populations and
provide measurable benchmarks of progress.
The following Administration of Justice bill reflects
CSAC’s advocacy efforts for the second month of the 2016
legislative session. For the latest bill status, please
visitwww.counties.org/legislative-tracking.
Domestic Violence Batterer Intervention
Programs
AB 372 (Stone) – Sponsor
As Amended April 3, 2017
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Regulations
Revision Executive Steering Committee (ESC) began meeting in 2015
to identify issues, provide direction to workgroups, and
recommend revisions to Title 15 and Title 24 regulations. The
proposed revisions were approved by the BSCC Board in June of
2016 and adopted April 1, 2017. A full text of the new
regulations, including strikeout & underline and highlights, can
be found below:
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has recently
posted the 2017 Performance
Metrics dataset for the state and each county. This dataset
is provided to assist the public and policymakers in
understanding local and statewide conditions that impact the
justice system.
