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Probation Department, on behalf of the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) Executive Committee, recommending the Board:
1) Review and accept the recommended Community Corrections (AB109) Public Safety Realignment Budget and related Implementation Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26, in the amount of $9,004,277;
2) Review and approve the recommended items referred to in “Community Corrections (AB109) Planning/Implementation Budget” for FY 2025-26, in the amount of $226,500.
A 4/5 vote would be required to not approve the budget(s) as recommended by the CCP.
FUNDING: Community Corrections Sub-account within 2011 Realignment.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
AB109 Public Safety Realignment Budget
AB109, titled "2011 Realignment Legislation Addressing Public Safety," was signed by Governor Brown on April 4, 2011. Since 2011, the El Dorado County CCP Executive Committee, a legislatively established planning committee for local criminal justice realignment, has met and established annual plans and annual realignment budgets for review by the Board of Supervisors. Absent a 4/5 vote rejecting the proposed budget, it is considered adopted. The legislation directs that the Chief Probation Officer is the Chair of the CCP for each County.
The Chief Probation Officer called the CCP into public session on April 30, 2025. The CCP Executive Committee voted by a majority vote, agenda item 25-0321, to approve the AB109 Budget for FY 2025-26 for $9,004,277.
The continued goal of the Public Safety Realignment Implementation Plan is to ensure offender accountability and public safety through treatment, community supervision, alternatives to custody, and detention services. The Public Safety Realignment Implementation Plan for FY 2025-26 includes a range of services from secure custody and enforcement through treatment and education including the Community Corrections Center (CCC) under the direction of the Chief Probation Officer and partner agencies.
AB109 Planning and Implementation Budget
The Budget Act of 2025 will appropriate funds to the local AB109 Planning and Implementation Budget for FY 2025-26. On April 30, 2025, the CCP Executive Committee approved the Planning and Implementation budget items for FY 2025-26 in the amount of $226,500 with file item 25-0322. These funds provide each partner agency the necessary resources to obtain training specific to improving outcomes in the adult criminal justice system in the realignment era; provide curriculum for direct services for clientele participating in cognitive-behavioral change programming; provide necessary resources for obtaining direct services curriculum; training materials for alcohol, drug, and mental health programming; provide a resource to continue and create new incentive programs that reinforce pro-social behavior exhibited by justice-involved individuals; and provide a necessary resource to continue professional services for data collection, analysis, and to support the efforts for making future data-driven decisions.
ALTERNATIVES
By statute, the Board has the authority by 4/5 vote to reject the budget and plan, as approved by the CCP, and direct the CCP to return with a revised budget and plan for consideration. Absent this direction, the plan is considered adopted by the Board as recommended.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION
N/A
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
Chief Administrative Office, Superior Court, Public Defender, District Attorney, Sheriff’s Office, Health & Human Services Agency, County Office of Education, and the Cities of Placerville and South Lake Tahoe Police Departments
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact or change to Net County Cost as funding and expenditures for the FY 2025-26 AB109 Public Safety Realignment Budget and the FY 2025-26 Community Corrections Planning and Implementation Budget have been included in the Recommended Budget for FY 2025-26.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
N/A
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
N/A
CONTACT
Kaci L. Smith, Acting Chief Probation Officer